Guild Wars 2

been on SFR since release, fought our way to the top, killed alot of inflated frenchies to get there, had a 1.5 year break and only couple weeks back now, and see us getting roflstomped by FSP and the likes and I’m like…. ’kitten happened? ’

looks like a metal muzzle,
concept art looks alot better

reverse is it also,
while standing on top of a wall, I can’t shoot down on players, the shells explode at the edge of the wall, even when standing at the edge, cant shoot down while the path is clear, they explode on top

stability in a whole in wvw frontline circumstances is frakked at the moment, nerfing or ‘fixing a bug’ like this isn’t helping anyone, instead it should be buffed to longer duration or even more stacks (or just fix stability Anet, u broke it, u need to fix it)

if I could use hammer with my current trait build that would be nice, now I have to ditch one of my lines to get the scrapper line into it wich is a bit sub optimal but still managable i think (dont have all the traits unlocked yet, its only theorycrafted now)
also, if I run with my hammer through pvp to get a free port to LA, and where I dont have the scrapper traitline equipped, it remoces the hammer from your weapon slot, meaning u have to reslot it after getting back to LA or before getting into a fight or ur screwed xd

for frontline wvw hammer engi some Wanderer pieces would be very good,
since I run alot of boons, and u need about 3k though and atleast 20k hp

first thing I heard about these stats, how do u get these?

my warr, guard, and upcomming Engi hammer would thank you for stab change, now its a littl underpowered to all the range cc & bombing u to death in seconds
being an exclusively frontline in your face kinda player, its walking a tightrope atm

bought HoT 2 days ago after just a week orso being back after 1.5 year break since I saw a Engi with hammer
crafted ascended hammer for my engi
then read up about some stuff, that hammer s gonna be sitting in my bags for quite a while xd

after playing alot of wvw with s+wh/hammer warrior and staff/hammer guardian, I cant wait to play hammer engi (havent played it yet but looks good) all classes have a little different playstyle with hammer, so I wont be judging wich is best after a while of playing
what time is it you say… :p

I currently run somethingsimilar to this with p/s frontline zerg
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vdAQFASlcThqrY5VwWLQ7FL3FF9qH7zO4CGhBgYB1D5AA-TFjDwAyUPA/+DvUxBqShBPAAgKxAcBACYi7pSiR6A4qMIhSwAAHAM9v/GSBwkQL-w

equip FT for might & stab staks, elixer B on autocast, F1+F2(extra stab) while running in, elixer U just before the clash, air blast + smoke vent+ 1111spam, self regulating defense saves a spot on your skillbar & is a lifesaver, after the initial push swap to hammer & finish em off, F3 s also a nice smokewall/wall of reflection, mortar for ranged pressure & the waterfield, invigorating speed with heavy armor exploit and all other group speed buffs u recieve means u will have vigor almost constantly up, elixer B and no scope means fury s also constantly up, in short u’ll have alot of boons constantly up, thinking about traveler runes for the +25movement speed (wich I lose from invention mecha legs) and the +15% boon duration s nice to, but well Hoelbrak s good to,
& when the enemys start dropping sigil of restoration gets u back up

engi s not my main so the gear s not the best, but after playing alot of S/Wh-Hammer warrior and staff/hammer guardian, my current engi build feels really solid frontline, and with hammer gonna be even better (since I currently never actually use my p/s :p)

its more feasable to add stability to the scrapper traitline or even to a hammer skill itself,
I would rather that the juggernaut passive added stability to more kits than only FT, since when I run in with my FT frontline in the enemy zerg I have no probs, but when I switch to mortar for the waterfield or something its a mess

I used to run something similar like that on my engi front line wvw (had a break of 1.5 year)
differeces are p/s instead of rifle (I like the shield utility), healelixer instead of turret (combined with HGH), elixer B instead of U (although I might give U a try now)
and traits Protection injection instead of invigorating speed, and kinda torn between backpack regenerator and self regulating defence wich is a lifesaver

also, my thoughness (3k) and power (almost 2k) were a bit higher, cond dam a bit lower

Malhavoc Adhamar.3675:

Was running something similar myself over the weekend: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vdAQFASlUUhqrY9VwdLQ7FLTGF9cn37dY/kMhl4zMeBAA-TFCEABOp0JKlRcpE0gHAgiq/kz+DtpDAgLAQAAEgbezAwQH6QH6QHakCgJlRA-w

If I’m front lining I prefer getting my overall armour to around the 3K mark, compensating for the lack of crit chance with fury (elixir which pushes me to around the 45% on top of typically sitting at 3k power after might stacks.

