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I have been having some success with this staff ele build in TPvP:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQFAWhEmkbwx5gjDAkHmcCLjCZUeMzO2A-TgAgzE3ouxdj5G5N2bGfA
It is difficult to kill someone solo but its great to hold points until back up arrives, even outnumbered. And if you have someone to roll with you like the other ele you mentioned and dps people down while you support, its pretty awesome.
I agree with the OG OP on this topic and came to the same conclusions regarding skill level playing an ele and simply being “out classed” due to the state of the current game.
Hopefully we will get some love in the near future. In the meantime, I have had some success in TPvP with a couple of builds that I will share so hopefully some others can have some too.
The firs build is a staff bunker point defense build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQFAWhEmkbwx5gjDAkHmcCLjCdUeMzO2A-TkAgzCmIuRdj7GzNybs3M+A
Its all about healing and cond removal. You can last for a very, very long time.
The second is a d/d all around build. The inspiration for this one is the play style of the old cookie cutter 0/10/0/30/30. That was my favorite build of all time and I had a great time with it. I still use it in WvW and PVE. This build uses that play style but you need to focus more on the burns and other conditions hitting than direct dmg: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQJAoYhMmYbux5gjDAkCmMe0xIkUeMTO2A-ToAAyCsIATBmDMDYSwsgNWYKC
As mentioned, this build plays a lot like the D/D of old but with a huge focus on protection up time and landing your conditions.
If anyone has any other builds they are having success with and are willing to share, please do.
I think 5 engineers would be fun anywhere but man you guys are a depressing lot ;(
How do you use the translator? The only option I have when right clicking it is destroy. I have some logs in my pack as well. I also tried dbl clicking it. I just destroyed it and got a new one too and still nothing. What am I doing wrong?
I just have one question…..What guild did you roll under on Pac UO? :-D
Forty Thieves
This is Bammzork from the 40 Thieves. Apparently we owe Blackgate an apology. Last night myself and a guildie were in CS farming when someone asked if we were the traitors from WvW. We thought he was crazy and basically ignored him. Then today I was at shadow waiting for the spawn when someone messaged me asking the something along the same lines. I actually spoke to this guy who was nice enough to explain what he was talking about. Apparently 2 members of the Forty Thieves were hijacking a fleet of golems and killing them.
We are a small guild of RL friends, only 5-6 strong. We have been gaming under this tag all the way back from the UO days on Pac. None of the real Forty Thieves did this. One of our guys met a couple other people in WvW and they asked to join. We have been wanting to try guild missions and talking about expanding so he invited them. These guys names are OculusOfNex and Valkyrie Mikalian. They joined our guild then used out tag for their shenanigans.
It looks like one of them left right after and if the other one was still in the guild roster he is out now. I purged all the names I didn’t know.
From the real Forty Thieves to Blackgate we are sorry. It was a case of infiltration into our guild and we fell for it.
TL;DR – The real Forty Thieves did not have anything to do with destroying the golems it was 2 guys using our generosity and guild tag because they could.
I cant fathom how some people are on their 4th+ legendary! I am still working on my first and I feel like I play a lot and still dont have enough time!! I’m jealous!
best is to drop exotic into MF. Get a legendary at first try last qeek (4exo at 2g50=10g) and another after 21 tries today (64 exoX2.50g =162g).
Rare into MF make you run twice the RNG, first RNG chance to get an exo, second RNG on this exo create chance that it’s a precursor… Cheaper and more chance overal with exo than rare (4rare has 1/16 to make an exotic; not saving money but just making harder to get a legendary that way, imo.) BY FAR
Is this person accurate? Can you actually get a legendary by tossing in exotics? Or does he mean precursor?
Have it your way.
Good info. Thanks for the response.
The current asking price for the lowest is 629g and the current highest bid is 505g. I am waiting to post The Legend I have until I see a buy out of 600+. Did those of you that bought it save up and buy at the asking price or did you low-ball and wait for some sap to sell it at your offer? Its too expensive to post then re-post if I am undercut, hence my dilemma.
I was lucky enough to get The Legend but my goal is Spark for the Incinerator.
Instead of stopping the guests from getting chests or the people who zone in late in the overflow from getting a chest from jormag, shadow, fire or whoever, link the start time for all DE and meta events with the actual map. Regardless of when the overflow event finishes or if it fails even it will restart again at the same time the actual map version starts.
Is it possible to loot a precurser for a legendary from either mobs in a dungeon or the chests in dungeons? Or are they only available from open world and WvW mobs/players?
@pupgo – Do you run MF gear? Curious to hear the position of a hardcore farmer on this.
What server do you guys farm on and do you do it at a specific time? I’d love to join and try it with you guys.
Any uncontested?
