I play mesmer in wvw for a raiding guild. I’m currently playing boonshare/boonstrip.
The moment i put down my null field, my signet of inspiration goes on the same 25 second cooldown as my null field even though signet of inspiration has a 30 second cooldown and i havent used it yet.
Me and some guildmates are trying to figure out how usefull the function gyro actually is in WvW. In the guild hall we calculated that the function gyro has roughly 20k health. Are any of the actual statistics known? Does the health scale with the amount of people in the vicinity? How much armor does it have? We need answers.
They specifically mention that ineptitude will now track the ICD for confusion application on a per target basis, indicating that the CD is intentional.
I was playing around with the ineptitude trait and I noticed that the confusion application also uses the trait’s internal cooldown. Reading the trait however it sounds to me as if the internal cooldown is supposed to only affect the applying blind on block and evade part.
Clear description: 1. I apply a blind with mind wrack (Blinding Dissipation Trait) —> 2 confusion stacks are applied (1 from the skill itself with the Illusionary Retribution Trait) and 1 from the Ineptitude trait.
2. Right after, I use Distortion --> only 1 stack of confusion is applied at this point. the one from the Illusionary Retribution Trait. It does not apply the confusion stack for me applying a second blind to the enemy through the Blinding Dissipation Trait.
3. Right after that, I use Diversion —> once again only 1 stack of confusion is applied to the target, even though I once again applied a blind to him.
I typed out the scenarion as clearly as I could, so I hope you all understand exactly what I mean.
Is the Ineptitude Trait supposed to only let you apply confusion once every 10 seconds? Or is this a bug that should be reported to Arenanet?
Pathetic. Whatever it was worth having that backpiece is gone now. Its worth absolutely nothing. Rename the achievement next time you pull this kitten.
I was wondering does the fury you get from the flanking strikes trait apply to the initial attack? Or does it apply after? meaning you wont get the 20% extra crit chance on the initial attack.
There is no REAL counter to venomShare specially in WvW/Raid situation the side that use it gets a clear advantage, hence why they use it. Ppl here saying “stop QQ and counter it” is exactly those same ppl that actually spread the Venoms.
plz stop say you can counter it… you can ease the effect but there is NO counter, hence why its bin used & abused.
Juke
what makes the best guild then, how much better they zerg another guild? at least in these types of game modes you can see how well each member of a team contributes to the game instead of a mess of 20 players in which half of them probably just get carried.
You obviously never even watched a GvG, or are being sarcastic.
What you’re saying is absolute rubish. You talk about people being carried yet in this gamemode only 5 people are playing… how does that make a WHOLE GUILD the best?
You need at least a large portion of the guild to participate in the gamemode to mark it as the best guild.
Lol, this is like saying “Germany may have won the world cup but because they didn’t use the players on the bench, they can’t be considered winners.”
Who gives a crap about the players on the bench? They bloody won the world cup mate! Even the players on the bench don’t give a crap.
You make a valid point.
The difference is though, what keeps the 5 players who won for the top guild from changing guilds and making another guild #1 and some other guild after that and so on… Those 5 players are going to be the best, not all the guilds they boosted to the top. If you have 20 man groups fighting over the top spot then this is way less likely to happen.
what makes the best guild then, how much better they zerg another guild? at least in these types of game modes you can see how well each member of a team contributes to the game instead of a mess of 20 players in which half of them probably just get carried.
You obviously never even watched a GvG, or are being sarcastic.
What you’re saying is absolute rubish. You talk about people being carried yet in this gamemode only 5 people are playing… how does that make a WHOLE GUILD the best?
You need at least a large portion of the guild to participate in the gamemode to mark it as the best guild.
To be the best you don’t need more ppl, candies, legendaries, retrds spamming blasts and stuff…you just need the best players (And i mean pvp skill, not combo blasting or shouting on ts)…and sadly i know noone from wvsw falling in this category…20 vs 20 shows nothing about single players and everyone knows it
Keep it max 8v8 with pvp stats (No gear, level, buff advantages and so on)…more the 8v8 is just gonna be spam fest while basic differences between player’s stats it’s just gonna make it totally unskilled and irrelevant for competitive playing…that’s what anet is aiming to…i hope…
Pvp guilds don’t have that many players just because you actually need only 5….you can easily grab all players from top esl teams and make a guild that will totally destroy every single other guild in any possible mode (Even if they make it pve based with different stats and kitten) maybe with this new game mode is gonna happen…we’ll see, maybe pve guys are finally going to understand what actual gvg is (Like gw1 gvg)…since atm wvsw gvg is just useful for linking youtube videos like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHbT68HaaU on ts while waiting for qpop to have a good laugh…
That’s exactly what im trying to say! GvG IS NOT ONLY ABOUT INDIVIDUAL SKILL.
GvG is also about a medium to large sized group being able to stick on the tag and execute the cc and damage in order, on the right spot. Being the #1 pvp player in gw2 helps but isnt the most important thing. Its large scale teamwork.
EDIT: MY interpretation of GvG. Stating an opinion, not a fact.
You need at least a large portion of the guild to participate in the gamemode to mark it as the best guild.
No, what he’s saying is not rubbish. The caliber of the players are much less observable in a 15v15 teamfight. Seeing abilities and reacting to them, dodging, defensive positioning, baiting of cooldowns, these skills which are usually tied to player skill become almost impossible to perform, or pick out.
