Guild Wars 2

Pop quiz! What builds are these?

20/20/0/0/30
20/20/30/0/0
30/20/20/0/0

If you said DPS-shatter, PU, and lockdown then you missed the ungodly obvious trick question.

Those traits could’ve been for any number of builds. ( such as 20/20/0/0/30 lockdown, 20/20/30/0/0 boon support, 30/20/20/0/0 Mantra) but a lot of people are too quick to judge a build by its cover rather than its contents.

Utilities, gear, runes, and sigils are just as important in determining a build’s playstyle, and as a result builds with different runes and utilities can play vastly different even if they share many similar traits.

There are some builds posted that get overlooked for seeming too similar to another build and end up lost in the post graveyard before they ever have a chance to shine, so lets not be too quick to dismiss without giving builds a fair chance.

Also, I been thinking of inserting something like “If you like this build (MindCrush for example) you may also like theCOREYCOLAK’s StunWay” in my builds to help prlmote other similar builds for people who may like the build to a degree but it doesnt fully click with them. I think this’d help not only further unite the community, but offer more build diversity aswell.

Yep, good post.

Personally I don’t like the idea of classifying builds – I can understand why it’s done, because of being easier to refer to, but would rather have tactics for attack/defence/control/support detailed through skill rotations and stats/traits.

Personally, I would much rather have builds categorized by 1) playstyle, 2) armor/runes, and 3) weapons.

I can change traits cheaply and whenever I want. Getting the equipment for the build is the real investment. (Although I suppose this only applies to PvE/WvW)

I think both of those are good ideas. From now on Ill include that in my build posts.

Chaos Archangel.5071:

Pop quiz! What builds are these?

20/20/0/0/30
20/20/30/0/0
30/20/20/0/0

If you said DPS-shatter, PU, and lockdown then you missed the ungodly obvious trick question.

Those traits could’ve been for any number of builds. ( such as 20/20/0/0/30 lockdown, 20/20/30/0/0 boon support, 30/20/20/0/0 Mantra) but a lot of people are too quick to judge a build by its cover rather than its contents.

Utilities, gear, runes, and sigils are just as important in determining a build’s playstyle, and as a result builds with different runes and utilities can play vastly different even if they share many similar traits.

There are some builds posted that get overlooked for seeming too similar to another build and end up lost in the post graveyard before they ever have a chance to shine, so lets not be too quick to dismiss without giving builds a fair chance.

Also, I been thinking of inserting something like “If you like this build (MindCrush for example) you may also like theCOREYCOLAK’s StunWay” in my builds to help prlmote other similar builds for people who may like the build to a degree but it doesnt fully click with them. I think this’d help not only further unite the community, but offer more build diversity aswell.

Holy words