Guild Wars 2

Back in the game after a year absence and started playing WvW again…

80% seem to be rangers?? what happened? Last time I played rangers were scarce and sort of a niche class, now they are everywhere.

Are they the new ‘op’ class? as they seem to have amazing offence and escape abilities…

Think it’s time to start a ranger like everyone else

I’m back after 7 months away and a little lost and wondering if anyone can answer a few niggling questions I have…

1, Where is the current location of the Living World event?

2, When I left everyone was obsessed with getting Ascended… so much so that it detracted from the actual gameplay Even normal dungeon groups were asking for only Ascended zerk gear players is it still the same?

3, I was a big player of WvW (Gandara) and at primetime the queues were terrible, but the last few nights I have logged on there was no queue at all … Are they all doing the Living world or has the populace decreased ?

Thanks :-)

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We had someone like you on our server.. spouting about how easy Thieves are to fight and that only noobs lose to them.
We then had a Thief causing problems in one of our camps so we sent Mr ‘Thief killer’ to deal with the Thief… The Thief killed him and so the big mouthed moron logged off in embarrassment – not seen him log on in WvW since.

I use a ss/lb warrior in WvW and it is ok up
to a point…

Conditions are (imho) too quickly cleaned from the warriors attacks and I have lost many fights where the opposition has laughed at my condition application :-(

I have had more success in zergs, F1 lb is great for bag collecting :-)

Viking Jorun.5413:

I’ve never encountered hackers .-.

Are you or have you ever been in the employment of Anet?

Sorry, it just seemed like the auto response Anet would give – Aka bury head in the sand and if I don’t see them then they don’t exist.

The last week or so I have encountered so many players hacking (Speed hacks, walk through keep hacks, teleport hacks) that it makes me wonder why all the moaning about having Ascended armour ?

Prime example… this morning on EB I fought a ham/bow warrior who I was beating fairly, then he speed hacks away (the frozen teleport motion as seen in countless youtube videos).

I showed my friend who replied ‘maybe Anet have made it ok to hack and you are a fool for not doing the same’ …

And why still no ‘hacking’ report feature?

I play in Gandara, not the best in terms of WvW but usually we have a small queue during peak times, but the last week or so the queue times have become ridiculous.
Waiting well over 1 1/2 hours just to get into EB … Has WvW become too popular?
Can’t they increase the capacity ?

Cain.6507:

Funny thing, on my warrior, I never lose to thieves. I enjoy the bags they drop, and it is even better when I get to kill two at a time. But bad players are not the issue, stealth is, of course…

We had a few guys like you on my server, the ‘I kill Thieves for breakfast and anyone who dies to them is a Noob’ guys until we had an annoying Thief taking one of our camps.
So ofcourse we sent Mr bigmouth Thief killer to deal with him, and ofcourse he died and then logged off in embarrassment.
So sorry, I call ‘Kitten’ on your “I never lose to Thieves” boast… either that or you have fought some terrible Thieves.

If you want to Duel, then go spvp … Only a fool stays to fight if you getting beaten in WvW ..
Either run away or call for friends… No need to feed the ego/kitten of a cheese class roamer.

VOLKON.1290:

Kevan.8912:

i really loved gw2.
the setting. the plot. every single piece of it. the lore. the ost i bought.
i used to buy gems just to support devs. just spend for getting skins

since the introduction of ascnded, and the inhuman amount of gold and time to get it, i feel in prison.
and uninstalling it is a pain for me
i really hope that something will change

ascended to be gained in more ways? (and shorter ways, am a casual)
make grind only a way to skins and cosmetic chnges or exp powerups or similar.
i d like to log in once a day, and feel that also that little time i play is a pleasure.
not that i m always behind the others

Kevan, stop doing that to yourself. You don’t need ascended… it’s simply there as a final carrot for those that prefer to have a carrot to chase. Don’t ignore the rest of the salad bar because you can’t reach the carrot yet. I have no ascended weapons or armors yet, and I’m quite an active player. Yes, I’m taking my time working towards my first ascended piece, but in the WvW and PvE I do it’s not necessary and doesn’t hold me back in the slightest. Just stop worrying about something you don’t need to worry about. The pressure you’re feeling is self-inflicted.

As a mainly WvW player, I feel the 15%-30% difference between full Exotic and ascended is necessary to continue to be effective.
I would love to change my Warrior from Condition to Zerker but it would take months to get all the Ascended gear I would need to compete :-(

I have found a few and wondering if there are others?

the two that I have found are…
1. fire field then blast finisher = Might (17 seconds ? )
2. fire field then sword leap = 2 sec fire shield?

I mainly WvW on my power Necro and looking for some advice on how to improve.
(The idea of the build is to utilise DS as often as possible and utilise the power of wells)

Traits..

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Strength runes – for the +5 damage on Might

Gear – Knights armour with zerker trinkets and zerker weapons
Utilities – Well of suffering, BIP (for the power boost), signet of locust, Flesh Golem (I find this more useful than Lich form)

Can any experienced Powermancers give me advice on how to improve the build? Maybe go full zerker?

