Guild Wars 2

Is this question a joke?

draxynnic.3719:

Conski Deshan.2057:

Just two more points I’d like to add based on the current discussion:

Preventing Homogony: (Aka preventing everyone looking the same.) A major problem in Guildwars 1 (one of few) was that “endgame” wise there was a uniform of sorts that most accomplished players would end up wearing,
Obsidian armor (most expensive, required completing a 3 hour hard map clear in addition making it the most prestigious)
Torment weapon (requires repeated completion of an elite area, expensive)
Chaos gloves: (Really expensive hand item that literally glows)
GWAMM title progress: (shows how many other titles you have total)

Looks wise this looked really good but the problem was this was objectively the most prestigious outfit, it requires the most money,skill and well roundedness to get.
So everyone wanted it, and many people got it, there was one point when you couldn’t walk into an outpost without someone having the same outfit as you which shouldn’t happen in a good Horizontal progression, but how do you stop this?

Ehhhh….

I always rolled my eyes when I saw someone with obsidian, chaos gloves, and Tormented weapons, but that’s because, to me, they’re the equivalent of the nouveau riche wearing cloth-of-gold and mink fur and enough jewellery to sink a small boat not because it looks good, but because it serves purely to show off that they can afford to be that ostentatious.

Yes, that may have been the most expensive combination, but if you actually want customisation rather than simply going straight to the most expensive option to show off, there were literally dozens of alternative options out there. I’m sorry, but if you found yourself running into people who looked exactly like you because you chose to adopt the “uniform”, that’s entirely self-inflicted. When you choose to follow the herd, it’s not anyone else’s fault that you end up looking like all the other sheep.

Having said that, there is something we have in common here – in that I fear that we truly will see a uniform developing. As things are at the moment, everyone who isn’t willing to fork out for transmutation crystals is eventually – if they get there and don’t conscientiously object to ascended armour – going to end up with one of a short list of looks – the ascended armour as it is normally, hall of monuments armour, or possibly one or a mix of the above with some Radiant and/or Hellfire pieces mixed in. Not because they chose to adopt the uniform, but because these are the only looks available to ascended armour without resorting to crystals (which costs not only the value of the crystal, but also the value of whatever armour was sacrificed to provide the skin…).

This, I think, is what really needs to be solved. We don’t need some uber-hard-to-get armour that just shifts the goalposts for getting the “look at me and how much virtual money I was able to spend!” ‘uniform’ – what we need is a substantially larger range of appearances that can ascended armour can be found/crafted/otherwise acquired with without transmutation. Otherwise, I’d predict that, given a few years for people to get ascended armour, the ‘uniform’ issue will become many orders of magnitude worse than it ever was in GW1.

I’m glad that I DIDN’T BUY and FARMED all of the above AND I REALLY ENJOYED WEARING THOSE. Sweet jesus, really, people like sheeps? I was a kitten good looking sheep then and proud of it.

This is why most of my friends are getting back to WoW and I’m playing both atm. I have everything I ever wanted in GW2 ( tho that ascendend gs drop was just lucky ) so atm I have nothing else to do. I can’t go to raids to try to get that epic drop, cos there are no epic drops here. It’s just rng and cosmetics. Well, in my case just cosmetic, cos I don’t like how legendary weapons look so RNG doesnt affect me.

This is the biggest issue with GW2 – you can’t get “better” than anyone. Well, for a lot of people, playing games is fun when you can get better, have better dps, better drops, better looking armor etc. – for me and my friends at least.

So again, while I have nohing else to do since the only 2 classes that I like are well… finished I would like to remind everyone how long obsidian armor farm or Torment weapons grind took.

FlamingFoxx.1305:

1. Travelling in the real world is not free
2. To list anything on a real world auction you have to pay a listing fee
3. Usually the ways people are making money is by exploiting systems. Exploiting systems is not playing the game…
4. I agree wholeheartedly with this one…

1. And this is not a real world
2. look up ^
however those 2 are gold sinks
3. Doing whatever you want within a game, is by definition playing a game. Everyone can play how they want.

I think it’s because it counts as a pvp minigame. SO there’s a daily jp and daily winter jp, which are 2 different thingies.

“when I want to see my kids, that’s time lost there, just as one example.” not my intention to offend you, but since I had been living without a father basically since birth I find it well …priceless.

and info about ascended armor has been here for quite some time, 3 months if not more?

