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Ah crud. I was hoping there was some event/loot bag that spits them out. Ah well, thanks!
Is there ANY way to get Crystalline Ore aside from the Noxious Pods and Act 4 achievements (ar least two of which seem to be bugged)?
And if not, is there any trick to finding the pods? I’ve heard people say all kinds of things about when/where to find them but I can’t seem to reliably track them down
Oh dang, I didn’t even consider looking for the recipes, I didn’t think for a second it’d be that easy. Thanks!
I know the four stat gear (ie Minstrel, Marauder) can be found in Maguuma, but does anyone know a specific source or reliable method? If it varies by prefix, I’m looking for Marauder gear/insignias. Thanks!
Alright, my laptop is pretty much shot. It runs well but the fan and keyboard don’t work well, plus the HD went bad and I had to switch it with a 75gig one. So, with the price to fix it up right, I could have bought a new one. Anyone know of a decent pre-built laptop I could get from a store or somewhere online, but within a moderate budget? Or would I be better off building one? Thanks in advance.
Just wondering if I could get some help identifying the specific cause. Pretty sure it’s got something to do with the network here, likely firewall, but I wanted to see if it was something I could work around. Thanks!
Quoting this so it appears down here as well as pinned to the top of the thread.
Tournament rewards for the World vs. World Spring 2014 Tournament will be available in the June 17th build. Once that build is live, you will be able to speak to the Battle Historian in any WvW map to get an updated tournament chest that has the correct rewards and number of tickets for your placement. Previously issued tickets will be voided with the build. Feel free to open any chests that you have already received now.
To thank you for your patience while we sorted out this bug, all players who completed the meta achievement will receive an additional 100 tickets.
Thank you once again for your understanding.
Hallelujah! And thank you for putting up with us, despite us being less than friendly and hopeful. I’ll take this moment to suggest that if there is a season three, let’s do it this way next time rather than bonus chest style. Seems easier to ensure people get their stuff.
7 days since i last logged in, do the same and send them a message , trust me they will notice when less and less players log in, dead game = dead game so stop logging in until they fix the issue , its not about the rewards its about sending a message that this is unprofessional and unacceptable, not to mention that same thing happened in season 1.
Too many pretty PvE’ers for that to work. PvE loves Gem Store, which is why Anet kisses their kitten . PvP gets them money via arenas, but you’ll be able to get that via gold soon, so they’re probably gonna drop their attention on that, too. WvW, however, has virtually one thing (which is shared by PvP anyway, and they’re finding ways to sneak it into PvE as seen with Toxic event) in Gem Store: Finishers. WvW, to Anet, is probably a waste of time and money when they could achieve pretty much the same from PvE. While, yes, a lot of people WvW, it probably isn’t enough to put any extra effort in it to avoid a loss, especially considering if the WvW population drops to the point where they can scrap WvW servers into more PvE/Gem Store power.
Just my personal feelings on it. I might be wrong, but I sure don’t feel that way with how things are looking. No clue what’s going on behind the scenes; we might be getting some big WvW surprise that will fix everything wrong with it and they’re just being secretive about it. But at the moment I have no reassurance that Anet gives a kitten about WvW. If they want us to feel good about it, they need to show us. That part isn’t wrong.
Hi all,
We understand the frustration over having to wait to receive your rewards, and we appreciate your patience. The issue was very complex, and we needed to take the appropriate amount of time to sort it all out, and ensure a proper solution. We anticipate being able to provide another update with an ETA for the fix, soon.
Thank you.
Thank you for giving us at least a little extra insight, which is still better than leaving us in the dark. Looking forward to hearing more soon, even if it’s just a progress report.
Lol you guys are complaining about this after just one week. How about us who had to wait a up to a month to get their legend and others to get their rewards……one week is nothing. Shouldn’t be surprised honestly…
Who is “us”? And that’s what we’re saying, either way. Not just us, but everyone. The waiting game is getting old. And once more, either way, whoopee, one month. Several months and counting, still no S1 rewards. We don’t want a redux.
