Guild Wars 2

I just cant get up in peoples faces, i’m no good at it. I hang back in a fight to support, snipe, whatever in other games. It just seems every class is being pushed into a face to face fight in this game, and if you play any sort of ranged class its immediately rushed down and it becomes a brawl (or if you are like me die in a matter of seconds). Reapers change the Necro into a melee fighter. Rifle warrior seems so sub-par, Mesmers get more damage if they get up close since they count as a shatter, Engie turrets are paper, there’s even a push for Rangers to drop the bow and pick up great-swords in the meta game. I guess I’m talking more exclusively about WvW and pvp, but I need help. Nothing seems to mesh with how I do things. What do I do?

Lynnie.7213:

ArcNeon.8093:

For those of you who have tried out the reaper, what are the advantages and disadvantages between the condi and power reaper builds? I’d like to start buying gear but I’d like more information first. I’m going to be doing a lot of WvW, small and large scale.

I played both builds and what i can tell you is entirely my own opinion. So others may have different opinions, okay?

Power reaper is strong, i think its even stronger than condition, damage wise. Its very tanky and sustain in SHroud, but outside shroud your defense is still low, so you’ll be taking lots of damage, specially if focused.

As condition reaper, you have the same tankiness in shroud and outside of shroud you keep tanky, different from power build. Your damage is slower but very consistent.
As condi reaper i was able to 1v4 sometimes in BWE2 and as power reaper i was able to kill people in 3 or 4 seconds.

So its up to you.

I have 2 videos about both builds gameplay here. Check it out:

Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nASz-dupk0M

Condition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBrM7mBzL-E

So from the looks of it, if I want to use the great-sword a power build would be preferred. Does the chill from the great-sword abilities not translate well into a condi build?

For those of you who have tried out the reaper, what are the advantages and disadvantages between the condi and power reaper builds? I’d like to start buying gear but I’d like more information first. I’m going to be doing a lot of WvW, small and large scale.

Biased on how you feel (or biased on real numbers that I just happened to miss), what profession do you feel people main / roll least?

When I started this game a while back, I played with a small group of friends and only ever played Necro. Now after a year long hiatus I’m the only one playing. I don’t know if I want to involve myself in a guild right now, I’d rather just PvE, sPvP, and WvW solo. Is there a class, when max level, that can roam/zerg WvW while able to fit into a role in casual dungeon running? I should mention I have a preference for sPvP and WvW over pve if that matters.

Thanks guys!