All advice appreciated

My Valkyrie …

Ok, I have a power necro in wvw using axe/focus-staff and having difficulty vs this class…
they hit, invis, hit invis etc… me dead :-(

Tried wells, they move out of them, tried spectral skills, still no use, ds with life transfer has some use but still not enough to cause major damage…

Any tips?

I have a Warrior and I’m thinking of making a Guardian mainly for WvWvW but I have huge concerns with the Ascended items.

Someone calculated that the difference with trinkets is 15% then weapons and now armour which i’m guessing are all accumulative (20-30% difference in stats all together ) from exotic means i’ll be months before I can even think about competing on an ‘even’ stat level in WvW.

Are my concerns justified?

I’m making a Necro to mainly utilise ds and wondered what people thought of Strength Runes?

5% damage when under effects of might (which lb gives you)

Or would I be better with rubies or scholar runes?

This is for wvw

Last year the Large presents showed up on the mini-map so you could go hunt them, but this year it seems they do not?

Is this a bug?

Just had my kitten handed to me by a D/D backstab/stealth thief several times and was amazed by how effective it is…

Anyone know the build? is it a common build?
All zerker? Scholar runes?

Is it still viable? or is the meta d/p ?

I am thinking rabid gear/weapons/trinkets
Undead runes

Earth/torment sigils in weapons

But not sure of the build (mostly for roaming/small group)

In WvW?

I’m running a 30, 10, 0 0 30 power build – Knight Armour/zerker trinkets using axe/focus + staff and although it’s fun sometimes, I find that most 1v1 I get royally slaughtered :-(

I tried Wells build but the cool-downs were too extreme (even when I changed my build to get the time-reduction trait on wells) – while Guardians and Mesmers seem never to run out of tricks… maybe change to dagger/horn, axe/focus?

Getting a little sick of seeing so many Mesmers and Guardians in wvw, both awesome in roaming and zerg play.

Maybe time for the balancing guys to look at these two classes and tome them down a little?

This is mainly for WvW, a Powermancer who utilises \ds as often as possible.

Armour – Knights
Weapons+trinkets – Zerker Axe and Focus + staff
Rune – Strength x 6 (for the power and might bonuses)

30 vi viii x11
0
10 iv
0
30 ii vi xii

Well of suffering, blood is power, Locust signet

The main idea is to use focus 4 then axe 2 then go into ds and finish off, use the well for those that get too close, bip for added might.

Can anyone see any glaring problems (from your own experience) and how I may correct the build?

All advice appreciated

(maybe divinity runes for the added crit damage)?

Don’t get me wrong… you are an amazing player with the Ranger so no disrespect meant.
What I meant with staff on Necro is that (what I have found on my Cond Necro) staff/marks are great vs slower less mobile targets where the marks will have effect/hit (or against a stealth Thief). Against a very mobile player (like your Ranger) 90% of the marks will miss leaving you with a weak auto attack.
The fact that he didn’t change to Scepter/Dagger and throw your conditions back at you shows he was a poor cond Necro.

Good video but there really were some poor players fighting you…

A Necro who uses staff in a 1v1 ? (Ok for zergs but for 1v1 next to useless)
No fight with a perma-stun Warrior? (or the new meta s/s+lb cond warrior)?
A Elly who failed to clean your conditions with water atunement as soon as you applied them and seemed to be stuck in fire atunement?
A Thief who takes more that 2-3 hits to kill you and fails to land backstab.

I do agree you have great skill with the Ranger but roaming videos are not much fun if all you go against are chumps. (one Necro even fought you in the water!!! how much of a noob do you have to be to fight a Ranger under water)!

A set of 5 purchasable gems that you can use on each piece of ascended equipment on one character which will return it to ‘post soulbound’ use.

This would allow you to use your ascended items on multiple characters (as long as you purchase the gems to use from the gem store.

Once the Ascended item is used on new character it becomes soul bound again- requiring another Ascended gem to remove it again etc…

I want to change one of my builds from power to Condition but because of the stupid way Anet has implemented the soul-bound on use Ascended means if I do decide to change him then i’ll have to wait months before I am upto the SAME level as I was before, not a big deal in PvE but a very big deal in WvW small roaming bands.

I have a full condition warrior with full Ascended trinkets/rings but for the same silly reason I can’t let my Necro use them.

Checked the Video… exactly what I am after, unfortunately he didn’t post his build :-(

I’m thinking it is
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In pve I run a Might/power ds build (one that I found on the forums) and it works amazingly well, but i’ve been more and more venturing into WvW and sadly the build is making me little more than a walking loot bag for the opposing players :-(.

So, i’m looking for a good roaming Cond Necro, not sure of the traits but i’m thinking full rabid gear
sceptre – torment
dagger – earth
Staff – torment

Am I on the right track? (before I invest in some Ascended items)

Is it possible to use these to remove the ascended items from one character and give them to a new character?

