Guild Wars 2

personally i just hope every thief will play deadeye, that way i dont have to bother myself with preparing for thief +1, cuz lol that such a useless spec.

Also, im probably gonna be in unranked for few days first to test and get used to the specs

@Miaz
Maybe if you send some gold to your opponent and bribe him to no kill your pet you can play without BM. But im sure u know all about bribing right?

yep same thing here, the timing that im used to with pet swap+f2(smoke or burst) is complete off.
Its not as bad as few days ago, but still very annoying and in certain situations of pvp it causes problems.
I have had situations where i blast my smoke field, but the f2 bugged so i waste blast on nothing, resulting for example in getting rekt by thief who +1s.
I really hope they fix this soon

Igot 3 Bans in 2016 for verval abuse so they do something with

Just wanted to drop by and say thanks for this thread, has been interesting to read and learn.,

Pvt Frosty.6973:

HeadCrowned.6834:

Pvt Frosty.6973:

Currently legend 1,

Running different menders variants. Druid and ele are the hardest classes to play currently in ranked (solo or duo).

One thing you all should try to do though, is to move away from escape/cleansing Sigils. Druid does not mesh well with them because their cool down gets procced by celestial avatar use(which already removes all conditions). Especially 18second cooldown sigils will suffer hard from this

Why do you think druid and ele are currently the hardest to play?

Because the meta right now favors momentum. And eles and druids main purpose is to stall momentum, which got nerfed even more with the recent patch.

Assume you are the best player on both teams. All it takes is for an enemy druid/engi /ele to fight you 1v1. To be able to kill, they need to be REALLY bad. And suddenly you are in a situation where the match is decided without you. On top of that druid is the worst classes to plus for a thief/rev/chrono, because it’s mostly defensive loadout. Longbow and ancient seeds got nerfed with the patch too, which makes the menders longbow build rather frustrating to play

Interresting, when i think about the games i played on druid in soloQ, it mostly depends on the enemy overcommiting on a fight by 2v1ing me for long time without result, or by sending the wrong person/class to fight me.

I had a match today where a dragonhunter kept pushing me and dieing, then he and a rev came, i survived and got a +1 from thief and we killed them both, they kept on repeating this until i managed to have there close capped or neutral and keeping 2 guys on me while our thief could be useful somewhere else and just pop up once in a while when i forced renewed focus. Its very dependend on the enemy being bad.

And still stuck

I have been having awfully bad matches queing between 10:00 17:00, like when normal ppl work. I was wondering what peoples experience is on queing at different times.
i live near amsterdam for timezone

I believe the dishonor is for playing a signet p\p build

I posted about this a few days back, when u log into wvw server after you cant get back into match, it will log into the pvp match

So like title says, i crashed at game countdown, so i restart game and i find myself in the hearth of the mists. In the top it says there is a match busy but i cant enter it.
So i logged into Eternal battlegrounds and viola it logs me into my match.

Thanks! Yea, kinda, I enjoyed watching his vids back in the days

i think druid is better, but for me the only reason to go core builds is because its for fun and less forgiving

I just put some fights together, i don’t play perfect nor am i claiming to, but these are the 2 builds i mentioned in action.

Most ppl i fought i have died to, but thats the nature of the first build, it can go eather way depending on performance. And yes my grahipcs are lame

https://youtu.be/2l-o351NfwY

I currently run around with these 2 builds :

First one is a mm/skir/bea :

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNAsYRnUqANsg1CC+rActgh/gi33weD+04HO691zgAoEhnG-TVRWwAA2fAo6Pk0HIRJ4AlfAA-w

This build is very glassy and will have you end up dead very fast if you dont play it well. Which was kind of the point of this build, you have no passive defense like protective ward/bark skin, no protection on getting hit from dura runes of anything like that.

The defense of this build comes through evading, not getting hit by stuff. You have evades on sword 2/3, dagger 4, gs 1(stowing gs third attack can get you 3 evades in a row), gs 3.

Normally i try to start fight on sword/dagger en tiger pet, i try to bait some blocks/evade/dodges first before i swap to gs and try and land maul. You have fury on weapon swap so you always have openingstrike after swap, the combo maul, auto attack, tiger f2gives fury, openingstrike, maul, hilt-hilt bash, pet swap, maul is a strong one if someone is kind enough to eat it all.
Basicly the gameplay of this build is, evading/kiting until you have a window of oppertunity and then go in for a burst.

pro’s: active defense, good burst, fun, needs brain to keep pets alive, good escape (double quickdraw leaps)
con’s: glassy, not much room for mistakes, conditions

my second build is a more defensive one which uses wildernes instead of skirmish.
This one is better vs condi, and good vs power builds aswell because of the protection on dodge rolls/barkskin 5% damage reduction with regen.
The playstyle is comparable to the first one, only there is less creativity with the weaponswap/quickdraw involved

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQNAsYRnUqANsg1CC+CCctgh/gq73bfG+04HO691zgAokpFG-TVRWABkoPAg9HoV9nBU+JhSQA-w

both of the builds arent optimal, but more a way of having fun again. Compared to druid the builds require more preventing to get hit instead of getting away after you get hit( as most druids seems to do )

Mr Godlike.6098:

…still i don’t know who is that guy…

This guy is pretty high up in the bronze league, dominating staff ele’s on a daily basis.