Apart from Dredge – they are not. Every other fractal can be done within 15 ( 30 on higher levels ) minutes. Been there, done that. If ur taking too long then either you or your team are not good enough. For example in Asura fractal you can have a guardian with shield of avanger, wall of reflect and stand your ground, and go through harpies in no time, or you can fall down every time and finish it after an hour +. In cliffside you can use your 40 seconds of “hammer time” and break both arm seals (3rd lvl are arms, right?) or you can break just one, drop it and wait couple of seconds for some1 to pick it up because no1 likes the responsibility.

If everyone in my team played EXACTLY like me I’m CERTAIN that we would finish every run in no time.

Thank you guys. I went with a full zerker 30/0/0/30/10 nade build. Monk/Traveler/Water runes. Only problem I have atm is lack of condition removal, those slows hurt.

Hi,
Thanks for reply. Well, since my guard is nearly always fighting in melee range, I’d like something ranged. I like both weapon sets as far as animations and weapons look. I think heavy condition dmg might be fun ( guardian condition build well.. doesn’t exist so I’d like to try one ) however I’m quite surprised that there is no “best build” since warrior in pve is mainly gs + axe/mace and ranger 1-hand sword. I’d like to deal as much dps possible with maybe a lil bit of self-sustain and/or mobility to get away if things go wrong.

Another question – how do you guys run around maps? For example farming nodes or champion train in frostgorge? I really can’t see and mobility besides elixir ( with long cd ) and rocket boots ( a bit shorter but still not enough… ). Even my guardian can have perms swiftness with gs jumps in between cooldowns but engi?

Thanks again!

Hey guys,
I’ve basically mastered guardian and would like to try engineer now Freshly leveled to 80, I’m going to play him mainly in PvE ( open world + dungeons + fractals ) and would like to gear him up. What’s atm the best build ( traits, runes, skill and items )? Since I don’t really need to farm a pvp build and there’s a sticky I won’t be bothering you with that I guess.

Regards

Don’t stack healing. Go for dps ( power/prec/crit dmg ) and-or add some vitality/toughness here and there. You don’t really need more for PvE ( as far as open world goes and you are learning the ropes ). As for Traits I highly recommend going 15 in Radiance first ( you get to spam burning and blind every time you kill something ) which helps your dps, def and is fun imho; THEN 5 in virtues. After that I would go 30 in Valor and 20 in Honor. You will get a very good, balanced build – 0/15/30/20/5. Once you get to know your class better you could try more dps oriented build. However, I’m not saying that build I suggested is crap dps – it is NOT

As for difference between guardian and warrior dps – warrior has more burst type of dmg, so don’t worry too much, you should be doing the same dps as ur girlfriend ( or your other warrior? kinda lost there, nvm. )

If u have any more questions, feel free to mail me in game.

Isn’t one topic enough? 4? Really? :O

This dungeon is easier than Aetherblade Retreat if you ask me, and AR was easy enough.
Boss in F/U path was harder than this dungeon.

Ty for vid I guess.

I LOVE THIS DUNGEON. To me it was quite easy ( ofc we died few times tho ) but looks great, has some cool mechanics and isn’t boring. My team did it on first run. Maxing achievs should take me 2-4 days.

Once you figure out the mechanics ( especially for last boss ) it’s a walk in the park.

@ LeifChappelle will the previous achievements be available for people that unfortunately missed last Mad King? I was so happy to be able to get SAB world 1 with recent world 2 ( I came to GW2 2 weeks after the original SAB )

Hello guys,

I’ve basically mastered my guardian and would like to rock with warrior now.
Could you please give me a tip regarding build-traits-armor for pve/fractals/dungeons

I would really like to run with hammer (however I know it is not a well… “max dps weapon”) and some mix of axe/mace – mace/axe – I really like the animations. If I have to I’ll switch to GS ofc but for daily, worlds bosses and general runnign around I think that hammer is way more funny than 100b.

I don’t really want a zerker warrior ( not that I’m not skilled enough – tried it and it worked well). I just feel more comfortable and feel more like a warrior when I can actually heal myself a bit rather than wait for a guardian or ele to save my kitten , not to mention a bit of tanking. Since I’m usually running with friends I can afford to run a bit more tankish, with some buffs and the feeling that I’m a dungeon commander here ( that’s how it feels running guard, ppl actually feel like I can save the day and not be a paper hero ). Ofc the more dps the better…

Dunno if I’ve made myself clear, but please help

Regards,
Chayse

+1

I like this fight but I agree, everyone deserves this title.

Less rewarding? It’s is already one big laugh…

Update. Piken Square ( EU ) got him 3 times.

About the need for all party members to reach the checkpoint… In a way it’s stupid, on the other hand I can solo world 1 in under 30 mins, world 2 in 1,5 h max. I think ANET didn’t want ppl like me to sell slots right before boss for 10g a piece.

