I am new to the game and i wanted to try it out but have a problem with wireless connection and getting dc from time to time sometimes often, and dc in wvw losing all the progress and get dumped of the full map and wait for the queue to get dumped soon again. In many game modes GW2 has A REALLY POOR protection against disconects i can say WORST OF ALL mmos i been playing it is really pathetic for such an old game and makes me reconsider buying expansions which i was planning to unless i fix this issue which i really dont have in other games...

E sempre questa caratteristica che ha fatto da gw il mio gioco preferito. Ora l'unica cosa che per me è veramente un ostacolo, è che mancano almeno i sottotitoli in italiano o qualche lingua del est Europa

@@milantasic6669 idk bro, where u at? i play on 20mbps (sometimes more, most of the times less due to weather), in south east asia, on a usb wifi, and im doing fine. ping goes bad on certain relinks tho. is there even a game that queues w/ good dc protection?

@OP same, I played off and on for 10 years, and finally tried it in earnest 2 months ago. I play it more than PvE now. Really loving it

@@milantasic6669 for competitive gaming, wired connection to ur modem is recommended

Hot take: That sounds super fucking boring: only playing in a very hard to kill blob and doing what other people tell you to do. At that point it’s not really *you* playing, is it?

​@@WaterYaDuneYou have no idea what you're talking about. It's okay for you to not like the play style, but don't misrepresent it in bad faith and devalue people's preferences. I don't like zerging either. Doesn't mean I have to talk shit about those who play it, denying their literal agency in the game. There's a lot of skill and effort required to get really good at this.

Wow, how different experience from mine... i only saw jerks, shitheads and trolls when played. Totaly unhelpfull, idiotic community on my server imho i dropped this mode forever after 2 weeks. Also it is mostly about running or waiting.

Just keep playing it you will run into some crazy fun situations!

I played eso as well and I feel like guild wars WVW is very similar to cyrodil pvp. 1vx’rs in cyrodil are like roamers in gw2 and you have your small scale and zergs. I feel like the mount movement in cyrodil is better but the character movement and gliding is more satisfying.

Yeah, Vallun not only teaching about game mechanics but also about life itself!

I do realize this comment is already four months old, but in case any other new WvWers read this: Take the time to have a quick look at those "gift boxes", or more precisely the reward tracks they're coming from. They can help you greatly in PvE as well. Mostly in legendary crafting. → The main thing is Mystic Clovers, the Drizzlewood reward track for example gives you 14 (!!) overall. → Some legendaries require a Gift of Battle to craft which you can only get from the respective WvW reward track. → If you are working on the Aurora and Vision collections, all of their subparts need a skin each which you are supposed to get from the Mastery achievement of the related Living World story chapter. But you can instead complete the reward track for the map that corresponds to that story chapter - example: for LWS4, Chapter 6, "War Eternal", it's the Dragonfall reward track) - and you get a chest where you can choose that same skin, meaning you DON'T have to do the sometimes like 36 achievements anymore just to get that one Mastery achievement! → If you don't care about ever getting legendaries or if you've already finished all of those you can still look up the WvW reward tracks on Fast Farming where it tells you approximately how much each of them is worth if you sell everything. Since the numbers can vary greatly it's absolutely advised to check it out and choose the right ones.

I just wish they'd include some Alterac Valley style event chains. They do it so well in PvE, including a couple in WvW would be really cool even if it's just on borderland maps.

That's interesting. I've never once seen someone ask anything about the Warclaw in WvW chat. That being said, up until tonight I was playing on a very old server with a very small WvW population so new players pretty much don't exist on there. When I started getting into WvW originally I was literally the only one not running around in full legendary bling bling rank 10,000 Ultimate Dominator etc.

No way! That's awesome! But it's really not a myth, I've witnessed this quite a few times by now. Congratulations anyways!

It doesn't matter. If what you say is true you would just curbstomp everyone else anyway. I don't want to be your "fresh meat" either. It's good that you and Maguuma have to deal with each other. Stop tryharding for a week and drop down. But that would mean people have to take a loss which I assume isn't really an option on such a server. Everything has pros and cons, that's what you get if you permanently play for maximum winning. Putting you against significantly worse servers would just end up incredibly shitty for your opponents so don't be egoistic. You can always switch to a lower rated server and get used to losing pretty regularly, haha. Or make an alt, maybe!

its called koan of drums by ocremix

@@Vallun thanks alot for that, and ofc the content. Keep up the good stuff

there's guides for anything on guildjen.com guildjen.com/legendary-ring-conflux-guide/

willbender guardian

its listed on my twitch stream page, but optimizing gw2 is never going to work completely no matter your specs

The problem mostly isn't your specs, the problem is the engine from 2012 which is been built upon again and again and it's starting to break down under all that weight by now.

enameled sky and darkness

@@Vallun ty

yea that might actually be a huge update to add better graphics in terms of making the game feel and look better for new players

Not just WvW but the older maps as well.

new pve maps are also super laggy for people with slower PCs / notebooks. "upgrading" WvW maps would actually slash its population quite a bit . . .