I think a very good ranger can make other builds work and be viable in high mar, look at miaz video’s playing mm druid for 1 example.
But i have to say that there are other classes that can fill that roll maybe better and get more value out of it.

As someone who usually plays marksmanship burst build and already used warhorn in melee build, yea im happy with my new unblockable pet.
I mean on pet swap i got quickness alot of might and unblockable on the pet. Feelsgood.

Also the timing with maul and quickdraw is a bit better.

On a side note, id be careful saying menders equals less skill. It requires less skill, but you can still be very skilled and play support heal druid. Nothing wrong with that

I do play core, but only with HoT pets, and that makes them a bit more viable.
Dont play druid, cuz nobody in wvw wants to fight me

Only if you run into a remorseless druid with tiger its worth focussing pet. When you do, make sure you focus tiger right after he swapped to tiger. If he starts with tiger dont focus it, only focus when his swap is on cooldown.

EnderzShadow.2506:

You’re good. I enjoy the vids—good stuff.
This build, is not good.

The ranger vs ranger fight and vs the warrior—-took forever in a build that is super glassy.

I can’t help but wonder how many times during that fight were you one mistake away from being dead.
I don’t know about all you super druids out there, but I can’t pull that off.

GL if you can.

Cheers to you personally and your skill level.

I think your right, but it makes it also more of a challenge, and thus also more fun to play imo

That camera angle/zoom is so frustrating i cant watch the whole thing

Omg, this is so frikkin funny, i left gandara 2 weeks back. Why? Cuz they were kitten spawncamping with blob everyday, building siege on 2 spawns. Lol and when i told them its a sad thing to do i get whispers whishing me and my family cancer.

And now u cry. Karma

So maybe this is already known to ppl but i was playing around and noticed with smokescale that i can use F2 when the skill is at cooldown.
Its on 20 sec cooldown (not traited) and i can use it again when it still on 7 seconds cooldown.
When traited its 15 sec cooldown and i can use it again when its on 5 sec cooldown.
I tested it also with bristleback and some none HoT pets and the same bug happens.
I can use wolf fear about 15 seconds before the cooldown is ready

i dont mind lower cooldowns, but should get fixed

edit : the bug does not seem to happen in pvp, but does so in wvw

edit 2 : holy smokes, i cant seem to recreate the bug anymore, am i going crazy?

why was i still watching, i totally want more of that kittenty content
But nice vid man thanks

hi,
Posting the build you play could be giving you more specific tips

Boon duration does Well for druïd/ranger, but i ma afraid tp wasnt honest And just started this as a post to Get nerfs

I like playing this build: mace/mace sword/shield, not best mobility or best damage, but sometimes greatsword just bores me. It takes some more effort to put damage in and is more of a responsive playstyle cuz build is about interrupts.
But because it takes more effort for me to win fights its more rewarding aswell.
i got sigil of draining on mace. but just like khainpride, i switch alot, u even see me play hambow(slowbow) in wvw.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQRApZ8enMdAdhgVhAmkCElilrA7d0WaXtK5gWXLAJAkASdA-TZBFwAt2fgxDAAwBBoaZACHBAA

You can also turn the highly telegraphed skill to an advantage. You can cast it, stow and bait dodges easily. Or use the fact that if you use rush (gs5) to a target you almost surely know they dodge it, you can either cancel it early and swap to other hand and shield bash right at the end of there dodge etc. THis is what i love about warrior, being so predictable then you can juke ppl with it.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNAR5enMdAdhgVhAOeAElilqA790maftK9gYXOApA0ACAA-TphFABKcQAE4CAswRAAgHAw/lBWf/BA

Worked really Well for me, i swap cleansing ire for rr depending on enemy comp.

Warrior: headbutt’s stunbreak can be used without going on cooldown by canceling iT with à weaponswap

Always enjoy your video’s Vaanss, tho i must say this is what always happens after i been inspired by it: I put on some bad kitten music, log to my bad kitten warrior, go to borderland, Ready to beat the kitten out of the whole world, all feelsgood up to this point. But then i run into a thief/condi mesmer squad and i get stomped and laughed at, feelsbadman

I play power berzerker gs/axe/shield, played only 5 games(saphire), all wins and its working pretty well. Though my opponents were very bad tbh so not sure yet how well it works in higher tiers.

