Guild Wars 2

A few solo clips/duo skirmishes from last weeks matchup.
Hope you enjoy!

Recorded some fights during the weekend, finally the borderlands are as crowded as they should be.
I hope they fix assassins annihilation, you rly notice the drop in sustain without it.

This needs to get fixed asap, this is quite a sustainloss.

I ran it as well the other day for 2-3h, had fun until i started buming into reaper-packs.

I think earthshaker, into backbreaker, into fierce blow is the best attack with hammer combined with sigil of intelligence, 3 high crits.

But thats the combo everyone and their mom would dodge
Something like Staggering blow → backbreaker → earthshaker into 100b worked always better for me when i was still playing warrior.
But then again, you always had to mix stuff up to be less predictable.

Got another one.
Only the first fight is on rev, but its a pretty good one ^^

Thanks, will do!

Travis.3487:

If I see a rev using hammer, I always think to myself, “oh look.. a free kill”

Funny, always thinking the same about staff revs in wvw.

Its kinda perfect as it is now, at least in wvw for a shiro/glint rev.
Think about it: you go into the water for 2 reasons, and 2 reasons only.
To chase someone or to get away from something.
Even is shiro is on cd on land, as soon as you get in the water, you are on shiro legend and can do both, chase or get away.

Solo/duo/trio outmanned stuff.

Build: http://tinyurl.com/drizzlerev5

You can actually do just fine running solo with hammer. Srsly.
Id go as far as to say that hammer is even the better 1vX weapon, less defense, but higher kill/cleave potential.

I dont care for the exact time of the reset as long as its on a friday.
I dont mind wvw-downtimes caused by patches/hotfixes, even if it were for several hours – as long as the reset is on a friday.
Friday night reset roaming and early saturday morning roaming were just my favorite playtimes until hot came along.

TheBravery.9615:

Alpine borderlands re-released as DLC. $30 per wvw player

Haha.

The thing is: i would actually pay that!

No epic montage, no slomo jumpdodges.
Just casual afternoon roaming.

Build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQNAseinvN2gS6JvQRVlbosryPUYW5IKYs8ElFNFSdG74H2FMhRsdABICA-TVSGABDpM489HITfxdKBJSpHAHBgDeAAGcKAqX9nAAIA3sNbzbG4oH9oH9oHtbe0be0bezSBE4OL-w

Hello there!
All the recorded fights are post-patch, yet still running almost the same build as pre-patch, with blighters boon and all the minus condi duration i can get so i cant get slowed down in shroud.
The added boon-corrupt on dark pact allowed me to switch to consume conditions, which is kinda needed since there are alot of suddenly very highly skilled full condi reaper running around
I tried other stuff (full glass with gs, full condi), but this is what is most fun for me, especially the substain for smallgroup-roaming.

Build used:

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBmQD7kjGoyGs2GwzGgeTsgLYQXtAwCgKN0GiWxZxuYYE-T1RGABH8EAA4iAknSQU2fIKlf0pbIf1fIFQf7qA-w

Yes plz.
As a roamer, in 8 out of 10 visits you would get a fight in the north camp.
And as a small group you could always pretend to attack one of the northern towers to get some action.
That aspect of the game completly died with the new map and i miss it.

I do plan to run cele weapons/jewelry and viper armor for roaming stuff, gear is not finished yet.
Atm im running almost full cele and its just fine.
With blighters boon the healing power is not rly wasted, when you manage to cleave and stack might like crazy.

I switch it out for duel series, but other than that, im more duo-roaming with different ppl than running solo and i used to forget to switch it when ppl join the partey.
So, no reason other then me being lazy.
All 3 adept traits are lackluster anyways.

Marauder is not rly expensive to craft.
Main obstacle for the food is to farm 100 crystalline ore to buy the recipe in dragon stand, since its account bound.
Material costs are around 20-25s each then, kinda similar to lemongrass back in the day.

Casual sunday afternoon roaming against the french and spanish hordes, surprisingly quite alot of really nice fights.

