Guild Wars 2

I can see your desperation of getting new players into the game. But personally I think old players who already own the base game are getting troll by you.

I would recommend that the new players get the base game for free while old players who already own the base game get at least one additional character slot???

I agree that Zeal is the worst trait for guardian unless you go for spirit weapon build

Pure of Voice does not remove condition or apply boon sometime. This is really annoying!

I’ve been playing GW2 since release. The FPS in PvE is around 20~30 until recently my FPS become 10+ only. This is totally unplayable. May I know how do I solve this problem?
This is my spec

Operating System:
Windows 2.6.1.7600
CPU Type:
Intel® Core™ i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
CPU Speed:
2.68 GHz
System Memory:
3.25 GB
Video Card Model:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
Video Card Memory:
2.34 GB
Video Card Driver:
nvd3dum.dll
Desktop Resolution:
1600×900

I have the same issue as well and I am from SEA region

Two days ago I am having serious latency issue.

After the patch, the latency issue is solved but
the game is totally unplayable because of the
low frame rate!?

I am from SEA Region (Malaysia). Anyone has this
issue?

I am not sure where to post this.
I have been playing GW2 since it was released.
I have no serious latency until today, the game is totally unplayable.
I’ve checked my ping and it is completely smooth and I have
no issue in other game such as Dota 2.

The CD duration doesn’t compensate the effect of the skill.
Result: I don’t use it at all.

What is the build? Could you please post in the thread?

MastaNeenja.1537:

HawkXtream.1538:

Using SY while your allies are having tons of condition equal to killing yourself.

Maybe for you it is. I don’t die so easily.

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Getting back to the topic at hand extra time for each condition drawn does sound like a good idea but I would imagine they tested that idea out already.

Obviously you didn’t try to get 25 stacks of Bleeding, 10+ stack of vul and poison.

MastaNeenja.1537:

I always thought save yourselves was kinda broken and would probably get changed. I still use it anyway. You get all those nice boons even if you don’t pull a condition? No one saw this coming whaaaaat? I remember when this skill was on the staff only.

I always thought it was kind of funny, when I would activate it and I’d get one condition.

-Save yourselves!-

“Aw man I’m bleeding for 3 whole seconds”

-Purging Flames-

LOL I just got a ton of buffs and burned you!

Using SY while your allies are having tons of condition equal to killing yourself.

Yes! I think they nerf “Save Yourself!” because of the the 10s retaliation.

Why don’t arenanet makes it like this.
We only gain 10s boons when there are conditions drawn to us.
Otherwise, no boon is applied on us. :P

KnarleyMarley.6937:

George Steel.1804:

It’s funny how many uninformed responses this thread already has.

“guardian is the most tanking class in the game. warrior doesnt even come close, no matter what he is squishy”

No, Guardian is definitely not. Warriors can take MUCH more abuse then a Guardian, although Guardians can help their team take abuse. Warriors have a 5 second block-all on their shield, endure pain, etc etc… Guardians have absolutely nothing like this (Renewed Focus doesn’t count, you end up standing still and can’t act) not even taking into account things like Guard’s bad mobility.

“When you have 33% damage reduction more or less permanently, you don’t really need the health pool that a warrior has.”

In absolutely NO circumstance except for running a 2h hammer in PVE does a Guardian have 100% protection boon uptime. You MIGHT be able to achieve this running a shield(terrible offhand weapon) + Saveyourselves+Holdtheline (IF you are specced for BOON duration), otherwise you’re never getting anything close to100% protection uptime.

I’m not saying Guardians even NEED a health increase(I would MUCH RATHER have our broken weapons looked at (Shield, Scepter, Staff)), and I play one, but I just had to set people straight.

