Guild Wars 2

Hi Everybody!

Sorry if i missed, but can’t find anywhere. It will be possible to buy the expasion via gemstore? (for ingame currency, like the Digital Deluxe version) Or it will not be avaible at the beginning, maybe later?

Thank you for your answer.

Sorry if i missed, but can’t find anywhere. It will be possible to buy the expasion via gemstore? (for ingame currency, like the Digital Deluxe version) Or it will not be avaible at the beginning, maybe later?

Hey!

I really love my female charr as many people here (has female charrs since CB).

Unfortuanetly most of the heavy armor suck in charrs, esspecially the shoulders in female. There is a miles between the armor and the shoulders, and when you are in combat, you actually see it… Even the achievement shoulders looks very small and funny in a female charr… And then mention the skinny legs/foot armors…

After all of this, here is my Guardian. It’s a mixed armor, but i think after all it’s looks good.

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/7748/7vbv.jpg

Niila Nuppunen.9875:

IMO this has to be looked at. One obvious solution would be to limit the chest reward only to your own servers if that is technically easy to implement. Any other solutions?

It would be wonderful idea… Then maybe we could enjoy the event again… W/o the nightmare like the Karka event…

I love the peoples when they pretend they are just “guesting” and they don’t care the loots, and in fact they are guesting for the loot too…

Bojak.7492:

DDog.4350:

Bojak.7492:

I got plenty of vitality from the alchemy tree alone. My engineer has significantly more health than my guardian and especially my thief, and yet gets into the fray much less often. So I chose to stack toughness on my armor instead of vit, but if you don’t go into the alchemy trait tree, then you may want to stack some vit. Up to you.

Actually, ^This.
From the alchemy tree alone i have around 22,7k health. If u stack toughness here that will be the best for survivability. But as you want to do condition, why not stack condition dmg?. that what i do.

I stack precision, toughness, and condition damage. The only downside is there is no jewel with those 3 stats, so finding accessories with them was… really expensive. :/

Actually there is: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Keeper_Jonez_Deadrun. Check his Soldier’s stuffs at the end.

Ayestes.1273:

So you don’t need the Agony Sigil. Nightmare for +20%, Lyssa for +10%, Pizza for +40%, and Explosives for +30% is capped out.

What do you mean Nightmare for + 20%? http://www.gw2db.com/items/50178-superior-rune-s-of-the-nightmare is give you 4+6%, isn’t it?

Sorry for my bad english but i didn’t understood what did you wrote. In nutshell, what did you said about Thougness vs Vit? Wich is the better? Go Thougness or go for Vitality?

Xavi.6591:

Yes you will now have a .25 sec CD between F2-F3 or between any shatters.

it’s sounds more anoying then a big nerf, is it?

Dear Osicat!

I didn’t have the chance yet to play with the patch (Shatter skills now share a global 0.25 second recharge, to prevent multiple shatter effects triggering on the same illusion.).

Is that means now i can’t shatter the F2-F3 at the same time to the enemy? And every time i use any shatter the other 3 – if they not in CD – get a 0.25 sec CD? :S

Ps: Sorry for asking from you every Mesmer change, but afaik you are in charge in the shatter/mesmer questions :p

JonPeters.5630:

So studying it here empirically we think berserker is just missing and not less damage, but that duelist was actually impacted by the “bladetrail” bug fix. I will try and up the duelist damage and I will try and track down why berserker is not always hitting.

Thank you for your time/work. And for your posts. I think it’s a very important – and rare thing – a communication like this.

Just a quick question from work:

Osicat, do you feel anything about the changes in the patch? I can see the forum is filled with tears, and everybody say there is hidden nerf (phantasm attack has 0,5-1sec CD before attack, seems iBerserk hit less then before etc)..

Thanks for the answer. In fact i was suprised in sPvP today, didn’t had the time to try in WvW yet. It was around ~ 1,3k maybe. Maybe i was wrong and it was that low in the last time. (I’m not really an sPvP fun, siege is better :p)

A little off-topic question: Anybody else noticed the shatter (MW) damage is reduced since the last patch? (what didn’t mention any dmg recudction/nerf)

Or i’m missed something since i last did sPvP tournaments? (Or not remember correctly about the numbers)

Osicat.4139:

@ cactus,
…
osicat

Thank you for your answer and your tips. Also found Xee’s guides.

There is so much to learn about mesmer. Guardian/engi was much easier, but nvm, i want my mesmer.