Much prefer using HGH over Ironblooded because it not only reducing the cooldowns on the EG/Mortar kit (which also happens to be my other healing and condi cleanses) but the extra duration length is nice for might stacking and increasing fury’s duration longer since I’m relying on it more. Plus I’m using Elixir B mostly for the 5 sec of stability that you will need if you’re front lining, rather than relying on a guardian for all your stab.

Overall I had decent amount of success with this setup, although I did prefer the flamethrower set up a bit more (dropped Inventions for Firearms) as this gave a constant 15 might + constant stab, while I was equipped with the FT for the initial push, then swapped to hammer for their backline. Worked reasonablly well but as coglin said, needs more than 3 days to form a decent opinion + things like the hammer AA to be sorted.

now the Hammer/flamethrower build sounds interesting,
after 1,5 year break I’m kinda rusty, but when I used to “try” play my engi for fun frontline wvw I ran p/s with flamethrower, potions & supply kit (hgh juggernaut) and while not suppereffective I just love to run around spraying flames ^^
now the hammer has me interested in getting the expansion, feels kinda like my Warr or Guard frontline wvw builds with fire ^^ just some questions
why healturret? with hgh potionheal always worked well for me and also isnt the new scrapperheal better than the turret?
secondly, never been a fan of the mortar, I find the supply drop does so much (also adding a heal turret if I’m not mistaken)
srry I’m a bit rusty, but if u can drop a build like that here, much apreciated

AdaephonDelat.3890:

Check the meta battle site I posted earlier. It has WvW builds and some people seem to like it so take that as you will – http://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattle_Wiki

Entrances to the maps are in Brisban Widllands. Dry Top is entered from the bottom left hand corner of the map (South West of Toxal Bog) and Silverwastes is accessible from Fort Vandal (North of Triforge Waypoint).

The Revenant is a new heavy armour profession being released with the Heart of Thorns expansion. For more info check – https://heartofthorns.guildwars2.com/en/

interesting also new pvp mode stronghold and new borderlands map…
this might confirm my return

and tnx to the link to the builds, nice collection
seems like my warrior and guardian build are still about 99% the meta (except for a sigil or trait here and there)

so Ive gone through all the pacth notes that I missed

just a couple of things, how to get to the pve maps? do u need to do the living story instances or can u just wlak from one of the previous maps over to there?

also, I’ve read about most of the skill/trait changes of the classes I play (well sometimes skimmed it) so warrior aint so OP anymore? hows class balance in WvW? anyone can point me to some current builds?

if I get home later I can compare with the gear, skills and traits I have for each char

and a new profession Revenant u say, interesting, or are u pulling my leg? :p

Hi everybody,

so after an intermission of exactly one year and a couple of days (because of said other mmo that came out) I logged on to gw2 again last evening, saw Wxp was merged, traits resetted, but what else has changed/ is new?

- meta game/class balance status? I got end lvl chars:
* Thief (traits changed/fotm builds changed?)
* Warrior (traits changed/fotm builds changed?)
* Guardian (traits changed/fotm builds changed?)
* Engineer (traits changed/fotm builds changed?)

- WvW (like for example warrior hammerstun builds still the meta in pvp?)

- Dungeons (warrior group still op?)

- Pve (new maps/content?)

