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I never assumed you sat in GS, and being able to back out in GS can be helpful when things start falling apart.
But nevertheless, maximizing your feedback damage for fractals is very important. Your own power has no effect, and 50 additional power through GS training is almost nothing when in GS. You should note that you also lose the bleeds from the 15 point dueling trait. On the svanir shaman, you can safely place 3 pistol phantasms to have perma 20+ bleed stacks, that amounts to quite a bit of damage.
The additional bleed damage, higher feedback crit chance, as well as the ability to have a very flexible second dueling trait, is much more valuable than 100 power and a 4 second faster ranged phantasm, which you aren’t going to be making much use of in the first place since you are in sword/focus (and truthfully, I can’t think of a single set of trash mobs in the game where I would need to use the GS knockback twice during the encounter, unless of course you consider the dredge clowncar one set of trash mobs, in which case, 6 seconds isn’t doing much).
Oh Bumbler I wasnt saying you were saying that.. It seemed the guy before you was. I see where you are coming from with the traits, that’s not the issue here. The issue is for group pulls I think having one izerker summoned from the start is better than being able to swap focus for sword offhand. Warden, frenzy blade and 1 are the only important thing when it comes to group pulls. A extra block and a single target phantom isnt as good as a izerker.
Idk man maybe it’s just I run a lot of groups where people dont know what they are really doing a lot of the time (it’s why I made it a point to note I pug), maybe thats why my knockback gets utilized more than you. I wasn’t saying two knockbacks in a fight, most group pulls wont last more than 20s, the point is that by the next pull I have the knockback if i need it. This helps reflect more mobs also with feedback damage as feedback does not suffer from the aoe cap.
In fractals, most of the major sets of group pulls carry the benefit of feedback being exceptionally powerful. Avoiding 20 in domination and instead having 20 in dueling is going to be stronger as your chance for feedback to crit will inch closer to 100%. This will also be a boon on all bosses where feedback is king, which is at least half of them. You are also able to trait either sword or pistol which is going to be stronger on most other bosses than GS training. GS training will give you a one skill benefit wheres sword training gives you 4.
Additionally, the increased cooldown reduction is not going to do much because the cooldown reduction is worthless. If you open with the GS and then go into melee sword cleave range, you should be staying there until the trash is dead. Use out of GS training? None. The knockback is irrelevant as it is extremely situational….and you have a focus pull you could also use which allows you to stay in melee range. Using sword/sword on the switch makes it so that you have blurred frenzy constantly available. Additionally, see everything Xavi said in the above post on sword/sword.
Lastly, as for the iZerker chilling outside of melee range, I would say that is just as reliable is the iWarden cleave. Feedback is really all the reason you need to go 20 into dueling.
The point about switching traits is very valid. You go GS Training it’s pretty much the only trait you can use in 20 Dom. However your comment about the 20% reduction in GS Training being useless and knockback too situational. I respectfully disagree. 24s knockback is huge for me. Whenever you pull a group a lot of the times there’s ranged mobs that can be knocked into the group, also very often guard pulls will fail to pull everything in, as it suffers from the 5 limit AoE cap. The 24s knockback makes sure I have a pull and a knockback for every pull made. Also, the knockback is great for picking people up that go down. I’ve been emphasising the importances of stacking in fotm for fast runs. This isnt a question of best damage you can maintain as it is utility you provide. Well knockback is a very large part of this, because with a pull and knockback I can make sure everything is nice and tight for EVERYONE to maximise their potential AoE output.
I dont feel that lacking 10 points in dueling is hurting me all that much as boosting my ranged damage will come in handy as well. I feel it makes the build more rounded.
My issue is being assault for using GS in the first place no so much a problem with my traits. Now let me clear this up again. I DO NOT sit in GS. In fact I start most fights in GS and weapon swap only once after making sure everything is nice and tight together and I have my Izerker out. Then I am using my sword/focus the rest of the fight. I run 49,39,30 everyday. And I pug it everytime as my regular group from last year has since quit playing. If I had a regular group I might feel more comfortable running mostly without GS, but since I pug lots of kitten ups happen and with this set up I can minimize those kitten ups.
I am probably right in assuming most people don’t have regular groups for fotm either, which also makes the whole melee thing a lot less viable in my mind. You’ll get less group cooperation in terms of correct pulling, stacking techniques and the like. So in a situation were group cooperation is poor, gs is always nice to fall back on as I watch netflix and wait for the dredged run to be over.
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Your arrogance is amusing. But your ability to read is not. I never said don’t group mobs (in fact I encouraged it), and I never said don’t warden and don’t cleave. I didn’t say sit at range with GS out and use 1. I said I don’t use sword/sword on group pulls. And since there’s a hell of a lot more group pulls than single target ones I am using GS SWORD/FOCUS over sword/sword sword/focus most of the time. So GS training is the logical choice. Not only do you get the izerks bonus aoe damage, you also get a knockback that can help knock ranged mobs to the melee ones.
