Guild Wars 2

Hi guys, been a while since i last played. I think my last day in game was the end of “The Living World” season 1 when lion’s arch was destroyed etc.

I have a few questions but firstly, where is everyone? I thought by now lion’s arch would be magically repaired and the usual hub activity would be there, but no… I need my fix of watching all the general chat pvp.

Anyway, onto my questions:

- Season 2, I think i read somewhere on the net that i would be able to purchase/download/re-live season 2 of the living world. Is this possible? Would i receive rewards of any value or is it purely for the story? I don’t really mind either way but would be good to know.

- Legendaries, google tells me there are no new legendaries, is this true? I’m not a big fan of the ones currently available. Well not a big enough fan to engage on a grind.

- “BiS” Gear, i believe now there are much more ascended pieces than the fractal rings. Is a full ascended set now available and possibly farmed from locations outside fractals?

I played thief exclusively from early access up to my departure and I’ll probably start a new toon and enjoy the story/map completion once again. From what i’ve read Ranger has seen quite a few improvements since. However Guardian also looks interesting and possibly more viable in all areas of the game. If anyone could comment on the list below that would be great (i’ve put it together myself from the topics i’ve read over the last hour or so)

Ranger Vs Guardian (Game Areas):

PvE Leveling – Ranger (afk mode)
PvE Farming – Guardian (staff 1111 still?)
PvE Champions – Ranger
PvE Dungeons/Fractals – Guardian

sPvP – Guardian?
tPvP – Guardian
WvW (Organised) – Guardian Tank
WvW (Roaming) – Ranger

Normally i wouldn’t care and would play the class i like the most. However i’ve never been big on alts. I also like the look of both classes so for me its simply a question of whats more viable. I know that can change and i may roll both at some point anyway.

Thanks for reading, any help is greatly appreciated

Drakent.9605:

Balance what? Thf is one of the strongest class in the game, even after all the nerf we are still on top, Just because thf is the hardest class to play doesn’t mean the class is broken

If I had to complain about something it would be why the hell our SB has a 900 range!!!!!!!!

4/10, not bad attempt

Followedbyrocks.8751:

I personally am going to enjoy the break, it’s been ages since I’ve had time to actually play the base game and not worry about the LS. The 2 week schedule was just too much in my opinion.

Yup, +1

Looking forward to it as i gave up on the LS towards the end, do the meta for the reward then go enjoy the rest of the game. I really hope they slow it down.

The achievement hunt/grind is also off putting. PvE focused players think far too highly of ‘AP 10k+or no good’ attitude. Saying that, i’m looking forward to slapping them around for a couple of weeks when they go for their WvW season meta

jihm.2315:

i had thiefs that chased me on my guardian for literally 5 minuets either they killed me or no one died because they are impossible to kill

So, let me get this straight. Some of these (but not all) overpowered, alpha striking “i win” thieves not only chased you but attempted to kill you for five, yes FIVE minutes and no one died because THEY are impossible to kill? I thought they win?

A couple of points:
1. If only some of them could kill you and not all that shows a clear difference between skill levels. Both on their part and your part. Other factors may contribute like cooldowns or other player intervention but those factors are ALL tied to skill (i.e not blasting all your cooldowns) Our survey says…L2P issue.

2. Yes thieves are excellent at roaming but what rogue/stealth class in any game isn’t going to be? I can quite easily search youtube for WvW videos of classes such as the warrior and guardian changing the word roaming for zerg and vice versa and be showered with coverage, builds and guides. So if we’re throwing words like broken and OP around again can you explain the sheer ammount of damage AND survivability that THE support class of the game has when full glass?

