Guild Wars 2

Necro is a great suggestion to fit your needs.

I made my Necro a little while ago and only got her to level 12 then gave up because i was not enjoying it and switched to Guardian. I decided to give it another try and now am level 29 playing MM necro (full minion bar) with Dagger + Warhorn (+Power for all items) and i am loving every minute!

To be honest, it fits your requirements perfectly based on your first post. Warrior is another candidate but due to your love of pets i think you will enjoy MM necro more.

Good luck

If i do end up participating in some dungeons, does it matter much if a run them whilst in D/P? or should i weapon switch to D/D or P/P?

Thanks

Great build AliamRationem. I will definitely give this a try once I hit 80. Tons of healing which I definitely like

Thank you for sharing it

onevstheworld.2419:

Don’t get satellite, my understanding is that it’s download speed is ok but uploads are terrible, and you need both for gaming.
I’m in Sydney on ADSL2+, no NBN for me either, but I doubt NBN will make a big difference to GW2 ping cos the data still needs to cross the pacific.

I won’t be getting Satellite but makes sense what you say about the upload.. NBN would be amazing, maybe one day

onevstheworld.2419:

Another advantage of the thief suggestion is once you get the daredevil spec, you’ve got 3 dodges instead of 2, so you’ve got more margin of error if you mistime one.

I started a D/P thief just before and I had a great time.. The centaur archers were ALOT easier for me. I have a good feeling so far about this class.

Daredevil spec for the 3rd dodge sounds like a good idea as well

Thanks everyone for your help, I will play my thief and switch to guardian when I feel like a change

Khisanth.2948:

Have you tried a Dagger/Pistol thief? Shadow Shot is awesome.

I looked at the skill set and decided to give it a try.. Having a ton of fun so far with thief D/P great suggestion thankyou

Khisanth.2948:

There are several options. Ideally for that you would use a range weapon but you can also …

1) stand in place and kill them with retaliation
2) hammer 3 is an immobilize and 5 can be used to used to lock something inside the circle
3) scepter 3 is also an immobilize and scepter is a ranged weapon anywan
4) greatsword 5 can be used to pull them to you
5) sword 2 can be used to teleport you to a target
6) Judge’s Intervention is a utility skill that gives you another teleport to target
7) Bane Signet will apply a 3s knockdown, Hammer of Wisdom’s command skill will also apply a 3s knockdown
8) dragonhunter can use a longbow and the F1 is another pull

Have you tried a Dagger/Pistol thief? Shadow Shot is awesome.

Great info thanks I am starting to feel better with giving my guardian more of a chance now.

I haven’t tried a thief before, figured with the high pings and inability to reliably dodge attacks with the rolls I would be asking for trouble.. I will definitely read up on their skill set though

Joxer.6024:

Where are you in Aussie? Do you have Foxtel there? Id so, they have great net, can even get cable most likely and through your Foxtel. I’m in (near) Brissy and while NBN isn’t available yet dangit we run cable thru our Foxtel and its great. Well, still 200-300 ping but doesn’t drop or lag.

I live in Victoria and i cannot get foxtel where i live I have an option for Satellite, but financially its not that viable. I have no issues using my 20gb mobile plan for data (generally speaking) and even if i had ADSL1 (because of the 8km distance you wouldn’t get ADSL2 speeds anyway) the internet issues and pings would probably be worse than what i am using now.

I feel as though i am lucky to be sitting on 250-300ms, could be a lot worse :P

I read about a couple of Guardian skills that MAY help with the ranged runners?
- Hammer 40s cooldown (Ring of Warding: Create a ring around you that foes cannot cross. Trapped enemies cannot exit the ring while it is active.)
- Scepter 20s cooldown (Chains of Light: Immobilize and make your foe vulnerable with ethereal chains.)
- Greatsword 30s cooldown (Binding Blade followed into Pull: Pull your foes to you.)

The cooldowns are fairly long but this may alleviate some of the issues with these mobs running and looking like a fool chasing after them without hitting them for ages :P

I enjoyed Guardian up until the Centaur archers were running away from me in melee and it was incredibly frustrating to kill them, no hits recorded whilst being right beside them. I wish i had a 3s stun or something i could initially trigger – does such a thing exist for them?

Thanks for the tips, i appreciate them.

Thanks for the advice onevstheworld.

