Guild Wars 2

In the last few weeks I started to pay attention to the profession make up in my fractal runs. I usually do fotm10 and fotm20. Almost all “unpopular” professions I’ve seen but hardly any warriors. Rangers, necros, teams with several engineers … I’ve seen them all be in groups and work just fine. I’ve also not seen any hate at all towards professions. This used to be different a few months ago.

It’s not even like these runs are slow … some of these have been extremely fast, often far more efficient to runs with zerk warriors, which leads me to think that maybe, zerkers aren’t the best of the best as is often claimed. A zerk warrior on the ground does 0 dps, compared to a ranger or necro who can survive a beating.

marnick.4305:

A zerk warrior on the ground does 0 dps, compared to a ranger or necro who can survive a beating.

this is the only game where this don t work:

A zerker warrior can kill something before dying.
It can also rally easier and even take something to the grave with him.

A necro alive can t outDPS a single dredge/ascalon vet regen in high fractals.

You can t win PvE by attrition…

A zerker warrior on the ground does 0 DPS while on the ground, but it’s quite possible that their average damage throughout the run is still higher than the engineer, necro or ranger’s, especially considering the average gear people have on those classes. Also, they wouldn’t be on the ground as much if they had a proper anchor relieving melee pressure. Just because you went down last doesn’t mean you’re the best player in the group, it means the enemies considered you a low priority.

Broadicea.8294:

Just because you went down last doesn’t mean you’re the best player in the group, it means the enemies considered you a low priority.

You, sir, deserve more likes.

Well I hate to say this but at higher level fractals no one can take a beating. Just can’t do it. Damage avoidance is the only game in town. Why I love playing mes at that level, so much damage avoidance entirely.

Still take guard/war in fotm any day all day. At least up to 2. Can carry a subpar group easily.

They are either in CoF p1 or way above your fotm level. Just because you don’t see them doesn’t mean they aren’t there.

You also tend to see a lot more guardians in fotm for the reflects. I think the best team make up would be 1 mes, 2 guards, 2 wars or 1 mes, 2 guards, 1 war, 1 thief.

Like somebody else said earlier, at higher levels the best strategy is to kill as fast as possible. The longer the fight goes on, the better chance you’ll make a mistake and wipe.