Guild Wars 2

Hi, I’ve been trying out the static discharge build (30 firearms) and encountered a p/d thief. I killed him first time (most likely because of surprise) but after that I lost 3-4x in a row.

The conditions really hurt and there were mobs around to which he can CnD and sometimes I’d wrongly tab to mobs instead of him (plus the mobs tend to attack me when he goes stealth or my static discharge aoes to them).

Any more tips on how to handle them? I recently got my engi to 80 and the first built I tried is static discharge, will try either tanky or condi next.

Ty for the replies!

Yes I have the Illusory Persona trait and it does help. Gonna familiarize boss attacks too to help (esp during the last boss where I get downed quite a few if it takes long to kill). I’m considering going greatsword/staff for the run but I have yet to get a greatsword

So CoF p1 farm speed runs now require 2 mesmers and 4 warriors. I’ve been using my sword/pistol/staff zerker mesmer (I haven’t bought gs yet). Some runs at the last boss take longer to kill (and I’d die at times as a result) while others are just too fast by the end of 2nd timewarp from 2 mesmers it’s pretty much over.

To all those mesmers doing these runs, any tips you can share (in terms of maximizing dps and survivability)?

Ty in advance! (I haven’t really touched my mesmer much and only started using it since it’s the standard for CoF runs).

Terrahero.9358:

Why does 100nade work? Because the enemy is first wondering why that Thief is using a Rifle. By the time they figure out its the 8th profession, Engineer, they are dead.

I lol’d!

Who are we? Quaggan Hoo [oOOo] is a small casual guild of 4 people focused on WvW action. We are recruiting for a more organized and fun WvW experience

Why join us? Because we enjoy pvp and that means we want to be the best at it and keep on improving. Because small group pvp is more fun than a zergy one. Because we would love for you to join us in our goal of getting better.

What are we looking for? We are looking for 4 more players to join our ranks. Preferably english speaking so we can all understand each other. Players active during 9pm +8GMT time is preferable so we can all play together

Check out our the link in my sig for some pvp videos

Behind the ‘training’ reason posted as to why they chose the lowest tier:

Working your way upwards and steamrolling every tier (and as for other tiers they haven’t touched where the losing servers decides — especially with the announced paid transfers — to move) will ensure guilds transferring to you, thus getting the numbers you need to make it to T1.

I have been in Kaineng for a week while in T7 and transferred to another server to T6 just to see the force of this upcoming server and I believe yes, they should skip T3 (I am in T3 atm), possibly even T2, and head straight to T1.

edit:

In which case, if they get to T1, I would love to see how JQ handle Kaineng, or to be more accurate, see RG and WM clash and the resulting videos after (although I hear RG has left JQ not too sure).

I hit the replay button, too funny!

Asura! To quote:

“I am an asura. I personify genius.”

ty for reply on alternative runes!

I just got my engi to 80 today but gonna wait for the patch to see how viable this build will be after the aoe nerf. To those running it already keep us informed how it’s affected the playstyle. Ty!

I could see you used Divinity runes in the build. I’m leveling an engineer (71 atm) but what other runes could you suggest as an alternative aside Divinity that would work just as great?

Gonna give 100nades a try then condition after although I’ll be using it in wvw rather than in the mists.

edited:

Here is a quick 50sec video sped up 8x of the Golem Fight!

http://youtu.be/HoK8Y38oY14

Shattercat mesmer golem vs Bunker elementalist golem, watch out for the timewarp at 45:00 sec mark, fun times~

Brief overview of the FC as I arrived early and stayed for the next 3-4 hours:

Saw 2 PAXA, ranger and ele, but only few RE people present so there wasn’t much variety. They left soon after.

Almost no AR presence at the start but whispered a few and asked those who accidentally spotted the FC to bring more. In the end it was mostly Kaineng and AR who participated, with AR fielding 10 to about more than 20 people (TDME, TWIN, VS, WAR among others). Lots of 1v1s, some 2v2s, and a few 5v5s!

As for the AR zerg that crashed the FC:

There are 2 WAR guilds in AR with same tag. As orange swords tend to pop out, a few who spotted the FC and started randomly attacking and got killed for interrupting etc etc did create a ruckus in map chat until 1 WAR guild (at the time leading a karma/exp/even tower/keep train) went to crash the party.

Most unfortunately a few players from another WAR guild (same tag but different guild entirely) who were participating in the FC got attacked by mistake.

