Guild Wars 2

Jana.6831:

When did you switch from necro to thief? =)

I have had my thief much longer than i have had my necro. Also i have played more with thief, so what ever your point was, is not very valid.

Even though i play thief as my main character, this nerf is good.

Thief is not the easiest class to play, but spamming backstab + attack-chain + shadow shot was making it too easy.

This change separates good thieves, that can adapt to the situation, from the mindless metabuild copiers.

I play thief as a main char and this is really welcoming nerf.
As a non-meta s/p build, i have to pay attention what i do, instead of just mindlessly copying someone else’s builds.

Probably now 90% of d/p thieves will either qq on forum or spam #3 instead of adapting the situation.

That’s why you should learn the class, not just mindlessly copy metabuilds…

For the first time ever, in any MMO i have played, i will have to bandwagon to more bigger server.

I usually stick to the world / faction where i first start playing, but after server linking, things have gone way worse.

Ring Of Fire lost huge amount of players and we just can’t defend EB or BL simultaneously. And that is really really frustrating.

Any way, some suggestions to make balancing little bit steadier:

Instead of 20+ whatnot different worlds, there should be 3 worlds / factions / realms against each other, with different campaigns. You can stay in your world and move to other campaigns, if needed.

No possibility to change character’s factions once created, but every character can select different faction / realm during creation.

That way outnumbering shouldn’t last very long, since players are able to switch campaigns and help the outnumbered campaign.

One thing Elder Scrolls Online have done better than GW2 is the PvP (their WvW) faction system.

Please Anet, do something about the balancing problems. Even though GW2’s PvE and story are enjoyable, nothing beats epic human vs human fights.

Oh, and carrion is a fine choice especially in wvw

I’d make some adjustments.

I’d switch D/P to shortbow. U get bleeding (#2) and poison (#4) plus of course teleport (#5)

Switch shadow arts to deadly arts, so you inflict poison when you steal.
Use either mug (deals damage when u steal) or trappers respite (trap when u heal)

and potent poison on that traitline.

Thieves have access to poison, so make sure u inflict poison whenever you can.

I’d change daredevils first trait to havoc mastery (damage over weakening)

My philosophy is more offensive orientation, so i’d change your rune to rune of berserker (the last bonus is +5% damage and +5% condidamage)

I’m kinda min/maxer type.

Just my two cents, someone may disagree, but i’d say you

onevstheworld.2419:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/Policy-3rd-Party-Programs-Multi-Boxing-Macros/first

Thank you, that clarifies my question. I tried to look for clear answer, but couldn’t find.

Thank you a lot!

Necro. By far.

With condition / tanky build and shroud as a second healthbar, necros can do pertty much anything they want.

I have soloed champions and twilight arbor dungeon with my necro.

IMO other good classes are
- Ranger (does good damage and can be built tanky & heal)
- Revenant (Tanky already, won’t run out of heals easily)
- Warrior (DPS / Tanky)

Of course every profession is able to do things solo, but i think those are the best.

What i’ve read, it’s not illegal to have multiple accounts.

What about having multiple accounts, on 2 different computers and playing with them simultaneously?

Main reason is for more bank space and growing my own guild.

And of course, if it is possible to farm some pvp ranks / loots for both of them?

And if it does matter, i already have one HoT account.

Could someone clarify this to me, so i’ll be sure not to do anything against rules.

You obviously know how to play, but you weren’t badly outnumbered in any case. It was more like continuous 2v2 or 2v3.

Your build in other hand looked really interesting and i might try that, since i myself lack evasions and good roaming build.

Good job anyway!

If you don’t want to “waste” time leveling alternative characters, go for tomes. That’s what i do.

Now i have nearly all of my alts level 80 too, so i definitely would choose laurels, as i need to buy ascended junk.

I don’t know what those crafting bags contains, but if you aim to be master crafter, they probably ease your job.

Regon Phoenix.8215:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQRBIhdG1JzmQrNYnNg5mA9mYZXwijiZxvIUULBEAoCDnhkFA-TJRCwAfLDE5kAA4JAYb/BA

Off-meta power build based on vulnerability, chills and heavy critical hits.
Tested it only in unranked arena and did pretty well with it. Because most of other players runs condition applying and condition cleansing builds, this build does pretty well against them.

