Guild Wars 2

blutstein.2468:

Luke.4562:

Gnat.9405:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqLt4dD93pU

I checked this video yet. I thank you, but it’s outdated, it is a bit old, i was looking for something which came out after the last 2 patches (in which the build i’m talking about got some modifies).
Over that it’s exactly what i don’t want to do: going with full berserk gear.

Thanks everyone for the feedback, i’m going to keep your hints in mind.

its not that full berserk gear is written in stone. If you feel yourself squishy, feel free to mix in some Cavaliers or knights pieces.

I run a 30/0/10/0/30 build with berserk-cav mix (1700 toughness) and it feels very powerful.

Could you put it into a builder please?

His GF left hime for a rapper! How can you not like e-dubble?

My suggestion is P/P would change the off hand P abilities -so not the same as D/P pr S/P- what that dose is 2 things:

1) Anet can add x2 abilities specific for P/P off hand Pistol
2) Allows for D/P or S/P off hand set

Do you play this spec? I like the spec its fun but depends heavily on DS, and I have no stability at all, so CC me and blow through my life force and my dmg is a joke :/

snaplemouton.1294:

How am I supposed to beat CND rogue with a necro?

I fought that CND rogue and what I managed to see from him was that he was wielding dagger offhand, dunno what his main hand was and a shortbow as off weapon.
Every time his health was going low he use his heal that stealth and/or teleport with his shortbow on higher edges or behind LoS so I had no clues where he disapeared most of the time.
When he was comming out of stealth, he basically attacked me once or twice then stealthed right away. My only root being a cast, I don’t even have time to root him and necro CC ain’t nothing to be feared. (See what I did there?)
Especially since thieves can steal us for a fear that last more then 2x longer then our traited fears… (Make sense)

So… how can I win against that? Aside from building full vitality/thoughness with maximum Life Force generation…

Edit: Also, is it still possible to perma stealth like rogue used to do 9 months ago? (CND everytime the stealth finish with a high initiative regen spec)

I assure you its impossible all else equal….

When was the last tournament you saw a necro in the final? Point and case.

If you are a real man use P/P!

I doubt P/P was ever intended to be played outside of heavy damage builds so stand far back and hit hard in pure DPS gear….Try to do that in PuGs and you will get get kicked though, not sure why?

My feedback is huge gun! and exclude any foe that did not dodge volley…I mean some of your foes just never dodged period :/

Anything changed here after the patch?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/BUILD-Condition-build-for-roaming-WvW/first#post2462826

I’m kind of set on Axe+Focus and Staff but not sure about armor+trinket and gems? Id like a minimum toughness of 1600 though.

Oozo.7856:

Cogbyrn.7283:

I just wanted to pop on and say that I thoroughly enjoyed this thread so far. The video was quite entertaining, especially since it tries something different in the face of how good condis are.

Also, bonus points for the vid if the slow-motion zooms are at least partially facetious because the player is just spamming 1. I’m a huge fan of exaggerated/bombastic editing in vids. It makes me miss the Frenzy Warrior one that was out a while back. Might have to go look that one up again.

I make two types of movies. Edited and unedited. The edited movies are mostly just for entertainment. I actually make fun of spamming 1 at the start of the movie below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BJYOwrrhSo

Hands down one of te most entertaining necro clips evaaaa…

How would improve gear?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQNAndWjMah7dbKbM8JEpCPD0j3rWcGqHrD78hA-jEyAYMBRyCIVIQJwioxWJLiGreBTXSEV7xLiWtUARMGA-w

How do you deal with runners and how do you run if you wanted?

Its not newer players who should use regen, its any ranger who actually wants to 1vx and not play chicken from 1500 just run as soon as a regen ranger comes his way lol

I call your build the ultimate troll glass cannon because it has the damage for sure but the survivability of a galss cannon at is good at trolling newer players solo, turn around and use swoop to run away any one?…Any good and properly speced/geared solo roamer will wipe the floor against non regen rangers.

I went back and saw the clip and youre right, regen is always up ticking for +269 the entire time lol

So you tip toe around the map and when you do find a lone player you fire a few arrows from 1500 only to realise they are built to roam, so you switch to GS and Swoop da heck out of dodge? Okkkk got it..have fun.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAW7flwzipXUTsGb9IhpHBH5A/kCmLdSKK9rB-jUyAIOBZaBM1Bi8AkHLiGbZsIasqGM1KRUtXpIa1CBsYNA-w

The build has 1200 healing! Why not run Dwayna? In any case are you putting all that healing to use?