Ravensteel.8915:

I got disconnected at the Final stages of the event, where we were pushing upwards inside the hive to get to the Anicent Karka. When I logged back in, I was in a Overflow where it had been complete and got no chest.
I feel semi cheated as I actually arrived late to work as this event lasted alot longer than expected and I work nights.
Is there anything being done to compensate people that were there at the event, but dc’d?

I’m disconnected arround ~23:00 – GMT +1 – and not even the final even i think – we just pursuit the Ancient Karka back, and boom… launcher start and couldn’t login back… Missed the final event, the reward, the video…

I hope there will be an option to get the rewards, and watch the final video.

Btw: the one time event is a good thing – if you can play when it’s start -. Because of the long event – and the login tries – i had only a few hours to sleep, before i went to work this morning. Next time i hope the event will start a little bit earlier.

Dear Osicat!

I’m a newbie mesmer in GW2, and after watch your videos i feel myself more… you know, newbie. :p

I have many question, i hope it won’t be too annoying for you.

So:

About my gear: I have full exotic gear (except back) mostly with berserker stats(power/precision/crit) with rune of air, except weapons, because it’s from AC tokens (power, precision, condition damage), running with similar build – except sometimes changing pistol to torch + dueling 30th trait.

Problem: i still can’t burst as fast as you – in fact not even close :p -. In fact i tried to watch your video frame by frame, to understand what do you do exactly, but not sure, probably because i’m missing a very basic guide like:

Good burst basics:

build up 3 clones, then Shatter 1, then fast build 3 clones, than shatter 2? In a bit more specific:

like opening with pistol stun, + S/P 4th, then S/P 3rd, dodge – shatter 1 with 3 clones -, Mirror image + dodge → shatter 2?

About the ninja attack: Is it still working after the patch? (i mean if i’m in the air and MW i feel the 1st illusion is killing himself before shattering in the target, but maybe i’m just lame)

Sorry if i’m ask a very basic thing/mechanism for mesmer, but i’m really try to learn, and be better.

Ps: sorry for my bad english.

Server: Whiteside Ridge
Dungeon: Arah
Problem: Gates are closed, meta event stuck…

Again. -.-

Dear Community!

I’m just trying to gear up my mesmer to exotic, but i’m a bit lost. I found this builds what looks great for me:

PvE: http://www.gw2build.com/builds/pve-ninja-mesmer-scepter-focus-sword-pistol-4795.html

sPvP: http://www.gw2build.com/builds/shooting-gallery-spvp-greatsword-mesmer-sword-pistol-bleed-crit-4839.html

WvW: http://www.gw2build.com/builds/shooting-gallery-2-wvw-mesmer-sword-pistol-support-wvw-staff-5766.html

I’m having trouble to get the recommend gear to this: precision, condition damage, thougness. Atm i have exotic weapons with power/prec/condition damage, want to get 4/6 Exotic Karma armor with prec/thoughness/condition.

The problem with the jewelery: i didn’t found any with this 3 stat, so i’m looking for prec/power/condition set.

My question in nutshell: this armor/jewels with this stat is usefull? Is it worth? I mean i know Mesmer isn’t a necro with so much conditions, but Mesmer with +conditions is still a playable? I mean +condition stat based armors are worth it? Or just simply find a glasscannon (power, prec, critdmg) armor set with DD build?

Thanks for your answers and sorry for the lame questions.

AshleySegovia.3948:

Hey guys as a temporary workaround if you have the mobile authenticator linked to your account I would recommend un-linking it for the time being until this gets worked out.

Thx. After i disconnect the authenticator, how can i turn back the email-authentication?

Same problem ~30 min DC/client restart time… Have the beta mobile auth. If i disconnect it, the problem will be gone?

I feel a bit lonely with my buffin’ problem.

Romanus.8023:

My guild knows the difference between me being there and not. I like to bounce between the front lines and the back line. I love sitting on a wall and just buffing and healing and protecting the guys raining death down.

Also, Retreat and Symbol of Swiftness gets groups where they need to get fast.

I wish the game also reward support in WvW, but it’s not. Badges only for killing not for supporting. -.-

As a guardian i feel a little bit crapy the current reward system. Guardians has great abilities for buff his/her realm members, but actually it’s pretty thankless, because rewards come only from kills, buffing/protecting gives nothing**. So, is there any plan to change a little bit the WvW reward system?

