Guild Wars 2

http://youtu.be/6Ru31FN2qNY

http://youtu.be/-We2bnvbvYQ

http://youtu.be/lDdRD7YF9Ys

http://youtu.be/VK0aZKUibto

^R.I.P greatest bug of all time..

Enjoy the laughs!

Edit: Welp, no music or cursing… there goes that!

Kayzi.9752:

They are also #1 octagon guild NA.

This as well. Also, looking to add another kink to the octagon to expand to a nonagon. PM for more info.

Great job polishing those cannons and AC’s. Serious, all we see over the past two weeks.

10/10 guild, wood join again

We’re in dire (lol get it?) need of more glass thieves, perp engis, and condi warriors.

Assuming you’re playing support, they work well. With larger groups, that can provide some good support with your heals. However, on a smaller scale, I found that with the abundance of conditions, trooper runes are more favorable.

PSA: It’s not a hack, it’s jumping into the citadel from a certain spot along the north.

It is quite obvious what ANet is pushing for.

Devon.9061:

Please learn to arrange golems properly. Thank you

The GOAT.
/15chars

Janology.8159:

I’ve been constantly refreshing the forums, hoping I wasn’t the only one experiencing this kind of issue.

I keep getting these error codes.

code=58:11:5:523:101

code=7:11:3:191:101

Reset my router, my computer, all sqaured away, except when I log into GW2. This is the first time this kind of issue has happened, and I’ve been playing since the beginning.

Getting the same “code=7:11:3:191:101” every minute and I disconnect. Very annoying. Game is unplayable atm, it’s only for Guild Wars 2. Everything else is working fine.

Friendly fire.

Please ANet…

Do it.

It’s not like it’s already hard enough to burst down a terrormancer or dire p/s engi, or try to stay on top of a p/d thief running plex, on my guard. Guess it’s time to re-roll!

SpiderGasm.3182:

Bllades you have it all wrong. You want more bags following you, excuse me I meant people. Everyone should come to Hod!

lol @ this coming from a guild that hopped on the FA wagon for season 2.

Take 10 out of zeal. Put 5 in Honor and 5 in virtues.

Don’t waste CD’s. Save your meds more for healing, rather than setting up bursts.

Example: People like to Shield of wrath, into JI+smite cond+whirling wrath. While it’s great for a surprise attack, in any 1vX situation, you may down one or two, but you’ve just wasted 4k+ of healing, a 1200 range possible escape, and you haven’t taken full advantage of Smite Condition.

If you’re getting condi-bombed, don’t use CoP until you see you’re losing hp at an alarming rate. Don’t use shelter to heal, rather, use it as a block and to generate might when getting attacked rapidly. Don’t blow all virtues at once.

You’re hardest classes will generally be condi bombers, so use you cleanses wisely. Thieves that can blind or daze easily will also be difficult, since you’re not using stability or protection to counter their bursts. Not much else to it.

Also, you don’t need healing power with medis. With dps or bunker shouts and 15 in honor it scales very well. Meditation healing scales very poorly, so you don’t really need more than the base. I would not go over 500 for mediburst if you have 15 in honor.

On one last note, you can try the meditation build popular in pvp, 10/5/30/5/20 for Absolute Resolution in virtues for an extra condi clear if you REALLY can’t seem to deal with them, at the cost of some extra HP and useful traits.

Nike.2631:

JahRo.6432:

It wasn’t for full damage. It was to maximize crit damage, while giving up little. I’m not angry about PvE, since anything in PvE is full zerk anyway. This is for WvW only. What kittenes me off is that I spent time and money theorycrafting only to render it sub-par.

So what will you be shifting to?

Dunno yet, waiting to see how it turns out. Hopefully something else will make up for the celestial loss. I’ve only used a few pieces, so it’s not as bad as (s)omeone with a lot, but it’s still frustrating.

Nike.2631:

JahRo.6432:

I’ll be losing the equivalent of 37% crit damage to gain 13.2 of all stats. Seems logical to me.

In all seriousness, it you were focused on doing damage, why were you wearing Celestial?

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/12dmi5/tip_stat_optimization_with_crit_damage/

It wasn’t for full damage. It was to maximize crit damage, while giving up little. I’m not angry about PvE, since anything in PvE is full zerk anyway. This is for WvW only. What kittenes me off is that I spent time and money theorycrafting only to render it sub-par.

Phoebe Ascension.8437:

Can anobody list the stats for a 2h or 1h celestial weapon here? It’s the only celestial piece i don’t have, And i would like to use that to complete my math behind it.

