Guild Wars 2

Hi!
I don’t play spvp that often, and I have been away for several months even. And now I have returned and with that return also peaked into pvp, still love it. But whats happened with the glory? There are still things you can buy with it but you can’t gain it? Is it just temporary or will there be a whole new way to get cool stuff for pvp?

Thanks,

Find Obal on his youtube channel and look there after every new patch, he has videos of any important changes to his main pve build there

Thanks a lot everyone for the responces. I love the story so far and have already read and watched some things about them before i started. I have started a guardian and love it a lot so far! And the animations are indeed amazing even though they are small

Hello all, I am looking to find some advice from the more experienced Asura players.

I have recently decided that my curiosity about these small creatures will take the upperhand and allowed myself to explore them to the fullest! But since they are so different in appearance I wanted some advice. I have yet to decide between Thief/Engineer/Guardian but I was hoping that some will have advice for me about any graphical differences as to armor/weapons/skills.

Are some beautifull armors/weapons just a waste because of their small size? And are some skills much less appealing because of it? Or do they look all the more awesome? And attached to that is there a difference in these professions in the sence of one comes out better than the other in terms of appearance and appeal? (I hope gameplay wise the physical shape does not change anything?)

And the most important question : Should I ever even slightly consider a legendary or is that combination forbidden to the darkest tombs of ruination!?

I hope that some of you can help me!

I would go for a story with the asura’s, have done it myself and it is a wonderfull story mode. They have such an interesting way of life and look upon the world. You can make them look really cool even though they are really small. You can move mountains as an elementalist while being the smallest race to play in Tyria!

Have been in the same spot as you are in, started a guardian a while back like you are starting your elementalist now. And that was an Asura, the smallest little guy, yet sturdy as a rock and able to go head to head with the greatest enemy! Felt amazing haha.

If you want a marksman then warrior is really not your way because it is really faceroll the world and be done with it. Easy, but not really that much fun imo (have mained it though :P).

Thief would also be a nice option, fun gameplay, bit tricky to play really well.

And Elementalist maybe? Really strong burst, addictive gameplay (imo), low survivability though but plenty of ways to get around harms way.

If you say markman, then these two are the first that come to mind. Marksman in my eyes is a strong damage dealer but also sacrifices survivability for it. And you will have to utilize your power in ways that are maybe not that straightforward as the warrior deals his damage (faceroll headbut your enemy and hope for higher dps than them) And to be honest with you, elementalist fits that which you seek. high damage but if you arent constantly trying to avoide damage while comboing all of your spells rapidly you will die, and my god you will die easily :P But that is the beauty of it, and what I think is the beauty of playing a marksman like class.

Go warrior, it is probably the easiest class of them all. And let me help you : High dps and high survivability never go hand in hand, would be too strong. The survival usually also comes from the player themself, how good are you with the buttons?

But warrior has high damage and a large health pool to allow for some errors.

Dekeyz on youtube. She will tell you how to roll an ele

Guess what, its not meant for pvp! Or at least not for people who think they will actually easily succeed when they hit a button and it will always hit target in a 1v1….

Yes it is very difficult to hit that spell against something with a brain, but that is what makes it all the more awesome when u rarely do hit it on someone! And as some above stated, its something you can much better use in combination with others, to get a chain of cc down and cast it or whatever.

As mentioned above : Warrior
which I personally did not have that much trouble with to level it! Really strong, but not the most fun to play when compared to some others but if you like it, it will surely work!

I would say that my mesmer and elementalist (still leveling) are much more fun to play in general, but the leveling of a mesmer……..I would not recommend it to someone like you. But at this moment leveling my ele, and its fun!

“One does not simply make a level 35 dungeon, for level 35 players” Is the first thought that comes up in my mind. I havent seen many low leveled players play through it without dying numerous times. Imo it could be made less difficult for the lower leveled and maybe even make a “level 80 path” which is the real challenge, and you can make that as hard as you want Anet!

All three paths are pretty doable btw. Assuming most party members know what they are doing

Vox Hollow.2736:

Just to be clear, I’m talking specifically about abusing terrain to skip events entirely.

I’m not entirely sure how gold got brought up? I think you might be reading a bit too much into what I’ve said.

