No, Legendary gives no added bonuses over ascended, if you don’t want to work for legendary then you are not any worse off than before. No support.
Legendary “stuff” does provide versatility so that is a boon to the gear rank. Your level of support for this doesn’t matter, something will change over time once the devs gather enough feedback and statistics. I guarantee they are questioning their current design choices as we type, so it will only be a matter of time. Also, a dev could swoop in here and tell me I’m wrong, but that will be temporary “heel digging” and won’t last long.
Edit- Games can offer challenging content, and none of what I said takes that away. You people also have to understand that casuals are the backbone to any video game so content designed to being tightly exclusive, along with a lack of options and qol features like I mentioned, are areas where developers always end up shooting themselves in the foot.
There is no added gear rank just because you can swap stats, it’s still not practical because you’ll still need to swap runes, Which if running strength runes like many do, is not going to be an option. No ones going to pay 100g every time they need to change out their runes. And quit honestly, i’ve only ever been in maybe 2 situations where i’ve needed to swap stats to anything from zerker. The issues with not being able to get it are simply learn to play issues.
There is nothing wrong whatsoever with exclusive content. Look at runescape, they have a variety of certain drops only dropped by certain high level boss monsters that are pretty difficult for anyone not in top end gear. Yet, no one there complains because they understand it’s something to strive for and that not everyone will have them.
If you can’t keep up with the endgame content then don’t do it until you can. Casuals are the backbone sure, but that doesn’t mean 100% of content needs to be tuned to them, at some point you need to think about the veterans and what they want.
Legendaries are simply skins with very limited added utility the stats are exactly the same as ascended and casuals can easily get ascended. If you don’t have ascended then There’s no way you’ll be going for legendary either regardless.Of course legendaries are practicle… Runes are minor in comparison to the entire gear and food package. Soon enough we will be able to swap out runes and sigils, and we will eventually get ascended and legend dart runes and sigils as well.
The game is pusing toward roles for endgame content, you’ll make more than two builds eventually and legendary gear will be a blessing if you have it.
I’m glad that works for runescape, but it will need to be adjusted here.
What I want are options for all players, nothing of what I said takes that away…
I have weapons, never switched the stats once and I can’t even think of a situation where I would ever need to either. You are basing your statement off assumptions about being able to rune swap, and actually rune swapping is far more important because it costs far more, a set of exotic full zero armor is cheaper than a set of strength runes. You obviously don’t need to replace ascended/legendary armor if you want new runes, you just need to replace the runes.
Not once has anet confirmed rune swapping is going to be a thing.
Really? You’e never swapped the stats on your weapon, changed out an entire set of armor, etc?
I’m guessing you never play wvw then. And you might want to check the cost of a full set of ascended armor- it’s way more now than a set of strength runes (not that people use those in wvw anyway).
There are other parts of the game that don’t just use zerk faceplant.
I wouldn’t, and i know you weren’t talking to me, but i dont enjoy pvp and WvW, well actually i might swap, only if the class is good at Power and condi damage
Let’s look at nearly every mmo out there raiding is what runs off the average player since new players must spend months and months getting geared to try to kill harder bosses to advance in game. Now we are seeing this in gw2 the same reason I left wow was lack of raiding group players you can’t depend on. Gw2 since heart of thorns attitude has changed it’s no longer fun to play with others. As I feared raiding plagues so many mmos with eliteism and then begans cursing in chat player arguments kicks destroyed friendships and so on it’s just a downward spiral. True a lot of these aren’t a nets fault but why antagonize these players to act in such a manner. I’ve always had issues with 10 man raid content since my normal online group of friends is 4-5 players picking up pugs always creates issues. Is this what the average players want in game though. raid content will be unreachable for new players so they will see as I saw in wow these set groups and guilds are created then no new players are accepted into them creating aurmour sand weapons that half the community can never get or have a chance at. getting. Gw2 has made a bed I’m not sure they want to sleep in they would have done far better to create 5 man content more challenging or make ascended aurmours easier to obtain for new players having over 1500 gold is required at this point just to began raiding. I’m all for challenging content but are they going about it the right way. You risk destroying the average player base let’s face it every player wants a chance at a legendary set should it only be able to those elite guilds and no one else. We have seen no new dungeons no new fractals no 2-5 man content at all in heart of thorns 90 percent of the pllayerbase does not have 10 people online to go . The main change has been a friendly mmo turning sour seemingly overnight . I just feel gw2 is taking a very dark turn.
