Guild Wars 2

zealex.9410:

these are also really nice designs^^

Thanks man! I’m glad you liked my fractal armor designs!

I took those because of the final phase. The mobs deal surprisingly heavy damage so I needed the spike heal from epidemic.

Hey there guys.

Ever since the Nightmare fractal came out, I’ve been in love with it. I wanted to solo Ensolyss and I decided to give it a shot today.

I hope you’ll like it!

The link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIh76Ce3pOM&t=4s

@zealex: Mmmm true, you can only buy those from fractals. And..it ends there. xD
But yeah, something should be nice. Anything but this, really. I’d still go with clearing all scales for the achi (reliquary).

@Malediktus: See, this is the problem. For people like me, titles don’t mean anything, but a consumable stuff would actually be worthwhile….or at least useful.

Well, they could keep fatebreaker with the current, salvaged essence collection, it doesn’t really matter to me.

But it would be nice if they moved reliquary to a different achi, as you have said.

Malediktus.3740:

It gives the title Fatebreaker, so I guess it is intended to be a difficult feat to get the collection done without buying anything. Seems fine to me the way it is.
It is also in the “Rare collection” category, so expected to be difficult if some basic collections cost 100s of gold already.

I could care less about the title, but more about the reliquary. How is it fine for this crap to cost more than a legendary?

And on top of that, it has nothing to do with fractals…at all. It only has fractal in its name. But have fun buying that salvaged essence that costs 3000 gold. Not to mention there’s only one on the tp.

Greetings, so we have this little consumable thing called FRACTAL reliquary and I have one problem with it.

How come I have to pay thousands of gold for an item that’s supposed to be a reward from….you know FRACTALS?

It’s kind of silly you have to play farm wars for this….while you have thousands of fractal relics and pristine relics sitting in your wallet.

Is there a chance you could please look into this and actually make it drop as an achievement reward for this content? Make it drop after completing every last one of the fractal scales, or I don’t know. Anything but that garbage TP nonsense.

Thanks for reading!

Yes, I agree.

Right now it’s far too rewarding and far too overtuned with the stunbreak and full condi cleanse.

I believe the middle ground could only be achieved if they altered the CF generation with damage/condi and nerfed the generation through healing….Or I don’t know.

I’m just sick of the staff camping…and everywhere I go I see that. But this is an issue with most other classes (elites) as well, everything’s just too rewarding.

Because it was so much fun and was absolutely perfect not being able to even ENTER avatar even ONCE as a full zerker or full condi druid back when HoT launched.

You killed something right before that crappy bar managed to fill after like 1-2 minutes, only to see it gone once you were out of combat…. I literally couldn’t even check what skills avatar had.

Try using something else than staff and you won’t have your “reset button” every 10 seconds.

However I have to say that dolyak rune bonus is pretty stupid and shouldn’t work with CF generation.

1 – You can completely negate the damage from the panels by jumping. (Just like that radioactive water in reactor.)

2 – This I can agree with. It’s silly he loses everything once his shield goes back up.

3 – You want to nerf this after Bloomhunger’s meganerf?…I’d rather buff it..I’m tired of the pathetic damage T4 bosses have. And if you get hit by the daze, that’s a huge fault on your end.

4 – Hmm, I never really had too many problems with the fixation, but it might be slightly better if this lasted longer.

Cancerous? This fight is far from that actually. He is one of the better bosses in fractals in my opinion.

Mazinger.1084:

Impressive… I need to get working on that Viper’s set.

Thank you! You should, it’s pretty fun to play with. Although more difficult than the berserker variant.

TheFantasticGuy.7206:

Now with the 9/20/16 changes to toughness in Fractals power builds will be useful again.

Yes, that is such a welcome change along with the new instabilities. We can actually see guardians in T4 now as well.

Hey there fellow rangers! I completely forgot to post this in the ranger section back then, so I’ll be doing that now.

I wanted to solo scale 100 Mai for a while with ranger and was thinking what build would be the optimal. I went with condi, although I actually used staff instead of shortbow the first time, since I wasn’t sure if I could manage Mai’s constant shadowstepping. But in the end, after the first solo with staff I decided to go for shortbow, so I am posting that version here. (I cut the first three phases of the fight, because it’s really nothing special to watch.)