I must say I truly missed the game in some aspects, and had alot of beautiful memorys playing it, and well fighting the lagg in said unmentioned other game finally brought me over again last night :p

Filovirus.6258:

Bertenburny.5103:

Stop showing you play a thief, it’s obvious…

yes I play one, also warr, guard, engi…
all I’m saying is its easy to play a class like warrior, there’s alot of room for error
thief aint easy, the slightest mistake costs u bigtime, thief has to be played good or not played at all
everybody keeps crying OPOPOPnerfnerfnerf, & now the class comes close to ranger …
& invis aint godmode, u can still hit him w aoe’s & such, while thief can do nothing in stealth, but run arround, mesmers got t even easyer w invis+phantasms a plenty

so much wrong w this post
a) warr, thief, NECRO is the current meta in wvw, not thiefs
b) thiefs gets nerfed every patch, as the unwanted redheaded love child nobody wants
c) conditions are really OP in current meta, & the example u mentionned (warr) is one of the best cleansing classes, if u hit a thief w some conditions they melt quite eassily
d) y thief has mobility, its his only defence as one of the lowest base hp char’s, stelathed thiefs can still be hit, warr thats another story, they could use some balancing here & there
e) better utilities for necro? a wellomancer is a serious thread, they’d better fix thiefs venoms or traps for example, instead of adding another useless heal-venom

plz some change to mix things up

buy gemcard => problem solved

& skills which keep you ingame (FGJ as example cuz it gives teammates/npc’s boons) dont work on auto cast

So I’m about to craft Mjolnir (only decent hammer skin ig) for my wvwarr
but now w the nerfhammer incomming, I’m not so sure anymore
will Hammerwarr still be viable in wvw?
or should I just give it to my guard, although I used to play him staff/gs in wvw (been collecting dust for a while now)

also, Anet … Y U …. aw nevermind they dont reed this stuf

in my pov thiefs are viable for ZvZ, they dont bring as much utility as other classes may, but can aoe the kitten outa the enemy zerg, using healing signet daggerstorm right in the enemy with your heavy’s & after that clusterbombspam/auto to finish em off, the mobility they have is usefull to get out off the cc & they can also get to the back of the enemy zerg easelly to get the low hp enemys down quick w d/d backstab or heartseeker
it, offcourse, all depends on your build & skill playing the class (don’t come fully zerk for zerg).
warr & guard are alot easyer to play ZvZ, but when you play thief right, u get moar lootbags (especially cuz w full melee warr its hard to tagg everything, hammer s slow & sword aint the best dam wise, throw some skill lagg in the mix & u miss lotta baggs, guard staff-auto-spam is better to tagg then warr but it hasn’t the range of the thiefs sb)

& thief s also good at scouting/roaming (better than warr & guard)
now dont get me wrong, I love to play all 3 in wvw (& maybe even engi when I get my build right) but just to correct the peeps sayin thiefs are bad, l2p first

good that everyone has their ow taste, so you see a lot of diversity cuz otherwise we would all look alike.
& what your view of Norns is, isn’t necessarily the view of others, especially since its fantasy there is no truly right or wrong look, its all in the own persons perception.
lastly even if the look of a character doesn’t match its lore backgrounds doesn’t have to mean he looks bad, saw an heavy asura in arah armor standing next to me here in LA, and though he couldn’t be further from what he was “supposed” to look, the evil midget looked absolutely awesome

well luckely this is fantasy & not real life then huh
gay-sb & fugly-pistol I give you that, but incinerator s one of the few legendarys that looks good, & its a gastorch burnin at couple thousands of degrees, if u wanne give somethin like that to your kids …

ujusthatincuzyajelly

a) I’m from the snowy shiverpeaks, those little flames keep my extremities warm
b) now with Incinerator (wich gives even more fire around the arm), it looks even sweeter

nice try everyone

my thief (wich looks pretty awsome if you ask me)

can someone please enlighten me with the purpose of minis …..

