Guild Wars 2

kamiofborg.6590:

Finally found a solution!
If you have a folder named Vebergreat in the Program files (x86), in this folder you have a file named Pac9064. This is a spyware causing the issue. Just go to the control panel and uninstall vebergreat, then launch the game. It worked for me.
Same thing if you have SmarterPower intead of Vebergreat

This worked -perfectly- for me. Except mine wasn’t SmarterPower of Vebergreat, it was webget.
Hope this works for other people too!

nearlight.3064:

Cheeps.8765:

^ I run S/F too but I sorta miss the healing and condi clear that D water 5 gives. Also I can’t seem to attune to earth then press 5 quick enough. But I will give it another try. That and play a lot more after I farm Mawdrey.

Magnetic wave is lower cooldown for condition removal, but you can also use it for the reflect or blasts. And I find trident to be enough, but that’s personal preference I guess.

Do you use SoR for your heal skill? I’m just finding the overall healing of S/F to be a little bit lacking. In all other aspects, though, I actually like it better.

^ I run S/F too but I sorta miss the healing and condi clear that D water 5 gives. Also I can’t seem to attune to earth then press 5 quick enough. But I will give it another try. That and play a lot more after I farm Mawdrey.

I’m keeping an eye on this thread because I need help too. And for reference, I’m running a 0/6/0/4/4 s/d bursty ele.

Thieves and Mesmers eat me alive. I mean I have very good games but I also have games where I just suck so much. Perhaps I need more practice?

Thanks!!

First of all, I’m sorry if bumping of this variety is not allowed. I just think that this might be helpful to OP and it may help bring up new ideas

Hello! I’m also very interested in this thread so I’ll help move it along and hopefully others contribute more

I’ve only ever seriously run S/D on my Elementalist but I’ve never done sPvP. Lately, I’ve started doing more and more wvw so I became interested again in my build. I’m also running a fresh air 0/6/0/2/6 or a more sturdy 0/4/0/4/6 which means I’m going for a really bursty S/D.

If it helps, I’ve been consulting two guides:
1.) Ilthel’s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD1S_sP90Ao (build here: http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-k34;2BJVV0c4-N-Z0;9;5T-T9;1589;14584;0LN;4G3G3G3G35BX) As a plus: the video is really inspiring.

2.) Aiden Frost’s: http://intothemists.com/guides/guide.php?id=202

Personally, I’ve been mixing and matching suggestions from both of the guides as well as adding in some of my own. Right now, I’m running full zerker but I find myself too squishy so I’m planning on running mostly zerks with a few valk armor pieces for more health without losing too much of my damage. The trinkets I think will remain zerkers.

I’m currently running Ogres for Runes because I think the rock dog is fun to have. Plus I don’t think the % damage from Runes of the Scholar will be insignificant because I find it hard to maintain more than 90% health in wvw because people tend to CC me down. Also, I don’t do math, but I think I have more damage with the Runes of the Ogre than with ruby orbs.

For sigils, I use Sigil of Fire (MH) and Force (OH). But I think it’s really a toss up between Fire, Air and Hydromancy. Each one has its own advantages and disadvantages and I think it just puts them in near equal footing with each other. I just like the animation of Sigil of Fire a lot teehee

For utilities, I’ve been going arcane wave and blast and lightning flash. It really helps blasting down enemies in tight spots. I tried using the survivability utilities but I find that the evasive arcana in water and healing ripple and the water heals are enough for me to survive long enough to burst. Of course sigil of air is a no-brainer when running around with a group. Just don’t forget to switch it out before engaging. And Ether Renewal is amazing.

I’ve always run Aeromancer’s Alacrity because of the Air Training bug but I haven’t read any updates on the bug so I’m not changing it just yet.

I’ve been running those in wvw and I’ve been having a lot of fun (and success, I guess) in small groups because I can usually burst people down real quick. However, I can’t consistently dish out the damage shown in the video above (I swear, for the life of me, I can’t understand how he gets those numbers).

I hope this helps! And I hope more people give input so we can all be better s/d eles :>