Anet is fully aware of the cloth and leather situation. They made a mistake in allowing for ore and wood nodes. They would take those out of the game if they could and blow up the price on those too. They are not doing anything to fix the current situation, and have no intentions on doing so. Everything is going according to plan.
It seems this game is changing its name to Raid Wars 2, with less normal game content, limited access to BIS gear, raid mentality, etc. I can see why people start to think that this game is dying. Hopefully Anet will realize this is the wrong path to take.
You can swap out CPC with locust signet when running around.
Seems condi duration beats out condi damage, so max that out first, then add whatever condi dmg you can. This build also has potential to cap might and vulnerability solo. The food I choose is cheap enough to maintain all the time.
i would so love to know the % of poison vs direct vs bleed vs tourment damage i do. This would really tell me if i need to go krait+sinister instead of those incredibly costly viper stuff (especialy the jewelry that need a lot of raiding to get). i dont want to spend 120 gold to test if krait + sinister is better than viper+ berserker or thorns or afflicted or..whatever.
I would also go Viper’s on ascended. You can change the stat’s in the forge but Viper’s is a much more expensive insignia. On ascended, you can move it around between light armor professions. There is much less cost to Berserker exotic, which you can get for all your characters.
Plus, black diamonds are waaaay cheaper than a month or two ago. I made my set when they were like 2g each , now they are 25-30s ;_;
For condi, aim for 100% bleed duration. Though the berserker runes will net you the best dps, you constantly need rare veggie pizza and toxic focusing crystal for them, so it can get pretty expensive.
Afflicted runes are great, if you cannot get access to viper’s gear. Or if you want to experiment with 100% bleed duration, these are cheap enough to play with.
I run a viper’s build too. I really like the play style, but as the post above said, you cannot burst trash mobs down like any zerk build. The RS5>RS4 combo is pretty good as AOE burst, but still yet cannot compare to classes like ele.
However, when those condi ramps up, you will DPS really good, and “sustain” it. If you use epidemic right, you have the highest hitting skill in the game.
If you have no way of getting ascended viper’s trinkets(raids), and want to keep food cost low, try it out.
Blood is power > deathly swarm > feast of corruption
chain is especially strong with these traits.
Got over 9K dps with only self-generated buffs/debuffs.
Yes, it can be better if you use the top tier pizza and toxic crystal with berserker runes, but the whole idea was a budget minded build(at least on consumables to use all the time).
Tried other combinations but the spite trait line really ups the DPS for condi now with how DC works. I just wished that Close to Death also added 20% to condi dmg as well.
Which is why I chose Signet of Suffering instead to make use of the spite signet.
This is my budget 100% condi duration build.
It’s a full on offensive build.
Can’t get ascended viper trinkets since I don’t raid, and don’t want to spend crazy money to maintain toxic focusing crystals.
It has good self might generation, but may use decimate defenses in parties.
Can also swap out Spite for BM if you need more survivablity.
My main is Scepter/dagger, but the other set can be anything you want. Staff for utility, and GS for the aoe blinds. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vREQNAW7Ync0Ad3gV3AW2A0biFcBLaD0BGBxXxu4YE6qFAaBA-ThSFQBXbhhqZ+pgK/Uy+A9T1nEcEAanuBhpGwgUCCgDCAhAUMHA-e
If it can be improved upon, let me know.
I really like the condi-viper build, but yeah, getting that ascended cloth armor was a pita. Then you can convert the stats over to vipers at the mystic toilet. One good thing is that, the price of black diamonds crashed(I got it when it was like 2g each ><). As for the trinkets, there isn’t really that much difference in DPS between exotics (look for Brazil’s ascended vs exotic vid in YT). Weapons are a no brainer, you need them.
As for damage, I was able to get around 7.7K on the DPS golem with no added buff/debuff. The build was curses 3-1-3, spite 3-1-2, and reaper 2-2-2.
33k dps that isnt affected by alacrity to me isnt as terrible. Especially as the starting phases are easy – what matters is to quickly kill it at end when its chaotic. But same argument can be made for thief&ele and chaotic means more interrupts on gravediggers :
A necro in “executioner mode” is dealing less dps than a thief autoatacking. Or ele 3 button overloading.