​​@@Tevesh42No. The new maps yield low frame rates because of number of models, way more complex and bigger animations and overall more visual effects. Texture detail in itself on the other hand does not influence frame rate, it only determines VRAM usage. If you've got a VERY old GPU that only has like 2 GB of VRAM then correcting for such an upgrade is literally a matter of setting texture quality to a lower level in the settings menu and you're exactly back to normal. Don't be afraid of change just because you lack knowledge and education about certain things. That's a life lesson. Edit: By the way, "lagging" refers to networking and latency issues and doesn't have anything to do with graphics. A low frame rate would for example be called "stuttering."

If you want the most gold profit at the moment is the End of Dragons Reward Track, but this will change as the market changes

its not that there are prime spots for roaming, its that you need awareness using your camera to scan the area nonstop and see if there is a zerg nearby and keep a safe distance

@@Vallun Thankyou Vallun , been using the celestial tempest build on guildjen but trying some different utilities and reaper rune for chill on shouts with feel the burn 🔥 I think it’s working I won a 1v3 and a 2v4 today , baby steps lol

Grab a WvW build from GuildJen and join a commander in a WvW map. Just start playing

my other guides are there for that, check the description

if you want to join zerging: get to a public tag or class training with a meta battle build, theyre not necessarily bis but good enough. follow along and try to survive while sticking to the tag at first. if you can survive try to improve your role:support better, do more dmg, strip more boons, place ccs better. if you wanna do smallscale its probably good to find some experienced roamers that can teach you stuff and id say if you find an enemy that was slightly better than you ask them for duels (block them and whisper from your block list or add them to your group) try to change up how you approach the fight every time you loose and try to find ways to exploit mistakes theyre making. this could range from random dodging to overcommiting on bursts etc. this should over time improve your personal gameplay and makes you better in reacting to fights. wich fights should i take? how can i win, whats the weakspot of the build theyre playing? can i maybe try to take those 2 ppl? also try to learn the map. what objective is probably attacked by bigger groups, where can i find smaller action, how can i avoid certain groups etc. you will probably find yourself developing from getting slaughtered like a boar to getting decent success fighting ppl to maybe trying to find outnumbered fights for the thrill pretty fast

​@@sarlanvili9688 A little late, but I'd like to add: - For zerg meta builds, use gw2mists, but also don't overthink your build. At the beginner skill level, it's like 10% build, 15% gear (try to get at least ascended trinkets if you have methods for that which you're comfortable with because it does make quite a difference) and 75% execution. Meaning if you have like one trait that's suboptimal, correcting that probably ends up in a 0.2% damage increase or something like that. If you found a guild, _always_ prioritize their versions, - If you don't want to play Zerg but also can't find any roamers who would agree to be your mentor - I can't either, unfortunately - try to go roam _around_ a zerg. Stay in the vicinity to be able to retreat and get support, also you might find a few 2v1s here and there to get comfortable. You will die in 1v1s. You will die for a long time. Almost all roamers you meet in WvW are veterans. If you're able to find another beginner or someone who's just there to do quick daily, you're lucky. Especially on EU, most roamers are very experienced compared to yourself. Prepare to die and take the L for a long time. - You can try sparring in the Guild Hall arena. Remember to set stats and skills from PvE to WvW, that feature got added very recently. It's okay to learn your class and get a feel for how people fight compared to computers, but the real world in WvW is way different. There is a lot more movement involved, decision making, terrain usage, knowledge of where you can port and stuff, and therefore... - ... accept that it's going to be a slow process and frustrating a lot of times. Neither PvP nor WvW have great ways to learn. Don't give up. Don't overextend. Don't exhaust yourself. If you get angry, leave and return the next day. Maybe don't play WvW at all for a week every few months. Or skip matchups against particularly toxic servers. Everything will still be there when you return with newfound energy. You don't always have to play either. Watch KZfaq videos or streams, find a creator who's really good at your class and just watch them go. Mix it up a little bit. Without pressuring yourself, the time will go by sooooo much faster.

Personally, I would say generically skill-wise, WvW is actually harder than raiding. At least if you do more than the AFK camp capture farm, that is. You might be better than what you give yourself credit for! The problem with raids isn't so much about difficulty, it's rather about finding a group that allows people to be beginners. You have to actively hunt for raid trainings done by specific groups and organizations.

@@Nitidus im now on my way to 2nd set of wvw leggy armors already have wvw trinkets. Hehe. The fun thing with wvw, which also shocked me since i thought it would a wham bam than you mam for me, is that i can do wvw solo do the objectives or be part of a group and have some fun and bags. I have done almost all raids. Youre right finding a good group is difficult. With my timezone and my available free time just dont work to do raids a regular basis.

