Guild Wars 2 - my colon was impacted because we were raiding for so long

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Johnny Joestar: Oct 21, 2010; Don't shoot him?

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having only one game mode that's worth a poo poo really doesn't work unless it's something like dota where even the presence of a single character can drastically change how things are played in a match.

gw2 pvp, being a handful of people rapidly farting particle effects at each other until someone maybe dies, doesn't exactly have that benefit.

# ? Dec 8, 2015 20:15

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# ? May 10, 2024 10:07

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Schpyder posted:

I only remember the Halloween moba mode being in the first Halloween. At least they brought back the cool CTF snowball fight during wintersday the last couple years.

The snowball fight was/is awesome, and the part of wintersday I'm looking forward to the most!

# ? Dec 8, 2015 20:19

Ebola Dog: Apr 3, 2011; Dinosaurs are directly related to turtles!

I always play as the class which can put down the snow walls and turn into the giant snowball. Because plonking walls directly in front of people and running people over as a snowball never gets old!

# ? Dec 8, 2015 20:43

Xand_Man: Mar 2, 2004; If what you say is true
Wutang might be dangerous

I love that the current PvP meta favors tanky as gently caress light armor classes and DPS heavy armor classes.

# ? Dec 8, 2015 20:48

Aesis: Oct 9, 2012; Filthy J4G

Xand_Man posted:

I love that the current PvP meta favors tanky as gently caress light armor classes and DPS heavy armor classes.

Defense attribute difference for sPvP between heavy, medium and light classes are minimal. Heavy has 1,167 defense, medium has 1,029, light has 888. Not to mention that base Toughness is 1,000 regardless of armor type. Armor = Defense + Toughness btw.

If you convert this to % of raw damage done after armor, it's 46.15 % for heavy, 49.29 % for medium and 52.97 % for light. Basically 'heavy armor should be more tanky' assumption does not apply as all three armor types don't have much difference in % of raw damage received. So basically heavy armor's only advantage compared to light armor is 279 extra Defense/Armor which is negligible.

Therefore choice of amulet, traits and skills (weapon/utility) become extremely important in being tanky in sPvP, but we all know by now that Tempest and Chronomancer are far better at being tanky (and dealing damage) than your traditional pre-HoT bunker builds (eg. Shout Warrior, Altruistic Guardian).

Yeah ANet could just remove armor restrictions or types and it won't affect sPvP in any single way, but then that'd mean removing huge gold sink (Ascended armor and crafting) too.

e: Also DPS builds generally suck in sPvP due to increased cc and/or stun break. If you're playing DPS builds which require you to 'channel' your skills for couple of seconds against enemy, then most of the times you'll either miss some attacks or get interrupted. As for DPS heavy armor classes, Medi/Trap DH is more of a burst dealer anyway, and Power Revs are being switched to Mallyx Rev (hybrid) now. Also DPS Warrior is extremely hard to utilize and has no place in sPvP.

Aesis fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Dec 8, 2015

# ? Dec 8, 2015 21:15

fuccboi: Jan 5, 2004; by zen death robot

This game used to be good, but now, it's bad.

# ? Dec 8, 2015 23:11

Xand_Man: Mar 2, 2004; If what you say is true
Wutang might be dangerous

Aesis posted:

Defense attribute difference for sPvP between heavy, medium and light classes are minimal. Heavy has 1,167 defense, medium has 1,029, light has 888. Not to mention that base Toughness is 1,000 regardless of armor type. Armor = Defense + Toughness btw.

If you convert this to % of raw damage done after armor, it's 46.15 % for heavy, 49.29 % for medium and 52.97 % for light. Basically 'heavy armor should be more tanky' assumption does not apply as all three armor types don't have much difference in % of raw damage received. So basically heavy armor's only advantage compared to light armor is 279 extra Defense/Armor which is negligible.

Therefore choice of amulet, traits and skills (weapon/utility) become extremely important in being tanky in sPvP, but we all know by now that Tempest and Chronomancer are far better at being tanky (and dealing damage) than your traditional pre-HoT bunker builds (eg. Shout Warrior, Altruistic Guardian).

