Guild Wars 2

Thank you for your wonderful comments. So it seems like we cannot swap tanks.

My group tried to run to the perimeters to lose aggro so that the guardian can intercept the aggro. Lupicus just goes to the next guy in berserker gear. Immediately the person who gained initial aggro came back to the fight, he regained aggro.

So is there a way to intercept aggro?

Hi guys, I’m just wondering if anyone knows how to attain 100% aggro on lupicus.

I play with some friends, and we usually set up our party with pugs and then adjusting such that we have 1 tanky character and the rest on DPS.

What frustrates me is during lupicus, the DPSers get the aggro. We can tank/kite him with our berserker gear, but what frustrates is the lack of efficiency with 1 DPSer lost to maintain Lupicus’ aggro.

Anyone knows?

Did you guys realise the OP just kittenand abandoned his post while making us discuss till no end? Geez

Mourningcry.9428:

Lipin.7529:

I’ve watched the video, thank you for taking the effort to put this up.

The sad fact is: The elementalist doesnt know how to play her class. Alot of DPS was wasted, elite skills not used, auto attacking, not switching stance.

Alot of the parts of the dungeons were ran with sub-effective strategies.

The video was a pain to watch because your party waits forever before you do anything.

The pros: The party cleared it and while they ran it under sub-effective conditions, it further proofs AC can be ran by ANYBODY.

Thanks

However, in all fairness, we really tried to run it as if we knew no strategies… just clear everything (with the exception of the burrow order, kholer evades, and gathering the scepter pieces). Sorry the chat was covered up. I’m sure it would have added to the entertainment factor.

Also, these were all alts we put together in a couple of days Most of us didn’t even know when to optimally activate skills, etc.

But it was fun. Thanks for watching.

Hey, I’m so sorry, I tend to be harsh, but your explanation kinda explains it. I’ve always been wanting to let the community know they just have to understand the game to appreciate the dungeons. So, much appreciation for the video and posting it on the forums. Cheers!

I’ve watched the video, thank you for taking the effort to put this up.

The sad fact is: The elementalist doesnt know how to play her class. Alot of DPS was wasted, elite skills not used, auto attacking, not switching stance.

Alot of the parts of the dungeons were ran with sub-effective strategies.

The video was a pain to watch because your party waits forever before you do anything.

The pros: The party cleared it and while they ran it under sub-effective conditions, it further proofs AC can be ran by ANYBODY.

No. its worth it. I have countless stacks of tokens i can gear 6 characters with and I have never done AC with an 80. Pre or post patch.

OP is right. ……………………………

U must be doing it wrongly. I just ran p1 and 3 with a lvl 60,38,45,80, myself a 60 in lvl 50 greens because the tp doesn’t sell gear that I need. Ran both paths without wipes and it was our 1st time. Not trying to brag. But rather trying to create an awareness that the dungeons are about its mechanics.

Just a comparison, I did ac ac all paths with a static group. It’s is our 5th alt. we started with myself lvl 35 guard tanking, lvl 43 ranger dps, lvl 50 eng dps, lvl 60 ele dps, and a 5th pug and did them with ease. We are now lvl 57, 62, 60 and 80 respectively and we are still doing it to lvl everyday. Check that your gear is updated and everyone knows the mechanics and you will be fine. We don’t even use foods.

True. I agree with everyone out here. My ranger is my 6th lvl 80. I’m maining a dps engineer, have a tank warr, tank guardian, dps Mesmer, support ele. I have only been doing dungeons since launch and have much fun with it. i have seen my fair share of dungeon party set ups too. i appreciate anet alot for letting us bring whatever class into a dungeon and has never kicked anyone regardless of lvl and class.

My main point is not trying to QQ. I’m just worried about the state of the game, and probably wanna create some awareness about how varied party set ups are possible. Ran lvl 20+ fotm with full glass cannons before. Ran dungeons with all tanks before.

I just find that people brought their mentality from previous cookie cutter mmos and just forget that this game is vastly different.

Well, cheers to all who responded to this thread anyway.

Seriously, if you dont like to pay for runs, why bother about those who want to.

I probably didnt word it clearly. I just hope people know what other classes can do so they can provide a little more sensitivity.

Actually, there is no irony. I play with 5 DPSers with team knowledge and it is just fine.

Yea. I agree with niea. Put a useful field, everyone runs out from it. Even at high level FOTM, people are running out of the guardian’s bubble at legendary grawl shaman when the adds spawn.

This post is a frustration post. This comes after numerous failures with dungeon groups. The breaking point was my last AC run. Everyone did the dungeon in DPS spec with no regard for team play. I was on my ranger DPS geared alt and was pulling most of the aggro while the others did nothing but DPS, not even wanting to rez/rally. Everyone was either not knowing how to rez, or not targetting the same mob to rally even though a target marker was up. Had a glass cannon engineer trying to rez and eventually got down because she was bearing the bulk of aggro after me. The rest were just happily DPSing different mobs, which eventually resulted in a wipe.

So I had to reach for the forums to have a better sense of what the current community is, and that is because I have a RL friend who plays a warrior and knows nothing about playing it outside open world PVE. I realised that while there is a reasonable number of people knowing the game, and wanting the difficulty of dungeons to be raised, the majority are whining about the current state of the game.

As a plea, I hope the community will learn about other classes and what they can do in PVE to better enhance team play. Please make pugging a better experience.

Ever thought of why? I believe many of us have never been kicked once.

If u are dying, you are doing something wrong.

Do check that your gear is up to date.

Actually everyone posting on the forums have been receiving really kind treatments. My friends and I have been playing since launch and have never kicked anyone nor been kicked.

