Guild Wars 2

Added:
Episode 12 -“Tripple Warrior Op!” (Warrior)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IglIDTI3rOU

Added:
Episode 13 -“AWESOME NEWS!” (Mesmer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myqVvJ3dPjw

Added:
Episode 14 -“Plans For The Future!” (Thief)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9E-ZkIjU4o

Just watched the mesmer, trying helseth build are we now?

I have tried gs/staff but regular shatter, and found it to be really effective. You mentioned the torch to help you re-position against thieves and stuff, but I find staff/gs to actually be a really great combo at the moment.

Have not tried halting strike because I love my wrack damage

“I own you guys”
“I have no friends”
“I am open to anything”

You are the greatest

<3

I really like Your idea about commentary + slow motion for top100 teamqueue matches and other stuff for soloqueue. I think teamqueue, especially in high Tier, is more interesting in a tactical prospective.

Divinity.8041:

Just watched the mesmer, trying helseth build are we now?

I have tried gs/staff but regular shatter, and found it to be really effective. You mentioned the torch to help you re-position against thieves and stuff, but I find staff/gs to actually be a really great combo at the moment.

Have not tried halting strike because I love my wrack damage

“I own you guys”
“I have no friends”
“I am open to anything”

You are the greatest

<3

I am actually just having fun with all the different weaponsets right now and I am glad you enjoyed this episode
haha ya i am just talking random stuff^^

MarkPhilips.5169:

I really like Your idea about commentary + slow motion for top100 teamqueue matches and other stuff for soloqueue. I think teamqueue, especially in high Tier, is more interesting in a tactical prospective.

I will probably manage to upload a tactical breakdown of the esl finales today

Hey guys this time I have something completely new for you!
Since I was invited to join the shoutcaster program which I did I now have the possibility to watch and record rated Top 100 Team Q Tournament matches!
I came up with the idea to use these recorded matches to explain the tactics of the different teams (splits, movement, positioning etc) in a video series to help new players and teams!

I really hope you enjoy it!
Make sure to leave a comment on Youtube if you enjoyed it and/or have any suggestions/ideas!

Subscribe to my channel:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChKcXTocz7_QAnpbCCeOtfw?sub_confirmation=1

Episode 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxg7Wl1BVGY

+1 for the initiative! I think this is a really great concept and I would not mind contributing if help is needed.

Thanks a lot for the support Djooce i appreciate it

GJ man :P

Jin

Even if those guides are helpful, what is most needed is forum visibility.

Very few people post-take a look at these forums, we need more visibility.

Good initiative anyway.

Very nice, thank you!

I only wish live games would be as convinient to follow as spectator.

JinDaVikk.7291:

GJ man :P

Jin

Thanks a lot

GJ Sensotix, i want to give you some suggestions to improve your recording:

1_ Would be cool add players number involved in every teamfight on minimap. This is very helpful to follow better, like spectators, the game. It means for example in this video (at the beginning): (red color)4vs3(blue color) at mid (little advantage for reds), (red color)1vs1(blue color) at mine. After few seconds, (red color)4vs4(blue color) on mid (blue ranger came after) and when blue necro was stomped, (red color)4vs3(blue color) at mid etc. Maybe you can add this counter very close to node on minimap.

Btw in general i think this would be very good if anet could insert it in spectator mode directly (like dynamic counter for teamfights).

2) Add little arrows in minimap when a guy disengages to show where he wants to go. In general i think dynamic counter is more important but this could be very helpfull too.

3) More slow motions. It’s very very usefull in big teamfights to understand what happened. You used it well to show guardian kb on ress spirits (very unlucky) and the final 100b on svanir after kd.

4) More character’s PoV. It’s linked to previous improvement, i mean, a lot of times big fights are very confusing and it’s not easy to watch from panoramic view. So i think a good balance from slow motions and PoV can be very helpful.

I know it’s not easy to switch on right camera during the fights when you are watching a game, but you need only more practice.

You did a gj anyway

And good match!

MarkPhilips.5169:

GJ Sensotix, i want to give you some suggestions to improve your recording:

1_ Would be cool add players number involved in every teamfight on minimap. This is very helpful to follow better, like spectators, the game. It means for example in this video (at the beginning): (red color)4vs3(blue color) at mid (little advantage for reds), (red color)1vs1(blue color) at mine. After few seconds, (red color)4vs4(blue color) on mid (blue ranger came after) and when blue necro was stomped, (red color)4vs3(blue color) at mid etc. Maybe you can add this counter very close to node on minimap.

Btw in general i think this would be very good if anet could insert it in spectator mode directly (like dynamic counter for teamfights).

2) Add little arrows in minimap when a guy disengages to show where he wants to go. In general i think dynamic counter is more important but this could be very helpfull too.

