Guild Wars 2

i`m about to craft a scepter now,
but i`m a bit confused if i should craft the viper or berserker version?
in the formum i was reading that viper is good but at metabattle,all the raid and fractal builds are direct damage.

so what would you recommend?
my main goal is to play high lvl fractals or at least do the high lvl farm runs.

Thanks for the nice infos.
now i play almost only open world and fractals.
i want to start wvw and pvp as soon as i got full gear.
i think befor i start raids and look for a raid guild i need some more playtime.

so the gear should be first for high lvl fractals,later raids (i think for open world all ascended gear will work ?)

it would be nice to get some guidence since at metabattle most builds are very old and there are no solo builds.

Hi,i want to start crafting ascended weapons for my mesmer and i would also try to use some of them for my necro or guardian if possible but i`m not sure about the stats,it would be nice if you could help me out.

here is what i want to start with:

1. Greatsword (use for guardian and necro would be nice) i`m thinking of Berserker or Marauder (i tend to craft marauder since the extra vita could be nice in pvp content? ) or are the higher berserker stats better overall and should i get the vita elsewhere if needed? or is another Attribute Set better?

2. 1h Sword (maybe use also with guardian) similar question like greatsword.

3. schield (maybe use also with guardian)

4. staff – similar like greatsword but here i would make best stats for guardian or necro and use it then with the mesmer.

5. pistol – best possible stats for mesmer only ?

i was reading about armor gear and there was a lot of berserker and assasin,i also was reading about mesmer condi builds so how would a viper set work out for mesmer? i asking since i want to craft 1 for my necro.

i know i can change the gear stats later but i want to try to get the most use out of the weapons/armor

if you have some other rafting recommendations let me know,thanks for your help.

Hello,
i`m new to the game and after looking into the basics i come across crafting.
and i also was hearing that stats from ascended gear can be changed in the forge.

my first question is about resetting the stats on ascended gear/weapons.

i already know that gear can have different stat combinations(viper,berserker,sinister…)
correct me if i`m wrong but viper gear is more expensive and harder to craft then berserker gear?

so how does the stat change on ascended gear work in the forge? can i change a light head armor with berserker stats to viper stats ?
is the cost of the stat change dependend on the stats i want ,so if i want to change an item with berserker stats to viper stats its more expensive then change berserker stats to shaman stats ?

the reason i ask is that i thinking of playing necro and mesmer, so i could craft 1 armor and 1 weapon set and use this for both chars,maybe change some stat itmes depending in the class/build.
also could you tell me a got armor set that is usefull for mesmer and necro? i know viper set is good for necro and thats what i was thinking to craft,but is viper also a good stat set for mesmer? (i know its depending on the build but in general would the stats work out )

also is the proceder of changing stats on armor and weapons the same?

thanks for your help!

thanks for all the response,now it looks like guardian is in a good spot with the fractail problem fixed.

thanks for the response,and its sad at the same time.

oh the problem that was with guardians and high lvl fractals,that could kill the hole grp? they fixed this with the last patch ?

HI, i`m new to the game and looking for a main class to play. currently i`m between choosing mesmer,guardian or necro,i was asking around for the other 2 classes already now i would like to get some informations about mesmer befor i make my final decision.

so how are mesmer right now?
solo HOT content?
fractals?
raid?
spvp/wvw ? (not so important for me)

and the overall state of the class,do i have problems finding a raid spot,will i be kicket out of grps? is the class wanted in group content?
how are high lvl fratals,is mesmer a good option to do them ?

thanks

i wont leave and you cant have my gear sorry.

i read the response with the problems they have and its sad to hear that they can`t or won`t fix this.

so all my questions have been answered,thanks to the helpfull people!

well you all can say what you want,i might overreact a bit as well but at the end its a small thing that could have been fixed but it`s not.

and whatever you prefer to eat and where. it has nothing to do with the fact that most people probalby stoped reading quests texts at the end of vanilla wow,thats why there are also only at most 1 or 2 RP servers in most games.because people simply don`t care as mutch about the full story and don`t want to listen for 2 min to 2 npc`s talking to each other.

and sure there are other things to do and i was writing i did other things in the start until i needed masteries and did the story to finish it, but this does not change the fact that the skip button is not there now and would not be there when the story mode would be the last thing to do in the game for me.