Video please! (15 pfffffff)

Radmage.3741:

I’m new to ranger and have never liked being focused on pets (EG: I use a spectral power necro instead of minionmancer.) is there a build that uses great sword that doesn’t rely on pets, it is nice to have the pet for sure because it is added damage and is fun to have that extra threat besides just your character, but I don’t want to be totally dependent on it for my gameplay.

WARNING: This build will make you lazy and will cause EVERY thief you encounter to RAGE and just about every other profession to hightail it as far as possible away from you. As long as you learn to predict incoming burst you won’t get killed by any single player. When you die, it will be from multiple players and because they chained immobilise on you.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMQQJARTjAV91JWCWs2Bili9Eo2DN1fMxUwfGVwjE-jUyAotARfCU2LqJwhMW3KiGreBTXuoalKgLpIa1yAYOGA-w

Small base = bigger impact with change, even if its small change!

Gear progression past a certain point —-—> Back to WoW

urdriel.8496:

Cempa.5619:

You won’t get far solo roaming as ranger

Fixed.

Not true Ranger has some near immortal 1v1 and 1v2 builds all revolve around regen/vigour.

You won’t get far solo roaming as ranger without regen, sorry. Other wise I think its a really cool DPS build!

One of the main attractions to GW2 would be gear progression, or lack off! Take that away and then I start comparing other stuff which GW2 lacks behind in badly. For starters GW2 balance team seem to take a while to fix bugs, and some bugs have existed since launch!

With the introduction of new Ascended gear GW2 I expect some will say well if I have to hardcore grind gear might as well do it in WoW!

“old unnerfed sanctuary from beta by skillung ground targetable in the 5. tree. this increases the duration from 6 sec to 10. when u add to this the trade that makes it last longer and reduce the cd by 20% you end up with a 12? sec sanctuary instead of 6. and now comes the best part. when u use the ground target sanctuary and then reset your trades it goes back to normal and the cd is reset”

Thoughts?

This is the only footage I can find and its a great one…mid way Staff/Axe+Focus

Rok.5260:

I’ve noticed that there’s not a lot of WvW Necromancer videos compared to other professions.

I don’t see a lot of Axe + Focus/Staff users in PvE or in PvP, but assuming you’re full Berserker and you’re very adamant with Axe+Focus/Staff, I’d say you’ll do ok in PvE (Don’t know about WvW/Roaming/1v1 though, but I’d assume poorly).

Its mostly Knight+Soldier with a very high power and gets most of the damage in DS (+50% crit).

Minimum 1600 Toughness, with about 6x% crit damage and and abour 21 – 22 k hp with 25xx – 26xx power.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQNAndWjMah7VbKbM8JEpCPD0j3rWcGqHwD78hA-jEyAYMBRyCIVIQJwioxW4KiGreBTZSEV7PKiWtUARMGA-w

Hi,

Could you point me to a recent WvW/PvE clip of 30/0/10/0/30 Axe+Focus / Staff in action…

I like the idea and how it plays and was wondering what you all think of its performance in various situation?

Thanks

Lokyate.1387:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQNAW7YjMad7haWa87JAJFPDd0jiHOYKFlnOA-jEyA0CYqCEhAIBWEN2KaR0Y1LY6Sioa/RR0qFCYxcA-w

Learn it, live it, love it. I still swear by it.
Full Rabid.
Only went with quality tuning crystals because they’re a lot cheaper.
Great for ZvZ, group play and solo in my experience.
Edit: Yes, Well of Suffering is more of a power skill, and you can totally swap it out for whatever else you want. However, in my playstyles, most zerg fights (often disorganized) are over quite quickly, and the large area forces a dodge or at least ticks a large number of enemies for a bit of damage. A bit like an additional AoE condition, in addition to Vuln.

The build you linked is not full rabid.

….106 view no reply, you get the hint?

Ok thanks, its not as bad as I thought it may be…

Let me guess, the recipe can not be sold or purchased and crafting mats take months to gather?

Chokolata.1870:

he is asian so they presume he has skill :p

Why you no likey lice?

I’m trying to understand celestial armour, as far as I can tell its stat spread and not stat boost, is that correct? Also can it be crafted? Or must I grind for months and months?

