ahaha... u guys are making me have flashbacks on the mesmer...
LOL...
Chaos storm was awesome.. i loved it..
What i didnt love was how the staff's missle couldnt go up cliffs!!! or had to ride up cliffs!
LOL...
As i said im a inclose fighter... but not a total glass cannon like the ranger and sin.
I like to start my combos off as a warrior with whirlwind... then weapon swap to rifle.. give them a rifle butt... charge... HoB, and if there still alive... use more sword skills, and if they run swap back to rifle after HoB and rapidfire the target to oblivion.
One of my favorate farming spots was the mines u get to at like lvl18.
I would just sit there... wait for the centurs to invade that mine, and just clear them out with AOE's like whirlwind and HoB at the stairs checkpoint.
Centaurs i think by far give the best loot...
Whats funnier is most of my crafting was supplemented by drops and salvaging more so then mining and foraging.
I'll probably go Weapons and Armor on my first avatar, as they share the same raw materials.
something i;ve noticed in the last few MMOs I;ve played is lack of a class. Like no one wants to play a tank or a healer. Everyone just wants to be DPS. Someone needs to come out with a way to make all roles desirable.
I think PVP BS has a lot to do with it, imo. In PVP, people just want to kill other people. No one wants to be the healer sitting back and healing and not getting any kills. No one wants to be a tank who deals little damage and not getting any kills.
They either need to get rid of PVP altogether or make it so that all classes are viable in everything. Personally I would say get rid of PVP altogether because it adds nothing while causing tons of problems, imo
^ that is funny.
see you on Stormbluff?
PvP does not add problems, it makes problems easier to find with classes. A game without PvP is a bad game. Its bad business, PvP is what makes a game last.
We will be conducting a stress test tomorrow Tuesday, August 21 from 12:00 Noon PACIFIC Time to 4:00 PM PACIFIC Time.
Gameplay:
Players are now redirected to Lion’s Arch if the map they’re trying to load is unavailable
Skill effects should no longer drop on subsequent executions
Players can now leave dungeons through the instance exit door after picking a dungeon reward
There is now parity between right click to auto-attack and skill auto-attack
Weapon unlock speed now scales based on level
Attribute conversion percentages are now fixed
Fixed up a bunch of hit detection an melee creature AI
Fixed teleporting to moving platforms
Players should no longer be rooted in place if they use a skill at the same time
Skills now use the proper weapon power when calculating damage
Non-combatant objects no longer let missiles pass through them
/<emote> * now synchronizes your emote with others around you
Mesmer:
Phantasms will no longer be replaced by new illusions if there is a Clone that can be replaced instead
All illusions should now shatter properly
Thief:
Shadowstep fixes
WvW:
Reinforced walls will always restore properly and become targetable
Players are now always assigned to the proper teams in WvW
General:
Cultural armor prices updated to vary by piece and adjusted to better fit their level ranges.
T1 -> 12s -> 80s -> 2g 88s total
T2 -> 80s -> 3g -> 7g 10s total
T3 -> 12g -> 30g -> 118g total
We also updated the price of influence at Guild Promoters to be more affordable.
Balance:
Mesmer:
Added range check to all illusion summoning skills
Traits:
Empowering Mantras: 3 damage per readied mantra increased to 4 damage per readied mantra
Furious Interruption: 3 seconds of fury increased to 4 seconds
Warrior:
Mending: Now removes conditions before applying its heal
Guardian:
Utility:
Signet of Mercy is now instant
Judges Intervention is now instant
Contemplation of Purity is now instant
Necromancer:
Utility:
Plague Signet is now instant
Signet of Undeath is now instant
Thief
Offhand Dagger:
Dancing Dagger is now able to strike the same enemy more than once.
Cripple duration was 5 seconds, now 3 seconds.
Asura:
Power Suit: Recharge increased from 180 to 240.
Patchnotes for today:
Mesmer:
Phantasms will no longer be replaced by new illusions if there is a Clone that can be replaced instead
Pvp adds a whole host of problems, all retaining to balance. Against monsters, game designers have a lot of leeway in balancing because no one gets hurt if one class is more OP than another, in PvP, balance has to be very precise, while still making the skills fun. That is hard. In addition, cosntant balancing makes games not as fun, because the player feels as if developers are micromanaging them.
Micromanaging IS a mmo. If everything was static the whole time of the MMO it would be boring.
PvP is what keeps people playing a game. After a game is out a bit everyone knows how to level, best builds, etc and becomes, well boring. Especially true with a free to play mmo.
Developers know this, why most MMO are pvp endgame, not pve endgames.
From what I understood, two of the most successful MMOs, WOW and Everquest were PvE endgame focused.
My first stickied thread I'm so proud. I should have named it correctly though.
1. Shows us where we can get the game... ie.. the guildwars 2 web page, or other reputable sources... (no ebay, or private deal links.)
2. US servers, and EU servers which most of us will go on, so new views can look at first post and see where the majority of the people are at.
3. Early Start Date, and Official Launch date.
If this becomes a sticky, the first post should answer the basic of questions.
From what I understood, two of the most successful MMOs, WOW and Everquest were PvE endgame focused.
Micromanaging IS a mmo. If everything was static the whole time of the MMO it would be boring.
PvP is what keeps people playing a game. After a game is out a bit everyone knows how to level, best builds, etc and becomes, well boring. Especially true with a free to play mmo.
Developers know this, why most MMO are pvp endgame, not pve endgames.
I play PvP about 0.4% of my time with MMOs. I don't know any that are "PvP focused" endgame. Rather, I haven't played any that are, and would never care to.
Just because you don't does not mean developers don't cater to pvp. Which a huge portion of audience does.
actually.. only pvpers think there is a hugh pvp audience..
in reality, people only try pvp until they either understand the mechanics and have fun, or have masses playing with them which they find fun.
Otherwise people are more after rewards / items / loot which is all PvE related.
<---- both PvE and PVP orientated... so im speaking as a neutral party in this regards.