Guild Wars 2

I live in Australia and play on the NA servers.

I’m getting tired of playing with inconsistent ping that spikes to well over 2.5k regularly. Wondering what some of you have done to improve your ping.

I’ve already upgraded to a new router and I connect via an Ethernet cable.
Any other suggestions?

Can we please have a sale on Character Slot Expansions and Name Change Contracts??? Me and a few guildies have been waiting for these to go on sale for months and they haven’t yet.

Please Anet, please.

What the title says…
Can we please have an option to reset WvW Ability Points???

I know that they aren’t account bound and that I could just go onto another character and spec it exactly the want I want, but I still think it would be nice to be able to do a complete reset for a character.

Perhaps 100 BoH for a total reset or something like that so that people can’t just reset infinitely.

I remember a while ago there was some talk about Healing Power being reworked so it was a little more attractive to spec into. I’m not sure if this ever happened but it still feels like its not worth investing in, even more so when compared to the other stats in the game.

Was there ever a re-work of Healing Power? And if so, what were the changes? Is there any talk about it being buffed in the future so it’s a little more balanced?

Sure I’m interested. Send me a message in-game sometime. I mainly play Ele and sometimes Chrono. Fully geared on both.

Hey, I’m interested in joining!

I have a fully ascended Tempest which I main on, a Chrono which is fully geared except for 2 Leadership Runes which I am currently working on getting and I have just started gearing my Berserker for the Condi PS build.

I am not too interested in joining a static raiding group however I am a fairly active player – I am on at least 4 days a week for about 4 hours each day.

Hope you are interested in recruiting me.

Just made a new guild the other day and am looking to recruit active players of all skill level. I want the guild to be mainly focused on PvE Content (Dungeons + Fractals + Raids) and some PvP. If you are interested in joining then message me in-game. First few people to join will receive promotions.

I’ve only just had this idea so don’t hate please.

What if Spirit Weapons changed so that instead of actually summoning a physical weapon, they instead grant an active buff, kind of like Revenant’s Facets.

Here are examples of possible changes:

Sword of Justice – When activated grants +150 Power and 3 stacks of might for 5 seconds every 8 seconds.

Shield of the Avenger – When activated grants increased Vitality and one stack of Aegis every 10 seconds.

Hammer of Wisdom – When activated grants +150 Toughness and 3 seconds of Stability every 20 seconds.

Bow of Truth – When activated grants +150 Healing Power and 5 seconds of Regeneration every 10 seconds.

I really have no idea if this would be viable so let me know your thoughts below!

I was looking at investing in some Utility Infusions and was wondering if the effects stack. For example, if I have 2 Magical Infusions equipped, do I get +40% MF? And can I have one of each Utility Infusion equipped and get the bonuses from all of them or would I only get the effects of one of them?

Thanks for the help :-)

Linken.6345:

Yea they never said it would be a cheaper way to obtain a precursor, just a sure fire way to get the specific one you want.

And buying the precursor you wanted off the TP isn’t a sure fire way to get it?

Is it just me or is it weird that you get so many Fractal Encryptions and so few Fractal Encryption Keys from any scale of Fractal? Buying a single Key costs a minimum of 20 silver (as matrixes cost more than 20 silver on TP) and this dramatically reduces the amount of profit which can be made from a single box, unless you get one of the drops worth more than 20-30 silver each.

Am I just unlucky with the amount of keys I get or do other people find this as well?

Also are there any ways to get large numbers of Keys (same amount as the number of Encryptions you get), without having to purchase them?

I’ve just decided to start crafting the legendary axe, Frostfang and at first, it seemed obvious that it would be cheaper to obtain the precursor, Tooth of Frostfang by completing the collection as oppose to buying it off the TP. After some research however, I am under the impression that for this precursor at least, it is much cheaper just to buy it off the TP. According to GW2Efficiency, crafting Tooth of Frostfang costs over 200 gold more than buying it off the TP, or 150 gold more even when buying from sell orders. Furthermore, not only does crafting a precursor cost a lot more, it also takes hours of grinding. So my question is……… WTF???

I thought the whole point of Legendary Collections was for there to be a cheaper and alternative way to obtain a precursor weapon than buying it off the TP.