As for teaching guildies – it’s fun to watch them die lol.

Euphemia.7240:

Thanks for reading, Ravious. Once she can work the mouse and keyboard better, I hope she will take part in MMO’s with me. I would never expect anyone other than myself to party up with her, but I agree it instills a sense of teamwork and accomplishment when things are done together – even if it’s just beating a level in SAB or questing in the world. She’s learning patience because, as we all know, SAB is less than a friendly game on anything but Infintile. Learning to pay attention to her surroundings and that things aren’t always what they seem. Other than SAB she is an avid player of Sonic, Spyro, and Crash Bandicoot. She started being really interested in games about a year ago and it has just recently blossomed into being able to play anything almost solely by herself. We had two elementary school boys over the other day and she was owning them in Sonic Unleashed, calling them noobs and all. We are teaching her Magic the Gathering which has been amazing for numbers and math. Once she can read, it will be great for reading. After all the horrible things that have been said about video games, and after seeing how much they’ve helped my daughter, I say shenanigans. Obviously those people weren’t playing the right games. SAB and many others have been a great tool for her.

No awesomeness here, though I appreciate that. Just a mom that loves games.

Magic the Gathering is a great idea! Seriously, good job MOM Don’t take it the wrong way, tho I feel you have an open mind, but later on you could try poker ( yes, I’m serious ). This is a real school of patience, mathematics, psychology and perseverance. I’m not starting on gambling since if you ever try it with her I know you would know what to do.

Firefly.5982:

It is so so bad to start playing video games with your kids that young. The skills she learns doing SAB can be learned a hundred other, healthier ways. However. She is doing a great job and having fun and I have to admit the video is super cute. I still wish she was building a fort outside instead or something :P

eee yes…maybe…not really I think I think ending up as a second Melonie Mac wouldn’t be such a bad result. Not to mention since she started so young she is probably gonna be WAY better.

Thx for sharing and it’s good ur both having fun and experiencing stuff together. Say hello to ur girl and don’t forget a high five for some skills!

Unfortunately my kids won’t be having such a great time since I’m a good but franky harsh teacher ( I’m a windurfing and snowboard instructor so I got some feedback. I can only imagine their pain if I ever introduce them to SAB

We don’t, that’s true. But it is there – so it should be fixed. If they don’t want to fix it – remove it. Simple.

Please guys, give us Tribulation title once you introduce world 4. Other than using Storm Wizard’s weapons we can’t really show gw2 community that we managed to achieve something really difficult in this game.

To any1 that would try to tell me that it would polarize players – this is basically the point of titles. At least it used to be in Guild Wars 1 – some titles were quite IMPOSSIBLE to get by an avarage player, and I think that’s fine. I myself had quite a few of those hard(or simply long to achieve) ones, but not all of them and that’s fine. I didn’t try to get all of them so I obviously shouldn’t have them. Since titles are connected to achievements, and hopefully we all know what an ACHIEVEMENT is, getting those shouldn’t be accessible to all. There’s nothing bad about being less skilled/having less time or simply not caring enough. But please, for the love of god, don’t expect “better” players to be happy about having the same titles as an avarage Joe who just spams forums for nerfs and privileges without actually taking time or effort necessary to get those. Just to make it clear – I have no idea if I’ll have enough skill to get tribu title myself – who knows what world 3 and 4 would look like. However, and option to get one would be nice.

As for making titles accessible to all players – most of them are. The fact that some1 can’t make it through tribulation is his problem – not to mention that there are guides which take you step by step through everything these days…

Cheers guys!

Dodge-jump is not needed in world 2 – I didn’t even think about using it.
World 1 zone 2 after first checkpoint when you need to jump over lava and big rock is knocking you back – helps but again – not needed.

Good job I have 1 question tho… he has 999 baubles (?!) Isn’t 750 max. atm?

I’m good maybe even very good at this but you Sir are a GOD. Kudos!

I agree. Great job ANET ( or whoever the guy who made it is called – sorry mate, I still like your work ).

Only thing that you need to work on when it comes to future World 3 and 4 are bugs and crashes etc. I can do hard jumps all day long, but when after 2 hours of zone3 ( world 2) I get booted, I feel like killing some1. I don’t know, maybe put a 5-minute checkpoint in the middle, so any1 that crashes can safely come back to the game and start from there(?)

Iris Ng.9845:

For W2-z2, you may learn dodge-jumping and get the shortcut eagle. On the eagle, just stay behind his head, tank the first three waves of owls, drink health potions three times, then repeat until the eagle drops you to the very last boss. Easy, huh?

