Guild Wars 2

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I have a dream, and it’s a small, tight-knit guild with a maximum of fifty members. Anything goes, but people interested in pvp, and the occasional fractal run, would be nice.
I have a vision that this guild could become something like an elite group, respected by the community and known by many despite is size.

Hit me up in-game if you’re interested in joining.

I’m running sword/Focus/torch with 6/6/4/0/0 but I’m wondering If there’s anything I can do to make myself a little more tanky in Pvp. If I’m in the thick of battle and the opposition starts to focus me I go down fairly quickly after my defensive CDs have been popped. I’m using a carrion amulet with Balthasar runes.

I was in pvp on my warrior earlier today and i was in a group with a very effective guardian who had sword/shield as their main weapons. I can’t remember their offhand weapon(s) but we won the game. I’m planning to make a guard alt and i was wondering what a good trait setup for sword/shield is.

im thinking of going 20/20/10/10/10 for roaming/ zerging in wvw and just for an all around good build for everything like pve and stuff, thoughts?

I started using the greatsword the other day. I had always wanted to use it on my ranger but i never did because i heard it was really underpowered, but since the buff it got in the patch i thought it was my time to try it.
Well, it turns out i love it and im a condition ranger. With superior earth on it, it stacks bleeds quite nicely and plus most of its attacks hit multiple targets resulting in Aoe bleeds.
So i was wondering, why dont i see more rangers using the greatsword? it seems like a pretty versatile weapon even though i’ve been lead to believe it should be only used in a tankier build. Oh and i use it alongside the shortbow, so i have the option to kite/ keep my distance if need be.

Many players were saying that dungeons had become too easy, and as a result many dungeons became desolate while others were only run because of their exploitability and quickness to complete.
Anet responded with an exceptional answer to this playerbase, releasing a dungeon that grew harder as you progressed, as well as serving up an additional element to its difficulty in the form of agony.
Also, to keep avid dungeon runners coming back for more, they incorperated multipule “fractals” into this dungeon, which added an even greater level of immersion and flavour that helped keep the dungeon from growing old too quickly. Anet also said they plan to add even more fractals to this dungeon.
But they did not leave older dungeons to wallow away in stagnation and disuse. They added a new variety of dungeon-specific drops, and bags which contained wonderous goods which rewarded the player even further.
Thank you Anet, for all of these brilliant updates.

Well currently i’m wearing COF coat (aka shaman reward chestpiece or whatever), which obscures shoulder armour, but i think it looks really good on charr, i also wear COF gloves. the rest of my armour skins are krytan which i think looks really good with COF armour (krytan medium armour skin set can be bought for i think 500 gems). For colours i’m primarily using midnight fire and for detail i have abyss. The only problem is the COF coat covers weapons that are worn on the belt :/ (such as axes, warnhorn, sword, ect) so bows/GS look best if you’re just walking around and want to look cool with visible weapons.

I’m a condition ranger who uses mobile traps, but since i also use axe/dagger and SB i would like to keep one slot open for QZ. At the moment i have flame and spike traps in my slots, but would any of you recommend a change? I’m going mainly for the DPS factor of traps and less for the control factor.

When i read topics about condition build help i always see people recommending the torch but never the dagger… i know the torch is quite good for burn conditions but in my opinion i like the dagger more because of its versatility; it’s helpful when keeping bleed stacks up with its bleed+cripple move, and you get an extra dodge with its posion+dodge move. Any thoughts on why not many choose the dagger? Maybe i’m missing something.

oh and also for sigils, on my axe i have superior sigil of earth, while on my dagger and warhorn i have superior sigil of accuracy. I can’t remember my SB’s sigil at the moment but i think it might be superior sigil of agony. For my armour i run two different sets of runes: 3/6 runes of lyssa and 3/6 runes of krait, lyssa for precs and 7% condition duration (10% depending on if you’re using superior or major) and krait for condition damage and 15% bleed duration.

Ff you’re going for conditions i would go for a full set of either carrion or rampager gear. Condition rangers tend to focus less on critical damage and more on critical chance/ condition duration and also some power. Since i’m what i like to call a “weapon based” condition ranger, i dont usually use traps aside from entangle, and even then i sometimes use RaO. My utilities are sharpening stone, signet of stone (for added toughness when in those medium to close quarter skirmishes), and quickening zeyphr. I mainly use axe/dagger (dagger because it has a bleed+cripple and posion+dodge for abilities) but sometimes i switch out dagger for warhorn. My alt weapon is a shortbow as i think it is a must use for all condition rangers, because it is extremely easy to stack bleeds on targets if your positioning is correct, especially in boss battles when you can get behind them easily. The shortbow is also fairly fast so it is good for medium to close quarter skirmishes and quick battles. For traits right now i’m 25/25/20/0/0. I have yet to try the torch but i hear it is good for conditions so i may experiment with it in the future.

Right now i’m in full rampager exotic gear and my build is 25/25/20/0/0. I mainly use the axe and offhand dagger, because both of the daggers abilities produce conditions (especially the bleed one which is nice, and the other is a dodge+posion which is useful). My alt weapon is a shortbow which is probably one of the best condition damage weapons available to a ranger, even after its nerf it is extremely easy to stack bleeds on a target if your placement is correct.