Guild Wars 2

Hi, recentley mi vga died (hd 6850), so im looking to buy a gtx 960, i have an fx -8350, so my question is, whats better: buy the gtx 960 or buy a i5 4690 and a low vga like r7 260x, i play only wvw and some spvp, in wvw i have 15-17 fps in zerg and i still see it playable

Because the game stats are taking 119% as a number and not as a probability, if they take as a probability, should not show more than 100%

Since gw2 released nomad, i was curious about it, so i crafted (very expensive) full set of nomad for my alt engineer for WvW and is really amazing that gear, im a healer tank, run in the middle of zerg targeting my commander and healing all around (with bomb,sigil,runes,weapon, etc) also i have some cc abilities to help (shield 4, crater, big bomb, etc)

Thanks for answer but im not asking the best way to spend my time or the best way to get gold, im just curious about the max daily rewards i wont play pvp al day lol

When finish, you can start the cast with 3 illusiones but if during the channeling yours illusions are killed, you get healed like 0 illusions
And you can start the healing with 0 illusions but during the channeling you can use #2 staff to generate a clone, so you will get healed like 1 illusion

According to wiki:
Maximum daily coin rewards are limited for each account for each area type:

Custom Arena — maximum 5 Gold coin
Solo Arena — maximum 15 Gold coin
Team Arena — maximum 15 Gold coin

My question is:
If i get my 5 golds from playing in custom Arena, i still can get 15 gold from Solo And Team Arena? or just the difference (15-5=10)

So if i play PVP all day in all formats , the max is 15 gold or 35 gold?
Thanks

Please no add swiftness to PU, is useless, PU is a very nice defensive trait, if you want swiftness, they maybe modify some signet or whatever but no PU, also u can use rune of Centaur or Traveler

In WvW: Hybrid Mesmer

The 5% people claimed was just comparing weapons, but if u compare all the gear, yes is 10% +/-

when i try to open my daily panel , my game freeze

Chewablesleeptablet.3185:

there are two traits that can turn the mesmer into a great support healer.

restorative mantras : heal when using a mantra

restorative illusions : heal when shattering illusions

mantra of pain has a one second cooldown! pair that with a three use trait and you have three pulses of heals every say 5 seconds + damage!

any thoughts? I will test this out in a pug group for a dungeon. in any case it will be fun.

U get the heal when the mantra charged the first time, no each time u use it

I thought the same about Seven in his videos until i started roaming with him, i saw him doing it against different opponents
And Yes, is still possible but u need skill lvl: Seven Mirror

how many fps you have in “Best Performance”?
i have an fx 8350 and hd 6850, in big zerg vs zerg i get 12 fps but if i select best performance, i get 32 fps

Can u tell me the number of stats u get in a celestial backpiece?

Since he said that he work form home, i suposse he is afk a lot of time

The fun factor of the elementalist is that you have a lot of skills to use depending the situation, u have an answer, reduce that would be bad u_u

TooBz.3065:

Personally, I saw prices spike and dumped my mats now. I don’t think this will last very long and ascended gear isn’t that important.

We’ll probably see prices come back down in a couple of weeks.

Amen

Farming Flats.5370:

true .. this is my second time … so we need to check with someone who finish this month for the first time but i doubt it that it will be different.

maybe is like when u finish pve and pvp monthly, u just get laurels for the first one

Calae.1738:

The advantage of getting to 500 before everyone else is that you can start dumping excess tier 6 mats on the market at inflated prices while demand is very high; essentially returning your original investment.

If I gave you a rough estimate; I’d say it costed me around 400g to level weaponsmithing and huntsman from 400 to 500. That’s when orichalcum ore costed 5 silver and ancient wood costed 4 silver. I used laurels to get fangs, claws, bloods, scale, bones, totems and venoms. The prices of these tier 6 materials have doubled since then. Tier 2, 3, 4, 5 mats have also risen but there is less demand for those and prices have resisted shock for the most part.

dumping is when u sell less than ur cost, but the idea is good for the first ppl to get 500 in crafting, instead crafting myself to 500 right now i sold all my materiales now when the majority are crazy to level up fast, after that prices will drop
from RARE to EXOTIC u get like 13.5% extra damage and stats but from EXOTIC to ASCENDED u get like 5% extra damage and stats, so its no necesarry to rush for that.

