Guild Wars 2

Also to note. The warrior’s only combo field is combustive shot (fire) . This requires Longbow. So, if you plan on starting any combos, you need to use longbow.

So in order to pull off solo combos, the warrior will have to equip a Longbow?

i only use LB in dungeons or group events where AoE is needed. Otherwise, i agree with you. Seems weak compared to other weapons. It’s broken too, as the weapon skills don’t really do what the tooltips suggest (an idication that the LB was probably once pretty powerful, but has since had the nerf bat applied to it many times over by the devs).

you don’t have to play GS. I played GS for maybe 2 levels and got bored out of my mind. There are a lot of other option. You should try and experiment with all the weaps/traits/skills until you find something that you enjoy and that works for you. All builds have positives and negatives. There is no “perfect” build… Just “different” builds.

Melee is also needed when you’re getting zerged and you’re just trying to stay alive long enough for some help to arrive. But in that case, you’re usually just prolonging the inevitable as once you get zerged, it’s pretty much over regardless of your class.

mrperea.9580:

I actually do axe/warhorn and rifle, with shout healing. But honestly, best trait in WvW is the falling damage one. Jump off a tower wall, land on the guys doing rams, run back in, repeat. If they start trying to knock you down, equip balanced stance. if they immobilize you, blow that warhorn!

Anyways I’ve had some epic times with that, watching the entire team try to kill me when I jump down. In the end though they usually get me haha.

lol. This is a pretty hilarious and effective tactic.

i use rifle or bow primarily in wvw and play a bit of a support role. However, if the time is right, i’ll use bull charge on stragglers and carve them up something fierce.
But you pretty much have to run and gun. It’s impossible to stand your ground in WvW due to the amount of zerging going on. You are pretty much restricted to run and gun type tactics. This is pretty much true of any class though.

obviously it is not understood. I have seen several posts about this exact issue all over the forums.
Anet really needs to get their kitten together regarding the UI. It’s inexcusable that the UI description doesn’t match what the skill actually does. If what you say is correct, and that it has worked like this since 2010… then there is really no reason why the UI hasn’t been updated. They’ve had two years to correct it.
Battle standard is just one example. There are many other skill UI descriptions that are inaccurate.

my main problem with Dungeons is the design of the encounters. CM Story for example, has a couple REALLY tough fights along the way (the one with the drunk guy passed out is a wipefest and QQ inducing for pugs). But when you get to the last boss fight it’s a cakewalk. The boss fight should, IMO, be at least as tough as the hardest encounter along the way. It should also be somewhat entertaining. Standing there for 10 minutes firing arrows in to a guy and dodging every once in a while when you see a red circle is not really all that exciting to me.

Happienoob.8650:

To those hoping that they will restore your progression, it is more likely that they will roll back everyone else for “fairness”

actually, the likely scenario will be that nothing will be done.

Same thing just happened to me in a CM story run. Lost all exp, money, loot, everything. Funny how my gear was still damaged though. Lost progress and still got slapped with a repair bill. awesome.

are you f’ing kidding me??? i just lost an entire CM story run. loot, exp, money, everything gone. wow!

Awesome how my gear was still damaged though. So i get an awesome repair bill for no f’ing reason! wtf???

Not every player wants to farm the best gear in the game though. Not every player wants to necessarily be an elite player and master the game. Some people just want to enjoy the experience and have fun.
IMO you shouldn’t have to be an elite gw2 gamer to enjoy the story mode dungeons (ArenaNet even said story mode was for everyone). That’s where I think the majority of the complaints are coming from.
I’m all for having really challenging dungeons for the elite players, but shouldn’t there be a version of the dungeon that can be enjoyed by casual players?

AzureDream.4819:

Can’t even finish story modes? Kids these days are really something. No one will quit because of the story modes, so quit rambling already, showing you have absolutely no skill, and even slightest understanding how GW2 works.

Have you run through CM since the buff? I agree no one is going to quit the game because a couple dungeons are too hard, but even skilled groups are complaining about the difficulty in CM.

Agree with OP

I’ve ran AC story twice with two separate pugs. First time I gave up because it was taking too long and I was getting tired of wiping every single encounter. Second time I was in a better pug and managed to finish it, barely. I was close to QQing a few times.
Today i tried running CM Story for the first time with a pug… Forget about it. That dungeon is absolutely rediculously hard. It’s not fun. It’s not challenging. It’s not rewarding. It’s cheap and It’s broken.

I will never run another dungeon again unless the difficulty gets addressed. It’s just not worth the time investment and the frustration.

I don’t consider myself an elite player by any stretch of the imagination, but IMO, story mode dungeon completions should be achievable with a pug. Right now they are not. Not even close. You should not have to be in an elite group in order to experience the story. I’m fine with explorable mode being difficult, but story mode should be somewhat doable with a pug.