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Posted by: Sifu.9745

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I just can’t find any use of it … Scepter and LB are both much better ranged weapons.

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Posted by: ProtoMarcus.7649

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Staff is a (mid to long range) support weapon – the auto also cleaves up to 5 enemies through obstacles, it is very strong in some condi builds for the Virtue of Justice proc

Scepter is a mid range power weapon and the LB is a long range power weapon

Interestingly enough, they all offer some control skills

  • Staff – Ward
  • Scepter – Immob
  • Longbow – Ward and Knockback when traited

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Posted by: phokus.8934

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It’s called the loot stick for a reason.

I post from a phone so please excuse any references to ducks or any other auto corrections.

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Posted by: Brutaly.6257

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Tagging mobs for loot ( not doing any real damage though) and spam skill one in combination wih permeathing wrath in burn builds.

You can also use it in zergs for travel speed (symbol) but other professions do that much better and squat once in a while and adding might while being stationary.

In short its useless if you actually want to have any impact.

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Posted by: choovanski.5462

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it should be an awesome support weapon after the upcoming core patch (warrior is getting one, so i bet y’all will too). it’s gonna be great for pvp bunkering & wvw zerging. loads of healing, might & area control- but not a lot of damage. pretty much a must have for bunker firebrand.

that’s assuming anet’s balance team have more brain cells than a two dollar bill. which ah, i hope they do. i really do. but ah, time will tell.

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Posted by: RabbitUp.8294

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it should be an awesome support weapon after the upcoming core patch (warrior is getting one, so i bet y’all will too). it’s gonna be great for pvp bunkering & wvw zerging. loads of healing, might & area control- but not a lot of damage. pretty much a must have for bunker firebrand.

that’s assuming anet’s balance team have more brain cells than a two dollar bill. which ah, i hope they do. i really do. but ah, time will tell.

Did you hype yourself up for staff changes? Poor thing.

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Posted by: Fashion Mage.3712

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It’s a decent mid-long range support weapon, but you might as well pretend that it doesn’t have auto-attack.

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Posted by: otto.5684

otto.5684

It is a support weapon. It is actually decent now in sPvP with most recent buff. I think it is meta for WvW, but I might be wrong. As for PvE, never use it.

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Posted by: Aeolus.3615

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it is an overpowered bag tag weapon for WvW xD

1st April joke, when gw2 receives a “balance” update.

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Posted by: Syktek.7912

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Loot trains, frontline power/burn guardian in WvW.

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Posted by: LetoII.3782

LetoII.3782

“Lootstick” is a common WvW psudeonym

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Posted by: grifflyman.8102

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Great for commanding in WvW with. It offers a little bit of everything.

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Posted by: Adrenalin.5719

Adrenalin.5719

tagging → loot

Only thing that is superior on Guard compared to any other class, if they change staff to not be a lootstick anymore it would be more than pathetic and just another kick in the chest of all Guardian players.

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Posted by: Fashion Mage.3712

Fashion Mage.3712

tagging -> loot

Only thing that is superior on Guard compared to any other class, if they change staff to not be a lootstick anymore it would be more than pathetic and just another kick in the chest of all Guardian players.

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Posted by: Kain Francois.4328

Kain Francois.4328

Staff is a surprisingly high-damage condi weapon in pvp and wvw

Its huge range means you can easily cleave enough targets to trigger Virtue of Justice, which becomes dangerous once trait.

The autoattack also has very little means of countering it, since it’s not a projectile, and it can hit through walls.

However if you want my frank opinion, I don’t think it was designed to be that way. It seems like it was a failed 2012 attempt to make a Healing weapon, that got gutted with nerfs before the game even released, and pushed to the sidelines.

In my opinion, they should increase its healing capabilities and get rid of the cooldown increase on Orb of Light.

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Posted by: Endless Soul.5178

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It’s called the loot stick for a reason.

Not anymore….

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Posted by: lysico.1297

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It’s called the loot stick for a reason.

Not anymore….

lol so true.. range cut down to 300! man that is a nerf..

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Posted by: draxynnic.3719

draxynnic.3719

it should be an awesome support weapon after the upcoming core patch (warrior is getting one, so i bet y’all will too). it’s gonna be great for pvp bunkering & wvw zerging. loads of healing, might & area control- but not a lot of damage. pretty much a must have for bunker firebrand.

that’s assuming anet’s balance team have more brain cells than a two dollar bill. which ah, i hope they do. i really do. but ah, time will tell.

Did you hype yourself up for staff changes? Poor thing.

Oh, boy, and look what actually happened. Oh, the irony…

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Posted by: Phat Stackage.5329

Phat Stackage.5329

I just can’t find any use of it … Scepter and LB are both much better ranged weapons.

pretty much… Even if they are making changes with the expansion in mind, that DOES NOTHING for us now.

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Posted by: Ragnarox.9601

Ragnarox.9601

And you think firebrand will be fine? haha, same thing like with staff.