Anyone who calls an entire class broken is just bad. "Oh shit, they didn't stand in front of me letting me kill them, it's bR0KeN!!!1!1!11"

who said it was dying lol

​@@VallunBefore EoD was announced we were seriously concerned about whether IBS could have been the end.

once again, who?@@Nitidus

this video is for you :D

@@FlowerBot Yep, but i would also enjoy if someone could help me in game ^^

I am like you 2 yrs ago I just jumped in there regardless of what happened I searched for solo roaming builds that can solo a camp.

@@Dark_Wizard_of_Mu I might do just that, i play spvp a lot so roaming would be my thing, but i don't wanna mess up my current pve builds. I'll have to wait until i can purchase more templates for more builds tho :c

oh believe me I have. I can't control other people I can only keep saying it over and over to promote a better community

Why are you using quotes on her gender? Seems you really deserve siege incel

​@darian_aliYou can justify anything with that logic, from abuse to doxxing to cheating. Because "it's am online PvP game" and whatever makes you win is fair game, getting upset about being targeted is your own problem. Saying one thing is totally fine and another is not is a completely arbitrary line drawn in the same. In the end it's a hostile action intended to bully someone and put them down. And there's a huge qualitative difference between doing this to a troll and doing this to a newbie who stepped out of base for the first time to get one shot by you. It's only in good fun if both parties consent. You can't make that decision for someone else. In general, this stuff creates an atmosphere of negativity and toxicity. That's undesirable for a game mode depending on people to stay. _Of course_ there are exceptions, like if it's a person or a guild you're feuding with for example. Or, as said above, if it's an ultra annoying troll you were able to finally shut down. Or if it's a Full Signet Cata during last Summer's balance patch. But in general, this isn't funny and completely unnecessary. It just makes you look like you need to compensate for something... 🍆 I've never had a siege thrown onto me. I've never done it to anyone. The WvW guild I was organized in outlawed doing it as well. Just like they prohibited jumping on single players in the 1v1 area when we were passing there as a zerg. I think that's how it should be and everything else simply makes the game mode worse. But the way you're talking makes me think you're on NA, so there's probably no sense in appealing to basic human decency. ;)

the simple nameplates option shows a colored symbol for enemies and allies, so you get a circle for allies and a triangle for enemies

I'll check that out, thanks

@@Vallun It seems that this option is only available for WvW? Nothing like that for sPvP or PvE?

@@rayhoodoo847 I play with the friendly names off, and use the alt key to momentarily see the friendly names if needed. I do this to eliminate visual clutter, but it also makes enemies very obvious.

I hope you were trolling with that Vietnam question, lol.

not everyone can win 25 on 50, statistically

ppt guilds are a perfectly enjoyable way to play, and valuable to the war effort fight guilds sometimes act this way but it's just talk and all players have a place in wvw

as a completely biased person, yes

it's because wvw has more freedom on build crafting so most roamers get creative and make a build that works for them

The content is pretty static (and mostly player-driven), and meta builds change at about the same rate as they would in PvE, as according to balance patches (not that you even need to necessarily run a hot meta build to succeed). If you've been away for a while, you can usually just check a build website quickly for roaming or zerging options and hop in. Since the gear in GW2 has a pretty set power level and horizontal progression, often the gear you had prior will be just fine, but even if you needed totally different stat types, the new exotics vendor gets you set up to start out for basically pennies.

Unless your spec got fundamentally changed through a balance patch, builds don't have that big of an influence. If you won before and now you die that's 90% on you having forgotten how to play. Two days ago I killed a Celestial Herald who got to freely initiate on me on a Core S/D Thief build from 2015 despite Deadly Arts sucking nowadays. The build is from '15, but that's certainly not the last time I played which is what makes the difference.

No offence, but if you think it doesn't make sense why PvP and WvW are so very different - and if you're not able to adjust - then you're not a good player. Which is totally fine, by the way. I'm just saying you're missing some very fundamental understanding of how this game works.

huh? when did i make that video????

@@Vallun kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLmoZ8p3lqmwgYE.html

@@Vallun Trolling you back.

you arent trolling anyone, you're making inane comments to boost my videos viewability

@@Vallun The only person who cares about your online reputation and your viewer count is you. Why can't I make insane comments? If you think you're benefiting from it, what's your problem with me if I'm the crazy one? You people are all the same everywhere I go. I have my own mind, they have yours. Thanks.

@darianali8343 Spreading players in 4 maps is a terrible idea also. In the name of "large scale battles", wich only leads to players following the tag while not understanding wtf they are doing or why they are doing it. Maps are flat and uninteresting. And going from one point to another is super confusing and tedious for people who don´t play wvw frequently. All of that for what? Reward tracks... meh. WvW is top lazy game mode design.

then why comment if you didn't care? hmmm

You cared enough to leave a comment. 😏 Or we’re you just boosting the algo?