Guys, the last update was on Friday. Today is Monday. Contrary to popular belief, our developers have lives and families that they would like to live and see respectively.
Believe me when I say that we will provide an update as soon as we have an update to provide. Until that time, your continued patience is appreciated.
The “contrary to popular belief” stuff however… I found that rather offensive actually. I realise that it can’t be very fun to read all the rage-posts here, but I think that anet representatives should refrain from treating people like idiots.
“People are mad, let’s make them madder.” ~Anet’s philosophy on WvW
I have a feeling they’re tryna push out WvW so they can use that server space for something else. Gem Store Mall, maybe?
Guys, the last update was on Friday. Today is Monday. Contrary to popular belief, our developers have lives and families that they would like to live and see respectively.
Believe me when I say that we will provide an update as soon as we have an update to provide. Until that time, your continued patience is appreciated.
But do we have an ETA? Like several of us have said, we’d care less about the time if we had some reassurance that an update really IS going to happen. And while, yes, an ETA doesn’t confirm anything, it gives us something to focus on other than the prior ETAs of May 30 and June 3.
Why do a small minority of people keep defending repeated failure?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=White+Knight
- Definition 4
While I agree anet screwed up, didn’t test correctly and this is the latest in a long string of could-have-been-avoided-would-have-been-avoided-if-it-was-the-gemstore issues statements like this are silly. Not everyone who disagrees with your opinions is a white knight or a troll. Grow up out of your black and white world where everyone is wrong but you and learn to accept different points of view. Otherwise your not hear to debate or argue, just to force your views on others and get attention. This goes for people on Both sides of this fence.
I post one link and two words to answer someone who asked why people were defending the undefendable, and you rage at me. Lol…
People complaining about people who are complaining = Psychological Projection God Mode.
xD xD xD
Anyway – who wants to take bets on whether we’ll get the rewards vendor tomorrow?
I bet 25 silver that we’ll get the vendors tomorrow.
I made that bet out of a sudden burst of optimism.
Well, I have a bit of gold, but hey, I didn’t say it was a lot of optimism. It was just a sudden burst…
…relatively speaking. :x
Okay, so it was out of hope, not optimism. xP
I bet a gold we don’t (assuming by tomorrow you mean Monday, I’m not sure of your time zone). Nothing against you, of course. Tbh 1 gold is well worth karma biting me in the kitten and having Anet fix it.
Guys and girls. Why are you all crying over this, Anet has stated they are working on things. Will you just give them a kitten chance, you are acting like total babies and to be honest if i was Anet and see all this QQ I wouldn’t fix the problem due to you acting so Ignorant. Just calm down and let Anet fix things when they can.
We gave them a chance. Last year. We were relatively patient and quiet after season one. And still no fix. Now, we don’t want a redux. We want our stuff. But then, if you read enough of the thread to judge us, you’d already know all that, so I guess that makes you just as ignorant (if not more) one way or the other.
And to avoid being off topic, can we have an in-depth update tomorrow? Even if there’s no fix, I’m sure a lot of us would feel a little bit better if we got an ETA and some more news. I appreciate the previous posts, but as I’ve stated before, they didn’t feel very reassuring. And I know you guys are just the messengers, so I know you can’t tell us what you don’t know, but if it’s in your power, please request something to share with us.
I hope everyone being ungrateful decides to move on from this game.
Ungrateful for what, exactly? Being kittened over? I dunno what society you live in where getting consistently screwed out of rewards is a blessing, but it sure as kitten ain’t here. I’ll be grateful if they actually fix the problem this time.
Why do a small minority of people keep defending repeated failure?
I haven’t actually posted in defense, but if I cared enough I certainly would simply for the fact that it seems 95% of the posts chastising Anet are making kittened arguments. My personal favorites are “they had 9 weeks to get this right” and “this wouldn’t be a problem if they were at least letting us know”. Well, unfortunately unforseen bugs are unforseen, and getting a play by play on bug fixing doesn’t do kitten.
