Warrior - Greatsword is Silly
Warrior GS works just fine, surely it feels lackluster when the group knows how to might stack, but in most PUG it’s almost OP.(easy 12~25 stack of might, for just pressing 1 and 2.)
Uuuh yeah!
Whirlwind is very good btw.. but:
Autoattacks is waaay to weak..
Still hate the standing still 100b skill.. i rather have a moving 50b.
bladetrail could be nice but so slow!!
And rush.. well yeah good for running ofc. but it never hits.. and then you have that annoying walking situation where you dont do anything.
not even talking about arcing slice.
a) Yes, WA is excellent.
b) The auto-attacks actually hit pretty hard. Also, let me introduce you to my axe.
c) Let me introduce you to my axe.
d) Let me introduce you to my axe. edit: BT may have a slower projectile, but due to the fact it boomerangs can lead to some very strategic uses wherein you position yourself so that the return hits someone on the way back — and unlike things like Impale or Throw Axe, without a target BT will still do its full boomerang attack. Again, more strategic use here. Impale/Throw Axe just dive into the ground without a target.
e) I use Rush to get to places faster, or to catch up to an enemy. It’s almost never intended to actually hit the enemy (although see below, I’ll often use it to quickly speed close enough to an enemy and swap to axe to use Eviscerate — people often dodge right when the rush is about to finish and do the swing, which leads them straight into.. MY AXE). Oh, I use it in close range combat as a hard-hitting point-blank attack. It does do great damage.
NSP’s resident crazy-eyed sylvari
(edited by Ark Bladesteele.2943)
Actually, I use it all the time in PvE, sometimes almost exclusively. Mobs rarely dodge or move, so HB is perfectly fine, as are many of its other attacks. It’s also part of my zerg-busting set in WvW, because WA hits so many targets and does fantastic damage, all while evading the whole way through. And the occasional times I get a HB off after, say, a 3 tick Earthshaker or sometimes even Bull’s Rush, it’s generally death with the use of just one skill. Not to mention every crit grants might with no ICD using Forceful Greatsword. What’s to complain about?
And I just outlined a use for Rush where I said I use it to attack. Just not in the way you’re thinking.
NSP’s resident crazy-eyed sylvari
Auto-attack (#1) is pretty decent if you aim your gear toward DPS. 100B channeling (#2) is a pretty good risk-reward mechanism for an attack that can crit for 40K. “Whirling wind” (#3) can be very good for inflicting damage to stacked mobs and it provides one additional evade. “Bladetrail” (#4) is perhaps a bit slow but it cripples all the targets on its way from and back to player. “Rush” (#5) is simply great for traversing long distances, can be considered an additional evade and a peeling-off help. The most important thing people forget about GS is that “Arcing slice” (burst) can sustain perma Fury with only two bars of adrenaline spent every 10 seconds.
From all the weapons there are in GW2 I’d say GS is one of the better designed and thought out. Trait your warrior for GS damage and reduced cooldown and its almost perfect.
GS is a burst AoE, less foes, lower the damage ramp up.
What I hate about GS, or more like humanoid animations, is that humanoid characters swing it like a stick, having no apparent weight, Charr and Asura animations are best possible.
I’m a casual PvE adventurer, I enjoy combat, adventure and helping, but not farming.
I rarely do PvP or Hard PvE, unless it’s organized.
I rarely do PvP or Hard PvE, unless it’s organized.
Pve…
Not just PvE, GS is perfectly viable for sPvP and WvWvW too. In sPvP it can be used for ninja attacks on far (excellent mobility) or providing good damage on crippled/immobilized/knocked down/knocked back targets. In WvWvW it is usually a weapon of choice if sword/warhorn is not used for providing swiftness/mobility/condi removal.
GS is a burst AoE, less foes, lower the damage ramp up.
What I hate about GS, or more like humanoid animations, is that humanoid characters swing it like a stick, having no apparent weight, Charr and Asura animations are best possible.
It does feel like it doesn’t have any weight on my sylvari male warrior. On my wife’s female sylvari ranger, though, it feels insanely powerful. It’s hefted, not swung like a stick. Every attack looks and feels strong. It’s really the one thing I like the least about using it on my war, so I try to use GS skins that give it a heavier “feel” — currently, my favored skin is Zodiac. For some reason, the legendaries feel like paper, so I’m not too keen on them, and the Zodiac has just the right balance of sharpness and heft that it at least feels more weighty than most greatswords, at least to me.
NSP’s resident crazy-eyed sylvari
For PvE, greatsword is fine. I don’t see an issue unless it’s with very specific content in which case only very specific tactics will apply.
This kid is more like oberyn martell