i care more about the mmo then the rpg
you don`t need to eat pizza when you go to an italian restaurant would be the right thing to compare it to i guess^^

so i was playing the game in single player the last 4 days,i had to stop 3 time to play the game because i was so close to delete my char and the game from my PC!
i just come back to the game 2 weeks ago and boosted my first char to 80, played a bit around and had fun until i started to do my personal story 4 days ago.

first of all why is the booster gear for necro pure condi without any power? so i am forced to play full condi biuld? thats no fun if you run around solo…

my main reason to play the story was to just complete it and be done with this part and get mastery points.

so how much fun was it?
this was the worst mmo questing experience i had in my history of playing mmo`s
well its not really a mmo quest is it ? since you all the time in an solo instance and if you get a dc you have to start all over again !!!

i have no problem with story quests, all mmo`s have them and thats fine,
-as long as i don`t have to listen to dialog`s for minuites without the option of skiping them!!!!!
-look stupid cut sceen`s i don`t care about! why is there no option to skip them?
why do you force people to look them ???

the hole time i was looking more youtube on my other monitor then actual playing the game.as i said i had to stop playing because it was so boring,slow and frustrating to just stand there and looking at npc`s talking to each othere….

and all this could be fixed with a simple “SKIP” option

another thing that was really frustrating while playing the story,why oh why have so many mobs the worst ability of all in games?
stun,fear,and knockdown? sure this can be avoided by the player but if you just want to run and finish this story quest since you already kittened since the last 2 min conversation you had to watch and all you want to do is reach the next green star on the map and then you have a couple of mobs around you and they all use there stun with a 2 sec time difference and you just lay there for like 10 -15 sec and can`t play the game,or you get feared of a cliff and have to restart,then its just game over for me.

after finally finishing the story i started the LW3 and oh my god… it looks bad,real bad.
the start from out of the shadows. 90% listen to conversations like i never seen it befor,at times i was thinking something went wrong and i had to reset since it took so long time to continue, 10% gameplay at most.

please keep your story and all the conversation for the people who care but let the option to skip all that to the people whoe don`t care about your story!

my question is now how is LW2 in terms of the no skip option? (i think i have to play it to max out the masteries)
and how is the LW3?

the hole no skip thing is a big deal since i have 2 friends i try to bring to gw2 but i know if they played the story quest,they only would stop 1 time and never continue.there are people who not have patient and thats the people you loose,you will howerver loose no people by adding the skip option to all content that keeps player waiting.

it can be that the gear is different/better setup for the necro since i use the hot lvl 80 boost on the necro and used tombs and crafting to lvl the guard,the guard has almost all exotic gear as well like the necro but the gear stats are mixed on the guardian,maybe thats the problem.

everybody is talking about viper,berserker gear and so on but in the game i rarely see these names,is there a website where i can find what the different gear types are with the stats and all?

thanks for all your replys.
i now have played around with necro and guardian but i`m still not sure what to play,i not want to play 2 classes.

so i guess i have to test around a bit more. i just found so far that necro/reaper is way quicker and easyer in solo pve. guardian is more like use all CD and then auto attack and that feels a bit slow.
when i go at a golem the dmg is similar but in the open world it feels like the reaper is doing 2 times the dmg of the guardian.also guardian feels a bit squishy, i really have to use defens/heal CD to not run to low on HP.
with the guardian i have to really play more,like block and use the f2 skill,it feels like if you want you could survive really good i can imagine thats something come in handy in pvp? or is pvp more burst then survive longer?

on the other hand when you come low hp with the reaper you not come back as quick as the guardian

ok thanks for the informations,so if i would like to switch to the green or red team in eotm i would need to go to a server that is inside that color bracked or are all servers mixed inside a new bracket each week so that next week the red color consist of 5 new servers?

i not care so mutch about ranking i just want to have a lot of aktive players in my bracked/ wvw server so that i always can join a grp and not have to run around alone since as far as i can see there is nothing you can do alone ther besides finding another solo player and do a 1v1?

and how is it with the 3 WvW servers are they always the same,every week or is my server fighting against 2 other servers every week?

