Guild Wars 2

There is only one thing that i am disappointed with. The business direction of the game.

Even though i know that the developers work really hard (and it shows) end game (getting rare skins, legendaries, etc) points straight to the gem store.

The massive grind required for all things end game and the lack of real story/achievement driven objectives further point to that direction. I don’t like to consipracycraft but there’s hardly any evidence or statements to disprove mine and other people’s concerns.

Oh, and the sheer support of the wall street mentality, which practically doubles the price for very rare items (lodestones, precursors, exotic skins)each month is truly disheartening.

TLDR: The economic model is my issue, nothing more or less, driving me farther away from spending $ simply because it looks overly greedy.

Takes one cookie and runs of hastily…Gotta grind some more!

I tried, I really tried to like my main again, who i’ve spent over 2500 hours on. I still find myself trying to play as warrior but I just can’t make myself stick with it for longer than a few minutes at a time.

Berserker is so repulsive as an elite spec that we are better of without it. But why?

- absolutely selfish play that offers nothing a reaper or revenant can’t. Damage is great if you can actually hit enough to build the kitten adrenaline which decays like freakin plutonium within seconds and when wefinally do manage to berserk, our burst abilities are practically downgrades. Hammer, bow burst? OMFG ballerina on steroids.

- Don’t you dare activate zerker stance out of combat. Its like trying to get angry, but instead you become aroused and finally you find inner peace. Our passive heals are horrible and our active condition removal is absurd, requiring a hit to take effect.

- No group support. My DH can shield the whole group with shield of courage from all dmg for like 6 seconds? And that’s 1 ability! DH heal our group with our heal virtue, trap enemies, mobility is superb and you never have to feel helpless.

kittens

…Just raise my adrenaline bar. I am used to and dealing pain.

If you are a warrior and could care less about nerfs add your 1 liner below

Let me start with a question in the AMA with Chris Whiteside:

46. Are we going to see an increase to the regularity of community communications, like a weekly newsletter? Is it possible to have more direct involvement with fansites or non-commercial sites with this increase of information flow? A regular release of insights and info may help relieve some of the need to do a 10 hr AMA in the future.

“i love the goal here and it is an area i have been thinking about a lot today. Specifically a more frequent conversation between the community and the team. Still brainstorming around it, so watch this space.”

This is just my take on what the game needs badly right now.

Communication.

Unless it is a common belief from the company as a whole that the forum community is an unimportant minority then i do feel we deserve to have some overdue questions answered. There are some very, very active threads out there which people are trying to keep alive, in order to pass a point across. We do know the point is made and that it is read. Moderation is strong in the forums, so someone definitely reads these threads. But for a reason unknown to me, answers are very very selective.

Where are the answers? Where are the patch notes regarding buffs, nerfs, changes in mechanics? What we get is a very very abstract representation(if any) of what we see in the game. Show us more details, let us theorycraft about the things we love in the game.

Where is your long lost communication on the forums?

And most importantly: Where is your transparency?

EDIT:
Thanks for the Mod.

I would wish to specify my concerns and would like others to also do that but i don’t want this post to be merged under a thread 10-20 pages long since this will render it practically unreadable.

Who ever posts below, please be constructive. This is not a whine with cheese and wine post
EDIT: Changed the title to be more relevant to the subject

So, Human T3 Light is in the gem store for 800 gems.
I would love my Norn warrior getting his hands on a Human Heavy T3 for 800 gems. I would definitely not want to spend 120g for it.

Any plans to add this in the near future? It would surely make me happy

This post is a general observation on how the current state of the market makes the pursue for a legendary almost out of grasp.

Even though i do understand that getting one should be really hard, there is one fundamental flaw in the design of this pursuit, as it is heavily dependent on the TP (as of now) This is so, because farming is really crushed right now, with drops diminished from normal and higher difficulty mobs.