The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0RJUeUG_QE

And my build, if you are interested: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vNEQNAnfVnMqAlrgVsC2sAUtgFGBrJCUrCBMFgLXAAupWV7qn07vSD-ThSFQBtTfAxUiNIlgKZfAAcEAaoyjrtwQCeAA+6UA0P1fCAcAQd3NkCYRlVA-e

I hope you’ll enjoy watching it!

P.S.: I apologize to the people who already saw this in the fractal section!

Hey there everyone again,

I mentioned that I might try to go with shortbow next, so here it is if you are interested!

And also the build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNEQNAnfVnMqAlrgVsC2sAUtgFGBrJCUrCBMFgLXAAupWV7qn07vSD-ThSFQBtTfAxUiNIlgKZfAAcEAaoyjrtwQCeAA+6UA0P1fCAcAQd3NkCYRlVA-e

What in the world is slenderman doing at 0:51 in my solo? ._.

(Sorry for the double post.)

Thank you, I hope you enjoyed it!

otome.2673:

Were Geomancy sigil worth it?

Yeah, I prefer to use it on axe since you need to be in melee range for the bonfire anyway.

@Rising Dusk: Thank you, I’m happy you liked it! Yeah, the 3 elites phase is pretty nice, I kind of wish there were more of them, not just at 25%. Haha yeah, no way I’d go near that abomination of a build.

@Deepcuts: Thank you kindly! Yeah, sure I’ll edit my post and add the build I used. Although, that staff makes it look like a complete joke, really. I didn’t want to take staff, but since this was my first try with ranger I thought I’d need it for survival. (Plus it’s my wvw build’s staff.)

I might try to go it another go with a/t+ sb and see if I can beat it under 25 mins.

Hey there everyone.

I decided to finally get myself to try to solo lv 100 with ranger.
Been thinking which build should I go with, condi or power but I decided to go with condi this time. Unfortunately I had to take staff because of the 3 elites. I just couldn’t think of shortbow being good enough to survive that phase. Maybe I will try it out next time, the fractal potions make it much easier so it might work.

The stupid healing spring messed things up a bunch of times killing my companion….I just hate the fact they made it into a trap….buggy mess, oh well.

I hope you will enjoy it. And sorry if the video is crap, this was the first time I actually recorded anything.

I had to find out I just cannot use any of the songs I like/preferred for this, so I had to stick with a mute video this time, since my recorder kept recording the songs I listened to during the gameplay…. I apologize for the no sound part.. :/

The build I used: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNEQNAnfWnMqAlrgVsC2sAUtgFGBrJCUrCBwN1qaXlpAc5CAn8bvSD-TxiHQBBZfgAcIAq1JAggKDon6P6RJozWYYMHBgdp0DAPAAypHgUALqsC-e

Cheers,
Peter

1 – Yeah, that submarine sound makes it a bit tad too ridicilous… However, I personally would keep the damage on AA as it is, this is the only thing that’s better than the longbow’s #1.
What I would love to see is an added burning to this attack. Nothing too significant, just a little something that actually stays true to the SOLAR name…
Actually, the blind on 3rd hit would go well with the burn too. Sun spirit does the same with its active, burn+blind.

2 – Yes, I agree on this one, this skill needs more punch or an extra attribute to it. I could imagine a weakness added to this one. Wouldn’t immob be too much on this?

3 – This is probably the only skill on staff that is perfect in my opinion. I’m not sure I’d add anything to it, really. It’s a great evasion skill with awesome range, heal and also a very helpful blast finisher.

4 – Now this one is in desperate need of rework/buffs. This is probably the most underwhelming skill staff has. I’d personally go crazy here and add a heavy condi to this one. (To compensate that long cast time and the difficulty of landing it.)
I could also imagine it leaving behind a trail that pulses, tormenting enemies. Similar to mordrem snipers, but of course dealing less damage than that.

5 – Well, this one being a water field is pretty great and the projectile defense is somewhat okay. But I agree on this one too, underwhelming…very much so. How about it pulsed boonstrip for opponents passing through/standing in it? And perhaps add a boon or two to it for allies standing in it? How about the protection you mentioned for #3?

Overall, my biggest issue with staff is that it has zero synergy with condi builds. Adding one or two conditions to skills would make this weapon a lot better in my opinion and of course would open up more options for different builds.

I kind of dislike what they did to its hp pool, it feels rather squishy.. :/

However, not sure if any of you noticed, but it seems like bristleback’s f2 targeting was fixed. It actually hits enemies that are higher or lower now. So, that made the pet slightly more usable at least..

So basically you’re saying the healer should just die, since druid can be easily focused anyway.

