Guild Wars 2

Aveneo, that’s a throwback to female paragon gear though.

Fairly close to what they used to wear, too.

Gaile Gray.6029:

Namer.9750:

If you see an ANet dev on your server, its because they’re normal people who play the game too when they’re not working. ANet devs don’t take sides in WvW in any official manner, they just have ingame toons, sometimes they go to WvW, sometimes they claim stuff. That’s why you’ll only see them in NA primetime, rarely on EU primetime even in EU servers, or OCX/SEA times. They’re employees at ANet who go home after a long day of work and open up GW2 to chill and some of them play WvW.

It’s all a matter of your servers. For instance, I know there’s one guy who plays on SoS pretty regularly. He’s the one who claimed Air Keep for SoS today, I believe.

There’re no representatives. No select groups. Just individuals playing a game and using the ArenaNet guild in the same way as any other guild.

You got that exactly right. A lot of us play on our own time, and we have no special “dev secret skillz” to help a team in any capacity.

Actually, Dev’s have one super secret boon. Its called “Everyone, attack me!”
Only active when the Anet logo is up tho.

2k to 3k, i believe.

Maraude + Dura provides a bit more sustain. Probably better for the condi heavy roaming meta.

As someone who’s remade characters a few (read: several) times for the sake of fashion, Charr work best for a berserker style look, since their cultural goes so well that way, while Norn and Humans go best for a knightly style look.

Asura have their own tech-warrior thing with their cultural, and the salads have their salad armor.

Shout builds are generally great for group stuff, but a lot of their power is wasted when solo roaming.

Ether Renewal is an amazing heal, since it removes 8 condis in a use.

I… dont know what you do with your guardian, Mokk. The Dragonhunter F1, Spear of Justice, once used, is replaced with a 1200 range pull. And as of late, its interacting with slopes in a hilarious way

I’ve always been a bit of an aggressive player, but I also love Ele as a class.

Im just curious as to what offensive style builds people have built for Ele as of late? Especially with Tempest.

Revised:

Invic still here, still working on a legendary, but its changed! Im working toward Meteorlogicus, and am mostly there, but Im falling short in the map completion part, and the Knowledge Crystals part.

If people could, in the future, spare some time to me and help me in either it would be much appreciated!

Fay.2357:

So meditrapper guardian and D/D thief are probably two of the most 1-trick pony burst builds in the game. Naturally, you’ll have huge problems against anything that doesn’t die in the first 5 seconds of the fight. My general advice is that you shouldn’t play 1-trick ponies and be surprised when you get wrecked by a defensive sustain build.

On the thief, your best bet is to just pull a full disengage and try again if your burst doesn’t work. Once the Mesmer knows you’re there, they can destroy their illusions and rotate defensive cooldowns/interrupts to prevent you from regaining stealth with CnD. You have basically zero defense, so there’s no way for you to survive or sustain through that.

On the guard you’re basically in the same boat but without the capability to pull a full disengage. Guard does actually have some interesting mechanics that hurt Mesmer defense, but if you don’t have condie cleanse that won’t matter. Without condie cleanse, you either kill the Mesmer in the first 5 seconds or you lose.

If you have condie cleanse it’s a bit more interesting. F1 spear, deflecting shot traited to knockback, and test of faith traited to daze are all unblockable cc. This means you can hold onto those 3 skills and use them when the Mesmer tries to block for defense. Doing that will let you break through the defense and get solid dps windows.

As for your warrior, just modify your builds to have high uptime on resistance and you’ll be fine. If the other builds you run are any indicator, those warrior builds are also probably pure burst 1-trick ponies, and that’s just not going to cut it.

I guess this whole thing could be summed up as: don’t play 1-trick ponies and expect to kill people aware of you being a 1-trick pony.

The reason I run D/D isnt to be a one trick pony. Its to try to play as thief used to be, relying on stealth to get things done

Sadly, almost everything about thief stealth has been nerfed.

