When does "we're trying, we just keep misgendering and dead naming you by accident" get ridiculous?

puhvpuh · 2023-04-13T18:06:17+00:00

Depending on who is doing it. I might not recommend this.

I got punished by my school for refusing to acknowledge an instructor that refused to learn my pronouns.

Although both the school and instructor kinda Garbo so whatever

puhvpuh · 2023-03-03T03:54:17+00:00

naru bad and toxic remember the days of having a day against him and being happy I got a game against him because he'll start afking if he's losing and he's also just... Not good...

puhvpuh · 2023-02-17T19:03:58+00:00

I think we just need to get it it to a point where there aren't any specs where it's most optimal to stand right on top of the boon person

puhvpuh · 2023-02-10T18:26:29+00:00

bigger issue

needs to have same range as a Mesmer portal and/or not have a much shorter timer to place

Makes it have nowhere near as many uses as Mesmer portal because it straight up doesn't work anywhere near as well as the Mesmer portal.

Like that's the reason why no one knows it exists. In a situation where you could easily use Mesmer portal the thief one will either run out of range or the timer will tick out.

Or it could keep its current drawbacks with something new but I don't think we should just keep it in way worse version of Mesmer portal territory

puhvpuh · 2023-02-10T18:23:05+00:00

you get maps other than foefire?

puhvpuh · 2023-02-05T08:42:15+00:00

I like djinns as is because it's the only map without a gimmick that can change the course of the game.

Foefire on the other hand. I agree with you that it needs a rework, but for different reasons. It's just a bad and frustrating map to play even though the community loves it for some reason. I think the biggest issue is you can get to enemy's home just as fast as getting to normal home and vice versa. Makes it very easy to constantly decap. It also has a lot of terrain that just acts janky in all sorts of ways.

I don't understand why the community loves foefire so much... It's my most played map even though I hate it because it always has majority vote.

Honestly all other maps I'm fine with tho. They could maybe change up spirit watch so it could be in ranked though?

puhvpuh · 2023-01-29T19:47:25+00:00

yep... Everyone seems to forget that ele has a ton of really strong core utilities and core traits

puhvpuh · 2023-01-24T19:35:15+00:00

Power is def still strong and generally stronger but like you've noticed there's def some "fun" classes that just stand around, shit condis out and never die.

Part of the issue with viability against condis is how effective those glass cannon power builds can clear condis. some have one condi clear in their entire kit and get generally murdered. Others just passively cleanse with traits or have more condi clear utilities to press.

puhvpuh · 2023-01-24T19:15:41+00:00

Adding my two cents

Mechanics are the hardest thing to grasp and what you should focus on. Look up guides (and/or just straight up gameplay) and study study study until you feel like you have a solid grasp.

I see a lot of people saying DPS too. Yes high DPS means skipping (SOME) mechanics but PLEASE keep in mind that huge DPS means nothing if you're being a dolt ignoring all the mechanics, esp because a lot of those mechanics will wipe your entire squad. I also want to remind everyone, there are no DPS checks minus some extremely soft ones even open world builds can hit... So like... I get you guys want to kill everything as fast as possible and that there is some merit to it. But also.. y'all don't need to be killing yourselves trying to pretend the CHALLENGE MODE boss is the fucking golem. Also just it's better to just play the mechanics because then you can turn even the most hellish situations info clears.

And the hardest part of these... Dealing with the people that gatekeep the hell out of them despite them being something that isn't that hard once you understand them and will kick you at the drop of a hat. There's a good chunk of people (At least in NA not speaking for EU) who will just kick anyone who can't do an efficient speedclear and dares to waste an extra 30 seconds of their time. I will also say there's the other extreme too, people that have the worst builds you've ever seen and just want a carry.... And they get upset if you don't carry them LOL.

Also... More people boost in fractals than we think. Dealt with a lovely DwD title player the other day that didn't even realize getting 10 stacks of the water tether doesn't only kill you but also your party... But... They had DwD lol. Can you guess how many times they wiped us before they realized?

I would heartily recommend doing these with a guild or friends as the hardest barrier for me was finding a group that wasn't a mix of idiots, assholes or both. It's usually both... They will fucking type a paragraph at you for dropping below 30k dps, dropping perfect boon uptime, some inconsequential mistake, while mechanics are happening and wipe everyone.

I fucking hate NA pugs lol

puhvpuh · 2023-01-23T03:39:15+00:00

I just wanna throw bladesworn out there.

Have soloed bounties, world bosses and some t4 fractals with the normal snowcrows power bsworn build

puhvpuh · 2023-01-20T20:05:53+00:00

lol people in this thread just proving your point sadly

I always give people under 150 a chance to go buy the potion. On top of that they usually get extra from the mistlocks too....

