SubZero.4319

Amen! That would be SO cool. Guardians kick kitten, and basically are experts with burning and fire, so why not?! Personally after playing Willbender for a few hours I LOVED it. But the flames would make it even better. It seems like a lot of people don't like WB, but these same people probably think it's perfectly appropriate for a cloth-wearing Elementalist to wield a gigantic 2H warhammer lol! Not that I hate the new Ele spec, just saying. 😃

Hiya @Healix.5819 ! Yes, you are COMPLETELY correct. You just saved me SO many headaches you have no idea. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I feel like a kitten now lol! Such a simple solution. So I have been foolishly retyping in my password for two and a half years like a tool. I don't know how I can thank you! You rock! That said, they really should do something about that launcher UI, as it is somewhat confusing. I'm a software engineer. I write and debug code and design UI's/UX's for a living, and it had me fooled, and if others are complaining to, it might be worth ArenaNet's time and effort to redesign the launcher just a *bit*. Of course, it doesn't matter to me, as you were kind enough to save me future problems, but I'm just saying. x) Anyway, thanks again, Healix. You pwn. I love your name btw. And although it's unlikely, if there's ever anything I can do to repay your kindness, please don't hesitate to let me know. Hope you are doing well in all your Tyrian endeavors, and that you enjoy EoD when it comes out. I'm so excited! Well, have fun and I wish you excellent fortune, my friend! -SubZero/frostbyte/Sean

Whether I have the "Remember Password" checkbox checked or not, I still have to type in my password every single time I want to log in. I also have the "Remember Account Name" checkbox checked and the launcher has no problem remembering it, but not the password. It hasn't remembered my password for the entire two and a half years I've played GW2. I thought it wasn't supposed to work and they just never bothered to remove the checkbox at first, but after talking with several people in map chat, they say that it works fine for them, and many even say they've forgotten their password because they never have to enter it any more. I would LOVE that lol. It's SO old entering it every single time I log out. It's been this way for me even after I bought an entirely new laptop, installed Wiindows 10, and then installed Guild Wars 2, so I don't know if it's an account issue or just a Guild Wars 2 bug that affects only certain accounts, but whatever it is it's VERY annoying. Any advice guys? Any help whatsoever would be appreciated, even if it's only to tell me that I'm not the only one with this "quality of life" bug/issue lol. Thanks in advance! 😃

Yeah '/' or ENTER. I have a habit of using ENTER since I type a LOT for my work (software engineering). But you're right it'd be easier probably to just use forward slash. And thanks. I tried when it happened again using forward slash instead of ENTER and it worked to fix it, but still only temporarily unfortunately. It's gotta be some kind of bug. On another note, an even more obnoxious "bug" is the "Remember Password" checkbox on the launcher. I have to type the same long password every single time I start the launcher because the remember password feature doesn't work. I thought maybe it wasn't supposed to, but after talking in map chat to a lot of different people they say it works fine for them (i.e., they don't have to enter their password to sign into the launcher). Go figure. O.o Thanks for your tip though. 🙂

The Issue: Hi! Every now and then* when I activate the chat panel, either by clicking in the chat box or pressing the hotkey (backslash '\'), there are several issues with various inputs, as described in the list below. It seems to effect them equally. That is, when one issue occurs, the others in the list occur as well. This happens after pressing ENTER to send a message in the chat panel: Effects: * The spacebar stops responding--pressing it does not allow my character to jump. * On the world map screen (accessed with hotkey 'M' or by clicking on the world map button at the top left of the screen), when scrolling with the mouse wheel, doesn't zoom in or out as usual, but rather changes the layer of the map (e.g., top level, middle, lower level, etc.). * I am unable to use the keyboard (with ENTER or another key) to re-enter the chat panel and type another message. In order to do so, I have to (left-)click inside the chat panel's input box. There may be other minor issues as well, but I haven't noticed them. These are the most prominent, as well as annoying, problems I've encountered. Again, it happens after I type a message and send it by pressing ENTER to any chat channel, and it only occurs sometimes, in a seemingly random way; not every time. It's not that often, but I've been playing over 2 years now and have noticed it even on my new laptop and new OS (Windows 10 instead of 8.1), even in an entirely different state (Utah instead of California)! 🤔 It doesn't have a *huge* impact on my ability to play and enjoy Guild Wars 2, but it is somewhat of a "quality of life" issue, and it is pretty annoying, especially if it happens during a fight with a bandit leader or in a raid/fractal lol! Temporary Fix: Now here's the funny thing. I can get the client to resume normal functioning and the issues to stop, but only temporarily. This is accomplished by left-clicking (i.e., selecting) the chat panel box and then pressing ESC with or without entering any text. It doesn't work if I click the chat box and then press ENTER. In order for it to fix things (temporarily 😒, of course), I have to select the chat box (left-click) and then press ESC. In Summation: Anyway, it might seem like a small problem not worth bothering with, but given the fact that it occurs regardless of the PC or even operating system I am using (regardless of the account--I have experienced it on both of my Arena.net accounts), logic dictates it must be a problem with the client itself or the server. And it does interfere with my ability to play and enjoy the game, albeit not in a huge way. Any help from anyone or input by anyone else who has had this or similar issues would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance and happy Festival of the Four Winds btw! ------------------------------------------------- *I apologize that I can't be more specific as to when it occurs or what factors cause it to occur. It seems like it is just at random, occasionally. If I had a client log or something I could perhaps offer more insight, but since players aren't given access to the game's inner workings it's not possible.

