Update Sept 26 - Banwave + sync stopped!

Vizi

Vizi

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2009

France

Hey,
I thought it'd be interesting to talk about the last 2 updates!

Update - Thursday, September 25, 2014



Update - Friday, September 26, 2014



In my opinion, those are smart updates. Obviously they come a little late but at least they're here now.
Definitly glad that they still care about the game, servers are still up, support is reactive (not for everything, but I got some problems fixed thanks to them) and I even saw a bunch of bans these last few weeks!

There was a banwave in JQ about 2 weeks ago, and there are now more since the last update, I've seen quite a few Dhuums!
So they (he?) finally do something about bots and sync + we have an active HA now : awesome!

Your thoughts? Maybe I'm a little bit too much optimistic.

legend XIII

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2014

bans? i haven't seen any bans in years plus the jq bots are already back at it

Oo D A W N

Oo D A W N

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2014

somewhere

me,myselfe and I

Mo/R

comedy update: bann wave? i dont see any pve HA r15 syncer or MAT cheater like [avg] banned even when all is on obs^^ and JQ still has 20% Human players...

HA: still bots and sync they just need a bit longer now
JQ: a lot bots already fixed in 2 weeks all are back
Codex: a lot bots already fixed in 2 weeks all are back

to be continued......

Nekodesu

Nekodesu

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2009

Genuinely annoyed by this update as it hit during AB week and killed AB. The only teams going are the same teams over and over again, no diversity in players due to them all flocking to HA.

Edit: It's a good update for those who care about HA I guess.

jayson

jayson

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2007

Anyone else kicked out of the game? I also checked the GW official site as well as the wiki and all three aren't available.

GhostKairi

GhostKairi

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2008

WTB Q8 Fire/ES Staffs And OS Crystallines!

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Back to HA WOOOO

Zahr Dalsk

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Canada

I hope this took a lot of work to do because if they were willing to put work into this it gives a glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, they might start doing skill updates again.

I don't even care if it's balanced or not, I just wanna see stuff change and new builds become possible and whatnot.

Maybe even see some old builds come back to life, like 600/smite with the old Spell Breaker and old Holy Wrath, which made vanquishing as a monk with heroes not awful.

Ayuhmii Shanbwa

Ayuhmii Shanbwa

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Holland

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zahr Dalsk View Post
I hope this took a lot of work to do because if they were willing to put work into this it gives a glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, they might start doing skill updates again.

I don't even care if it's balanced or not, I just wanna see stuff change and new builds become possible and whatnot.

Maybe even see some old builds come back to life, like 600/smite with the old Spell Breaker and old Holy Wrath, which made vanquishing as a monk with heroes not awful.
1. no skill changes plz, cuz we can actually make builds now, instead of starting over every 2-4 months
2. why the hell change holy wrath? now it works greatly on a hero, as its no upkeep

skill changes are gonna fail with both old and new anet, as old anet changed pvp and farm builds and damaged NORMAL pve too, and new anet changes it into GW2 (water magic being defensive and such)

if they would ever come back, let it just be new content, no more changes
new content for NF would do, and maybe some suggestions we made (i still love proph missions being exploreable, and the more i talk about it, the more "good idea" i hear in GW)
that GW facebook page has plenty of ideas, including pve only skills being stronger at maxed rank, so there's at least a reason to grind more than rank 5
and waht i also like is kurz and lux priests being outside all kurz and lux outposts/towns, so we can choose which we want in a vq
i mean, they ARE the biggest grind to max after all

anyway, new content >>> skill updates lately
people enjoy farming and such, so let them, its no longer a bad thing
as a matter of fact, it would hurt the community who keeps GW alive, and thats a bad thing

ps. i'm NO farmer or solo-er.... unless its lvl 10 enemies and mostly for nicholas

also, i'd prefer if they split all skills into pve and pvp if they cahnge it, and let pve skills be... unless its some necro skills which suck atm, cuz they are no more than minion masters and support, while blood and death magic could do a bit more if anet would help with it

oh sry, a lil offtopic here o_O

but yea, its fun to see anet does look at GW these days
(back ontopic)

if pvp areas now become better, then anet finally did something great again
i'm no pvper myself, but glad to see they do care about GW

Nekodesu

Nekodesu

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2009

They wont give us new content. Content takes way more time than skill or changes like these. This is what we will see of updates if we see anything.

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

Anyone who can't post without remaining civil ought to at least have the maturity to let it go. Both of you (Ayuhmii and Max) should take something away from this. Further drama won't be tolerated. PM me if you have questions.

Zahr Dalsk

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Canada

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ayuhmii Shanbwa View Post
1. no skill changes plz, cuz we can actually make builds now, instead of starting over every 2-4 months
You could always make builds, making new ones with the skill changes every few months was a big part of the game's appeal. It kept the game fresh and interesting even when no content was being added at the time.

