Joshua_Davis

Sharing what I just posted on the forums:

I'm looking into this. I believe this change was done as part of the prep work for finishing the transition to DX11 (which you'll hear more about early next year). I'm chatting with engineering this morning about what our options are. Hang tight.

-Josh

Sharing what I just posted on the forums:

I'm looking into this. I believe this change was done as part of the prep work for finishing the transition to DX11 (which you'll hear more about early next year). I'm chatting with engineering this morning about what our options are. Hang tight.

-Josh

I lost so hard that I haven't streamed for weeks!

Nice.

The bonuses are being extended through Oct 28, but the world restructuring beta itself will wind down this upcoming Friday (Oct 21) as planned.

Thank you OP (and everyone else) for the kind words and the Saturday afternoon dopamine hit! I say this often - but working on Guild Wars 2 again, with this team, is an absolute privilege. I'm glad I picked up the phone when JT called.

I tend to see posts like this as appreciation, or even validation, for what we're doing collectively as a studio. While you might hear from me the most (it's part of my job, after all), there's an entire team behind this project that are just as passionate about the game and the community as I am. They're the real MVPs. :)

Thank you very much for the continued support!

Hijacking top comment to add a quick note. Internal metrics put mechanist at 20% in raids between Aug 23 - today (vs the 32.76% in the OP). There's a bit of selection bias in the Wingman data, likely due to the nature of the platform and who uses it. My understanding is that it's all self-reported. 20% is still pretty high, of course - not refuting that at all. Changes incoming. :)

My post was blessed by ArenaNet Partner Snebzor. A glorious day.

This post took longer to appear than I expected. I owe someone $5.

On a more serious note, the next release is on October 4 and includes the competitive-focused balance update that Cal (cmc) and Roy (Roy) are going to preview on Twitch this Friday. We should have the next roadmap and studio update out sometime around that Oct 4 release.

I lost:(.

Congrats, Sneb!

Floyd is the Senior Game Designer on WvW.

EDIT: Clarification on Floyd's role in balancing can be read here: https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/120537-world-restructuring-beta-event-feedback/#comment-1743823

Alright, this got me! Quality content.

To address the issue at hand, yes, we're keenly aware of the mechanist incursion. To reference my balance forum post from Aug 18, it certainly seems to be 'dominating the meta'. No details to share today, just wanted to let y'all know we're looking into it.

MOM! GET THE CAMERA!!!

I did stream WvW yesterday (8 hours, what the heck?), but I can't claim credit for this claim. :)

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Mesmers - don't worry. The mirage nerfs were accidently included in the release notes. They've been pulled. :)

Thanks! It's a busy, distracting day. :)

You spotted it 10 minutes after we pushed it live to the account site. We knew someone would find it and post to reddit pretty quick, but not THAT quickly! :D

Blog with all of the Twitch Drop details will come tomorrow.

Is there a Hardstuck merch store? Asking for a friend.

Hmm. I guess you'll need to check in on Tuesday to find out!