It lets us know that they aren’t trying to kitten us over like in season one.
Give it a rest. It will get fixed when it does. The griping in this thread is bad enough, but it’s pathetic when you think that seventy years ago today thousands of men were killed or wounded on the beaches of Normandy. There’s a lot in life much worse than not getting a video game reward. If you still can’t cope, find another game that has no software bugs.
Tottally offtopic, it’s like, imagine your microwave went to crap, now you cant heat anything, you’re frustrated and kitten, and then some guy comes and tells you to calm down it’s not like you’re being invaded by the kittens (aparently the bad germans is a bad word). Point is, there are much worst things in life, talking about them on the internet are not going to solve them, and you can’t compare a video game which the devs had time to fix, with a war, it’s just a childish and a poor excuse, with no relation whatsoever.
Right, adding to this, imagine because your microwave went to kitten, you take it somewhere to get it fixed. Now, the repair guy (who is supposed to be a professional on fixing microwaves, in fact, he personally MADE your microwave) tells you he’s not entirely sure what the problem is, how to fix it, and/or how long it will take. He continues to fix other people’s microwaves, even microwaves that came in after yours (some of these microwaves he can make big money by fixing). He doesn’t take your calls when when we does call you back, it’s very vague and not convincing. On top of all this, you hear from several people that last year, when they had the same problem with the same microwave, he never fixed their microwave and didn’t even tell them why even though he promised to fix their microwave.
Now, obviously the microwave is, metaphorically, season rewards. We’re still not sure if our “microwave” will get fixed, but we’re really hoping it does, especially since we’ve been told the problem has been found and a possible fix is in progress. We will be entirely happy if/when we do get our “microwave” back, but until then we’re pretty upset that we don’t know if/when we will get our “microwave” back. Many of us don’t want to buy a new kitchen (game) just because the microwave (WvW rewards) is broke, but likewise, in this situation, the setup is all or nothing and tbh the oven (PvE) is entirely boring once the food is already cooked (lv80). So the “kitchen” really needs the “microwave.”
That analogy worked better than I hoped and got way bigger than I intended.
It could be a lead toward solving the issue.
Yes, this is what I meant. Sorry for not being more clear.
Much better. Carry on.
Hey everybody, the team has a lead they are working on. Please hang tight. We haven’t forgotten about you. We will post more information when things are more certain.
Welp, we move from “We have identified the issue and are working on a solution to distribute the proper tournament chests to all who should have earned them” to this. I know I said I wanted more communication but I was hoping something was actually happening. Can we please get the PvE or Gem Store team on this job? I’m sure the problem would get fixed by end of day today.
Ahhh……….First World problems, with First World complaints. Humanity at its best.
If you don’t like it, leave the First World. This is more than “wah I didn’t get my fake items,” it’s “we were promised to be rewarded for what we did, if you cannot do that then why should we stick to your business.” Do not tell me you would not complain to Nabisco if you opened a pack of Oreos and an entire row was missing. Or if you went to Wal-mart to get a TV advertised for $300 and it rings up for $600. There is a difference between being ungrateful and expecting fair business.
Yes, I completely agree. No matter what reason people are mad for in this, I’m sure a little more communication would put most at ease. Many are on edge because of season one and now we’ve had just two very vague and seemingly insincere posts (my apologies if I am wrong; I do say seemingly). If you guys (Anet) kept us up to speed, the train wreck of a thread about the problem would definitely mellow out. I know I would.
So some people are saying give 500 tickets to everyone, problem solved.
Well then what was the point of the tournament???
To win, silly. You think we did this for a skin?
I did it for Ascended accessories so I could safely spend my laurels on other things. “Safely.”
I can guarantee you that they are not deliberately refusing to fix the issue, so it makes no sense to point out the obvious.