3) More slow motions. It’s very very usefull in big teamfights to understand what happened. You used it well to show guardian kb on ress spirits (very unlucky) and the final 100b on svanir after kd.

4) More character’s PoV. It’s linked to previous improvement, i mean, a lot of times big fights are very confusing and it’s not easy to watch from panoramic view. So i think a good balance from slow motions and PoV can be very helpful.

I know it’s not easy to switch on right camera during the fights when you are watching a game, but you need only more practice.

You did a gj anyway

And good match!

okay thanks for all the suggestions they are really really good the only problem is that it is extremely hard with my limited sony vegas skills to do all that but i will try my best! promised!
i think the rest is actually possible good ideas there!

Cheers,
Sensotix

Good job Sensotix, are you still going to do a video on 1v1 tips as a shatter mesmer?

Mrbig.8019:

Even if those guides are helpful, what is most needed is forum visibility.

Very few people post-take a look at these forums, we need more visibility.

Good initiative anyway.

yea there needs something to be changed about that its hard to spread the guides :/

Vieteriukko.6075:

Very nice, thank you!

I only wish live games would be as convinient to follow as spectator.

Yea the live games are just happening so fast.. you cant really focus on certain things

Very nice, hope it will help ppl develope in a good way.
Keep it up

More great work. Would be nice to see ANET get behind something like this as a series of tutorials you could access from the mists or something.

This was great. Thanks Sensotix!

How awesome would it be if GW2 had a record feature like Starcraft 2 where you could go back and pause/play/rewind, look at different camera angles, builds etc. Oh the analysis you could do!

OhMyTaeyeon.5831:

Good job Sensotix, are you still going to do a video on 1v1 tips as a shatter mesmer?

Yes of course
But atm I am really busy with all the stuff the spectating feature allows me to do

Michael.7382:

Very nice, hope it will help ppl develope in a good way.
Keep it up

Thanks a lot

Pixels.6532:

More great work. Would be nice to see ANET get behind something like this as a series of tutorials you could access from the mists or something.

this would be awesome…maybe i can talk to the devs about showing such stuff

Kavia.8249:

This was great. Thanks Sensotix!

How awesome would it be if GW2 had a record feature like Starcraft 2 where you could go back and pause/play/rewind, look at different camera angles, builds etc. Oh the analysis you could do!

Thanks a lot
yes that would be awesome

Another tactical breakdown video will follow this weekend!
would be awesome if you could bump this thread from time to time so that more new players can actually see it

John Corpening.9847:

This is really awesome Sensotix. Thanks for putting it together!

could you maybe make it a sticky?
It’s completely up to you I don’t mind having it like this

Added:
Episode 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOREwTBo7jE

Added:
Episode 15 -“Solo Q Series Is Back!” (Mesmer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUr3uqzzL0o

Another great video. I have difficulty pulling off your ‘about face’ forward teleport. I find that “about face” only works if I click the ground first. Even then I find I need to stop or slow down to re-orient.

Any tips?

About face doesn’t work if you are right clicking to move the camera at all, provided you aren’t doing that it works

Thedenofsin.7340:

Another great video. I have difficulty pulling off your ‘about face’ forward teleport. I find that “about face” only works if I click the ground first. Even then I find I need to stop or slow down to re-orient.

Any tips?

you shouldn’t have a target
the second thing is there is a feature you can enable where you put the turn around on one key press the key and then just press pr and then the key again

Watched your most recent video. Neat looking build. Curious about your choices on the following:

1) Why did you choose Null Field instead of Disenchanter, given that you are not constantly shattering? The Disenchanter only has a 20 second cooldown and strips 2 condis+2boons every ~3 or so seconds. Plus he gives regen.

2) I won’t argue the x/20/20/20/x, but I’m curious why you chose 30 Dueling vs
– 30 in Chaos (9% damage reduction)
– 30 Insp (Shattered Conditions)
– 10 Dom (empowered Illusions)
– 10 Illusions (Master of Misdirection)

I ran something similar: 0/20/20/30/0 with full settler’s and disenchanter|defender and mirror images, and staff/GS. I found it very survivable and gave great zone defense, but the killing power was lacking (I wasn’t using undead runes – I’ll try that).

Hi Senso …do u think shatter/stealth build is still viable in tpvp ?
And what build would u reccomment for tpvp if not shatter ( just which one is the strongest to help out in team fights)

Thedenofsin.7340:

Watched your most recent video. Neat looking build. Curious about your choices on the following:

1) Why did you choose Null Field instead of Disenchanter, given that you are not constantly shattering? The Disenchanter only has a 20 second cooldown and strips 2 condis+2boons every ~3 or so seconds. Plus he gives regen.

