Guild Wars 2

Jaxs.5830:

One of the big mistakes we see from folks starting out on small man groups is the over use of defensive gear/builds. If you are running 5-10 you will spend a lot of time fighting larger groups and you need to kill folks fast, not whittle them down.

Yeah please, everyone in berserk ^^

We had a hard time yesterday vs [Ht] and [WsW] guilds, some fun fights near and inside hills..(sneaky ht rushing us while engaging wsw!) well played btw
Cya on thusday, same hours

@ Trick : we all hate facing mesmer in duels, and the one who play mesmer in our guild (the black asura) is the only one who have never ever switched character since we know him…he’s like master myagi of mesmer

nerovergil.5408:

Obeet.6785:

The idea was cool, sad it’s again for 15+ guilds…

numbers can be tweak, whats wrong with 15?

I don’t want to bring a new discussion about that but i know there are many guilds that don’t want to play at more than 10 players. (like my guild for example)

So it reminds me the old GVG ladder, smaller teams were not considerate, and i know there are some awesome small-scalle groups IG.

But about your project, the prices looks..crazy..who will give that? isn’t ascended acount bound? (idk really)
and 400 matches, is a lot.

The idea was cool, sad it’s again for 15+ guilds…

Our guild recently transfered to vabbi and i want to give you my oppinion (i speak for myself but i think all my guildmates think the same).
We played since the first beta, and never stopped playing this game we transfered like 5 times in one year, Ring of fire, underworld, seafarer’s rest, whiteside ridge, Fort Ranik, Gunnar’s hold and now vabbi.
Our main goal is to have a good time in wvw together and having good fights. That’s what we search for since the release and i/we are having exactly what we want here in Vabbi.
We never had interest into the wvw game itself (taking objecvtives etc..) because we play smallscale (5 to 10max) and anet always put penalities to small groups or limit their implications.
So why playing small scale you asking me? Because we absolutely LOVE the combat mechanics of this game, and obviousely, he IS designed to be played like that, not running with a huge group and spamming one button, fights are simply much more fun and rewarding.
I know my post was irrelevant, but i see on forums that a lot of guilds now understand this statement and i think the mentality of wvw’ers are changing (slowely but..)

so Vabbi, and Low populated servers in general are the ideal living environement to have quality fights and in bonus give a chance to smaller teams to have an impact in wvw.
(my hope would be that all non-zerg wvw guilds join lower tiers)

hello, we switched server yesterday evening (5 of us) to Vabbi and it was the best evening we had since september! so first i want to give a hug to Impact who decided us to move (thx Fryen for your movies and your advices) i hope we can “share enemies” in the future!
Thx to all the enemies from dzago and Ros for the cools fights and special shout out to CB guild, we had a really fun kite/fight together.
i see now there were a event at the mill, we didn’t know that sorry BNF (our best enemies!)

Psy had some awesome fight yesterday on Rof borderland, thanks to all we fight against!

Hello, we made a graffiti of our characters (guardian and warrior) with our guild logo (the golem), Hope you like!

Hi warriors,
Here’s my last movie ouf some of our fights vs other guilds.
Outnumbered, as always, we try to do our best against guild we met on the battlefield.

Hello warriors,

I’m posting a movie made with my guild [PSY].
We run since the beta of the game at 5vsx, but this time we had a guest with us so it’ll be 6vsx .
Our group is heavilly defensive, i’m the only one warrior in the team and my role is to bring CC and damage (mainly) and transform conditions into boons with our great warhorn.

These actions were recorded in one evening against somes guilds from Miller’s sound and drakkar Lake.
We had the chance to met 3 differents Guild groups at the same spot and to face them even if they had twice our number.

I know i made some mistakes in my gameplay, especially with the rez banner i was testing in my build, and sometimes i forgot to use it!

Hope you enjoyed!

Heavily defensive 6 men Guild vs Other Guilds (Drakkar and Miller this time)
We had the chance to Face Guild’s groups who had twice our number sometimes more.