Build focus:
Single out desired enemy
Separate your target from rest of enemies (pull+root+daze)
Stack vulnerability
Chill and cripple nearby enemies

I think this build is kinda mess. Too much kitten-all-trades, rather than real chill-o-mancer or power reaper.

But whatever suits your playstyle and fits for you, go for it.

RoF is living the unending nightmare. I don’t know why we are punished to have to withstand double teaming with outnumbered nearly 24/7

Last 2 weeks Ring Of Fire and Whiteside Ridge have fought with outnumbered “buff” nearly 24/7.

I was kinda hoping that we would go against other empty / quiet servers, so that wvw would actually be fun again. How wrong can i be?

The same matchups keeps rotating over and over again and RoF + wsr are outnumbered even at prime time on friday.

When i started GW2, i had my hopes up about Anet actually giving a kitten about wvw and balancing servers / matches.

How fun is it to try and defend our corner with opponent’s crushing 10 to 1 ratio?

Please Anet, would you look you matchups and actually try to do something about it?

Gunner Morton.8340:

Yeah, this population (im)balance is amazing.

Just hilarious, that Gunnar’s Hold’s player complains getting zerged.

Ring Of Fire is outnumbered most of the day, suffering both Abbadons Mouth’s and Gunnar’s Hold’s simultaneous 30+ men raids against us.

Or you were joking about imbalance, right?

Obtena.7952:

OK, so my original question stands … Why Carrion gear for condition build … in PVE? Are you using some other gear for PVE?

For extra vitality, so i can solo things and i don’t necessarily need to use utility slots for defensive options.

With extra vitality, i’m advantaging more with tuning crystals, that gives condidamage bonus based on my vitality.

And lastly, i said i don’t care if this is meta or not, this is result of my trial and error.

bearshaman.3421:

Mitch.4781:

“I don’t get why you choose carrion stats for a condi build”

um, maybe because it is the META condi stat in pvp?

Except it’s not a pvp build. He’s using runes. clear indication that it’s a pve build.

Not that I have a problem with carrion stats. I do think necro benefits more from rapid stats, since plague sending procs off of crits.

This build is viable in pvp too, as you can see on video.

Reknarok.7582:

wanderers amulet is better, especially if you’re running dagger oh (tho why idk, no of gen)

Viper is really good too, but most of my builds are based on easy access, without need of farming / grinding or crafting.

Just pure, shiny gold.

But yet funny thing is, that when we can match our numbers with GH or AM, or even get to near their numbers, Rof + Wsr start to take over their territory and especially AM’s with a little of an effort.

But i have to admit that we have usually pug groups running around with less skilled roamers vs. Gunnars very skilled roamers and groups.

All and all, when we are not fighting with outnumbered, i like this match-up. I have had most awesome and epic fights with these enemies as well as many good duels with them.

Mitch.4781:

Personally, I would ditch sig of spite for corrupt boon. Warriors, ele’s, guards and rev much more susceptible then. There’s a reason the corruptomancer is the meta build for pvp this season.

Hmm, i guess that’s good alternative, just not a big fan of corruptions. Maybe my play style is bit too aggressive and too much of a head-on to battle for them to be effective for me.

Obtena.7952:

I don’t get why you choose carrion stats for a condi build.

Why not?

There’s not much good alternative choices imho. Carrion’s vitality gives a little more defense and i still get some power to the punch.

But what would you use?

Boozsha.9423:

Thanks for the feedback. I’ll keep at it.

I’ve had the most success with this build than any of the others, thanks for posting it.

I’m really glad to hear that!

Boozsha.9423:

How do you deal with warriors? And heavy stuns?

I’m handling most 1v1’s, but Warriors can be a pain.

Warriors are pain. This is probably not the most ideal 1v1 build, but it can manage 1v1’s and warriors too.

I have had good results against warriors by starting with the rotation showed in video. First the signet, then reapers mark and chillblains while they are feared.

They gap close, since most warriors are melee builds. That’s when i apply chilled to the bone, and shout utilities.

Nightmare rune is really good protection, since they cause fear with 50% if stunned / cc’d etc, so you have time to cast more condidamage.

Other option is to cast staffs aoe skills at your location, to create little protective field.

Good situational awareness and use of LOS is also critical, when fighting against condicleansing berserker.

EremiteAngel.9765:

I like the video and your build.

Thank you!

misterman.1530:

In this forum, you say your healing skill is “Your Soul is Mine” but the video shows Consume Conditions?