Well because most people do it for the gold, to get richer But I agree with you on the skipping though, but as I said, Anet can make a game in every way they want. They allow us to skip those enemies….

Vox Hollow.2736:

@Odin

Path of Least Resistance isn’t carte blanche to cheat your face off. You can wield that phrase pretty effectively for all sort of grey area stuff like running past mobs, but this jumping thing is pretty black and white.

Good God, you guys are lucky Anet is such a soft touch. I’ve played games where such bold faced cheating got you the banhammer.

Too bad you assume that I am a part of the “you guys” that “cheat” their way to get gold etc. I am not. I am one of the people that once in a while joins a few cof p1 runs because I have a warrior and it is so easy to join a group being one. If I need a few gold I make use of cof p1. Does that make me a cheater? I say no, you might say yes.

All I was saying is that there will always be something to exploit or farm to a certain degree. And you will never create your perfect game without any farming/cheating/exploiting/whateveryoucallit. I think it is good that there is cof, this keeps those elitist unpolite asocial people grouped together farming for gold.

But that means they ruin the game because they have a lot of gold and can permit themselves everything? No, you know exactly how to get gold, do what they do! How do I justify this? The developers can write whatever they want and you have to play by it. They allow people to farm cof.

There will always be things in the game that will be the “best” or the “easiest” or the “most farmed”. You will not change this, you will have to deal with it. Imho they should leave cof as it is and focus on the other dungeons and making them worthwhile. I am sorry for people who want to do cof in a normal way, but you should really find a group of people that agree with your view and run it with them! Gives you a much better time…

My complaint :

Description says level 30 for story and level 35 for explorable paths

It is not…

To all posts stating Asura’s are just as fast as inferior races :

We Asura are faster than other races, but due to length of limbs of these inferior races the traveled distance will be the same over time. Being fast means how fast you can move, not have far you can move in a set time. Due to our improved speed we can keep up with these inferiors easily.

And to state the obvious : Our limbs move faster.

Placebo…pff haha!

One day all of those kitties will be our personal plushies

spoj.9672:

Dunno what you guys are talking about. Eugenes new ranger guide proves rangers are the new best class.

Valid argument sir

Best advice I could give you is before you even start building your character up to a final version is to define what you want. Do you want to be a powerhouse, do you want to be a tank, or a glass cannon maybe? There are a lot of options to choose, and you should choose whatever you like most or what is good in the part of the game you play the most.
And then focus on whatever you have chosen. If you want survival? Focus on surviving in any way, and don’t forget that there are a lot of ways to do this! Even the most “offensive” options could also mean survival. As long as you focus on it and on your playstyle. When you have finished to core, go and test it and fix the loose ends. Because that little bit of extra health on your dps build could mean the difference in too much situations!

And if you have already set your mind on the build there are only two options besides sword to wield next to your shield : Scepter, mace
The scepter is potentially the more offensive one and the mace the more defensive one, although with a scepter you have the distance between you and your enemies. The mace can give you some really nice healing and extra block, this will work especially well if you and your teammates are in melee a lot of the time!

And in wvw I think the staff can be great, unless you are soloing, because you hit so many people every strike. I would take either staff or hammer as second set for defensive or supportive playstyle.

TLDR : TAKE : Mace/shield and Staff or hammer (staff for multitagging)

There is also a sticky thread which explains a lot of nice synergies between weapons! Make sure to read it!

Thanks for the help, will go for cooking first!

Is anyone familiar with the crafting boost? How much of an impact does it have?

I have been doing dungeons for some while now, and recently started doing fractals, ofcourse the low level ones and I didn’t have too much trouble there, but my question to you veterans is : Will my usual glass cannon PvE/dungeon build be the one to choose for fractals too? The lower ones seem to allow me to have this build, but later on? Should I switch from glass cannon do a build with more defensive aspects? Or is it the same as always :
“Once your good enough you don’t need defence… blabladodgerollit”

No need for builds, will try some myself Would just like some opinion from you guys for fractal-noobie-me

Has anyone tried going for maximum adrenaline use? As in highest gain from all sources and the lowest cost per burst attack?