2h celestial is 83 all stats, 11% crit damage. The nerf will increase all stats to ~88 and reduce the crit damage to ~6

I’ll be losing the equivalent of 37% crit damage to gain 13.2 of all stats. Seems logical to me.

You’re running full meditations with no meditation cooldown trait? Error or intentional?

Can we get a refund option if we’ve already crafted ascended? You should have come out with something like this after we had the option of wasting gold crafting it.

Meanwhile, condition bunkers are lol-ing up a storm.

PU condi
Kit Engi
LB condi warr
Terrormancer
P/D condi thief

Take your pick for anything PvP/WvW related.

Friendly-fire. Please A-net… please. I’d love to see this in WvW, R.I.P hammer blobs.

Depends if you want solo or group play. As much as I hate it, PU is extremely effective in 1vX thanks to its stealth abuse and sustain. Whether you go condi or power is up to you, but you need 30 in Chaos for it.

For groups, gl@ss (srsly Anet?) shatter mesmer will destroy people. It’s by far my favorite spec for mesmers to have in a team with me, if they play it right.

If you want small-scale or even solo roaming, I’d have to recommend FC. Coming down a tier or two from HoD, the zergs are minuscule, aside from prime time (can get upwards to 30+ on some days). There’s a lot of roaming guilds here, and I’ve found myself just partying random people I see running around and tagging along with them in the BL’s/EB.

Kal Spiro.9745:

JahRo.6432:

You should read more carefully. The “tempered” backpiece is the ascended version. You need a “tempered” backpiece to make a colored variant.

Fine->Masterwork->Rare->Exotic->Ascended->Colored

The ingredients you listed to make the ascended back is the ingredients to INFUSE it.

Um, he’s talking about Infusing here and always was.

I realized that afterwords, that’s why i deleted my comment. Strange why they’d do that.

Homie is fat and bulky smells like pee

Rigel.3092:

JahRo.6432:

Rigel.3092:

Harbinger.8637:

My hp is only around 15.5k if I invest 30 into Honor. In PvE you really don’t need it, and in WvW you’ll get the Guard Fortitude Buff. So I don’t see a reason to stack a large amount of vit.

Come run with [HB] for a couple guild raid runs and then perhaps you will understand the need for having a crap load of vitality compared to that which you think is sufficient (15.5K)…..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDTivRyvBw

You know, not everyone is a zergling.

And you have no frakin clue what a “zergling” is because your simply one of those who throw it around thinking your hurting someone’s feelings or something to that degree. Grow the frak up. Our guild runs around with 20-35 at most and we purposely zone out or WP to dump pugs that may get attached.

For one, I wasn’t insulting. If you take it that way, that’s your problem. Second, the video shows a necro’s point of view. Now from this, I can only imagine that you either: A.) Are trying to advertise for your guild or B.) are trying to troll.

Because there are literally thousands of the same kitten videos posted all over youtube of people doing the exact same thing. It contributes nothing to the OP’s question, and it’s quite boring (personal opinion).

To OP, I’d wait until the new patch comes out to see how they change celestial. Good options for overall dps-focused guards are mixes of berserker, celestial, cavalier, or even valk. I haven’t experimented with the new zealot’s stat, but if you want more healing power for sustain, I’d imagine it’d be pretty nice.

Rigel.3092:

Harbinger.8637:

My hp is only around 15.5k if I invest 30 into Honor. In PvE you really don’t need it, and in WvW you’ll get the Guard Fortitude Buff. So I don’t see a reason to stack a large amount of vit.

Come run with [HB] for a couple guild raid runs and then perhaps you will understand the need for having a crap load of vitality compared to that which you think is sufficient (15.5K)…..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDTivRyvBw

You know, not everyone is a zergling.

0/5/30/30/5 is a great build for solo roaming, small groups, and even zerging if that’s your thing.

The worst thing you can do is go full glass for roaming. You want a nice mix of sustain, paired with enough dps to kill. It’s best to start with more sustain, learn your rotations and when to do what, then migrate towards being more offensive. That being said, some good example stats for a wvw build would be something along the lines of

3k attack
2800 armor
15k hp
At least 300 healing power for dodge heals, which you get from 30 in honor anyway
80% crit damage
And 40% crit chance

This is a good balance of stats, and you can add or remove stats that you don’t feel you need, but from experience, they’re all useful. Just find the numbers that suit you from trial and error.

I have the XFX7770 and the ONLY way I got it to fix was do a clean uninstall of the 13.X drivers, and revert back to the 12.10 drivers. Since then, haven’t had a single issue. Idk why GW2 and the 13.X drivers don’t get along, but that’s the only fix I’ve found. (Had the exact same issue)

Two things you’ll need:

1.) DDU – http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/display_driver_uninstaller_download.html

don’t worry, it’s safe, just follow the instructions and it will remove ALL AMD files. The uninstaller for AMD leaves a ton of old files around that will conflict with newer/older versions.