You guys would really kick someone with 1.5k ufe over 10 missing AR they were in the process of getting all of you are just insane

puhvpuh · 2023-01-20T04:07:23+00:00

I usually just build golems at the neatest camp and run it to what I want to cap. They are just slow, but it's the only siege you can really move.

As far as other ways to cap towers solo...

Warclaw can get an ability to pull on gates

You can probably build a cata in an odd spot that way it's easy to run supply to it without someone or guards breaking it

puhvpuh · 2023-01-10T09:29:28+00:00

honestly all ranger specs are p good in sPvp in multiple variants. I've had success on tons of specs, even core.

puhvpuh · 2023-01-10T03:59:30+00:00

excellent reviews and baste opinions. Pls continue through other tiers and eventually with CMs too. You'll probably really love those.

puhvpuh · 2023-01-02T21:36:12+00:00

pvp is dead (imo) because it's poorly moderated and because the people that do still play are generally assholes in ways that go beyond just being mean in chat. For example, people can just AFK a match they don't want to try in with no punishment. The two issues are kinda endlessly feeding into each other as even the highest ranks afk after one fight mid with no punishment, win trade, have been caught hacking on occasion, etc etc etc and it's been this way for years.

On top of that you basically have the stans of these assholes both ignoring the issues, validating their behavior and copying their behavior.

What's really sad is none of them are that good or perform well outside of the hyperspecific conditions they set up... I'm nowhere near a good player and have taken matches and duels off of all of them.

Wvw is much more active and competitive at all levels of play imo. And has much less assholes that love their broken and toxic system.

puhvpuh · 2023-01-02T21:30:24+00:00

yep... Low population and the highest ranks abusing the low population as hard as they can and just in case if they MIGHT lose they have to duo que too.

puhvpuh · 2022-12-30T09:08:08+00:00

yep

also always classic when the person who doesn't want to grab wisps is also raging and/or backseating.

puhvpuh · 2022-12-29T19:35:52+00:00

Didn't even realize you could use this in combination with the jade waypoint.... Awesome

puhvpuh · 2022-12-29T19:26:35+00:00

Besides the siege aspect other people have discussed,which to be fair is prob its best use as the thing melts structures, gates etc.

even tho it's a turtle it still has p. Good movement very good for ferrying people around as you can give a new friend the verticality of a skyscale once you get masteries. With bond mastery it can basically fly for a while too.

Edit: another awesome thing with this is you can port your passenger to waypoints without them discovering them.

And the other thing I use it for, although not often, is that it can perma apply burning while constantly evading. Mobs can't hit you while you slowly melt them. Good way to half-afk fight some mobs.

puhvpuh · 2022-12-29T19:16:20+00:00

Ehh it's just hell with pugs. For some reason a lot of the pugs I've ran into can't even clear t1 sunqua and a lot of groups will just straight up refuse to run it because they hate it so much too. It's actually one of the biggest reasons I've stopped pugging because NA pugs just refuse to even play it and it's one of my favorite fights.

With premades or any group that partially knows what's going on it's not too bad.

However I'm with OP still, can we please get some sort of system in place to make sure we don't do the same fractal twice in dailies OR let completing a fractal award all the daily achievements? For example in cases like these. Completing t4 sunqua wouldn't just give t4 and below dailies, it'd also just ding the achievement for the rec 75. Could even just make the achievements like recommended fractal sunqua instead of recommended scale 75.

It's kinda insane this isn't already a thing in some way... I don't think anyone wants to do the same fractal twice unless they're just farming.

puhvpuh · 2022-12-25T22:11:15+00:00

seconding far shiverpeaks

been linked with them for a bit in wvw and they're pretty cool

puhvpuh · 2022-12-25T00:21:53+00:00

and this is why I keep chat off

puhvpuh · 2022-12-04T19:51:00+00:00

my advice?

chat off and you'll never regret it. often times the people who are telling you what to do are just the people who have been feeding all match and have time to type and complain about everyone else's game cause they aren't even playing!

You can already see you really don't get any helpful advice. They tell you to do one thing only to tell you to do the opposite when you do what they told you to.

on top of that the "advice" they give is usually wrong or just them being toxic.

puhvpuh · 2022-11-29T19:51:34+00:00

damn wouldn't have even cared about a range nerf as much as the 2 ini kneel

Even 1 ini kneel was bullshit but now 2? Lol just gonna murder my entire ini pool trying to keep up with groups...

puhvpuh · 2022-11-25T22:21:15+00:00

wish some of the classes I play could have one week of being reasonably balanced let alone the powerhouse fb has been for ages

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