TheOneNOnlyGeneralBama.9586:

600g+ to complete all 3 Crafting Professions to 400.

600g to get 3 crafting to 400… those 3 crafting to 400 are 50g

Well, at first time u speculated that sentinel insignias would rise price and u won, but then u speculate again with ur insignias and u lost T_T, welcome to the stock market, sometimes u win, sometimes u lose.
Remember, when u win collect ur money and go out. Do not be greedy next time, or be greedy but no cry in forums

iFocus.3781:

AndresR.4532:

well i dont understand how u couldnt understand, my native language in spanish

And mine is Swedish, once again your argument is moot. The thing is though, I understand the full concept of “unique”, thus it is vague to me while you didn’t know the full meaning of the word, thus you looked it up.

…and still i understood that item.
There are a lot of reason why u didnt understand
the real is: u bought 2 rings, go cry and never forget to read again
ohh forgot, u read, so next time no believe in ur own brain and ask for help

Why would I ever ask for help for something I don’t need help with? Do you always consult google before answering what 1+1 is? I sure hope not.

if u dont need help, why u post here asking for arenanet for helping? the fact is words has different meanings here in game, keep it as experience and try to send a ticket
good luck getting new laurels, pristine relics or get the ring as a random drop from different sources, also u can use both doing something extra.

iFocus.3781:

AndresR.4532:

but you did not ask yourself, why just this items has unique?
1. Your really didnt read
2. You read it and thought it was nothing special

An Ascended item is unique in itself. They don’t drop in OW, that’s unique enough.
1. I did read.
2. Exactly, because unique doesn’t have a unique meaning. It has multiple definitions – none of which would give a hint of one being able to use merely one ring. However, “unique” could be understood as there only being one ring in existence – which fell flat when I could purchase a second ring.

Why are you even trying to give me language lectures when your very own grammar, spelling and sentence structure fall short? Just let it go and accept “Unique.” as a vague description.

well i dont understand how u couldnt understand, my native language in spanish and still i understood that item.
There are a lot of reason why u didnt understand
the real is: u bought 2 rings, go cry and never forget to read again
ohh forgot, u read, so next time no believe in ur own brain and ask for help

iFocus.3781:

AndresR.4532:

If u dont know the meaning of something, u can ask, search wiki or forums, if u play just for fun as u say why are u mad?

However, I do know the meaning of it so why would I bother searching for it? The term “unique” is insufficient. It does not mean that only one ring can be equipped at the same time. If it were “unique” as you describe it I wouldn’t even be able to buy a second ring – but so is not the case. I play for fun, and had it been regular gold I wouldn’t care, but laurels and tokens are hard to come by.

AndresR.4532:

well we are similar, i have a girlfriend, i studied at the university, i have a full time job, i train jiu jitsu, unique is not a mmo-terminology, when i got the pristines to buy the ascended rings, months ago i read “unique”, so i decided to read about it, you can go to wiki directly from the game, and thats all
Next time: read, if u dont understand ask

So, if you have that many things to do besides gaming then you ought to understand that one would rather spend time playing, rather than reading, yes? And again, “unique” doesn’t mean a specific thing, it is an adjective and adjectives describe things, NOT the quantity of it.

but you did not ask yourself, why just this items has unique?
1. Your really didnt read
2. You read it and thought it was nothing special

iFocus.3781:

AndresR.4532:

This is not a game for kids who just play and do not read

Are you telling me that I’m not allowed to play the game for pure entertainment a little now and then, just to catch a break from my university studies? Are you telling me that I should, carefully, read each and every word written on each and every panel after 80 levels? Nope. Far from everyone read everything that is hinted, unless it can be identified as something urgent or important. But ascended gear carry nothing else but “Unique.” in plain white text, and no further explanation to it.

The socks I’m currently wearing are black. In a sense they are unique, because they are my socks. When I bought these socks I took for granted that I would be able to use both of them at the same time since I can use my less comfortable white socks at the same time. Do you see where I’m going with this? I can go on and on and on about how “unique” is not a commonly accepted term for “only one”.