WvW is only one aspect, to truly determine if a class is OP you would have to take into account every avenue of play within the game, as, afterall 90% of skills are the same across PvE PvP (the ones pertaining to thief were nerfs in sPvP)

So, Guardian VS Thief in all aspects of the game, winner listed:

PvE Dungeons: Guardian, by a long shot…no argument.
PvE Fractals: See above
PvE Farming: Staff? check, heavy Armor? check. You can take your WSAD keys out and still not have to work
sPVP: Yup, guardian again. Anyone who debates this doesn’t understand the game or objectives in sPvP
tPvP: lol, im wasting my time typing in this one i think…
WvW Zerg: Yup, that staff and heavy armor again, but i also brought my warriors GS….oh and boons for ya’ll!
WvW Roaming: Yay, thief wins!

P.S anyone who disagrees on PvE aspects please provide some screenshots of LFG dungeons and/or fractals49 specifically requesting a thief.

So, in terms of GuildWars2 gameplay and gamemodes as a whole we can see the thief is far from Overpowered and really only has niche environments to be truly effective. The OP with his bag of staff, bag of loot and 9999 citadel of flame tokens fell prey to that a couple of times…sometimes the impossible to kill couldnt kill the….well you get the point.

Yeah, I got rick rolled lol.

How is your server for doing the more zerg orientated content? Im not talking Wurm or teq but more like the knights in the current LS update. Also is your WvW fun? Gold, silver, bronze it doesn’t really matter if the challenge isn’t there from either side if you know wat i mean lol.

My old guild pretty much died and im finding it hard to find a new one on my server (desolation) as…well i’m never on there. Usually im either in an overflow or guesting off to other less populated servers. Ideally i wanna find a new guild and server so moving is no probs.

lol epic. What did u back stab? an aircraft carrier?

Hi there,

I’m not sure where the fault is but when i’m attempting to complete the registration the form just resets after clicking create account. I’ve tried it a couple of times making sure of the anti spam etc and also checked my mail for confirmation emails.

If it set so that it has to be authorized on the administrator side of the forums then i apologize for the 3-4 registration requests :P

Nice posts and website, sounds like a great guild

ZudetGambeous.9573:

I’m not AFK, I’m hiding in the corner to successfully complete the achievement designed and implemented by Anet. Just because I’m not moving does not mean I am not at the keyboard. If I find out you report me I will file a report against you for griefing me.

[img]http://makeameme.org/media/created/biggest-achievement-ever.jpg[/img]

get rolled in WvW season1 much?

Well im always swimming in yellows, just a shame they actually never turn into ecto’s :P

Amonatory, no i wasn’t talking about you or any video in particular. I just mentioned a poster who has posted such builds in other topics etc. When i was talking about the P/D build in particular it was a forum post not a video.

I also didn’t mean to call P/D cheese over D/P or atleast come across that way. I was just pointing out that negative people’s negative opinions however delivered often get in the way of what this is all about; having fun playing the game, your way. So when someone posts a video of them having fun and then gets alot of negative (some positive dont get me wrong) responses it just (imo) tarnishes the whole community.

What exactly about the downed state did you dislike?

Hmm now you have me wanting to know, this is interesting

Please go too Lions Arch Vigil keep and do shouts for any members of said guild (i dunno use their acronym) and then ask them to ask people in the guild. Once you find out please post back here

charter.4095:

I’m currently at 142%, but I started noticing improved drops (in particular many more rares) around 100%. That’s just my experience.

Yeah you obviously do see have an increase for each % but however small or large that change to the RNG table is will probably never be publically documented by the players. If it was (and proven) i would take my hat off to said person.

Personally, like charter said i myself feel i noticed a difference at or around 100% So just keep using the mat’s and always keep in your mind that RNG is RNG.

Embrace The Bold.7619:

OP you do realize that there is a gathering booster that makes you faster at running and a swim booster that makes you swim faster. Crafting booster has nothing on that

lol i noticed the swim booster the other day for the first time. I’m still really puzzled about it. I would love to know how many people have actually bought one of them.

The crafting booster is one of the better ones when considering alt leveling but i do agree that maybe a booster wide sale would of been nicer. Though we can’t always get what we want…

Shorter timers.

