Guild Wars 2

Hi,

longtime GW2 player here who’s mainly into WvW.
I currently (still) am a member of the infamous [WvW] Underworld Batallion and follow the occasional zergs on Gandara.

I would love to join a small scale WvW focussed guild though that runs occasional havoc groups / roam groups as I would love a bit more of a challenge and I would love to get better at smaller scale fights.

As the title states I’m on Gandara [EU]

Feel free to contact me ingame or here if you’ve got a guild with active roam groups!

Odokuro.5049:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vdIQJAqalUUhqrY5Vw+KQ+FLsFlYHNFPB4HWiBwXFmhHAA-T1xCQBH7BB0SlgnY/BAcCBuoyv7pn4gq/kZYAYIARwMzMTjIiIkCYRlVA-w

I was thinking of this for a small group or solo roaming build for WvW.

Alright so condition based – that’s a good start since I’m already sort of specced that way.

Any recommendations for non-HoT armor? Dire/Carrion? I’ve yet to level my leatherworking to get vipers on exotic.

I think I’ve seen this before, the Burn Engi – will definitely give it a spin!

thanks kind soul!

Hello there, I picked this up while browsing the engie forums and I used to main engie in PvP (remember the good old pesky condi days).

I’ve also taken a break and I’d really like to either pick-up my existing engie again or just start a new one (Different race mainly).
To focus on WvW (small group/roaming) and PvP.

Would anyone happen to have a decent Roaming build? (I don’t have scrapper fully unlocked yet but you can include it in the build).

The build I run is also condi (way before HoT, inspired by Koroshi i think?) so yeah I’m totally behind on that.

Thanks in advance

CastIron.7364:

I was sceptical at first, but after I watched your video I felt an itch I wanted to satisfy.
So I took your build and went into WvW, where I mostly solo roam.

And it’s fun.

Not only that, thanks to the burst application of poison I can solo cap camps easier than I used to with the generic Scepter build (even though Dhuumfire Reaper + Epidemic is still king of that). I’m still working out some kinks for a more personalized build and I still have to try the build in zergs even though I don’t think it can beat the Epidemic build.

What armor & weapon stats do you use then?

I’m also a WvW fanatic and I’m looking for a decent roaming build (mine are outdated , pre-HoT even).

Thanks Flimp – I’ll give it another shot!

It’s just I have like no experience with Mesmers at all so I have no clue what I’m doing.

I’m willing to learn though and I know I’ll get there someday!

aren’t you sacrificing a lot of survivability by not taking Chaos?

Can you explain why you pick those trait lines over a normal PU build?

I’m looking for a mesmer roaming build but I’m very lost on it

IGN: Zwartwerk
Play: WvW/PvP (on my mesmer that is)
Server: Gandara [EU]
Role: Scholar, I’d like to get better at mesmer and get to know the class more.
Time: GMT+1 (Brussels)

Ansau.7326:

This is the build I’d use: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQRAsf7ensIClphNqBGpBcrhlXjqeYT2nFNAypmocC6toB-TVyCABZp8jiTAge6HWe/BcU/RiDCwxPAAAOCAJqEkUAQMNC-w

For condi cleansing you can get either Mantra of Resolve or Null Field, first is better for condis with lots of stacks, second is better for multi condi appliance.
In traits you can also go Evasive Mirror+Master of Fragmentation instead of Blinding Dissipation+Ineptitude.
Stats is a mix of Rabid and Dire. Dire brings more survivability and it’s better for begginers, rabid is more offensive with slightly more direct damage and illusions will apply more bleeding.
Any of those sigils work very well with this build, also Sigil of Geomancy and Sigil of Draining with shield (but it’s locked behind HoT pve farming).
For runes Perplexity, Undead and Scavenging are the best options.

Can’t thank you enough – really!
Thanks for the effort man!

It’s amazing though how condi-builds keep being good for roaming.
Now to “Git gud” with it!

Ansau.7326:

Logicx.5832:

I’m currently running the metabattle PU roaming build
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Mesmer_-_PU_Condi_Roamer

Tried some roaming / duels yesterday and got killed (not bigtime, managed to stay alive very long) but I just couldn’t kill my targets..

