Guild Wars 2

miguelsil.6324:

Or see how my power build works.

https://youtu.be/2mj20SB3p7U

Don’t want to take anything away from your skill but the guys in those fights where terrible.
The thief watching for 90% of the fight and only stealing on the odd occasion, warriors that got stuck on a fence while you auto attacked, and an AFK mesmer that only tried to fight back at 10% HP.

Again, not taking anything away from your skill or build. Simply stating that you can’t use those guys as an example of a build… i run into guys as bad as that maybe 2-3 times a week and i solo roam ALOT.

Simple answer is NO.

I used Viper for 4-6 months and any time you are caught in a small group or solo you are dead in seconds.
I switched to trailbblaser and haven’t looked back, some classes still hard counter you … to be expected tbh. But most of the time in zerg you can manage to stick with your commander and watch the bags pile up.
Solo, it’s the only armour i have used where i can consistently beat thieves…. probably bad ones lol.

Just came back after a four year break.

I deleted all my existing toons because i didn’t have a clue how to play them anymore. I just decided to wipe the slate clean and start over. I rolled a Necro, big mistake really because i play solo alot so plenty of solo roaming, necro ain’t the most forgiving class for this i have come to find, anyhoo….. i rolled a thief but just can’t bring myself to go through all the PvE to get the DD skills.

It’s a real shame tbh, why they force someone to PvE so they can PvP. I’m still liking the game as it’s new to me. But i don’t think ill be around for long.

PS: WTF Anet with WvW matchmaking? My first week back was a total steam roll where the other factions didn’t even leave their forts…. not fun!
The second week (this week) we are outnumbered 10/1 on every map….. again, not fun.

Ty for the reply.

I’m mainly into WvW but i do dabble a little into instanced PvP.
I have HoT.

I used to be really good at making my own builds, my necro is not meta by any means but i do better than average.
I just don’t know where to start with thief, and before i spend a fortune on crafting / buying the gear i am going to need i wanted to know if Condi thief was even viable.

Don’t wanna throw gold away trying different weapon sets and i don’t want to develop muscle memory that i will have to unlearn in the near future ….. not getting any younger XD.

Just rolled a thief, i’m a necro main.

I am currently playing D/D but i am getting destroyed when focused because of the lack of stealth. This is mainly due to me being a noob on the class and also because the build is my own so probably nowhere near optimal.

I went into WvW and struggled against most classes 1vs1. Any advise on builds before i start getting muscle memory with the D/D? I usually play condition builds but is that even viable on a thief and if so what weapon set and build should i be looking at.

PS: The D/D build i am currently using is a power set up.

ty, didn’t realise it needed a recipe

I have just restarted playing after leaving in 2012.
I was on 200 tailoring with my necro so i have just spent the morning getting to 400, i bought the intricate viper gossamer insignia recipe and crafted 6. I made all the other parts i will need for a full armour set and then clicked on DISCOVERY.

The viper insignia’s aren’t showing there so i can’t continue, they are in my inventory but don’t show in the discovery window.

What am i doing wrong? Do i need to be higher in crafting before it will show? (currently i am 453)

No they are not OP.
I play all classes at lvl 80 apart from Engineer, and Necro has now been brought on par with most classes.
Rangers took a beating, warriors stayed the same imo but the rest all got slight buffs.

Carighan.6758:

You still haven’t answered how you know the skill-level of your opponent.

Neither did he.
He asked me how i knew that the player was better or worse than me….
Then he went on to say, and i quote; I expect to still lose to better players (and occasionally to worse ones) and to beat worse players (and occasionally better ones).

So ill just say this, it is quite obvious when you are playing a skilled player by their reaction times, their correct use of CC breakers and CC tools. Their correct use of dodges and heals. The way they don’t use rotations but react to what is happening at the time. That my friend is how you can tell.

The fact that this needs explaining to you speaks volumes

Hyung.6140:

ArcticRed.3068:

lol
You gotta love these threads.

Half you guys want to reroll because you have been brought more in line with other classes. You are still the best WvW class in the game, hands down.

Same skill level, same gear and mesmer wins, the only difference is that now bad mesmers can be killed by classes like Necro for instance.
I was in WvW today and yesterday and for the first time ever i can actualy kill mesmers that are worse players than me, the same or better players still beat me….. maybe i should go start a thread in the Necro section " we can still be beat by same better skilled players – are you gonna re-roll?"

LOL Grow up for chr!st sake

… how are you determining the skill level of your opponent?

I mean that seriously. It’s not like you can tell just by looking at them how skilled they are.