What would CA skills matter if the enemy destroys druid in a few seconds?

The druid is already a terrible mess of bugs, pathetic “synergy” with its core class and the staff is one of the most useless weapons I have ever seen in this game…
(Except the #3 and the aa’s pierce and in rare cases #5)

And let’s not even start talking about those nice nerfs we keep getting, gutting the elite little by little…

Don’t forget about our new, super awesome CIRCLE ground targeting on Sublime Conversion!

Who needs a line targeting for a wall, huh?

I tried pretty much the same build you made. While it’s “decent” when you’re doing lower level fractals with pugs, unfortunately I find it kind of lackluster in higher levels.

I really liked the idea of having a burst heal (which just feels about right), even in full zerker. But the more I’ve been playing with it, the more I realized that healing isn’t needed, and the ranger loses a lot of dps unfortunately. And as it stands now, GotL and glyph of empoverment don’t make up for it, in my opinion.

But as you have mentioned, this build is literally a carrybot for your group. The burst heal can easily save the group from full wipe. Although, I still feel like druid needs a lot more synergy with the core ranger, and that is a huge problem imo.

The viper build (sinister trinkets) with A/T does work however, but it’s still better without druid, unfortunately. Not to mention the fact that we are far outclassed by viper engi in every way.

Condi engineer just does everything better than condi ranger.

Funny how anet wanted to kill the zerker meta so much, yet they still encourage us to run full glass, but in condition now.

But, maybe it will better for raids? We’ll see.

Get used to it.

Our class will forever suck and be the crappiest class in the whole game.
Every other profession laughs at us now.
Irenio just ignores us and does nothing good at all.

Oh wait, he does, he nerfs the hell out of us and ignores ALL the good ideas rangers have mentioned!

Druid is a mess, smokescale was the best pet and opened a lot more possibilities for us and perhaps showed a light at the end of the tunnel regarding our horrible pets.

But no, we got an unbalanced mess they call druid and got 3 completely useless new pets (2 wyverns and bristleback) and got our beloved meganerf for the best one. What is more hilarious, is that the devs are so clueless about rangers and druids, it’s actually hilarious. Really guys, you randomly switched the smokescale F2, and now you revert it and nerf it even more. Who do you take us? For fools? Druid is the ONLY elite in the game that has 0 synergy with its core. Congratulations for pulling that off, Anet.

And keep us in the dark! It feels great to be ignored!

I am on my engi and ele, that’s where I am.

I am tired of being treated as a second class citizen in this game for being a ranger main, who was passionate about his class and tried to stick to it, even though this game is a pathetic joke in terms of balance especially regarding rangers.

I’ve had enough of the broken mess called ranger. Nerf us more, Roy!

Hey dear Devs / Irenio,

I am getting REALLY tired of seeing nothing but your kitten ed nerfs each passing day to my main. One pvp l2p scrub starts crying “op” and you immediately nerfstomp all our useful stuff in a single day?

Do you think that’s the way to treat the crappiest, most broken class of the game?

Even though I disliked the idea of druid at first (didn’t even bother prepurchasing until before HoT came out). While I was playing it, I actually took a liking to it, and thought it had great potential if a few issues would be addressed (mostly the AF generation by other ranger weapons, adding some more synergy with condi builds, pets etc). Because for once, I felt like I actually provided visible, viable support to my groups.

I really, really looked forward to smokescale (F2 smoke field mostly and a decent burst pet), also couldn’t wait to try out the extra dps I could bring to my party along with tough heal for the raids, even in zerker.

And what did we get in return? You pathetically destroyed our elite’s core mechanism at launch, and it’s still pretty darn useless with anything that’s not a staff. You destroyed our best pet (smokescale) in a single day, and now you completely ruined one of our best GM traits. What’s next, you’ll nerf your “healer” spec by 90%? Is that your great logic?

I am getting tired of the kitten community who’d nerf the hell out of us, because we actually got something useful for a change and would have a better place in the “meta”.
(Even though it’s an addition to a broken class….)

So, how about you did some proper testing and stopped listening to those pvp l2p crybabies before COMPLETELY destroying us one-by-one with these meganerfs?

P.S.: No offense intended to you Irenio, as silly as it sounds, I still respect you for you trying to help us, rangers. And I actually believe you’re here to help us.

Thank you for reading, and I apologize for the long text.

Best Regards,

An angry ranger…

I’m tired of being treated as a 2nd class citizen in this game.