I’d also like to point and laugh at you for the comment about warden cleave being reliable. Players aren’t the only ones that cleave, melee mobs can too. And when you’re fighting a group of them warden tends not to hold up so well in those situations. Where as izerker chills outside of cleave range till the next attack spools up.
I hope you actually take the time to READ what I am saying, instead of just completely putting words into my mouth. It’s a real waste of everyone time.
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And my sincere input is met by insincere criticism. How delightful. And no I don’t but it appears you do.
You really think you’re 2k cleaves are touching warrior cleave? You really think your warden aoe is as reliable as Meteor Storm? I’m sure you don’t, unless you are truly delusional.
And at any rate I was attempting to emphasis the importance of aoe in fotm. Thus maximising aoe for runs is very important, in my opinion.
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Hola,
Don’t post much on the forums but figured I’d throw in my 2 cents. I run a phantom build 20/10/0/25/15 with GS S/F and I keep a pistol and extra sword handy for my runs.
The melee mesmer thing is a great idea and mesmer is fantastic with it but there’s one very crucial thing missing from using s/s s/f. Aoe. Aoe Aoe Aoe. Do not forget a lot of what fotm is about is trash pulls. Lots of aoe to kill groups of mobs = faster runs. This is more important, in the end, than how fast a boss dies. And having zerker for that extra aoe damage is huge. Also, lets not forget about all the bosses you have to sit at range and attack. And a whole level where you sit in the back and let npcs do all the work (Ascalon.)
In my mind, it’s much more worth it to go for GS Training rather than Blade Training. In the end I dont think it really matters all the much. Mesmer damage will always be average at best in fotm compared to warriors and such. We offer so much more than that. Temporal Curtain for grouping mobs together (works better than Binding Blades if you ask me.) Feedback and Warden offer crazy amounts of reflect and with the new heal you can have 100% reflect up time by bursting out wardens (amazing for Old Tom as he won’t even get to use his projectile attack.) And my favorite might stealing/sharing! 25 free stacks of might for everyone!
So in the end, play whatever style you like, if you stick with those basic things listed above, your group will love you.
wow, i used to think Sekz had some stand up players.. very mistaken.
I wonder if Rekz is just gonna transfer up another tier again to finally be able to move up.
I love how Zerg servers think they are winning because of skill instead of just mass numbers. =P
#newsflash
I can count all the good BP players on 1 hand, your server isn’t that great should just go down a tier so I don’t have to look at your masses of zerg babies anymore. #realtalk
i think your deluded lol, are you saying that from between EBAYS legs?? or they still holding your hand whilst you say this???
we beat you hands down for months shut up you have JACK to say with out earning it and AR just havent earned crap, remember the beating you guys got from the tier below for months??? the second ebay get out of this tier OR stop focusing us we will make you eat those words. If we drop we drop we will be back! and its not you dropping us its EBAY.
You beat AR for months after getting over 100 transfers until you finally went up a tier, lost your first match, and those 100 transfers left for another server, and you dropped down a tier. Sadly you still outnumber AR, yet havn’t learned how to do anything but zerg, zerg, zerg.
Your server has been in third place more often than you have been in second, and first place, COMBINED. The only reason you have second, and first place wins is because you got transfers, just like Kain got transfers. The difference between Kain, and BP is that Kain had better players, and could take their transfers to tier TWO, while BPs transfers had to suffer a loss once they went up A SINGLE tier and had to jump ship.
With the size of population Borlis Pass has, they should be able to protect both Eternal Battlegrounds, and BPBL, and still gain property to come ahead in points, but you’re lucky if you can protect a single keep if the opposition attacks with equal numbers.
Look this whole BP AR rivalry goes on far longer than before my server transfer. But here’s my opinion on the matter. BP and AR remind me much of Maguuma and DB 3 months ago. The only difference is the RESPECT each server had for the other. In terms of capability if BP and AR ever went at it one on one it would be heads or tails. Close and fun (in my mind) matches each and every week. Same for if DB and Maguuma fought one another. Herein lies the issue. No matter how you look at it AR and BP are most likely going no higher than T5. We will always be fighting a Ebay like server. Ebay moved up then CD moves down and they’re coverage will be no less good I assure you. And if AR and BP ever did team up on Ebay, we wont beat them. But we could make them sweat and have some good fights to talk about. I’ve seen AR get zerged on by BP when AR was out manned and I’ve seen the opposite. The coin goes both ways. I say these two servers fighting for second (while in the end Ebay gets to make that final call as it is now) stand alone are close, very close. We’re in this mess together and if we start respecting each other for how far we have gotten, we might just be able to have more fun in this tier.
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I think Sekz is just a bit tired of fighting the same servers over and over. It gets a little old after a few months. We just want a challenge, not an easy victory.
You keep saying that but your actions say otherwise. Two months now in T5. As a server you either , a) want to be here , b) don’t know how to get out .
You’ve been here 8 weeks. I predict another 4 weeks minimum.
Also as a guild, I’m sure SEKz could have farmed enough gold (over 8 weeks) to pay to transfer each member off this server. Yet here you are, you say one thing but your actions say otherwise.