2.) The old 12.10 drivers. Just go to AMD’s driver download page, enter your specs, and find the “Previous Drivers” or w/e link.

I spent forever trying to figure out wtf was causing the issue, and narrowed it down to the driver version. Keep in mind, GW2 was the only game this has ever happened with, so it’s definitely a software issue.

Yes.                                   

mPascoal.4258:

Hey guys. Build have been working so far, but I want to ask if this way is also viable, so basicly is Inspired Virtue much of a diference? Does this work fine?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQNAsdRlUgSDHHyNEf4ERVh4h9QjeMjXPgYEbIA-jUyAYfIsVApPBiKAm8KiGbxsIasKbMl7QqVvQCBIbCA-w

I could try it my self and will since it doesn’t hurt, but I’m asking because with this trait setup, I could allways swich from roaming to zerg build on the go just by switching gears and traits in those lines, and so I could command if I feel like to without having to go WP and reset traits. I also have change some parts of the gear, but the final stats are pretty much the same, is just because the way it is now allows me to have full ascended Trinkets.

Yes, either will work fine. The “standard” for guardians is x/x/30/30/x. 10 in zeal is a good option for extra power and an additional damage modifier. 5 in radiance is popular for the aoe blind. The 5 is virtues is preferred for getting slightly more sustain out of your virtues, with a nice extra 3 stacks of might when setting up a burst, but realistically, won’t make a HUGE difference. If you like to roam solo, with a small group, or zerg, both options will be fine, as long as you’re familiar with your traits. Honestly, the second would be more versatile if you’re not fond of retraiting. You can go from triple medi burst to shouts with AH with the swap of gear and selecting different traits. That being said, i’d prefer the 10/0/30/25/5.

Looks pretty good. I’d highly suggest you drop 15 in radiance, put 10 in power for the 10% dmg modifier and 5 into honor for another 10% damage modifier, as Shoe suggested. Damage modifiers on a medi burst build make it so great. You’ll lose about 7% base crit chance, but Focused Mind greatly makes up for it. It does suck not having the 5 in radiance for stomping, but it’s all preference.

Kahrgan.7401:

Zenix.1706:

Possible ^^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRtLkdMQJRQ

So OP !!!

That dmg is pathetic, also… pick better opponents if you want to prove a point :P

That’s my troll build LOL. In reality, it is probably the worst idea possible.

themenaceofseventhdimension.2075:

I want to shed some light on this topic for you.I am guessing you must want to play condition spec?

Then go with Pistol/Shield, as they provides best way to counter and gives additional survivability. More times than not, having just a shield does not make up for loss of Tool Kit. Not only does Toolkit gives you survivability, which is essential for solo roaming, it is also a battle engager. Pull and Prybar is awesome. As a solo roamer, you should be the one to start the fight, not your opponent. secondly, I get that you want ranged weapons, but as an engineer, there are certain situations when you actually need that extra stealth. smoke field takes care of that. For instance, if you were to be caught up by more than one opponent, it is really hard to shake them off with grenades than with Bombs. Smoke field with Shield number 4 knockback is an easy 2 second of stealth. It seems minor, but since an Engineer has perma swiftness, the distance covered is well worth it. Thirdly, Elixir gun should be the last slot. Not only does it provide decent healing, it is a gap closer, which is much needed in 1 vs X fights. So I am not sure if I helped you. But here is my opinion. Hope you consider it.

Thanks man. Yeah, I’m running p/s, and I’m fine with gearing and traits, I’d just love to hear suggestions on what people prefer.

I’ve been playing my engi a lot over the past few weeks since I’ve hit level 80 and I’m having a blast roaming around with him. Coming from guardian, it’s a nice change of pace. I’ve decided to jump straight into triple kits, but I’m having a hard time deciding on the best 3 for me. I like nades for the 1500 range and ability to cleave on downed, bombs for the fields and BoB, elixir gun for that extra blast and gap closer and defensive skills, and tool kit for that utility, but I can NOT decide on which combo to use for solo roaming.

I’ve narrowed downed to using grenades for ranged pressure. I’d like a bit of insight on what you guys prefer for 3-kit roaming. I really love bombs, but I feel vulnerable giving up that gap closer with EG and block/cripple on TK. Then again, I feel like I could get more out of blasting the bomb fields for certain situations. Thanks for any help.

goldenwing.8473:

I play WvW in GW2 the same way I played RvR in DAoC and Warhammer Online: strategically.

