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I haven’t played in almost 7 months roughly, last I played Eles sucked really bad in pvp basically. I wanna do some PvE + PvP mostly, was curious what changes have occured. I didnt really get far in the game to begin with other then lvl 40 thief n doing arenas on my thief. Though I love “mages”. Was just curious if Eles got any kind of buffs or became viable/strong in pvp at all? If so what builds (not that I fully understand builds etc but Ill look into it) + weps etc Any insight is greatly appreciated
Alright, thanks ya’ll. Perhaps it’s best I just save up and level up without crafting. I rather save my money to buy gear at 80 or craft stuff I need at 80. Thanks again.
So, I haven’t really experienced much of this game. I’m waiting for my buddy to get his net fixed so we can do WvW together. I’ve been doing sPvP to learn my prof while waiting, acquired some money. That being said, I read crafting is very fast to get to level 80. Curious, how so? What do I do? I have no clue about crafting on this game at all or where I’d even start. Used to just going to NPC, learn it then sit at a forge for 2 days. So yeah, I literally have no idea.
Costs 1-80? What do I craft? Where do I go? Buy stuff off TP? Xp rate roughly? Anything else would be very appreciated, thanks.
Yeah I see what you’re saying, thats why it initially pulled my attention, flipping through fire water etc and using a variety of abilities. Though, does it fit my playstyle is my concern. I may just grab one and play around till my friend gets his new net, no harm in fooling around in sPvP. I looked up a few more videos before I head to work.
Seen this staff one, seemed ok, nice damage and able to survive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXcRknfEzfY
Im a noob and clearly never played Ele besides for like 5mins, so maybe someone will know more about that video and what was going on.
Looked up a scepter I believe, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5d81c_9S9E
seemed pretty nice actually. Pulled my attention more, of course what I do with an ele and what an experienced player does are two different things but working towards that point and it being rewarding is awesome.
Appreciate other peoples insight, Im hella new, I know practically nothing thats why I’m asking. I’ve seen a few videos, only one person stood out and that was Bitcloud. Most videos I’ve seen, are simply people rushing in aoeing and kiting and waiting for their teammates to do the rest in WvW. Havent seen a true 1vsx roam, I’ll look further later on.
I mostly do sPvp to learn classes and how I’d like them, that way I dont have to level them + get gear simply to say I dislike it at 80. Thanks Wintel, that honestly answered basically everything I was curious about. I watched a few videos before work today on a few Eles, I noticed a lot of your points. Engi is the only one I have yet to try in sPvP. Yeah my playstyle is a very aggressive playstyle, I like to plan ahead of course and not just rush in and smash my face into the keyboard. Thief so far is fitting my playstyle, nice burst, nice mobility, if I mess up I can quickly leave the situation and re-think it.
Thanks again, that basically summed it all up for me. I’ll try Engi next.
Lol, if I wanted easy mode I’d play easy classes in every MMO. I want reward for my effort, if ele is worthwhile and can actually be a force to be reckoned with thats great. I tried Warrior, it was stupid easy and didnt entertain me. Every game I play nothing is easy mode, but reward for efforts is what I want. If I never see a strong ele, besides one. Obviously I’m going to question if it’s worthwhile, or simply am I just facing inexperienced Eles that are still learning? I thought I explained all this for you ThiBash. Im not asking for opinions on easy mode professions, I’m inquiring about Eles, this is Ele sub area is it not?
Im not familiar with gear, I only have a level 5 Thief. I’ve just been doing sPvP as stated. I love thinking ahead and timing things to perfection, while being able to scrap the entire idea at a moments notice to adapt to a new situation. I know Ele will take a lot of practice due to having to switch between the elements, aslong as it’s worthwhile in PvP to master. I’d gladly do it, just like I said, haven’t encountered a single ele besides one that has done decent damage to me.
I’ve honestly played a caster/mage in EVERY MMO, always PvP. Ele, it honestly appealed to me soooo much. I’d have never second guessed rolling it until I read the forums while the game installed, I’ve only been playing like 2 days maybe? Rolling a Thief, just doing sPvP while my friends net is down. I have yet to see an Ele be a threat in sPvP, like at all.. there was one that did decent damage he gave me a few tips on playing Ele but it still wasn’t enough. Is this profession worth my time? It looks amazingly fun but I want to destroy people in PvP, not be a meatshield with aoes thats living on borrowed time basically. I want to 1vs1 and win, 1vs2 is pushing it I understand that (vs good people). I atleast want to be a factor other then a CC hoe/aoe hoe. I was told to run a staff and get my combos down and for gear, Power Vit Toughness. Not to use D/D as you just get exploded asap. I really want to.. I really do but dying asap with literally no chance of killing asap just doesn’t seem fun.
Most mages I’ve played, you kite, cc, but your damage makes up for the lack of defense so to speak.
I enjoy Thief simply because I can burst, even though I’m somewhat easy to kill. Hopping in and out of stealth, burst, combos. I love it.. but it’s not a mage.
So talk to me Eles, give me hope.