Some cool Fight we had Vs Drakkar and Miller’s guilds.
We normaly run at 5vs ? , but this time we were 6!

Outnumbered and improvised Guild vs Guild (+some adds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4d6gFkRBb4

Great fights saturday night, i want to give a shout out to [Rage] the most coolest fight we had!! to [Tri] and [Odz] <3 . Movie is coming

Yamsandjams.3267:

Obeet.6785:

Lifeson.4352:

I don’t even usually listen to this sort of music but I really like it now. :P

best coment!

Here is the build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqelIqic3zSfF1LJx4DdO8B8L6R+tsj/UQuA;TQAA1CtMiYKC

Thanks for taking the time to link the build. I have two questions…

1. Was there any reason to go 15 into tools instead of 20 into inventions? there’s some traits there that could be very useful for defensive specs.

2. Why a crit chance boosting sigil? If it’s for extra DPS, a force or bloodlust sigil might be better since this build doesn’t have any on-crit effects to proc. With the elixir B proc, the extra crit chance boost might provide slightly higher DPS, but you’re relying on a temporary buff that you need to take damage to trigger. A consistent 5% boost would likely yield better damage over time, although I haven’t crunched the numbers.

Also, do you use any particular runes? I would assume dolyak, but this build doesn’t seem to have much in the way of condition management, so perhaps something like Melandru might work out well.

1. The only reason is because i want toolbelt recharge at 25%hp, If i switch 20 to invention i’ll probably take reinforced shield..

2. Crit sigil cause my set is based around Power/thoug/vita so i already have an high power value (around 1900, enough for me cause i often have 6+ might stacks) but my crit chance is a bit low , i always try to have around 40% crit (what i can achieve with 25 stacks)
I haven’t tested if this is better on a long duration but what’i’m feeling is : All my hits with pistols+bombs+toolkit crits much more often, so i can sometimes put some “bursts” that i needed to take by surprise some heavy defensive targets (like guardians)

For the runes, i actually have full orbs (or ruby can’t remember) only cause they are way cheaper and they boost 3 stats…
But yeah , Melandru and Dolyak are the one i was looking for…(maybe melandru first cause the lack of condition management , like you said)

My mate steppa Put some 4 vs ?? actions in a small vid if u want to have a look (i think my spec in this vid is nearly the same)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTWlYSKdpNA

Lifeson.4352:

I don’t even usually listen to this sort of music but I really like it now. :P

best coment!

Here is the build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqelIqic3zSfF1LJx4DdO8B8L6R+tsj/UQuA;TQAA1CtMiYKC

Hi engineers!

Here is my second solo engineer movie featuring solo wvw roaming (some 2vx and group actions to)
Recorded in February during one week, I was playing with the idea of being a pain for the enemies while dealing some “decent” damage (if possible in aoe, so i can make a little pressure)
don’t expect a full of frags video!

I use a power/Thougness/vitality stuff + Jewels mixed with some knight pieces.

suprNovae.5410:

it is not my guild but one of my favourite videos ever! 1 Group defend one tower against the zerg. well played and well edited

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzDx6v_yWdA

Hey! Thanks for posting my vid!

Here is another one: DEFENSIVE ENGINEER (solo/duo + group actions) with lot of editing.

Hi there,

I’m an engineer who switched to Warrior rencently, i play wvw only, with a team of 5.
We are focusing on outnumbered actions.

I have a lots of clips in my HD, and want to start some “wvw episodes”, updated more frenquently than full edited movies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzDx6v_yWdA

yes my traits are : 30 / 20 / 0 / 10 / 10
(i copy/paste from Gwdb)
Forceful Explosives: Bombs and mines have a larger explosion radius.
Explosive Powder: Improves damage from explosions by 10%.
Grenadier: You throw grenades 25% farther, and you throw an extra grenade with each grenade kit skill.
Infused Precision: 50% chance to gain swiftness for 5 seconds on critical hits. This effect cannot trigger more than once every 5 seconds.
Hair Trigger: Rifle, pistol, and harpoon gun skills recharge 20% faster.
Invigorating Speed: When you gain swiftness, you also gain 5 seconds of vigor. (Cooldown: 5 seconds)
Speedy Kits: Gain swiftness for 5 seconds when ever you equikittent. This effect cannot trigger more then once every 5 seconds.

