Guild Wars 2

I plan to farm for different stuff. Mainly level 77-80 mobs for mats.

Can a guardian, who traited right and with Berserker(dps) gear dish out some quick kills and farm decently fast ?

In short … yes.

You laugh in the face of opposition – Then they are dead at your feet and you can happily carry on collecting mats. (You can even have time to /dance with the risen).
Out of my 3 80’s (engi, mesmer n guard) the guard can do a farming round far quicker and with way more kills than the other two proffs. (Clear the Pact field hospital of Risen is the event that i use as a benchmark (me vs (usually) 22 risen . . . . and i’m still standing:))

BurnWeed.5902:

You laugh in the face of opposition – Then they are dead at your feet and you can happily carry on collecting mats. (You can even have time to /dance with the risen).
Out of my 3 80’s (engi, mesmer n guard) the guard can do a farming round far quicker and with way more kills than the other two proffs. (Clear the Pact field hospital of Risen is the event that i use as a benchmark (me vs (usually) 22 risen . . . . and i’m still standing:))

What gear setup have you for this ?

So this is AoE farming you’re talking about, or does same apply regarding single target farming ?

Awesome reply though!

berserkers in open world pve.(shout build, ah, pov)(gs, sword/focus) if i get tagged by a mob i puposefully aggro everything else within (1500-2000)- just to make it more interesting- the only single target farming i do is champs. Dodging and use of terrain (los) is so important to any profession

From what I’ve seen DPS is more dependent on gear and stats than class, at least between War, Thief, Guard, and Mesmer. War n Thief do a bit better than Guard and Mesmer but I was surprised at how close the classes are.

Guardians can do good damage when geared and traited for it, comparable to many others.

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I have a Soldier/Knight Guardian (30% Crit, 35% Crit Damage, 3400 Power, 3000 Armor, 18k Health) and I have an easier time killing single or huge mobs than my Berserk/Valkyrie Elementalist (40% Crit, 80% Crit Damage, 3300 Power, 1800 Armor, 16k Health).

Supposedly, my elementalist should kill stuff faster, but I can’t pull more than 2~3 with the danger of getting downed, and even one sometimes take a bit if I don’t get crits in a row, which means I’m getting damaged and at that low armor, it hurts.

With the Guardian though, it doesn’t matter if it’s one or 10, using a GS and Symbol/Whirling, they’re dead usually with just these 2 skills and your health barely drops, depending on your build (I use a 30/0/10/30 with Symbol Healing, Area, Damage etc).

The only type of monster I don’t kill as fast with the Guardian than the Elementalist are Elites (of Group Events) and maybe Veterans.
I don’t know of any other profession who can AoE damage with so much passive healing, so I’d say Guardians should be one of the best for farming stuff by killing mobs.

lol – i’ve just realised how glass cannon i am with jormag – only 13k health, so 2 hits = downed . . . .BUT my kill credit must be good as yellow/greens from the mobs. IF they do change the loot rewards (more) then i will go back to a bit tankier- BUT if they dont then i think i will carry on with this spec for the drop rate.

BurnWeed.5902:

lol – i’ve just realised how glass cannon i am with jormag – only 13k health, so 2 hits = downed . . . .BUT my kill credit must be good as yellow/greens from the mobs. IF they do change the loot rewards (more) then i will go back to a bit tankier- BUT if they dont then i think i will carry on with this spec for the drop rate.

Wait, where’s this information from that quality of loot scales with damage/“quality” of kill credit? Or did you just mean more loot overall, so more chance at better loot?

I run defensively, and my drop rates are fine.

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BurnWeed.5902:

lol – i’ve just realised how glass cannon i am with jormag – only 13k health, so 2 hits = downed . . . .BUT my kill credit must be good as yellow/greens from the mobs. IF they do change the loot rewards (more) then i will go back to a bit tankier- BUT if they dont then i think i will carry on with this spec for the drop rate.

Wait, where’s this information from that quality of loot scales with damage/“quality” of kill credit? Or did you just mean more loot overall, so more chance at better loot?

I run defensively, and my drop rates are fine.

I’ll toss down the BS flag on it.

Works very well.

Leap of Faith into mob
Symbol of Wrath
Pull
Spin and Win
Switch to hammer
Mighty Blow

Everything dead in seconds.