Your dealing with saving the world in real life? fine, not a problem. Yes, you have been logged out for inactivity and taking up a server slot…not because life is unfair but because you were INACTIVE.

If you went “afk” at work all the time would you then expect to return as you see fit and be showered with gifts from your peers?

INB4 “it’s a game not a job”…yes i understand that but two words go hand in hand with each other on this subject. game and play. play the game.

NinjaEd.3946:

13 days left guys, come on now, don’t lose hope so suddenly.

And pve nerfs are not all that important or common. If anything they nerf or buff an encounter, I can’t recall any nerf that was specific to pve for thief.

Yea but the issue people have (someone posted above) which nerf’s is that they are across the board. Take the pistol whip 15% dmg nerf from a while back. That was 15% less damage period. So, because it was considered “OP” against players thieves were left with 15% less damage in dungeons etc. At the time this made thieves less viable and fed the whole “go zerk war or go home” attitude that we all know and love.

OP, thanks for making the video as i always enjoy watching others play, hell i was even watching a guy craft the other day lol. It’s also always nice to see someone take the effort and actually post for others, either way you look at it posting this CANNOT hurt the community.

Although i agree with some of the people in that they were trying to provide constructive criticism unfortunately doing so on the forums automatically comes across as an attempt at shaming. This is partly because it is so “public” and also because others are quick to jump in and try to come across as “pro” while at the same time generally being negative about everything besides their own godhood.

Let me ask you this OP; how many PM’s have you received from people giving you this advice or help? I’m sure the reasons behind these posts will become clear when you answer.

As for some of the posters, several of you have posted your own videos, builds with “your” name attached to it (as if 70 numbers allocated to 5 slots in 5 and 10 increments could actually be unique…in a demographic of millions) and state throughout that you are dueling some of the “best” or the “BEST” of XYZ class.

So firstly, say’s who? other players, elitists, basement dwellers? the job centre? where is this scoring displayed?…nowhere. So get off your high horse.

Secondly, One of the poster’s in here who i won’t name uses a particular P/D build which revolves around stealthing and heavy health steal etc. Now that build was around in a similiar form since 2012 and was considered THE cheese in WvW. So if your going to shame or hate on another person’s post its best to follow the whole “Pot, Kettle” view.

Or you know, just don’t post.

EdgarMTanaka.7291:

Risingashes.8694:

EdgarMTanaka.7291:

My girlfriend has a Dragon Jade ticket, she forgot to trade it and now it seems it’s useless.

Just speak to the Black Lion Weapon vendor with the ticket in your inventory.

You’ll get an option to see an additional screen. This was covered in the patch notes.

A nice and thanks!
Well I didn’t pay attention to this in the patch notes since 1. it wasn’t my ticket (I didn’t know she had it) 2. She showed it to me only yesterday and she never reads patch notes. But I told her to save it just in case.

Even though I protect Anets desicion I do agree that something should be made to make glory boosters into tokens or something… Like they made with tournament tickets…? So I can understand how griefed some people feels over this.

That’s a fair point actually, i forgot about those tournament tickets. hmm…

lol sorry about that. I actually corrected it throughout as i was typing. Too much tomb Raider as a kid

ESO will have it’s own following and fanbase etc but it’s not that one that Anet have to worry about. Its Wildstar.

What’s even more annoying is that these thing are still dropping from BLTC chest’s. Its like entering an Asda raffle for a brand new fiat punto and winning an out of date can of beans. Not heinz either, Asda’s own brand…specsavers or whatever they call it.

Yea so you were right in your original thinking Spirigo

However, what is your luck stat atm? lol

I’ve recently just leveled an alt, took around a week without any hearts, story etc (partly because i was using it for the LW event).

Tombs of Knowledge, insta level if your not aware. You can get them from BLTC chest’s, 1500 glory and 20 silver in spvp hub and also from the LW mat’s. I believe its 250 of the found belongings and 30 silver per tomb at the refugee camp vendor.

