Thanks for the responses everyone, I should have been more specific in my post. I was referring to the champion/legendary mobs that you see during the world boss rotation.
For example, Jungle Wurm at Twilight Arbor wp. Sometimes I can get three exotic bag drops from the Avatars of blight without a party, sometimes not. It varies when I am in a group as well. So is there a benefit to forming a party for champions at the world boss events? And what is taken into account when three types of drops are available: white, green or orange
I am wondering if anyone knows exactly what is taken into account to determine whether your champion loot bag drop is white, green, or orange.
My main is a warrior (zerk, gs + axe/sw). Initially I thought the amount of damage you put out on the champion determines what kind of loot bag you get. So I would use 100b, ww, rush, axe auto, evis, rip, etc. Many times I would end up with white or green champ loot bags while my friend who akitten and auto attacked a few times throughout the fight got exotic bags. I was really confused since I was thinking that there was no way in hell you can outdamage a zerk war using 100b and axe auto attack while afking at times.
So I tried to think about other factors that might contribute to the type of drop and the first thought that came to my mind was # of attacks before the champ dies. I was thinking that 100b is one attack and slow to finish. One could put out around 5-10 attacks in the same timespan. So I decided to just use axe/sw against the next few champions (with frenzy) and I have gotten an orange loot bag every time since. So I came to the conclusion that the # of attacks you land is the primary factor that determines the type of drop. Just want to know if anyone can confirm this or if anyone knows the true formula used. Thanks
Like the earlier commenters said, it depends on what build you’re trying to run. If you’re running a condi build, then sw/sh is definitely the better option. Axe/sh is way better for direct damage.
Use axe for world bosses & dungeons. In spvp and WvW, it really comes down to your build (i.e second wep, gear, traits)
I have a set of ascended zerk trinkets, what should I get with my laurels now? I play a bit of everything, WvW, PvE/Dungeons, etc. Let me know of purchases you’ve made with laurels that you think were worth it.
I am wondering if the slight difference between the Branded Shoulderplate and Guild Defender Shoulderplate is intentional. The model/look is the same for both but the Guild Defender Shoulderplate is slightly bulkier.
The GW2Wiki even says: “The armor set is almost identical to Banded armor except that the chestpiece displays the logo of the guild the player is currently representing.” So is there supposed to be a difference between the two or is it a bug? I like the look of the Guild Defender piece but unfortunately it is no longer available.
Thanks for your input guys. Looks like Knights is still a good choice of armor. I was just thinking maybe I should use Cav since my crit chance is pretty high at 75% using SoR.
I am currently rocking knights armor (melandru runes) with zerk weapons and ascended zerk trinkets when I roam with guildies. I am interested in perhaps switching knights for cavalier or soldiers while keeping the zerk trinkets. What do you guys recommend? I am open to other options not listed here as well. When roaming, I would like to maintain my relatively high dmg output with some survivability.
If I am not roaming, I follow my guild zerg. Here, I usually replace my zerk trinkets with a mix of knights exotics and ascended PVT ones for more defense and survivability. I also put on knights hammer + sw/wh.
If there is a better set of armor over knights for both these types of gameplay, please let me know below. Feel free to talk about other gear suggestions as well besides armor.
Edit: I have been using knights since my warrior got to lvl 80 a long time ago. Then I took a break. That is why I want to learn about the other armor sets that I am not familiar with.
I haven’t done PvE stuffs for a long time but I’m pretty sure beserker gears still rule the PvE scene. I have completely equipped my 7 other classes for PVE & WvW and it’s so expensive. So when I started to equip my ranger for WvW, I came up w/ these pieces economically.
PS: Thanks gawker for his original LB build & Slavi for his SB build. I swapped builds depending on situations. You can get the cavalier trinkets at Balthazar temple. It’s very minimum and you can improve it w/ expensive stuffs if you like.
Nice thank you! The SB build looks very interesting
Thank you to everyone for your advice and suggestions, I really appreciate them. I will go full zerk for PVE, this seems the right choice.
For WvW, how would you guys distribute your traits for a condition/bunker build (with apothecary gear)? Also, which weapons would you choose? I have Sword/Dagger + Axe/Torch apothecary weapons. The current build I have is still the same from a year ago (took a break from game), so I might not be taking advantage of any potential buffs our class have received, over the year.