Due to the above questions I am begging to feel the WoW grind let down ‘feeling’ so not sure yet if GW2 has decided to go in the gear progressions-time-sinck route or not?

I’m already noticing posts on all the class forums Celestial > X and it worries me.

Thanks

Why is Torch in the Domination tree?

In WvW you need serious condi mitigation, so either runes+lemon grass or near permanent regeneration, so …

Too bad, I pretty much need new professions or level cap.

http://www.gamesradar.com/25-new-mmorpgs-horizon-2013-and-beyond/

“Judging from a report from Korean investment firm KDB Daewoo Securities, an expansion may not be so far behind.”

Messing around with builder aiming for a melee power build for WvW, thoughts?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNAsXRnAV0XZiFeBxaZAp9QTsEM5VYWcPQlRJETYyBPH-jkyAoNBRqDI9JQZvioxW3KiGreBTXuoalKgHnRr2lAIDg5YA-w

Says the video is private!!

Could you guys tell me what you think about combing the stun from SoD with Chaos Storm?

Also, thoughts on this condition build, how can I make it better for WvW?

Thanks

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNArfWlwzKqXQTsGb9IhpHBH5AHlCwndSKc9rB-jEyAINBRaBI5JQ5wioxWGLiGrmBTjSEV7RKiWtMAMrB-w

I suppose if I wanted to ply rifle and did not want to be a glass cannon I’d look at spec like this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNAU8ejgOFv5OCPMxBkzDoIAJP1D7oOijUhxA-j0xAYMAyCQCsIasVwioxqYwUmER1ejioVLDAzYA-w

But it still plays like a glass cannon because the idea is landing Volley+F2 when under %50 hp for 10k.

Priest.8752:

Because there isn’t an emote that says, “hey now, you leave me alone because I’m just running back to my zerg!”

35 minutes gtfo thats bs

Prysin.8542:

Sube Dai.8496:

Obvious thing to me is swap that sharpening stone for a tuning crystal. You’re built more for condition damage, not power/crit.

Even then tho, you don’t have much condition damage compared to BM bunker. How are you going to kill anything?

the spirits provide me with heavy conditions and heavy hitting attacks. Yes it takes forever to beat someone. I spent 35 minutes fighting a tanker guardian, in the midst of a supply camp (vale) with all NPC’s hostile to me. Neither of us could win. Only reason he died was that an enemy zerg came by to cap the camp. (was funny though, their entire zerg stopped to watch the two of us trying to beat eachother, both going full bunker and neither being able to even down the other. They just stood there for 5 minutes before meddling. Shoulda recorded it)

Why then, why do it? Its great in groups but why fight any one solo with this build?

At least we know now what the next patch notes will look like for ranger.

Callahan.3180:

No he’s totally right. I have a warrior and ranger both at level 80 with full exos. I have over 1k hours on my warrior now and mostly play solo wvw. I’ve got around 300 hours on ranger and that’s mostly in wvw as well. Ranger really sucks in this game, I cannot agree more. The gimicky BM tank builds only get you so far until you get immobilized. I always run with mobile strikes on warrior. That trait never leaves me in any build and I’ve come to rely on it heavily. Passive condi removal is still sucky, I’d say they have less condi mitigation than warriors even now.

This is my ranger build, yet to come across a single warrior build that can counter it…

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fMQQJAVTjAV91JWCWs2Bili9Eo2DN1fMxUwfGVwjE-jUyAotARfCU2LqJwhMW3KiGreBTXuoalKgLpIa1yAYOGA-w

oh and I don’t hug terrain and run around walls either hehe I stay in the wide open

Go up against a regen ranger you will lose every time lol

All I do with Rifle is setup jump shot from melee range to get both damage effects…So the idea is to control for sure and blunderbuss then pull them in with magnet or root them while in melee range and BAAM jump shot on to there face.

marcel wallace

In the fifth, your kitten goes down. Say it.

naphack.9346:

To solo camps, condition builds(death blossom, caltrops, …) or sword builds(well, it got multihit ability) usually got the edge.
D/P is more pvp and burst oriented.
I don’t say, it’s impossible, it’s just a bit slower than what other builds could achieve.

On the other hand, depending on your gear and spec, just break out your short bow and kill everything

Which gear/spec would allow for SB use like you said?

Every D/P build I have found on the forum had dramatically different traits and gear sets which makes me wonder why is that and what is the most effective set up for WvW?

By the way can you solo roam? Solo camps?