Is this build good or can it be improved?
What are some important combos or vital skills to use?

As you can see I’m not at all very good at mesmer
(eventhough I’ve had one for a long time, mostly for zerging though)

I’ve watched numerous videos too but well I just can’t seem to get it.
I normally learn classes pretty fast – I’m good with necro, even before the whole Reaper = OP thing, been good with engi roaming, thief roaming.
But I just fail hard at mesmer but I’d really love to be good because I really like the class.

Any tips and/or improvements for above mentionned build?

Thanks in advance!

One of the main issues with this build is the condi cleansing, which is very low. You must be very careful at condi burst, because it is easy to die at what you excel.

The build is not actualized and can be improved quite a bit.
First is to take Chronomancer. The alacrity, the quickness, the shield and the F5 paired with Mass Invisibility are big wins. For that you will have to lose one of the lines, and I find Chaos the least worse lost of all 3, you already have a lot of toughness and vitality so the defensive boons aren’t that useful as, for example, a power shatter. PU lost? Now you get double MI so it shouldn’t be such of a problem.

Then, I find sword/torch – scepter/shield a much better option. Staff is only good for the AA and Phase retreat, but the rest it’s quite meh, and it can become very annoying with stealth as it’s easy to get revealed since AA bounces a lot.

Oh thanks – that’s actually quite good to know because I actually hoped there’d be a chronomancer roaming build.

As for your reasoning on the weapons – I can’t agree more because those 3 fights I lost I noticed I popped out of stealth so much and now that you mention it, it might’ve been the Staff AA for sure.

Only downside about Chronomancer is that I’ll have to get all the hero points again…
But oh well it’ll be worth it.

edit:

to an extent would you mind linking or quickly noting down the build you’d suggest?
Mainly the traits would be helpful
as for armor stats/runes you could just quickly note suggestions

Also any tips for skill combo’s or just general build use tips?
At this moment I just spam skills and shatters (whenever I have 3 clones).

I’m currently running the metabattle PU roaming build
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Mesmer_-_PU_Condi_Roamer

Tried some roaming / duels yesterday and got killed (not bigtime, managed to stay alive very long) but I just couldn’t kill my targets..

Is this build good or can it be improved?
What are some important combos or vital skills to use?

As you can see I’m not at all very good at mesmer
(eventhough I’ve had one for a long time, mostly for zerging though)

I’ve watched numerous videos too but well I just can’t seem to get it.
I normally learn classes pretty fast – I’m good with necro, even before the whole Reaper = OP thing, been good with engi roaming, thief roaming.
But I just fail hard at mesmer but I’d really love to be good because I really like the class.

Any tips and/or improvements for above mentionned build?

Thanks in advance!

Alright thanks guys I will check that out

Question though – are there any viable chronomancy builds or is PU stil the way to go?
I’d love to use the new specialization but if it’s not viable compared to PU I might just try that + I’m a sucker for condi-builds so that’s a plus!

I’m currently doubting between a mesmer or a thief for WvW roaming but with the elite specs released I’m not sure anymore which of both classes is best for WvW roaming.

I came back to GW maybe a month ago and have been busy doing PvP and some HoT but I used to be a long-time engie roamer.

I’d like to try a mesmer roaming build but I have no clue if there are any good ones?

Could anyone point me in the right direction?

Hey hey,

returning GW2 player here and mostly a PvPer/WvWer with a little PvE to the side.
I’m basically also looking for a guild where I can

1. meet PvP minded people to group up
2. get better (again) at PvP

I used to be quite good back in the day but well with HoT a lot changed so I need to re-learn all my classes now.

Are u still recruiting?

Edit:

also are the PvP nights mandatory? Because I might not always make 7pm GMT due to work/evening classes – but whenever I can join whenever I’m able!

Hiya there,

Returning player here looking for a casual guild.
PvE / PvP / WvW I do it all, doesn’t matter!
I play on Gandara EU

I have about 5-ish level 80s – 2k hours played and am currently starting a Revenant to enjoy my newly purchased HoT.

As I said I’m pretty casual and log on whenever I can.

This is mostly from 5pm GMT+1 till about 11 pm GMT+1.

