Guild Wars 2

If you have lots of delay and lags, which class and build should one play to best offset it?

Cleric Bunker Guardian I guess would be the most forgiving.

MM necro. I think the cleric bunker guard is forgiving but you do need to time at least some cooldowns right in intense fights.

with lag you wont be able to time blocks or aegis, so that 12k hp wont go far. maybe try bunk guard with sentinels amulet?

damage is so high right now so nothing can facetank well, so bunkers require a lot of active play which will be hard w lag.

choovanski.5462:

with lag you wont be able to time blocks or aegis, so that 12k hp wont go far. maybe try bunk guard with sentinels amulet?

You lost me at “12k hp”… Do you have experience playing this build or Celestial Shoutbow Warrior? See, both builds use the same rune which primarily adds Vitality.

Velimere.7685:

choovanski.5462:

with lag you wont be able to time blocks or aegis, so that 12k hp wont go far. maybe try bunk guard with sentinels amulet?

You lost me at “12k hp”… Do you have experience playing this build or Celestial Shoutbow Warrior? See, both builds use the same rune which primarily adds Vitality.

ok. i got it wrong, it’s 13k. give yourself a gold star and a pat on the back.

in regard to your questions, i only play medi on my guardian, and despite playing shoutbow i never memorised how much health soldier runes give. weird i know.

choovanski.5462:

Velimere.7685:

choovanski.5462:

with lag you wont be able to time blocks or aegis, so that 12k hp wont go far. maybe try bunk guard with sentinels amulet?

You lost me at “12k hp”… Do you have experience playing this build or Celestial Shoutbow Warrior? See, both builds use the same rune which primarily adds Vitality.

ok. i got it wrong, it’s 13k. give yourself a gold star and a pat on the back.

in regard to your questions, i only play medi on my guardian, and despite playing shoutbow i never memorised how much health soldier runes give. weird i know.

What is this, primary school? Am I supposed to be both the teacher and student in this fantasy of yours? Why would I give myself a gold star and pat myself on the back? Such a notion is simply and utterly nonsensical.

That nonsense aside, Shouts are also instant-cast save for the Elite which has a cast of 1/4th of a second (the next fastest cast-time in the game). One would think such quick cast times would be rather useful to someone experiencing such delays as noted herein by the OP.

Velimere.7685:

choovanski.5462:

Velimere.7685:

choovanski.5462:

with lag you wont be able to time blocks or aegis, so that 12k hp wont go far. maybe try bunk guard with sentinels amulet?

You lost me at “12k hp”… Do you have experience playing this build or Celestial Shoutbow Warrior? See, both builds use the same rune which primarily adds Vitality.

ok. i got it wrong, it’s 13k. give yourself a gold star and a pat on the back.

in regard to your questions, i only play medi on my guardian, and despite playing shoutbow i never memorised how much health soldier runes give. weird i know.

What is this, primary school? Am I supposed to be both the teacher and student in this fantasy of yours? Why would I give myself a gold star and pat myself on the back? Such a notion is simply and utterly nonsensical.

That nonsense aside, Shouts are also instant-cast save for the Elite which has a cast of 1/4th of a second (the next fastest cast-time in the game). One would think such quick cast times would be rather useful to someone experiencing such delays as noted herein by the OP.

yeah, you’re the student-teacher nice to meetcha.

nice to see you recommending bunk guard like everyone else in the thread. instant cast could be a boon, but if it’s network lag it’s debatable how much difference it would make. ive had 1000 ping (and much higher, 3k is pretty insane) and people will just stand still on your screen, often you cant even use skills or they activate a long time after you press them. bunk guard is a solid suggestion, but the 12- sorry 13k health pool could be an issue if your characters reactions are significantly delayed, as 13k is very little for a mesmer to burn through.

choovanski.5462:

yeah, you’re the student-teacher nice to meetcha.

Still proceeded with the poor-taste and completely off-topic jabs? Oh well.

choovanski.5462:

nice to see you recommending bunk guard like everyone else in the thread.

Yeah… Only the first guy to suggest it didn’t hop on the bandwagon there, right?

I wonder who that was…

choovanski.5462:

instant cast could be a boon, but if it’s network lag it’s debatable how much difference it would make. ive had 1000 ping (and much higher, 3k is pretty insane) and people will just stand still on your screen, often you cant even use skills or they activate a long time after you press them. bunk guard is a solid suggestion, but the 12- sorry 13k health pool could be an issue if your characters reactions are significantly delayed, as 13k is very little for a mesmer to burn through.

Given your very own pitched scenario, a Mesmer could quite as easily burn through even more health given “a long time” while “you can’t even use skills” as per your words.

I used to have 200+ ping at any given moment when I lived in the country so, I can relate. It’s one of the reasons why I started out with a more passive playing style rather than a direct damage build.

They got rid of a lot of passive playstyles in this game for QQ reasons; too effective for how easy it was. I would have recommended Turret Engi if they didn’t nerf it to the ground It looks like MM Necro is your next best thing, in that regards.

Bunker Clerics isn’t bad. The only time you need to have fast hands is if you’re in a 1v2 or 1v3 scenario but.. that’s with any class and build. You can technically just run around and support your allies without worrying too much about needing fast reaction times.