You mean like they didn’t deliberately refuse to fix season one’s reward? The majority of us are not upset about the wait, we’re upset because this happened last year and they didn’t fix it and that feels like what’s gonna happen this time, too.
Well unless I can get some background not entirely reliant on anecdotes on what happened in S1 then I cannot say, since the only thing I can recall base on my hiatus then was that the rewards were crap. Although it makes no sense for someone to deliberately avoid doing their job for no reason; if they did deliberately do nothing, then they must have had some semblance of a reason for it, other than the bipolar option of it entirely based on their mood.
That’s cute. Glad someone still has some faith in Anet. I can only hope you’re right.
It’s cute that I don’t blindly believe what people will say? If I’m interpreting that right. For the record, this isn’t about having faith in Anet, it is about actually have an education when it comes to business and that rarely are decisions made like if the people involved were bipolar. Usually they have some sort of calculated risk/reward analysis at the very least.
P.S: I interpreted your statement the way I did because rarely is the phrase “That’s cute” used online in a way that isn’t condescending, so I’m responding in kind.
I don’t have to blindly believe. I was there. I saw it. We thought Anet got their kitten together this time. They didn’t. Not yet, at least. So far, just a repeat of last year. Only, last year, they didn’t have their head up China’s kitten . So we can only hope they pull it out. I don’t think they will. But what’s cute, and I only mean that half-condescendingly; I find it silly but also slightly reassuring, is that you do think they’ll come through. And like I said, I can only hope you’re right. This is something I’d like to be wrong about.
So some people are saying give 500 tickets to everyone, problem solved.
Well then what was the point of the tournament???
To win, silly. You think we did this for a skin?
I did it for Ascended accessories so I could safely spend my laurels on other things. “Safely.”
I can guarantee you that they are not deliberately refusing to fix the issue, so it makes no sense to point out the obvious.
You mean like they didn’t deliberately refuse to fix season one’s reward? The majority of us are not upset about the wait, we’re upset because this happened last year and they didn’t fix it and that feels like what’s gonna happen this time, too.
Well unless I can get some background not entirely reliant on anecdotes on what happened in S1 then I cannot say, since the only thing I can recall base on my hiatus then was that the rewards were crap. Although it makes no sense for someone to deliberately avoid doing their job for no reason; if they did deliberately do nothing, then they must have had some semblance of a reason for it, other than the bipolar option of it entirely based on their mood.
That’s cute. Glad someone still has some faith in Anet. I can only hope you’re right.
So some people are saying give 500 tickets to everyone, problem solved.
Well then what was the point of the tournament???
To win, silly. You think we did this for a skin?
I did it for Ascended accessories so I could safely spend my laurels on other things. “Safely.”
I can guarantee you that they are not deliberately refusing to fix the issue, so it makes no sense to point out the obvious.
You mean like they didn’t deliberately refuse to fix season one’s reward? The majority of us are not upset about the wait, we’re upset because this happened last year and they didn’t fix it and that feels like what’s gonna happen this time, too.
does the fix include the finishers that we didn’t get? I got my chest/tickets, but not the finisher.
Finisher is supposed to come via mail. They probably won’t send that out until this is resolved, probably for the same reason we’re being put on hold.
We have identified the issue and are working on a solution to distribute the proper tournament chests to all who should have earned them. We appreciate your patience while we work to resolve this.
Thank you.
I am happy to see at least some communication from Anet. Do we have an ETA? I’m not too picky; I am a bit miffed about the wait but the wait is insignificant as long as we actually do get our stuff this time around.
Every focus held by a mesmer is a mesmer that isn’t running around ganking roamers. While getting yanked off a wall sucks, if there are enough mesmers to yank enough people off the wall, either the mesmers are gonna die from backlash or the tower/keep would be taken anyway.
Like I said, I’d rather have to Mist Form back into the tower than have to encounter a PU in the wild. Lesser of two evils.