Build used in all the fights:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQNAseinvN2gS6JvQRVlbosryPUYW5IKYs8ElFNFyegJMitFIARQdG74HA-TVSGABnv/AZ6LGSZwBPAg6V/5OlgGcKAA4IAQkSvAAIA3sNbzbG4oH9oH9oHtbe0be0bezSBE4OL-w

Changed build and gear around a bit to be able to 1vX better.
The food is not listed in gw2skills.net, i use this:
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Plate_of_Mussels_Gnashblade

Gonna upload another video tonight using the latest build.
This is what im currently running:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQNAseinvN2gS6JvQRVlbosryPUYW5IKYs8ElFNFqtABIC2DMhRUdG74HA-TVSGABH8AAISp3QKDA4IAYwpA4Olgkpvoe1fOf/hAAIA3sNbzbG4oH9oH9oHtbe0be0bezSBE4OL-w

Just different food, the new food is not listed yet:

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Plate_of_Mussels_Gnashblade

edit regarding your question of survivability: i found that the durability runes and the food make all the difference when it comes to outmanned fighting, 1v2, 1v3 etc.
No need to wear any toughness items with that.

Im running power shiro/glint, maraudeur/zerker mix with durability runes and the new 15% boonduration/10% dmg reduction food.
The food is kinda op.

KayCee.4653:

saalle.4623:

this was not that much of problems with old borderlands cause they been allowing us (roamers) to ress fast and head to camps or wherever we want to solo encounter enemies.This new maps are (beside dead maps and no players) terrible for roaming cause of map design that force you to take paths that solo players just wont use.It makes you run for ages…..and that is not what players wanted.

The new maps are actually friendly for roaming… I mean in the past it was easy to cut roamers off cause SE camp, S camp and NE camp for instance on the Alpine map were really close to each other compared to this new map. However, I can take say SE camp and unless the person is near by they won’t get to me before I get S camp or NE camp or act like I’m not in the BL and go straight to N or NW camp from SE camp. You just have to learn all the different paths to get to the objectives. Its amazing how convoluted it can be to hunt down a solo havoc player or a small group of havoc flippers.

Your definition of roaming friendly is super weird.
For me, roaming always was running (roaming) around looking for fights, not sneaking around trying to flip stuff and avoid fights.
If your definition of roaming is to avoid enemies, then yes, the desert borderland is totally roaming friendly

Well they succeeded with this so called “sneak peak”.
Get ppl talking about something different than the real pressing matters.
All these small bandaids do absolutly nothing about the biggest mess: the way to big and way to vertical desert borderlands and the lack of action on them.

Ive never seen middle island this busy, chaotic and overcrowded with guilds again after this

Some more casual fun fights we had during the last week.
Slightly changed the build, check the description.

Some casual wvw smallscale stuff from this weeks eu t1 matchup.
When i finally decided that any minus condi duration isnt worth it and went for damage and mightduration instead i’m suddenly meeting an aweful lot more condi classes, condi/cele revenants included.
At least you can ignore them at duel spots

Build used:
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQNAseinvN2gS6JvQRVlbosryPUYW5IKYs8ElFNFSdG74HtDIARwegJshA-TVCFABls/AAPBgCVDBJlBJp0jPlgppPYhTBg+qeEAABYn1ZduzAH9oH9oH9odzhezhezbWKgAnaB-w

1h after reset in eu t1:
Logging in, 50ppl queue on ebg.
Going to one of the bls, all without queue, while waiting for eb-queue to pop.
Wandering around for 45mins without meeting a single soul.
Eb queue pops, ill find my first smallscale skirmish after another 30mins, getting loaded with condis, neither heal- or condi removal skills are working because a zerg-fight started nearby, dead.
So much fun in wvw these days -_-

Hello there.
Just some casual duels and 3v3 scrims with guildis and a single roaming clip.
Would like to get more roaming footage, but new boarderlands still mostly empty or too big and ebg overcrowded.
Revenant is still my favorite class since the addon hit, playing it almost exclusive.
Spent way too much time in pve to complete the armor set though

Build: http://tinyurl.com/drizzlerev

For group fights im switching out hardening persistance for radiant revival.

Nice! And you get 40 ore from completing the story alone.
And here i thought i have to farm ore like crazy, because the dropchance in these pods is superlow, wouldve sucked.

I guess youre missing the casing from the chak gerent kill? Any idea where to get that?