And no, I’m not your typical no-life mmorpger. I have a fiancé, a job and full time studies at university – so sorry if I missed the part where I needed to study mmo-terminology before I bought this ascended ring.

If u dont know the meaning of something, u can ask, search wiki or forums, if u play just for fun as u say why are u mad?
well we are similar, i have a girlfriend, i studied at the university, i have a full time job, i train jiu jitsu, unique is not a mmo-terminology, when i got the pristines to buy the ascended rings, months ago i read “unique”, so i decided to read about it, you can go to wiki directly from the game, and thats all
Next time: read, if u dont understand ask

iFocus.3781:

Hey folks.

I finally decided to spend some tokens and laurels to buy me some Ascended gear. I am either immensely kittened or someone in the game design crew made a big do-do. With my slight tendencies towards OCD there was no question about buying two of the same ring… Little did I know that one is required to take a doctorate on the game in order to not get robbed with NO option for correction. Apparently, one cannot use the two of the same ring, when the rings are of Ascended level. WHAT?!

I WASTED 25 Laurels and 250 Tokens all for NOTHING. How is this even possible?! Shouldn’t there be a little note somewhere, saying “Note that you can only equip one of the same items” or “HEY YOU! Yes, YOU! There shall be no purchases of the same item, TWICE.”

This is not a game for kids who just play and do not read

my fx 8350 and hd 6850 get fps drops in zerg as normal
i can put all in lowest and the improve is amazing, very smooth but who wants to play the game like that?

that item would let you to change traits during a battle for example in wvw ( go inside keep wait a kittenange traits to aoe dmg and defend) that would be unfair

Are you serious? Actually i think our retalation is op , with confusión cry and cry of frustration i got 19.5 seconds of retalation with 25 sec cd without need especial gear

stof.9341:

Condition real duration isn’t rounded. Only Stun/Daze is as far as I know.

From what I understand, all condition duration modifier work on the base duration. So your 5s +100% = 10s condition when confronted to -25% from Melandru will lose 25% of 5s only, not 25% of 10s.

Also, I think that if you go above the cap, you counter some of the condition duration reduction effect.

i didnt know that melandru lemongrass and hoelbrak work over the base
Thanks for ur answer

i know that the max duration extra for a condition is 100%,
so if i have for example 5 second of confusion with my scepter, if i have 100% condition duration it will be 10 seconds, and if i have 120% condition duration is still 10 seconds.

But imagine that my opponet has Melandru Runes (-25% condition duration):
If i have 100 % condition duration it will be: 5sec + 100%= 10 second – 25%= 7.5 second rounded to 7 second.

What if i have 140% condition duration it will be:
A) 5sec + 140%= 12 second – 25% = 9 or
B) 5sec + 140%= 10second -25%= 7.5 rounded to 7

I ask because i dont know if the cap 100% condition duration is before the skill is used or is a cap when the condition is released over the opponet
Thanks if anyone has an idea

I have 6: Soldier x 2, Rabid, Magi, Berserker, Valkyrie

maybe they just simplify, before u had like for example 94 power in green, and then 32 power in white, u now see 126 power?, link a image

it also doesnt work underwater

Linguistically Inept.6583:

if i recall correctly dont players have priority over clones and summons when it comes to buffs/heals? so wouldnt it prioritise bouncing to a player if in range? and i thought bouncing attacks went enemy>ally>enemy>ally anyway?

No exactly, can be Enemy, Enemy, Enemy

Jeffrey Vaughn.1793:

No changes have been made to retaliation that I know of. Note that several updates ago PvP/WvW and PvE damage were split, could that be the difference you’re seeing?

nop, yesterday i was doing 331 retaliation damage and today after the patch just 221
i just tested again and is weird, in any map wvw i do 333 retaliation damage but in Eternal battleground (only this wvw map) just 221, eternal battlegroundhas a special debuff?

Penguin.5197:

Ret scales with your power so that might be the difference in damage.

nop, it was nerfed i asked in game

and the retaliation nerf?

yesterday was doing like 330 damage per retalation and now is like 221, was ninja nerfed?

can you post what are your fps now?