Also, the warrior builds I run are generally the Greataxe build from metabattle, GS/Hammer build, or S/Sh+GS power.

I do generally run Escapists Absolution, but I rely on Crit strikes to get out the damage I need to do as D/D. Might try SA with the build soon though.

Also, acro is terrible for D/D Its only used for S/D or Staff thieves.

Just realized I forgot to put what builds I use in the post ._.

My thief runs a power D/D build, Guardian is Meditrapper, and the warrior hovers back and forth between Berserker Greataxe and Berserker GS/Hammer

Hello mesmer folk. Im at a loss with trying to fight your class.

Well, one specific build of it. PU Condi mesmer. I play all of 3 classes regularly, Warrior, Guardian, and Thief. I face the same problem on each when trying to fight a PU Condi mesmer/chrono. I can clear the conditions and try to keep smacking the mesmer, who’ll generally cycle through defensives to keep me off, but it always seems that no matter how many condi clears I bring, the mesmer always seems to be able to reapply their heavy conditions (confusion/torment) in stupidly quick order. Which generally leads to my quick demise because taking 3.5k condi damage every second sucks absolute balls.

So, more experienced people of the mesmer forums. How exactly can I manage to fight this build more easily? Or at least give myself a fighting chance against someone using it?

It requires using Strength of the Pack before the Bristleback f2.

Lonewolf Kai.3682:

Nearly every thief I see out in the field is either a mouse or salad….aka human or silvari.

Second most common I see are the gremlins…aka asura.

Next is the best race, Charr, of which I’m proud to be one, but also very rare out there. After all, it’s hard being sneaky as one of the biggest of the races.

And the rarest I see are the clumsy looking Norns.

Woo, charr thief represent!

My thief is one of the rarer sights. Female charr thief, stabbing everything for the glory of Ash Legion.

Little bit of a mind tickler this morning.

Was running around WvW like usual, but something struck me last night. Almost every thief I ever see is a male/female human, or a male sylvari. What do yall thing are the rarest seen race/class combo’s?

Zedek.8932:

Yesterday I even saw a female Charr thief! That was rare³!

Hey, we female charr thieves aren’t THAT rare! We’re just so good at our jobs you don’t hear us.

Had the glorious joy of getting spawn camped tonight because apparently the Legendary Guards outside the desert borderland’s home spawn don’t attack. They just sit there invulnerable.

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and

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Can we please fire the guards? They obviously arent earning their paycheck.

I do have to ask though… Why is offhand dagger lost to the void? What nerf did they bring to invalidate an entire weapon?

Are you sure you’re not one of Primordius’s minions?

Is there a build more focused on doing damage? Im a WvW roamer so I’l need to fight a fair amount of people, and more than likely flip camps on the regular.

Ello folks. Im leveling up my little Asura ele, and would like to know a thing or two since I’ve never really put much effort into the class, especially around my general stomping grounds of WvW.

Last time I seriously looked at Ele, D/D was the general kingpin build, being able to do most anything it needed to. Is it still one of the best builds or has it fallen into obscurity like power D/D thieves?

Are there viable builds that run dagger in the main hand in PvE/PvP/WvW? I love the mechanics of the weapon and the lightning whip, so I’d like to keep using it at level 80 as an ele or Tempest.

Thanks for any help y’all can give!

Pyrologist Dezz, signing off to BURN EVERYTHI— Cough cough study the elements!

All I know is that my warrior has an axe, and you have a face.

Very few things can’t be solved by an axe to the face.

Spartacus.3192:

Greatsword/Hammer used to be the default weapon set to use in WvW roaming up until about a year or so ago. Now Hammer is a pale reflection of its former self.

Oh the old days of the Juggernaught build. I miss that build sometimes. It was always kind of funny to use the hammer burst to stop an entire group long enough for some buddies to catch up to me.