As the market has shifted to extremely high prices for T6 mats, no changes have been applied what so ever to normalize the quantities required for each Legendary. A few examples below

250 ecto: 84g (52g around a month ago (less than 30g around 2 months ago))
All 8 t6 mats: 296g (was 110g a month ago (was less than 40g 2 months ago)
100 charged lodestones: 274g( 270g a month ago (less than 60g 2 months ago))

And lets not forget the mystic clovers and precursor prices, among other things.

As of now, seeking to get a legendary would need to roughly spend between 1500-2000g. This amount has nearly tripled since the game came out. Furthermore, there are barely any means of acquiring these mats outside the TP.

I would like to know what is being planned to improve the acquisition of all required mats or by finding alternative means of getting a legendary.

Don’t get me wrong. I do ‘NOT’ want an easy mode legendary. All i want is to get it under the same conditions others have.

I would like to see suggestions or word from a dev if possible on when we could be seing a change.(In the next build if possible?)

I had quit running champ farms since around 2 weeks ago because i seriously could not take it anymore. It was more stressing than satisfying trying to catch up with a train of 50 people rushing to tag champs. Then i looked for alternatives.

3xdungeon speed runs equal around 5-6g worth of rewards on average. All AC can be done within an hour or so with a good group and i found the LFG tool quite usefull in building the groups i want for optimal runs. Add some God temple runs on top of that and there, here’s your gold farm.

Just yesterday i did 5 dungeon runs, did 3-4 temples and i totalled 15g. I had gotten over 12 rares on top of 1-1.5g per dungeon run final reward AND lets not forget the ascended mat drops as well!

Dungeons and temples drop a crap load of rares and the temple pre events also have some good drops occasionally.

Seriously, way, way more fun and interactive

Overall i enjoy this varied playstyle way more than champ farming. A step to the right direction i say!

I’m still waiting for the “expansion’s worth of content” that was supposed to come sometime this year.

Flynch.6034:

Ath.2531:

Flynch.6034:

DR is fine, it is the loot drop regularity (or lack thereof) prior to DR kicking in that is the issue.

DR is not fine. It never was and never should be. I would rather have an overall loot drop rate decrease across the board instead of a gimmick jumping in my face at unpredictable times and with unpredictably bad outcomes.

I have zero issues with it as it is not my playstyle to stay in one place and spam mobs for drops. I have nothing against other players doing it – but they will have to face the DR as a deterrent.

It is not a gimmick – it is an effective way to stop bloating from previously insane botting. Hopefully when the bot situation is well in-hand they can lower the DR criteria, but as of now, it is fine and really doesn’t affect me in any way whatsoever.

Notice that i’m not saying ‘us’, but ‘me’ instead. Something the forum needs to also start adopting imo.

Even though im almost serious this is trolling at its finest, let me repeat your words in fewer words: “DR does not affect me. Also, i don’t farm so i don’t mind farming being nerfed”

What should the forum start adopting? the “ME” rule?

Please, whatever it is you were doing, go do that instead of being in the forums passing around this silliness.

I feel like a Juggernaut of raw destructive power which i unleash on the battlefield against my enemies.

I don’t use lemongrass or runes of melandru and i dedicate most of my abilities in controlling the enemy so that they are trying to survive instead of trying to kill me. That way, they use their cds defensively which gives me the edge

In pve i enjoy long walks at the beach as far away from Lion’s arch as possible because the sewage there stinks. Sometimes i visit my home at Hoelbrack to visit my mother in law. Apart from my mother in law, i enjoy it there.

I don’t tPvp because the armor i am given makes me look like cinderella. I don’t want to look like cinderella.

I attached pictures with 2 of my many outfits which can be served as an autograph under open a full free source licence.

Sincerely yours,

Athrael Stormborn

I swear to god, if i was an Anet dev i would have placed a non account bound lemon somewhere in the world.

I just finished yet another hourly charged lodestone grind with 0 drops. And then it hit me: I have to spend between 150-250 hours to either farm for charged lodestones or farm them. By my playing standards that is around month and approximately 400g(by buying the cores instead)

Before you say that i want it easy mode or that i feel entitled to anything, i have finished most of my expensive gifts including fortune and i have no issues finishing up the rest of them BUT

Farming for Lodestones is a new level of grind, one that i have never seen in my 10 years of playing mmos and has to be by far the worst thing i have ahead of me.

