So if you’re in melee 90% of the time of a fractal run why are you camping greatsword? There’s no need for range except @ some bosses. PS players may have an excuse, but the other warriors ?
I agree though, there’s no need for verbal abuse but when they join my group while the description was meta builds/zerk/melee they will get respectfully kicked. Not because i am oh such a good player or i only play with awesome gamers. I’m not, but i still took 10 minutes of my time to make a decent build and learn a very simple DPS ROTATION
Let me recap for you as it seems we’re not really on the same page. Like i said before i never rely on Aegis and never use it to help me personally. The most logical use i have for it is to assure a safe res when the boss is near the downed player with a few exceptions.
Now the answers i got were that i should use it before the hit that would kill me, which is obviously impossible because if i died it means i missed the tell and how can i aegis myself before an animations that i missed/didnt see/didnt expect
The other answer was that i should use it before my team mate would miss the tell which either requires insane communication aka him telling me he cant/wont dodge this one so i better aegis him, either reading the future
Wtf.. you’re right, ima ditch that zerk gear, get some thoughness to hold aggro, rotate through my blocks and expect everyone else to dps as fast as dnt does. Sounds so easy why didnt i think of that earlier.
Aegis spam just to survive in melee =/= skilled guardian.
I want to see you get by with dodges if Moosi or AD have singled you out and are hellbent on getting you to eat dirt.
Aside from that, maha meant it is better to use the Aegis to block the blow that downed you or your teammate instead of using it to protect the revival. Just FYI.
I just dont see the logic of this. Boss 1 hits every 5 seconds, you got 2 aegis on ~1 minute cooldown. Block the blow that downed you wtf is this ? How the hell would anyone be able to forsee what hit would kill you when the sole reason you’re downed is because you didnt see it coming?
Lets say you dodge all AD animations cuz you’re cool like that. You aegis beforehand to protect that team mate who didnt dodged his hammer so he’s still alive yey. But 10 seconds later team mate messes up again and he’s down. Now what? You got no aegis cuz you used it to anticipate someone with no dodge and now when you know for sure DA is gonna hit everybody bulking up to res you’re left with no aegis
Edit: Holding aggro @ archdiviner… pPPPPPPPpppplleaaaaasee teach me
This discussion for real? Dont even know if i should argument this or just facepalm and move on
To make it short, aegis on mossman exploding attack and @ archdiviner before the stun in the second phase, both times only if the group members are close to the boss. Am i good to go now?
Why am i writing this
Aegis for yourself is not proper, its terrible, i can simply dodge instead
woot? how is the ~ 11k hp guardian not a challenge in fractals while warrior is ?
So IMO a glass phalanx warrior has less options to prevent dmg than a glass guardian. It can take twice the hits tho….;which in fractal 50 twice the hits is usually two hits.
Thats what i ment and mostly because im sick of getting one shotted by mossman, archdiviner, etc. Blind doesnt work on bosses, aegis i never use for myself since i always save it to res people safely and all im left with is the focus block. And so depending how you look at it 1 mistake means you’re dead where as a warrior u’re still left with enough hp to be able to recover quickly.
I know there are again other arguments, but lets not run in circles here so aaaaaanyway, back on topic, op admits defeat lol. Is there a reason to not like being effective ?
Got another chest of ascended healer boots today. So from my recent memory aka last 20-30-whatever high fractal runs i got 4 chests of useless healer stuff, 1 skin, and 0 zerk drops. fffffffffffffS
its just funny how in a game where pve is focused on dmg and berserker gear you get loot that would hinder your dmg and progress through the very same content that it dropped from
from the hundreds whatever fractals i made praying for a berserker drop i already made 2 celestial armor sets and i dont even wvw so i have no use for them…
in the meantime thank you anet for making me farm 1500 dragonite + lots of gold and time for a damage set, obviously one makes fractals for fun and not for drops, and then again, have fun making fractals with people that use non berserker gear in it; its really fun to play with staff spammer clerics that didnt get yet what gear they should be using where
Template switching can be abused … between dungeon bosses, etc.
Respecing already is abused between bosses.. everytime a boss is dead i’m already respecing for the next one just because… i can. You guys went overboard with this, shouldnt have allow it inside dungeons.. there’s no planning anymore, just enter inside and yolo the content
except you do have 1 long evade every 8 seconds called whirlwind, kd from the mace, swap back, another whirlind + dodges… thats a lot of evade time warrior has
if your target(s) arent dead by now it probably means that your other group members decided they’re too squishy as well and all went for tanking gear. have fun pugging
If you want something hardcore you either have to create the challenge yourself or move on. As long as zerging is possible , this game will keep the casual status. Spam 11111 to win ftw!
Dunno.. conflicting thoughts about this. What can one do in this game imo, is setting personal goals. Like.. learn how to play a new class, solo a boss, solo a dungeon, solo a dungeon without dying, do speed runs with your guild, break someone else record etc you get my point. “Problem” is most people set their personal goals in skins or stats and whenever they aquire that skin or legendary they complain they have nothing left to do. Well you got tons of things to do. Game lacks content yes, but there’s tons of challenges in it. Most get bored with yet so many things left to do.