I like to spread out the crafting on multiple character for a couple reasons:
1. The experience gain for leveling as you mentioned above.
2. To not have to switch professions back and forth on one guy at the cost of 40s per swap.
3. The high level crafting is account bound at worst so you wont need to level it again on another char if it isn’t on the one you want to get a legendary or something to that effect.
Interesting, thanks for the replies. I’ll keep doing some research and see if I can figure out anything different.
Anyone know? I believe that the nodes in the eternal JP are 24hours but I believe world nodes such as southsun cove are different. Does anyone know?
Did you ever learn more? Specifically, do you know if the short bow has an animation?
Nope, it doesn’t work BUT if you use 2 of the same type you can accrue the stacks faster.
I was just searching the forums because I feel like I am having a similar issue. I am currently leveling a thief alt. He will be my 3rd 80 if I ever get him there.
While I think what you’re saying makes sense, Ropes, it feels different. I feel like I have to run so much further away from a mob to get out of combat than with any other character when I escape with a stealth skill. Could be an exaggeration on my part but it definitely doesn’t feel like it.
(Edited a typo)
Over the past 2 days I completely explored Straights of Devastation, Malchors Leap and Cursed Shore—in that order. I was hoping to receive some good useable gear but knew it was only a chance. When I completed straights and Malchors and received gear below level 80 I figured that was ok since the zones aren’t truly level 80 zones but when I competed Cursed Shore I received a level 76 and 78 item. If this is intended I think at least the cursed shore exploration rewards should be changed to guarantee level 80 items.
IMO this is a bug that should be fixed.
I CANT QUIT YOU, POST!
I like LF. I use it a lot with churning earth but also as a utility to escape. I also use AoE though too. I normally have Mist Form, AoE & LF on my bar in WvW.
Bumping in hopes of a reply.
Come on Dev’s, chime in on this please.
I think the D/D ele really starts to shine around level 25 when you have enough points to start actually getting some traits.
Good idea about posting in the bug forum.
As for LF working while channeling other abilities I hope that isn’t a bug and it is working as intended. It works great!
I posted about this a while ago and got a response from another player that seemed reasonably accurate but I do not think lightning flash is working the way it should still. Couldn’t find the old thread so here is a new one.
Currently, you cannot use it to get somewhere unless you can walk to that spot from your current location. So even if there are 2 platforms separated by a tiny space you cannot use it to get from one to the other. You try and it will flash and you will not move.
I am posting about this again in the hopes of getting a dev’s attention and getting this “fixed” or getting a firm response that this is working as intended. . I thought maybe they designed it this way so ele’s couldn’t use it to bypass things like areas in jump puzzles or the like but I know engineers have a similar move where they can blast themselves to a location and that is unrestricted. IMO the move should act as it states and teleport to user to wherever they want within range.
-Bammzork
I was runnin AC and another ele was summoning them. They work amazing on all th parts where you need to kill the burrows.
I think Azunai is just trolling.
I am for this change too.
Successfully ran this with a pug today! We wiped a few times on the first boss but eventually got it! Much easier after that.
Thanks guys!
Bammzork
There was another post I found about this when I was searching.
It also has a video of them doing it. It is potentially the fastest path in all of SE but you need some coordination and strong DPS. I have been trying to get a pug together to try it but everyone is scared and wont try!
Teleports work like Shadow Steps in this game similar to GW1. You can only teleport if the place you want to go is within X units of pathfinding to the destination. So you can teleport to a floor above you, but only if you’re somewhere near the stairs. If the game can’t pathfind to where you want to go, it won’t teleport you.
Hope this clears it up.
That does make sense. Thanks for the reply. Still kind of bums me out though. I would love to use this to cross areas instead of jumping but if it cant path-find to it, it just wont work. Oh well, pretty minor really. =)
I have tried to use lightning flash on a couple jump puzzles to to port from one platform to another and it doesn’t work very well. I believe it works if the platforms are on the same level as one another but if they aren’t you just flash and don’t move from your original location. Is this working as intended to prevent easier travel/movement or is it a bug?
If this is working as intended I would love to see this changed. Its an awesome utility but should work in all scenarios IMO.
I do not believe I did. That’s probably it. Thank you very much.
I have memories II – VI. I got them all in a row but I do not have book 1 which i think is stopping me from turning in. I do not believe I deleted it but I dont recall ever seeing it. Anyone else have this issue or know of a solution?
Thanks!
If I ran 2 sigils of leeching while wielding 2 1h weapons will I get the health buff from each weapon when they attack, say sword/dagger combo, or just from my first attack?
I think it’s a fair exchange for being able to hit multiple enemies at once from distance. It works great for group zerg scenarios in PvE and PvP. I use mine for PvE so I can take as many mobs with enough damage to get loot from as many as I can.