Just hit 80 a couple days ago, have been playing off and on since launch, and since I’ve finally finished the level grind, I decided to get back to sPvP this weekend using my warrior…and I’m just. not. getting it.
I’m getting absolutely DESTROYED by anything that targets me, meanwhile I’m unable to put a dent in anyone’s health. I’ve literally had fights where I can’t get my 1v1 opponent down past 90%…if that. I’ve been playing video games/MMOs for years. I’ve spent the last week combing the intertubes for guides, builds, theorycrafting, inquiries about specific effects and traits and their worth, and it just seems I’m not doing ANYTHING right, as if I’m completely missing a vital part of the gameplay.
I know going into a new pvp scene would have a learning curve, but this is to the point where I’m literally awe-struck at how big the disparity is between me and other players. It’s especially noticeable when I’m 1v1 someone at a point in sPvP, fighting just to stay alive and doing my best to utilize my dps skills and my friendly teammate just comes along, seemingly presses 3 buttons and the our opponent just drops like a bag of dirt. I’m like, “How the kitten did you do that?!?!?”
I’m coming from WoW as an ex-player in a former rated 2000 2s/3s arena team, so I know my way around theorycrafting, PvP, skill effects/stats and all that jargon. I feel competent in my understanding of gameplay aspects that I should have learned what I’m doing horribly wrong in the 4 days I’ve been playing strictly sPvP…but I obviously have not.
I’ve tried a myriad of builds ranging from glass cannon warrior with GS, tanky hammer builds, regen/shout builds and the results are pretty much all the same…I get ANNIHILATED…not a close duel, not “oh I just got outplayed”, not “oh that was a good fight”…annihilated. I’m talking I’m at 0% hp and my opponent is at 94%.
I notice there is a considerable amount of skill lag where i have to constantly spam a button for it to activate, either due to waiting for animations, or server lag, or I don’t know what…is that the main factor here? Are my skills just not hitting? I have a great cable connection and experience no problems in any other GW2 game mode or games…but I don’t think skill delay is the main issue here.
I’m currently using a build loosely based off of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77G8zHENo4k
Which is titled as a beginner warrior build that relies on adrenaline and burst usage. It’s straightforward enough to where I can focus on other things rather than a complex series of cooldowns and timers, but still not effective enough to get the job done in any magnitude. I’m using Knight’s with a berserker’s jewel, and according to other builds that are regarded as glass cannon builds, I’m not that relatively squishy, yet I pop as soon as someone swings at me while I’m doing a max of 4k crits on an eviscerate (I hit a necro for 8.2k once almost killing him, but got promptly one-shotted by him. I was floored).
Please, GW community, lend me a hand. Give me some advice that will help me enjoy this game. I know warriors are capable PvPers, according to my forum observations and recent paradigm shift after the patch. I don’t EVER rage at video games. Ever. but GW2 was the first video game ever that made me literally throw my Razer Nostromo into the wall. That’s a big deal.
For the love of drywall and my security deposit, please help me.