If the OP is being kicked for the 6th time only at FOTM 4, I think you are receiving kind of a general consensus from the public that you might be doing something wrong. I believe alot of people are forgiving.

I just wish for new content.

Please just attempt the dungeon. You’d never learn if you do not start. I did my first AC story at lvl 30. It was ok.

Actually, most parts of your experience suggests to me that you haven’t played the game much. If you can’t get to Arah, I don’t even think u can complete it. I soloed every sp myself. But the game just gets better. Give it some time OP.

I would say it works.

I have been playing gw2 on a a6. 1.4Ghz. Radeon HD6720G2. have been playing it since launch without problems.

Hi guys, I am just curious what is the highest dmg number you’ve seen performed by your engineer.

In COE, the highest dmg by my flame thrower is around 1500. Pistols are doing around 1500 too.

I got worried when rangers and warriors hit 12000.

What are some of your numbers? and advice?

really, one cannot work 24hrs a day. They prolly took shifts. hehe

Taking reference from Rift which also has dynamic events, I appear on the max level zone and do a DE and get rewarded tokens I can hoard to increase my stats. I do not like stat increases, but the recent introduction of ascended gear made the want inevitable.

Since Orr is quite dead on most servers, could the devs actually rethink about the rewards? Karma and the measely amt of gold is almost useless. Please give us some reason to visit the max lvl places. It benefits soloers too!

I guess more people will quit earlier if tokens were universal. Meh, havent gave it much thoughts.

Thank you for the responses.

penatbater.4710:

I’d just wish story mode rewards were not worse than explore rewards. Maybe like 50s, 4.5k karma, and 60 tokens for the first time you finish it per char. Not like the rewards of the explore mode but without the tokens, that’s just… ~__~

I agree to this. I have been doing explore mode dungeons only and I feel really embarassed when I do not have the story mode cleared and neither do any of my party members. There is just no incentive to do them while I am leveling. I do have them on my main, but on my other 3 alts, redoing the dungeons can be a chore.

I would say just grab anyone, though people have to accomodate and change their playstyles to complement the team. It is just situational awareness. In my opinion, it is the attitude of the players that matters.

Dear players,

I have ran fractals on one of my characters till level 3. Because I wasnt getting any significant rewards, because fractals progression is soulbound and because ascended items are RNG, I gave up on fractals. However alittle research showed that there is quite a significant stat change on these ascended items.

I am a semi casual player. I do aim for BIS but will forgo them if it hinders too much of my RL. Im just need some opinions if i need to start doing these fractals. Are they gamebreaking? Im usually in dungeons, can clear AC, CM, TA, SE, COF with ease, but am in only full exotics.

Thank you.

Trying to make a really colorful one, sorry for the bad resolution.

Wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of naming them ‘achievements’?

This may have been posted,

but I have been seeing the same cloth robe on my ele for weeks. I would like to support the company by using cash to get some of the armor on the TP, but the lack of options to change my appearance is deterring me from getting them.

Please add wardrobe/appearance slots soon!

@ref

You sound too optimistic and you sound like an Anet ambassador, but please do not sound like you know everything because there are us who are greatly affected.

And yes, my guild is one of those who clear those explore modes in 30 mins. Not all paths, but definitely some of them.

S/D, using 3 attunements mostly: fire >lightning > earth > fire

80 Elementalist 9/10

Need general bugs to be fixed.

/salute

please teach me your build. Is it viable in dungeons?

does it provide any form of defense? It is just a DoT?

I agree with selix. So far, we are able to spec for various situations. I play support/ ‘tank’ & heal, usually in a dungeon. I’m happy with my versatality. Oh, and I usually run with s/d.

Dear elementalists,

Googled but couldn’t find information for the function of ‘fire armor’.

I’m currently specced 20 in fire for fire armor/shield (can’t recall the name, am away from game right now.) that procs when a signet is activated.

30 in water so that the fire armor is activated on all my team members in dungeons.

I’m just wondering if anyone knows the effect of this fire armor? Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for the responses everyone, you guys have definitely cured my doubts. Appreciate the long responses too. Going to give it a try now. Thanks again.

@lilian no offence, but I find the ele really attractive. I have a low level thief, but I prefer my ele.

Hi people,

I ran my first AC explorer yesterday and am just anxious about myself not able to contribute fully to my team.

I am currently using scepter/dagger, 10 earth/30arcane/30water. I have been playing solo and am really familiar about stance dancing. I would like to know what are your successful builds so that I can learn to play better. Please post only your builds for explorer dungeons only. Especially what points you allocate in traits. Appreciate that alot.

Shockwave.1230:

The most important thing is to know all of your weapon skills, because it is required that they all be utilized to maximize effectiveness.

I personally think that part of your issue is that you prefer a focus offhand. Focus is good, don’t get me wrong, but dagger offhand is superior in all around usefulness (imo, but definitely so for PvE) and for damage especially. The biggest reason being dagger offhand has significantly more AoE.

I agree with the above post, have been kiting mobs since level 1 – 20 before I got sick of kiting. Kiting isnt effective when mobs leave the static dmg fields that I cast.

At from 20, I chose the following traits in order while leveling up : fire > earth > water. I needed more dmg on fire, survivability on earth. The scepter/dagger(off hand) being my most efficient weapons on solo PVE, staff in dungeons.

Since then, I do not kite, just standing on the spot casting off while stance dancing in the following order Fire > earth > air > fire> repeat. If Im out of health which is rare, I tune in to my water attunement. This playstyle allows me to pull aggro of up to 5 mobs 2 levels above me.