Guild Wars 2

Person who bought living story couple days ago, stepping in.

I started playing this beautiful game earlier this month. Having fallen in love with it, and having missed a very large chunk of the story, I purchased some gems in order to play the living story.

Sorry for being melodramatic, but this gem purchase was my first and last that I will be making. I don’t find this game very easy, and I have spent a long time – several multiples of 10, working towards getting my luminescent set. Each time I got closer; finished the Mordrem parts list, finished the Carapace boxes – I have gotten more and more excited to be closer to the reward.

Then I come to do this achievement, I spend a while scratching my head, not familiar with the game. Maybe I had done something wrong? After a couple hours racking my brain I turned to google, low and behold I find this thread.

This has been an anticlimactic end to my journey, with no indication when it will be fixed or whether an alternative will be offered in the interim.

This won’t stop me playing the game, that would be silly, but it has put me off making further gem purchases.

Thanks for both answers.

I am looking at playing WvW with some PvE splashed in

Hey everyone, I started playing this game a couple weeks ago and I just hit level 80 with my Elementalist. I have done some research into what builds are the strongest (metabattle) and what sort of gear those use, as well as some more quirkier builds which appeal to me. The overwhelming majority have suggested using Berserker gear, however that style of gameplay doesn’t really fit me as a person. I enjoy being supportive (in a defensive sense) and I also understand that this is looked down upon as less efficient.

So my question is, how can I be as efficient as possible, whilst playing a less efficient build? Exactly how important is stacking as much Power as possible?

I spent 30 mins doing some quick math on what sort of gear and stat spread I have as options to me and would love some insight on them from more experienced players. Please just bear in mind that my goal isn’t DPS, more of a roleplay / quirky build whilst trying to still remain as efficient as possible! Below is the stat allocation of each different set of gear with a total next to it.

Celestial

22 (x7) = 154
17 (x7) = 119
50 (x7) = 350
17 (x7) = 119
33 (x7) = 231
17 (x7) = 119

57 (x7) = 399
46 (x7) = 322
46 (x7) = 322
41 (x7) = 287
41 (x7) = 287

44 (x7) = 308
44 (x7) = 308

22 (x7) = 154

497 (x7) = 3479

Berserker

Power / Precision / Ferocity

47 / 34 / 34 = 115
35 / 25 / 25 = 85
106 / 76 / 76 = 258
35 / 25 / 25 = 85
71 / 50 / 50 = 171
35 / 25 / 25 = 85

126 / 85 / 85 = 296
103 / 68 / 68 = 239
103 / 68 / 68 = 239
91 / 60 / 60 = 211
91 / 60 / 60 = 211

94 / 67 / 67 = 228
94 / 67 / 67 = 228

56 / 35 / 35 = 126

1087 – 745 – 745 — 2577

Mixed

47 / 34 / 34 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 @Berserkers
35 / 25 / 25 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
106 / 76 / 76 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
35 / 25 / 25 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
71 / 50 / 50 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
35 / 25 / 25 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

126 / 85 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 85 @ Zaelots
103 / 68 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 68
103 / 68 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 68
91 / 0 / 60 / 0 / 0 / 60 / 0 @Valkyrie
91 / 0 / 60 / 0 / 0 / 60 / 0

94 / 0 / 67 / 0 / 0 / 67 / 0 @Valkyrie
94 / 0 / 67 / 0 / 0 / 67 / 0

56 / 35 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 35 @Zaelots

1087 / 491 / 489 / 0 / 0 / 254 / 256

Power / Precision / Ferocity / Condition Damage / Toughness / Vitality / Healing

497 – 497 – 497 – 497 – 497 – 497 – 497

1087 – 745 – 745 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0

1087 / 491 / 489 / 0 / 0 / 254 / 256

If I go full Celestial, I get 497 in every stat.
If I go full Berserker, I get twice as much Power as going Celestial, roughly 50% more Precision + Ferocity.
If I go with a mixed set of gear (whilst focusing Power as mainstat), I get twice as much power as full Celestial, roughly the same Precision / Ferocity, roughly half the Vitality / Healing as full Celestial and no Condition Damage or Toughness.

So, if you managed to follow my very quick and poorly organised math above, the question comes down to this:

Is Power so overbearingly strong that it is worth dropping so many other stats in order to max it?

Thanks for making it through my essay and for any input