Long story short there were several casualties as people will help each other out instead of watching their comrades die in battle when they were abiding by the FC rules. But it’s bound to happen since there’s no actual representative of AR on the RE vent.

But I believe after that the FC went on (I slept on the 2nd round) and less party crashes after.

To Ninya:

Awesome Golem Fight! Timewarp will not save you!

I will bring a golem to the fightclub please don’t keeeeel it, and someone bring golem too to duel.

More than 2 hours ago I decided I wanted the AR garrison. Not more than 20mins ago we took it. It was a short-lived moment but I decided to take it as Vel’s bday present.

Happy bday Vel! >:)

Time to shift topic then!

Thursday [RE] fightclub is near! Bring out the 1v1s, 2v2s, 3v3s, 5v5s you duel-lovers. Party crashers also welcomed!

I’ve uploaded a few days before and noticed some posted their own vids recently too (I watch as much as I can). This will be my last as an elementalist as I’m shifting toward playing the necromancer more. That said, I’d appreciate any tips/comments/advice. Many thanks!

http://youtu.be/9B_UwEB9EtI

p.s.
Someone should post a vid of participating in the duels/fightclubs that take place (most of the time) in the south camp in borderlands map. Would love to watch that.

To kill a D/D ele, all you ever really need is to roll necro.

What I did.

dueling groups / fight clubs are always fun! if can send invite! sent whisper

Seems I missed the fightclub :<

But we’ll be there for the next Lilfeath, I’m a whisper away! Also Silke, fun comic strip of the fightclub, haha.

Sylvari celestial wins!

TheGuy.3568:

Mobility-
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Immobilize during RTL

yeh immobilize is pretty op especially because if it hits during the RTL the long animation cast will still go off leaving the ele vulnerable and rooted in spot for a good few seconds

TheGuy.3568:

Range/Kiting-
Ele can be kited.

from my experience necros and engineers can be a deal breaker. convert all boons into conditions and having turrets to cc will disable the ele, leaving him free target to nearby enemies

cool thread!

cool fun vid! that choke point has always been amazing. i still get disturbed to see a real face in a vid, haha.

p.s. that hot and spicy chicken vid got a lot of views!

ArcticWillow.2758:

I’m concerned that there’s going to be four servers that should be in tier 8, but only three slots. And that down the road what that’s going to mean is that servers will be playing for second place so they can stay in tier 8, where they’re having fun, rather than moving up to tier 7 where they get kicked and have no fun.

^this

It’s actually a good thing that servers have left t8 and t7 (soon) as this will give way for other underpopulated servers to finally have their rightful spot in t8/t7. Sure it will mean steamrolling for a week which leaves no fun for the rest, but in the long run it will be better as it will allow other servers to be placed in a tier where the population of all 3 servers will be more or less balanced.

bumping just because this thread is so full of win

Funny thing is, I’ve never noticed the big increase in D/D population (being in a low tier server with almost no elementalists) until I got matched up with a higher tier server last week who went down a tier and noticed 2 big WvW guilds consisting mainly (roughly 90%) of D/D eles and thieves…

So I made a necromancer solely for countering the class :p

I’ve been in DH for only roughly a month during the time it was slowly falling down (after CD/Maguuma). Sad to see what happened to my old server repeat itself in DH. Still I’m glad I went there to meet a few people I decided I’d stick with. I haven’t captured the best moments but here’s a little memorabilia of what DH was during my visit:

http://youtu.be/k6QPe1aKtHk

p.s.
lf necro

Ninya.3942:

For a guild called One Vs Ten Np

It’s a pun. They’ll Ten Vs One Np you anytime :>

Phatal One.8069:

to the ranger who killed my treb with your pet at Hills in EB BL a few hours ago

We took a tower hoping we’d get some action. Instead what we got was siege fighting with a mesmer and thief, and your treb later. Pretty empty for a last day :<

Kid Taylor.5479:

Goblin, I’ve been trying to play your playstyle, but it never works out for me. Can I ask for some advice on when and how to use beserker’s stance correctly? At what times is it safe to use it for the “hundred bleeds” off flurry?

Also, how do you deal with using the shield dash against people? I find it wildly inaccurate and difficult to control when there are multiple opponents on the field. The same goes with bull rush.