Dungeons, running storymode dungeons as they become available will give you about 75% of a level on completion. If you have a good group of friends or guild you can also do EXP mode’s on your main and switch out at the end before rewards. This probably works well with CoF etc as they are fast and easy.

Crafting, used to be amazing but has since been nerfed. If you have the cash and mats doing 2 crafts from 0-500 will give you 30 levels (apparently). I wasn’t keeping track but did do both crafts to 500 with a booster active at all times.

Quests, hearts and story missions do give good exp but depending on how tired you are of this you may want to seek other methods.

LW, if you have some of the killstreak boosters doing LW train’s and events can be good for rewards as well as exp. Just keep in mind at lower levels even if you attack the mob throughout its whole “life” you may not do enough damage to actually tag it. So best to be around level 40ish when being upscaled so that your efforts actually count.

WvW, i hear that some people do level alt’s via WvW. I can understand the awards but your only as fast as the zerg…which has other goals than just leveling you. Also the possibility of that thief 1-2 shotting your upleveled toon (and it will) while struggling to tank a moa you accidentally hit just isn’t appealing.

Spvp, you could potentially effectively level a toon via sPvP (tomb of knowledge for 1500 glory, 20 silver) while having fun. It would also burn through any glory boosters you have that will soon be deleted.

Anyway, tombs of knowledge, dungeons when possible and as fast as possible, crafting with boosters and the odd heart and story mission should get you there pretty fast. If there’s any other faster ways i’m sure someone will point it out.

P.S i missed out map completion but thats because i’ve never tried it, i prefer to do it at the end when all speed boosts and maximum dps is available to burn through it all.

I live in the UK an when i was using battleping (around launch) i found that when picking battleping servers close to me in the UK i had worse ping than when selecting servers closer to the gw2 servers (EU = Germany).

Anyway, i always feel for the gamer’s in Australia, what with the laws and lag…its just not cricket

Karolis.4261:

I’m still waiting for that promised “Commando” class.

and the ranger, elementalist, necro, thief and engineer…right?

I have seen them in the esports mode “alpha” but apart from that do they work? and yes i tried up, down, left, right, A, start but nothing…

Yeah i’m on 81 here and i’ve been trying to eat them like smarties during tpvp or even standing around the hub lol.

I can’t see any “compensation” being given but i like the idea posted with regards to the mystic forge. This is something i would like to see implemented across the board with boosters. I mean strength and rejuve? i’dd hapily throw these in the forge for a chance at some karma or mf etc.

It would also be better for them to post it on the forums and update it each day or change (like the patch notes) so i get where the OP is coming from. It would also help for those of us at work who do not have access to the ingame cashshop.

So, wat is on sale today?

What Zaraseth and Flissy said is great advice. One thing i will add is that if you have the cash for multiple PvE set’s then going for the undead sigil for arah run’s will benefit you much the same as night does on the “nighttime” dungeons.

Effectively a +10% damage sigil on an exotic is equivalent to running ascended.

Also, ill thank the player “Nike!” on behalf of myself, Zaraseth and Flissy

Hey man, great vid and nice presentation. Ignore the hater because he obviously didnt watch the double necro/mesmer kill and the supply camp fight at 5-6min, they were both epic.

Also, its not his fault that people aren’t using food. I’m also pretty certain you or no one else roams in WvW and says “ohh look, someone without food…ill leave him alone”. Its kill or be killed and if its a good kill (like some in the video) its a good video.

Athryl.9372:

I use the regular Naga for the same reasons. My Naga has developed the dreaded double click issue many people have, but in game it doesn’t usually matter…it’s when I use it for regular computing that it is a hassle.

There’s some good videos on youtube that can help resolve the issue. Personally i dont own a naga but when researching them i came across several articles, videos, posts etc about this issue.