Wow. Someone's PMS schedule is out of whack, obviously. I mean, no offense, but I've got the same amount of experience as you time-wise, and don't know what you're talking about. Thief was pretty good power-wise before, but since the balance update the other day, it's finally viable to make a condi build for thief as well, which HASN'T been possible. The point is, nearly all the changes they made in this patch make sense and improve the game in terms of profession balance and character customization. I understand that there will always be people who don't like the changes that are necessary for a game to evolve over time, and I've certainly done my share of complaining. I don't like all the changes that happen either. But the *real* reason that people get upset is because they will have to adjust their play style and/or relearn some mechanics or skills, at least with relation to THIS update, which is one of the very BEST MMO balance updates of any game I've ever played (and I've been playing games since Atari, Colecovision and the Commodore 64 were popular high tech products, so . . .) Naturally, it takes some adjustment, but it's SO worth it. Bottom line: go ahead and uninstall. It's too bad the player base will shrink by one (or two if someone else decides to), but over all, at least from the comments I've read and heard in-game, the majority of people are very happy with this balance update, and the bottom line is we, Guild Wars 2 community, don't want to share Tyria with people that act as immature and stubborn as your comment shows you act. There are enough stressful problems in real life, and we play video games to unwind and forget our troubles, so having people like you ooze puddles of negative, cynical, pessimistic energy wherever you go, tend to make things MORE stressful. Again, I've been guilty of the same thing you are, but as I grew up and *matured*, I realized tiny issues like the ones you're complaining about aren't worth a coronary. Thus, feel free to uninstall GW2 and you're welcome to "not give a fuc*", if you want. Just realize that nobody else cares, and that you are in the tiniest minority as far as your complaints about Thief go. Thief is improving, NOT getting worse. PS: Btw, as far as the title of this topic goes ("Why bother"), for the majority of people, it DOESN'T bother us. So we don't bother; we just play and enjoy Thief. x)

I just came here to get advice myself on the same topic. I've been playing for about 1 and 1/2 years and have a few level 80's, but don't have much experience in the way of my post-level-80 game or any aspects besides PvE, and then only with power builds. But I find that for the playstyle, skills and other aspects, I prefer the idea of condi builds. It's too bad it seems that the mechanics of GW2 seem to favor power over condition, in that sense, but that's another story. I found my answers. Thanks to everyone for that! <3 So the reason I'm adding my two cents is because sadly I have no advice to contribute to the discussion myself. I do have some input that should help clarify the OP's original intent and make more clear their question, as it appears that several people have misread or misunderstood the question. I've noticed several posts that say things to the effect that "any class can make a condition build". But the OP obviously already knows that. The question is which professions have specs that provide for feasible, effective condi builds, not just any condi build. For example, someone said: There's nothing wrong with this, of course. It's just that this person apparently misread the question to be "which professions can create (ANY) condi build?" or "which professions are in the 'condi' category?" when the actual question is completely different. It's worth noting, of course, that this person did provide some useful info on which specs are usable/feasible, though. Anyway, that's my two cents. I hope if anyone adds some helpful information that these two cents will make it easier to answer. Happy travels everyone, and be blessed! =)