About the Legendary armor, is there allowed to be nothing in this game that is prestigious in any way shape or form? I mean, its not like its a stat increase, its purely aesthetic, MMOs should have at least some content that isn’t aimed at the average players
I am not saying I did the math, but the fact that EVERY meta power build for every class in the game (except mesmer for some reason) uses full zerk probably has a reason of some sort. You asked for advise, and got it. Take it or leave it. You could check metabattle.com for the most viable ele builds.
if memory serves precision affects reflect damage, even if u go over 100% crit chance, so thats why they take assassins, for maxing reflects
condi ele is sick in wvw and in pvp but don’t use crap builds like wooden potatoes does with no survivability
wouldnt call his build crap, its a PVE build not a WvW or PvP build, you dont really need survivability in PVE
In my opinion the enrage timer is one of the biggest issues.
Also some of the mobs have way too much HP to allow other gears setups than “zerkers” (or sinister/viper for dmg resistant enemies).
For example the four big ghosts @ the second boss Gorvoge(?) (and also the walls while being chased by this fog of doom…). They have a big health pool, and the ghosts wipe the whole group if one breaks through, punishing groups which play a bit more defensive and don’t go full damage…
Just looking at the basic mechanics the raids are great. But I fail to understand how ANet wants us to go for build diversity, and yet is still forcing people to go for glassy dmg/condi builds by having an enrage timer.
If you go for to much defense, you are punished. You may say that one druid/ele that goes for healing may be enough , but if this one guy dies, the whole group may be dead too.
And than there is the other topic of testing raids… DnT (who did the testing with other guilds) is, from what I know, very experienced in regards to dungeons etc.
But this is not the average player base! Most people don’t run these souped-up gear compositions they have… Most people don’t play on such a high concentration level, where every button press of the damage rotation is studied in.
For example we have one guy, who doesn’t pay 100% attention the whole time, doesn’t run full glass with his ele. Currently I’m forced to exclude him from raids, just because the benchmark was done with people, who are multiple times better than most players ingame….
I understand that the raids are supposed to be end-game content, but currently I have the impression, that victory in Spirit Vale won’t be archived by very many players.
raids shouldnt be for the average player, and it seems they wont be
you can still play through HoT in zerker, its just harder than the base game, if you really cant play in zerker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cADpIZJ3H-M
then do that
in this game, in almost any scenario in PVE its Damage>Tanky, Sinister and viper are damage focused, while rabid is more tanky
In PVE Condition Warrior isn’t bad, specially as a Berserker, DPS is quite up there.
Sad to say though there are a lot of narrow minded and stupid people out there.. so be prepared to get flamed at or kicked from parties when not running a PS build in Berserker armor. =p
although id never kick a warrior for running another dps build, i can understand wanting a PS warr, the whole perma 25 group might thing is pretty great
meh herald stacks might better anyway tbh.
I have an ascended viper set thats literally doing nothing on my rev, because I tried making a condi rev and it sucks. might put it on my war
Can Herald really stack might better than warr?
if you want to be optimal in either i dont think sharing a set is the best idea, if you want pve necro stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2GDSazAxQY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cADpIZJ3H-M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPyX40R-vDo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kNEL3Q8Jl0
Pick whatever one of those suits ur fancy for pve, dunno howd theyd do in WvW
its intended… necro is not allowed to have build diversity and it really not allowed to be viable
Every class must choose their unique line necro is not alone in this.
unless you are talking about pvp i disagree, in pve most warrior builds dont use discipline
its probably sub optimal, havent kept up on it in a while, but the old fast hands warrior Gs+Axe/Mace build you just used the cooldown skills on gs like hundred blades and whirlwind, then went to A/M used 2 and 4 and auto attacked until hundred blades was up
In PVE Condition Warrior isn’t bad, specially as a Berserker, DPS is quite up there.
Sad to say though there are a lot of narrow minded and stupid people out there.. so be prepared to get flamed at or kicked from parties when not running a PS build in Berserker armor. =p
although id never kick a warrior for running another dps build, i can understand wanting a PS warr, the whole perma 25 group might thing is pretty great
The Souls game are my favorite game ever. I own PS3 DS2, PC DS2 with all expansion and the PS4 version…..
I usually stop leveling at level 120-125 and keep playing to NG++++ My main quality build character as like 15 million unused souls in case I decide I should level him.
I really liked bloodborne the feeling of your character is amazing. My big issue was the gun in PvP and I hope the expansion will fix that. I was wishing for pistol for warr elite spec. I wished I could use Sword/Pistol and GS or Hammer just like in bloodborne.