The point is that the class is now less fun to play. Not because it’s harder, but because you have these options:

1) Go cookie cutter shatter build
2) Have longer cooldown on lots of your skills. Less options during combat = less fun.

I expect to still lose to better players (and occasionally to worse ones) and to beat worse players (and occasionally better ones).

Rerolling is not a search for more victory, it’d be about making your leisure time less unfun.

Personally I’m going to try and find a build that works but it’s not unreasonable to be sad that a combat style you enjoy has been made a lot less enjoyable.

I understand where you are coming from with “having to change builds” or “having to go cookie cutter build” But doesn’t everyone?

The fact remains, that all classes have to adapt to new changes. My Necro has 4 sets of Exotics…. reason – because builds change.
My Ranger has 3 sets of exotics… for the same reason as above. My SB got nerfed to the ground, guess what? Im gonna go buy me some axes and a LB and find a build that works.

Or i could go re-roll…..lmao

ManCaptain.3154:

ArcticRed.3068:

You are still the best WvW class in the game, hands down.

Put down the crack pipe. Then you proceed to say that now mesmers can lose 1v1 vs necros… didn’t know being best WvW class was about 1v1s.

Give me my crack pipe back, you are obviously using it otherwise you would have noticed that i said “same skill and gear, mesmer will win”

Go back to school and no late nights for a week young man!

lol
You gotta love these threads.

Half you guys want to reroll because you have been brought more in line with other classes. You are still the best WvW class in the game, hands down.

Same skill level, same gear and mesmer wins, the only difference is that now bad mesmers can be killed by classes like Necro for instance.
I was in WvW today and yesterday and for the first time ever i can actualy kill mesmers that are worse players than me, the same or better players still beat me….. maybe i should go start a thread in the Necro section " we can still be beat by same better skilled players – are you gonna re-roll?"

LOL Grow up for chr!st sake

PS: Is there any news on a fix to downed state yet?

Since i have been back playing my Necromancer i have never been stomped in WvW, i die long before anyone even gets a stomp off.

ty i will try the critmancer build.
Any other advice please? Im probably gonna go either power or hybrid.

I usually run into thieves, Eles or guardians when i’m solo and they have far far more longevity than i do in condition spec.

timidobserver.7925:

Yeh I can see where playing a thief would dull your skills lol.

Well a Necro ain’t a roaming class, and if there are like 4-5 ppl on each map doing their own thing you can either quite the game or re-roll, i re-rolled.

Anyhoo, i was asking for advise, not a debate on how hard it was to play a thief.
:D

Hey guys,

Here is the deal, i play on a very underpopulated server where i’m solo allot of the time so i hung up my staff and started a thief so i could roam.

Recently i switched to a server that isn’t quite so empty and started playing my condition necro again….. and i suck lol. I have forgotten how to play him.
My build is 0/30/20/0/20 wearing full carrion with all carrion accessories and weapons, i’m mainly playing in small groups and conditions just isn’t cutting it for me.
I also have a full set of Prec/Tough/Cond armor and trinkets, and also a full set of P/T/V armor with zerker axe/dagger and zerker trinkets.

I’m looking for a build that can both take and receive damage and is good for small groups / solo.
I have only ever realy played condition Mancer tbh but as i’m realy going to be learning the class all over again i don’t mind learning how to play power or hybrid.

All help is really appreciated, i did try the search but most builds are dated and i don’t know if they are still relevant.

Hi all.

Im looking for a well supported EU English speaking server for WvW. I have transferred 3 times now and i’m getting a little tired of being one of the only people from my world in the WvW maps.

I’m always in WvW with all of my toons but low PvP population on all the servers i choose is ruining the whole game for me.
I’m tired of being the only person taking camps, and i’m tired of struggling to find ppl to take keeps even after i have already taken down the doors solo.

I don’t want to keep moving.
I’m not bothered if it is a server that beats everyone, i just want a server where there is always a group roaming no-matter the time of day.

Any suggestions please?
I like the game but i play MMO’s for the community, not to solo everything :/

All help appreciated.

lordkrall.7241:

iorlas.6721:

AR are winning due to shear numbers no other reason.

And organization.

While i have to agree that some of your guild zergs are well organised, 90% of the time it is just 40+ people running right over the top of 10 defenders.

When i go to your bl solo (as i do all the time…. im the dude soloing your supply camps for a couple of hours a day) i run into groups of 2-3-4 that i can solo pretty easily. They actually seem shocked that they are taking damage or that someone has the audacity to attack them.
Most of your server have the pack mentality and can’t survive where there isn’t anyone telling them what to do or protecting them by stacking.

Im having the most fun i have had in this game and getting the most kills i have ever gotten before, simply because i have been staying away from the 40+ vs 10+ fights where i die in 5 seconds, and instead schooling the small groups i find.

