Guild Wars 2

Indeed he did, and it was the former. Guess it’s back to my ranger. Short or longbow?

So I’ve got, I think, 6 80s, only missing Thief and Engineer. Basically, I’m looking for something safe and relatively passive. I’ve been mostly using my Warrior, but I’d like something with a stronger ranged option.

I mostly run with my guildies so if you think the best option for what I’m looking for is a bearbow ranger, don’t worry, you’ll probably never see me in your group.

Mostly for running dungeons and FoTM, occasionally champ farming if there’s nothing else to do.

TL;DR need to pick a safe relatively passive class. IE I like the idea of Mesmers, but the fact that you’re made of wet tissue paper and in the middle of the fight means you have to be extremely attentive and careful of what you’re doing and what’s going on, and that just isn’t me.

I’ve done up to 14 in FoTM so I know all the mechanics, and dropping phantasms and falling asleep? Is that with Sword/Something or Greatsword? I really like the legendary greatswords..

Sounds good, and I’ve been running full berserker on my warrior and standing in crap to use 100B, dying comes easy to me, so.. That’ll work.

Got my mesmer to 80 via crafting, never actually played it (Went back to my Warrior) and now I’m looking for a pretty easy build for mostly FoTM/CoF. Is it just a typical zerker build with certain weapons or is it completely different from the braindead ease that is my Warrior?

I’ve been seeing people saying it’s still broken, is it? Should I just switch to Ruby Orbs or some other rune?

Is it still possible to solo farm low level trash in FoTM and get it to drop? Seems like nothing drops in swamp and the grawl one doesn’t drop it in the few times I’ve done it..

Not entirely sure where you’re getting the fact that I’m completely unable to dodge, but when I’m at range I can see the fight better and see the attacks coming. When I’m in melee range, all I see is a whole bunch of different crap piled on top of each other and suddenly I’m dead.

Talyn.3295:

If you already leveled warrior you could try swapping your gear. just because everyone says Zerker, Zerker….. doesn’t mean you can’t use Knights or Soldiers for extra protection. It is something to consider before level another job.

Yeah, but when I tried that my guild just gave me crap about it and act like because someone else in my guild has some broken stupidly strong Warrior build I should be exactly like him.

The problem is, from that map we can’t even see what you have or don’t have.

cpg.7140:

Turrets are there until they die or you pick them up. They’re not as useful as you might think (though healing turret is good for water fields and flame turret is good for smoke fields). Of course as you’re leveling you can play around with them, and there are traits that make them stronger or make them placeable via ground targeting… but they’re probably not something you’ll want to build around. Kits seem to have more potential.

See I don’t even know what fields are. And darn, I’d probably only play Engineer to build around them. So I guess we’re down to 4.

cpg.7140:

If not for preferring range you might want Guardian.

Maybe try Engineer, though you’ll need to give it time to get comfortable I imagine. Grenade kit for long range, flamethrower or rifle or pistols for mid range, bomb kit or tool kit for close range. Trait for backpack regenerator and you can have constant regen with any kit equipped. Lots of very useful support tools for dungeon/fractal groups. Solo map completion will be a bit tough but doable.

Yeah, I tried an Engineer (Admittedly didn’t get through level 3) but the only thing that seems cool about Engineer to me is turrets, and if they’re not permanent (which I doubt they are because utility skill? Idk though) I don’t feel like I’ll like them

I’m looking for a profession that suits my playstyle.

80s I have: Warrior, Ranger, Necro

Problems with my 80s: Warrior too squishy when I go berserker (Dodging is something I’m pretty trakitten for melee, I can do it okay from range when I see stuff coming)

Ranger too reliant on pet damage, when it goes down I feel weak.

Necro (condition build) feels like it does no damage. I mean, maybe I’m wrong, but eh..

My preferred things: Range. Some sort of passive survivability (Health regen, a trait that reduces damage taken, idk)

Things I’m bad at: Dodging in melee range of bosses, soloing content (Though leveling will be easy, because if I like the class in a group but can’t solo things, I’ll craft), using utility skills.

Things I plan to do with it: Dungeons, Fractals, probably eventually mapping.

Things I absolutely will not do: Any sort of PvP.

The easier the better.

So out of Engineer, Elementalist, Guardian, Mesmer, Thief, which would be best suited to me?

So I’ve got this warrior to 80, I’ve got practically full exotics (Berserkers) but now I need some help. All the zerker builds I’ve seen seem to take 0 points in Arms, which means no Forceful Greatsword, which to me then says no greatsword, and that makes me sad as it’s my favorite weapon.