Simplest solution:
1) Do nothing
2) Ignore non-PvE user base
Fixed that for you, remember who we’re dealing with. I would like to not have the urge to say things like this but I lose faith the more we don’t have legit fixes while everything else gets fixes for stupid kitten and the more I hear about season one. Anet, please restore my faith in you, I don’t ask for much from you, this is the only thing I’ve ever had to kitten about that’s your fault in GW2.
It’s not like your getting and ascended item with stats.
Did you even look at the rewards? If you check my post above, yes, actually, I am getting TWO ascended items with stats.
Which one? the one with the laurels? I saw your name a lot looking through this post.
Ascended accessories are available for 200 tix a pop. Much better than some silly skin. And what I’d said before is I spent laurels on ascended recipes knowing I’d be able to get at least one trink (ranked 2nd, so can get 2), and it bothers me knowing that I may never get to spend my tix and that I won’t even have the laurels to get my trinks now. I’m with you on the part that the skin is silly, but this is now impacting my stats, which impacts my build and the playability of my main (seeing as I’ve already transitioned into a new build and Exos are hard to find/make in Celestial). And I don’t want to buy another stat set just so Anet can fix the problem and THAT be wasted. It’s a catch-22 that, for some people, affects a little more than vanity items.
tl;dr skins are dumb, I’m tryna get trinks, this is the only way I can afford them because I was dumb enough to trust Anet
It’s not like your getting and ascended item with stats.
Did you even look at the rewards? If you check my post above, yes, actually, I am getting TWO ascended items with stats.
Devona’s Rest Commander Fiery Midgetsword here. I can attest to the fact that GoM vastly outnumbers us, especially during off hours. Last night, we spent about 4 hours just trying to keep GoM at bay. They’d attack our keep, we’d manage to push them out, take Umber and Danelon, and then as we try for Bravost or Langor, here comes GoM again and it’s back to the keep as they bust our walls/gates down with sheer numbers and we only manage to force them out with help from our NPCs. We had virtually zero supply due to being attacked immediately after repairing.
Tl;dr I’m not trying to bash GoM for what they do, but they definitely have the numbers, persistence, and clock presence to go to Silver.
This is a little disappointing but it’s for the best.
Also why do so many people assume everyone wants to buy a weapon with their tickets?lol, because any true hardcore wvw player (the ones who earned their tickets) likely has no need/desire for anything other than a new skin to symbolize their efforts. A mini dolyak? we already got that last season, plus it’s really not even a good mini; i know no one that uses it (just like Queen Jennah), and tomes of knowledge and obsidian shards? i already had 12 level 80 wvw toons before this season (hardcore player) and already have more obsidian shards than i want. the weapons are truly the only thing of value to the people who earned the tickets imo; the one indentifiable bragging right for your hard work.
So rest havent earned there tickets? How about ascended acsessery + wvw infuses worth 70 laurels? That takes awhile if you use lots of dif jools.
i stated it was the one “identifiable” bragging right. Ascended accessories don’t show that you worked hard to help your server come out on top. While sure, other people in our server that didn’t really contribute much are able to get the same reward i am, it still remains the only identifiable bragging right.
Practicality > Vanity
Two months of laurels (60 days + 2 monthlies, 80 laurels) is ridiculous, I’ll take my accessories. Having that is better than a weapon skin that 80% of WvWers will have access to. And I’ll have 50 tix left over, so I’ll probably snag some Dragonite Ore so I don’t have to deal with as many World Bosses (Keeps aren’t very efficient in getting DG Ore). Much better than some subpar skin. If I wanted bragging rights via my weapon, I’d craft a Legendary.
Depends on what resources you have and how much you value them I guess. I’m not too worried about ascended jewelry, I have tons of laurels/commendations for that… plus gold will be an option whenever they introduce 500 jc-ing… so lots of ways to get them. On the other hand, these weapons you can only get from doing WvW tournies.
