Guild Wars 2

Gawd… Somehow it feels so conceited to ask for help like this, but here goes..

Hello!
You may know me from the Chaos Maestro build, and this thread is in regards to that. If you’re reading this, I assume it means you’ve some interest in lending your thoughts to a project I’m trying to work on, if so.. Thank you!

Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to get a video out for said build due to the fact that my laptop (an Alienware M15x) appears to have overheating issues and thus craps out on me after around 45 minutes of play. It really sucks, especially since its the first decent gaming machine I’ve ever gotten and was a real personal achievement for me when I acquired it. I’m originally a console gamer, so at the time I was of the simple mindset of “Alienware = Win.” rather than “Alienware = Dell” … Ah well.

Anyways, since my GW time is so limited it’s also hard for me to experiment with variants of the Chaos Maestro build like I had originally intended.. This is where I need the help. I have several ideas for different build variants that I wanted to work on, but I do not have the playtime to be able to gather the required Armor/Runes/Gold/Ect. in order to test them all out. If anyone is willing to give the following ideas a shot and report their findings to me, it’d be a HUGE help.

Well, there are a couple of experiments that I had wanted to try..

The core concept of the Chaos Maestro build (Staff + Signet of Inspiration & usually Focus, 20Chaos&15Inspiration) is using your allies like pets/minions to do your bidding. The Boon Storm and superior healing keeps them relatively safe and healthy, essentially making them atleast 1.5x more effective than normal (Theoretically making a team of 5 at least as strong as a team of 6.5) and I’d be happy to meet anyone (maybe in the Mists?) and explain in more detail how to pull off the two Storm variants.

But I’ve been realizing that I end up forcing myself into a specific rune setup (full altruism) in order to get ALL of the boons at once. While this is all well and good for me, it doesn’t exactly help demonstrate all the possible variations of the Boon Storm that could be executed. For example..

• The Battle Maestro - Staff (w/ Superior Sigil of battle)/Greatsword(w/MOAR Rune of Battle) – 4x Superior Runes of Altruism- 2x Superior Rune of Water. Would be a heavy sacrifice on Swiftness and Retaliation (and make Regen rather negligible for anything but mitigating small stacks of bleeds) but add tons of long lasting Might in addition to a hefty damage bonus. This sort of build could work even in Zerker gear. The best part is, when soloing, this heavy might boost will buff you, and your phantasms.

• The Condition Maestro - Using apothecary’s gear (or some other condition damage), I’ve been thinking of an 0/15/20/15/20 Scepter-Focus/Staff condition damage Apothecary’s variant. The runes would be entirely optional (lyssa, boon duration, or condition damage/duration), with the idea being Glamours & confusion mixed with Retaliation on all nearby allies. Confusion may be nerfed, but afflicted with confusion while hitting an enemy who has retaliation will still hurt. As a variant to this, I was figuring that focusing heavily on condition DURATION would make us debilitation masters. Long lasting Cripple, 25x Vulnerability, Bleed/Burn/Poison/Chill from Winds of-Chaos Storm lasting noticeably longer.. With Apothecary’s, I can see this working as a sort of Control/Support build with strong heals and strong CC.

• The Shatter Maestro Though the original Chaos Maestro is a very active defensive style, some people prefer a more active offensive playstyle. For this build I estimate, 10/20/20/15/5 to create a hybrid Shatter/Signet of Inspiration build. I could use some help developing this particular idea.

• The Arena Maestro Support builds are all but nonexistant in sPvP. I’d like to work with some people on creating a pvp variant of any of the above mentioned builds. I’ve been bouncing a lot of theories in my mind so if anyone is interested, please let me know.

Any thoughts, ideas, data, or constructive criticisms would be greatly appreciated. If anyone has a similar build or has tried similar builds, or has tasted the Chaos Maestro build and have any suggestions, your info would only be of help. Feel free to send me a message, respond in this thread, or w/ Aeoldyn in game to discuss.