theCypher.9406

So, we just tried the new CM with a quite experienced part of our fractal/raid players... 1) HP pool What in hells name. How much HP does the boss have? We really need way too much time to reach phases or at least progress in a way that it feels like we are going forward. If one player dies, just gg. This takes way too long. Hearsay: Somebody stated the boss has ~40million HP in CM mode. That is the same as 10-men content Mursaat CM. If its true: Why? Just why? (Dont tell me its cuz of the power creep, since the same team that supported power creep, developed the fractal). 2) Mechanics Well, i wasnt a fan of strikes on release and i still find them quite dull. But this boss has the SAME mechanics over the whole fight. Regardless how good you are or what you do, you just cant alter the fight. Same mechanics for the whole fight. Some arent even dodgeable (axe jumps, archer shots). Some are bugged (even the wiki lists more bugs than anywhere else Silent Surf Fractal - Guild Wars 2 Wiki (GW2W)). There is literally NO way to adapt, cheese, out-smart or alter the fight in any way. Just do the same pattern over and over and over and over and over and over again. Split (numbers) -> Move out (axes) -> Split (eyes) -> dps -> REPEAT. Exception 66% and 33% HP, where you are going to... wait... uhm... yes, split again. SURPRISE. This goes on for 100% of his HP. You cant do anything during numbers, during eyes or against axes. You cant dodge/block/distort the numbers mechanic. This is really boring and extremely annoying. 3) The dope parts Hehehehe, invisible mobs you cant see can fear you... THAT ONE IS A GENIUS IMPLEMENTATION *respect 😉 *. You cant see it, you dont have the time to search for smth you cant see and... it kills you 😉 The rifle doesnt pin to the platform... Really nice one. You need to jump, game says no cuz of clunky rifle-action key, you jump against a platform. 4 players remaining 😉 Supports can get tethered. The second genius move. Your DPS as hfb for example is barely enough to kill your boss-double. If you are 1 second late, you fail. *poof* 0 players remaining since its an instant-grp-wipe mechanic. Yes you can take the tether, but not in 33% phase or if you are unlucky or somebody died. Smart one 🙂 Every heal-build with lower dps then hfb, is a no-no here... wait. Hfb is omnipresent everywhere currently, so no problem! Resume: Not really thought-through in my opinion. Mechanics could be more creative and HP pool is way too much. Good load of bugs should be fixed. Please step away from this "split - look around - go back - split ..."-style of play. Its annoying and no fun. I am a really big fan of the good ol nightmare and shattered fractal. I made peace with sunqua after a lot of time but this one is hell... a boring, dull, annoying hell 😞 Feeling really sad, since i love fractals and devs usually do a good and stable job imho. But last balance patch and this fractal cm arent fun to me. Sry Greetings Cypher

Dear Developers, it would be a pleasure if you could rework the block/unblock and addFriend-Options during wvw. I constantly get harrassed and insulted in wvw after killing somebody. 1) We were roaming around with 5-10 people capturing objectives. We got killed a few times and we killed some players here and there. Usual wvw business. After like 3-4 hours we killed somebody who just picked me and whispered me a lot of really unfun insults claiming to play a "kitten salvation rev". Which at that time, i didnt even posses on my account. Dunno if he/she picked the wrong player but i have screenshots of the full communication of being insulted and not even being the actual target, but it was really ashaming. "Stupid f***ing kitten" was one of the nicest things he/she told to me. Ofc blocked. 2) Roaming again, killing somebody 1vs4. Happens. You are too slow? You are in enemy territory? They are more people then u? Bad luck. Happens. Happens to me too if i am alone. People want the kills, its player vs player. What is going on with those people? Again, heavy insults without ever meeting the one being killed, no chat before, no problems before, just instant harrassment. 3) Same as 2) but it was 1vs1. You could see the defeated one lying around (it was a close fight, made fun, everything was alright). He lost (he won before, but maybe didnt remember me). After 1-2mins lying around (i was capturing the camp nearby), i got whispered, again flamed for my build (this time a celeRev, since i am not a platinum high end roamer) and insulted. Conclusion: Yes i block those people. Yes i report them. Yes its near usual business at player vs player interaction. But for the love of everything i know of: REWORK THE SYSTEM SO PEOPLE CANT ADD AND STRAIGHTLY INSULT OTHERS! It is really, really, really annoying. Not that i am ranting here or hating those people but its just annoying to get whispered regulary by folks that cant stand to loose/die cuz they are a still a kid, not mature or having problems with balance/builds, whatever. Please fix it so you cant get whispered in any way. It is player vs player and you alrdy reworked it but it didnt change anything. Please reconsider the current system for wvw blocking/unblocking. Thank you very much in advance! Greetings, theCypher

Not gonna lie... I really like that patch and since i play quite a lot of builds and like flexibility, this one addresses a lot of things i would've liked to see earlier (including my beloved holosmith). Tyvm. Well done imo. Greetings TheCypher

The Thread is about armor, not weapons i guess. And there are options to legaly trade account bound items too, not all of them but some at least. About the armor, yes you can "buy" it. You do it by getting carried through the different raid wings, having a grp doing it for you. Be careful though: There is a chance of getting scammed using such a service and you are not allowed to buy the service with real money or anything outside of gw2 mats (see Anet's TOS). Don't get banned or scammed! In Addition: those services are extremely overpriced (imho) and the price for a full set of one armor type values around 2.500-3.000g. Personal advice: get your hands on a nice and friendly guild and do it yourself 😀 Greetings Cypher