Yeah ANet could just remove armor restrictions or types and it won't affect sPvP in any single way, but then that'd mean removing huge gold sink (Ascended armor and crafting) too.

e: Also DPS builds generally suck in sPvP due to increased cc and/or stun break. If you're playing DPS builds which require you to 'channel' your skills for couple of seconds against enemy, then most of the times you'll either miss some attacks or get interrupted. As for DPS heavy armor classes, Medi/Trap DH is more of a burst dealer anyway, and Power Revs are being switched to Mallyx Rev (hybrid) now. Also DPS Warrior is extremely hard to utilize and has no place in sPvP.

I was aware that amulets/traits/skills mattered way more then your armor class (though not how much of difference there was mathematically). I was looking at it from a new player's perspective: It is unintuitive to ignore the guy in light armor faffing around a dagger instead of the Guardian whose class description is basically "Is a tank/healer". Such is the meta.

# ? Dec 9, 2015 01:48

LITERALLY A BIRD: Sep 27, 2008; I knew you were trouble
when you flew in

I just got two Tequatl's Hoards from the same teq kill :downs:

I'm mad about this because the incredibly, unbelievably tiny chance of me getting a hoard from both the ground chest and the exotic wiggly chest could have been better used for like, a Dusk or something, gently caress

# ? Dec 9, 2015 01:49

High House Death: Jun 18, 2011

LITERALLY A BIRD posted:

I just got two Tequatl's Hoards from the same teq kill

I'm mad about this because the incredibly, unbelievably tiny chance of me getting a hoard from both the ground chest and the exotic wiggly chest could have been better used for like, a Dusk or something, gently caress

Shhhhhhhh I need Dawn :v:

# ? Dec 9, 2015 02:36

Kessel: Mar 6, 2007

LITERALLY A BIRD posted:

I just got two Tequatl's Hoards from the same teq kill

I'm mad about this because the incredibly, unbelievably tiny chance of me getting a hoard from both the ground chest and the exotic wiggly chest could have been better used for like, a Dusk or something, gently caress

if this post triggers two pages of complaining about pink gear you have only yourself to blame

# ? Dec 9, 2015 02:57

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Kessel posted:

if this post triggers two pages of complaining about pink gear you have only yourself to blame

trigger this *points 2 dilz*

# ? Dec 9, 2015 03:39

Kessel: Mar 6, 2007

CLAM DOWN posted:

trigger this *points 2 dilz*

well it is pink

# ? Dec 9, 2015 03:59

Attestant: Oct 23, 2012; Don't judge me.

fuccboi posted:

This game used to be good, but now, it's bad.

# ? Dec 9, 2015 06:23

Xenix: Feb 21, 2003

edit: nm

# ? Dec 9, 2015 09:24

U.T. Raptor: May 11, 2010; Are you a pack of imbeciles!?

Huh, turns out Azimuth is surprisingly affordable for a staff that cool-looking.

# ? Dec 9, 2015 10:31

malhavok: Jan 18, 2013

U.T. Raptor posted:

Huh, turns out Azimuth is surprisingly affordable for a staff that cool-looking.

I bet some people got mad rich.

# ? Dec 9, 2015 15:30

orcane: Jun 13, 2012; Fun Shoe

U.T. Raptor posted:

Huh, turns out Azimuth is surprisingly affordable for a staff that cool-looking.

I'll take the word of someone with about 500 80s, but I still kinda wonder what "affordable" means in this context.

# ? Dec 9, 2015 16:19

malhavok: Jan 18, 2013

orcane posted:

I'll take the word of someone with about 500 80s, but I still kinda wonder what "affordable" means in this context.

1 eldritch scroll 50 mystic coins 5 oiled ancient staff shafts and 250 sun beads.

# ? Dec 9, 2015 16:51

Thumbtacks: Apr 3, 2013

they're on the shop for like 80g

# ? Dec 9, 2015 17:01

malhavok: Jan 18, 2013

Cost about half that, probably a lot less once the initial rush dies down.

# ? Dec 9, 2015 17:03

Ra Ra Rasputin: Apr 2, 2011

That feeling when you find out the half a dozen aetherized weapon skins you've been holding for a couple years that were worth 2000-3000g each are now worth 100-400g each because they were added to fractal drops.

# ? Dec 9, 2015 17:33

mike12345: Jul 14, 2008; "Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."

Is the chainsaw greatsword getting cheaper? That's the only one I really care about.

