Guild Wars 2

@wulfrim also gotta agree with this. other then the bugs and the minions ai system i think necros are actually very strong class. some dude on my older post said that he thought i was lieing when i said i can take on 2-3 people in my minion build. necros has so much heals/vit/ds+minions its not even funny. i even think that necros can be better point holders then guardians cause of the fact that we can hold our own or until friendlies arives to assist. meh guess some people just want to play a game that requires no skills just press 1 button and u die. aka warriors lol

also like to add that i run 2 types of runes 3/3 rune of soldier and the other was forgot the name but gave me vit/heals. and for necks i went with vit/healing/power. other then that it works out pretty well if you are really good with using ds only to life transfer and fear and maybe toss a bleed once in a while

uhm i run necro minion build for spvp and wvw. really love it. i did 20/0/20/30/0 and i usually go for the life transfer that transfers to allies trait or the wells syphon depending on what im doing. if in wvw i usually do life transfer since it helps out my party alot more and its more open spaced compared to spvp

i run 3/3 of rune of soldier and forgot the other but it had healing/vit and power

@mindreaver. it depends on what type of pve you’re doing. if it’s dynamic events you wont really have much trouble. but if you’re doing dungeons then your minions will die almost instantly on every boss fight you do. also some dungeons sometimes makes your pet useless. like some part of arah instance.

@ digiowl other words devs lazy to add it to the other?

@ invictus ya i hate how when u blow up the minions u cant get death nova to activate. they are technically dieing

@elmentcius uhm i don’t know what mm does that maybe only you. but i def swap my weaps as an mm. you would be stupid if you didn’t.

problem with that is, when dev say’s you suck and you see a video of him/her playing worst then you, and doesn’t even swap weaps. well it is degrading. from his comment it seems to me that he is more bias since he is only going with how he feels, and not seeing how it is for others. i for one only complain about the minions ai and the bugs. but i’m glad they are fixing the bugs, and i’m sure once the bug is fixed they will work on the ai of minions. just hope doesn’t take to long

well it doesn’t matter if you believe me or not. i don’t gain any benefits from lieing about this. it just depends on how well u work with your minions. i can say this though that only class that has really given me a challenge was a mesmer due to his clones confusing my minions and they easily can stealth away. the split dps can easily be fixed by using your minions skills. that is part of the reason i dont spam my pets skills as much less i know they are all on that target.

as for dungeons im not argueing. like i said i’m not saying my minions die but usually i can take them out before they can ever kill all my minions. if i see a warrior and he is about to use his hundred blade blind his kitten bam his attack misses and u get lols. even if you are stunned just go in death shroud form to counter it. i have played all the specs as well and from all the specs i find it that mm has the most survivability due to their amount of heals they get. also i didnt stack the poison i found it useless. i did the wells of blood siphoning trait on that last part forgot which trait it was. but atm i have 20 spite 20 for the toughness trait and 30 for the vitality trait forgot the names lol.

like i said in most fights unless its 3 v 1 that is when my minions will die but if its 2 v 1 i usually still have few of my minions out lol. my flesh golem is usually the last to always die and for some reason its my bone fiend that dies the first. also it depends on how really well u can work your class tbh. i for 1 is very good in my necro and i usually make it to top3 oh and i have made it with that title that stands for rampage or something.

i like all the other builds its just they are so glassy which i dont like, and tbh i love pets.

tbh i can see why they didnt give all our minions auto regen besides the flesh. if you run mm spec for wvw or spvp they really are really great i can take on 3 v 1 on my necro with my minions out. when u have the 50% hp bonus on them they dont die as much as people say. i stack vit/lots of healing power with toughness as last. so my mark of blood is healing alot on top of that i use superior sigil of life which adds more to my healing and then wells of blood.

im not saying they dont die just saying they dont die as much and most of the time i only loose 1 minion. only time i loose all my minion is if im getting ganked by 3 people. and for pve its great too some dungeons not so great like cof. but in arah or coe my minions actually do really well. again not saying they dont die, but usually i can spawn them fast enough to keep em up float.

i want a minion zhaitan

ya the problem with that. sometimes your skills wont always be up therefor they sit they like a statue lol. also i’m not even complaining bout just the ai. it’s really annoying when my minions has to run all the way around a corner when they can just teleport to me when i decide to jump of a ledge or something. it’s alot of downtime for a necromancer which is bad.

ya i really do want to know when they are fixing this, since i am a minion master :/ my flesh golem can get very dangerous when i chill in lvl 75-80 maps where there is only endless de.

HogWash.3928:

I’m not trying to blame the pets for me dying. My comment is about them standing there and doing noting, but watch me die. Also I’m attacking a mob in front of me and the flesh golem runs off and attacks a weapon rack.

all im saying is even if the ai system for minions is kittened up atm, usually i can hold my own. also that is the reason why i save my skill attacks to unbugg em. it doesn’t always work but it gets the job done in both pvp and pve. i’m sure they will fix the ai system for necros, but for now i think they are more busy trying to fix the endless bugged skills we have for our profession. tbh i really have no idea why out of all the profession in gw2 ours has the most. i mean have you seen the bugg reports on necromancer, and it just keeps racking up. anyways still love my minion necro though and will never stop playing it.