The perma ~33% is a signet passive plus the trait that improves it by 20%. Not to mention how much other mitigation and healing we have. We have more mitigation and healing than a warrior even in the forms of blinds etc… Hell my glass build with GS and MH sword OH torch has 4 blinds with weapon swaps and renewed focus. Why do you think every one complains about bunker guardians not bunker warriors. The classes are designed for slightly different purposes and it’s stated that one of the guardians designed roles is to be able to take damage. If you’re saying they spent how ever many years designing this game and you’ve figured out in the couple months it’s been out they kittened that up, then clearly my post will be a wasted one.

Signet passive only reduce 10% incoming damage.

Does it still do damage when it is broken?

I’ve 14k HP with 2.8k defense. I am usually the only one survive in dungeon apocalypse where my teammates are wiped out. I don’t know how I do that but I just can’t die, lol.
However, I don’t deal much damage as my teammate do.

In PvP, I win in every 1v1 except a pro Mesmer. Those who use glass cannon build will die whenever I command my Spirit Weapon Hammer to smash on their head.

May I know if increasing my boon duration is any boons apply to me or the boons applied by me?

I don’t use “Save Yourself!” in PvP not even in PvE because of the long CD time.
I am using Spirit Weapon Build in PvP and I hope it won’t get nerfed in future. T.T

The most boring class is Ranger. With a shortbow, you just shoot shoot shoot…..

It is annoying when I want to command healing arrow because it sometime doesn’t follow me and I don’t want it to heal that area.

It is also same with Shield of the Avenger. When it starts to create bubble, it stays there until the enemies are dead.

I play Guardian and Ranger. Now, both classes get nerfed. =O

I would appreciate if arenanet does this for us.

AvivKing.5863:

if u want keep heal ur self there is a special traits that give u 75 hp every boon u apply at lvl 80 !
its simple u need to take the traits that give u might for u and ur ally every time u crit , now when u crit u apply boon , boon = 75 hp
if u have around 40% crit chance u be ok , more people around u more heal u get , found that very effective to stay alive !

Thanks for the tips. I am mad for the changes. =(

Arena Net, if you really hate guardian so much please remove this class completely instead of nerfing us slowly.

We do not have enough HP, if we go to high damage build we will die more frequently than any classes in GW2 when doing dungeon. I don’t really play PvP but only PvE.

So I try a defensive build, the only damage output I have are from Greatsword and Retaliation. But I don’t have much HP, I need to keep healing myself. I can’t do kitten damage like Warriors do to the monsters without dying.

Why? Why you hate guardians? I start to wonder if Blizzard bought you company?

Please, reverse these changes.

I don’t use Healing Tome anymore as it is not useful because people are just do not know what you are doing except the guardians. =)

ErzaScarlet.2386:

whats the most fun build?
i could always go for a signet build but idk
spirit weapon sounds fun
r they any good?

Hammer and Sword Spirit Weapons are useful in PvP or WvW. Shield and Bow are useful in dungeons.

The most importantly, opponents cannot target them. I normally target an opponent then my Hammer or Sword will chase them no matter where they go. Haha.

Yeah, spirit weapons are useful in PvP.
The hammer and sword do a decent damage to opponents.

Tome elites were powerful when you gain stability and vitality last time.
Tome of courage becomes garbage since you gain no stability when you activates it.
Especially the 5th skill, it is annoying for its long casting time and when you get
knocked down when you’re nearly done the casting.

I don’t understand why ArenaNet hates Guardians! =(

Ynna.8769:

Are we really going to cycle through the same threads every ten days?
Yeah, the Scepter is pretty boring, despite being effective.
If I were to change it, I’d make the first skill a projectile and the second skill a Symbol or other combo field. I think that would go a long way in improving it.

Sorry I didn’t know that people are complaining the same thing.
I like your idea thought.

I use other utility skills for protection and absorption while waiting
the shield skill CD.
It is still viable in many dungeons.

Scepter is the only range weapon. Although the third
skill is useful in PvP but other skills are really boring.

I think using a pistol with a shield is cooler.

I think ArenaNet should decrease the CD time to make it more viable.