No need to apologize. You did nothing wrong imo. If you weren't supposed to "necropost" you shouldn't be allowed to. There are actually benefits to so-called posts on forums in general, from a data and knowledge management standpoint, at least, and many sites have been enriched by such activity. It is good to be aware of updates, and dates (and figs). I agree with KrHome.1920 that most of the time posting over a year after a post was made, unless there has been a regular and natural continuance of the conversation throughout, is likely not very likely to add to the discussion, as most people won't adopt the advice given, due to updates and changes. This only applies to forums and Websites related to online video games (especially constantly-evolving ones like GW2) and other software/technology sites, of course. For most Q&A or general advice forums, there is no such thing as "necroposting". But I'm making this into a wall of text. Now it's my turn to apologize, if only for that. As I said, KrHome.1920 does make a fairly good point or two about the dangers of doing such a thing. And they were even kind enough to include a hurried "please" in their Commandment to you. Then again, the apparent attitude he/she seemed to adopt while making it nearly invalidated any reason to pay attention to it. They are clearly capable of common courtesy and abstract, intellectual thought, but the context of their reply and the language they chose to use was pretty rude, if not disrespectful, unless you're speaking German, for example, where simple imperatives (even with exclamation points) are not considered to be rude, unlike English, Japanese and many other languages. I mean no offense to them, and certainly none to you. I just wanted to say I thought it was awesome how politely you responded to such a disrespectful direct order from a complete stranger. Idk if they think since it's online and not in real life it's ok to talk/type like that, or if they are rude enough to talk that way in real life too, but when most people are given such an abrupt, forceful "request" (to use a euphemism) it makes them want to do the opposite lol.

I started playing GW2 last year around Halloween, so I'm not exactly a newb anymore, but as a Guardian fanatic. The Pally/Guardian/Knight/etc.-type class/profession has consistently been my favorite class in almost any MMO I have played for as long as I can remember. When Diablo III came out I was pissed because in D2 the Paladin had been my favorite class, for example. (side note: I promptly forgave them once the expansion was announced xP). I like everything about this class "archetype" out of all the major ones. Don't get me wrong, I'm a hardcore gamer, and have OCD, so I love pretty much any class, but if I could only play one, it would be this kind. And I know I'm not alone, too. Just looking at this post (or the several others with the same topic—I was originally going to make an original post myself before a simple search of the word Reatreat on the forums search box brought me to the conclusion that the situation is much, much worse than I had feared. You see, I'm a hopeless optimist, and I had mistakenly held up hopes that we could use reason or even some simple scurr tactics to convince ArenaNet to change the name of this brutally awesome skill with something else. It shouldn't be that hard, right? I mean literally ANYTHING would be acceptable. Naturally, some of the above-mentioned names would be best, but I repeat, at this point, ANYTHING would be acceptable. I personallyh like the "Shields Up" or "Incoming" suggestions from @hatsamu.4327. So much so, ,in fact, that they inspired me to try my own hand and come up with a couple: (1) "Fall Back!" and (2) **" Fall Back! is a little tricky to explain. Ask the meaning of the command will probably get you a different answer for every person you ask, but in my experience and what I was trained (Disclaimer: don't quote me—it's been about 18 years since I was in SOI so...) was that the phrase, like all military verbal commands, has a specific meaning that is clear has a distinct purpose. Perhaps if ArenaNet's profession designer for the Guardian researched or looked up what their skills' name's actually meant, this outstanding ability would not have such a sad, tragic name. Thus, it may differ a bit from one "army" to the next, "fall back!" basically means a unit is being ordered to stop what they are currently doing and, while continuing to engage the enemy as much as is possible, move backward or away from them, usually towards a specific, often nearby position that is somehow more advantageous or defensible, where they will likely continue fighting and hopefully be able to once again advance. Now the problem with ArenaNet's name is obvious, but I've put two important parts of this definition in bold, because these parts are specifically at odds with the meaning of the command "Retreat!" Retreat literally mean just get away from the enemy. In some forces it's OK or required to continue fighting, but the ultimate objective is no longer to displace (move) yourself to a better fighting position or "rearrange" your forces. The purpose is just to run away so you can fight again, basically. And that's not what the "Retreat!" command seems to be for, imho. Besides, and probably more importantly, it just plain sounds stupid. I hardly ever use it just because it really is just too embarrassing to have your avatar basically shouting "Run away!" all the time like Monty Python lol. (No offense to Monty).