And it’s pathetic you literally made druid completely useless for every possible build that doesn’t rely on staff and heal spam.

You nerfed our best possible pet to the ground. Revert this joke of a “fix” and reduce the damage by 30% not 50%, or do the SAME treatment with revenant.

Also, give us back our smoke field for f2. No one needs this terrible f2 for smokescale.

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PeterPrime.1730:

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Seth.8906:

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Lazze.9870:

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and it was a question of because it was hidden of it was a bug or an intended function and if it was to display the skill bar (more for the sake of common knowledge thought the current community and new players).

Haha, “a question”.

If you wanna adress something you’re not certain about, dont’ open your thread with a post arguing as if it is broken and needs a fix. Just kittening ask if it is intended or not. Don’t go on a rant.

The thread does however point out a potential QoL change for rangers; adding pet UI in downstate.

Lol but it does need a fix I didn’t call for a nerf but a fix. Whether fixing it meant giving them the ui or removing the the function either way it resolves the question. It’s because of that some people might rage and rant about it. However my original statement of it being irritating still stands lol I just wanna finish killing you and cap my point

troll

Sure if trolling means asking a question about a funtion that isn’t displayed in game. And asking for it to be addressed then yes I’m a troll.

Do us and yourself a favor and stop posting your useless compaints.

As others have said, you already lost this fight even before you started. It is intended to work this way.

It is quite obvious you got rekt by a ranger who knew what he was doing and you’re just crying like 95% of the community when a ranger does that.

What is your goal? To nerf the most broken class in the game even more?

Go and troll somewhere else.

1. It’s an open forum and I can inquire and post what I like as long as it’s purpose is to help the game or learn something I didn’t know
2. Stop putting Other ppls arguments to try and make it seem like you’re legitimately trying to provide a counter statement to my initial statement it just makes you look like an idiot and like the small percentage of idiots who like to talk trash that are in the gw community
3. Ranger is not broken. I don’t think I really need to say more than that.
4. If I got rekt and didn’t know what I was doing my complaint would be along with the rest of ppl who find nothing to complain about rangers and complain about rapid fire or something like that. It’s quite apparent that I was downing and finishing ppl who play ranger else I wouldn’t make a complaint about their DOWNED state.

So please stop being those ‘get rekt’ idiots learn to spell and leave constructive, informitive comments.

1 – Help the game? Do tell me how this would help the game. (The only way this would “help” is that devs actually included the UI for rangers when downed.)
2 – Look like an idiot? Says the one who can’t stomp a ranger. Use stabi or stealth, easy as that. If you have problem with pets, burst them down. If you can’t pull that off, that’s your problem, not mine. All you did was complain and ask devs to “fix” a mechanism that was intended from the start. Who looks like an idiot now? (And since others already explained how to counter them, I can only tell the same…)
Oh and guess what, that “unique profession mechanic” dies in mere seconds.
3 – And this proves you know nothing about the class. I don’t think I really need to say more than that.
4 – You still complained because you couldn’t stomp the ranger. It doesn’t take too much effort to down a ranger tbh.

And please stop offending me with your childish behavior by calling people idiots who disagree with you. This whole topic speaks for itself who the real “idiot” is here.

And don’t lecture me about spelling, thanks.

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Seth.8906:

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Lazze.9870:

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and it was a question of because it was hidden of it was a bug or an intended function and if it was to display the skill bar (more for the sake of common knowledge thought the current community and new players).

Haha, “a question”.

If you wanna adress something you’re not certain about, dont’ open your thread with a post arguing as if it is broken and needs a fix. Just kittening ask if it is intended or not. Don’t go on a rant.

The thread does however point out a potential QoL change for rangers; adding pet UI in downstate.

Lol but it does need a fix I didn’t call for a nerf but a fix. Whether fixing it meant giving them the ui or removing the the function either way it resolves the question. It’s because of that some people might rage and rant about it. However my original statement of it being irritating still stands lol I just wanna finish killing you and cap my point

troll

Sure if trolling means asking a question about a funtion that isn’t displayed in game. And asking for it to be addressed then yes I’m a troll.

Do us and yourself a favor and stop posting your useless compaints.

As others have said, you already lost this fight even before you started. It is intended to work this way.

It is quite obvious you got rekt by a ranger who knew what he was doing and you’re just crying like 95% of the community when a ranger does that.

What is your goal? To nerf the most broken class in the game even more?

Go and troll somewhere else.