Also, I have difficulty using endure pain correctly. Whenever I use it, conditions go right through it, and not having any natural condition removers besides my runes of lyssa, how do you deal with conditions being stacked on you aside from raising a shield?

I use Berserker’s Stance right before the start of a fight. When I see an enemy it is the first move that I do. It usually fills up my adrenaline bar in about 2 seconds and with it full I can use Flurry anytime I want. Whenever it cd’s in a fight, I instantly use it even if I have 2/3 of my adrenaline bar. When adrenaline hits 3 bars I go for a Flurry and Berserker’s Stance still fills it up again.

With Shield Bash I don’t think that it ever felt inaccurate and difficult to control. The enemy here I think is your opponent dodging it. I usually open with my Rifle. With a few shots in and Volley skill I always see people using up their endurance. After the second dodge I use Bull’s Charge and Flurry him. If the problem you are encountering is that Bull’s Charge or Shield Bash flies through your target and that you have to go back so you can Flurry them, we are not alone in this problem. My d/d ele friend is also having some trouble with ride the lightning flying past through his target. I’ve found that this bug is very random but it works more than it doesn’t. If it doesn’t I just use my Rifle again to hit him. When dealing with multiple opponents, especially when you are outnumbered, Rifle is your best friend. As a warrior you can’t just jump in a zerg and expect not to get targeted.

I use Endure Pain when I get to 50% life. This has been more effective than using it at the last moment before you die because as you said bleeds, burning and confusion will still kill you. I sometimes even activate it when I see a big move coming like a hundred blades from a GS warrior or a thief going stealth then using up all his initiative for heartseeker. Endure Pain is not my last resort in a battle instead I use it early to tank the opponents big moves while I’m using my big move on them.

With conditions I use Mending heal skill. Mending + Restorative Strength removes 3 conditions which is usually enough for me to be able to run away with my Savage Leap and Bull’s Rush skill.

Jinks.2057:

Sometimes tho ya just have to group up

I’ve always posted the question as a sort of fun-trivia thing: What would you hate fighting most of repeat classes — multiple thieves/mesmers/necros?

I’ve encountered a few thieves solo (I remember a sylvari one; most are humans) but fights stretch out too long that reinforcements eventually arrive from their or my side. Personally though if I am to group up (for roaming purposes) I try not to have double classes as it becomes quite unfair.

Either way both sides have some really good players.

In the meanwhile:

Current state of the nation

To that thief from Emhry Bay with the guild tag [INC], finally a good thief I met from your server (who doesn’t run around with other bunch of thieves). Fun 1v1, I really couldn’t tell who’d win that as others kept interrupting, haha. But /salute.

On a side note:

I’ve waken up and all and it seems DH garrison is still intact (helped def for 6hrs before going to sleep, 4hrs later upon waking it’s alive!). Props to Livebait and Flint Iron Fist who took over after Andrew, and to Littlefeather a bit later <3

I am a sword/shield condition damage warrior myself and its working pretty well. 10/30/0/0/30 with restorative strength, deep cuts, crack shot, last chance, warrior’s sprint, mobile strikes and quick bursts for traits. I’ve been experimenting for a while with the build and this is the one I like best.

Restorative strength switches with death from above when defending towers and keeps at WvW. Mending + Restorative strength solves all the condition problems that you are having. Deep cuts is an obvious choice to max out bleed. Crack shot makes my rifle an aoe damage and Last Chance gives that last burst of damage that you need, not to mention it speeds up finishing people.

I prefer the critical damage stat more than the power stat for 2 reasons. First, it has better traits. Warrior’s sprint and Mobile strikes keeps you mobile and fast enough to keep up with you enemies. Quick Bursts speeds up the recharge of your best skill Flurry. Secondly with 30% more on your critical damage, I feel that my normal attack does more on crits than a normal attack backed up with power stats. Feel free to do math stuff with this because I am just going on my gut feel.

The build works by setting up your opponent with a well placed Flurry. Shield bash and Bull’s Charge are two skills that I use to set up Flurry not to mention that Bull’s Charge is an amazing gap closer. So why not mace off hand for the better knockdown skill? This is because of Shield Stance. Glass cannons in pvp usually try to drop you immediately. When you pop Shield Stance at the start of a fight, glass cannons use up all their skills with you just blocking them. And if Shield stance is not enough, you got Endure Pain as a back up. These two is also amazing when running away. The last utility skill that I use is Berserkers Stance. With this skill, your adrenaline will almost always be full so you can Flurry anytime you want. Signet of Rage for the last skill because it is the best skill for that slot in my opinion.

