Guild Wars 2

I really want to play sometimes with Rifle in PvE. But if you take the Rifle boosting trait, you lose movement speed with melee weapon, which can be achieved on swap. There doesn’t seem to be any other viable method to move fast, especially if you want a GS on swap.

I can’t stand playing slow characters, so it would seem I’m straight out of luck. I know you can say “yes well you are only 20% slower than a person with the trait!” But when I am walking next to a player who has movement speed it is really noticeable, they are way over onto the horizon while I stumble behind, it really makes you frustrated.

Using Travelers Runes seems like a terrible compromise, as the entire point of a rifle is to hit your hardest with KS/GF.

I could use maybe X/Warhorn, but then I need boon duration and constant spam on swap kinda thing, meh.

Anyways, just a minor complaint. I feel like the movement speed trait should not be located in a tier with a weapon enhancing traits because that is not a fair choice. Imagine if Forceful Greatsword was on that tier.

Sorry about the double post, I went to edit it and must have pressed wrong button.

and now I deleted the double post and it didn’t delete :/

I use pack rune + X/Warhorn and this works for wvw roaming. You can go greatsword or rifle or double axe whatever you like as second weapon set….

Superior sigil of speed can work really well.

No build should live-or-die on a specific sigil, so there should be little reason you can’t spare the slot. And, there’s always quick-to-kill trash mobs around to keep up a few minutes worth of swiftness this way.

~EW

can always just use writs in as ur utility (+25% movespeed and some exp bonus)….use them with those utility duration booster thingies. might be too expensive for u tho. u can get one of the boosters for free through achievement.

Other option is just use seaweeed, best rifle damage booster as well, or one of the more potent speed on kill foods/sigils.

Are you running as a core warrior, or as a berserker? I’ve actually found that if you take Signet of Rage, the limiting factor on my primal bursts is the recharge speed, not the adrenaline gain. I haven’t tested it with core warrior, and normal bursts though.
I don’t know what you’d normally take for your elite, but if you take Signet of Rage, you should be pretty free to take Warrior’s Sprint. If you’re taking Headbutt, to instantly go berserk, consider Signet of Fury, or Sundering Leap for your adrenaline spike.