Any other questions, ask away!

So many people whining.
It’s not as if you’ll never get it…
Calm your kittens and have some patience, just play and forget about it, it’ll get fixed…

jokke.6239:

Sube Dai.8496:

I would like to see this, particularly because levelling in wvw can be significantly slower than pve.

Not if you go eotm

Eotm is boring as hell + a lot of us have a kittenload of badges with nothing to spend them on. I bet a lot of people could (depending on the cost ofc) level a character to 80 instantly with their badges

Ultimaistanza.4793:

Logicx.5832:

Tasty Sandbar.8367:

Logicx.5832:

Imo they made a good call.
I know there’s a lot of PvE’rs kittening over this and since a lot of them were just in it for AP and skins, I couldn’t care less. You only had to farm EotM to get 10/10 meta and then you could just stroll back to PvE-land, so Imo you barely deserve a reward from a WvW tournament.

Anyways, it seems the most fair solution at this moment. Everybody gets access to “new content” at the same time, makes sense if you ask me. If you’re kitten, you’re a selfish, impatient kitten.

Deal. With. It.

Typical WvW Elitist attitude

Elitist? No.
It’s just reality. I do not blame EVERY PvEr, some show decent interest, but I think we can say that a huge amount of PvErs are just in it for AP and the rewards. This doesn’t always have a positive effect since a lot of them are just rallybots and WvW “virgins” , though I admit there are those who really DO contribute. Untill the meta is over.

Also on reset day there were huge queues (on my server) just so numbskulled PvErs could get in the map and ask “Where’s the vendor pls?” and to find out that there wasn’t one yet. This way REAL WvWers couldn’t get in…

Call me an elitist all you want but it’s not as if PvErs care about how they affect WvW…

Yeah, you are being very elitist and frankly ignorant.

The vast majority of PvErs dont go into WvW thinking about only themselves, but instead go in there thinking about how they can do the things they need to do while still being helpful for their server. It’s only when people get spiteful or when not a single person decides to take take a second to just explain some things to them that they do things counterproductive.

I find it hard to believe that “the vast majority” does that.
I DO believe your point though, before I went ful WvW I also went there for the achievements BUT I did everything I could to still help out and not seem like extra weight for the actual WvW players. This doesn’t mean that the majority is like that.

And how am I being ignorant, there’s no knowing which type of both has been more present in WvW. The helpful PvEr or the leecher. Unless you have some actual trustworthy numbers?
I think we can say we’re both ignorant then…

Tasty Sandbar.8367:

Logicx.5832:

Imo they made a good call.
I know there’s a lot of PvE’rs kittening over this and since a lot of them were just in it for AP and skins, I couldn’t care less. You only had to farm EotM to get 10/10 meta and then you could just stroll back to PvE-land, so Imo you barely deserve a reward from a WvW tournament.

Anyways, it seems the most fair solution at this moment. Everybody gets access to “new content” at the same time, makes sense if you ask me. If you’re kitten, you’re a selfish, impatient kitten.

Deal. With. It.

Typical WvW Elitist attitude

Elitist? No.
It’s just reality. I do not blame EVERY PvEr, some show decent interest, but I think we can say that a huge amount of PvErs are just in it for AP and the rewards. This doesn’t always have a positive effect since a lot of them are just rallybots and WvW “virgins” , though I admit there are those who really DO contribute. Untill the meta is over.

Also on reset day there were huge queues (on my server) just so numbskulled PvErs could get in the map and ask “Where’s the vendor pls?” and to find out that there wasn’t one yet. This way REAL WvWers couldn’t get in…

Call me an elitist all you want but it’s not as if PvErs care about how they affect WvW…

Imo they made a good call.
I know there’s a lot of PvE’rs kittening over this and since a lot of them were just in it for AP and skins, I couldn’t care less. You only had to farm EotM to get 10/10 meta and then you could just stroll back to PvE-land, so Imo you barely deserve a reward from a WvW tournament.

Anyways, it seems the most fair solution at this moment. Everybody gets access to “new content” at the same time, makes sense if you ask me. If you’re kitten, you’re a selfish, impatient kitten.

Deal. With. It.

