Guild Wars 2

I was lucky that I had friends who had been GW2 for a while who explained break bars to me. Still, it was hard to tell which skills ‘counted’ and how much they did because most creatures you face with a defiance bar are in groups. Especially since defiance bars scale with number of players. So if you’re in a large group where not many people are doing CC, it may give the impression that an individual’s attempt aren’t working.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Defiance_Bar – lists out ‘hard’ CC and ‘Soft’ CC and what the ‘damage’ CC effects do to the defiance bar. Then there are the things that aren’t on the list. For example, DH traps aren’t on the list because you need to trait Piercing Light which gives traps Daze.

I do think an in-game tool tip/tutorial would be very helpful to get people started. I’ve seen a lot of champ/boss fights where someone calls for CC and there are usually a few people who have no idea what it is.

Claudia,

You can experiment with your skills too. I discovered that with my Guardian greatsword leap I could clear longer, horizontal/jumps with little elevation difference much easier. They don’t always work depending on the jumps, but some skills can help ease the frustration once you figure out a trick or two like that.

Personally, I’m mixed on gliders in JPs. On one hand I’d like the option to not fall to my death/land somewhere that I didn’t have to start all over again and there are times I forget that I can’t glide because I’m so used to gliding. On the other hand, I’ve had many a jump botched by glider deployment.

Now, if I could just figure out the exact placement for the diving achiev on the Not So Secret JP I could happily never look at that thing again! Thank you to all Mesmers who provide valuable portal service there. That vertical jump after the horizontal gears is my bane.