My question is: Was this how the quest for a legendary really envisioned? Has anyone who developed this concept even tried to farm these recently? You have had 4 months to watch your data and make adjustments. It makes me think: Is this really intended? How could it, possibly?

I can hardly grasp it…

I am reposting this here for everyone to read since the thread i made earlier was merged into a thread that i would definitely not want to post in.

Pattern one – “The Classic”
Consider a possible farming scenario for 1 player farming in a single High Level Location:
First 30 min: Normal loot drop rate
1 hour in: Normal loot drop rate
1 hour 15 min in: Loot drop rate reduced so drastically that i cant give it a percentage, but almost surely by more than 75%
*Remark – The time this happens is not constant. And it literally shuts your loot down with an on/off switch.

Pattern Two – “The Lucky Guy/Girl”
Consider a Scenario for 5 players farming in a single High Level Location.
Players 1-5 kill the same mobs, dealing approximately the same damage, both with the same % of MF. We can assume they are either solo or in a good damage dealing group.
Player 1 gets 10 rares in 2 hours. Players 2-5 gets 1 rare in 4 hours.
*Remark: It is statistically near impossible to have such a scenario occur when probabilistic formulas are not tampered with. This is the lucky day scenario when your luck is ON or OFF for several hours at a time. It happens consistently in inconsistent time intervals.

Pattern Three – “A Timely Reset”
Server restarts…Players farm for 1-2 hours and experience drop rates, equal than or better than the pre november 15 patch. After that, Pattern One kicks in.
*Remark: This is an observation for now, one that i would rather gather more data before i cal it a scenario.

Pattern Four – “Taking a Break”
Assume Pattern 1 occurs. A player may decide to take a break to supposedly clear the DR timer. Player returns back to the same area after 1-2 hours. Rather inconsistently, the drop rates may or may not improve.
*Remark: None

Pattern Five – “Moving around”
Assume Pattern 1 occurs. A player may decide to switch to a zone to supposedly clear the DR timer. Player experiences absolutely no change. DR is present and well and there is still an influx of gray quality drops, just like before moving around.
*Remark: None

General Notes:
- Drop rates for Materials seems unaffected.
- Loot bags seem unaffected.
-The DR in its core is implemented in much a way that it is statistically near impossible to understand. There are multiple patterns that explain when it is present but they just don’t add up to be a feature. Its behavior is in fact and in my opinion like a BUG.

Take everything you see above with a grain of salt, as none of it has any math to back it up. If you observe any more DR patterns, feel free to post them

Ok, i will bite…

I like farming, i really do. This is so because i set a goal and think of an effective approach in pursuing it. Every copper made out there is one step closer to attaining a my legendary. I decided to get a legendary sometime after the November 15 nerfs. It’s been painful, joyful, exciting, boring, annoying…Yet i have made good progress.

I also like spreadsheets, i love them. They help me keep track of my progress and also help me plan my next steps in an orderly manner so that i can avoid stress and be in control of my pursuit.

I will have my legendary in approximately less than 2 months from today, with everything planned step by step.

@OP sorry if this comes as a shock but in your post it seems as if you are very confused. Do you really have a valid reason behind thinking that DR is good or is it because you want less people having legendaries, because you don’t have one either?

I mean, at times i despair too because getting one is really tough nowadays but you are showing us that you like DR because it Hinders other people’s progress in being rich and prevents them in acquiring in game goods that way.

You should really check the definition of the word “Envy” and try deviating away from it.

If you intend to wvw or wvw, sword/(shield or warhorn) and GS is a great option but condition damage as a warrior takes a lot of momentum which comes from experience.

For pve your ideas would be fun. Try all weapons and combinations until you find what suits you best

I personally do mostly wvw with sword/shield and GS. I use berserker gear but have points in touchness. Full grass cannon doesnt fare well against conditions and tank classes

Hope you have fun with your new warrior, i know i am!

rancidstick.2704:

So did everyone just ignore that OP dislikes how ridiculous it is when you compare how much it costs to get a legendary now vs earlier, and instead chose to attack him on not wanting to farm?