Yes they are squishier, but our GS and dagger autos have fallen a bit behind, since Anet buffed thief to deal with brokenant.
Thoughts?
Edit: its rare for me but this a PVE post.
I think power nerco is fine pve wise, its a great solo class and its perfectly fine to bring in a raid. There is usually 1-2 slots in a raid group that are often filled by thief, rev, d/wh ele, etc for just extra dps and are not core pillars of the group. This is where power necro fits in, it’s a very competitive and low in demand spot.
Lol necro is lame in PVP now, and mediocre at best in PVE also. Love it.
Tried this out in open world pve, and honestly, it is not that bad. I just wish they lifted the cooldown on chilling darkness so skills like nightfall and well of darkness is viable. RS4 with corrosive poison cloud sucks now, but spinning in an ice field has it’s merits.
Not gonna happen. The whole purpose of this patch was to depopulate the necro class. If they could, they would choose to delete the class in its entirety.
My power Reaper got an almost pure buff, I’m not even joking.
The issue isn’t that we didn’t get some buffs, its that the changes make very little sense. They don’t really address the issues, they’re just haphazard changes to try to fix Reaper being at least perceived as OP (I’m not sure if it is or isn’t), and Core Necro being terrible.
A thousand times this, they seriously need to bone up on their balance team, and for the love of all that is holy separate PvP and PvE!!!!! Ruined an otherwise great patch for me anyway.
gg, this is the epitome of incompetency. I’m also assuming the corrosive poison cloud/soul spiral combo is nerfed too. Are they trying to force people away from playing reaper? Moreover, I guess they are encouraging the zerker meta. What were they thinking?
Power for sure. You can steam roll everything in PVE.
Condi is not bad, but takes too long to ramp up the damage.
By the time you get to the same DPS as power, most mobs are already dead.
Which means power builds can kill faster than condi.
In a longer fight, maybe have a chance.
Berserker meta ftw imo.
There are success stories of MMOs that burned to the ground and made a huge come back (FFXIV). This is possible in GW2, but is it worth it? I think it will take more effort to fix a game that went through so much changes already that it is lost in glitch heaven. Better to start with a clean slate and then expand off from a formula that used to work(GW1).
Been irking on the fact that the jagged horrors from the Death Nova trait won’t proc on enemies that doesn’t yield exp. It makes things like story mode and some fights like SW vinewrath fights less viable for condi builds. Not sure why, maybe they don’t want people exploiting the exp or something. Then just make it so they give 1 exp instead.
But meh, people are exploiting the horrors on raids so I expect more of a nerf coming for MM builds.
I guess some people are just too lazy and waiting for someone else to do the right thing. That shatterer battle would be funny, if your attack did 0 damage to the defiance bar, you get 1000% damage reflection.
Wait for GW3. There is too much work involved to fix the current state of the game, and easier to start off on a clean slate. I think they will just ride GW2 out until it dies (might be sooner than we think), and then announce GW3.
Wow peeps are harsh. They already told us what to expect in April. The fact that they are fixing things is a great step! Rome was not built in a day, so chill and wait. Complaining about it all the time only discourages others to continue playing.
Mylerian/FA/Just Respawn
And it seems like complaining and encouraging others to stay away from the game has finally gotten Anet’s attention rather than just rattling sabers and giving little hints and suggestions. Not dissing you, just stating a fact.
If it’s gonna take this much to get them to move, so be it. 99% of people won’t react until the damage has been done anyway.
Whatever it is, I’m sure Anet realizes that this April update will decide the fate of this game. I’m not expecting a whole lot yet, but this update needs to set a road map on how things will be fixed/implemented. I’m just stating the obvious, but I get a little nervous with their track record recently…
Well, it’s been said that they will make up for their mess up starting with the April update… We’ll see.
I take the following word for word:
“I strongly believe that we will in fact entertain you. We’re a team of people who love the game that you love, and are working on things we’re confident you’ll love. But I’m not here to convince you of that, and I wouldn’t expect you to take my word for it. You can make that judgment in April, and each subsequent time we ship. I will work to make you happy, and I’ll do it by making you happy with what we ship, not with what we promise to ship.”