And on the other hand, game seems full of gimmicks and bad mechanics like.. stacking for the win, bosses killed in a few seconds from fgs or feedback, instances completed in under 10 minutes and so on.. and it just doesnt seem to be the kind of game worth taking seriously
Dont know what to say.. its enjoyable but sad in the same time
God, dont you get tired of those “stacking is fine, we dont need skillful gameplay, we want games that hold our hand and give us fast reward with little effort” replies ? I mean comeon we all got it that YOU think that stacking is fine. I personally dont think it is. But thats what i think and your point of view is what YOU think. So please do us a favor and stop crying because people want to some challenge in their game. Why are you even replying, you get tons of people stacking so you can play the way you want! Have fun. cough
Oh, youre one of the funny ones, hm ? To answer your question, i usually dont even bother replying to threads like this because i normally don’t care about how someone else plays. I got my guys to play eith and thats good enough. So you want more challenge ? Go do arah without any armor, solo dungeons whatever. If you don’t get yourself challenges, go play another game.
I’m sick of reading the same content of b*tching around over and over. Thats all!
You’re sick i’m not. I’ll kitten all i want, there’s no denying that gw2 has lots of room to improve when it comes to AI and even you know this. Maybe just maybe the devs will take this kittening of ours into consideration when making their next pve content or sequel
God, dont you get tired of those “stacking is fine, we dont need skillful gameplay, we want games that hold our hand and give us fast reward with little effort” replies ? I mean comeon we all got it that YOU think that stacking is fine. I personally dont think it is. But thats what i think and your point of view is what YOU think. So please do us a favor and stop crying because people want to some challenge in their game. Why are you even replying, you get tons of people stacking so you can play the way you want! Have fun. cough
I suspect ferocity change also effected crit dmg value of certain (high lvl?) mobs, but haven’t ran any further testing. Possibly something similar to what they broke with npcs in spvp at least, also don’t know if it was fixed when illusions etc. got fixed.
I dont think so, if the crit damage was changed for the mobs that would mean you’d received the same amount of damage each run. My theory is that entering and exiting fractals too many times in a row (like when you’re searching for swamp) is sometimes bugging the difficulty scale. Could be something else, no idea
An average run of 45 mins to 1 hour at level 49 is … I don’t know, rolling eyes…
Wait .. you lost me.. how is this not an indicator ?
Point is.. i run fotm 49 today like i always do but suddenly the mobs decided to do double damage than my previous 49 runs. Whats this bug has to do with people being good or bad at fractals ? role eyes more you’re clearly on point
I doubt these “key” optimizations will improve gw2 or any online game.. though it will be so nice if it will for people like me with ancient cpus (q6600) and somewhat decent gpus (570gtx).. framerate drops really low in wvw…
I’m sure you probably make any class work with smart use of consumables like harpy feathers, whisper spy kit, portals etc. Try it out with your ranger!
I did it with ele using the watchwork portal for the orb, and harpy feathers for the wraith event. If you don’t want to use these though, the only classes that stand a chance for path 3 are thief, mesmer, and warrior (maybe other classes are possible but not sure).
Or play whatever class and have a friend come help carry the orb :P
or my vid! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acUQjvhsumo
Build in the description, nvm the vids for other classes they’re newbie first attempts
Phase 2 transition = run away + dagger storm
Phase 2 circles = dodge back + wait a milisecond + withdraw back to him + skill 3 of either weapon set
Phase 3 transition = pray
Phase 3 aoe = dodge back + withdraw + skill 4 when you’re returning to him
Aaaand thats it
Oh and dont steal during his life leech like i did else you’ll get some useless fear skill
As a warrior its really easy since f1 restores adrenaline and so you’ll always have enough to waste some extra dodges. He did another animation than the kick? Then expect his next attack to be a kick. Wait a few seconds and just dodge backwards.
That way you wont even need reflexes. Say you dodged too early – but since you dodged backwards you’ll have enough distance to not get hit by the kick
Say you dodged but he didnt kicked – np just use f1 to restore endurance and dodge backwards again after 5 seconds. A bit hard at first but after enough hours of practice you can almost feel that kick coming ^ But until then your best bet is to dodge preventively
I’ve noticed sometimes there are even places in the middle where he will let you stay just in his circle (kind of on the edge) without him moving, meaning he won’t use frenzied blast even in the center.
Yeh the ground isnt flat and so he buggs into the different textures on the ground
just feels like im not a ranger playing the way people want rangers to play i guess… basically useless
Exactly. Pve wise, rangers in this game are thiefs wannabe. But stop blaming the people wanting you to be effective. Reason = melee will always do way more damage than range no matter what class you are. Its how arena net made the game.
Easy. Ranger enters dungeon, brings spotter, frost spirit, weilds a sword in his main hand, has food buffs, stacks bloodlust and doesnt lag behind ? No problem.
Most dungeons i get kicked before i can get a chance to prove how good a ranger is!