Hopefully someone can shed some light on my situation for me.

I am also having this issue. Am running the 64-bit client. Really annoying as I have to restart my computer every time this happens.

Esquilax.3491:

I think the fantasy for Pistol is focused single target damage, I think that’s why they removed Ricochet. We have Longbow for AoE and multi-target.

Although I do agree P/P is pretty sad and can use some major buffs in PvP. I don’t think the problem is the P/P skill though, which is Unload, that seems pretty fine for a burst attack. I think the Culprit is just Pistol 1&2. The #1 does garbage damage, because you’re going to be focusing on Unload you’re going for power and the bleed is insignificant. The 1sec immobilize on #2 is fairly pitiful and you’re better off using the initiative on another unload, five stacks of three seconds of vulnerability is a joke.

I think the fantasy is “use body shot to root them and make then vulnerable and then unload!” It sounds nice on paper but it’s just functionally inferior to unloading twice though.

I do agree with what you are saying. The auto damage is pretty sad, both for condi and direct damage and the 3 seconds of 5 vuln on Body Shot just isn’t long enough for it to be that useful.

I think that 5 vuln for 5 seconds would be more useful, or even 3 vuln for 10 seconds for example, just something that allows you to stack decent amounts of vuln for long enough for it to obviously increase your damage.

I also think that Unload is fine, but it’s really the only good skill on PP apart from Black Powder (in some scenarios). If you look at what makes all the best weapon sets in the game viable and widely used, it’s because all of the skills see use (apart from Hammer on Guardian) and imo this is why PP sees very little to no use.

Dual pistol thief used to be so much fun in all game types, until it had the kitten nerfed out of it. Pistol thief needs to be buffed so it sees some use in the current meta. I think the major change that needs to happen is to see the return of ricochet.

Leave your thoughts below on the changes you think need to be made to make pistol/pistol viable again.

Personally, I think that Druid will have really good synergy with current condition builds. Look forward to trying out a Druid Condition build in the next Beta Weekend

Making a condi Ranger build at the moment and was wondering if the 25% increased damage you get when you activate Signet of The Wild also increases condi damage?

Thanks to anyone who can help.

As the title says, I am looking for a Pvp focused Guild with lots of active people.

For spirits to become even slightly viable, their health needs to be increased massively so they don’t get one shotted by everything, they need to be able to move and their passive effects need to be buffed pretty significantly (mainly the first two).

Most talk around the Druid elite spec indicates that it will be kind of a healer, support type Elite Spec, but does Ranger, as it stands today, really get anything out of more support and healing?

Most people complain that Rangers don’t have very high DPS and that is why they get a lot of hate, so why a defensive Elite Spec in the form of the Druid?

Maybe Rangers and Druids will be very viable with the release of HoT, but in my personal opinion, I still believe that they will be left behind by other classes and Elite Specs.

This is annoying for me as I main a Ranger and take a lot of crap from others while doing dungeons and fractals (I run a condi build as that is currently the highest DPS build for Ranger).

Bear in mind that these are just my thoughts and that I may be completely wrong about everything.

I’ve been reading over the forums for the past few months and I’ve noticed how hyped everyone has been to play the Revenant Class. It seems as though the majority of people are going to make a Revenant when HoT is released and I just wanted to get some feedback on this topic.

Personally, I am not too hyped to play as a Revenant and I probably won’t make one. I just hope that some others feel the same way so that I don’t only see Revenant running around everywhere.

Here is the DPS D/D build I have been running for a while now:

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vFQQJAoYnMICtMgNNAmNA8RgBBALCAFgDgcJvApgaT2E/kA-TxBBABYt/o8DgTAQe6BGVVlAeAAVqWxZKBDAcA8bfDgzP/8zP/8+93f/93fLFQETtA-e

It has very high burst damage as well as sustained damage.