I totally agree with Rhyse.8179. Just make all damage floaters fully customizable. In particular, while I think it'd be nice to customize the size, I personally have a problem with how fast the numbers disappear. In many games it's possible to move where the floaters appear, how long they stay there, and their size. One of the VERY few things I dislike about GW2 is the lack of an add-on API that allows fullscreen add-ons. Add-ons, for instance, are one reason I kept playing WoW for years after most of my friends quit. Because you can at least make it "your" game (interface) instead of being stuck with one that may or may not be adequate for your playing style and preferences. That said, I love GW2. Just had to vent, and agree. xP

It's actually a pretty cool feature, having the two types of set being capable of independently swapping. Actually, for many players (including myself), forcing Equipment Set+Build to be invariably linked would make adapting to certain environments/fights/etc. merely an exercise in frustration, and reduce character flexibility of fighting style an inescapable clusterphuq (pardon my "Algonquian-French" xP). The ability to switch weapon sets independently from the your currently equipped build ("trait templates") makes what has nearly always been a bad-ass MMORPG epic, and allows for some very flexible and—at times, even—life-saving gameplay and tactics, at least in my experience. Granted I have only seriously (i.e., religiously x]) been playing GW2 for a year and a few months, but I don't think I'd be classed as a newbie. Actually, if memory serves, I believe it was just after I started playing every day (and about when this post was written, I think) that this feature was released. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Memory does NOT always serve me. xP Having said all this, however, I completely understand your frustration and share parts of your point of view. I've been unable to find how to bind a single keybind to change both equipment set and build simultaneously, and this is a problem, because often it'd be more convenient to change them at the same time. :anguished: Anyway, I just thought I should put my two cents in, too, even though my reply is a tad late hehe.

You kick dolyak as*. Thank you for also kicking some wisdom, OG. Seriously. It was perfectly explained: concise, accurate and easy to remember. B)

Greetings and salutations, @"Holy Vengeful.3615"! B) I hope life finds you well To the matter at hand! But I thought before I gave you the "quick and easy" version of my reply to your build guide post up topside, I first would include one of those amazingly useful spoiler-text-section-folding-thingies (for reasons of brevity, I adopted the current practice of hereafter referring to the term by its canonical acronym, STSFT), and write a bit of text to put in it, because I thought it might look funny if it was empty. Despite considerable training and experience in the field, life threw me a curveball. Even throwing my greatest efforts into the task, I was unable to figure out how to add a spoiler box! I knew I could just pretend it was one by using ASCII art, but it just wasn't the same. I resolved to try and make a real one, no matter what, and it was that attitude that allowed me to prevail. It wasn't easy, of course. But after a bout with chronic diarrhea*, a quick jog around the block to clear my head, a cup of hot cocoa, and finally considerable searching, both deep within myself and on the support forums on the Ikea Website, I ended up discovering something that would change my life forever. It was a handy little toolbar button on top of this edit box, with a paragraph symbol on it. This little button is what finally gave me the idea. You see, when I clicked on it, it said "Spoiler" at the bottom. So, after clicking the word, it actually created a REAL spoiler box! (To my chagrin, after all that effort, it was SO easy!) As to the content of the spoiler, you'll have to read it to see. There are a total of three (3) possibilities as to why, exactly, I chose to do so. See if you can guess which one is the real reason. But be careful! These have all been thoroughly researched by a panel of seven (7) duly appointed, wizened old Justices of the Peace, each selected by another panel of two Greater Saddle-back Clownfishes. You'll have three (3) chances to answer correctly. Godspeed: We all know what it's like to be dropped on your head as a toddler. It's one of those things we all go through growing up, like puberty or going on Easter egg hunts. But when I was a young'un, momma says she accidentally did it one too many times, so the wirin' in mah head don't work too good. 'Sides, sometimes I'd even bang m'head on a doorknob or wall or something whenever she was rull busy and had ta carry me by a leg instead of by the top of my head like usual.I'm in a particularly giddy, mirthful holiday mood this evening, and have a lot of time on my hands.I already finished my dinner and it's not bedtime yet, see? Also, I finally got my reply back from Santa! I sent it early so he'd be sure to get it on time. He said he'd bring me a new, authentic, USSR-made, Cold-War-era rocket propelled grenade launcher with two live grenades for Christmas, since I successfully survived the final decade of the Cold War, but due to a clerical error, didn't receive my complimentary RPG. So I was excited and felt like doing something random.OK, here's the TL;DR version of my "thank you" reply post. I hope you like it: THANK YOU. YOU ROCK.OK. I'm sorry about the retarded long-ass reply post. I hope I didn't offend anyone or anything lol. Of course, if anyone's offended that easily, they probably don't use the Internet very often hehe! xP But seriously, I just wanted to say thanks. And happy holidays to everyone, wherever you are, whatever you believe, whether your white, black, brown, pink or polka-dotted or who you voted for! I wish everyone a happy Winter (or Summer if you're south of the equator)! Besides, I was honest throughout, except for the list of reasonsYour guide is perfect, dude. And you do rock. B)

Thanks for the advice, guys, and for asking the same question I have, @Kolzar.9567! Also, 2 thumbs up and +10 pts. (1 Up!) for casually inserting such a bad-azz word as bruiser. =D