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1. Not that I know, though it often helps in tight places to zoom in with your camera
2. fotm = Fractals Of The Mist, also called simply fractals or fractal dungeon. It’s the dungeon with its entrance in Lions Arch that has different levels of difficulty (short explanation. Long explanation -> http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Fractal)
3. Tbh, I have not played a warrior yet, so I don’t know.
4. Skills can combine with each other to form combo fields: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Combo
5. No clue what the big deal is, because I kind of like it myself :‘) As far as I can see, people are upset because they can’t get a certain type of armor (“ascended armor”) fast enough.
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thanks for taking the time to reply ill check out those links.
1. I don’t know, maybe someone else can answer this.
2. Fractals of the Mist. A dungeon designed to challenge level 80 characters which progresses in difficulty the more times you do it. I would not worry about this yet.
3. For tanking you mainly want to look at toughness and vitality. However, if you did not already do so also learn to dodge and block big attacks as the dynamic combat offers a lot of survivability if played out well.
4. It is a combination of skills. For example if an elementalist puts a field of fire on the ground and a ranger shoots arrow through it, those arrows become burning arrows. There is extra info in the tooltip of the skill (combo finisher).
5. With an update it is always like that on a forum. People don’t like change in general. It will settle down again with time.
Good to hear you’re enjoying this great game!
2: Fractals of the Mists, they’re a lvl’d dungeon, do a wiki search for full info.
3: Yep, warriors are a solid choice, and as a Charr you can aim for t3 armour, which looks amazing! Though if you want a pure tank, guardians are better, warriors are better for dps though.
4: A combo is using a finish ability in a combo field http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Combo
5: It’s going to have some good effects on the market, lowering the price of crafting materials and other things, as now you can use the laurels to buy them
1. No you cannot lock in the camera angle unfortunately, it can get really annoying in tight spaces especially with a charr because they are so big. However these are only minor annoyances.
2. “fotm” means fractals of the mists. It is a dungeon found in lions arch.
3. Warriors are considered very powerful so you will have no problems with a good character. If you are going for a tanky warrior though you might considered putting some points into toughness to help against direct damage because vitality only helps against conditions.
4. A combo is when a player lays down a combo field, if you hover over a skill it will say Combo Field X (there are 9 different combo fields) then another player uses a combo finisher in/through the field which give added effects. For example, player A lays down a combo field fire then player B shoots through it with a projectile finisher, the result is burning projectiles.
5. To tell you the truth i have no idea why people are freaking out about the laurels. If anything I am happy about the laurels because it gives you an alternate route to many things. For example, ascended gear could only be got by doing fotm, now you can buy them for 35 laurels. I guess people are freaking out because they see laurels as the new “grind.”
Hope this helps!
Thanks for the replies guys, so you think going more toughness and vitality would be better than power and vitality?
My thinking was i still want to do lots of damage and tank so power and vitality seemed good. I figured because i could wear heavy armor that would be enough on the defense end and i should focus on attack damage and hitpoints(power and vitality)
As a warrior you want to focus on toughness over vitality. Warriors have the highest base health, so vitality (which gives you health directly) is less valuable.
Place points into the Defense, Tactics, and Strength for Hammer/GS or axe/shield. This provides good survivability with great damage.
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Also keep in mind that you can reset you traits at any time for a small fee. Just visit your profession trainer (the one who sold you the skill book) and tell him you’d like to reset.
There’s no penalty for doing so, other than a trivial amount of silver/copper. So play around with these as you level to explore different traits and playstyles.
One thing I’ll add is that there are no tanks, dps, or healers in this game. You can certainly make yourself ‘tankier’ by stacking vitality & toughness, but every player is responsible (for the most part) with his/her own survival. So don’t gimp your damage output, because no profession can truly tank. Eventually, you’ll just die.
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