Hello,i`m new to GW2 i have some questions about the WvW part.
i currently play on seafarer`s rest EU.
when i join edge of the mists there is almost always a commander an the squad is around 5-35 people,but if i choose 1 of the mist war maps there is never a commander there and i never see any players/groups running around.

so i`m thinking of switching to another server where i will always find a commander on both the “mist war” maps and the “edge of the mist” and a big squad of at least 15/20 and up to 50 or more players.

https://leaderboards.guildwars2.com/en/eu/wvw

i found this leaderboard where my server is at rank 8. i`m not sure if this is the current or an old leaderboard…
would the best be just join a server that is higher in the leaderboard ? does this means they are more active in WvW?

thanks for your help!

Pvp is not really a thing for me since I play with 250-300Ms latency
The only thing I want is have fun in wvw (the big zergs and maybe small 5 grp)
My focus is more to enjoy the pve content fully

Good you mentioned it, rev ,necro and guard are the 3 classes I have to decide.
So for raid all get a spot with
Rev being 1st
Guard /necro on the same lvl at 2nd
Is that correct ?
And for fractals necro and rev at 1st and guard do to its problem 2nd (but if anet fixes this then they are all 3 equal) ?
How long guards already have this problem in the fractails?

And dungeons and solo pve content are all 3 equal again.?

Sorry I’m still new and did not understand everything you are yanking about -_-
So should be no problem getting a spot in raids and dungeons ?
How about fractals (low and high level) I was reading that there was some kind of bug or so where you should not use certain skills in fractals? And that’s why nobody wants a guardian in the grp ? Is that fixed by now ?

Hi,i’m new to the game I’miss looking for a class to make my main.
I’m thinking about guardian.
How is the class in all pve parts? I mainly want to play pve and some wvw.
Will I have problems soloing hot pve content ?
Farm effective solo?
How are dungeon wother guardian? Are they welcome in groups?
How are they for fractals? Can I do all kinds of hight fractals and would my group happy to have me?
How are they in raids ? Are they taken or left behind?
I would like to play some kind of range dps/support for wvw .

I currently thinking between guardian or necro.
Maybe even rev.

Pls help me out here

yes i have HoT
so the only real dps spec for guardian is the elite spec ? is that the spec where he uses a bow? i don`t want to play a bow class.
so if bow is a big thing for dragonhunter then he is out as well.

and i tend more to necro compared to ele in terms of look.

some concerns i have.

guardian looks fun and i like the blue effects,but i`m concerned that this class is mainly support?
and you are not concidert a real damage dealer.
like there are other classes that take the role of a dps and are mutch better then guardian at it. ?

engi looks a bit boring in terms of animations and effects. so i think he is out.

i lean more to necro or guardian
so i just need to know how mutch dps is inside a guardian and how will he perform compared to necro in my criteria ?

Hi,
i just come back to gw and got this lvl 80 boost.
last time i played around with some classes from lvl 15-39 now i want to boost my first char to lvl 80.
i`m looking for 4 days now and i was playing around a bit with some classes but there are so many builds that i need some summary and help from you guys.

i play currently outside eu and my ping is around 250-300ms (pls consider while coosing a class)

1. i`m looking for a class that looks cool and stylish while playing (nice spell effects,Lights,animations)

2. i play mainly Solo PVE,i like dungeons,would like to raid and like to farm while beeing efficient. (solo pve content in general efficient)

3. the class should have a good mix of builds that contains more then just auto attacking or 1,2 / 1,2 combos

4.when playing solo pvp i don`t want to have the hardest class in the game to win a 1vs1
i not need the most op class, just something in the middel where its a 50/50 chance of getting a fair 1vs1

5.support is good but my mainfocus is damage ,if the class clears effective pve while giving support its fine but i don`t want to miss out on damage for additional support

6. when joining random pve groups i want to feel welcome with my class
this is more like a addon to my No.2 requirement

7. i like to keep distance in fights (i don`t like to stand close to a boss with 5 other people not even seeing my own character)
also a mix with melee and range would be fine.
! !this is the least important factor for the class! !

What i don`t want:

Ranger,Warrior,Thief

i don`t want mesmer (if the hole plan is to get up 3 clones and explode them/use them for skills,similar to combo points) if that is just 1 build and all other build are different mesmer could be a 2nd choise.

i don`t want to Tank

i not really want to Heal

no 100% support class

thanks alot for your help
i hope i can soon stop testing classes and keep playing 1 class as my main class.