As most people here, Ive done my meta on Gunnars Hold, got the title etc but didn’t get the chest.

I transfered to Gandara during week 1 but still am associated to Gunnars Hold. I don’t want to claim the reward for Gandara though, just mentionning so that I wont get a higher reward than I’d deserve

It’s all bullkitten, nothing they say regarding server association can be believed.
Some people get re-associated, others don’t. Some support people say you’ll get re-associated, others say you don’t.

It’s just bullkitten, Anet gets their money, why would they care?

Yeah I think it’s strange that in the blogpost they say that you’re association will change over time and then I get this response. Maybe it’s broken OR it is indeed tied to the amount of META achievements you completed on the new/old server.

A little bit of clarity on ANets side would’ve been so marvelous. IF it is META-achievement bound, I for one am to be associated to my old server indeed.
The only thing that bugs me is the communication. Is it that hard to be clear? Or to even admit it’s bugged? What a bunch of kittenholes…

As for refunds, I wouldn’t even want one. I mean it’d make you even more of a bandwagonner and I also plan to stay on my server since I’ve found a good guild and I like the WvW community there, we’ve had some great additions

I finally got a decent answer from customer support after having sent 3 tickets.

According to the GM, you stay associated to the server which you were on when the tournament started.

I’m not pleased since they claim that your association will graduately (?) change over time while they now tell me that well I’m kittened anyway.

Though I’ve seen several people who’ve been re-associated succesfully, once again Anet proves how morronic their approach on this is.
I just hope they think stuff like this through in future seasons…

So after having sent 3 tickets I finally got response to one sent 2 weeks ago.

My question titled [WvW World Association]:
I have transfered during season 2 after 1 week.
I have been locked out for 2 weeks and have now been playing for a longer amount of weeks on my new server. I am still associated to my old server (on which I played 1 week). How is it possible that I’m still associated to my old server when I have contributed way more to my new server? How does the world association work?

Answer:
Thank you for contacting the Guild Wars 2 Support Team.
When a player transfers to a different world, he will only be able to play in the Edge of the Mists WvW map for the duration of their current and subsequent matchup. This may take up to 2 weeks.
Hope this information was helpful, If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us again.
Regards,
[DUDE]
Guild Wars 2 Support Team

I myself have read my question over and over, trying to get HOW one goes from world association to WvW lockout.
It might just be me mentionning “How long will the lock out take” over and over in the ticket, I mean that obviously WAS my question…

On a serious note, I DID expect that my question would be vaguely answered like OPs question, but I did NOT expect this. There’s a subtle and vague approach, but common this is just plain kittened…

A little honesty won’t harm nobody, I wonder why they even bother calling it customer SUPPORT…

You know what the problem is?
Us coming up with better ideas than they ever could.
They just ignore it, wait for us to forget it to later implement it claiming it was their idea!

I’m onto you Anet!

No seriously, do it.
The fact that a lot of people still level their upscales in WvW instead of PvE shows that it’s become REALLY tiresome. And it’s not as if levelling from scratch to 80 in WvW is any fun for both the upscaled player AND the zerg.

What I found most tiring was having the same match-ups.
Though this week I really enjoyed the match-up despite it being the same.
Especially the start, when FSP really did a great job on putting a lot of pressure on us. I really enjoy(ed) the fight they put. unfortunately I haven’t been able to log in a lot during the week so I have no clue if there still are agressive fights, I sure hope so.

Anyway, Ive never felt burned out, I know that a lot of people feel as if they SHOULD play since it’s a tournament. That’s how I felt for S1 too. But you really shouldn’t feel obliged to do so. I mix up WvW and PvP and always do a fixed amount of PvP matches before I go WvW. Though when someone from my guild calls for help on a map, I will go help, so I still support my server. Aside from that, it’s not like I log in and go WvW immediately, I bet I would get a burn-out too by doing that :\

Just enjoy from time to time, try some new stuff like roaming to (if you don’t already)

Same problem here, shifted second week in the tourney and at this point I’m sure I’ve contributed WAY more to my server than my old one.

Yet I still get the message that I’m associated with my old one. I roamed a lot, I’ve zerged a lot AND I’ve capped a lot. I wonder when and IF I’ll get associated eventually.