# ? Dec 9, 2015 17:46

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Ra Ra Rasputin posted:

That feeling when you find out the half a dozen aetherized weapon skins you've been holding for a couple years that were worth 2000-3000g each are now worth 100-400g each because they were added to fractal drops.

Omg, really? Aetherized skins drop in fractals now?!

# ? Dec 9, 2015 18:02

LITERALLY A BIRD: Sep 27, 2008; I knew you were trouble
when you flew in

mike12345 posted:

Is the chainsaw greatsword getting cheaper? That's the only one I really care about.

Depends, is 2500g cheaper or costlier than you remember?

# ? Dec 9, 2015 18:02

High House Death: Jun 18, 2011

CLAM DOWN posted:

Omg, really? Aetherized skins drop in fractals now?!

Looks like I should start doing Fractals. *stares mournfully at Personal Fractal Level 1*

# ? Dec 9, 2015 18:07

mind the walrus: Sep 22, 2006

Ra Ra Rasputin posted:

That feeling when you find out the half a dozen aetherized weapon skins you've been holding for a couple years that were worth 2000-3000g each are now worth 100-400g each because they were added to fractal drops.

Is anyone even buying at 1000+ prices though? I mean there must be to some degree, but surely that was never a locked market.

# ? Dec 9, 2015 18:08

John Lightning: Mar 10, 2012

Someone keeps buying my Fused Weapon Skins for 2000g, no complaints here.

# ? Dec 9, 2015 18:20

Adhesive Gamin: Sep 29, 2010; Meatoberfest is in full swing.

Chainsaw Greatsword was a Halloween skin that, I don't actually know if it was dropping again this year.

Aetherized weapon skins can drop from the Fractal Encryption boxes, which there's at least one person claiming to have personally opened 270,000 of while it was still a profit to buy-order stabilizing matrices for keys and open. (matrices have since doubled in price)

# ? Dec 9, 2015 18:21

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

AmericanGeeksta posted:

Looks like I should start doing Fractals. *stares mournfully at Personal Fractal Level 1*

I've been doing them regularly since HoT, they are so much more tolerable now since they were split up rather than requiring the set all at once. Also since dungeons are dead, it's nice to have 5-person group content. So this is good news!

John Lightning posted:

Someone keeps buying my Fused Weapon Skins for 2000g, no complaints here.

donate me gold for christmas, tia

# ? Dec 9, 2015 18:21

Guildenstern Mother: Mar 31, 2010; Why walk when you can ride?

CLAM DOWN posted:

Omg, really? Aetherized skins drop in fractals now?!

gently caress yes, disco spear at last.

# ? Dec 9, 2015 20:14

Magres: Jul 14, 2011

CLAM DOWN posted:

I've been doing them regularly since HoT, they are so much more tolerable now since they were split up rather than requiring the set all at once. Also since dungeons are dead, it's nice to have 5-person group content. So this is good news!

donate me gold for christmas, tia

Yeah fractals are actually pretty fun now. Doing 6 of them for dailies can get a little tedious because pubs only ever want to run 2, 10, 21, 32, and the two daily floors though (it's because 2, 21, 32 are swampland, the fastest fractal, and 10 is molten boss, the second fastest). On the other hand I've definitely advertised for the speedrun floors then "accidentally" dragged my pubs into other floors for funsies.

# ? Dec 9, 2015 20:35

Kenshin: Jan 10, 2007

I like fractals because they're not hard, fairly quick, and I feel like I actually get rewards that I'm glad to get almost every day I do them.

Also Tomes of Knowledge so I can level up my alts. :v:

# ? Dec 9, 2015 20:42

Blasphemeral: Jul 26, 2012; Three mongrel men in exchange for a party member? I found that one in the Faustian Bargain Bin.

Magres posted:

...On the other hand I've definitely advertised for the speedrun floors then "accidentally" dragged my pubs into other floors for funsies.

The GW2 version of "Oops, wrong ~~hole~~ portal"?

# ? Dec 9, 2015 21:30

Alteisen: Jun 4, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

Ra Ra Rasputin posted:

That feeling when you find out the half a dozen aetherized weapon skins you've been holding for a couple years that were worth 2000-3000g each are now worth 100-400g each because they were added to fractal drops.

WHAT

YOU BETTER NOT BE JOKING

# ? Dec 9, 2015 21:36