EDIT: Nevermind. You mention this later on

Good point. I tend to change it occasionally, if i feel like i can’t get rid of my conditions, i change it to consume conditions. Mostly in PvP, since there’s all kinds of condibuilds.

This build is result of my trial and error condinecro build. Now i don’t know (and quite frankly don’t give a rat’s kitten if this is anyway near metabuild or not.

It can solo champions and manages quite well with 1v1 and even 1v2 situations.

You can find my build video on:

In a nutshell:

Scepter / dagger + staff
Carrion stats to all
Rune of nightmare
sigil of bursting & malice

Healing:
“Your Soul is mine!”

Elite:
“Chilled To The Bone”

utilities:

“Rise!”
“Suffer!”
Signet of spite

Specialization is Soul reaping – curses – Reaper

If you have feedback, please tell, i’d love to hear about it

Necros are really vulnerable to CC, and with that in mind, most of gankers / solo roamers tend to stun and then burst. If they can’t they evade back and strikes soon again.

Necros are not really mobile profession, so disengaging from fight might be impossible.

I’d say adjust your traits / specialization that you can’t be stunned and you can break free from stuns.

Try casting wells / aoe skills right at your feet / area to create protecting ring around you.

I find necros better as a condidamage dealers, don’t know much about berserking builds. But hope this helps even a little.

I don’t know if soloing dungeons is even an effort, but i have soloed twilight arbor at first try.

I have never done fractals, so i can’t say whether i could solo it or not.

Here is footage of my Twilight arbor solo run:

arenta.2953:

trips invisible person as they sneak past me
invisible doesn’t mean intangible.

channel attacks (like range long bow, or warrior rifle that fire a series of shots) track you until their skill is done.

while most is just random spam and guessing where you are.
spams flamethrower all over

plus engineer has several abilities to remove stealth from an area, and if it hits an invisible enemy, provided they took the trait, they can “lock on”. hence flamethrower being so fun

when we see you stealth, we guess where you’d run to. and spam skills. if the skills show dmg(in the dmg chat panel, not floating on the screen) or progress to the next “combo skill”(melee main attacks) then we know we’ve hit something and continue to follow hoping to hit it more.

so my advice, when you stealth. go the opposite direction you plan to flee. as the enemy expect you to flee. and be prepared to chain stealths to get distance.

also evading while in stealth helps to throw off the chain abilities of rifle and longbow.

Thank you, that clarifies it

Could someone explain stealth mechanics to me, since i keep on getting hit while in stealth?

Countless times i have died or my gap is closed by taking a hit even though i’m stealthed.

If i need to get away, i use blinding powder and try to shadowstep away with short bow.

But i still keep getting hit or someone uses gapcloser skill and it hits me regardless of my stealth, or that blindess.

Is it broken, or is there a counter to see stealthed players?

Hello Hello Cat!

I’m doing my condireaper build video soon, but here’s link to build that i use. I think this is not the best build for roaming, but i have had many 1v1 wins with this build.

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNAW7YnMbCdbilbCO2A0bilgBLeIuEjiRJgAQDg6KsF+VA-TFiBABLY+TjDCAAXAAeU/5VlgLp8j5nAQ/7PQKgJlGB-w

This build is awesome in small group as a midline AoE caster, and condition stacker. Give it a try

I have nearly identical specialization, but i use staff + scepter / dagger, with carrion stats to maximize condi damage and to gain some vitality.

I liked your commentary during gameplay. I think it definitely helps learning and improving one’s gaming.

I rely on Carrion (++ condition damage, +power, +vitality) stats. I can solo pretty much any champion and i have soloed Twilight arbor with this build.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNAW7YnMbCdbilbCO2A0bilgBLeIuEjiRJgAQDg6KsF+VA-TFiBABLY+TjDCAAXAAeU/5VlgLp8j5nAQ/7PQKgJlGB-w

I’m doing my condinecro build video soon, but this is mainly it.

In PvE, i switch signet of spite to signet of locust to et more mobility.

This build can melt anyone, but i myself i’m struggling with good roamer thieves in WvW.

If you want to see, i recorder my solo Twilight Arbor run:

Hi guys.

I wanted to see if my necromancer is viable enough to be able to clear dungeon solo.
I actually forgot to use food / utility buffs so i made it bit harder than it could have been.

Now i don’t know if it is accomplishment at all, but i managed to clear Twilight Arbor with my necromancer.