The problem I see with druids, specifically the shout trooper roamer, is that without boons they fall over like twigs.

Once they get their boons rolling, they can’t be stopped without outnumbering them, even sometimes then the people fighting the druid need good communication to bring him down.

Correct me if Im wrong, but wasnt Ele experiencing this type of thing a while back, where their boon stacking made them absurd?

EdwinLi.1284:

The priory has already established a good amount of bases in the Crystal Desert even before the Pact we formed as it was mentioned by NPCs. They have been researching the Crystal Desert and ruins in the area along with keeping a eye on Kralky for a long time now. If any info is left there then no doubt the Priory in the Crystal Desert will have the infomation we need by now.

Along with a group of Order of Whispers keeping a eye on Joko’s activity to the South area of the Crystal Desert.

I personally have my doubts the Priory would know too much about the process, even given their ability. Perhaps we’ll have to aid the Order in quelling Joko to maybe get Turai back so he can guide us through Ascension?
I kind of cant wait to see whats become of the old desert. That was one of my favorite areas, only being topped by the southern section of Cantha, both the Jade Sea and the Echovald Forest.

Honestly, I like to think my norn engi, Bralus Blastfist, has the insane dream of building a bomb big enough to blow one of Jormag’s legs off.

Or make a gun big enough to put kitten right through him.

hornswroggle.8023:

• We’re we’re likely gonna be dealing with Mursaat to some extent in the upcoming story arc, however our characters are not ascended so we can’t actually sense them in any way. The Crystal Desert would provide the nescessary locations to perform the ritual.

P.S.: If I made major errors on the lore please correct me. I didn’t play the original game and all this old lore has come to me through reading.

The slight problem with heroes undergoing Ascension is that we have no idea if there is anything left down there to tell us where to bloody start.
Not to mention the fact Kralkatorrik will literally be looming right to the north, in case he wants to come down and bash our heads in for thinking we can stop him. It’ll be an interesting bit of story to say the least, whenever we go down there.

Oh, and lets not forget the Old Seer, in case Lazarus decides to bring back our favorite ability, Spectral Agony. For those who dont know what Spectral Agony, imagine trying to fight a perma-stealth Condi thief, who can spam the condi bomb.

I run a full marauder Swordmaster build. GS+Sw/Sh.

Works hilariously well if I can time the max might with sub 50% final thrust. My current record is a 15k crit.

I dont see enough ballistas in there.

Honestly, the two best roamers, in terms of power build usage that I’ve seen have been power Druid, and out good old friend zerker Daredevil.

Druid is a downright immortal kitten once you learn it and how to cycle skills and know how to play against the enemy. I’ve seen guys go 2 and 3v1 with the build and not die just from a combo of skill and the fact the build provides so much sustain.

Daredevil is pretty straight forward. It’s just a boosted version of what thief has always been. Run in, spike hard, dodge their panic return attacks, then finish them off. It’s a really double edged sword though. Miss the timing on one of those dodges, and you will get hit HARD.

Ty much! This seems like stuff I’l play over TS when Im gonna rampage throuh HoD’s borderlands with my guild :p

Whats the first song in that video there? o.O

Hello, folk of the forests, and general arrowshooters.

I’ve got a ranger I somewhat recently brought up to 80 and maxed out Druid for, and have been interested in the idea of running around in WvW with it.

I’ve a full set of Viper’s armor, and some assorted condi trinkets. I can manage some condi based weapons easily.

So, I come to you folk who know the class better than me. Whats a generally good build to run around in WvW with that makes the best of the Viper gear on a Ranger/Druid?

Honestly, Warrior’s have semi-decent ways to survive, but you also will need a very on point support group to keep yourself alive. Warriors have some very potent counters, but they don’t last forever, nor do we really get too much on our own.

I sometimes command, and Berserker Stance+Endure Pain have just helped me force in and break an enemy line with the cascading tidal wave of CC and damage coming up right behind me.

