Guild Wars 2

saerni.2584:

Mauraders is a good baseline you can then use a mix of that and zerker and other stats to reach your desired comfort zone.

Ok cool, thanks for the help. I been searching and a lot of info is old. whats the best way/easiest/less time consuming way to get exotic gear? being i have 400LW is that viable? I literally can’t find out hwo to unlock the recipes which I’m probably over looking.

Or is sPvP and WvW better? Story/PVE?

I’m casual playing. if lucky 1 get 1-2 hours a night to play.

saerni.2584:

Yeah, unlocked Daredevil will provide a lot of advantages.

Best choice for gear is to earn stat selectable gear through WvW and pvp reward tracks. Buy the accessories through the pvp league vendor. Then craft ascended weapons and armor.

Or you can do PvE and get various items that way (lots of methods).

Do I want Zerker gear?

saerni.2584:

D/P is considered meta for power.

Condition builds, of which there are several, are also meta enough now to be worth considering.

Balance has shifted a lot recently so the exact traits are debatable.

Do I want to unlock Daredevil? Whats the best way about getting upgraded gear/weapons? i have LW at 400 and Huntsman at like 100.

So I came back a little over a week ago after over 4 years. When the game launched I played a thief. He’s lvl 80. I felt being so lost in the game I would make a new Character. Now im starting to get a feel and want to finish my Thief out and I’m so LOST. and could use so help. I’ll try to break it up on where I am struggling.

Getting set up for Build/Training. Right now I’m Critical strikes. I have All skills and Spec maxed out and have 90 points left. I haven’t unlock DareDevil yet. I’m not sure where to go with this. I want balance of Pve farming and of course WvW/ sPvP I going to do. Suggestions on this for build and what weapons… Adding to in the next section for my gear.

Gear- Right now I have full Valkyrie Gear. Dual Daggers with Bow offhand. Where should I be striving for on weapons etc?

Story mode. So no idea but my story is only on lvl 60 #6. So I assume I need to start here and finish this out to unlock stuff?

if TL;DR- came back after 4 years. need help on PVe builds for gear and weapons.
I lacked in story mode so I’m lost where to go and what to do.
Any help is always appreciated

Azzara Nectum.1734:

Because you’re not going to be part in any raid with the LFG
Because when they see you in PvP you’re the first one targetted

You see, for these reasons Necro is an amazing solo playable class…

/sarcasm off

Say No More /understood

Vitali.5039:

At lv 80 you’ll have 398 points to fully buy all the 5 core lines traits.
HoT hero challange gives you 10 hero points while the others only 1.
You’ll need 250 hero points to fully unlock your elite specialization.

The suggested crafting disciplines for necromancers are tailor and artificer, followed by weaponsmith.

The best current PvE build it’s condi and make use of viper weapon set: Greatsword Scepter/Dagger, you can easily obtain it with the class collection (for the greatsword, and then convert it to viper stats at the forge) or with a current event (HoT story required)

So what would Artificer do for me if i go GS build? ot sure how else it would benefit me.

thanks,

Silv.9207:

If you like WvW there’s no problem to use a Necromancer. You have to stay in the zerg or with someone because any thief or mesmer can kill you easy, but in the zerg a necro is really strong spamming conditions (also using with Epidemic, I love it still if got nerfed).

In sPvP you can find hard times using a necromancer.
Actually the necromancer is only supposed to spam boon corruptions and the Reaper Shroud combo 5+4 to spam poison, chill and vulnerability, with also a good damage. Outside that, you’re the easiest class to kill, you can hardly do a 1v1 against any other class (we’re only able to kill ele and engi because they spam boons and we can corrupt them, also they don’t have enough burst to kill us before we’re able to do anything, as the other classes can do).
A necromancer that know how to play can be a great resource for his team but NEED Support and without it a necro is dead and can’t do anything useful.

At the start, you can feel a little frustrated (and also at higher ranks…) but if you learn to play that class, and find good players to play with, is funny to play and will grant you some satisfactions.

The necromancer is the best class I played, is funny, the mechanic is a little clunchy but good, the theme is great and deep in every skill and build you can use.

If you like to be the one that doom an enemy to death debuffing him while the others kill him easy and fast, that’s your class.

There’s a coming Expansion and a lot of things can change in the next days, but the necro is the best themed class of all.

