Guild Wars 2

Felix.6581:

I played this game when it first started (in 2012?) for a few months and have not touched it since. I remembered having some really fun wvw battles and am thinking of reinstalling the game for wvw. If I recall, I had a max level war, ele and thief. I did not purchase any of the expansions.

I was hoping to get some answers to the following (all my questions relate purely to wvw):

1. Do I need to purchase the expansion?

2. Is there a need to level up characters for wvw? I sort of recalled that it was possible to bring in any characters into wvw, but can’t remember whether under-leveled characters hit like wet noodles in wvw? Anyway, did the level cap increase since launch?

3. Is there any need to farm gear or even worse, enchants (like in wow)? I remembered you get max gear for pvp but am not sure for wvw. If there is a need, how difficult is it to get the basic set to be useful in battle?

4. What are the most viable pvp classes now (in group and going solo)?

5. Is TC dead? Which are the servers that are still active SEA primetime (night)?

Thanks in advance.

1. You don’t have to, but the elite specs it unlocks are superior to the vanilla trait lines.

2. All characters are scaled to 80, but upscaled characters do hit like wet noodles, yes.

3. No enchants. You can pick up a set of exotic armor from TP and be competitive. The next tier of armor is fairly easy to get, but don’t stress it too much as the difference is rather insignificant.

4. Everything is viable. Also there is a big balance patch incoming, so there is no use mentioning different classes state atm.

5. No clue

Thank you all for the suggestions.

I shall try druid. I see that scrapper is strong, but i don’t like the lack of mobility. I’ll probably roll one just for the heck of it though (thank god for all the free tomes from spvp).

As for thief, I have one and I know they’re strong. I just feel it isn’t the class for me.

Greetings,

I used to love to roam in WvW on my warrior, mesmer, as well as core guardian pre-HoT. As of right now, i am struggling to find a decent and enjoyable roaming build for any of these classes. Also, I play power builds exclusively in WvW and always have, so condi is out of the question.

• Warrior power builds feel clunky to the point where I’m just not having fun, even though they’re still decent. The nerfs to GS and shield bash just killed it for me, even though the nerfs were justified.

• Mesmer power shatter feels relatively weak in terms of everything but that one burst tbh. That being said I do love to play chronophantasma in spvp, but want to avoid it in wvw if i can.

• I hate DH meditrapper passionately since the beginning of HoT, and refuse to play that braindead build.

Any suggestions for a power roaming build? I avoid thief and necro, other than that, I’d give any profession a shot.

I used to play a rogue in WoW as well.
The classes I would recommend for you (that I also play in SPvP):

Mesmer: Has everything you are looking for, except for possibly “burst cannon”. Shatter mesmer feels unique and is a lot of fun to play.

Revenant: This is basically the class you described in your post.

Keep in mind that you will get completely melted until you learn how to play. Also, you will be at a disadvantage as elite specs (HoT only) are very strong.

Just dinged 80 yesterday

Gotta love Asura T3…