Also, your reason why a guild team of 5 or 8 players can’t prove who the better guild is – that’s rubbish, lol. PvP guilds are very often, 5 players. Who are you to say a Guild has to be a certain size to be legitimate?
Imo a guild is a group of players at least bigger then 5… Otherwise you might aswell go with a party. You want a GUILD to play TOGETHER well, give eachother the right boons, cleanse when needed, heal when needed etc. Not 5 people who happen to be in some guild be good at 1v1/1v2 and being able to capture the right point at the right time. TL;DR its about a fight not a who can gather the most points. Guild vs Guild: One guild dies, one guild is victorious.
what makes the best guild then, how much better they zerg another guild? at least in these types of game modes you can see how well each member of a team contributes to the game instead of a mess of 20 players in which half of them probably just get carried.
You obviously never even watched a GvG, or are being sarcastic.
What you’re saying is absolute rubish. You talk about people being carried yet in this gamemode only 5 people are playing… how does that make a WHOLE GUILD the best?
You need at least a large portion of the guild to participate in the gamemode to mark it as the best guild.
Because their best members are the best?
GvG focussed guilds often dont have more then the amount of players they need for GvG.
Soooo?
The whole guild is actually worth the title “the best”.
what makes the best guild then, how much better they zerg another guild? at least in these types of game modes you can see how well each member of a team contributes to the game instead of a mess of 20 players in which half of them probably just get carried.
You obviously never even watched a GvG, or are being sarcastic.
What you’re saying is absolute rubish. You talk about people being carried yet in this gamemode only 5 people are playing… how does that make a WHOLE GUILD the best?
You need at least a large portion of the guild to participate in the gamemode to mark it as the best guild.
Because their best members are the best?
GvG focussed guilds often dont have more then the amount of players they need for GvG.
what makes the best guild then, how much better they zerg another guild? at least in these types of game modes you can see how well each member of a team contributes to the game instead of a mess of 20 players in which half of them probably just get carried.
You obviously never even watched a GvG, or are being sarcastic.
What you’re saying is absolute rubish. You talk about people being carried yet in this gamemode only 5 people are playing… how does that make a WHOLE GUILD the best?
You need at least a large portion of the guild to participate in the gamemode to mark it as the best guild.
I dont think this new gamemode is the GvG as many people want it/are expecting it. I mean, a 5v5 objective based gamemode? We already have those!
How is the guild on top of a scorelist based on this gamemode the best guild in the game??? That guild just happens to have 5 players who are extremely good at capping stuff and killing a guild lord…
When I think GvG, is see two guilds (at least 15 member of each guild) fighting against the same number of people from another guild! Not capping some stupid point or killing some lord-dude…
Anet please, its so simple to implement a viable gvg system, just let guilds be able to open a private instance of OS in their guild hall and invite another guild to it!
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1. Exactly what traits are you using? Precision to vitality, move faster in stealth, executioner, stealth blinds, regen health in stealth, smoke bomb if i reach certain health point and swiftness when i dodge.
2. What armor do you have equipped? (with runes) full berserker’s with 6 superior scholar runes.
3. What kind of sigils you have on your weapons? Superior air and fire.
4. Do you use any consumables (food)? No i dont.
I posted this on the players helping players forum aswell but they said this was the place to ask thief questions.
I’m looking for a legit WvW d/d thief build that lets you burst most people in a couple of seconds, i’m talking 10k crits.
I’ve seen people do it even after the 15th of april crit damage nerf.
I tried my best but the highest crit i had was 8000 on a up leveled ele
Atm i’m using full exotic zerker gear with some vitality on my trinkets my traits are 0/6/6/2/0
I’ve been playing a little Thief lately and i was going D/D crit specs with exotic berserker gear. but i cant seem to crit for very high amounts… (over 5000)
What am i doing wrong? let me know if you want my exact build.
There’s no one best gear that suits all areas of play, so you’ll either have to make sacrifices or get several sets of gear.
Personally, I go with soldier stats and staff for WvW zerg and dual daggers and same armour/trinkets for solo-/smal group-WvW. Rampager’s would be a good alternative if you want to mix in some more offensive stats, since conditions can be fairly strong against other players.
For PvE I’m currently building a pure berserker stat equipment, mixing and matching some of my WvW equipment if I feel too squishy. Again, I go for staff in open world zerg, D/D in open world solo, and pretty much all weapons depending on encounter and group set-up in dungeons. I choose berserker over rampager since conditions are not quite as strong in PvE.
sPvP is really a matter of trying out different builds. Fortunately you don’t have to rely on any exotic equipment here but can switch amulet, runes and sigils in your pvp build tab in the heart of the mists to check out any build without getting new equipment sets. Just play around with the settings and find a build that suits you.
If you are just starting out, get the gear that most benefits you in your prefered game area, then spread out and get different pieces/sets once you have gained enough resources. You can get exotic gear from a variety of sources and for a variety of currencies (karma, dungeon tokens, badges of honour, PvP reward tracks, crafting from self-harvested resources, or simply spending gold on the trading post), take a look at all of them and decide on which seems most accessible to you.
Thanks for the reply!
I allready have full berserker’s for PvE and i use a staff.
Im just not sure what exotic set to buy for WvW i run double knight’s daggers Would full soldier’s be best?
