Guild Wars 2

What a constructive and well thought out argument.

Great! This is exactly what I needed, thank you guys

I’m struggling to make/find a good build for ranger in tpvp. I guess maybe I’m confused on what role I’m supposed to be playing.

What builds are you guys having success with in tpvp, and what roles do they fill?

Chokolata.1870:

I am running the old school 0 0 6 2 6 BM bunker build. Works wonders for me

What traits and stuff you taking?

milknnuts.8610:

Full Zerk: 6/6/2/0/0, Signet Build with LB range trait. Take shorter LB cd and Moment of Clarity. For wilderness survival take Shared Anguish.
Rune of Strength and Zerk Ammy.
LB and GS with Strength Sigils + 1 Energy Sigil + Sigil of your choice.
Utilities: Healing Spring, Signet of Stone, Signet of Renewal, Utility of your choice, RaO
Pets: Wolf + Drakes, Spider, or another Canine, or Feline.
Can be very destructive in hotjoins.
Weakness: Against good mesmers and when fighting good necros at close proximity.
Also don’t get condi bombed. Most other classes go down easy including guard and warrior.

This one definitely suits my playstyle better. Ill play with this one, thanks!

Keep em coming! Its cool to see all the creative builds like this

Eurantien.4632:

Power BM tanky-bursty: 0/2/0/6/6 dual raven, soldier, melandru, lb/gs, muddy terrain, SoR, LR, RaO (can use elite spirit if you want but swap in vigorous spirits and maybe spirits unbound).

Use raven f2, follow with swoop -> f4 -> 5 + f1 -> f2 + maul. Gets you a solid burst combo.

Signet condis: 6/x/6/x/x s/x, x. Wolf, Spider, carrion or settlers, troll, SoR, SotW, SoS, RaO. Seems super awesome on paper. Never seems to be as awesome.

Full zerker: 6/6/2/0/0, Wolf, spider, berzerker, scholar, lb/gs, Heal as one, QZ, SoR, LR, RaO. <3.

Might want to experiment with a celestial trap build, I was having some fun with that.

Could you like any of those so I could see the specific traits?

None of the meta builds are really doing it for me for some reason. Are you guys playing any cool builds that you made or got from somewhere? If so please link them!

Just want something new

I posted this thread at launch. Kinda sad lol

This is a nice build man.

You can get one from random drops or you can buy one off the trading post(auction house) for really cheap.

I just made a really stupid build using traps to stack vulnerability and weakness. I was surprised to find that I can get 25 stacks of vulnerability pretty easily on a dummy in the mists. It basically has no practicality but it was pretty fun to make if you ask me.

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQNAoYVlUmyNXbS4E95Ey2jeKn4JNF4ED2pYrkPA-jgxAEEISDAlAsKWENWdNmylIqWKAIWGB-e

Anyone else have dumb useless builds like this?

Thanks for the reply! Just wondering, what is a blackwater build?

Hi! I’m jumping back on mesmer which is at level 70 at the moment. I just got a birthday booster and I want to level him to 80 through WvW. What is the best type of build to do such a thing?

Is the .25 second cast on infiltrators return what “broke” the sword? Because I’m still doing fine with it

lol sounds like you just need more practice with the class.

Lol imob was really bad when they made it stack. If you had a small roaming team in wvw with a venomshare thief, you could stack imobs to like 10 seconds and destroy the person without giving them a chance. This had to happen, it wasnt fair otherwise

Increased the base rate of initiative gain from .75 per second to 1 per second.

Pistol—Pistol Whip: Reduced the aftercast on the first half of this skill by .25 seconds.

Deadly Arts VI—Sundering Strikes: Increased the trigger chance from 33% to 50%. Removed the internal cooldown. Decreased the vulnerability duration from 14 seconds to 6 seconds.

Critical Strikes VI—Practiced Tolerance: Increased the conversion from 5% to 7%.

Critical Strike X—Critical Haste: Increased the trigger chance to 25%.

Acrobatics X—Hard to Catch: Moved to the Master tier.Acrobatics XI—

Assassin’s Reward: Increased the scaling with healing power by 35%. Moved to the Grandmaster tier.

These seem like nice buffs to me! Opens up some different traits to try. I’m happy

I like hidden thief better, gives the opportunity for 5 more bleed stacks. Plus the enemy is confused on your position

Any chance you could link one?

Ive been doing dungeons on my thief for a little while now and I’ve mainly just been using zerk d/d with shortbow. I wanted to know if there were more supportive builds so that I can help the group out with more than just damage. I just don’t feel very necessary. Thanks!

Been playing since launch and I have not bought a single gem. Still havin fun.

This wasnt supposed to be a balance patch. I dont know what your problem is

That looks exactly like a piece of armor from wow. Like exactly

I tested this out in sPvp for about an hour and a half and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Most mobility I’ve ever had with this class, people didn’t really expect it. The burst is pretty good if you immobilize with the bone fiend then flesh golem charge then toss all your marks. Tons of fun/mobility/control.

I just wish it wouldn’t go on full cool down when it bugs or if your out of range

Oh okay thanks

I know clones are copies of yourself, but I thought the phantasms were supposed to be pink. My phantasms aren’t pink anymore, is this something with my graphic settings or is this a change they’ve made?