Thank you

All its going to take is one official comment to say “it was deliberate”
That’s all its going to take for me to delete every character i have and throw this game in the trash bin after nearly 700 hours.

I like my business to be clean and honest and most importantly, to know the rules of the deal UPFRONT

Some may call me crazy to be taking this so seriously but let me ask you this. How comfortable do you feel going for something that was passed to you as one thing and then changed to another without any notice?

I am all in for supporting a company that provides a great game, but one that deliberately skewing my options, leading me to the gem store is unacceptable.

Take a freaking character and make it kill a mob a billion times a second, for gods sake, check the loot. Tell us its a bug!

Or will you, now?

As some people have correctly interpreted in my original post, i am more than willing to farm and have been doing so on a regular basis. I also occasionally buy rares (with buy orders ofcourse) to salvage for ectos but the only worthwhile salvaging kit(BL) costs 5g to buy with gems which is insanely overpriced.

As it has already been mentioned and observed, drop rates have been severely decreased which means that doing clovers is going to be a nightmare. Also, lodestones are well over 250% of the price they were 2 months ago.

I don’t see why legendary mat # requirements aren’t dynamically adjusted based on the market

Bloodstealer.5978:

Sorry to say it but.. I think your taking a collection of pixels on your screen way to serious… if your having to place so much importance on a material drop rate for what is nothing more than a game, then maybe open the curtains, open the window and smell some fresh air and look upon the new day once in a while.

Oh! But i wrote this at work dear sir. I can assure you that the air is quite fresh out here!

And by the way, Judging from your posting history maybe you should consider taking your own advice.

Specifically you recently wrote: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/members/Bloodstealer-5978/showposts

“I would be more inclined to think its actually AN that has the Bots farming the mats and selling the items – nothing better than to be able to manipulate the price points in game so that players at both end of the spectrum can be herded in to buying Gems / Gold for real money from the TP.”

That doesn’t look very good on your resume.

You were saying?

Thats right. Now go in peace and let whoever likes to discuss this in a mature manner do so.

The truth is that with every living world update, new items show up in the gem store and that generates money. It is the best system currently in place for a F2P game. There is no denying that The game in its entirety is a profit-making organization and we the players are but a resource to sustain it.

I really respect the artist’s, developer’s and community staff’s work. It is state of the art in most aspects. But i dislike every single thing about the living story. Its non immersive, recycleable, non repeatable content that most won’t remember a week after its gone. No exciting long term goals apart from a legendaries which are an endless grind (been there done that) and a gear grind which is a slap in the face from what the game was advertised as before release.

All i see is new items for spending real money on, week after week after week. I find my childhood cartoons to have had better villains that every single one we have every 2 weeks. I mean seriously, what kind of fantasy world introduces a new villain or event every 2 weeks? It makes them feel meaning less and not threatening at all

Sorry if i ruined your Christmas but this is as close as it gets to answer your question in my humble opinion

I was going to write a rather lengthy report but please do answer this:

What happened with that post about Champions almost guaranteed to drop loot?

Please, be sensitive with your answer. There is a fine line between honesty and business

Greetings all!

The Gw2 Simulator 0.2b is live!

This update features:
1) A cleaner, more precise Precursor sim which now works with live, API-seeded values for precursors. The sim will now calculate profits based on the precursor aimed, which can be selected in the Config menu.
2) Error/invalid input validation has been added. Still not perfect though!
3) Increased precision, solved bugs which will result in much more realistic results.
4) Precursor sim can use extra work in the automation of additional parameters, ex: when “Frostfang” is selected, prices for cheapest rare and most expensive exotic should be set automatically.

Noted bugs/To Do’s:
1) Rapid api calls will occasionally cause an error. Working on a fix for this.
2) Style needs work. I’m obviously no designer. All feedback appreciated.