I’m pretty sure both BP and AR are tired of hearing We just want a challenge, not an easy victory when you can easily remedy it by moving to T3 or T2 cuz I’m pretty sure you won’t find much of a challenge in T4. DB Mag and Yaks have all moved on.
-K
Sekz was originally from Fort Aspenwood (T3 at the time) and from what I’ve heard the lag was so bad that they had to leave. If we were to move to a T3 server or higher we would need better computers since most of us don’t have supercomputers just sitting around. Plus, Ehmry has an excellent community and has the ability to go to T4; it would be a shame to just up and leave such a great group of people.
Sorry, good sir. You are incorrect there. I am from DB and we used to fight FA everyday. It was never video/processing power that caused the lag for me. You had such massive numbers that connections would lag. It didnt matter about how powerful the computer was. Sekz maybe a big name guild now but back when I was on DB no one knew who the hell they were, and no one cared. Because FA were zergers and nothing more. 3 Months of fighting and I never saw any group under 50 people, and this I swear to, as well as all my friends. If they didnt have 100 people in one spot spamming AoE your connection was fine… Too bad that was rare. Come to think of it Ebay has made this happen to me a few times. Though not as often mind you, but reset days it can get bad.
I gotta hand it to Ebay for last weeks performance. They finally decided to stop trying to knock BP down to T6 and started having AR and BP fight for 2nd. The result was a significant win for Ebay, for once. Keep it up Ebay and you may rise to T4 once again. Get short sighted again and decide you want BP gone and you may never see T4. Good luck.
Okay, seriously. The moderators what some constructive conversations in these threads. But we can’t play nice soo.. lets just not have a thread this week, or any in the foreseeable future. Everyone gets it. We all hate each other. Lets take that hate to the field, not behind walls of text.
Hi, Anet and other friends. A lot of people have been noticing over the past few months that not many dungeon groups exist for much else than CoF or the occasional AC. I was thinking a nice way to fix this in the near future would be to add a weekly quest for random dungeons with a different dungeon each week. I would suggest that the weekly rewards you with laurels (perhaps up to 5) and would require a full dungeon clear with every explorable path of the dungeon completed. This not only gets groups for dungeons that are hard to find groups for but also get groups to do all paths in a dungeon, instead of just the easy stuff.
Edit: I dont browse this forum often so I do not know if someone has already made this suggestion, forgive me. I just wanted to post it before I forgot it again…
Maskaganda, doesn’t seem anyones brought this up, so I guess I’ll be the one to ask.. Why do you do Major Runes of Water for 10% when you could do Superior Runes of Baelfire for another 15%?
I’m happy to give me opinion on all this, if it helps clear things up a bit.
I couldn’t careless whether my server is bested or not. A good clean fight is all I care about. The problem is the fight this week isn’t fair. For the same reason the fight last week against FA wasn’t fair. But I don’t hold animosity toward servers that we get paired up with we are out numbered against in wvw. I hold animosity towards those people that delude themselves into thinking it’s for any other reason other than the obvious.
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At least FA is honest why they are able to beat Mag/DB. Instead of pretending it’s because of how good they all are.
I dont recall the FA/Mag/DB discussion going on for 2 whole threads where 90% of the posts were from FA talking themselves up.
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I admire the skill of Kaineng being able to beat servers that have a lot less wvw population. Good luck in T2 Kaineng, I have a feeling you’ll need it.
Honestly since my computer cant handle zerg fights. I just want to roam and kill small groups of people being on Kaineng doesnt allow that. lol. I still love kaineng but im not leaving cause I love my guild. Maguuma has a lot of roamers so that good kitten
Umm… If you transfered to Kaineng not sure how you would do wvw. Kaineng only runs in zergs and since your computer can’t handle zergs you’d be out of luck.
I would love to see a way to switch out weapons from your inventory as you switch out utilities when out of combat. Running around in WvW opening up my inventory just to switch my offhand for run speed gets pretty old. I miss things cause the window is up and it just gets old constantly opening my inventory to get to a new weapon.
Boss fights
Fractal – Dredge Power Suit: Feedback when he goes to do bombs, you’ll do massive damage to him.
The Jellyfish boss on the water level – Arcane Thievery his might stacks (up to 45!)
Seal Level – Last Boss – When he stuns the whole party I like to blink out and start hitting him. You get like 3-4 seconds of extra dps on him while he’s picking up his hammer.
CoF P2 – The part after the acolyte event try to run through the door as it’s opening, drop portal – blink – dodge – dodge will get you past the flaming boulders before they even start rolling.
CoE – Alpha Boss – Blink/Phase Retreat/ Swap – All will get you out of crystal + blurred frenzy is great for hitting the boss and avoid his massive aoe.
Pvp
Warrior running at you – Often times will buff the kitten out of themselves before they get to you- Arcane Thievery all their buffs. — If 100 blades spec I love using Blurred Frenzy while they try to 100 Blades you XD
Any kiters – Pistol 5, swap, Blurred Frenzy is a good one.
Someone goes down but made it to the middle of their zerg? Timewarp ontop of them, blink in and take them down in ~1.5 seconds. Phase Retreat/Stealth out