Think im going to test it soon, would be crazy to have some sort of a fake heartseaker build through eviscerate!

Eviscerate

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If you are new to the game, I really can not understand you did not start discovering first? before asking on the forum how to level up fast… take it step by step…

If you walk around the map of the first zone you are in you will see that heart shaped icons will pop up on your map and these represent the quests, besides these hearts there are a few other icons on the screen representing waypoints (fasttravel) and some exploration rewarding icons. If you just start by finishing those quests you will be fine.

Also any big orange looking thing on your map is called a dynamic event, it is an event that can pop up at any time and it will go away after someone finished it or the time is run out, try and participate in them because they will reward you for it!

But start by exploring the game! Learn by doing! Much more fun and effective.

Although I do not want to spend too much of my gold on this, I am thinking about doing a few levels through this as the titel also suggests.

But the question is ofcourse which crafts should I pick? aiming ofcourse for the cheapest! I hope there is some difference in the costs…

Also, do these 400 crafting lvls still give me exactly 10 levels ?

A warrior starts to shine even more when it is around more warriors! Although a Guardian will make a very nice combo as well, one being a little more offensive and one being a little bit more defensive. As in potential that is, because you can switch roles around ofcourse, because guardian is far from powerless when it comes do offence!
Allthough I would recommend letting the warrior shine in dps and the guardian in survival, they can both buff eachother up really nice and make an incredibly hard to kill team!

danbuter.2314:

Mesmer is no longer on this list. Holy nerfbat!

So happy with my guardian right now!

Gw2lfg.com should make an elitist section for farm runs.

Take that guardian and keep leveling it, dont focus on leveling but enjoy the beauty of the game, do loads of fun events, do not forget your dailies(!!) and do the story. And you should also be able to do the AC dungeon and even farm it a bit, which will make you level a bit faster too.
Best thing you can do is search for guardian builds and videos of people playing the guardian, look at what they do and decide what you like. Spec towards it and just have fun! Guardian offers a lot of different weapons so plenty of possibilities!

I guess its quiet there on most servers, sometimes people will do temples, but not as much as world bosses. So what is left is a few people (very few) who farm mats and go there for completion purposes…
pretty sad I think, that the final areas are the least populated ones…

You could ask yourself the same question in real life, what would you say?

-Well I guess in this game, it is for buying very expensive skins (armor weapon etc)
-or for buying a lot of high tier materials for crafting. Crafting either for a legendary or for fast leveling alts…

And having lots of gold makes you happy. No discussion on that one..

Problem solved, read reply above!

Check out these sites :
- Gw2lfg.com for finding groups for dungeons, you will have a much better time doing them now you are lvl 80
- gw2stuff.com for the timers on world bosses, and locations.

And going for some achievements, rare armor skins, playing wvw + pvp and trying out different builds is always fun!

Guardian, if by fast you mean having swiftness up Because some attacks may seem slow… but can also hit very hard (maybe not thief/warrior hard but still)
If you want to be fast as in hitting enemies fast, go with Thief. You will also be amazed about how much survivability they can have!

Killing Joke.4371:

Odin.1354:

Asura warrior, because being small and running around with a hammer the same size you are (and killing most enemies) is awesome!

Imagine if weapons didn’t scale, hell, I’ve got a GS on my Norn that clips through the ground, I wanna see that on an Asura!

You would see a tiny person trying to pull along some giant object, along comes the norn…..and he picks up the dagger :P

Asura warrior, because being small and running around with a hammer the same size you are (and killing most enemies) is awesome!

Hey ppl,
Just need some help because I like all of the chars….but I want to lvl 1 of my alts first and not all at the same time :p
I have a : 23 human thief, 5 Asura guardian, 10 sylvari mesmer, and want to make a norn ranger some day too…
Thinking about the asura guardian, because I like heavy soldiers (main is a human warrior) and the larger choice in weapons.

But im not sure yet, so if anyone could give me a great reason why I should pick one over the other please do…
Thanks a lot!

Before you reach level 80 it is harder to get a large amount of gold so before thinking about money I would focus more on getting to level 80, although too much of that doesn’t make the game any better Enjoy the game, and get to 80 asap!
When you are lvl 80, do all the world bosses and either salvage high lvl rares or sell them, this is the easiest way to get some money! Crafting is the worst way to get money I guess…

And always pick up everything you can! And sell anything you dont need!