So, can you make gold by playing with the Mystic Forge? Well, head out to http://athrael.net to find out! At the “Choose your sim” dropdown, select “Precursor” or “Mystic Clover” and proceed.

Share what your next preferred simulator shall be!
- Loot bags?
- Laurel conversion to gold?
- ????

As always, feel free to share your feedback in the comments section, here, or in game as Athrael Thunderborn. Thanks and happy simming!

For any Questions, bugs , refer to the following links:

email: athrael.gw2@gmail.com | Twitter: https://twitter.com/Athraelgw2 | Github: https://github.com/athraelgw2 | In Game: Ath.2531

Vol.5241:

LordByron.8369:

Define your legit/non speculative way to save up 500+ G in 1 month….

You can grind shelt/pen hardcore for a week and a half and get 500G. You can easily get that in a month.

I farm those events with guildies and each of us net around 2.5 – 3g an hour, with almost maxed MF gear and guild banners/buffs on. That’s as good as it gets.

To get 500g in a week and a half you have to farm for 6.94 days straight(500g/3g/h)

Are you really telling me that you farm for 7 days out of a week and a half to get 500g?

500g in a month is realistic. In a week and a half, if you really do that then i really feel sorry for you for the sole reason that you actually risk getting a heart attack/stroke.

What i do think is that you are exaggerating beyond belief

Flynch.6034:

DR is fine, it is the loot drop regularity (or lack thereof) prior to DR kicking in that is the issue.

DR is not fine. It never was and never should be. I would rather have an overall loot drop rate decrease across the board instead of a gimmick jumping in my face at unpredictable times and with unpredictably bad outcomes.

Hello there!

CoM is a small social guild, formed early on during release and lived in Anvil rock US. We have recently transferred to EU – Piken Square and are looking to buff the ranks!
Our focus is running pve events, WvW and helping each other and are currently accepting applications from people of all ages, regions and playstyles. No mandatory attendance to events or WvW whatsoever. All that we ask is to represent us and help the guild grow.

We have some very experienced officers, some of which have attained a legendary or 2 and commanded in WvW, so we can help new members get on their feet and provide helpful information/Spreadsheets to plan your legendary and useful tips about Wvw builds and tactics.

For more information feel free to contact me at Ath.2531 or some of my amazing officers:

Israfon
Briseia
Drugan Stronghammer

Thanks, and hope talking to you soon!

Grunties.6841:

Agree with OP. There is absolutely no status I attach to anyone with a legendary because of all of the reasons stated. Most bought it. Those that earned it are tainted by the majority of folks who bought it. I’d be mad if I earned mine and people could just buy it.

Please show us some proof that most bought it. I’d love to examine those numbers

jumping into an epic battle with your buddy against 5 enemies and defeating them all.

- Win

Support my thread on us, the community asking for more communication
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/We-your-community-need-more-communication/first#post1050195
Please keep it constructive if you do.

None. Your player types are deeply biased and you make too many irrelevant assumptions.
Just because someone has time(or not) doesn’t mean they love or hate the fractal dungeons.

Chuo.4238:

And while you’re at it, mind communicating from places other than Reddit? Most people don’t use it. Try your own website, please, ArenaNet.

This, i wholeheartedly agree with.

Been anxious to see what January brings to the game, as we have been promised by Anet. I know Devs post on other websites as well.

I am personally more interested to see news regarding the in game economy and whether there are plans to adjust the supply of some items(such as Charged Lodestones and precursors)

Anyone found something yet?

Minion of Vey.4398:

Out there is a sinister group of people in black suits and sunglasses sitting around a round table in a high rise office building with laptops all watching the trading post.

They personally decide who gets to buy each item in the game, having bought every item in existence long ago. Every time one of us buys an item at their manipulated price, they laugh and sip on martinis from an oversized kittentail glass.

Paranoia has reached new horizons

Time for me to chip in:
A very sensitive subject; one of unique exotic/legendary weapon material requirements. More specifically, of Charged lodestones. I have been observing the market of all lodestones for several weeks and i have noticed that the supply/demand ratio of charged lodestones is quite disproportionate compared to the other ones. Of-course this should come to no surprise, since several very longed weapons require charged lodestones as a component.