Yeah if you use LB, it will be easier since you are attempting to maintain distance throughout the fight. With GS + Sw/D, i think it will be better to invest in some vitality and toughness since everything will be up close and personal
PVT+Zerker trinkets , runes of the pack, ranger even runes of the Centur (reduces cripple by 50% and gives you plenty of aoe swiftness when using a healing skill and when hit too.
somthing with power/Peicision make a build with 30 in nautre magic to make the most out of those weapons.
use 4/0/4/6/0
aim for 39% crit chance + oils = 44% odd spotter ups this to 52% odd should be enough.
off-hand training for more dagger evades and control/poison uptime.
with the S/D set up its better to have more condition damage than the extra 10% duration with a Pizza it’ll make up for that little 10%. you want your poisons to as much damage as they can since you have 2 skills for perm poison its better to apply more poison damage to reduce there effective regen health while applying the 33% heal nurf to them making it even harder for them to regen , this puts their health in limbo and they won’t regen anything , and any damage after that will only lower their hp pool.
this working into a power based build is extremely deadly as it counters all hp regen and skill 6 healing effectiveness .
all you need for a gs/s+d type of build. everything else would be personal preference
How about martial mastery? I feel that would be pretty useful for this build. Rune of the pack and ranger both look very good. Which one would you prefer?
My lvl 80 ranger is currently rocking all apothecary gear (armor, weps, accessories) using Sw/d and Axe/Torch. I want to switch things up as I am getting bored of this build. I want to try out the GS + Sw/d combo, emphasizing damage. This is going to be used mostly in PVE situations and occasional WvW (probably zerg or small group roaming). With that said, I would like your opinion on which type of exotic armor you think is best for this setup.
I want to avoid zerker since that will leave my ranger very squishy and vulnerable. My second choice atm would be knight’s armor. I would like to have some survivability and decent damage output. If you feel that there is a better option, I would love to hear it. Thanks in advance!
Edit: I am open to mixing of equipment categories! I am not asking for absolute sets.
Hey fellow warriors, i’ve been away from the game for the past few months due to other commitments and was wondering if someone can sum up the major changes of our class? I know a lot has changed but is the warrior in the same state, overall? Thanks in advance!
I don’t know if this was part of the original design but I would like to see a fix. The shoulder skin (where the fur is located on your back) clips into greatswords and hammers but not rifles. Will post pics if needed, thanks!
It indeed did happen to DH the past weeks, when we got outnumbered by Anvil Rock. If DH’s zerg is big you should see theirs. It is what it is, thats the unfortunate truth. It’s been happening since launch!
I can understand too that its frustrating and some come here to vent a bit. But to come here and trash a more populated wvw server with players who just want to game and have fun? With lines like “time to roll zergz wit me and my elite buddies yo”, thats just unwarranted and comical.
This thread is hilarious, just skimmed this for the first time. Getting outnumbered/outmanned happens in every matchup….just accept it, handle it and move on. Why QQ over something so trivial.
The most entertaining posts are definitely Acelerion’s. Kid just logs onto forums, puts on this front like he’s the biggest baddest beast on the block but in reality is probably the most frustrated that DR is coming up short every week. I hope he reads this because I’m disappointed he haven’t said much after page 1. Please speculate more about rolling zergs in trios or stomping players in uneven fights you kitten
Thanks for all the advice everyone. I bought a sigil of energy for my shield and will use signet of stamina in place of the precision banner I always use.
I see that I often mistime my dodges, usually 1 sec too late when the boss has already landed a hit on me. I guess the main problem here is to look at the animations more carefully.
For example, the wolf boss in HoTW Path 3 or even fighting something simple like the cave troll/wasp in Queensdale. Sometimes when I am the target during the acolyte part of CoF p1, it is hard to survive.
I feel like I can only dodge so much before I run out of endurance and get slapped around. Whenever I do not have aggro, I am good to go though
Hi guys, just wanted to ask the warrior community for some tips: how do you stay alive in dungeons against champs and bosses, or against any champs/bosses for that matter when focused/aggro without speccing for shout heals? I have a tough time staying alive in a boss fight after I popped my heal and endure pain. Even when I try to look for animations and dodge roll to the side/behind them, the enemy still manages to take out a chunk of my hp. Also, I find that a lot of times I have to leave combat and wait for heals before going back into the fray. I want to stay active and not have to say hold on I need to heal, every minute.