1v1 – Engineer (mesmer top)
sPvP – Engineer (Necro top)
tPvP – Engineer (Guardian top)
WvW Zerg – Elementalist (Warrior top)
WvW Solo roaming – Elementalist (Thief/Mesmer w/ 25% speed boost top)
WvW Team roaming – Engineer, but really either (top depends on team makeup and objectives)

This is all ‘imo’ but i’m sure many would agree.

I just discovered exotics all the way from 400-500 then salvaged them. I started with 705g and ended with 486g after doing both armorsmith and weaponsmith from 0-500. I refined some bloodstone bricks and other ascended mats but it seemed lacking in exp, hmm.

I had alot of mats as i never sell, i also salvaged all the exotics and kept those mats.

P.S I had a crafting booster active at all times.

Hey Sol, nice vids. Like the necro treb fight at the start of the new one lol.

Btw, what hood was that the human ranger was wearing? There is a severe lack of medium armor hoods lol.

TurtleDragon.3108:

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQNBMhF6koiqKjswKIWLDELF7Z/cGHKReGl6UZ8TJyeA-jwBBYfERjkfgUBDRLzsIasFXFRjVXDT5iIqGA-e
or
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/84268-the-perfect-dps-ranger-guide-for-real/

You’ll need to change your weapons, utilities and even your pets for the content you are doing. There are times and places where it’s appropriate to use a Longbow, but usually never when you’re stacking (because why use a ranged weapon when you’re in melee range anyways. Since ranged weapons are almost universally across the board lower damage and don’t cleave which makes them bad for trash). Sword will take a while to get used to, as it has a steep learning curve. GS is fine when you’re still learning how to melee encounters. Pure sword > pure GS > pure LB should be your priority when picking weapons.

If you want to be the most useful you can be to your party follow this. I use the 20/25/0/25/0 exclusively outside of Wvw/Spvp (mostly cos im lazy lol) and only change a few traits and utilities here and there. For instance on the marionette lanes i would switch sic’em for muddy terrain to use on the spawning champs.

One thing i will mention is the pets. In the 20/25/0/25/0 build posted you will notice that there is the jaguar and river drake. The jaguar is excellent as it’s F2 attack stealths (deagro when health low) but also provides higher DPS and autocrits for the duration. The river drake’s F2 ability hits like a truck AND bounces around targets, this is excellent for groups of mobs like trash etc, it also has a blast finisher with its tail swipe (also hits hard) so its good in the stack.

However, depending on your party make up you may want to consider 1 or 2 other pets. This will depend on how well you know other classes and their builds as you may notice that your party is lacking in important (dps wise) boons such as fury or might. The stalker’s F2 ability grants 5 stacks of might which synergize well with the build, general DPS wise its the same as the jaguar hence why alot of people run the 2 cats. The Moa provides Fury from its F2 and this may be necessary when your not using horn or its party wide lacking.

So this is why people dislike the “bearbow” gameplay as not only is the weapon lacking in this type of content but also the pet and it’s F2 abilities.

Just remember, hater’s gonna hate…but they also gonna kick

At this point any positive change would make me happy. Im not only concerned about the ranger class but the output and communication from Anet.

Not to sound too negative but im starting to get that “dead game” feeling. Found myself googling Wildstar more and more these days lol.

1. Ranger
2. Elementalist
3. Thief

Not to bring hate but i fail to see how this build is effective in PvE?

Do you mean openworld etc because pretty much any build is. As for fractals, dungeons etc i would go as far as to say this build is very ineffective.

As for WvW, there are much more effective builds solo or roaming. With the traits/weapons i could see it being useful in zerging but then again this is an area the ranger already is pretty ineffective, as a class.

Sorry.

Hi there,

Your guild sounds really fun and interesting (lol@the asuraball, brilliant). Anyway my current guild has fizzled and died so I’m looking for a new one. I’m also looking to transfer off Desolation as it’s pretty overpopulated and its starting to feel like there is no community, forever in an overflow :P

I will drop you a message ingame after work to check if you are still recruiting. I dont mind paying for a server transfer if i am able to join.