I’ve been tossing it over in my mind, but I just can’t quite seem to choose. To you others who roam the ol’ power Warrior, which foods do you tend to run and why? Im kind of tempted to run a regen food to go alongside my already powerful sustain, or alternatively some Saffron bread for the 20% reduction while stunned/knocked down/back.

Any ideas?

D/D nowadays means you’re going to be running a Condition setup. It falls behind D/P in Power setups.

Essentially, run for a lot of Condition damage, and spam the hell out of skill #3.

Run into a bansh- err… Daredevil? Detonate your tech, wait, Chaos armor.

You the DB Minion master Reaper who took some camps last night?

Remember the thief who murdered you near NNC? I’m coming back tonight.

Josh XT.6053:

Thieves pretty much all run daredevil right now because its strong and they can go zero-skill gank people.

And thief is just thief, always been a scrub class lol.

… Play a thief in WvW. Try to not die to literally every random AoE thrown out by a group, or survive under the focus of one or two people.

Thieves have their general sneaky playstyle, but they are by no means in a great place right now.

I’ve always been a major fan of P/P for power setups as something of a random ganking roamer. Does anyone know any decent builds to compliment it, or weapon sets to run alongside it for maximum effectiveness? So far, I’ve been running S/D+P/P for some hilarity, but as always certain classes wreck my kitten. Mesmers, DH’s, and Heralds always spell my doom.

So, backstabbers, pickpockets, and nefarious form lurkers, any help for a fellow teef?

Your best bet would be acquiring a full set of exotic gear to work with. It’d be in your best interest to grab an axe, a warhorn, and a greatsword as well.

Soldiers gear would be good if you’re not quite good at dodging, but once you get the hang of it, move more toward more offensive stats.

Once you have gear, make your way to the new zones to explore and acquire some decent loot.

We can get full Adrenaline a fair bit faster than a Druid can get full Avatar. But on the other hand, one condi is kinda low.

But the blue guy is using a hammer…

Second question. Would a power based build involving a torch be a doable idea? I like the abilities on the Torch, but I don’t know if it’ll be viable to run zerker/marauder stats instead of carrion/viper stats with it.

Hello all, ol’ Warrior main here. Been my main since I started this game at launch, and always loved it, even to this day. My only gripe is it seems Power based builds seem to be losing their niche in WvW, due to the amount of conditions being spammed that directly inhibit our main hits.

Case in point being Necromancers being able to drop that well on us, and hit us up with so much chill, getting out quickly becomes one hell of a hassle (At least for me, since by this time my movement skills are either used up, or the necro will straight out play me and keep me in that well)

Another one seems to be Thieves, and to a lesser extent Mesmers with the condition spamming that shuts me down.

Has anyone had any luck as a power based warrior in WvW nowadays? If so, I’d love to see any builds you can throw in here to help an old main on his way back to eviscerating the competition. (Maybe pun intended)

Muchacho.2143:

I’ve enjoyed reading this thread. I’m new to the game (just picked it up a month ago) and after watching your match this past week, you inspired me to give the thief a try. I’m only rank 30 in pvp so far, so obviously my experience won’t necessarily reflect that of people with higher MMR, but I’m having a fun time with your build. I love the mobility. None of the other classes I’ve tried give you as much freedom to move around the map. Any advice to somebody very new to the class?

Honestly, keep to Thief even during the times when it’s weak.
When Thief comes back up to a balanced state again? You’ll be used to outplaying everyone to win, so once you’re on the same playing field you’ll be a league ahead.

In terms of WvW, would your D/P or Staff builds work well enough? The first two on your twitch page.

If you look at the bottom of the staff, it’s actually a bit thicker than the rest, making it look (IMO) balanced in weight.

Judging from the amount of trap hits that popped up on that combat log, before you were downed it took a minimum of 4 or 5 seconds to down you.

Afterward? Maybe another like 4.