Only a thing: If you’re a super pro player that like powerplay, perfect classes able to do the impossible and play in that 1% of the game that require only the best class and build, the necromancer isn’t for you.
In PvE is not required in any party, all the other classes can do things better and the only thing you can do better is survive longer with the shroud. Nothing more. Worst damage, no support and no might stack for allies (only for you). But you can still do great things.

Thanks for Tips. Right now I’m focused on getting lvld up and then focusing more on WvW and PvP. So I have a good way to go to 80 to learn and i’m playing this from a casual aspect to just have fun.

That being said I have a 80 thief already from launch that I will prob get back into or lvl another class to focus more on PVE possibly. I’m not a person that likes to switch when they game offers so much!

ALso right now Im using dagger/horn and Staff for lvling. is this my best option for now till lvl 60 and reaper?

Vitali.5039:

At lv 80 you’ll have 398 points to fully buy all the 5 core lines traits.
HoT hero challange gives you 10 hero points while the others only 1.
You’ll need 250 hero points to fully unlock your elite specialization.

The suggested crafting disciplines for necromancers are tailor and artificer, followed by weaponsmith.

The best current PvE build it’s condi and make use of viper weapon set: Greatsword Scepter/Dagger, you can easily obtain it with the class collection (for the greatsword, and then convert it to viper stats at the forge) or with a current event (HoT story required)

Awesome thank you. The Current “Event” I have HoT, is it something that requires a specific level? I’m only lvl 12 right now.

Hey everyone, I came back and still haven’t figured out what Prof I want to play. I took a 4 year break and everything has changed!! I have lvl 80 thief but wanting to start fresh.

I made a Necro/War/Rev/Guard and Watching videos etc I really want to like Necro. So I’m here to ask for the Pro’s of the Prof more recently vs all the old things I find are 1-2 years old?

I’ll honestly be more focused on WvW and sPvP. I’ll def do alot of Pve but not my main focus.

Some things I was wondering.
What weapon combos to go with pre (reaper)?
What Crafts are good?
I see so many new stats to point hero points into, does it matter lvling?

Any other advice to help me would be awesome.

Khisanth.2948:

There isn’t much things of value in those. You can see the stuff at https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Level_rewards

Thanks for the link. This will help, it was just a thought I was having or just throw them out.

So I noticed I had all these experience Scrolls. I have been gone for about 4 years. My initial thoughts was this was awesome, except I forget how to play the game, so using it to boost to lvl 20-30 seems kinda of pointless for me, I’d rather start over to learn the game properly.

Now I had an idea and I wanted to run this past everyone to see if this would work. I have 4 lvl 20’s, 2 lvl 30’s 2 lvls 40’s and 2 lvl 60’s.

Could I create a character and boost him/her, get all the lvl items and either bank the mats or sell them and then delete and start over?

Would this be worth it? I was thinking I could get some easy gold and mats out of it.

Thanks,

Illuyanka.4351:

Revenant is awesome. If you plan on Power DPSing it may get a bit boring (best damage is heal+attackspeed skill+auto attack). For pvp Mallyx (dondi legend) is ridiculously high damage if done well. Ventari (heals) does a lot of healing and cc but near to no damage. Herald (Glint legend/elite spec) is great to give yourself and your teams boons, and gives any combo great survivability. Jalis is supposed to be defensive and tanky, but some people combo it with shiro (power dps) for damage. At the moment jalis is meh for tanking.

With PoF we might see some interesting synergy between Mallyx and Kalla (new elite spec, apparently also condi)

Thanks, for the reply, I’m going to have to research 90% of what you said Being on 4yr break I’m so far behind that most of what you said doesn’t make sense to me. So all the names you tossed Mallyx etc are those weapons? I played mine last night and got to lvl 6. what weapons should I be using to prepare me for 80?

Thanks,

When i decided to come last week the Revenant looked cool but I didn’t have the HoT xpac. I was wondering how is the Profession currently is? I plan on doing more PvP,WvW but I will still do alot of PvE.

I’ m not sure of the play style, I watched videos etc but was curious of peoples opinions. I’m considering a Necro or War as well.

Ya so right now I’m tossing the idea of a War/Necro or Rev lol.

Returning after 4 years! so much has changed. What crafting is worth having? I’m going to start a new character and wasn’t sure what I should lvl up? I think my lvl 80 thief might have weapon/leather now.

I plan on focusing more of WvW and PvP and alot more than PvE.

Thanks,