• Well not nothing, because with support maybe can win battles, but at the end of the day i will get zero bag of loots/badges

Zelden.6143:

Tarhana.3561:

Lack of WvW battle skills

We all know WvW is all about range attacks and melee is kind of hard to deal with, considering this, even though it has been discussed how to make guardian better in wvw, let’s just put them under this topic, here is my suggestions
1. Scepter can slightly hit more
2. Scepter can fire orbs faster instead of more DMG
3. More shield abilities?
4. Being able to teleport on walls and knock ppl down with hammer
5. A spirit bow that we can use for few seconds in utility skills

What do you do on WvW and what r or suggestions?

Disagree on all accounts. Guardians are perfectly capable in WvW, and there are a number of playstyles to replicate this. You can both range and melee in WvW either in large-scale combat or smaller groups. It’s about learning how to do it effectively.

I’m releasing a video tonight (which I’ll post on the forums) which will give some hints and tips on playstyles for WvW, and I’ll talk about my personal WvW playstyle which has worked for me.

If there’s anything you’d like to particularly see then drop a message before tonight and I’ll edit it in.

Currently I’m covering traits, skills, scepter and mace-play, small group capping, large scale skirmishes, keep offence and defence.

Post the video link to this topic too, pls.

Schakal.6091:

That said. I can see how to make Guardians viable in WvW: Reward buffing. Quite simply. Granted, this wouldn’t fix all the issues, but it would give everyone a boost who doesn’t just spam ranged AOEs so it should be relatively unresisted. I have no qualms about supporting my Guildmates in WvW (and really, they need it). But it’s pretty thankless work since only kills yield direct rewards.

Totally agree. I hope some GM/Anet team member can confirm at least they thinking about it…

Hm, i still can’t choose between my Guardian and my Engi. Engi has lots of tools – like the grenadier/bomb tool what can do much more dmg then my guardian ever saw, ranged skills can very effective in WvW.

But, in the other hand, it’s not a guardian, i’m missing my sword/GS teleport/pulling skills, the bubles etc what was really fun in the guardian.

As perviously said the contribution as support is big problem, and actually it’s not even worth. I know it has a very small chance to confirm by a GM/Anet team member/anyone who are in charge the know about this problem and – will – working on it.

@Zelden.6143: Sure, i would like to see more WvW from Guardian PoV.

akamon.2769@ Thx for the tips.

Last night i tried the triple meditation guardian ( http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fUAQRAsd7elYgSDHHyNEm4Eh1DCeQ/VVIeXPgYEbIA;TwAA2CnoqxUjoGbNuak1suYQxmgJBA and well it wasn’t as bad as i thought, but had to switch some utility skill when things gone to zerg vs zerg (e.g. grabed Wall of reflection, retreat, and sanctuary)

AngelofAwe.4972:

that is a HUGE problem. supporting allies give you absolutely nothing in PvP, there is no gain in it whatsoever.

Yeah, as far i see if i don’t hit at least once the enemy i don’t get bag of loots.

Anyway i’m lvling my little engineer just for backup, if i’m fully give up the hope in WvW with my guardian. :B

Bump!

No1? Or i’m asking some stupid thing? :B

Windspear.1059:

Are you using level 40 gear?

Guardians dont need any extra health at all. Get some vitality / toughness and heal power.

My guardian has lvl 80 masterwork explorer gear and has ~10.5k hp…

When i go to WvW with my lvl 20 engi he get around 30k HP ^^

Dear Community!

In PvE i’m really love my lvl 80 Guardian -, i have no problem with it at all. sPvP well, it’s not my territory, but i belive what people says about guardian is a must have character in there. But what about WvW?

Could anyone help me with a viable build? Tried the support style – staff, scepter+ shield -, but i didn’t got “bag of loots” and tokens for unbreakable walls, bubbles and neither for heals.

Tried Greatsword, Sword + Torch with precision build, but i still have problems with ranged characters. Had many little gank-bang ( like 2v2 ~ 5v5) but except some situation i felt i’m useless, my dmg is under the other chars – my friends was thiefs, rangers, necros -.

I’m played with cleric in daoc, holy paladin in wow, Overlord in L2, so i thought Guardian is for me, but i’m still feel myself useless and lame in WvW.

So in nutshell, can anybody give me a viable WvW build/guide? Or is anywhere a deep WvW guide for guardian? I saw some full support build in gw2codex, and i saw the spvp.org topic for guardian, but… I like my Guardian and i don’t want to reroll… :S

Thanks for your advice and help!