KarlusDavius.1024:

Here you go. go from 29.30.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NC70xMQ5Cs

the point in which hacking occurs. ill be recording all the time from now on. so please, no cheating, it ruins the game

I have never mentioned hacking in any game before and never ever seen it in GW2 until last night. Actually it was 2am this morning in EB, i was roaming when i noticed 3 BT gollems flying and moving faster than my thief.

I didn’t see which guild and they where moving so fast i didn’t have time to video it.

A-net needs to get to grips with this asap.
UW is the third world i have played on, and in all them matchups i have never seen another world blatantly hacking untill this morning with BT.

Sir Vincent III.1286:

ArcticRed.3068:

Daendur.2357:

you don’t look for build suggestions so I won’t tell you that x/x/25/x/x is laughable.

lol
It doesn’t matter what game you play, there is always someone who thinks only ONE build can possibly work…. just because that is his play style lmao.

anyhoo thanks for your other comments

You know that was aimed at you right?

ArcticRed.3068:

I’m more interested in gear loadout than i am build advice.

Yes i know that was aimed at me, that is why i responded the way i did.
I said i wasn’t interested in build advise, only in loadout.

I’m here asking for help choosing the armor, weapons, trinkets (from guys who have used multiple sets) to compliment the build i have already chosen.
I’m not looking for somebody to tell me that x/x/25/x/x is laughable just because it didn’t work for them….. two guys using 30/30/10/0/0 with no armor fight 20 times, do you get 20 draws?
No, because builds compliment your fighting style, so the most skilled will win.

Like i said, im not here for an argument. I’m here for advice from seasoned thieves as to what gear would best go with the build i am choosing to play. I’m just trying to save myself a little money that’s all.

Daendur.2357:

you don’t look for build suggestions so I won’t tell you that x/x/25/x/x is laughable.

lol
It doesn’t matter what game you play, there is always someone who thinks only ONE build can possibly work…. just because that is his play style lmao.

anyhoo thanks for your other comments

Rastaman.9015:

Well P/D is more conditions and D/D is more direct damage. And the thief cant really do both so which one do you want? Is this in regards to Wild Bills build? I ask because he is P/D main and D/D secondary.

never heard of wild bill.
And i do realize that P/D puts bleeds on people, but using it in a pure power build (as i have been from lvl 60 to 78, my current level) still hits very hard, the bleeds are just a bonus tbh.

I’m more interested in gear loadout than i am build advice.

This is purely for WvW with a smattering of PvE.
What gear, weapons and trinkets would you buy?

I’m looking at going 0/30/25/15/0 with P/D main and D/D secondary.
I mainly roam solo, i’m experienced in PvP and the game mechanics but a newb to thief.

I was going to go full zerker armor and weapons with Valkyrie trinkets, would this work?
I’m basically looking for a setup that hits hard and can sustain it. I’m looking for a build that can solo camps and at the same time (if played correctly) can solo most classes of similar skill.

All advice and help would be really appreciated, i only have 45g to spend so i have to get this right first time.

Im currently using full carrion gear and was having really good success with it in zergs where i am protected. However, recently my guild seemed to halve due to people leaving the game and im doing more and more small group and solo roaming.

The problem im encountering are thieves, guardians and Ele’s mainly. They can cleanse my conditions easily while still steadily depleting my HP bar…. in the case of thieves it isn’t steadily but super fast lol.
So my question is ( i have never ever played a power build ) can anyone tell me if power builds have more survivability than condition builds, and if so has anyone got a link to a good build with armor etc.

Thanks in advance for any and all help.

146 views and only 1 reply lmao

I haven’t played my Mesmer in quite a while, but have just started to WvW with him again.

My gear was the lvl80 Karma “Rabid” gear using sword / torch and staff. Survivability is awesome, but in a zerg the damage is sub-par. So I invested in full zerker armour – jewellery – weapons.
The problem i’m finding now is that I have no clue how to build for a “glass cannon” spec.

So if you where going to use full zerker gear, how would you trait and what weapon sets do you think suit a glass Mesmer?

Bye Bye Desolation and T1.

The almost permanent skill lag was killing the game for me so i left to a lower tier and WOW.
Zero lag………
Ten to 25 men is a huge zerg lol.
You can actualy roam as any class and find 1vs1’s
I spent this morning on Ring of fires map and solo capped every supply depot while being chased (not very well lol) by a group of 3 that just couldnt figure out where i was gonna strike next untill the camp was mine

It has breathed a breath of fresh air into a game that was getting increasingly stale, and got rid of the skill lag 90% of people face in WvW higher tiers.