Rofl. I dont even remember the last time i got kicked from a party
Feeling the need to post inhere. WTF is up with stacking?! Sometimes i cant even see anything because of the camera; i get into a dark corner, spam 2 3 4 5 with my eyes closed and stuff dies. People say its good tactics cuz its easy and easy is good …. Well i dont blame them.. i blame the game. It tries to cater to everyone so i guess pretty soon i’ll buy another account and train my dog so he can play it as well
Well its not rude anymore. Except maybe for the “NOW” in the topic to be replaced with a “PLS”. Also i’m pretty sure devs are aware about the million bugs in this dungeon but have yet to see a response from them. That’s rude as well. Makes one think that nobody cares if part of the end game is broken as hell (with all the respect)
Reposting the issue in hopes that i’ll actually get an answer as to whats up with dungeon skipping.. Are they intended? Its fun at first but it completely takes the challenge/fun out of them.
In P1 you can skip Lupicus pretty easily after Shoggroth and it makes the instance too easy
In P2 there’s a spot where you can kill Belka without taking any damage, skip Lupi and use another spot to afk-kill Alphard. You can also teleport underwater and kill Belka, Abomination and Alphard without taking any damage. After Alphard you can again skip the mobs leading to the final boss by taking the boat route (the method to get up to the boat has changed but its still there)
In P4 one can also skip everything right up to Brie, get its invulnerable buff for the rest of the group and wait at Brie while the rest of the group kills every other boss with the invulnerable buff on.
I think that making some instances solo-able was genius.. a challenge for the more experienced players but as it is now its just too easy. Berserker Abomination is the best exemple.. he’s easy enough to kill alone without any glitches. Why also add an underwater method for him? The same with Lupicus. The fact that hardcore players have ways to solo a dungeon is great. But, again, these glitches make the game too easy.
The thing that puts the biggest smile on my face is GS mobility. Fighting 1vs2 or 1vs3 and seeing the opposing team combined effort go to waste when i decide to run away with 200hp
My advice would be.. Dont change any piece of gear, dont worry about that right now, knight/soldier whatever. Go spam some 1h blades on a target dummy and check the numbers. Then change your build to 30/0/0/10/30, loose 20% recharge on that gs, some precision and some thoughtness but gain 30% more crit damage, faster weapon swap, crit chance back with heightnened focus, dmg vs boon, etc
Go back, fill your adrenaline and spam 1h blades again on the target dummy and see for yourself if its worth it or not.
If you like it slap Endure Pain on your skillbar for those o-kitten situations and give it a try (or 10). Too squishy? respec back
How can 57 % crit chance be too low ? It means half my hits will be crits.
I never said your crit chance is too low, I was talking about the crit damage
going full berserker and lick the floor each fight like so many Warriors I’ve seen so far. (in less than 2 seconds). They waste time for the team and lose DPS.
And i would never recommend going full berserker for a melee class. What i was trying to point out was that you dont need THAT amount of thoughtness and those points in defense to stay alive. I checked my stuff after i posted and my thoughtness was around ~1100 and thats more than enough to keep you alive assuming
1. you know attack patterns so you can dodge the big hits
2. break agro when you need to (not sure how agro works but with 1100 thoughtness is fairly easy to do so)
3. kill stuff before it kills you due to high damage
If warriors in your group are dying they’re probably not doing all of the above (or any).
You need to easily get read of them defensive stuff as you learn the mob’s attack patterns and the content in general. Sure, as a beginner feel free to use whatever. But if you’re here asking for high-end builds dont dissmiss the answers (or compare them) with average Joe that keeps dying over and over. Its not relevant.
I spit on axes
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Yeah.. i was the same at first. Why would i use cookie cutter builds and rotations that everyone’s using? kitten that, im gonna be like hie guyz i has a horn and i gief you perma swiftness and stuff. Until i realized those points in ma horn are costing me ~30% of my damage
Its doing well at what ? Your amor and traits make no sense to me. Your thoughtness is too high and your crit damage is too low. if you want a good mix of damage and survability you can use soldier armor+ruby orbs, berserker weapons and berserker trinkets. That will drop your thoughtness to ~1300 and will up your crit damage to 70-80 with enough precision to make use of that crit damage.
As for traits why would you put points in defense ?! soldier’s armor + proper dodging is more than enough except maybe for high level fractals http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/83915-axemace-dps-build-for-dungeons-and-fractals-62513/
Have a read. And before a boss battle, where you know you’ll need range, just change either the gs or the axe for the rifle. But that is done before the boss encounter. Not all the way to it
Anyone saying mace/shield GS isn’t the easiest trendy pile of hot garbage since launch is lying because they enjoy playing faceroll.
I’ve been running it since the warrior rebalance patch because I stopped playing as much as I used to and it’s relaxing to press 3 buttons and destroy people.
We need something new. Something more complex and fun for both people involved. We simply have more skull cracks than any class in the game has counters. Even a skilled player will usually lose a 1v1 because they simply ran out of CD’s to counter skull crack.
+1
I main a warrior, im pretty average at it yet i still manage to destroy every non leet player i come across. Its so frikin cheap.
1. Change Arcing Slice with Hundreds Blades
2. Add at least another 2 burst skills per weapon and make it so we can choose between them.. this is a pretty obvious one, more people should complain about it imo