For my switch weapon, I switch out 3 different weapons. Rifle is what I use most of the time. Longbow for attacking towers and Hammer is a situational weapon. Hammer is good in group fights when you don’t have to chase as much.

So its sword/shield with Bull’s Charge, Endure Pain, Berserkers Stance and Signet of Rage for utility skill. Rabid stats on armor and jewelry. But since the rabid jewelry is a little bit expensive at the moment, i switched them with Rampagers jewelrys.

DH Last Stand

All maps are green but DH garrison has held on for more than 5 hours now. Thanks to Flint Iron Fist for insisting on upgrades, and the brilliant and charismatic Andrew Sinclaire for smart, decisive commanding!

Hopefully it’ll push through til the next shift arrives. The battle is still ongoing.

Actium.8765:

So..gues my guild doesn’t matter eh?

[WE] and a few commanders step up to the game during offpeak hours, that’s why they don’t get noticed much. But whereas people usually give up during those times, they keep pushing even when outnumbered, pug’d etc. Smile Acium

CosmicShadow.3568:

Where is Dragonbrand? Did they finally move up the tier?

Most likely Emhry will be moving back up this reset so we’ll have Dragonbrand again.

Necros are the bane of ele. I believe a well played necro can beat any class 1v1. If you want to annoy those pesky roamers you should stick with necro :O

Once upon a time a group was chasing after me. Saw a big gift and stood behind it. As soon as they arrived I opened and boom! we’re worlds apart each other and off to escape

I’d have to say thief. I’ve been duo-ing with a thief ever since I met one, haha. (Check my vid!)

So I asked my friends which repeat class is more annoying: thieves, necros or mesmers? Mesmers, straight up. Personally I try not to have a repeat class in a group as it’s too unfair, haha.

Fun vid! (and they’re right about the music!) :p

p.s.
lf pocket necro >_<

reindeers led by snowmen, princess dolls dancing, naked charr! great holidays

current state of the nation

So Acium and Skap will remain? Maybe not all hope is lost then. Although this server reminds me clearly of what happened to Sorrow’s Furnace. But, we can hope! Great speech.

Kodans dancing! Now all we need is a Coca-Cola can somewhere inserted, haha. I wish I was there too to see this in person XD

Raebfle.5914:

As far as I am aware (And I think this has been confirmed by A-Net), you will be able to create only TWO of the mini pets from dungeons

I’ve already created the Ventari for my Sylvari. Was planning to get Griffon for Asura and Princess for Human but… Tough choice

TheFreshBrew.1958:

So, a BP player is upset that one guy from DH got an involunurability…

I’ve been in an invuln spot a few times when people decide to just zerg a camp to get it over with. Went afk for a quick snack and upon coming back a few ballistas have been setup. Population-wise, they are that many and bored they’d rather wait I guess.

Hey daphoenix I’m a great fan and seen all your vids (was a lowbie ele when I saw them). I guess I wanted to ask as necros are a pain when vs many, how do you handle the situation more effectively?

What about the Superior Sigil of Generosity: 60% chance to transfer condition to a foe on a critical hit (cooldown 10s). Does that share same internal cooldown as well? I’m thinking prolly but I need confirm ty

Or find a few (2-4 people) who also likes 1v1s to form a small (duo/trio/etc) group and combat the zerg. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t but it’s always fun and you won’t have to avoid the zerg at all times.

On a side note: check out my vid and how we do it! (sorry for shameless plug)

Madzharov.7530:

and yet there are some Dragonbrand Invaders that ended at the Hills Lord Room, when all inner and outer gates were at full health…

It won’t be the first time this happens. I’ve got a vid that shows them how they did it, even supported by a comm, but these things get deleted (and happen a lot more often in higher tiers). So let’s just play.

Jumping Charr Eles, I’ve seen it all. Haha, fun!

Rezzet.3614:

WOW is darkhaven’s popularity composed of only thiefs and mesmers Every single squad i see raiding has like 12 thiefs and 7 mesmers lol.

That said, whenever I come across a 2-3 groups of BP 70% are thieves ~.^ I can’t decide which is worse of repeat classes, thieves mesmers necros? Haha.

ahhh my friend and I are a fan of wildbill we watch his vids all the time ignore ignore XD