Having said that and having accepted the long destiny that is getting a legendary that requires them, i was wondering if there is a thought of increasing the supply of these lodestones to bring them up to par with the other ones to some extent. At this point they go for up to 4g each, which is a quite hefty amount, especially when you need 250 of them for a non legendary item. Additionally, these lodestones fall prey to the appetites of heavy duty market manipulation.

Some adjustment was made to several T6 material drop rates (from loot bags) and i have noticed that their prices have moved to be much more comparable to the other T6 mats, albeit still relatively higher. Can a similar approach be considered viable?

So, my question is: What are your thoughts about the market of lodestones and are you planning to make some adjustments?

In this thread i would like to present several observations i have made throughout the time i have played farming for materials and drops in order to acquire goods, solely for personal use. The topic will focus on the current DR which has been introduced early in the game. Whether this is currently a bug or intentional, i have not heard any official updates in over a month, thus i feel the obligation to present my findings through several observations.

Pattern one – “The Classic”
Consider a possible farming scenario for 1 player farming in a single High Level Location:
First 30 min: Normal loot drop rate
1 hour in: Normal loot drop rate
1 hour 15 min in: Loot drop rate reduced so drastically that i cant give it a percentage, but almost surely by more than 75%

*Remark – The time this happens is not constant. And it literally shuts your loot down with an on/off switch.

Pattern Two – “The Lucky Guy/Girl”
Consider a Scenario for 5 players farming in a single High Level Location.
Players 1-5 kill the same mobs, dealing approximately the same damage, both with the same % of MF. We can assume they are either solo or in a good damage dealing group.
Player 1 gets 10 rares in 2 hours. Players 2-5 gets 1 rare in 4 hours.

*Remark: It is statistically near impossible to have such a scenario occur when probabilistic formulas are not tampered with. This is the lucky day scenario when your luck is ON or OFF for several hours at a time. It happens consistently in inconsistent time intervals.

Pattern Three – “A Timely Reset”
Server restarts…Players farm for 1-2 hours and experience drop rates, equal than or better than the pre november 15 patch. After that, Pattern One kicks in.

*Remark: This is an observation for now, one that i would rather gather more data before i cal it a scenario.

Pattern Four – “Taking a Break”
Assume Pattern 1 occurs. A player may decide to take a break to supposedly clear the DR timer. Player returns back to the same area after 1-2 hours. Rather inconsistently, the drop rates may or may not improve.
*Remark: None

Pattern Five – “Moving around”
Assume Pattern 1 occurs. A player may decide to switch to a zone to supposedly clear the DR timer. Player experiences absolutely no change. DR is present and well and there is still an influx of gray quality drops, just like before moving around.
*Remark: None

General Notes:
- Drop rates for Materials seems unaffected.
- Loot bags seem unaffected.
-The DR in its core is implemented in much a way that it is statistically near impossible to understand. There are multiple patterns that explain when it is present but they just don’t add up to be a feature. Its behavior is in fact and in my opinion like a BUG.

Please add more observations under this post, which i can add to this one.

Post Constructively

Dogblaster.6713:

Ath.2531:

rancidstick.2704:

So did everyone just ignore that OP dislikes how ridiculous it is when you compare how much it costs to get a legendary now vs earlier, and instead chose to attack him on not wanting to farm?

Thank you

That sounds more like jealousy to me … sadly.

You had same opportunity to do the same, its not Areanets fault you didnt. The market was evolving since release and it has stabilized now, only because you didnt catch the early low prices doesnt give you right to complain and demand low prices again. The current prices are where they should be.

I agree that Legendaries were cheaper first 2 months after release but that was obvious. Not so many players wanted legendary back then, many players didnt even hit 80 back then. SO THERE WAS LOW DEMAND FOR T6 mats, lodestones and precursors, etc.

PRICES always mirror current DEMAND by players. Current demand is 10x higher than it was 2 months ago.
So if more players want precursor now than 2 months ago, prices of precursors will increase. If even more players will demand more precursors, T6 material, lodestones, etc in next year you can bet price may go up even higher.