Human warrior, Human thief, Norn guardian, sylvari mesmer. Love them all but I guess warrior would be the main!

In PvE I can say that your choice should be warrior! Easy to level, great damage, good survivability, good swiftness for explo and you wont have much trouble getting into a dungeon party. In general you will have a good time with the warrior in most PvE content!
And I just started a thief alt (main=warr) and have to admit that I love that one too. Bit squishier though, but if played the right way lots of fun too!

Try and stand just behind the place where they spawn and as soon as they appear kill them, if all of your party members do this you should have too much problems.

I hope you had trouble killing the acolytes, and not jumping up on the safe spot? :P

I think the swapping between weapons is the main restriction for the thief. As a thief/“assasin” I feel like you not only should be able to burst out lots of skills (initiative mechanic) but also use a wide range of weaponry in rapid combo’s. Shoot your bow → throw a dagger → thrust with your sword in a matter of seconds.

Being not only acrobatic in movement, but also in using weapons!

Started a thief 2 days ago, been leveling (normal way, hate crafting) it and trying to find a playstyle. So far I have to say that I love it, especially the way initiative works. Currently running d/d after trying s/d and p/p, always keep a sb as second set but dont know what I like most…

But the biggest question I have is how to build (when lvl 80)? and specifically build for dungeon groups? Is it possible to go full berzerker gear and dps traits without dying all the time?
And if someone knows, how is the damage output compared to warrior? since my main is a warrior.. =)

Any tips&tricks, help and guides are welcome!
Thanks,
Odin

The sigil only applies to the weapon you used it on, and the effect will only work when you are currently wielding it. You can easily test this with a sigil of accuracy.

You must have had some terrible experiences with dungeon runs…

Hope I can still help you out a bit as I see you had some fun days.

The easiest way for me to level was simply following story and completing map areas. If you didn’t reach level 15 after you completed the first map, just play some events you come across, most are solo, and sometimes in an area like queensdale(I played there the most since in my exp people where most active there, but you can exp it differently ofc) people will tell in map chat when something like troll or oak event is up. After your first area, you can either go for the other starting areas or go to a lvl 15-25 area and do the same thing.
And yes this is mostly solo, but hey, you are learning about the game and how to play it here, also you should be saying “wow” numerous times because of the beautifull environment!
You can also ask someone on the forum to join you in leveling your character through the first 10-20 lvls if you really hate going solo. And if no one wants to, take the ranger as a prof, you will never be alone again!

Now when you have reached the level of around 30, you can even start doing some dungeons, although I strongly recommend waiting untill at least level 40 since I don’t see too many people at those levels doing the first dungeon. You have to visit Plains of ashford for your first dungeon, and this is also a nice way to start leveling, this requires a party of 5 players in any normal situation. and we have a site called “gw2lfg.com” you can google it, and you can find a party there by making an LFG or by whispering/joining someone else who made an LFG.

And leveling, is all about having fun in the game. If you don’t like leveling, you either are WAY to focussed on getting to level 80, or you don’t like the game…

It would be anoying if that would result in you losing the fight, although it shouldn’t depend on one player to finish a boss fight. And ofcourse you did the best possible thing, just kick him! :P Your group, your call

In general I don’t mind people doing this…as long as they tell me before we start the dungeon.

The only thing I would like to see changed is a bigger difference in how difficult a dungeon is. I never really find one much more challenging than the other….which it should be according to the level requirement differences?
Although at least some tactics would be nice….

And there is ofcourse the dreadfull silence from most players who play dungeons…I am not asking for a whole discussion, but sometimes a simple hi/hey/hello is too much before the dungeon starts….

Yes you should be able to solo them, I was in rare at that point mostly focussed on dps, did not have too much trouble as a warrior.
You might need better gear if you die too often, or different tactics when in a fight. I guess better gear can never work against you, except aggro…

Thanks! I will be using Sword and focus mainly, but not really sure about staff or greatsword, guess staff is a little more defensive and more usefull right now