The DPS Rotation looks something like this:

Start in Fire Attunement
Fire 3
Fire 4
Fire 5
Arcane Wave (Optional)
Glyph of Storms (Optional but should use while in Fire Attunement)
Fire 2
Swap to Earth Attunement
Earth 2
Earth 4
Earth 5
Swap to Air Attunement
Air Auto-attack until all Fire Skills are off Recharge
REPEAT

NOTES:
Blast Finishers should be used in Fire Fields when available

Arcane Wave and Arcane Blast should be used off cooldown while a Fire Field is up to give 3 Might and 12 seconds of Fury (due to Persisting Flames Trait)

Glyph of Storms should be used off cool down in Fire Attunement (more DPS)

Conjure Fiery Greatsword should be used for skipping mobs or for general increased mobility around the world.

This build is extremely glassy but the idea is to get in, deal as much damage as possible and then get out out as quickly as possible.

Hope this build is helps.
PM me if you want any advice.

Since the specialization patch, I haven’t seen anyone post a DPS DD Elementalist build yet (probably because it falls behind other DPS Ele builds) but I thought I would post the one I use anyway.

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vFQQJAoYnMICtMgdOAmNA8RgBBALCAFgDgcJDBpgaT2E/kA-TBSBAB0s/goqq8wJAgS1KMTJ4VK/wTPAAPAgAAHA/23A48zP/8zPvf/93f/93SBM2UL-e

The build is pretty bursty relying on Burning Speed, Ring of Fire, Fire Grab and Churning Earth for some large spikes and then Lightning Whip for some sustained damage.

It has access to 2 fire fields that in total last 13 seconds and 5 blast finishers allowing for solid might stacking capabilities. The Strength Runes make it pretty easy to maintain at least 10 might in combat.

Scholar Runes are a viable alternative if you feel Strength Runes aren’t as beneficial or are too expensive.

Lightning Flash is a good defensive utility if you need to get out of combat quickly, otherwise it can be used offensively as it deals damage if you teleport onto an enemy.

They should allow Ascended armor to at least be salvaged, especially with the major changes coming to the game with HoT, especially if the changes are going to mean that running zerker gear isn’t optimal for every single class and every scenario.

Vayne.8563:

Guild Wars 2 wasn’t supposed to be about leveling. The game is about just playing the game. What difference does it really make how fast you level?

Don’t agree with you here. How can a game not be about leveling when you can only complete a lot of the content when you are at level 80? Most dungeon and fractal groups only let people in who are level 80. Not so long ago, I got kicked from a fractal group because I was level 79 and not 80.

Because of this I feel as though at the start of the game, it is all about leveling, and then at level 80, it is about playing the game.

Not quite on topic, but a point I wanted to raise…

Over the past week or so I have been doing a crap load of PvP with my Ranger, which was only level 5 at the time. Anyway, I was wondering what is the quickest way to level up in PvE without running dungeon after dungeon all day long and boring yourself to death? While doing PvP, it occurred to me that if you dislike spamming dungeons all day long and doing the same content all day long, PvP is the quickest way to level up. Let me explain…

All reward tracks in PvP give Tomes of Knowledge, which grant your character 1 level in PvE. Without any bonuses, I was getting 1 Tome of Knowledge every 4-5 games of Unranked Arena, getting top 3 in my team (don’t think you need to be any good at PvP for this to work; I myself am quite bad). After some quick calculations, I worked out that doing PvP would actually get me to level 80 faster than doing your average PvE activities (map completing, occasional dungeon, crafting, story).

Considering that the outcome in a PvP game is never the same, unlike the content in PvE, I believe that PvP is not only a quicker way to level up, and a good way to get some pretty good exotic gear, but a more enjoyable way to level up as well.

This is just my point of view, most of you may think that I am completely wrong.

Just wanted to get it out there.

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fNQQNAT3XjUq0ua3KmrQ1aA9gadAcApN7N4CWBXdxJLYKpA-TxBBABQt/AWK/A4JFknunAuoCVq+zZKBDAcAM8wJchL8wDP8lXe5lXe5Ge4hHe4hLEwoJA-e

That is the build I am working towards at the moment. Wasn’t particularly sure about which skills to use so feel free to make suggestions for those.

I don’t plan on playing PvP with this build, only PvE (includes fractals and dungeons) and occasionally WvW.

Please don’t make suggestions on different weapon sets to use as I am certain about what weapons I want to use.

Thanks for any help anyone provides!