I did not know that. Now I'm kinda regretting the decision. Brazilian MMO players...I don't know why they're so bad.
Edit: Can you link where you're getting that info from?
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I did not know that. Now I'm kinda regretting the decision. Brazilian MMO players...I don't know why they're so bad.
Edit: Can you link where you're getting that info from?
andrewasdf
Neo Member
god help us all
It's a choice between dealing with some BRs or dealing with a lot of Australians. I can at least try to communicate with the Australians but that usually ends badly.
eh some of our best guildies are Australian, good group of players.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Changed for my views.
Schweinehund
Member
Aussies accent is my favorite English accent. Can't say I've played with a lot of aussies though.
Never had a problem with Australians in MMOs. Knew some in WoW on Blackrock that were friendly and really good players.
Brazilian/South American players do get a lot of heat, especially in games like DoTA 2. Some of are bad and refuse to even try cooperating with the team, and some are very good and fun to play with. Same goes for any group I guess. Just cause they speak English doesn't mean they are automatically going to be better. Been plenty of games with American players who troll and mess around causing a team to lose.
Brazilian/South American players do get a lot of heat, especially in games like DoTA 2. Some of are bad and refuse to even try cooperating with the team, and some are very good and fun to play with. Same goes for any group I guess. Just cause they speak English doesn't mean they are automatically going to be better. Been plenty of games with American players who troll and mess around causing a team to lose.
There's nothing wrong with Brazilian players at all. The issue stems from the past and how we view them now.
Brazil grew quickly as a market for gaming. They played a lot of F2P games because anything imported is taxed to hell. Because they're located in Brazil, their ping is worse, and thus they are "worse players". Because they've been "worse players" for years, they earned a reputation. If you're a US citizen, imagine if every time you said something slightly arrogant someone said "fucking Americans, cocky assholes". That's how Brazilians feel. They make a bad play and people go "gtfo br huehue". Throw in the language barrier and people get upset.
It's sad.
Brazil grew quickly as a market for gaming. They played a lot of F2P games because anything imported is taxed to hell. Because they're located in Brazil, their ping is worse, and thus they are "worse players". Because they've been "worse players" for years, they earned a reputation. If you're a US citizen, imagine if every time you said something slightly arrogant someone said "fucking Americans, cocky assholes". That's how Brazilians feel. They make a bad play and people go "gtfo br huehue". Throw in the language barrier and people get upset.
It's sad.
Perception is definitely some of it. If you click on the link reddit discussion above there's even BR players trying to avoid a BR server for the same issues I try to avoid them. I dunno.
As for Australians it might be just bad luck. Seems like anytime I play with some it's an obnoxious kid or turns into some fuck the US crap.
Haha that's awesome. Most Australians I've played with (which is not many) hate America too
Weltall Zero
Member
I just told you in my post what it adds. When white damage is independent of any other attacks (and therefore not linked to any choice), then it indeed adds zero (the choice is between spamming and not spamming, with the former being the obvious, universal best choice and therefore a non-choice). When your other abilities interrupt your "1" ability, then it becomes a non-trivial choice whether to interrupt it or not. Say I'm playing a sword Mesmer. The third hit on their sword "1" combo removes one buff on the enemy, but the combo resets if I use any other ability. I just landed the second hit in my "1" string, but I want to use another skill (say, a high-damage ability that just went off-cooldown, or a counter ability for an attack the enemy is winding up). Do I go through with using an ability, meaning I'm delaying the buff removal until, at the very least, after the ability I want to use AND three "1" ability hits (possibly more if other abilities become a priority as well). Do I wait until my third hit lands, removing one buff but potentially lowering damage done, or not protecting myself from the enemy's attack? Does the enemy have a powerful buff I want removed ASAP? Again, this adds a layer of choice that is entirely absent from games where white damage is an independent damage channel.
So to speak the choice is not so much whether or not to use the "1" ability, as whether to interrupt it with something else. For the record, Guild Wars 2 lets you set any ability to autocast, including the "1" ability which is set as such by default.
In fact, even if combos and abilities that do more damage at the end of channeling were not to
exist in GW2, the fact that they're still interrupted by other abilities (often ones that will do less damage, but have other effects) make that a meaningful choice too. Is it worth it to stop attacking for the time it takes me to cast an utility skill (which does no damage but obviously helps me in less obvious ways)? Should I keep attacking or dodge? And so on.
Yet another way Guild Wars 2 makes it also more interesting is the fact that every ability, including the "autoattack", can and will whiff if the enemy takes a step back, dodges, etc. This is unlike WoW, where if your characters commits to attacking, it will miss or be dodged only via stats.
Check the list of "1" skills per class for such an innocent, simple weapon as a sword. Try to find one that is just "plain white damage".
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sword
If you're curious, repeat this exercise for each weapon in the game.
Edit: Didn't take your post as confrontational, don't worry. I just didn't realize until now I had a reply. (WTB old "who quoted me" feature :/ ).
This is what I'm talking about. This is all I'm talking about. I'm not disagreeing with anything else you're saying.
White damage, the damage you get from just right clicking and doing nothing else, nothing at all, adds nothing, because it is automatic and requires no input. Comboing your "spammable" 1 attack does add something, like in GW2, because every part of the combo is different.
arts&crafts
Member
Anyone have a link to a good "guide" of the paths like what they offer for endgame ect. I think I would like Explorer but if its useless other than jumping I may aswell not take it
npanciroli
Neo Member
I didn't even realize there was crafting until today. I thought that's what the paths replaced. Somehow I missed reading about them. Was going to play Exiles but decided I would rather join GAF guild instead so there is people to play with.
Still thinking Stalker-Explorer but figure I'll decide once i see the character creation the first time.