“I strongly believe that we will in fact entertain you. We’re a team of people who love the game that you love, and are working on things we’re confident you’ll love. But I’m not here to convince you of that, and I wouldn’t expect you to take my word for it. You can make that judgment in April, and each subsequent time we ship. I will work to make you happy, and I’ll do it by making you happy with what we ship, not with what we promise to ship.”
A very strong statement indicating something big is coming in April…
No one really knows exactly what. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a lot of those things you listed. I also would not be surprised if none of them show up.
Isn’t this supposed to be a balance update as well? Since they are doing those quarterly.
No balance update mid pvp season, atleast thats what they said. Their word isnt really something of much value anymore since recent days.
if they do, however stick with that, and there is a balance patch included in the april update, it could be the 19th at best, since thats the first tuesday after the season ends.
They specifically stated there would be quarterly balance updates.
That was the last one in mid January. So there will be one in April. I assume it will happen right after the PvP season ends, which is what they did last time as well. Not sure if they will split the April “content” update we are assuming is coming and the “Balance” update though. So all you Necros out there, get ready, you are going the way of the Burnzerker!
Yey! make necros useless waste of data in PVE again.
Finally! Now go fix the game!. I totally agree here with Anet.
They already wasted too much time on this legendary crafting stuff.. While we really dont need it at this moment while yhe rest of the game is dying.
If the game is dying maybe they shouldn’t have 70 devs working on the next expansion
It’s like building a second floor to a house where the pillars of the first floor is termite ridden. Gotta fix that first floor.
Well, they need to make money somehow. It’s just that for “some reason”, things that I or many people don’t care for goes on sale. My plastic stays in my wallet.
The way Anet will extinguish this flame will be a test to see if they can keep GW2 alive in the future. They are at a crossroad right now.
If they choose the wrong path, it will burn the entire mountain down.
The most effective and easy way to bring what they promised. The prices of mats involved have skyrocketed since, and effecting the cost of other craftable items too. But I guess that makes too much sense.
Eh don’t feel bad, this is just the state that the game has degenerated to. ANET built a community up that was used to faceroll easy content and now that they put interesting rewards behind content that may require a tiny bit of time investment or skill, they’re up in arms. They’ll nerf it though or provide an alternate, long as heck material Timegated route though. That I have no doubt.
I am getting sick of the attitude that all raids take is a little bit of effort and that if someone can’t beat a raid, it just means that they are unwilling to put in effort.
I have been practicing since the raid came out, and I haven’t beaten VG yet, but I hope to one day. But please don’t tell me that it only takes a tiny bit of time investment or skill because I’ve put in more than that.
Then again, Dark Souls taught me that there isn’t anything that a gamer won’t call easy.
Always glad to meet a fellow souls player. Love those games, can’t wait for the new one.
Anyway, I wish more players were like you, most I meet just want to be carried or wait until a clear path to victory comes out they can just follow to obtain their rewards in this game. So hats off to ya, you are investing some time and skill in wanting to learn the mechanics. Most don’t and that’s who I’m referring to.
Another souls player here and waiting for the new one:)
It’d be nice if I could practice the raids without getting called a noob and kicked out of the party. I can see why people lie about their gear or skill level just to get in.
Gear treadmill is one of the components that will keep a MMO going, unfortunately. If this game was to last any amount of decent life, another tier must be introduced sooner or later. While I’m against this, you can’t deny this fact.
If I’m still playing then, I’ll be excited to farm for 500+ bolts of damask this time. lol
For a game that tries to resist vertical gear progression and instead emphasizes on skins, not putting resources into gear customization is rather backwards… I have not bought one outfit yet because of reasons already stated. There were some that I liked, well, certain parts of the outfit, but the rest of it kept my plastic in the wallet.
Expensive/time consuming or not, it is one aspect of the game that will differentiate it from the rest of the MMOs out there. Or are finances that hard that they can only spend their budget on “safe” investments? Who knows.
