Guild Wars 2

For WvW: The F1 skill, Manfest Sand Shade either needs to have the range increased to 1200, the cast time removed, or the radius increased.

Often when playing in wvw and attacking another group, the enemy would simply out run the placement of the Sand Shade, making them rather useless in an engagement. Chasing people down trying to connect a hit with the profession mechanic and watching them just step out of the circle is frustrating.

Using the larger single shade was slightly better, but still missed a lot because it could be so easily avoided, by simply stepping out while it was casted at short range.

It did work well in chokes or fights in and area, but while moving, this was frustrating to watch.

Everything else about the Elite Spec was pretty good.

Take off the signet of spite and try it again.

Meekz.8274:

ANET, Don’t forget about the people that still care about having fun fights in this game. Address this issue!

Johannes.4638:

Gratuitous Bump

Please take the time to possibly perhaps look into this maybe. For the good of the last of us.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter, your help is greatly appreciated.

Radioactive.1248:

Agreed, with the balance patch around the corner, hope this is on the top of the list to be addressed. Deployable cannon beta testing and repair hammers instead of fixing boonshare shows how out of touch you have become.

Gratuitous Bump

Please take the time to possibly perhaps look into this maybe. For the good of the last of us.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter, your help is greatly appreciated.

Yubria.5671:

- The BL merchant event seems to start at about : 33

I see this part, but is it a specific hour?? I have been hanging around the map in that spot all day and the event never triggers for Draithor.

Something I noticed in general about LF generation was that while Vitality affected the LF pool, it would also affect the % gained. When I had various levels of Vitality from pvp amulets, the GS 3 would vary in LF gained from 305-495. Same is probably true for shouts.

Awesome. Just want to mention a couple things:

1. thank you all much for the help, was very nice and appreciated.

2. I wish there was a better way for this to be known and/or visualized rather than blind faith that it is working (devs….looking at you GG over all, solid effort)

3. Doesn’t it feel nice to have responses to threads that aren’t just complaints and negative waves, rehashing known problems? I am proud of you all for your generosity and positive attitude.

Id like to finish this off with a small team exercise, I want everyone to put their hands in and on 3 lets give it a big Go Team !! 1…2…3 GO TEAM! Woo!

cya all on the field

OK, solid advice. I was getting critical hits. I guess next question would be, what is the math behind this skill?? Like what would be the Crit chance at 25 stacks?? I’m terrible at math and would probably muck it up by carrying the wrong two or adding a zebra where I shouldn’t. Also, does the crit “stack” have the same durations of the vulnerability at the point when the foe is struck? At what rate does the “stack” deteriorate? Is there a chance we may see some icon in the future a la Vampiric Aura that affirms that this trait is in fact working?

Yep, tried that. I used Soldier gear…Cavaliers…everything I could that did not have precision and I just did not feel or see and difference.

Could someone enlighten me on Decimate Defenses. I get that it will increase my critical chance upon striking a foe with vulnerability, however I just do not feel it. Unlike other skills and traits that increase my power, critical chance, or toughness, I have no way of being sure that the trait is actually working they way it says it should be.

When testing it out and viewing the hero panel, nothing changes and it does not feel like I’m critically hitting any more than usual despite the 25 stacks of vulnerability. Other possibility is that I’m just inept as my friend would put it Thanks in advance for help.

Something else to consider is playing the same way and subbing GS for dagger/war horn and use GS for single target dmg after a well bomb.

Picking traits/utilities for wvw and especially gvg is not enough. The classic wellmancer runs zerk armor, doing so in melee range, even with trusted guardians is not enough to survive. Need to switch up armor for toughness or vitality, but you lose out on dmg.

any suggestions on armors???

My experience is mostly WvW zerg/groups whatever you want to call them.
And that game mode that shall not be mentioned

Berserker’s armor. Zerk trinkets except 1 Cavalier ring ( I like having that little bit of toughness)
Scholar runes cause im too lazy to change it to “meta” or whatever the kids say these days.
Zerk weapons Staff – Dagger/focus
At least sigil of air on both. I use sigil of energy as well for extra dodge rolls

Spite- Spiteful talisman, Chill of death, close to death
Soul Reaping – Unyielding blast, Vital Persistence, Death Perception
Death Magic – Shrouded Removal, Deadly Strength, Corrupter’s Fervor

for third trait line I take death magic, everyone and their mother is gonna be using blood so I am still gonna get siphons in the group.

Heals- do whats comfortable, could care less about CC changes as it hasn’t affected me.

Utility-Well of suffering, well of corruption and Signet of spite. I don’t ever use signet unless on downs for poison near the end of a fight or rally war, mostly have it because +180 power. Lich cause it is still funny too see people runaway and melt.

With the armor/wep stats + Signet + food/stones + corruptors fervor…3.1k power with room to grow…wont say much more cause we are allegedly OP.

I’m not counting in any might I gain or wvw guard stacks since those will be bye bye in the future.

Important thing to remember in wvw, is yes you have to survive, and people do this through utility skills and food and such. However if you learn to position yourself, withing range to do damage and yet out of anyone’s cross hairs, you will survive just fine. It is not like running melee train and just smashing into stuff, more like a dance around the edges.

Others may disagree. If your here to try necro, this is worth a try. Ive been having
tons o’ fun for 3 years, here is to 3 more years. just find whats fun, it doesn’t matter what meta is, steal someone elses build if it looks ok then tweak it how you want. is it optimal? No. Does it matter? No. Have fun, it is a game, enjoy it.

Everyone complaining about t1. No one had noticed with the new division of league the NA NSP server is now going to be sitting on top of bronze league. The same server that Devon said he would be playing on and earnin the mata achievement …. Convenient much?

I would like an invite please and thank you.

I would happily take an invite as well