To each their own, I guess. If I had the resources for accessories, crafting, infusions, etc, then I suppose I’d have nothing to choose but the skin. Likewise, with so many options open to me, I can’t say the weapon skins would be a priority for me like it is everyone else. But again, whatever floats your boat.
This is a little disappointing but it’s for the best.
Also why do so many people assume everyone wants to buy a weapon with their tickets?lol, because any true hardcore wvw player (the ones who earned their tickets) likely has no need/desire for anything other than a new skin to symbolize their efforts. A mini dolyak? we already got that last season, plus it’s really not even a good mini; i know no one that uses it (just like Queen Jennah), and tomes of knowledge and obsidian shards? i already had 12 level 80 wvw toons before this season (hardcore player) and already have more obsidian shards than i want. the weapons are truly the only thing of value to the people who earned the tickets imo; the one indentifiable bragging right for your hard work.
So rest havent earned there tickets? How about ascended acsessery + wvw infuses worth 70 laurels? That takes awhile if you use lots of dif jools.
i stated it was the one “identifiable” bragging right. Ascended accessories don’t show that you worked hard to help your server come out on top. While sure, other people in our server that didn’t really contribute much are able to get the same reward i am, it still remains the only identifiable bragging right.
Practicality > Vanity
Two months of laurels (60 days + 2 monthlies, 80 laurels) is ridiculous, I’ll take my accessories. Having that is better than a weapon skin that 80% of WvWers will have access to. And I’ll have 50 tix left over, so I’ll probably snag some Dragonite Ore so I don’t have to deal with as many World Bosses (Keeps aren’t very efficient in getting DG Ore). Much better than some subpar skin. If I wanted bragging rights via my weapon, I’d craft a Legendary.
If it was PvE it would have been fixed and patched within 24 hours.
What bothers me is this patch fixed a whole bunch of kitten that didn’t need fixed (three dozen new tooltips? WOW! Booster Dust? I totally needed to turn my useless boosters into another useless booster!) where that time could have been spent on getting people their rewards. And while, yes, there are different teams for different parts of the game, it really goes to show WHERE the people are and aren’t. If there are enough people to screw around fixing tooltips, there should be enough people to fix a problem that (1) shouldn’t have happened, (2) but since it did should have been at least addressed by now.
I wouldn’t be half as upset about it if Season One wasn’t such a debacle. But it really hurts to see useless PvE updates (Boss Blitz getting easier at Bronze? Yes, please, reward people for sucking entirely, giving ridiculous loot and exp for repetitive grinding, but don’t reward people for playing well for two months when they already get worse than pitiful loot) and we don’t even know if we’ll GET a fix. And especially now that the people that didn’t get bent over initially are in the same boat. Which may be a necessary step to fix the problem, but IS it going to be fixed?
tl;dr WvW already gets the short end of the stick, please at least this one time actually do something for us
Yeah, as goldenwing said, I’m still trying to find that one that feels right. I’ve decided to check out Condi Engie with a 3 kit build. Seems to be pretty cool so far, but I haven’t playtested it in PvP or WvW yet. Still trying to get the armor for it. But I like the idea so far; decent range, decent armor/health, and a combination for good condi and decent damage, plus lots of options so I don’t really ever have to wait for a cooldown (but maybe the fast pace of WvW might change that). But anyway, thanks guys!
Darek: Is condi engie fast enough to take down camps before every enemy is on swords alert? (to my knowledge, condi builds are generally attrition fights)
Nymph: do you run into issues with the enemy coming in often, with that timeframe?
It is possible that the class that you want, or could be very good at playing, is not in this game. I’ve had that happen before.
How do you like to play? Are you more comfortable with melee or range?
Two things: there will always be counters, no matter what class you play. And two, solo roaming you want to be able to vanish/run. The key is being able to get away. That’s why people are saying thief/Mesmer/warrior.
Small group is more forgiving.
And are you using PVT gear? Also, a one-size-fits-all set of gear may not be the correct choice for you. You may need to mix/match different gear sets to get the overall stats that work best with the build you’ve chosen, assuming it is not a cookie cutter spec.