I tend to run zerker builds in dungeons since I am usually the only warrior in my group, so I try to maximize damage output. Usually when I have an ele in party who gives me regen for a ridiculously long duration I am fine but when I play in a PUG or solo where I have to basically rely on myself, it gets substantially harder.
I see a lot of people post saying that Warriors are gods in PVE, so what am I doing wrong and how can I improve my PvE game? I look forward to your insights. Thanks in advance
Hmm runes of lyssa, looks interesting. Never really placed any emphasis on lyssa runes before since I always wanted divinity, scholar or soldiers rune sets for my warr.
Wow I’m upset I didn’t find out about this earlier! I would love an invite
Slight Werk // Danielyy
Profession: Warrior // Ranger
Gear: All exo knight /w zerk trinkets or full zerk // apothecary gear
Traited: DPS // Condition BM Bunker
Experience: Ran other dungeons but not arah
Time: Weeknights eastern time 8pm or later or weekends anytime
Other: Just trying to experience all content of this great game
There might be other instances like this but in the borderlands maps (lower right corner) where supply camp is located, players are able to hug the cliff and stay invulnerable while being close to the camp.
Once the zerg/attackers leave, the player can go back and take it but return to the cliff to escape. The player can’t go over the cliff however and the distance between this point of invulnerability and the camp is really small, so they just stay there and camp. I would like to see the invulnerability boon be taken away after they have jumped down from the small cliff.
I’ll be mix and matching cleric and carrion trinkets I guess.
Is Healing Spring the best heal to use with HP gear? I also noticed that you don’t know condition duration without nightmare runes. Has anyone tried switching out undead runes for condition duration runes? Maybe I can stick with undead and get duration from food buffs
I was fighting a ranger using s/d + a/t who was very tanky due to spring regen and able to dish out a lot of conditions. I assume he was using the bm tanky 30/10/30 traits. I want to try this out myself on my ranger. Anyone know what kind of gear I should get for armor/jewels/weps to maximize healing and condition dmg? Would this be a viable build in w3? It definitely looked good in spvp!
Also what kind of dmg synergizes better with a HS/healing power type build, condition or direct dmg? Thanks in advance
Mobile strikes is too clutch to leave out when using a GS/S+X in WvW. Definitely a must in my mind since everyone and their moms love to focus on the warrior
Hi guys, was fighting in wvw and saw a very interesting build, would like to try something similar on my guard.
Enemy guardian started by symbol of wrath I presume (could be another skill)? Then basically stayed in it while using GS 2 and 5. He was able to stand his ground, apply good dmg and burns with great regen!
While dealing good dmg, he had amazing toughness as well. I believe I was hitting with 900-1k autoattack. And I remember the second weapon as hammer. I’m not quite sure, sorry for the horrible memory recollection here.
So basically, I want to ask the guardian experts: what build is this (traits, utility skills) and what combination of gear should I use to achieve this?
Currently trying out a healing shout build 0/0/30/30/10. I have a set of pwr/tough/vit armor with mix of valk and knight weapons/trinkets. I am working on getting some cleric exotics to increase healing power. Is the set of soldier runes (specifically shouts to remove condition) better or is Dwyana runes better for dungeons and WvW? I’m assuming shouts are considered a healing skill so they won’t proc regen.
Also is it better to use mending or the regen signet in a shout build?
@Gurthang I tried this build (from stefanplc’s video) and really liked it. It was really enjoyable but having 100% swiftness uptime was not as beneficial as the soldier runes condition removal stat for overall survivability
I am using the trait “shouts recharge 20% faster” rather than the “auto shake it off” trait. Is one better than the other or is this a personal preference?
I mainly wanted a weapon set for survivability. Sword/Horn for gap closer or escaping. Hammer is nice for the cc but the 5 skill for shield is so clutch I had to choose weapon/shield over hammer. Is it common to have sword in each weapon set (ex: sword/horn + sword/shield)?
Seems like the majority of the warrior players here prefer the vit/tough armor set over knights. I guess the biggest question here is Power&HP vs Higher toughness/&Crit.
Thanks for the response Rcanon. I like the point you made about condition as that can be a pain in the butt in WvW. Can I ask what is your HP in WvW now? (I think we have two orbs)
Thinking about trying shout heals too but been avoiding it b/c like you said dmg taken >>> heals