I could beat all boss without healing in the first Dark Soul minus the 4 kings.
personally i prefer high level pvp in Ds2, tho I understand wanting to be around that level
Has anyone ever wondered what it would be like to play the equivalent of dark souls in guild wars 2? Well, I have found something far, FAR harder than that! Playing Warrior in high tier PVP; is essentially the equivalent of beating Dark Souls in it’s hardest mode with a guitar hero guitar instead of a controller! I mean doesn’t everyone just LOVE the narcissistic pain of playing that game, it’s just sooooo nice that you can FINALLY experience that right here in guild wars 2 with warrior. To go hours each night with a win ratio being somewhere around 1 in every 5 just gives me that same high as being defeated over and over by Old Iron King (one of the hardest DS bosses). Just love the direction they went with warrior!
dark souls aint that bad, though thats probably because i have over 400 hours in the 1st one and around 200 hours in the second one, but i get what ur sayin, im not much of a pvper but from what i see class balancing in pvp aint to great
although this conversation seems to be about pvp im pretty sure condi berserker>condi warrior in pve, so although not a reason for pvp, its a reason to trait it
Anet doesnt want liquid gold rewards in dungeons and fractals, so they nerfed those. What they should do, is increase the rate that we get items, to a level that we get silverwaste tier gold from selling said items
AAAaaaand today fractal guilds were looking for players again in map chat, guess which was the only class being left out in their list?
I really hope that Anet realizes that that sort of exclusion is a thing… Not that it seems like they’re going to do anything much about it -.-
although i dont think its good to exclude people, its up to people who they want in thier groups
This is ridiculous.
No pvp GS Reaper would ask for nerfs.
I mean, why do some people think pve is the only mode in the game?
personally, i wish theyd just split the balancing for pve, pvp, and wvw. that would be the ideal solution. and there are plenty of people who suggest nerfs for things that are good in pvp but garbage in pve
Splitting PvP and PvE might work, but WvW is just their OWPvP, which is always in a PvE universe. There’s absolutely no way they’ll ever balance something differently between PvE and WvW. In fact, I bet it’s technologically impossible, unless they were to create a separation in the systems (which won’t happen, and would just be confusing if they did).
i dont mind pve and wvw being not split, that fine, but pve and pvp should be split
This is ridiculous.
No pvp GS Reaper would ask for nerfs.
I mean, why do some people think pve is the only mode in the game?
personally, i wish theyd just split the balancing for pve, pvp, and wvw. that would be the ideal solution. and there are plenty of people who suggest nerfs for things that are good in pvp but garbage in pve
Hi,
I play necromancer since the release, my main is now my reaper, of course.
It’s a way too easy to play through the jungle, not as challenging as with an other profession. The reaper is amazing, maybe too amazing IMO. It’s fun to play, but too easy. Please Anet, offer us more challenge, nerf us.
I’m not interested in the other professions, I don’t want to reroll.
So what your saying is, you want the open world pve content to be challenging, in an mmo, thats funny.
So, please fix the scythe of out of scale. It’s just not as cool as you think it is. Thank you.
its cooler than they think it is, the huge kitten scythe is one of my favorite parts about the reaper aesthetically, it reminds me of the scythes in anime or jrpgs, and i absolutely adore those, an example. http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/32500000/07-Ghost-07-ghost-32513464-1437-804.jpg
(edited by Arenzo.3298)
melee weapons on all classes do more dps then range weapons, except ele with staff. and engie
What about spend a couple of hours and level those sweat fractal masteries and have fun there?
The design id far superior imho, and you can work towards your legendary backpack, too.
My 2 copperz
From what ive heard on the forums, the rewards arent to great after the change
the instabilities seem amusing, im ok with not randomness, but from what ive heard the rewards arent too good
i literally feel like i can’t get gold from anywhere now. idk what to do
Mindless SW farming is the new way to get gold unfortunately ;-;
A:You could say you are new and they could tell you what they are gonna do
B:The only rewardig part of dungeons is the end reward, and that was nerfed in HoT
C:Dungeons have been basically ignored by A-net for 3 years
I dont PvP so i cant comment in that area. But for PVE the animations are awesome, the reaper is a great bonus to that. The death theme is great. I love deathshroud. And The hope that one day MM Necro will be semi viable
making it an option seems like the best choice, because it makes everyone happy
For the scythe out of scale thing. They should make it a graphics option, Make scythe smaller. Because just as there are people who dont like it, there are people who love the huge scythe, and an option in the option menu would make both sides happy
its kind of decent for regular necros in pve, but thats about all Blood magic is good for
How bout, they make an option that we can check off, and the option is, smaller scythe.
That way people like you can be happy with a small weapon, and people like me can be happy with a huge unrealistic one
personally i think the looks this guy does for male light armor, especially the HotW +blindfold looks pretty cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QWU09X1T_Y
Anet, please:
A — remove achievement points from being visible in dungeons or in party.