It’s true, I’m really missing Dervish from GW1. I thought Guardian would be nice since I mained Paladin in WoW, but I can’t seem to get it to work right. Even with lots of condi cleanse, I can’t seem to get rid of them fast enough. Right now on Guard I have a Soldier/Zerk/Knight hybrid with a 0/6/6/2/0 Meditation build (all Meditations heal me, one cleanses a condition, and another cleanses all conditions and turns them into boons). On it, I run Sword+Torch/Scepter+Focus. Sword and Torch do amazing damage, but I can’t stay within range to use anything but Torch 5. Scepter and Focus is more ranged defensive, and deal insignificant damage outside of Scepter 2, which is avoided by not even trying.
As far as my playstyle, I like something with melee and ranged options (but like I said, I can’t seem to land melee hits and ranged does subpar damage). I’d be entirely okay with either one, though, as long as those two issues were not an issue (while maintaining a bit of bulk). While I don’t typically mind attrition battles, I don’t have much time vs a player because I usually end up getting ganked by an enemy zerg (which I’d prefer to defeat them or force them to flee rather then just run away myself, escape builds are more than easy to make, but I really like taking camps and gunning down other roamers). Ranged with damage seems like a more viable option for vs player, but vs camp, you can’t beat melee’s cleave without major AoE.
As an added note, I would really, really like to not play Warrior or Thief, as well as anything that can’t get a 25% movement boost without ruining the build (Rune of Speed/the Traveler is fine as long as another rune is not absolutely necessary). On the flip side, I enjoy Guardian, Necro, Ranger, and Engineer the most, which are the classes I’ve tried so hard to make work. But of course, I can’t find a good balance of offense/defense on any except Guardian, and for that there’s the problem melee range.
Play what fits your playstyle best. The only way to figure that out is to experiment, sounds like you are doing that.
Solo for me, it’s a necro that has a synergistic balance with skills/build/gear that stand up in WvW and has been tested in Explorables and Fractals. I know, not a PvP spec. It works for me.
Group, I run an ele. Matter of fact, our swat team (4 of us) runs 2 Elem, 2 Necros. Again, my ele is balanced synergistically to take advantage of my specific playstyle, skills in combination with build/gear. I am not a zerker. I am not a bunker. Thiefs and warriors hate me because they cannot 1 or 2 shot me. Once the thief has blown his cooldowns, I can power them down. The 4 of us can take keeps as well as towers (plenty of fire power individually and as a group). We can lose to a very good set of PvP players. We aren’t PvP players, but we can stand up against a group of 12, 15 and sometimes 20 and come out ok. Again this class, works for me in Explorables/Fractals. And ok, I admit I am fully decked in ascended. That was not always the case, and the class/build still stands up because it designed for how I play / think.
So, I am sure this post will be dismissed as “noobish”. This is how I have played/speccd even back in DAoC days in RvR and doing with 4 people, what normally takes 20 in raiding. I play what works for me, tailored to me. Otherwise, I’m just not as effective.
Yeah, like you said, that’s what I’m doing. Problem is, I’m just at my wit’s end for trying to make something work. I guess rather than asking for a class, I should probably ask for tips on what you’re doing; finding that balance that isn’t zerk or bunker. Something that deals damage, and deals it quickly, but not necessarily max damage. Just something that can outrun heals and not die at the first thing that hits it. Any suggestions?
If you don’t want thief or warrior, try this build. I run it nearly full time. It does very well and is easy to play:
Full melee… Is it easy to stay within melee range with these weapons? Part of the reason I quit warrior was because I didn’t feel like I could hit with melee and the ranged wasn’t hitting hard enough. Also, how does it work on capping camps?
