Guild Wars 2

Hmm tokens.. something i need to research as I have no idea what they are or how to use them.

I ran AC Story last night for the first time on my 80 warrior. it was first dungeon I had run since I started the game and loot drops seemed odd at best.

I got 1-2 level 80 drops and also some level 27-30 drops. Is this normal when running a lower level dungeon at a higher level?

The bigger issue is that they are soulbound so I have no use for them, can’t hand them down to alts so only real option is to salvage them. I could transmute but one was a ring which is pointless and other was a helm which looks same as one I have, which i have hidden cause it doesn’t look good.

Anyway just wondering if this was common or i was just unlucky.

Read some interesting things in this thread. I hadn’t spent too much time looking at real “specialty” skills of the engineer focusing on pistols and rifle to do my damage. I usually only PvE so works for me but may have to work some of these into my game.

So far I have 3 toons that are 50 plus, 1 is 48 and 2 near 30 (I purchased another slot) and I haven’t run any instances yet and it is attitudes like this that make me not to bother.

I have thought of trying to do AC or maybe CM but not sure it’s worth it. I guess maybe at least doing the story modes would at least give me an idea but if their are elitists around then have fun in other ways.

I can understand people might want to do something before they go to work and don’t have much time so want a certain level and do speed runs but I guess as as long as they make it clear what they want when asking it is fine. When your just asking in general for a group and don’t specify you only want lvl 80 to run with then you have problems.

Ultimately some of us aren’t as skilled as others and take things a bit more slowly and need to learn the ropes a bit and some people are willing to run people through dungeons to help then learn and some just want to do speed runs.

When I was in EQ2 I would only run with guild and then ventured out to doing PUGs and made some awesome friends doing it. IT is also a great way t socialise and meet people and have fun and that is what we all ultimately want to do.. have fun.

Ok enjoy yourselves everyone and relax

I am sure there is an option in settings for this but how do I remain facing my target during combat. Trying to kite by running around in circles or trying to get some space ends up with me facing away from the target and I know there has to be a better way.

I played TERA and never seemed to have this problem and used mouse to move basically so unsure why I am having the same problems now.

Thanks for anyone who can help my noobness.

Stanholo.5394:

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#McRkVo0MoRNhmoRNhmax0x0VcRqosb

This is an all-purpose sword/warhorn build that I’ve been using at level 80 with great success. I wanted a setup that would let me switch from solo play to dungeon runs to PvP without ever having to visit the trainer. I’ve tried every build imaginable, and this is the only one that hits all the marks for me.

The setup as listed is what I usually run around with solo, or when dungeon running. It focuses heavily on bleed damage, so I maximize it with Ravager gear for +power, +precision and +condition.

Before you scoff at the warhorn and reach for your offhand axe, note that Quick Breathing in Tactics reduces the cooldownby 20% AND converts 1 condition into a boon. So, every 16 seconds you’re gaining Vigor, Quickness, two random boons, purging conditions on your group and weakening enemies around you. Now take a look at Empowered in Tactics: Increase damage for every boon on you. That’s a lot of benefit and bonus damage for two horn blasts. Not to mention, weakness and quickness makes warhorn an amazing option for escaping bad situations.

Sword is superior to axe (main hand), in my opinion, because of its flexibility and free bleeds in the auto attack that synergize (if it’s not a word, it should be) with condition focused traits like Precise Strikes and Deep Cuts. Without using the burst, I’ll typically maintain 10-15 stacks of bleed on the target. After bursting with Flurry, it’ll climb to 20-25 stacks. Now throw in Hamstring and Savage Leap (which is also a finisher) to close the gap.

You also have a high critical strike chance that triggers Furious. Typically, I’ll burn all of my adrenaline on Flurry and be back at 2 bars of adrenaline by the time the burst ends, which ensures that I’m maximizing the damage bonus of Berserker’s Power.

Support comes in two flavors: healing shouts and banners. The one listed in the build leverages Vigorous Shouts in Tactics to make all shouts heal you and your group. You could also replace Signet of Fury with Shake it Off for a third shout-heal. The banner support option is best suited for static dungeon fights:

Swap Berserker’s Power in Strength for Powerful Banners.
Swap Empowered and Vigorous Shouts for Inspiring Banners and Inspiring Battle Standard in Tactics.
Swap utility skills to Banners of Strength, Defense and Tactics, and your elite Battle Standard.

And finally (because this build needs more flexibility!), you can swap Quick Breathing for Stronger Bowstrings in Tactics, or Blademaster for Crack Shot in Arms if you need to go ranged, like at PvP keep battles. Crack Shot is great for underwater battles too!

Insane flexibility. Never having to visit the trainer again. Priceless.