Higher demand = higher the prices

Simple. Nothing to complain here if you know how economy works.

No offense but you sound like a bitter elitist who is begging for respect for having a legendary.and you also sound like you feel entitled because you literally had no life for 3 months and the advantage of the new market which had ridiculously low mat prices. Why in the world would i be jealous, especially Of you? I will get the legendary, regardless of the time it takes and I will maintain a high paying job, a healthy lifestyle and A relationship.

I seriously dont get it with some people. I have clearly stated i want a fair chance at a legendary, not an easy mode. What you really show that you want is others to have a harder time than you did, so that you will feel more special for longer.

Anyway, /rant off

Red Falcon.8257:

The moment a Warrior is on the defensive he has lost.

Could not disagree more. I can’t count the times when i went defensive to let my health regen kick in, or kited someone just to come back and finish them off in a nicely handled chain stun.

The best weapon is to make your opponent think you are losing the fight, then suprise them.

I would agree with you if this was wow. Thank God its not.

@juba no WH spec??

This is my current build
http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-s;4NKkP0S4wK-60;9;5T-JJ;1497;108-29;00-5W;1ytbUytbUn-FW0-g29WYL8wV1X6Y9ZH4Ma-30C-2iw

What do u think?

Finally devised the ultimate Sword/warhorn + Rifle build which gives superior survivability and a nice damage kick.

Please keep in mind that this build is aimed for wvw/sPvP .

You can find the build here by copying and pasting the link in your browser:
http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/warrior#2|15|60|45|915|5728|246|0|0|0|0|20|1525|1523|0|30|1084|1081|2416|20|1518|1507|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|28013|28033|49978|49978|49978|49978|49978|26058|48792|0|0|0|0|

Gear: Full Exotic Rampager’s set (power, precision, condition damage)
with Superior Rune of Lyssa: http://www.gw2db.com/items/49978-superior-rune-of-lyssa

On sword: Superior Sigil of Agony(10% increased bleeding duration)
On warhorn: Superior Sigil of Earth(+60% Chance on Critical: Inflict Bleeding (5 Seconds)
On rifle: Superior Sigil of Rage(10% chance on crit to gain quickness for 3 sec)

This build focuses on survivability but don’t be fooled.

BIG Pros:
1) Nice condition damage from armor set + points in Arms and +70% condition duration (50% from Deep cuts + 10% from Sigil of Agony +10% from lyssa rune set)
2) Amazing tankiness with a lot of points invested in Defence and Tactics
3) Remove conditions like there’s no tomorrow
(2 from warhorn skills, 2 form heal, All from elite skill omg) – from rune set
4) Gain boons like there’s no day after tomorrow
(2 from warhorn skills if converted from condition, all boons from elite skill) – from rune set
5) Access to retaliation twice. One from Spiked armor + one from using elite skill
6) Great heals from investing in the Defence tree
7) Superior Sigil of Rage on rifle can pack a punch of bleeds when it pops quickness and it usually does because i have high crit% (65%ish)

Cons: Try it out and let me know

Good against:
1) Ability spammers where you can chain retaliation + pop endure pain.
2) Condition Builds. Your condition removal is insane.
3) High burst builds. save your endure pain until around 25% HP + pop it with heal + elite skill = almost full HP bar in a couple of seconds.

Bad against: Try it out and let me know

Let me know what you think and feel free to ask away. I will be using this build during the weekend a lot so i will giving you frequent updates.

Rock on

As Bsquared has said, the dungeon finder feature is one of the things that destroyed the social aspect of most mmos for many of us. It promotes selfishness and instant gratification, something i never, ever want to see in guild wars 2.

The harder it is to find a group, the better you can bond and make friendships with those that you will eventually group with

@ evo.8640 and Sunreva.8714

Why don’t you two…you know…find a room or something?