Sent 2 tickets so far, 1 unreplied and 1 pending.
I’m curious

Svarty.8019:

Within each league, it appears that some servers constantly dominate the matchups.

I believe the problem here is simply that there are too many servers per league. The difference in quality/coverage are blatant.

I know that using elements from other MMO’s isn’t popular in Guild Wars , I don’t like it myself but what if they’d assign server categories to a server.

So you get:
PvE
WvW/PvP
(and maybe even PvX)
Though they’d have to merge/lose some servers so that the WvW servers would actually get highly populated.
Just a very very vague idea I came up with and I know there’ll probably STILL be undermanned WvW servers. I didn’t put much thought on it so feel free to break it down or build further on to it

Just wait untill the Chinese start bashing WvW ~ maybe they’ll change stuff then!

Dasefex.4810:

i made this just for you

http://captiongenerator.com/15883/Eotm-Karma-Train

L O L

These PvE scrubs lol, thinking they’re the kitten. Makes me want to go troll in EOTM :>

Well, people need to argue the need of Badges for Tomes more!

We need this!

Alex.9268:

Not engaging is fine of course, I’m talking about situations where both parties happily engage each other 1vs1 but then resort to fleeing or calling for help once they start losing.

When I see someone solo, I always engage.
This mainly because Ive only just gotten into roaming (and I need practice).
I accept my death/defeat. Though as I said above, I mostly get teamed (or even ran over by a zerg) if I lose.

Why should I care about dying? Honor? Lol…
Repair costs? Nu-uh free!

So I don’t see a point in running either, except the fact you might have to run all the way back lol.

What a shame though.
It’s a good thing that those achievements take a bit longer to complete so we have something to look forward to, but still 1 million Dolyaks – gghf.

This seems to be a sadistical test to see who gets it first. Who can stick it out?

Anything for PvE, nothing for WvW.

McWolfy.5924:

Im not a roamer, roamers eat me. Few days ago an engi and an ele duo attacked me at the bridge front of hills. I agroed guards than beated them to death and stomped them with my fancy golem finisher. Its war. Kill or be killed.

Well it WAS a 2v1 so that justifies your actions ^^
Also, I see no problem in using your environment if needed.
I’m on Gandara and as much as I try to solo roam and 1v1 I have NEVER gotten a fair fight. I always get help by (an)other roamer(s) or get chased by multiple hostile roamers.

Fairest fight I’ve gotten was a 2v1 versus 1 upscale and 1 level 80. That was as good as it got for me Poor upscale…

Chaba.5410:

“The meta is changing and I don’t like it! My build doesn’t own anymore! Please nerf the other guy!”

This thread. Much win.

People will NEVER stop complaining.
Imo there’s nothing wrong with a change, keeps the game interesting!
It’s fun to adapt, right?

Morsus.5106:

nekretaal.6485:

Aren’t you just driving the botters to soloQ.

Think of it this way. Easier wins, as bots put up almost no fight. Either that, or I’m mistaking players with no skill for bots.

Sure if you’re on the team that has no bots…

Meh it all depends on how well you play your class and how well you know the other class.

I play engi, not because they’re “OP” but because it’s fun and it took me a while to get it. I (personally) think that Engi was one of the more difficult classes to master (but that’s just my personal opinion). I had trouble against necro’s, but by playing engi a lot I could beat almost any class. I just think it’s all about knowing your enemy and your own class.

I also play other classes and I’ve been able to beat engis, not all, but most (since I know the class so good myself I suppose).

Great idea.
I grew tired of PvE and have levelled 4-5 alts in WvW only so far (I was lucky to be on a server that didn’t care too much for upscales). But it sure as hell isn’t any fun, getting ran over constantly and being more of a pain than any help. It gets demotivating but I for one didn’t care.

This badge → tome system would make it easier for WvW’ers to get up to speed and aid their server ASAP (with a new character). Account bound WxP and this would make me create more classes since it’s easy to level up + well shared WxP (because atm I’m mostly playing my highest WvW ranked char while the rest is just rotting there). But that’s just my view on it.

Overall it’d make life on the battleground a tad easier!