B -- remove the linking of armor stats within dungeons to allow for players to play support roles, condition roles, and etc.
C — disallow use of damage metersCreate a Terms of Service agreement that bars players from being able to do all of the above.
IF any of the above is considered to extreme, consider, find, and apply other alternatives.
YOU (Anet) have made a great game, but your players are forcing unnecessary and unwarranted restrictions upon how that game may be played. This severely enough that many simply won’t do dungeons now.
Thanks
Now first off, im really chill, and if people know what thier doin they can run full nomads bearbow ranger for all i care, People should not be forced to play zerker groups, I agree. But, Zerker groups should not be forced to accept non zerkers if they don’t want to
Can you link it, i cant find it
I sent the application
Yo from your guild name I assume you are on the tarnished coast server, Would it be cool if i joined if Im on Blackgate?
oops, forgot to include that, Eastern Time, and im mainly a PVE player
Yo, any guilds that are friendly,and people talk to eachother , whether its voice or text out there who’d take me? Im on Blackgate if it matters
Remove the gold,remove the little crapy chests/champboxes and insert a rewarding chest at the end of the dungeon with the chance to get a rare skin similar to the aetherpath.
kitten that
id rather stable/reliable rewards
then rng gated slightly better ones
As you’ve noticed, the most efficient method of beating the dungeons is the zerker meta, and yes, that does tend to mean that people who play different types of builds are unwanted. That’s a deeper issue regarding game balance, I feel.
The zerker meta is the most efficient way of going through dungeons when you have players who understand the type of build.
Running a pug group full of zerkers with some newbies will prove far more difficult than say a more toughness build.Zerker is the way to go once you are used to your class and have run all the dungeons a couple of times.Getting a fresh new lvl 80 in zerker gear and throwing him in a dungeon with let’s say 2 more just like him,will prove to be a wipe fest.
unless you have someone to teach you
i put my friend in zerker gear and melee and she is used to conditions and ranged
and she was fine because i explained things to her
I’m a returning player after over a year, and I’ll share my insight. Compared to WoW dungeons, the dungeons in this game are confusing. In WoW, at least when I played, the dungeons were straight forward; you go in and kill stuff until you get to the boss. The bosses may have had a unique fight mechanic, but it was easy to figure out.
In this game, everything is a maze, and the dungeon runners are hostile. Most things can be skipped, bugged, or cheesed somehow, and there is so much backtracking. I knew all the tricks to each dungeon. Now, everyone does them different, and I’m a noob again. I have to relearn each one because everyone has a different cheese spot, or skips different things. I have played MMOs for 12 years, and I feel for new players who get called names, noob, or kicked because they haven’t run the path 100 times. How is anyone supposed to know to sneak past 50 mobs and hide in a corner, when the dungeons are not intended to be played that way? Then you get the guy with 12,000 achievement points getting kittened off because no one knows all his secret hiding spots, and it’s crystal clear why no one cares about dungeons anymore.
The next biggest problem, is everyone is speccing Berserker or similar damage gear, and going full damage traits. Then everyone dies in 3 hits. If you go support, you’re not wanted.
In summary, confusing and broken dungeons, together with a 2 year old player base hostile to newbies is why no one cares about dungeons anymore in this game.
dungeons arent really confusing imo
and tbh you dont need support builds u just need to kill kitten fast
hopefully im awaketo come along again
jiyn do you use the same TS as Dan?
So a build that can 1-2 shot and gets 1 shot itself is op?
Yes.
One shotting is not fun to do to people nor fun to have done to you.
It takes ZERO skill and there’s already way too many zero skill high damage combos in this game.
Don’t care what class it’s on, every time another brainless high damage combo enters the game, the game gets less fun to play.
your saying build that can oneshot but also be oneshot is OP, no its not
if you can be one shot ny something else while doing it there isnt anything wrong with oneshotting
btw i dont play this build, and my ranger is probably one of my least played characters so im not just defending the buff because I use it
As long as they don’t nerf it in PVE then don’t care.
pfffffffffff anet would never split skills between game modes silly
Same here Im always game for more Arah practice
and you said you copy pasted, didnt Ivan say 0900?
its not, i find them easy, just make your own group, put it on lfg, and it will be filled soon,
also most people want zerker/assassins builds for dungeons so be wary of people being angry if your arent zerker
im pretty sure 100b is the main reason why pure axe isnt better than GS+Axe/X
if you nerf 100b by 25% even with the 10% buff to AA i think it just bring pure Axe above GS+Axe/X in pve
so if you want something thats good in pvp and pve you should be asking for them to split the game modes
Lilith requires good fashion sense from party members
lol