Guild Wars 2

My issues with the Curses line:

- It’s the only real condition line we have but is by default focused on a Hybrid build by giving you bleeds on crit. There aren’t many people that build Precision but leave out the Power. So you want a Power/Condi/Precision build. This means you are moving away from a pure condi build.

- Lack of synergy with other trait lines. There are some traits that synergize slightly with Curses in other lines (most are more Hybrid oriented than condi). Let’s look at Curses at Grandmaster level. Parasitic Contagion doesn’t work through shroud meaning it’s not that useful in most builds (since a lot of traits in other lines centre on shroud. Weakening Shroud, is okayish but lacklustre as a Grandmaster. Lastly Lingering Curse. Free stats are always nice and this is a good trait. However you lose the damage when switching weapons and when you are in shroud. Again a lot of traits in other lines are centred around shroud, so you will probably spend a significant time in it. So when you want to use things like Dhuumfire (which is logical in a Condi build) you lose a lot of Condi Damage or Healing.

Totally missed the blind on RS2, my bad. I think you can get Rabid gear for honour badges so that’s somewhat of a budget option too. Agree on Locust for running around, but for big meta events in the jungle or bosses (like you said) it’s better to take a different skill.

Burn on Dhuumfire is very strong, since you apply a strong Burn, Bleeds on Crits, Poison, Fear and Chill in RS you will want to spend a lot of time there. Hence the Burn duration. General condi duration is also still preferable if you are going to apply so many conditions.

Personally I’d favour Burn duration or flat condi duration over bleed duration since Dhuumfire is a huge damage part of the build.

Isn’t Chilling Darkness a bit of a waste if you are only running one blind? What’s Signet of Vampirism function in this build over CC or Your Soul is Mine? Building toughness may make you the #1 target of some bosses so maybe Vitality is a better idea. I believe Life Force Pool scales of Vitality so it might be better to build that or at least mix it in.

Running “Suffer” instead of Locust is probably preferred when you are not running around the map.

Close to Death seems a better option than Spiteful Spirit. Otherwise I want to try something similar (http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQJARWnMbC12gF3Au0As3glfBL+IGFviQfpAwHgKL8FGWA-TxhAABfq+DM7PMxlA4alfA8EAiWXAbKBJFgfCrA-e). With Carrion and Sinister gear. More of a Hybrid build.

If you are going with Bitter Chill, isn’t chilling nova a more logical choice for your AoE build. Alternatively Augury of Death synchronizes better with your shouts/syphon build.

Was just helped by a friend with getting the Golden title, but when attempting to return the gold he send me the mail kept on saying: “Processing previous mail”. Is this due to a bug or linked with the Black Lion Company being down at the moment? Or is there any other way to solve it.

All topics about this issue were all at least a few months old and didn’t really answer the question. Hope someone knows what’s going on.