Guild Wars 2

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80 Necro → 40 mesmer

In short Necro hasn’t changed since it was nerfed in beta.

I would really enjoy for arena net to not have an event in January and instead fix all bugs in all professions. I play a necro and it’s… okay, but there are soooo many things wrong with it. I’m not worried about balance at the moment. I just want our profession to function properly.

I’ve been reading other profession forums and they seem to have the same problems.

I have no idea how you can gather accurate balance data based on flawed mechanics.
Fix the flaws then have fun with your events.

Figured I’d link the build I’ve been running for a couple months now.

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mVVm0McMzohGxomwoaMx0xa0zkbMmVM8kiU707khs70z7kii70z7kNh70z7kGj70z7kNf70z7ofF70m8of2

I’ve added my talents and gear in there. I’ve played a dagger/dagger Necro leveling up, conditions Necro grinding gear, and have come to the conclusion that it doesn’t matter how fast you kill if you cannot survive. With that I made this build and have kept it quite a while now. I don’t do much damage, but I can heal, regen, remove conditions, remove boons, and apply -33% damage protection to the entire group.

I use this in Fractals right now and seems to be working well for me. I"m only on Fractal 20, but I fail my runs much less often with this build than when I try my condition or power offensive builds.

Up to you how you play. It took me a while to make this build effective. Don’t expect to get a grasp on it just by copying it. Necro doesn’t work that way

Necro aoe isn’t high enough to be of concern. Must be speaking of other classes.

Figured I’d search thread since I’m sure it’s already been brought up.

I play Norn Necromancer and it is fun, but the shapeshifts are aweful and make the class seem like it has no racials.
I remember back when I first got my Snow Leopard Form (30 skill points) I was soooo excited until I found out that it’s high damage output is less damage than my necro’s autoattack.
I really hope norn racials gets some improvements.
I also hope Necros get their extensive list of bugs fixed.
This would help me enjoy the game better.

Guess I picked the worst race and the worst class. How typical.

I just finished the storyline today and I suppose I was expecting more reward for finishing.
Got 3 green lvl 80s that I’ll vendor and 1 set of pvp blueprints I’ll probably toss.
I found the Pact vendor that was selling a sweet rare skin staff, but I was never given a token for completion so I couldn’t buy anything.

I guess as mentioned by Enas above this is what I expected.

“Sadly, I wholeheartedly agree with my predecessors. Random green loot at the end of the personal story is a letdown. I was hoping for an exotic lvl 80 weapon of choice with an appropriate skin.
Hope you add this later on, even better retroactively :-)”

Fear? I had no idea our profession could fear.
The only time I’ve seen anything like it was the suicide button while in downed state.

My level 80 Necro named Crimson Toxin:
Arah Shoulders
Citadel of Flame Gloves
Twilight Arbor Chest and Leggings
Godskull Staff

I personally enjoy Necro. Not sure what others are whining about.
I really enjoy staff main hand and double daggers on swap. I use wells on all 4 skills and Lich Form as my elite. While grouping I burn all my staff coolowns, swap burn all my wells and dagger cooldowns, death shroud to aoe and finish my weapon cooldowns while trying to take a few hits in melee for my team. Remove death shroud and swap to staff while backing out of melee and repeat.

It’s fairly common for me to have damage aggro in groups, but with all the blinds and and cooldowns it is fairly hard to die.