That means I play for PPT.

And usually not in a zerg.

I’d be playing for PPT no matter what server I was on.

PPT allows my 4-man swat team to make a contribution without having to be part of a zerg (this is a recording).

I play PvE for bags. (Precursor dropped 3 days ago from a fish in the lake in Gendarran doing the PvE daily). (Our 4-man team “warms up” doing quick runs through a couple of explorables. )

If I want to play for fights I have 3 choices: back to a team FPS game, SPvP or GvG. Won’t do GvG because I won’t ever be in a guild large enough to have those huge free for alls.

Btw, we DO enjoy those small skirmishes we have from time to time. We are not opposed to fights, just not our first focus.

PS: see thread for some suggestions/discussions regarding PPT: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/If-you-could-change-the-scoring-mechanic

Agree, there is no right or wrong. Just preferred playstyle.

“Blackgate: PvE: 48 alts, 21 lvl 80’s. WvW: Elementalist. Go figure.”

lolololol

Tend to like making goofy videos with guildies. Enjoy the lulz!

You need to hit those books harder so you can learn to spell mister.

Darek.1836:

K U T M.4539:

Moobs how much did you get paid to do this

I felt like bragging

i miss ur rage ;_;

Lohre.9031:

Aratoa.7398:

bokkieskitten.8023:

Aratoa.7398:

Sororita.3465:

Aratoa.7398:

Not to involve myself in the forum warrioring, but IoJ/RUN guild, why are you exploiting and trebbing us at NE tower from your spawn?

its not actually an exploit, its placed in an area where siege can be placed. It may not work on all the borderlands but just maybe the green one. Across the path from the eastern vendors by the stone wall, theres an area there without a siege lock on it. Its not an exploit, an opportunistic move instead.

So it’s a map exploit then, just like the invuln areas. Thank you for the answer. It’s extremely sad that members of IoJ needs to resort to these kinds of things instead of actually fighting it out but I suppose you’re going to justify it to yourself one way or another.

No one really cares, at this point in the game… no one cares anymore.

PS. You can hit it.

I’ve never seen it used before so this is a first for me. I was genuinely surprised when I saw the treb shots coming out of spawn. Oh well.

Lol I’ve never seen it before EXXXXPPPLLLLOOOOIIITTTTTTT

P.S. Anyone else not surprised why Anet is shutting this section of the forums down? At least the last couple pages are getting better.

On the contrary, seeing how this is one of the most active and lively forums, keeping the only part of the game worth anything interesting, yes, I am a bit surprised.

ayethe.9425:

nice job on the ac hack hod at lang ….

Notsureifsrs… How many times has this been accused now for people? You see that gap in the door? Yeah… if you put an AC outside, you can shoot through it and hit inside.

Still waiting on a post from Banzie.

[Mend] got [Mend]ed by pugs. Make sure you throw that bit into the next video Flabbers huehueuheu.

capmasterflash.5690:

Devon.9061:

Now, I’m no mathematician but you may have spelt gornok wrong…

Listen, I may not be a deep sea fisherman but I’m not sure math was relevant to finding that spelling error…

Listen, I may not be Kanye West, but my fiancé ain’t no hobbit.

Sororita.3465:

JahRo.6432:

ArkAngel.7940:

All CD/IoJ ever does is run away into their little pillow forts to scare off the big mean monsters outside.

I just want to cuddle with the BUNS

No. Only us [BUNS] have the cuddle times.

BUNS plsss

ArkAngel.7940:

All CD/IoJ ever does is run away into their little pillow forts to scare off the big mean monsters outside.

I just want to cuddle with the BUNS

Banzie, where’s yo loud kitten mouth at? Need more people to argue with.

Funniest kitten I’ve seen in a while. I know HoD does minion master zergs, but this was making me rofl. +1 cool point to CD

Banzie.5248:

Woo so the kitten talking begins I see. Sad that not many HoD decided to defend their bl but rather took all of CDs last night to make up for it. Oh well I guess you guys know how to play map politics which is better than most servers.

Good fights I guess, EBay still better skill wise, all HoD is so far is coverage which is why they dominate bronze.

I’ll be on HoD every night this week I believe so do try harder next time.

Make sure you have bodyguards! Oh who am I kidding? It’s Mend!

nathanjameson.3542:

Let the forum warrioring…begin!

@ HoD: I noticed you didn’t post pics of your losing your keep right after that last screenshot, or of us killing your 12 Omegas trying to take ours.

Doesn’t matter, Flappy felt the force of a thousand balls on his face.

But here’s your wish — your blob from our view.