I choose Ben Richards … He’s one mean motherkitten :-P

Honourable or stupid?

If you are losing a fight, then it is your duty to your server to deny the stomp to the enemy by retreating.

I don’t understand the mentality of getting owned by a far superior player then thinking ’ ohh he’s beating me but it’s ok i’ll stay here and let him kill me’ ?

Fighting to the death is all well and good irl but no-one will remember you in songs or stories in GWs.

A quick shout out to my fellow Gandarans …

Please stop chasing lone Thieves!!! For over 20 minutes this afternoon I witnessed no fewer than 9 of my fellow Gandara players chasing a lone thief around Umberglade Woods – who they had no chance of ever catching, he was leading them on and laughing as they all chased him (like a scene from Benny Hill).

Yeah, no shame in ‘strategic withdrawal’ :-)

I have tried both Hammer/Sword builds and s/s conditioner builds yet the p/d thief still tears me apart!

So much stealth-hit-blind-hit-stealth -repeat -- dead :-(

Any tips (apart fro running away) ?

Go p/d (check the main builds in the forum) … WvW I can handle/own anything, even groups due to stealth and blinds :-) Changed from d/d and never looked back !

P/D Thieves …

Literally the ability to hit, invis, hit, blind, hit, invis et al …

I have taken out small groups of roamers easily with this build frequently and 1v1 it’s too easy :-)

Saying that, I have more fun with my warrior :-)

I have a s/s+lbow cond warrior and mainly WvWvW but I hve encountered a few problems I thought experienced warriors could help me with…

1, Elementalists!!! no matter what I do I can’t seem to win any 1v1 against these guys/gals. as soon as I apply conditions, they are cleared leaving me little more than useless :-(

2. Guardians !!! just seems their whole persona is geared towards removing conditions…

So, any tips from fellow condition warriors on how to handle these two professions ?

What is happening with the price? I mainly use it for my condition builds but recently gone from 70-80s to 1g17 !!!

Is there a vast shortage of Garlic or Kale?

When are we going to get some inexpensive good-looking particle effect swords? Greatswords are abundant with them, and with the introduction of the dagger/axe in the tp… it is about time imho that some good looking swords were released on the tp – I know many people who I have talked to who would buy.

Like Cobalt – looks amazing has a great particle effect and is now 3g on the tp ..
Cheapest particle effect sword on the tp is the Fire looking sword (not sure of the name) at over 150g – big difference.

This is for WvWvW

I have a s/s cond warrior and needing advice on sigils to use on my weapons

At them moment I have Sigil of Earth + Sigil of Bursting on my swords and Sigil of Earth on my bow..

Q1 – Do the sigils of Earth stack with the trait ‘Precise strikes’? giving me a 96% bleed chance on crit?

Q2 – I am interested in the sigil of Torment, would I be better using one in place of either sigil of blood or sigil of bursting?

I’m looking for a guide for weaponsmith from 400-500

*I have several stacks of t6 mats … would I be best to refine to 425?
*I have loads of t7 mats (mainly blood dust or whatever it is called).. when to refine them?

I’m wanting to craft some rabid ascended weapons.

Mainly for wvwvw … I decided to turn my d/d thief into a p/d thief but no real idea on the build?

Carion armour? plex runes?

Any experienced thieves help please :-)

I want to change my warrior from full-on dps to something more survivable but as all my gear is ascended dps (Zerker) it will take me many months of dailies/monthlies before I can re-equip with ascended…

Exotics are ok for pve (I don’t do fractals) but the 10-15% stat/damage difference is very important in WvWvW (which I mainly play).
Maybe in this game we shouldn’t switch builds around? Is that what they intend?

And what about class/build nerfs and their effects? Say you build your entire equipment around a certain build then Anet destroys that build forcing you to change… but all your ascended gear is for THAT build… and as it is soul-bound you can’t use them on your other characters.

Something wrong with that imho.

My hate is for the crazy p/d Thief, the ones who hit you then vanish – blinding you – then hit again… rinse and repeat until you are either dead or run away. No way to fight back.

Total noob question but…

How do I take a screen shot of my character without all the info bars (health/weap skills) showing along the bottom?

My Valkyrie (Lotus Bladedancer)

A mix of Barbaric and Orr Temple armour.

Anyone know how much difference in ‘Condition damage’ there is between Ascended weapons and Exotic? (per damage tick)

I have a condition Necro with all ascended trinkets/back/rings but am still using Exotic weapons.

Would it be worth my while to farm for the mats for them? or is the difference on just the weapons negligible ?

How much extra damage with conditions do Ascended weapons give over Exotics ?

I mean the ‘Tick’ damage – At the moment my Necro can do 150 bleed ticks with Ascended trinkets and Exotic weapons, would Ascended weapons add 5+points pet tick?

I just had my kitten handed to me by a d/p thief and wanted to know the build?

He was doing 150 bleed ticks and seemed to have d/d as off hand weapon set.
He was using a hell of a lot of stealth but still causing amazing cond damage

(I must try this build out) :-)