If anyone else was getting to the quiting stage, or even the “playing less and less” stage then i highly recomend dropping down a few tiers

PS: Zero queue times is also an added bonus

If this has already been mentioned before then i appologise.

However since the culling patch, large scale WvW battles have become almost unplayable. I find that even setting everything to either low or off i am still having to spam a single key to get a skill to work. Yesterday during a siege it took 25 seconds for my heal to actualy work, the rest of the battle i was basicaly locked out of doing anything.

I have a high end PC and a 60meg connection, i dont experience this in any other fascet of the game where i keep all settings to the highest and still get over 100fps.

If this has already been mentioned and there is a fix in the works then please tell me, otherwise im going to have to look at the other titles coming out in the next couple of months. I sit on TS during keep sieges so i know that it isnt just me, my whole guild suffer from it, some have left WvW all together.

Noob question.

Im still wearing the back piece for the personal story at lvl80 lol.
I have looked on the trader but there is no “back” under the armor section and the other searches i have tried turned up nothing.

Gelltor.3015:

SE path 1 and 3 and hotw path 1 are all quick,relatively easy and are easy to get groups for.

Tnx man.

Another noob question, i hear people talking about rings and skins dropping. Does this happen in Dungeons or only in fractals?

Ethics.4519:

I would recommend just using Badges if you WvW a lot for PTV.

However, dungeon wise, probably AC. Groups always run that

I used all my badges decking my ranger out in full P/V/T before they became virtualy useless in anything but a trap / condition build.

@Kosmos , yes i have thousands of Karma points. I didnt realise you could buy P/T/V from the temples. Ill go take a look.

I haven’t PvE’ed much in this game or any other tbh, but i am starting to enjoy it and do runs to CoF when im not in WvW.

Anyway, i was wanting to get a P/V/T armor set for my necro for WvW and i can’t find any except on the vendors for SE, AC and HotW.
So my question is, which would be the easiest to farm? Im unguilded atm so i would be looking for PUG groups to join. So im asking all you experienced PvE’ers what would be my best bet for both quickness and ease of finding a group.

I realise that you guys aint on my server “Desolation EU” but trends are usualy game wide and not just server to server.

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

If you’re running carrion equipment, then you are already running a hybid.. A pure conditionmancer would be running either rabid or shaman, which gives greater survivability but less offensive power.

You didnt read what i wrote properly, i wear Carrion for PvE and Rabbid for PvP.

I have just bought a full knights set with Valkyri trinkets, i havent ran it in WvW yet untill i get either the berseker or knights weapons so im still running Rabbid for now.

flow.6043:

Why don’t you use carrion prefixes in wvw as well? In combination with the staff (as main weapon) it makes much more sense than going with any prefix that has precision in it. Plus: it solves your cond dmg vs power delemma because carrion has both.

The main reason is because i want to be either all condition damage or all Power/precision. I have never seen hybrid builds working as well as pure builds in this game for the other classes i play. Maybe im wrong, but if im not even denting a guardian with full condition, then i dont see how DOT’s + DD is going to do it. I think i would have to go full DD.
DD = direct damage for anyone wanting to know.

I know that this is the age old question in most MMO’s.

I have recently just moved from ranger to Necro as my main. I made the mistake of buying full zerker armor/weapons/trinkets for my ranger before realising that this did nothing much for my DPS ( because pets are 30-50% of a rangers DPS and they very rarely hit ). So i wasted alot of money.

On my Necro i bought the full carrion for my PvE set using staff – s/d and im loving it, i make tons of cash in the Orr events.
For PvP i bought the karma Rabbid set (Prec/Tough/Cond) and using the same Carrion weapons went into WvW and i am struggling tbh.

During Zerg vs Zerg i make plenty of loot bags, but in small scale skirmishes (my prefered type) my DOT’s just get removed so easily.
I cant touch Guardians or warriors, thieves just remove all conditions every time they stealth…..

So, before i run out and buy my third set – either Zerker or Knights i thought i would ask the question here first.
I have only played condition damage on my Necro, so is Power viable in WvW?
And if so then which armor / weapon / trinket sets should i be looking to buy to get the most out of the Necro in small scale skirmishes – 5v5 etc and soloing supply depots?

Any and all help will be appreciated
:)

Thanks for all the replys guys.

@Ascii im more interested in roaming / small scale skirmishes.
I only realy follow the zerg when im bored, otherwise i take supply camp solo or 3 – 4 man keeps.

Hi All,

I have taken every class (except Engineer) to level 80 now, and am an avid WvW’er on all my toons. I leveled them all almost completely in WvW….. except my Necro.
Somehow i just felt super weak and didnt enjoy it, so for the first time i decided to PvE to 80 and enjoy the story and maps.