Sarision.6347:

Safari.3021:

Working as intended. You activate the block, holding the sword at an angle accross your body. You can then activate the skill again to throw your sword at the enemy, dealing some damage and inflicting cripple.

While blocking, if you are hit by melee then you “counterattack” with the kick.
If you don’t get hit by melee then you don’t.

The OP is talking about that most of the time, Counterattack only knocks the foe down as opposed to knockback.

I personally would like to see it changed to knockdown because I find knockbacks rather annoying, but there are other stuff I would like to be done way before this.

I agree the knockdown is far better, especially when maul is on CD etc. Its also great for pet to get a couple of free hits

Yeah definitely would buy some. Serious or joke.

Your vid’s are always good, thanks for posting

Viking Jorun.5413:

My signature describes the entirety of this thread.

lol brilliant. Haz a cookie

Id rather just see the tools we have atm fixed/buffed first.

Also confusion is pretty useless in PvE (which by the sound of it is the mode your discussing). Also if you mean AoE invuln and immunities that seems OTT. If you mean personally then imo the ranger already has great access to “active mitigation” on sword/x/d, greatsword, sb etc.

thomasgjkgwdn.4760:

Solandri.9640:

good players dodge, good players don’t stand in red circles, good players pop utilities which nullify certain types of attacks. The pet does none of this. It just stands there and takes it.

and that is why it has a lot of hitpoints, and that is why you have 2 of them, that can be swapped instantly.

Your point may be semi valid in PvE with predictable AoE, however in PvP/WvW the AoE flying around will nuke both of them in seconds.

I really wish that when you dodged your pet is invul/evading for the same ammount of time as yourself. If that was too “OP” then simply make the pet do 0 damage during the channel.

If your in the EU you can have my spot on Desolation lol.

I haven’t been outside of an overflow for as long as i can remember, LA, events, LW etc and i’m really starting to dislike the system for it. If an option for free transfer’s come up to move to a smaller server i’d be off like a shot.

Also i’ve yet to do the marionette event on my home server and yet to see it downed.

CeNedro.7560:

That would be a nice Gemshop-item.
‘WvW-Point-Retrait’: Rearrange your WvW-points outside the season.

Yeah this is what i would go for. Support the game and player, perfect cash shop items.

Tim.6450:

I remember the tequatl fights when it was LS. Desolation was swarmed with guesters, it was so bad that desolation players themselves guested to a low population server.

This is essentially what I’m saying. Guesting is short-term, if a free transfer was available it could be long term.

OK so people have various issues and views on the whole population problem. I can’t see how allowing one free server transfer for people would not change this. Granted, it may make it worse but at least people have another choice. If they flock to desolation or off it, either way at least there was an attempt to resolve the issue(s).

Skady.5916:

Neoheart.2750:

If my point is weak please explain to me what exactly an overflow is and why it is required.

Also when they guest they ARE on that server and proceed to camp the event zone’s spending the 1h30 min between events raging and being abusive because they are not being carried.

Overflow is a mirror map that is generated only when main map is full. It is required to prevent performance issues.

Your issues with certain players are hardly related to overflows. If any player was abusive to your you are free to report him

And once again – guests have no priority, guests cannot get into main map if it is queued. Also guests cannot be kicked from the map if they are already in – maybe this is what you want

Your wrong. It is not “generated” by any means and is in fact persistent. Unless you want to tell me that the various status of dynamic events like timings etc are chosen at random once a server becomes full and one is “generated”? The overflow servers are constantly running and are in fact just other unnamed servers.

They are not transfering into the map (which i have already covered .they are guesting the server and then camping the map. They cannot be moved (like you said) from there once in. So my point is far from weak and in fact proven valid by your comments.

The user above seems to be less argumentative and gets the point. I agree, its a hard thing to “balance” and its only a problem when you are on the receiving end…such as an over populated server like desolation.