A dev said that the reason you get that #3 skill is for new thieves who don’t have an off hand. It’s not for actual play. I mean. Unless you want to I guess

xephire.8324:

Asthenea.1546:

Have No Faith In Me.1840:

Invest in:
- One of the 3: Soldier gear, Sentinel gear, or Celestial gear.
- Superior Sigil of Bloodlust (Get 25 stacks before Teq comes)
- Food/nourishment items that give power (Sharpening stones, dragonfly cupcake, plate of steak and asparagus, etc)

Zerg:
- Range not melee
- Stack in one location
- Jump before the waves are near you
- Use support like shout heals and Empower

Turrets:
- use 2 on teq whenever recharge is done
- 3/4/5 on the zergballs whenever possible
- 1 when the rest is on cooldown

And there you have it. Teq is dead.

Raid Boss pugging…. lol. The only hard part about this fight is having everyone doing the above.

Seeing people get 1 hit by waves is hilariously bad.

I think when the majority of people learn what the hell is going on, well see way more TQ kills. I don’t really think everyone needs super gear and all that, if they did why would they put it in a 65 zone?

All of that stuff you said is not unreasonable for a Pug to complete. Not at all.

Oh and if you watch the video of one of the servers completing it, they are all getting rolled by the waves. Literally no one jumped, And they still beat it.

There is a dev that favorites black gate and wanted to make sure Tequatl can be beaten so that everyone else believe they had a chance of winning.The dev was within and he was dealing heaps of damage and tequatl’s hp was reduced.

Are you seriously trying to say that there is a company wide conspiracy to make sure that the blackgate server kills him first? Are you actually trying to suggest that right now?

Have No Faith In Me.1840:

Invest in:
- One of the 3: Soldier gear, Sentinel gear, or Celestial gear.
- Superior Sigil of Bloodlust (Get 25 stacks before Teq comes)
- Food/nourishment items that give power (Sharpening stones, dragonfly cupcake, plate of steak and asparagus, etc)

Zerg:
- Range not melee
- Stack in one location
- Jump before the waves are near you
- Use support like shout heals and Empower

Turrets:
- use 2 on teq whenever recharge is done
- 3/4/5 on the zergballs whenever possible
- 1 when the rest is on cooldown

And there you have it. Teq is dead.

Raid Boss pugging…. lol. The only hard part about this fight is having everyone doing the above.

Seeing people get 1 hit by waves is hilariously bad.

I think when the majority of people learn what the hell is going on, well see way more TQ kills. I don’t really think everyone needs super gear and all that, if they did why would they put it in a 65 zone?

All of that stuff you said is not unreasonable for a Pug to complete. Not at all.

Oh and if you watch the video of one of the servers completing it, they are all getting rolled by the waves. Literally no one jumped, And they still beat it.

So to my knowledge, Tequatl has been defeated a couple of times and once in overflow. Why is everyone calling for nerfs? I’m really just confused here. It seems that the servers that learn to coordinate and strategize are figuring out how to get it.

It’s funny how people are asking for hard content, and are given it, then complain that it’s too kitten

another note, when’s the last time you have seen so much excitement in the Guild Wars 2 community? Not since launch. I feel like this is a great step in the right direction for this game! Thanks for the challenge Anet!

This is cool, are you doing more pets?

I second this! W3 w4Nt Gu13dz

There has been a giant update every month since launch… I guess I’m confused

Lets hope it’s good cause they say that every month :/

I made a ranger at launch and I am now returning and it still seems that pet names are not saving… Is this just me?

Can you level a beast master build?

Well thanks for the posts guys, I’m still gonna try one! It seems like every thinks their class is broken so if they are all broken I’d say that means they’re balanced! Cheers.

Hello all, first off I would like to applaud the lack of complaining on this forum, makes me very happy to come to this prof… /clap … So I am leaving the Thief and thinking of starting a Ranger. My main reason is that the Thief has an extreme lack of diversity when it comes to weapon choice/playstyle. There only a few thief builds deemed viable by the community and I just wont have it. So this brings be me to my questions…

-Is there diversity in Ranger builds? If so can you share a quick summary of one you know or one that you enjoy/made. (no long paragraph needed, just wondering if there are choices)

- Is the Ranger good in WvW/PvE?

-What do YOU like about your ranger?

I know it’s a lot to ask and kind of silly, but I just want to feel good about creating one. You don’t have to type a whole paragraph if you don’t want to (although I wouldn’t mind) and you don’t have to answer anything for that matter. Thank you so much. Happy Holidays!

Yeah I think I can just zerg with my thief SB, i’m on JQ and they seem to be good. Thanks for the post and the link. Happy Holidays

Is WvW leveling viable? Is it better or as good as PvE leveling? And is there any strategy to WvW as a low level?

I think axes would be sick

Yeah I’m level 45 and I’m trying to level in WVW and make sure you avoid 1v1 at all cost. Just bring a shortbow and maybe pistols or something cause its best to stay at range. At least that’s what I’ve found to be the best.

Are you trying to level in WvW?

I’ve seen this thread a lot, and I have posted one myself because I am also looking for a build for leveling… But no one will give it up, all your going to get is “just try everything and see what you like” but sometimes I just want a cookie cutter

Just saying it seems more thiefy than a staff

I agree that thiefs need a new weapon, but I’m not sure staff is the right one… off hand sword would be nice. But axe, longbow and rifle all fit the “thiefy” niche.

Is there a good guild to join?

I would like a leveling guide as well… Is there a video or anything someone could recommend?

Yeah me too lol, I want a p/d build but I just don’t know good traits… And I know people go “the point of the trait system is so you don’t have to use cookie cutter” well I like cookies danmit… It’s Christmas.