gotta go with Tom on this one,
story wise its al bit thrown together, no real connection between em & depth wise its real poor
to quote the OP “And anet has said that Scarlet has her motives, which I assume someone is giving her commands.”
sayin that she has motives =/= someone gives her commands,
it could just have been that Scarlet lost the Little Miss Divinitys Reach competition to Jenna when they were young & Scarlet has a grudge against her ever since

so far I find the living story updates vague & a mash up of various unrelated things, I hope they get back on track & start leading to a new dragon with new maps, creatures & adventures because that has been pretty weak

the owner can always man the siege and kick whoever is using it, so allowing someone else to use it
I dont see the added value of this idea and it would make it unnessesary complicated

Cactus.2710:

I think relying on rewards to “fix” problems with WvW represents capitulation to the fact that WvW fundamentally isn’t fun. I would MUCH rather see WvW changed to make it fun and entertaining for its own sake than to simply come up with a different way to distribute carrots. There have been lots of good suggestions from many players over the last several months on ways to possibly achieve this (all of which have been ignored). Mine has been the following:

If I had my way, I’d totally revamp WVW. I’d make matches instanced (more or less equal populations determined by dynamic queues), and I’d have matches start on a blank map … terrain features only, no structures. I’d scatter ore deposits randomly around the map (different for each match) so that the first thing each team had to do would be to scout for deposits and secure the surrounding land. Mining the ore would develop the camp, and the ore thus mined would be used as supplies to build towers and keeps anywhere on the map that players chose. Other gathering nodes (herbs and trees) could be incorporated and required for building (food for NPC workers, wood for walls, etc) as well. Towers and keeps would require a blueprint just like siege does now, with each blueprint costing Badges of Honor or some such non-gold currency. Siege (both offensive and defensive) would be pretty much as it is now, with possibly some changes (like backtracking on siege mastery) to address current grievances. Towers and keeps could be destroyed, but not captured … they’d have to be rebuilt, either in the same place or somewhere else. Supply locations (ore, trees, food) could be captured and recaptured, but would need to be redeveloped to be productive. Supplies could be stockpiled in keeps and towers by players.

I suspect that such a scheme would have some unforeseen (by me) flaws, but I think the general concept would entail much greater strategic play, require better overall coordination (possibly questionable in an instanced setting), broaden the contributions for a wider variety of players, and generate some much harder fought battles over key locations.

inb4 … it won’t take long before this thread ends up in the black hole known as the “Suggestions Forum” where all constructive ideas go to die.

This, dear sir, would be truly awsome!
but it would mean a total overhaul of the concept and dont see it happening, if we’re lucky in GW3 over 10years

any class that can use bow => fractal quiver
any other class => fractal capacitor

& done

To bad you all runnin on EB as soon as u see us in the distance, even though sometimes we are really outnumbered by the enemy blob
yesterday for example Viz kept sneakin to klovan & cata’d it, but turend tail every time , we really had to push on your towers (under your ac’s) to get a decent fight out of u viz

good battles for the rest guys, just try not to run so quick ^^

Sparrowsong.4238:

I tend to ignore most commander badges I mean they didn’t really “earn” it by ranking to commander and winning so many battles on the field. No they bought it. So its a self entitled title and not worthy of my respect. However I have seen some people with them who actually do try and “teach” and they are worthy of my respect.

^ this so much

Noodle.5974:

The Sunless Doombringers [TSD] are active, aiming to hunt the dragons with-or-without the help of their mother guild, Tequatl Killer Squad!
The guild will be organized in the same way as TKS, and you can whisper me ingame to get invited.
Noodle.5974

Sign me up
got Warrior, Guardian, Thief, Engineer all 80 full exo/ascendend with also pvt builds on warr and guard (from wvw)
I’m available from arround 18:00h GMT each evening

lucky you,
Q’ing for hours each evening & random dc’s on top of that

why add pvp to wvw anet, why?
let those people play pvp & keep wvw wvw

add 0.000 before all those % and I think you’re about right

moar people = moar lagg
u really want that?

I would like to join if possible,
got Warrior, Guardian, Thief, Engineer all 80 full exo/ascendend with also pvt builds on warr and guard (from wvw)
Edit: as a working man I’m available from arround 18:00h GMT each evening