Esplen.3940:

Dhampyr.2104:

wads.5730:

Nordic Natedog.4360:

I think it all comes done to weapon specks really. If you are getting good procs and running a condition build, I think the staff would have the highest dps but it has no burst. GS and sword are pretty much pure burst weapons. If you hit with all attacks, I believe the warden is far and away the strongest attack in the game. Just running a partial phantasm hybrid setup, iwarden will hit a gate for 200-420 (scaling up with each hit). Using an average of 310, that’s 3720 damage to a gate!

thats not how damage tooltips work.

That’s not a very helpful comment.

Elaboration would be awesome.

The damage scales up because it’s tallying the total damage.

Assuming the iWarden hits a gate 10 times for 20 damage, the tooltip will show 200 damage at the end. Why? 20 + 20 + 20 +… 10 times is 200. It’ll go 20 —> 40 --> 60 —> 80 --> ~~~ —> 200.

Of course, that’s not the correct hits or damage on a Warden, but I was just elaborating in a way that would let you make sense.

If “combo” damage worked that way then a Warden could effectively 5-7shot an enemy. That way being each hit deals the amount shown in the air, not the amount shown in the air is your total off of the current attack.

The reason why it tallies it together as one damage is because it’s all coming from one damage source/attack and not multiple sources/attacks. I hope that clears it up.

i did some research too, in order:
1. Focus 5
2. Scepter 3
3. Sword 2
and obviously Mind Wrack is our Hardest Hit

This is just counting the dmg, no additional effects ( like invulnerabity, confusion , etc)
btw how do u interpret the tooltip? because the tooltip no indicate what target you will hit

Phantasm Mesmer is very hard to beat in 1 vs 1 since the phantasms has very good damage eventhough u dont have too much offensive stats, so a mesmer can easily go to defensive way letting their phantasm doing all the work while they are safe or go full damage with insane burst to fast kill you

Seven, can u post your pc specs?

Zumi.6384:

Hey Seven,

I was wondering if you could talk about your choice to use the illusion health signet. I’ve heard a lot about how it’s bugged, and it’s active doesn’t seem helpful since you seem to rarely shatter. Do you find that it increases your overall dps a significant amount? And is it worth the loss in utility you’d get using null field or veil?

Thanks and I love your videos!

As i see the signet increase his dps in two ways: Direct because the phantasms can output more damage since they dont die so fast and indirect for the retaliation, also increase Seven´s survivability since he can stay behind the phantasm and use them as a shield for more time

btw you dont produce phantoms on roll, just clones
if u are receiving so much damage is because u have low armor, so u can:
1. Get More armor
2. Or Since u sacrificed def for dmg, u can kill any phantom in 2 hits

well maybe is hard for you see which is the real mesmer, but if you cant distinguish a Mesmer and a phantom… well that is serious O_o
clones do like 1 damage, Phantoms are who deal good damage

drongas.4189:

like Pyro say it double hp only. not x3. so it if phant have 5.5 so it 11k hp. still alot. but its intresting idea. but from 3 slot u have only 1 random skill. its decoy or blink or something another. we have alot of usefull stuff, but no space for it((

yeah blink and decoy is a must, the other slot is for whatever you want, its like not very flexible the mesmer utility slots lol

Flor extreme would be nice the trait distortion have reflection And mimic skill for troll

Ryn.6459:

OK, let’s says 10 attacks (not taking in account the min 4% thanks for the data).
50% without criting= 5×100=500
50% criting for 50%=5×150=750

That’s 1250 Vs 1000, that’s an 25% increase. Or I don’t understand the table (that claims a 15%) or it is not how are you saying.

That’s the formula that I’m interested in:
Effective Power = Power × [(1 – Critical Chance) + (Critical Chance × Critical Multiplier))] × Damage Multiplier

So, just comparing effectives power is the way to go?

The problem here is your maths in 10 attacks is 1500 va 1000 so 50% more
Remember base is 150% so 50% crítica means 100 × 2

No man 0 and 0 you do 100 damage ADN if you have 50% chance and 50% crit you do 150 damage. 150 damage is 50% more than 100 damage
Btw remember the min crit chance is 4%