Guild Wars 2

Thanks everyone. I went to the Grove (in full daylight) and my Sylvari’s eyes were restored to the correct colour. This does seem to be a ighting issue – I hope the devs catch wind of this!

Hi!
I have a sylvari mesmer who, when I created him, had lilac eyes. Recently, (I’m not sure when) his eyes are much much darker, almost a navy blue.

Here is the before and after (the first screenshot was shortly after creation, the second was taken today almost two years later)

Does anyone know what’s caused this and if there’s any way to revert the change without using a makeover kit?

Thanks

People say PvE is all about the zerker meta, and that you can dodge everything a boss throws at you. I do see the truth in this, but personally (as in my opinion) if i tried to go zerker on my ele (who is pretty squishy with little/no defensive mechanics) i would blow up! I am not able to dodge all attacks, not only due to my fps which is sometimes low, or my latency which is sometimes high, but the fact that I am not the best player. Celestial gives some defensive stats which I like.

That being said, if you are confident in your ability, go for zerker! The increased DPS is worth it.

I know some people go zerker armour with celestial trinkets (or the other way round – I think one was more mathematically viable)… but I’m not too sure.

+1 to adding wards… maybe as an area where all allies gained a small buff? I would really like that (sorta support-y person) and it would encourage fighting in a certain area. In SPvP it might be a little strong if it was just popped on a point…

There would be counterplay to it too. You could kite/bait the team out of the area or disengage and engage while it is on cd. Then the ele has lost a lot of power and you have an advantage.

I’m running something a little different to that, but I am nowhere near the greatest SPvP player so take what I say with a pinch of salt…

The build is 4/2/2/0/6 (yes, I ditched water entirely :S)

In fire take spell slinger (might on cantrip) and burning fire (auto-cast cleansing fire)
In air take bolt to the heart (bonus 20% dmg on those below 33% health)
In earth take stone splinters (bonus 10% dmg to those within 600 range – basically all the time as a d/d ele)
In arcana take the standard vigour on crit, buff on attunement switch and evasive arcana.

Heal: Signet of Restoration (sustain!)
Utilities: Armour of Earth, Lightning Flash, Mist Form (cantrip OP lololololol xD)
Elite: Glyph of Elemental Summoning (really good in 1v1s – possible switch for FGS)

For Sigils I took Battle and Energy/Geomancy/Air (second one is personal preference)

Strength runes are great!!

The only problem with this build is because there are no points in water it is very vulnerable to conditions, but maybe swapping to cleansing fire or taking Sigil of purity/generosity might cure this.

The tips above are great but here are a few more :P

Dodge roll in earth inside a fire field —> 3 stacks of AOE might
Most AOE skills (point blank area of effect) don’t need a target, so they (sometimes) can hit people you are facing away from, or even those in stealth! For example Earth OH #4 is a great way to interrupt an incoming backstab.

I can’t think of anything more, but the guy above gave great advice and his build is probs easier (and better) than mine. I just got bored of 30 arcana and 30 water since it’s the ‘standard’. Still use it for PvE tho! :P

I’m all for celestial personally. It gives your condis and direct damage a bit of oomph and provides a nice buffer of some toughness, vitality and healing power (which as not the greatest player I often need!)

Legendaries are very hard to get; in my opinion you’re better off with an exotic. The difference between ascended and exotic stats is suppose to be minimal and ascended is a very big grind (eg if you want a full sent of tailor armour it’s over 400g for bolts of damask alone… if you buy them). A full exo set should be fine, just make sure to do your daily and monthly achievements! These earn you laurels, which can be spent on ascended trinkets, among other things.

What stats you want is a cmpletely different matter. For PvE everyone uses a high DPS set because mobs shouldn’t kill you often (note: please don’t derail this thread into a discussion about the PvE meta), although personally I’ve never been kicked out of a party for running something that isn’t bezerker. IMO celestial is quite nice on ele, but tbh I’m not particularly good so you don’t have to listen to me

Best of luck getting back into the game!

PS: As for fractals, you’ll soon catch up. My and a few friends are doing 12,13 etc and we find that challenging enough.

Churcheell.2871:

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Hey it’s the account from Churcheell’s post. About 10 mins after he said that I got a reply from support and everything was fixed. I just wanted to say I am really happy with the GW2 support because they are professional and very quick (in other MMOs both of these may not be the case).

Thanks all