Was wondering if anyone completed this yet.
I’m at 5/6, trying to get the event on dragon stand done, also trying to farm crystalline ore.
But i have no idea how much the insignia is gonna cost (i guess 150 like the rest?) and also no clue if the vendor actually spawns after the event succeeded.

One of the .us servers should be spanish, voila, problem solved
Would be fun to see if and how many spanish wvw players would prefer having actual fights in their timeframe or if the majority is just happy with their massive night pvd.

rightclick → unlock skin, or just salvage them.

Oki, thx. And any idea if that vendor requires a higher mastery?

Any idea where to get the stuff for the headpiece (crystalline ore) and behind which mastery the headpiece insignia is gated? couldnt find a vendor.

Exciton.8942:

May I pay another 50 dollars to unlock all the elite specialization?
50 dollars is worth less than the time I would waste on the HP train for my 9 characters

This.

Not an option as a roamer, would take months, just for a single toon.

What if it was the other way around:
You are a pve-nerd in this game, you think mapping is fun, you dont care fighting other ppl hence you never set foot in wvw or pvp, but suddenly youre forced to spent days in wvw farming hero points there, just to be able to return to your beloved pve-content with your elite spec, would you be really fine with this? Dont think so.

I call everything a grind, where i have to put in alot of time into something i dont enjoy.
As a wvw-only player that wants to main a revenant, well , do the math..

jubov.2037:

Why was this info released 3 days before launch and not month or two ago?

Because they most likely dont want to change this at all and this way they have a kittenstorm for a few days instead of a few months, securing alot of preorders that might not have happened otherwise.

Also this whole thing is just a bad buisness decision.
There are most likely way more ppl out there playing multiple toons equally than ppl sticking to a single toon.
Those ppl spend real money on these toons.
I’m one of these ppl.
And i kinda feel forced to concentrate on one single toon now.
So whats bad for my urge to multiclass, is good for my wallet i guess.

Burtnik.5218:

nacario.9417:

Well based on what colin said we need to buy all core training lines before we can even start herald, and getting to 80 by tomes will just be enough to lvl them all but elite? This is one trick pony! Good think i got loads of speed boosters.

Skip Ventari/Mallyx/Jalis. Depends on preference whenever its wvw or pve pick up dev, retri/invo lines and load rest in herald..thats what i plan to do at least to unlock Glint a bit faster.

Its a real shame that everyone rush to unlock herald cus base rev sux tho.

Again, you cant skip anything, you have to unlock everything else before you can go for herald.

So its confirmed, we will need around 400 hero points to unlock herald/glint.
Really not looking forward to that grind i have to start on friday.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/elite-specializations-how-many-hero-points/page/6#post5628041

Still, for ppl looking forward maining a revenant like me, it sucks, plain and simple.
Having to grind that amount of hero points just because glint is way to good to pass

At least it should be enough to have all the hp’s with one toon and make it way less for alts.
Whats the point in leveling up alt’s with tomes if you have to grind the heropoints afterwards anyways.

Riverside, we were running around with revenant, scrapper, druid and stuff.

Im pretty sure we bumped into you on ebg but then again, there were like 3 or 4 gunflame charrr warris.
And im also pretty sure the skill is bugged, because it wasnt like this the bwe before, the explosion part is not a second dmg part that is supposed to happen, its the aoe-portion of that skill that should hit targets around your original target.

Good video and class review.
Played a similar build all weekend.
One thing i cant wrap my mind around is proccing weaponswap sigils on both, legend- and weaponswap.
I did plan to use double energy/cleansing until i realized the legend swap thing, now it seems like a waste on one side, but hard to micromanage 4 different sigils on the other.
Wanted to use weaponswaps to remove i.e. high burning stacks from burnguards.

This seems weird, having no gear tread mill but then implementing a grind like this.
I’m a multiclasser, always was and always will be, and i cba to grind 170 or even 240hp with all my toons.
This really needs some clarification,soon.

I will most likely go double energy/cleansing sigil.
Most of the time you dont swap weapons on cd, but when it comes to sigils, legend-switch counts as weapon swap as well, at least it did this last bwe.
Its not amazing, but its better than no condi removal at all.
Also running hoelbrak runes and lemongrass food helps.