I recently started a Warrior (2 nights ago) and started with a sword and warhorn and really liked the fact that it had massive bleeds on it for massive damage overall. I picked up a GS and used that most of last night but as much fun as that is I am tossing up between GS or sword/wh. I haven’t found a hammer to use yet so I might like that as well.

My point to this is I started getting trait points (only 14) and confused where to put them first up. Was thinking toughness as I will be mostly soloing but I think if I go with a sword build precision or strength might be a better option.

What do you think would be better to spend points in first with this build? Str for condition duration or arms for condition damage. I am thinking arms as I am soloing most mobs will usually die before full bleed runs out anyway.

Would love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks

I picked up a sword and a pistol and added caltrops instead of signet that gives speed. Pistol whip is just wow. I hit 41 and soling multiple lvl 45 mobs without thieves guild. I did use them on a lvl 45 veteran but I am only Asuran after all.

I also changed my spec to what was in the op and it seems to be working ok. So far so good

Thanks again for all the imput everyone i really appreciate it.

Yea I am just about hit 40 which was another reason for my question, time to take another look at traits. I also don’t use steal much but did play with it a bit last night and it’s something else I need to look more into and figure out how to use properly. I love thieves guild, especially when getting jumped by a veteran like I did last night they soon made mincemeat of him

Thanks for all your help and i will definitely try and put some of what you have talked about into practice

Thanks muchly. I am at work atm so can’t spend a lot of time looking stuff up. Will check when I get home

What are the finishes for thieves and how can you activate them. I saw an excellent video on youtube which explained it really well for mesmers but not sure how they work for thieves. How do the combos and finishes work is basically what I am asking.

Does anyone have a link of videos or anything that explains it in depth.

Thanks

Thanks for reply. I will check trade shop for a decent sword/pistol combo tonight. I do like D/D but am open to different strategies to make myself better. I have 5 different classes i am trying to balance so can get a little confusing at times.

I haven’t run any dungeons yet either, maybe I might look at doing on the weekend possibly. I am an Aussie playing on a Euro server so it’s a little barren when I am on during the week as most of them are at work.

@Ohoni Thanks for your reply. I don’t think I have trouble killing stuff but I do die a bit even though I can kill stuff 2-3 levels above me (or was last night at least) I do run out of initiative but I think it because of using death blossum a tad too much.

I am not very good at running around in circles killing stuff to avoid hits either, it’s not my forte hence I don’t do a lot of PvP and haven’t done in any MMO I have played in last 10-15 yrs.

I think ultimately I just want to best my limited skills allow me to be. If that means adjusting talents then so be it, so more curious on what the better and higher level thieves are doing. I know everyone is different and has different ideas which is obvious by this thread so looking at ideas more than specifics. I am 38-39 so should hit 40 tonight so seems like might be a good idea to change traits then.

Again thanks for your response

Came looking for advice and maybe found some in all the posts. Thief was my first class but I had a lot of trouble with it early on and put it aside for other classes.

I am currently 34 and my setup atm is 10/0/5/0/9. I took sundering strikes as my 10pt skill.

I mainly run D/D and current skills I am using are Signets of malice,assassin and shadows along with skale venom and thieves guild. I mostly solo but always join in when I see an event on screen as they are always a lot of fun I do have a SB as well but don’t use it very often as i am not very good at kiting.

Would love any opinions people may have and whether I should change my traits to different trees or change my skills.

Thanks

I am playing for PvE and play all my MMO’s PvE. I very rarely ever PvP as I just don’t think I am skilled enough to be competitive with others. I might try WvW sometime though but not just yet.

I have played EQ1 and EQ2, WoW, TSW this obviously and SWTOR so a good mix. Some people like PvP and some don’t.

OMG this is the best thing ever. had some troubles with my mesmer but this is gold. Love it..

Wish I had read this earlier before I rebooted into windows. Logged into game and this happened and I couldn’t do a thing. Hopefully will be better next time.

Just tried to play and did as you suggested but even before then trying to turn as I normally do as holding down a button and turning had me spinning in circles and upside down. turning on free camera or any other option was equally use less.

I can’t play as it is now. It was ok the other day but not sure what happened but it’s unplayable. Could be because I logged out in a small room and game can’t handle it for some reason but no way I can play it right now.

/sadpanda

Hmm based on current builds I am seeing I may have to rethink my strategy of make it up as I go.. heh. Thanks for posting what your doing, great help for us lower level rangers.

I am still only new and working my way through the game. I currently been using axe/torch to a pretty good effect. looking at it now warhorn maybe better because of the buffs, and I love it when the birds attack :P

I usually use a longbow as my other weapon for big long fights, Kol Skullcrasher for example last night as i can stay further away and still do maximum damage, even tho at 37-38 I wasn’t doing much.

I will play around a little more tonight.

Hmm this one thing that had me going back to playing in Windows. No scrolling was driving me batty. Disabling a scroll feature makes scroll work?? Odd. i will try that

thanks