At level 80 i bought full Carrion exotic armor, trinkets and weapons, then i bought a full set of the Karma prec/tough/cond. I specced into a variant of the “fear me spec” with s/d and staff, and went straight to WvW. I have to say, im still not enjoying it for some reason.

I do realy well on all my toons in WvW, i even do much better than average on my ranger. But i just cant seem to get the Necro to work for me.

1vs1 i stick mainly to s/d and stack on the DOT’s (my cond damage is 1200) and try to wear them down, but it isnt working against 70% of classes i face.
In zergs i DOT up as much as possible and use Epidemic every time its off CD, however i seem to die so easily to splash AoE, even with 1.6k toughness.

Am i doing something wrong here? Any advice on a new build or a link to a particular playstyle that might help me would be awesome.

“Card approval failed”

this is after using the same card previously on two occasions successfuly.
I tried with two other cards and keep getting the same message.

ticket number 130328-001724

please contact me to help resolve this issue.

Im having the same issue.

I have bought gems in the past and had my credit card saved, i tried again after the patch and was told that the details where incorrect.
I retyped the card detail – nothing
Tried another two cards – nothing

I generaly dont post in “im leaving” threads. But i agree with everything u have said.

I went into WvW today to do the things i enjoy on a class i used to enjoy.
I ended up following an enemy zerg and pew pewing a lone warrior right at the tail of the zerg. I was behind him for 2 minutes shooting him in the back with a SB and never got him below 50%.
I was DOT specced so i changed my build and armor to my usual power/prec. I went out and got my 25 stacks of power up before finding a solo Guardian. He didnt even attack me, he just showed me his back and ran to where his zerg was attacking our tower.
I followed him the whole way and couldn’t even get close to killing him before he reached his zerg – switched to hammer – kicked my kitten #8230;. i had to CC him and run with 20%HP from a 6sec encounter. While i was shooting him non stop for 20-30 sec and couldnt dent him…………………………………..
The realy sad part is that my pet didnt even get a single attack in during either of these encounters

Realy nice skill.

I dont know how anyone manages to play without toughness, i cant live without it lol.

ty gor the replies

title changed ty

Is there anything else planned for these?

I have nearly 3k of them in my bank. The armor available atm dont have the stats im looking for, neather do the trinkets or weapons tbh. Much better ones can be crafted or bought from the trader.

Are there any plans to make other things available to buy with them? Like weapon or armor skins, titles, recipes….
Anything at all tbh, i dont want to throw them away, but i dont want them cluttering my bank up either. They are taking up 11 bank slots atm.

What class seems to give you the most trouble in WvW?

Myself, i find mesmers to be a royal pain in the kittenide from them i can honestly say that i seem to beat all other classes 80% of the time (same or lower skilled).

Obviously the highest skill capped player will prevail regardless of what they play.

So all things being equal, who troubles you?

I was playing along nicely, then spent 8gold on some diamonds to change my look and noticed they didnt appear in my inbox so i relogged lol. Bad mistake, that was 30min ago

Goettel.4389:

ArcticRed.3068:

Goettel.4389:

I don’t cook, but for e.g. jeweler any masterwork item (identified by “master” after the name in the production tab) counts. Looking over the wiki it seems like there’s no ‘masterwork food’, though, mmhh…

Yeah, it isn’t like Anet to kitten up like this thou……. ahhh yes it is.
So every craft can complete the monthly but not a chef?

You’re welcome, I’m sure.

Next time, try looking stuff up yourself ?

lol wtf?
I didnt have a pop at you so why the attitude?

Goettel.4389:

I don’t cook, but for e.g. jeweler any masterwork item (identified by “master” after the name in the production tab) counts. Looking over the wiki it seems like there’s no ‘masterwork food’, though, mmhh…

Yeah, it isn’t like Anet to kitten up like this thou……. ahhh yes it is.
So every craft can complete the monthly but not a chef?

I have completed my monthly, apart from “master crafter”.

My main is a 400 chef so i went and made some “plate of truffle steak” that requires 400 in chef and it didn’t even register.

Anyone with any advice on what i can craft to complete this part of my monthly?

@ Valroth

This build realy works well.
Im using the Karma armor power/tough/Vit
Berzerker jewels + weapons
Melandru runes for the toughness + less condition duration.
And the -40% condition duration food.

Atm conditions just fall off me, and my dps is good enough to take most classes down before help arrives.
Im gonna try it with a condition armor + weapon set and see how that goes because the amount of bleeds using SB + cats is redonculouse :P