Absolutely needed and in my eyes, well done patch 🙂 I can feel the people that would like to have a neat patch for pvp/wvw too, so hope they'll get one soon. All in all, i really like this one since it enables some "dead" classes in pve content again, making them competitive. Really nice imho. Greetings TheCypher

Hi, there aint a farm in terms of "gold-making" in FotFW tbh. At least as far as i know and my researches go. Only thing to mention here that might be considered as a farm: - Boss-Blitz with organized/good squad for champion bags But i doubt its comparable to wintersday JP, lab farm during halloween or anything like that. The upcoming festival is more like a chill-and-relax one. Not really a grind-fest. Greetings TheCypher

Hi, always depends for me... The usual suspects: Metas (VB, Chak, Tarir, Pinata, Palawadan, GH) A world boss here and there if i am in the mood (e.g. Teqtl) Relaxed farm routes (like Bjora Marches) Daily Routines (VM routes, pact agents and such) + Alt Looting CMs + T4 fractals Raid FC once a week Some Strikes (IBS + EOD) about every 2-3 days maybe If i need money fast: T4 aetherblade farm (i own "fractal god" so its a lot of gold for me /hour) Some long term projects and rather less known farm routes. (for the bigger stonks 😉 ) Greetings TheCypher

Depends what you mean by "more than once". Looting more than 1 instance during one meta will be hard - if it is even possible - since the metas usually are full and the chest spawns on kill. Which means you need to be lucky to be the first map to complete the event and then being able to join other maps with ongoing meta and those need a free spot. In addition the chest vanishes pretty quickly. So multi-looting per instance is not possible if i am not mistaken and even if it works i doubt it is manageable. Doing the meta multiple times a day is doable and the chest is lootable on every successfull meta. That would be possible. BUT you will only get one hero's choice chest once per day per account. Additional information: Gerent's Chest - Guild Wars 2 Wiki (GW2W) Greetings TheCypher

Hi, i'll interpret "50+g in 4+ hours " as at least 50g in 4 hours or 12.5+g hour. The question is: do you want to farm that in one go or is it fine to do 2 hours content x today and 1 hour y tomorrow morning and 1 hour in the evening. In general you can do metas like chak and tarir for some nice basic loot that yields a few gold. Tequatl (world boss) is always a safe 1+g. Drizzlewood meta and silverwastes yield quite some gold per hour (10-20g) but you have to do it in one go (no map leave possible) and usually a bit preparation is needed (keys or map currency) and they depend on squad size and coordination/speed. The big player imho would be fractals. Daily is the one thing, the other would be aetherblade t4 farm. The latter will easily yield realistic 15+g / hour and will meet your requirements. A farm with fractal god title and clear times of ~3:30min will get you over 35+g / hour. The advantage: you can take a break and continue without being tight to any certain times/timers. The disadvantage: you need a proper team for t4, agony resistance and some knowledge on how to do it. Alternative: do the farm on t2, but that halves the encryptions you get and will end up at 10+g per hour i guess. On the other hand its way easier to set up and relaxed. (For the title farm you need.... well... the title, which is hell a lot of work) Other things might be strikes (easy 5 IBS + EOD fc), bjora marches chest farm, istan metas, raids and mat farms (elder wood, flax and such). But i cant really tell the gp/h since they all have different requirements (tools, maps, routes), depend on your skill level, grp finding or have daily/weekly/character/account caps (like raids or istan meta). The last thing to mention would be TP-flipping, shard sells and other type of stuff. But that usually needs more time, dedication, have some risk or require deeper knowledge so i wouldnt recommend those. I personally would pick the fractal farm if the gold needs to be acquired fast. Nearly every method then requires you so sell everything you gain if you want the gold instantly. Pick what suits you most 🙂 Greetings TheCypher

My 2 cents: Did quite some dungeons in the past, everything is locked. Did ascalon story, all 3 paths and one twice to have at least 4. Everything is still locked. Greetings

Reallly... like ... what? Hideously implemented? Give a reason pls. Combat tutorial? As i remeber correctly, people on forums demanded exactly that. Because new players arent really tought about combo fields, cc bars and such. Implementing it in EOD might be a bit strange. Since the people need the last expansion which tells them the basics but maybe aint that bad cuz most newcomers might start with exactly that. Thats a point to discuss but it was demanded and Anet delivered. Dodge 5 times in a row is impossible? Oh boy. That quest can be solved by pressing jump and side-stepping. You dont even need to dodge. Sry but that is totally rubbish. Greetings

Would LOVE to see character slot-, bank-tab-expansions and the runecrafters salvage-o-matic for a reduced price ! That'd be great ❤️ Have a nice day all! Greetings

Well. Karma decided you deserve it. So who am i to judge that 🙂 Gratulations. Do you use it yourself or alrdy sold it? Greetings

No way to describe my feelings about that mate... 2 things come to my mind: 1) All the way down to the boiler room of hell for you! 2) Gratulations man. Nice drop 🙂 Good mixed feelings here 😉 Greetings

Relatable. That is what i hope Anet is doing. Trying things. I hope they collect data in the background and will change it like you gave an example for. Like 25% for power and 40% for condi. Would be worth it. I can agree with this. Only one thing i might want to add: most parties that are capable of near instantly phasing Skorvald are trained CM groups. The lower KP area and regular grps wont be able to. I would like to see a different approach to solve this. I think you gave a proper solution yourself already. => Strip boons at combat start. Should lower the burst significantly. And those who are still capable of doing it, might deserve it. Ok cool. What would you change in terms of solid ocean then? 🙂 Greetings