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Well I was one of those people who went around reporting bots left and right and complaining about how they were ruining the game…

Turns out I was wrong, the lack of bots is what will be the ruin of the game. Prices for even the most basic materials have gone up 500-1000% since the bots vanished. I can’t afford to craft, I can’t afford to buy armor, I can’t afford to do pretty much anything since the bots were banned.

I hate to be saying this, but the game was better off when the bots made everything more affordable, I was having a lot more fun with the bots bringing in a steady supply of stuff, please bring them back.

In your reasoning we should support cell phone thieves because then we can then buy cell phones for a much lower price.

Serves us right? yes.
Is it moral? no.
Will you Still support bots when you get hacked and your account is used to farm gold to be sold to other players while you are unable to play? Please tell us…

I’ll agree with OP. I like the fact that the no inspect feature allows more conversations

zMajc.4659:

I like it personally, after 10+ years it’s refreshing to play a MMO where DPS classes are not laughed upon when they search for dungeons/instances and stand around for hours whereas tanks and healers instantly get invited.

I won’t say it’s a perfect system but it works for me.

As a warrior i cannot count the times a ranger/necro/engi got kicked from a group, simply because they are considered not effective enough.

Trust me, its exactly the same thing

Buttercup.5871:

A flaming mankini would be even better.

The thread has been won. Now i can move along

John Smith.4610:

marnick.4305:

it makes my brain cry.

I really laughed at makes my brain cry, going to use that in the future, thanks!

I’m glad that you are enjoying the off topic discussion but as it has been mentioned already, would you mind addressing the OP as well? Especially since you took time to read through?

It just doesn’t feel right to see a Dev/Employee response(s) which have nothing to do with the whole point of the thread.

I really want to know the answer to this as well. “Yes-No-We don’t care.” Any answer will do.

leprekan.7248:

Nothing was stopping you from doing that before they nerfed the Champ farm. You saying this was a step in the right direction screams that you are just supporting Anet blindly in this or don’t actually have any real game goals requiring a lot of gold. Anet doesn’t need to nerf another thing in this game. If they are unhappy with people farming something they need to BUFF other alternatives not nerf the already very LIMITED opportunities that currently exist.

The champ farm was more than just the silver per box it was also Tier6 mats … 2 birds one stone, which is what made it so efficient. If it is easier to obtain gold it frees time to actually DO OTHER THINGS. Having to grind for longer to make less just forces people to choose to grind and only grind or leave the game. For the love of common sense Anet please wake up and realize that.

Even though i can agree that nothing was stopping me from doing that before they nerfed the champ farm you coudn’t be farther from the truth in your assumption that i have no real game goals requiring a long of gold.

I have farmed my way to crafting a legendary, ascended weapon and on my way to crafting another ascended weapon + backpiece before the end of this week. Having already gotten another 2 gifts my longer term goal is to craft another legendary when the new ones are announced.

The reason i said that this is a step in the right direction is because i fondly believe that this will indirectly push people in acquiring gold in more varied ways than repeating the same route for hours on end. When i was farming in Orr for 3-4g an hour there were no other equivalent alternatives.Now there are. Quite a few actually. Please do try them as a proof of concept before saying they are unequal in terms of income.

Don’t get me wrong. I am an avid farmer and i continue to farm, albeit in a different style. But the Champ farm in my opinion is the single worst way i have encountered for farming in my life.

Do try this:
1) Do 3 dungeon speed runs. (at least 2g upon finishing each one) for over 4.5g + ascended mats
2) Check http://www.gw2state.com/temples.html and guest to a server that is currently doing 1-3 temples. You can guest to 2 servers a day. So doing 3 temples a day is easy for around 1g per temple in loot or less + ascended mats
3) Do a Scarlet invasion when it pops up for up to 5g in gold

After doing these 3 things, sell your mats or what not and count your gold. If you havent made at least 10g within 2-3 hours then i’ll take my word back.

Edit: I did stop the champ train around 2 weeks before it got nerfed

Mythbuster challenge: Guild wars 2 forums can cause Blindness – Will they be up to the challenge?

Getting Bolt around 3 weeks ago. In 2 months i will be looking at the price it costs to craft one and laugh spastically