Guild Wars 2

I am glad this is not PermaDeath! I have never seen so many hit points disappear so quickly on my character before. This definately raises the bar on the skill level required to play this class. Once ya get over the dying part the rest can be kind of fun to work on. The last part seems particularly important.

It makes me laugh whenever people say Ele has a high skill cap. It might but really it only differs whether you are useless or mediocre. High skill cap is something that should be rewarded but instead we are rewarded with mediocre damage and forced to run most (if not all) our cantrips so we don’t get blown up right away.

It’s a totally different way of playing than PvE. Many rotations, skills, or trait setups that can work well enough in PvE don’t work at all in sPvP. Nor does anything in PvE prepare a player for the fast pace and changing circumstances in sPvP.

I am glad I gave you a chuckle. The post was intended to do that although not quite in the way you got a kick out of it lol. But, yes, sPvP raises the bar. Good enough in PvE does not translate to the same in sPvP.

High skill cap? idk about that. You are putting words in my mouth. But, it definately will take some time to try out different builds, tactics, and skills to find what fits. And learning the other classes. Part of the fun for me, after I get past the dying part, repeatedly as it turns out, is in the discovery. Eventual success is guaranteed of course, if, as you say, there is a low skill cap.

Put 30 in water with condition removals and use escaping catrips. That’ll change a lot

Its a high effort cap. Big difference, really. This is the only class where you need to devote your whole utility bar to “Oh shi-” buttons just to stay on even keel survivability wise with other classes. -.-

@Taku-ty for the tip, I’ll def take a look at that.

@Xhaiden-effort is a better word.

I’ve been running survivability type setups in Pve just because I get myself into the middle of lots of adds and fast respawns pretty regularly. I haven’t been trying those in sPvP for no particular reason other than I’ve been orienting for more DPS. And yeah, it appears I’ve moved too far in that direction. That’s been effective against some players but it’s not effective alot of the time.

If only I could go scepter/dagger/focus. Now, that wouldn’t be OP would it? /laugh

“Oh look a Dead Elementalist” has become a guild wide joke, yes I am the only Elementalist in my guild but I secretly get to laugh at our warriors stacking even more vitality and toughness and dream of Voodoo dolls with their faces when they tell me to “L2D”.

As Guild Leader I’m scheduling a sPVP evening soon so I can take their faces and rub them in the dirt, splish splash I’m a taking a bath!