Problem is, if I can’t get a full 100b off (6.5s CD is nice though..) I’m pretty much useless, so I need to know if there’s something I can do or if I should look at rolling a Guardian or Mesmer for easier playing.

Anyone? Please help

So I crafted my Warrior to 80, then moved on to a new class because I’d heard bad things. Now I hear Warriors are okay in PvE (Fractals and dungeons mostly, but open world while I LFG) so what type of gear should I look for on the TP to start with? I prefer GS/something.

Thread blows up overnight, but half the posts seem to have missed the “casual PvE/Fractal” part. Thanks to the other half who aren’t the “you’re the best or get out” elitests. Guildie said mark up the target as an opener, then mash scepter buttons until all sorts of conditions are stacked up.

Got my Necro to 80 (via crafting) and now I’m looking for builds for casual PvE/Fractals. I like the look of Marks (ground targeted AOE conditions?) that would go well with my current Khilbron’s set for condition damage, but I’ve also heard Marks do kitten-all damage.

I asked my guild and it seems they recommend a Condition Necro, that any good or they trollin me?

So basically, I’ve gotten a warrior to 80 but so far I’ve not been a big fan of being melee (My dodging skills/using 6-0 abilities are still at best iffy).

I’ve also leveled a Ranger to 80, which I absolutely love .. Except for that stupid pet. I stacked Condition Damage gear and pewpew with my shortbow and if I felt like I did damage at all I’d have a great time, but with my pet spending half the fights dead, I either lose out on my damage to micromanage my pets, or pay attention to my own stuff and lose the pet DPS.

So basically now I’m looking for a relatively simple class that’s not a Guardian.

Saw these in another thread, figured I’d answer, see if it helps.

- Do you want to fight in the frontline with your heavy armor, smashing skulls and tanking damage? Probably not.
- Do you want to be sneaky/stealthy, abusing daggers and pistols? Haven’t really tried.
- Do you want to keep ranged at all time? More than likely.
- Do you want to go PvE mostly? PvP? WvW? Dungeons and Fractals pls.

Hit 80 on my Warrior from crafting, want to main dungeons but have no idea what weapons/builds are good these days.

Khisanth.2948:

Lee Merriman.9412:

Generally what I’ve been enjoying the most out of this game is just dynamic events, and there’s usually so many people doing them I rarely have to worry .. Honestly it’s my story that’s the only time I’ve ever really had trouble.

Events with many people around sounds like the exact opposite of soloing …

Which is why I said story is where I have trouble, which is soloing.

Falunel.7645:

Lee Merriman.9412:

Basically I’m pretty much stuck between Ele and Warrior right now.

Warrior has what I love (not having to pay attention, easily survivability) but the Ele has lightning.

Can Ele solo things easy without worrying about dodging or anything?

Also how does one level with crafting, just buy mats, go some place, click something over and over and over again?

If what you’re looking for is not having to pay attention to the enemy or dodge, you will not find any profession that allows you to do that outside of lower-zone open world fights.

Both warrior and ele are the poorest professions for that gameplay style-

Warrior: can pull off standing and attacking in open world fairly well up until Orr, where you might be able to kill one lone enemy before it kills you, but if you’re soloing an event or even just run into a veteran or a clump of enemies, you HAVE to dodge and move. In dungeons that aren’t blatant easy (CoF 1 and such), dodging is incredibly important for warrior, as your recovery/defensive abilities are lower than other classes’ once the enemy chews through your HP.

Elementalist: You can spec an ele to be incredibly tanky, as much as a warrior or guardian. The difference, though, is that your survivability lies in evasion, frequent burst healing, constant condition removal, boons, and well-timed invulnerabilities. If you charge into a battle without paying attention, you can still die in a blink.

The class that can survive the best without moving frequently would be guardian, I feel, likely with a hammer. Even then, you must learn how to dodge and circlestrafe if you plan on doing dungeons/PvP.

Generally what I’ve been enjoying the most out of this game is just dynamic events, and there’s usually so many people doing them I rarely have to worry .. Honestly it’s my story that’s the only time I’ve ever really had trouble.

Okay, so if we can settle my class, and if I relearn it, is it maxed?

Basically I’m pretty much stuck between Ele and Warrior right now.

Warrior has what I love (not having to pay attention, easily survivability) but the Ele has lightning.

Can Ele solo things easy without worrying about dodging or anything?

Also how does one level with crafting, just buy mats, go some place, click something over and over and over again?