Okay, ladies, I’m tryna figure out what class to play, not have a thief kittening contest. However, thief or mesmer consistently seem like the best options, despite me not really enjoying the idea of them. Maybe one of these builds will be fun. Here’s my new question: How do PU mesmers and/or P/D thieves fare against camps in solo play? Moreover, can you solo cap camps with these builds or is it a “kill hard or run away trying” thing?
@Space: Right. I think my issue is finding a good balance between defense and offense, and also when I do find a good balance, it involved melee which seems next to useless against quicker opponents. I’m not looking for as much as a cure-all for every situation as much as I am trying to figure out what might work for me. As much as I don’t want to be as squishy as a mesmer or thief, it seems like I may have to try that.
@Phlogus: I’m running on Devona’s Rest, and judging from your sig, I’m guessing you know exactly how that is. I usually try 1v1 in arenas against my gf, who has recently been gunning down my builds with her necro (3/0/5/6/0 Soldier gear). I don’t have a spectator but I might be able to check with a guildie for that.
Just a reminder, I’m less trying to find a “perfect” build as much as one that may be better to my playstyle. My issues are:
-Balance between offense and defense
-Maintaining speed to get around the map (can’t find a balance between build and boosts)
-Melee range/ranged damage (it seems like I only deal damage in melee, but I can’t seem to stay in range. Likewise, ranged damage seems insignificant)The game definitely needs more D/P thieves. Everyone rerolled to P/D.
90% of my roaming encounters are P/D condi thieves or PU mesmers.
D/P was a counter to P/D, now it’s not anymore. And PU mesmers should never lose to a D/P thief.
Draw your conclusions.
What sort of traits and stats would a D/P thief run? Not looking for a specific build, just where to start.
@Space: Right. I think my issue is finding a good balance between defense and offense, and also when I do find a good balance, it involved melee which seems next to useless against quicker opponents. I’m not looking for as much as a cure-all for every situation as much as I am trying to figure out what might work for me. As much as I don’t want to be as squishy as a mesmer or thief, it seems like I may have to try that.
@Phlogus: I’m running on Devona’s Rest, and judging from your sig, I’m guessing you know exactly how that is. I usually try 1v1 in arenas against my gf, who has recently been gunning down my builds with her necro (3/0/5/6/0 Soldier gear). I don’t have a spectator but I might be able to check with a guildie for that.
Just a reminder, I’m less trying to find a “perfect” build as much as one that may be better to my playstyle. My issues are:
-Balance between offense and defense
-Maintaining speed to get around the map (can’t find a balance between build and boosts)
-Melee range/ranged damage (it seems like I only deal damage in melee, but I can’t seem to stay in range. Likewise, ranged damage seems insignificant)
Alright, so, I have every profession at 80 and in full exotics. Several times over. And even a few ascended pieces. And I still haven’t found something I can play well enough. So, maybe I just haven’t learned of something yet. That’s where you guys come in.
I’m mainly interested in WvW, specifically solo/small group roaming. Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard d/p thief and PU mesmer, but I’ve also heard that (1) there are plenty of solid counters, which means it’s too gimmicky for me (2) they’re mainly for capping and getting away.
Before I waste more time and money on trying different builds, I’d like to hear what all seems to work in WvW roaming. Thanks!
(I posted this in another forum initially but decided it probably fits here better)
I’m aware trait tiers will be automatically unlocked, I was moreover unsure about if I were to unlock Grandmaster at 60 before the patch, whether they would lock again until 80 after the patch or if the patch would only affect characters who haven’t unlocked that tier yet. Seems everyone else is as unsure as I am, so I guess I’ll tough it out until 80 just to be safe. Thanks, guys!
I’ve been playing GW2 over a year now but haven’t really posted in the forums yet. Now I have a question I can’t find the answer for. Anyway, I understand that the new trait system will make Grandmaster available at 80 and Major traits will be locked, except for existing characters but excluding new traits. Now, my Mesmer is level 59 and will be 60 before the update. If I buy and use a manual before the update, will I have access to Grandmaster 60-80 after the update or will I have wasted 2 gold? Thanks in advance.