Guild Wars 2

Charactar: Tim Tebow MVP
Profession: High skill cap trap ranger
rank: 39

For a long time I ran the semi-tanky no power all condi damage build w/ scepter + dagger and Staff. I now switched to one very similar to the power build Khalifia talked about it I find it so much more useful in tournaments. I use it with both wells and res sig. Use the immoblize on dagger to keep them in wells. Sometimes you do have to back off because of the squishyness, but then you just DS auto attack for ~2k average attack. Also like Khalifia stated I coordinate time warp and lich with mes at team fights and verus bad teams I can down 2+ players easy in it. It is very resliant on DS because of the squishyness, but you should charge it really fast with staff/dagger auto attack. This build brings just as much or more pressure than a straight condi build for sure, but can also burst down 1v1 which is it’s biggest upside imo.

Jumper.9482:

Far too harsh of a nerf. They’ll be balanced once triple shatter gets fixed. That or add a 0.15sec GCD between shatters.

his point is not that they are OP, his idea is to make it so that a team doesn’t need a mesmer just for a portal. Having it as an elite might make you think twice about bring a mesmer, but I still think most teams will use them unless they lost time warp and their huge shatter they have atm.

I can confirm this too. Playing warior I realized sometimes I would stay up after using vengengance without trait, and then eventually I found it to be if i killed a minion. Not sure if someone can rally form big minions though.

Raytek.6193:

The motivation is appearance/skill.

The same can be said about PvE, a lot of players get to 80 and say “o well now there’s nothing to do” motivation in this game comes from aesthetic items not from a never-ending gear grind treadmill. If that’s not enough for you, you won’t be here long.

Not saying OPs reasons aren’t valid, we do need ladders/spectator and all that for a strong competitive community.

I agree. A main motivation of a long term PvPer will be too get better and win more often. Playing the same game mode/maps over and over in hotjoin (which is a mess),and pugs getting stomped in free tournaments is causing a lot of people to lose motivation and move on imo.

Never do paids can’t say, but surprisingly I have seen a lot of these names in free tournies… must just be another sign of how small the actual pvp community is

I logged on today and noticed the update that shows your real armor dye in games. I also noticed that I kept getting around 40 glory from a win bonus in hot-join. I never really pay attention to the top player awards at the end of the game, but i am pretty sure it used to be five?

Also, if this is true i think it will be great and encourage to
- play to win
-play less thieves / mesmers / any setup that helps you get the most kills

I’m interested, send me a whisper when you get a chance!