Ps : it’s a “base” build sometimes i switch for 20 in tools, or 20 in alchemy.

[QUOTE]I know you said you go for power/crit/toughness/vitality in that order, but what prefix armor/jewelry do you wear?[/QUOTE]
When video was recorded, i had Full knight jewels.
My armor was a mix with : 2 citadell of flame (Power , precision , cond damage), 1 WvW (power, Toughness, Vita) and 3 Crafted berserk (Power , precision, crit damage)
All sloted with orb. (but differents orbs)
I had about ; 1400 Toughness, 18k HP, 40% crit, rest in power.

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I don’t post often on forums, if at all, however I thought it necessary here. I LOVED the video. It was well put together, especially the music, and the flow was fantastic. I appreciate the skill required for playing that way. Overall it was very refreshing and worth the look. Gave me a few ideas for what I may want to do in the future.

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What a nice comment
Stay tunned on my Youtube account, another vid is coming, But this time it will be Group play (5 vs x)

strange…
Maybe with this link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYe5dLVOXTc&feature=youtu.be&hd=1

I can see you have a lot of trait points into Explosives. Where did you put the rest of them?

Firearms and tools mainly.
Swiftness on kit swap is always sloted when i go solo.
I really like “invigorating speed” in alchemy (vigor 5 sec when swiftness)

Nice reel. You have mad skills but a lot of what you are doing with kits seems achievable with gadgets / elixirs which saves you the GCD. Most use of kits is swap in, use one ability, swap out. And why the tool kit? Is it just for throw wrench?

Yes, maybe.
But kits are just funnier to use, with lower CD and variety of gameplay.
I try to use tool kit when there isn’t so much enemies or range only, but sometimes i don’t have time to change my utility before the fight.
Yes tool kit is nice for throw wrench, Block, Confusion stacks and snare (in this order for me)
Bomb kit is always good when there is a melee who chase me, and honnestly, i love bomb kit and always try to use it (sometimes i shouldn’t!)

Nice vid, arguably one of the best engineers i have seen. Even though i hate the engi with all the bugs, watching you play makes me want to play my engi again.

:) I return the compliment to Teldo..He is the guy who make me switch my elementalist to Engineer. Big up to him!

What is your source of Condition removal? Just Elixir Gun #5? Do you worry about conditions much?

Yes i only have skill5 on elixir gun and burst my target as fast as possible is , imo, the only way to go. (actually 80% of my enemies runs Power based builds, if it’s going to change over month then i’ll change my build)

Big plays there and overall a really good video. May i ask what Runes are you using?

Thanks, I don’t use runes in the video, only slotted Orbs (cheaper and good stats)
IMO runes are really good for the 6 pieces procs but i didn’t make enough tests to choose wich one suits my playstyle.

Again, thanks for the comments and i hope my english wasn’t so bad

Thanks everyone for the nice words, glad to hear you enjoyed it!

Can you talk about some of your favorite tactics, combos, etc? I see you have Elixir Gun in the build? How do you use that to it’s fullest potential?

If possible, try to engage the fight where you can hide the line of sight..outnumbered actions never happend on a plain (that’s my main tactic i think)

I used “slick shoes” a lot before taking elixir gun, nice escape ability, but kits are so fun to use especially the jump “4” on the elixir gun, and the 5 give me a nice condition removal i was lacking in this build (cond removal a bit strange i must admit, sometimes remove all, sometimes not?)

You’re the kind of Engineer we need on this forum

Thanks dude
I can read english without problem, but writing is harder for me..
anyway i stay here , noprob

Hello Engineers,

Solo roaming with 3 kits, Power/crit/thougness/Vita (in this order)
Hope you like it!

Obeet

http://youtu.be/lYe5dLVOXTc?hd=1