Guild Wars 2

Golems suck basically even with a zerg protecting you, you die in golems within seconds. Damage is fine no need to improve damage.

It needs a health buff or toughness buff or some sort of “tankyness” boost.

Not a huge one to make it overpowered but enough for it to last more than 10 seconds.

At the moment everyone I know is just not even building them anymore because even catapults are better than golems right now and at a third of the cost….ranged siege = king…

Golems suck at the moment.

The point of golems is either;
a) If you’re only using one, you’re using it in a small group to ninja-cap, so the idea is that you don’t need that much tank to it, because you’re not supposed to get spotted or get hit whilst in it
b) If you’re using multiple golems, your zerg should be putting down enough cover fire for them to rush the gate that you’re after. If your zerg can’t protect a group of golems for the ~1 minute it takes them to go through a gate, you need a better zerg, not better golems.

Although I would agree that a good cat or treb is worth a lot more than a golem for 95% of the time. I’ve found very few situations where I’ve thought to myself that a golem would be useful for something – that 5% has always come when ninja-capping a Garrison via the water gate, because ranged siege isn’t practical there really.

Never chain-Timewarped a couple of golems i see.

Eh, even then. Don’t get me wrong – they’re quick as hell going through anything, but if you’ve not gotten the plans to hand thanks to lucky drops/the jp and you’re not raking in enough badges to justify it, golems really aren’t a weapon of choice, given their price compared to everything else. I mean, four trebs, eight ’pults, sixteen rams or one golem? Certainly not for the faint of heart or casual WvW player.

I quite like them, only to watch them eat through the doors at amazing speed though, and ofc portalbombing “Now your door is safe…. NOW ITS NOT”
Also, it’s always nice to take down other people’s golems of course.

They’re not exactly my weapon of choice, but then again i’m not fond of using any siege myself, leaving that to our siege nutters.

Yeah obviously your doing it wrong. I find it funny when people think the golems are used the way they think they should be used. You need a better zerg, and you need to use them with a sneak attack, in which case they do work.

This is the perfect example.

You sure? http://i.imgur.com/5KTtB.jpg

We just hit a keep with 22 golems, the reinforced doors fell so so fast lol.

Yeah, I suppose to an extent it depends on your style and own preferences. Personally? I’m just disappointed that you can’t have guild trebs. Would be the perfect second option to ’pults when ninja-capping in small groups.

Gavello.2813:

You sure? http://i.imgur.com/5KTtB.jpg

We just hit a keep with 22 golems, the reinforced doors fell so so fast lol.

+620 and 22 Golems you must have been bored?