Guild Wars 2

spoj.9672:

CactuShroom.2694:

I find that simply adding poison to the skill would finally make it useful as none of our weapon sets have a convenient on-demand poison aside from staff, which we instantly switch out of once we’ve dropped all the marks. It would actually make for a nice semi-heal denial ability which fits into the style of the necromancer rather than being a “meh” hybrid skill.

Scepter auto attack has poison on the final strike.

Yes but it takes quite a sometime to cycle through it just for 2 seconds of poison whereas classes like the engi and ranger have on-demand poison of the same length on 2 very solid weapons.

I find that simply adding poison to the skill would finally make it useful as none of our weapon sets have a convenient on-demand poison aside from staff, which we instantly switch out of once we’ve dropped all the marks. It would actually make for a nice semi-heal denial ability which fits into the style of the necromancer rather than being a “meh” hybrid skill.

Sort of figured that what i do at lvl 34 doesnt really matter much but can you give me some suggestions for lvl 80 builds? I’d like to increase my knowledge of how guards work at max level.

I’ve recently started leveling a guardian and im really enjoying myself so far. Im currently at level 34 using GS & Mace/Torch and full power/vit gear. Though im at a bit of a loss when it comes to traits and what i should be working towards. I’d really like to play a burn/retal tank type of build but dont know how to optimalise what i have.

PS: This may sound really childish but when i found out we had a trait called “Right-hand Strength”, i chuckled a little.

Cast times. They make me feel like my character’s mentally challenged. im looking at you ds #2

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A reasonable way to get stability. This is pretty much for the same reason as my first change; hard to get anything done when you spend more time flat on your kitten than on your feet.

1.) Consume conditions
Having a condi thief try to spam you down with dagger 3 only to run away after having all of his damage completely overwritten.

2.) The subtle “whomf” of putrid mark when it lands
lol churning earth

3.) Golem charge
Giant rampaging zombie chicken

4.) Guardians and corrupt boon (no offense to guards)
Once had a guard pop “save yourselves!” and jump down onto Gate only to get corrupt booned and land on a 100b warrior on frenzy

5.) Lich form dance
dont mind me just waiting for Shadow Behemoth to spawn

Not all that knowledgeable about builds but from what i heard
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Khalifa-s-PVP-D-D-Necro-Build-Updated
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Qvph9VEUE (there is a WvW version of this)
are really popular builds for PvP

Mostly i feel like the dumpster diver equivalent of a sorcerer. Instead of blinding flashes of other-worldy energy, we fart dark clouds whenever we use any of our spells. Our minions look less like agents of death and more like an assortment of giant aborted animals. And rather than transforming into “death incarnate”, we morph into what looks like a homeless guy that fell into a toxic vat.

All that being said though, i still do greatly enjoy playing this class.

I see what you all mean about the mesmer probably just being frustrated and biased toward his class, but i’d like to emphasize the fact that it wasnt just him that has commented negatively about fear. Also, though it might not be considered “broken” it might still be considered “cheap” considering its damage potential and availability. It leads me to wonder how people would react on a “How do you feel about Necro fearing” thread on the Spvp forum (maybe even WvW but i have little to no knowledge about it).

So i’m a relatively new player who has recently gotten into PvP using Nemesis’ fear build (with some changes in the utilities). I’ve been liking it so far and im currently glory rank 19 using only my necro and pretty much the same build.

Though something bothers me, over the past month or so that i’ve been pvping, i’ve had tons of players commenting on how much they hate fear or just simply how annoying it is to deal with. Though most of these messages are just light-hearted comments or made for the sake of humor, it still bothers me that it seems like i’m relying on a mechanic that frustrates people. I can see what they mean, the fear/bleed chain is brutal when it connects, especially to classes that have limited stun breaks and rely on stability, which then can be corrupted into more fear.

Today i encountered a glory rank 40+ mesmer who said that the damage for fear is outright broken and that i was exploiting an imbalanced mechanic that messes with the balance of pvp. I reasoned to him that i have had many other good players beat the kitten out of me but he insists that i was just a bad player (which i am to some extent) using fear as a crutch.

Is there some grain of truth to what he, and a few others say? Is the fear build broken and imbalanced?

“_” the Necromanager
not sure if you’re looking for something humorous but it fits in with being an asura

Hope you dont mind a fresh 80 requesting an invite.