Still thinking Stalker-Explorer but figure I'll decide once i see the character creation the first time.
two questions.
what is it looking like the most GAF-dominated NA server will be?
this is a bit trickier.. I want to get the pre-order for this for the goodies. I may even be up for playing in the headstart. However I am currently in the god awful atma grind for FFXIV and don't quite want to temporarily hang it up on that game yet. So... can I buy the pre-order (yes) and NOT activate the 30 day included time immediately, while still a) at the very minimum getting entitlement to the pre-order goodies and b) even better yet still getting entitlement to the 3 day head start (i.e. take a 3 day break from FFXIV and then come back to WS like within the next month or two)
what is it looking like the most GAF-dominated NA server will be?
this is a bit trickier.. I want to get the pre-order for this for the goodies. I may even be up for playing in the headstart. However I am currently in the god awful atma grind for FFXIV and don't quite want to temporarily hang it up on that game yet. So... can I buy the pre-order (yes) and NOT activate the 30 day included time immediately, while still a) at the very minimum getting entitlement to the pre-order goodies and b) even better yet still getting entitlement to the 3 day head start (i.e. take a 3 day break from FFXIV and then come back to WS like within the next month or two)
My WoW realm was connected to a Brazilian server in the Battle Group so I saw a lot of Brazilian players in Group Finder and Raid Finder and ping was not even close to being the reason that Brazilians have a bad reputation.
helloresolven
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If you want a PvE server, then Orias is the server for the main guild and it is Dominion according to the OP.
If you want a PvP server, then Pergo or Widow... there doesn't seem to be a coordinated effort here.
questionmark
Member
Anyone know of a late night EU guild aiming at pve? Can only play from 0000 every second week. =/
arts&crafts
Member
Is there any clear cut best crafting professions or I guess any horrible ones not to choose? Never crafted at all in beta
Yeah, i was curious as to the viability of "architect" in particular
Hazek for me too I think (and also the Spellslinger). Still making my mind up as to which side I will roll though.
Was wondering if there was an EU Gaf guild being set up and if not, where are most EU players going. I'd like to be in the Gaf guild if possible but not sure if it would be a good idea to roll on a US server.
On another note, I purchased the digital standard edition a long time ago off the official site and was wondering if there's an option to upgrade to the digital deluxe at all anywhere?
On another note, I purchased the digital standard edition a long time ago off the official site and was wondering if there's an option to upgrade to the digital deluxe at all anywhere?
Purchase it physically from somewhere like gamestop. You'll get a preorder code on the receipt which will give you the preorder goodies and headstart. Then you'll have to enter your retail code next week after the grace period or whenever you're ready to play.
http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/preorder/ or whatever your local wildstar preorder page is.
ok, TBH I am honestly not sure. Are PvE servers PvP-optional/flag? Is open world PVP fun or meaningful in this game?
Broadbandito
Member
I am more than happy to spearhead a PVP servfer gaf guild. Anyone interested in this idea?
Thanks for that, no idea how I missed that!
What healer is recommended as the best healer for adventures/dungeons/raids? I played a Medic up to the first adventure during the beta and kind of enjoyed it but never got a chance to try out the others.
in the same boat, i'll probably do some research tonight into some of the benefits of each profession.
Unfortunately this will depend on your copy of the game & account due to their region restrictions. As such, EU peeps with EU copies (like myself) can only play on the EU servers. You can't pick and choose, sadly.
No EU GAF guild by the looks of it (correct me if I'm wrong), but it'd be nice if there was one shortly after launch. Going by the last couple of pages Hazak seems to be the popular choice atm (pvp and both factions) followed by Ascendancy.
Interested in the "perks" of each profession as well, I imagine architect will be a good money spinner early on. Though as you can swap tradeskills in and out I suppose it ultimately doesnt matter.
Broadbandito
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I honestly should've done this months ago. I will spearhead a GAF guild on Pergo. (if I can get at least 10 people to join with me) Need to know what faction people want? So if you are interested, quote and vote! Exile or Dominion!
Bruno
Member
The BR community on Pergo will be like 0.5% of the population
Quick Mustard
Member
I'd be up for joining an EU Gaf Guild if one is around or pops up?
Theres nothing in the OT for one at the moment.
Theres nothing in the OT for one at the moment.
If you're in Europe and ordered straight from Carbine on the Wildstar website store then you have a European region copy. Also evidenced by the fact you'll only be able to log in on the .eu authentication server in-game when logging in.
Quite a few of us seem to be going to Hazek (PVP), Exile. I'm more than happy to get together a guild of some sort at the very least as a stop-gap before we find some other raiding guild peeps to join up with.
Sounds good to me.
king grimlock
Member
Ugh I don't know what to do about a guild I don't care for dominion I'm pretty new to mmo's in general so I don't want to join a ultra organized no fuck ups guild and I have a fear of being the one to ruin something for everyone (dungeons,raids etc.) Maybe I should just stay solo for a bit until I really get a grasp on all the mmo stuff
PVE servers are PVP flaggable
I am starting on a PVP server (Pergo) because of the guild I joined, but I don't think Open World PVP is that meaningful (you do get XP for kills) and the more I read about the insane addons that can literally track you as a quest marker I am questioning my decision lol.
Could be ganking hell
They encourage it, there is a veritable shit ton out for a game that has not even released yet
Honeslty find a good friendly guild on the exile side and join them. You'll lean more and have more fun as a new mmo player with other players.
Identical in scope to World of Warcraft.
Crimsonsky
Member
According to the OP the GAF guild is the Acolytes on Widow, no?
It's not a GAF guild, just a guild that has a few GAF members in it.
Same here, only I'm going Dominion Engineer
king grimlock
Member
i'm guessing there isn't a place where i can find guilds of that nature yet like a site