Yeah, I’ve been trying to nail down combos/understanding positioning/my targets etc. Just generally playing around to get a hang of everything, just came from WoW so things are a little different. Been trying Sword/Pistol for a bit of distance and some dazes then swap to my D/D for more all outs. I’ll try using a bow with D/D. Thanks for the help, really appreciate it. I’ll look up how to grab that gear, then get on the ball with levelling here soon.
Im running a Thief, currently using a D/D for sPvp. I also have P/D for swap, not used to P/D yet. Running 0/30/30/10/0. I’ve tried various Professions in sPvp just to see kind of how they perform in PvP, although I understand WvW is different. It just gives me an insight on their mechanics and what I can somewhat expect out of them, thief is my fav so far.
Yeah it’s a little confusing, sorry. I’m used to basically either grinding BGs or other various PvP things for gear to PvP or grinding dungeons/raids/world bosses etc for PvE gear. Some games I’ve played where you strictly farm PvE gear for PvP, some are different. So I’m starting to understand now based on what ya’ll are saying, sPvP offers an equal playing field based strictly on skill. For WvW I’ll need to acquire actual gear that I’ll have to grind out, now grinding gear for WvW is where I’m at a loss. Is there a specific type of gear I’m looking at farming? A certain route, such as this gear > then thisgear > this gear > and finally the gear you want? Ty for all the help.
So anything I get in these chests is basically useless gear wise considering the merchants give me free exotics and runes or whatever anyways. Besides the glory boost? So get to level 80, alright.
I’ve been doing Solo Arena, just so I can learn some basic pvp in this game and get the hang of my ‘profession’. While acquiring some money, I got some reward chests that gave me some items are these of any use in WvW? How should I go about gearing up for WvW as thats more so what I want to be doing.
I read somewhere that Glory can buy me substantial gear for WvW? I did a solo arena queue and got 150 glory but I also read I cannot level up through solo arena.
So I just started playing, since I really only care about PvP. I joined a WvW, noticed the stat increases but my damage was terrible compared to everyone else. How do I gear according to PvP? It says I can level strictly off PvP but how do I gear off PvP? Or how do I get gear in general?
Will Mesmer still be a viable pvp choice? Looked into necro a bit more, doesnt appeal to me and being OP is boring. Facerolling gains no bragging rights. I watched a few videos on Ele and Mesmer specifically, Ele seems decent 1vs1 in duels and seen a guy upload a month old video of some form of PvP, was a lot of people. He seemed to do decent really, Mesmer casting seemed to be great aswell and that was a current video, no melee involved. So Im unsure about the first post. I appreciate all the insight so far, anyone else feel free to chime in.
So me and a buddy decided to pick up gaming again on our free time, we’ve played countless games together over the years. We are both PvP heavy, we work very well together in PvP/duo/solo etc. So on that note, just a few questions that I hope ya’ll can help us with.
(We’ve generally played mage/stealth classes in mmos.)
Elementalist, I’m gonna start with that first.
I’ve read a lot of various opinions on it, but a lot of it is jumbled so I’m not sure what to take out if as I’m new and some terms I don’t know yet.
- I plan to PvP A LOT, I also enjoy some PvE though and as stated I’ll be doing both with my bud. This ‘Profession’ intrigued me as I play mage/casters in every MMO. I hear it’s not great, it basically has no use, it’s not wanted, no one loves it, can’t kill anything, dies before it kills anything. True? In which aspects?
Is this one of those, the masses dislike it, it takes time and skill to master? It can be viable and powerful if played correctly? Or is it literally no chance due to the mechanics set in place by the Devs currently?
- Mesmer. I like the idea of illusions and various mechanics to somewhat escape and have a lot of mobility while still dishing out damage. How does a Mesmer stack up in PvP atmosphere? I dont want to 1 shot faceroll, I love a challenge and love having to master mechanics of something.
Seen a few different ways people played it and I dont understand it as of yet, some where meleeing up close, some where doing what seemed to be a good amount of damage casting while avoiding damage. Whats the difference like between Mesmer and Ele, PvP lets say?
- Thief, my friend is interested in this. He enjoys stealth and caster also but Thief caught his eye, hows it stack up vs casters etc? Some MMOs, Melee classes are at a disadvantage in some cases especially if they are ‘squishy’.
- Necro, I dislike pets. Ex; Hunter in WoW. Veno in PWI type of thing. I dont want a pet following me around and me having to tell the dumb thing what to do or give it directions. I seen a Necro video, he summoned a bunch of ‘pets’ ‘demons’ or whatever. Didnt seem like he had to control them, just that they where more so a spell, an add on like a buff or something of that sort if you get where Im going with this? How are Necros once again compared to Mes/Ele.
Is there Open World PvP? Does it matter which race you go?
Do any two professions synergize well with eachother? If he goes Thief lets say and I go Mesmer, duo pvp how’s that stack up? Should we build around eachother? He enjoys melee and casting, I dislike melee.
Any other bits of insight into PvP/Professions/Races or anything of that sort is more than welcome. Appreciate the time any of you took to read this and answer, thanks.