HogWash.3928:

All the necros pets suck. Gave up on them a long time ago. Died to many times with them watching me die.
What is with the flesh golem attacking thing you are not attacking?

lol although i agree with how bad the ai system of minions are for necro, it’s not your minions fault your dieing. it’s your own lack of skills. pets was just meant for support not to keep you alive. they don’t heal you except one which is garbage. i’m a mm necro and i own people in spvp and in wvw. you should really learn how to play your class more if your dieing so much because of your minions lol. MINIONS ARE FOR SUPPORT, NOT FOR HEALING YOU.

it depends because dagger/dagger regardless has way stronger dps then scepter/dagger does. and from what i see most condition necros usually fight pretty close combat with a little bit of kiting and dodging. there for they want the most dps then can burst down compared to scepter. also dagger/dagger drains while you auto attack scepter doesn’t

its ok guys they will fix us. they promised >.<

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@Alamir : If Lich’s casting is interrupted you get a full 180 secs CD?
@Angry Flying Squirrel : (NB0072) Glutttony status updated.
@Fynd : If you post it as a “problem” or “suggestion” i will add it to the list, make the description short please. (I got no time to do it, exams…)

yes if lich form is interrupted you get the full wait on cd

i think it depends more on what build your following. i for one tried both d/d and d/f. in all honesty i prefer d/f because i can have 2 types of heals which is very usefull as a necro mm build. i stack on vit/heals/toughness and i use sigil of life on weaps. although it isn’t alot on the burst heal it all adds up when u have countless heals. with wells of blood d/f works really awsome. on the other hand i can see how d/d can benefit condition necros in fights. but tbh i don’t like being a glass cannon lol. but thats just me

not sure if it has been posted yet. but lich form aparently can be cancled out. if you get disrupted while casting it, it cancles the skill out and your on cd.

nice vid really loved it. i do have to disagree with your view point on owning players over making a difference in the war wouldn’t make a difference. remember war is not all about defense. you also need good offense to fight a war.

ya i just tried it out in spvp and wvw. my current setup was dagger/focus and staff. my trait was don’t know the name but greater mark, dark armor, the minion health/attack% buffer bloodthirst and vampiric something the one that siphons 50% more, and the trait that gives might to plage/lifeblast. my current armor set up was stacked for vit/heals/toughness. i didn’t use blood fiend and used wells of blood instead.

anyways the fight was very interesting. although i did die when i got ganked, any one on one or even 2 v 1 basically i was able to handle. the flesh golems charge with right cordination really helps out. and with 3 healing skills from the dagger/focus and toggling between staff + death shroud pretty much always almost kept my health up and if things got bad i would throw in the wells. i even had few warriors run away from me when i was just standing and guarding points or even roaming in wvw lol.

overall minus the garbage ai system of our minions + the bible of bugs we have for our necro, i think the profession did really well. only profession i had trouble fighting was a guardian because he blocks like the great wall of china. oh and other then guardian people who wasn’t in same playing ground as you would sometimes get annoying because well your minions would have to run to them up the ramp etc… but after playing this i def like the build i made. mostly with the vit/healing/toughness. really works well.

oh and there was situational fights where i encounterd 3 v 1 and i was able to down 2 before i died but over all most def sticking to this build. i see a bright future for necros once the bugs/ai system is fixed.

im an mm necromancer and i saw a guide that used all minions including the blood fiend. i have been experimenting with the mm build after this patch and have noticed that wells of blood works really well compared tot he blood fiend that you only get a little amount of dps from. i stack vit/healing/toughness, and main weaps are staff and secondary im undecided. so i will need everyones opinion ont he matter.

ok first i would like to say there is a good reason to why i’m experimenting with blood of wells. as i have recently tried dagger/focus works really great it has both good range on the weap. it has 3 types of healing with dagger as main hand. now im not sure if my heals is alot better with the dagger/dagger, i cant seem to tell. but anyways this is where blood of wells comes in, while i’m using dagger/focus it requires me to stay close combat so that is where wells of blood comes in. it heals me for a burst and regens + removes conditions, while toggling between staff and secondary weap to keep my hp afloat. not to mention death shroud form.

anyone can actually help me decide if my logic in mm wells blood is worth sacrificing blood fiend, and if the dagger/focus or dagger/dagger is a good combo as a necromancer mm build? and please tell me which you prefer dagger/focus or dagger/dagger

Hey guys!!! just as the title says, i’m looking for a guild that is active. I don’t care much about how big the guild is. But i am looking into joining a guild that does raids/instances and other activities the game has to offer. I come from eve online and many old school mmo. Anyways i’m a chilled back person who is a full time student. If any of you guys are interested in having a funny chilled back person into your homes, i would gladly appreciate it. I’m currently playing necromancer minion build lvl 39, and i play on the server of Henge of Denravi.

not in no rush or anything, but any idea when the fix for necromancer will be released? really love my necromancer, just hate the bugs lol