Creating a build in my opinion is not only combining traits and armor etc. For pvp its also about defining the playstyle, teamrole, 1v1 matchups etc

yea i am afraid its the case, those were the reasons i used it, but i couldnt let the exploit go unnoticed since i encountered someone who used it against me aswell

Not sure if this is already on the radar, but i discovered that i can use my headbutt stunbreak without getting it on cooldown.

I wanted to stow headbutt to bait dodges, but i discovered i couldnt stow it, but when i use headbutt plus a quick weaponswap it leaps but doesnt stun, and also doesnt go on cooldown. this in it self isnt really big problem but it turns out i can stunbreak with headbutt aswell using the same technique and not getting the full cooldown of the skill.

I think this needs to be fixed asap

Nice vid, but holy crap the comments. Someone who politly expresses a opinion about vaanss skill level is dealt with on 4th grade level, others ask why he doesnt post videos of him loosing vs druid ir in pvp….why would you post that, its just normal to post highlights of things going well because its fun and nice to watch. I bet vaNss has walked of cliffs becuz of checking inventory while auto running, but why we dont see videos of that? Ppl please watch live streams if you want that

That match with helseth vs anet was pretty hilarious to watch

With patch there is a change to skyhammer, foefire lord, so maybe even more changes will be made to make other maps better.

R O C.6574:

Stop the thief hate. I carry matches as a thief. What you really need to watch out for is crappy players that play meta builds. You see them and you’re like, “Good. I got 2 necros, a rev, and engi on my team. I’m totally gonna win.” Then, your team loses every fight that you aren’t in on. Even when they have +1 advantage. A good theif is hard to beat. There is no class the I can’t beat in a 1v1, only better players beat me. Thief is sooooo fast. Dash, infultrator’s arrow, signet of agility. The key to playing theif is don’t get hit, and you have plenty of evades and blinds to do it.

Lets just say a bad druid or something else isnt as matchbreaking as a bad thief. I love having a good thief on my team. With good i mean a thief who knows his mechanics good and knowns how to rotate properly.
A druid who sucks still can be more useful then a sucking thief.
I guess thats what makes thief hate rise, there just not many thiefs who can play the class on a viable level.

That sounds rude and awful. That said, there is already a option for this, just pick up some ppl in the lobby, create a party with desired classes and que.

google it.

Pls post something useless, ty

mrauls.6519:

Hehehehehehehehe

Thanks sherlock, that made me laugh

Unfair question, there never was a meta were each profession had at least 1 viable build.

That said i’d like the old trait system back before june, so i could be more creative with creating build instead of being forced into the whole trait line.

lol, so you got the numbers to calculate the % and proof they liars?

Yea never happend before that a class is out of the meta for long time

In pvp i generally do what eurantien says. It means i give up the point but can keep it neutral. And really save interrupts for after deathshroud, played a fw games on necro and i noticed how kitten that moment is when you leave shroud and not being able to heal or do anything really

Alekt.5803:

Kill Or Die Tryin.6704:

MITIGATION VS MELEE

*+1K HP everyone (necros are no ones, so not them +500. OR why not give shroud sum serious debuffs like less HP and/or less mitigation.)

*Increase all plate armor to a sensible mitigation level. So when a thief crits, he cries, and then goes for the targets he is supposed to one shot. (cloth “noo not my necro!!!”)

*Make guards what their suppose to be, medium dps heavy defence tanks (bunker)

*Superbly make medium armor medium armor. (or leave it where it is)

Cloth… What armor? I mean, ok give the ele a shield, but not one that can withstand 10K damage? Seriously? Fine I get it cloth is *cough no armor and needs shields… but invincible impenetrable shields? no ty.

MAGICAL DAMAGE MITIGATION

• Guard is well (you guys named it Guardian, not Paragon, the heavenly dealer of WTF? damage. TY.) bad. My thought of a dragon hunter would be like 4K HP seriously dismal damage but team player buffer bunker. So 10% less magical damage or some crap.

• Warrior. I main, I hear people QQ but my warrior does fine in even trash groups if I can find another. I just can’t kill a rev to save my characters life, unless its a noobish rev. that for me is sad, but eh what can ya do. I can almost solo necros, and again noobs no chance. So close, but not sure what I’m missing o.0

Yeah that’s all. Game fixed forced to fight together, bunker can hold a cap solo but why? can’t kill crap. omg team coordination.
Read between the lines and your good. all the fixes are in there done yay woot 2m views on twitch.

Oops almost forgot. Revamp that stupid stronghold as well. Maybe auto send NPC door bashers and archers, lets pit them against each other and make this something worth getting into. Yes fight over the super buff NPC, but let that fight be over the gate’s destruction and not some spawn point you run over and commune with. So if you lose your gate, you get power spike NPC’s every 3 minutes lotto the NPC between the unlocked characters of the team. 2 minutes for mid gate, and 1 minute for final gate. then you win.

What are you talking about?

+1, like wtf is he on.

What i would like is an animation visible on the ranger when he uses his f2.