250-300 is my typical ping and i realised i did not mention i am from Australia too – this is with spikes now and then. Where i live i cannot get internet connection due to being 8km from the exchange so i rely on a 20gb/month mobile plan (somehow can get 4g but occasionally drops to 3g). It is perfectly playable 95% of the time though.

I normally enjoy pvp but these days i just want to log in and explore/kill mobs so i am ruling that out from my decision. Even if i choose to dabble in pvp it will be literally <5% of my time spent in GW2.

Interesting about the raids/fractals being doable, i presumed they would be out of the question – not being able to dodge reliably and all (i have never done a single one before)

If i do decide to dabble in dungeons/fractals etc.. and i go with a Ranger, i have read in the ranger forums that alot of people “expect” you to be a druid and heal? i know most people reading this wouldn’t want a laggy player healing them.. nor does it suit my playstyle anyway. I won’t rule this out though as this would be a very minimal amount of my time spent.

So it is down to Necro, Warrior and Ranger then i think.. I should probably test this myself, but using a Longbow with a Warrior to handle the ranged mobs (when they are hard to target) is possibly viable too?

Hi

I haven’t played Guild Wars 2 in over a year and had a sudden urge to play again. I have a 80 Warrior and 80 Ranger (must have used the insta level for ranger here from memory as I definitely cannot recall levelling her up – could be old age lol)

Note: I am only interested in solo pve open world with PQs and exploration. Fast killing is ideal as I have limited time and don’t want to spend too long fighting the same mobs if I can help it.

Anyway I decided to make a Guardian and made it to level 10. I recalled a couple of things very quickly about the game before, that is 250-300ms+ and dodging doesn’t mix well! Or fighting ranged mobs that keep running away after a hit or 2 is very frustrating with a laggy connection (right beside mob and not registering hits)

I immediately thought of the future if I level up my guardian with the inability to dodge most attacks and with no use of healing signet.. My warrior coped ok with healing signet and high base health from memory so it was less of an issue if I never dodged..

I am now convinced I need to find a class that is less focused on split second dodging (can basically withstand it mostly) and can deal with ranged mobs running away and not being able to hit them (see guardian example)

I have a few options:
- Forget other classes and just continue with warrior
- Delete ranger and re level from 1 (don’t like her appearance much anymore)
- Start a necro (although I want to see my character mostly and having not played one, don’t know if they rely on “forms” they morph into or not – been too long to remember)

If anyone has any advice here it would be greatly appreciated

Behellagh.1468:

There are much cheaper coolers than the UH-D15 that are still much better than the default Intel one. You were looking to put the high performance, ultra low profile racing tires on your stock Honda civic.

The Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo is more than enough at less than half the price (and weight).

Heh nice analogy, makes sense. I will take your advice and get that CPU cooler instead, it is 1/3 of the price which is nice. I have shaved off $418au so far, thanks for the advice!

Essence Snow.3194:

CPU cooler……even with new bios for OC on H series….that is one pricy air cooler for a mild OC

This was something else i had no idea about. I figured that in WvW the CPU is getting a hard workout and a strong cooler would be safer for the longevity of the CPU? or am i looking too much into it?

I can get a cheaper CPU cooler i suppose, no point wasting money. I appreciate your feedback

Thanks for the replies

I do not plan on OCing at all so I decided to choose the i5-4690 based on general reviews.

I forgot to mention I will be playing 1920×1200 and would like to be able to max my settings out and play smoothly (I understand in WvW this will struggle due to CPU but I will tone it down then)

With that being said, would I be better off going with R9-270? its only $50 more for the R9-280 (or is there an even better alternative to this, possibly nvidia?)

As for the power supply I guess my lack of experience understanding what is required made me choose one of the best i could find. I can definitely look at 500-550w, should i go with a particular brand? Corsair/Thermaltake/Coolermaster?

I will drop my RAM to 8GB as per your advice.

Hey everyone,

I have recently started GW2 and I have been suffering with playability due to a really old PC. I am planning an upgrade and wanted to know if this is overkill or a good setup. I would happily take on any advice on changing parts with others (i.e. Graphics Card, Lesser P/S). I do not want to spend much on a graphics card as i plan on upgrading in a year or 2 depending on what games i will be playing, so this is 90% for GW2 alone.

Current List:

CPU: Intel i5 4690
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus H97 Pro
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16gb 1600
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250gb
Video Card: Asus 3G R9-280
Power Supply: Corsair 80+ Platinum AX860i

I appreciate any help i can get, and i apologise if this is in the wrong section of the forums.