Recruiting is open

Both PvE and WvW players welcome!

Warrior Nation [WN]

Is a Clan that supports multiple games on multiple platforms
with one of those games being Guild Wars 2.

We are currently recruiting for our Guild Wars 2 guild.
We’re a fun, casual yet experienced guild and we mainly support PvE but are now also laying more focus onto WvW ~ Anyone can join, new players, experienced players, hardcore WvW’ers/PvE’rs – we’re a home to everyone!

We have weekly Guild Missions [On Sunday] and weekly WvW Event [Saturday] and lots of forum activities that are game related ~with rewards!

We have Mumble [For Registered Forum Members] And a Forum of course, where you can find all guild related info, event info, mumble info, etc.

We’re looking to recruit more WvW Oriented players to increase our influence in Gandara’s WvW environment and to help our server get better!

Interested – mail me ingame or pm me ingame

http://warriornation.net/Forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2211 for more info!

Zink Firebane!

Still need 8
Just mail me ingame/pm here

Due to exams I will have rather spread out log in times (EU)

kitten was too late for UW and too many guests for Augury

Necromancers are great as said above

Concrete PvP build:
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQNAW3djMaZ7VaaaM8JEoH3Cu4MRFGGqHrT68hA-TsAg0CvIQShkDJDSSksINsYZxuAA

Also Hammer Warriors or Mace/shield warriors are played (too) much.

haha, I need way more for 50 (titles and such that is)
But I’m already happy I could make it to 15 lol

Ah cloth of brotherhood etc :\

I already used those before gw2 launch etc, I had about 5-ish farmed up from Glints challenge if I recall right, don’t know if people still do that though :\

Apart from those, no hero armor scraps, never had those :\

Alright and ehm how long is that approx?

Im EU and not really a timezone kind of guy lol

Online now
I’ll contact the people that replied
others feel free to contact me ingame

@Brother Grimms → doesn’t matter if I have 1 character name, if I pm u you’ll get my message anyway even if you’re on another character

Mesmer/necromancer are decent imo.

Although staff necro uses marks which all are AoE and have to be placed.
But it’s something you learn throughout the game

Then again, GS mesmer is also very very good, they have 1.2K range which is great.
Though leveling a mesmer isn’t always as easy

I’d like to atleast achieve my next rank in my HoM achievement list
and I was thinking by doing this via dedicating minis.

If anyone here were to sell minis in gw1 hit me up ingame or add me in guild wars 1

GW 1: ixl widowmaker ixl

I can also offer u a year 2 unded lich mini if interested.

GW2 IGN: Skarr Lionblade

edit:
8 left till 15/50 points
(got 11 donated thanks to a very generous person!)

ONLINE now

Thanks for the support!

List of dedicated/Owned minis:
-Celestial Ox
-Desert Griffon
-Candysmith Marley
-Cobalt Scabara
-Fire Drake
-Quetzal Sly
-Kveldulf
-AAtxe
-Fire Imp
-Windrider
-Juggernaut
-Harpy Ranger
-Mandragor Imp
-Elf
-Temple Guardian
-Jade Armor
-Hydra
-Necrid Horseman
-whiptail devourer
-Fungal Wallow
-Lich
-Hekket Warrior
-Abyssal
-Irukandji
-Cave spider
-Dagnar Stonepate
-Flame Djinn
-Flowstone Elemental
-Word of Madness
-Terrorweb dryder
-Abomination
-Krait Neoss
-…

Casual to ‘hardcore’ player looking for a WvW only or WvW and PvP (any kind of PvP) guild.

I currently am in a guild (PvE mainly eventhough they do not profile themselves like that) but I’m looking for a guild where players do WvW (be it a lot or not).

Thing is idk if WvW only guild also do PvE that’s why I’d either join a WvW one and stick with my PvE for whenever I want to do PvE or I’d join a WvW guild and just pug PvE stuff

Vexx Shadowsmurf IGN

Hit me up for more info etc

‘Long story’ short:
I want to both enjoy WvW/PvE and PvP
-Looking for a second guild to mix up with my PvE one
or
-Looking for a WvW guild (that might have some PvE’rs?)