Here’s a little video of it

Reaper is not in anyway unviable.

So what if Chill gets some duration reduced. Adapt and change your play style if that’s a problem.

I still can 1v2 with average players.

Yep, Spirit Watch is still in my “never choose” – list.

I use Nvidia Shadowplay.

It has 5-10 minutes after recording which is really useful, if i encounter something awesome or if i’ll be victorious in 1vX or something like that.

I don’t have to keep recording, i can take highlights afterwards.

I have used OBS and it worked moderately.

If you have Nvidia graphic card, download shadowplay!

Thor Rising.7850:

Dont use those sigils. Bursting is negligable damage in pvp and corruption stacks only really add up in games youre already stomping in.

Use a combination of geomancy, doom, and frailty. Since you arent using reaper that removes the viability of hydromancy and ice sigils. On swap sigils are great because they activate when entering and leaving death shroud.

Also, focus is a terrible pvp weapon. Use warhorn for the mobility and unblockable interrupt (breaks rev shield, interrupt heals, interrupt ele overloads). If you dont like warhorn at least take dagger offhand for condi xfer and aoe weakness.

That’s nice to know, that shroud activates on swaps.
Hmm, okay, will check better off-hand weapon!

Thank you for tips!

onevstheworld.2419:

Why aren’t you using reaper? I assume you have HoT if you bought the game 3 months ago. The traits and shouts are pretty good in PvP.

If you’re using staff, you should consider trying Soul Marks from the Soul Reaping line. It’ll help build your life force and bypass those pesky blocking guards/revs.

I don’t have all hero points in reaper yet, so haven’t really learned to play with reaper elsewhere.

Am i losing compatibility too much, if i’m not reaper?

Thank you for your answer.

I have considered changing well skills to marks skills that steals health and other would give some condi dmg.

Hi guys!

I’m in a need of a little help or suggestions.

I have played necromancer for a while now and i’m still struggling with capable build.
I have played GW2 for like 3 months now.

I try to build good condi build, or build that can handle outnumbered fights, because i seem to head outnumbered encounters continuously.

I have spent hours in build editor and searching from metabattle for some solutions.

So far i only can take a beating and some random successes. In PvP, it isn’t that unusual that i get my kitten kicked in 1v3 sometimes even 1v4. I think myself as a decent player at least, but can’t really handle groups right now.

My build:

- Carrion Amulet and Carrion stats in gears, accessories, weapons etc
- Scepter / focus + Staff
- Specialization: Death magic / Soul Reaping / Curses
- Rune: Adventurer (Condi DMG + Power)
- Weapon sigils: Bursting (condi dmg) + Corruption (condi dmg stack)
- Utilities: Well skills and spectral armor

I have a build link here if you want to see:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNArdWjk0QNNWbDu0A/NOCGK6SsFNRMpDgGQuCfQ6C-TJxCABPt/gWlBO+JAAwpAAA

First question
Need help in rotationing skills:

Usually i try to start with staff and cast fear, skill 3 (chill aoe) skill 2 (mark of blood) and then skill 4 (transfer condis)

Then with scepter, Cripple skill and feast of corruption while hitting basic attack.

Any tips?

Question 2

I find necro skill casting really really slow. How can i cast AoE skills against enemies, when it takes imo too much time to cast. Especially staff.
Cast all AoE skills on my location?

Question 3

Does it come to extreme precision with cast times, when multicasting aoe skills?

Question 4

How much PvP best / top necro players play? So far i have like 50 games played.

Now i know that i need to L2P, and i’m doing it everyday. I try to analyze every encounter, what could have done otherwise and what went well.

I just need some advice from more experienced players.

Everyone who has played ESO, will gladly accept this, say, 100 ping occasionally.

I haven’t seen any lag, even with 2 aids vs 2 raids battles.

Something that ESO players could only dream of.

Thanks, good tips!

Just wondering, can thief be played without elite specialization?

I’m currently playing pistol/pistol & sword/pistol
I’m thinking of going fully ranged and switching S/P to short bow.

I mean, is the elite specialization so critical to thief that it cannot be played competently without it?

So far i still miss like 30% of elite tree, so i have not tried it yet and i think my build is becoming suitable for my playstyle.

Could use some advises.

Here’s some early footage of my build. Still upgrading my gear and accessories to exotic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWhiZAtR9_Y