2) I won’t argue the x/20/20/20/x, but I’m curious why you chose 30 Dueling vs
– 30 in Chaos (9% damage reduction)
– 30 Insp (Shattered Conditions)
– 10 Dom (empowered Illusions)
– 10 Illusions (Master of Misdirection)

I ran something similar: 0/20/20/30/0 with full settler’s and disenchanter|defender and mirror images, and staff/GS. I found it very survivable and gave great zone defense, but the killing power was lacking (I wasn’t using undead runes – I’ll try that).

Hey there
1) The reason I am using Nullfield is that it is faster especially it helps out my teammates a lot ..especially since I have the cooldown reduction via my traits

2) I choose to run 30 in dueling to get extra crit chance and to have the cooldown reduction on both my stun and phantasm which is really important because with this build you really dont want to stand on the point vs a warrior etc without any cooldowns up..30 in inspiration is not really good since you don’t ever shatter your illusions because the effects on death don’t trigger on shatter

Hope I could help

emil.6539:

Hi Senso …do u think shatter/stealth build is still viable in tpvp ?
And what build would u reccomment for tpvp if not shatter ( just which one is the strongest to help out in team fights)

In my opinion it is still viable
the greatsword/staff build probably is still one of the best builds for teamfights

Added:
Episode 16 -“Stabby Stab!” (Thief)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3e9eHHjfaQ

Nice vid, always great to see you run thief.

Nice videos.

Any chance we will see an ele video soon™?

Blackhat.4016:

Nice videos.

Any chance we will see an ele video soon™?

i will try my best

Pixels.6532:

Nice vid, always great to see you run thief.

glad you enjoyed it

These are fantastic videos. It really helps me fight mesmers, which are my absolute nightmare. I think I won my first point ever with a 30+ mesmer guarding it tonight. : O

Nicely polished video.
I like you’ve admitted you’re not a full time warrior player in their specific video’s. As much as I can understand hanging around the edges in group engagements and laying down longbow fire field and hammer stuns, it differs from what I learned was good warrior play versus generic warrior play. In gw1 the warriors in our guild were the first ones in, they had the highest mitigation and damage output, but more importantly they knew exactly who had used what, who was on half energy and who was on none and would keep track of who was where and single out who the weakest target was to organised spike. Warrior goes from being considered straight forward to advanced when you have people doing this.

The prot monk is on half energy and still has 11 seconds left on their elite.
The healer monk has over extended, but still has viable energy
Their mesmer is sitting on 2 interrupts
The ele has 6 seconds left on blinding surge
Line up their ranger for a spike in 4 seconds
use ‘cannot be blocked’ their rit still has weapon of warding up their sleeve
Our ranger go snare their healer monk and trapped them at being over extended
Ok everyone..3..2..1..spike

It becomes very impressive to play with these types of warrior’s who are not only contributing, they know exactly who to target at every single minute and what to use. It is what I personally feel warrior has lost in gw2 with teams always being spread out over 3 nodes.

Awesome collection dude thanks!

Fluffball.8307:

These are fantastic videos. It really helps me fight mesmers, which are my absolute nightmare. I think I won my first point ever with a 30+ mesmer guarding it tonight. : O

comments like this one really motivate! thx

Stand The Wall.6987:

Awesome collection dude thanks!

glad you enjoy it!)

CntrlAltDefeat.1465:

Nicely polished video.
I like you’ve admitted you’re not a full time warrior player in their specific video’s. As much as I can understand hanging around the edges in group engagements and laying down longbow fire field and hammer stuns, it differs from what I learned was good warrior play versus generic warrior play. In gw1 the warriors in our guild were the first ones in, they had the highest mitigation and damage output, but more importantly they knew exactly who had used what, who was on half energy and who was on none and would keep track of who was where and single out who the weakest target was to organised spike. Warrior goes from being considered straight forward to advanced when you have people doing this.

The prot monk is on half energy and still has 11 seconds left on their elite.
The healer monk has over extended, but still has viable energy
Their mesmer is sitting on 2 interrupts
The ele has 6 seconds left on blinding surge
Line up their ranger for a spike in 4 seconds
use ‘cannot be blocked’ their rit still has weapon of warding up their sleeve
Our ranger go snare their healer monk and trapped them at being over extended
Ok everyone..3..2..1..spike

It becomes very impressive to play with these types of warrior’s who are not only contributing, they know exactly who to target at every single minute and what to use. It is what I personally feel warrior has lost in gw2 with teams always being spread out over 3 nodes.

thanks a lot! and yea i really miss those times as well!

I have really enjoyed this series, especially watching the d/p thief build play as I play this myself, I am however hopping you might try s/p at some point just so i can see how a good player actually does it ;P !! ( I generally fail with it.)