Ayuhmii Shanbwa

Ayuhmii Shanbwa

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Holland

[GaMe]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zahr Dalsk View Post
You could always make builds, making new ones with the skill changes every few months was a big part of the game's appeal. It kept the game fresh and interesting even when no content was being added at the time.
to those who make own builds, its hard to make new ones if they keep changing skills
what i mean with making own builds is
1. start from scratch
2. dont copy and change pvx builds
3. dont copy other people's builds, even if you'd change it

thats what i mean

thing is, getting buffs/nerfs means you gotta change your char, and then you cant do everything in the game with 1 or a few builds, cuz you have to change alot
so getting skill changes will force you to start over a build or change a skill, while without them, you can easily change whenever you feel like

i do see your point, but what i always saw in GW, is that people liked skill changes so they have a reason to change their builds, while i do it myself alot, without changes
as well as for my chars, as for my heroes

heck, i'm even planning on making decent builds without an elite

if only people had the patience to make own builds more often eh?

also, have you seen "new anet"? they changed water skills into defensive skills, which (as i heard) is also the case in GW2
if they change alot of GW based skills, into GW2 based skills, we'd have only a few which might work, due to the skill limit in GW2

*last thing i like to say for now*
i would like some skill changes to get closer to GW2, like phoenix not healing when overcast, but burning enemies it flies over

anyway, how is GW atm? are there bots again? i heard bots are/were unusable
and is pvp doing well now? cuz i saw fixes which made it harder, and (quote from wiki updates) "Reduced the minimum number of players in a Heroes' Ascent group from 6 to 1" does that affect HA in a good or bad way nowadays?

i dont do any pvp, so no idea whats good or bad about it, but am curious if they did something good with it
i kinda know how GvG goes, and seen AB, but HA i have never seen, so cant say if its good, heh

Zahr Dalsk

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Canada

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ayuhmii Shanbwa View Post
to those who make own builds, its hard to make new ones if they keep changing skills
So what, you just want the gameplay to be stagnant and never change? You wanna just run the same builds forever? That seems boring to me.

Ayuhmii Shanbwa

Ayuhmii Shanbwa

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Holland

[GaMe]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zahr Dalsk View Post
So what, you just want the gameplay to be stagnant and never change? You wanna just run the same builds forever? That seems boring to me.
same builds? no, i make NEW builds alot, which i havent used yet

see? you live in the pvx world, where people want skill changes just cuz they use discord or whatever enough, and want nerfs, so they have a reason to copy-paste other pvx builds

anyway, if you STILL dont understand this, plz end this discussion, cuz i think i made my point very clear right now

also, new content might give more challenge for those who want it, so that might change the pvx builds
like for example, what if they would make a monster skill for newer enemies which disables target's elites for 10 seconds, and has no casting time? discord wont work well anymore..... at least with a few more skills stronger than normal skills

its not like we need skills to change all the time

i repeat once more
i make NEW builds alot, without help of pvx or anything or anyone else, just by myself

i hope this cleared it up for you

have fun in GW

EDIT: btw, you can also change the gameplay for yourself, instead of following all those pvx users and people who do anything the same way
GW is built to have many different ways of playing the game, yet most keep on using pvx builds and complain about no skill changes

i mean, use less attribute points, use no runes, use no pve skills or elites, you can make so many builds with what we have now

Coast

Coast

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

Belgium

Whats Going On [sup]

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Marty, could u clean this thread up again?
The same idiot is starting a brawl again and doesn't even know it (hence the idiot classification), gets boring.

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Oo D A W N

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2014

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they just nerfed op skills and boosted the weak ones. and if u pretend that u change ur skills anyway. it shouldnt effect u much.
but thats anyway since anet clear said that they only do emergency updates.
so u can play yourselfmade builds until the server are shutdown.
and there will be no new content ^^

Ayuhmii Shanbwa

Ayuhmii Shanbwa

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Holland

[GaMe]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Coast View Post
Marty, could u clean this thread up again?
The same idiot is starting a brawl again and doesn't even know it (hence the idiot classification), gets boring.
hi coast, i was just TRYING to explain what i mean, not to start a brawl
and i stopped already, cuz if i cant be clear with my previous post, i give up

all i give are opinions, and yet people go against them

please read what it is about, which is "trying to make myself clear"
thats all

NOTE: it started with me not wanting to be forced to change builds, and so i rather see no skill changes, especially with the new anet

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Oo D A W N

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2014

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me,myselfe and I

Mo/R

mods pls close its just all off topic......... and soon another drama will start.....

Coast

Coast

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

Belgium

Whats Going On [sup]

Mo/

We need more drama

Bristlebane

Bristlebane

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Vizi View Post
Definitly glad that they still care about the game, servers are still up, support is reactive (not for everything, but I got some problems fixed thanks to them)
Definitely a welcome sight to see they still care about the game. While they lack resources and almost all of the original developers it's gone, I wouldn't count out GW1 just yet.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Coast View Post
We need more drama
Coast, do you absolutely have to throw more fuel on the fire?

Nekodesu

Nekodesu

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2009

I'm 99% sure he was just joking.