Dodge-jump is not needed there btw. Other than that – I agree.

The main issue lies with the hidden instant kill stuff in zone 2. The rest of the content is fine.

Well, once you die to it it’s not really hidden, isn’t it? So learn from it and move on.

What’s annoying is a game crash in tribulation mode. Normal mode is EASY and I think this whole topic is pointless.

No1 ever said that “normal mode” is “mode for all”. It’s called “normal”, you see. If “normal” is too hard for you then go to “infantile”. They already nerfed everything to the ground to a point that you can do whole world 2 zones 1-2 without losing a single life, probably some guys can do the same with zone 3.

I have absolutely no idea why some1 would think that insta-death areas are frustrating. Learn how to avoid them or don’t do it… :/

How about teleport not working in 3/4 of zone 3 or being booted to character select screen somewhere nearby when I tried it again.

Oh, and like many people before you I had the same problem. Luckily I’m good at jumping puzzles so my 2nd run took less than 45 mins, but wasted time and continue coins… I get you bro.

Then it was bugged. The only way to open 5 locks is to use 5 keys at once. I was near the same chest and there was only 1 lock.

I on the other hand got to 3/4 of world 2 zone 3 TWICE. Once couldn’t go forward due to bug, the other one got booted to character select screen. I’m thinking about giving up on this crap :/ Love SAB so much but this is just 2 much.

Thx ANET for crashes and bugged checkpoints.

World 2 Zone 2 Tribulation mode

checkpoint (2nd before boss) when you die you get back to checkpoint yes… but you end up in spikes wasting 1 life.. imagine what happens when you die a lot later on.

cloud checkpoint before last boss – doesn’t work. flag is there but after I die I get back to waste-checkpoint ( look up )

and now I’m left with 1 life only because every time I die i waste +1 life not to mention all that jumping because of bugged cloud checkpoint. It seems that I’m not going to make it, so screw this.

EDIT: ye… 2 hours and a lot of coins down the drain…. kitten

Direct dmg – you hit – they are hurt – for example 1000 dmg hit.
Condition dmg – as long as enemy has a condition on himself ( like bleeding ) he get’s hurt with dmg/second. For example – 5 seconds of 200dmg/sec = 1000 dmg over 5 seconds.

boon – buff → AS LONG as you have a buff on yourself you get the benefits
condition – debuff → AS LONG as you have a debuff on yourself you get a kick in the balls

/ Pick guardian or necromancer

Ectos can also be salvaged to get essences of luck, which I assume have higher drop rate an/or better essences ( purple?)

Asura have coolest animations imho, tho don’t forget that you won’t really be able to show off with your armor since they are so small they might as well wear a bag on their heads and no1 would notice.

If you want to make a chandy porn chick like I did pick human – female faces are not really… mature so to speak – it’s either bimbo makeup or teen.

This is Chayse Bones btw:

Chayse Bones; Piken Square

Helmet: CoE
Shoulders: Human Tier 2
Chest: Primeval
Gloves: Primeval
Pants: Aetherblade
Boots: Primeval

Dyes: Abyss + Mithrill

^ agreed + having Save Yourselves and Retreat on your bar in NEVER a bad idea ( okay maybe if ur in high level fractals switch to Wall of Reflection…

also, you could drop staff and pick sword/focus for some teleporting pew pew ( sword 2 ) and big burst + 2 more blinds + 3 blocks ( focus 5 ) imho staff is well..boring and a bad choice in PvE even though you get to spam staff 3 for swiftness. Would you rather solo a veteran with GS+Staff or GS+Sword/Focus?

Flintbrow.7985:

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If you don’t mind me asking… what pants are those? ;p

For leveling 0/15/0/0/5 is the way to go after that I recommend 30 in valor and 20 in honor for a full build of 0/15/30/20/5. This is great for leveling and is my main build anyway.

Traits:
Radiance II
Valor V, VI, XI
Honor II, IX

In general: every time you use Virtue of Justice u blind and burn + get might (thanks to Virtues 5) and a lil bit of healing ( thanks to Valor XI). It refreshes every time you kill a foe. no-brainer for me

Btw. if by any chance you can get a mouse with side buttons ( like razer naga ) spamming F1 is no problemo

My experience as a GUARDIAN:

solo
tanky build – hard if not impossible to do faren within time for achiev
full zerker – walk in the park

with 1 more guy
we got facerolled.

/ If u ask me – if ur after achievs then go solo.

Guardian cos I’m disappointed with elementalist and my secondary was alway a “paladin” type.
Human cos I like the looks.
Female cos ^ + cute chick swinging greatsword is the way to go.

Full zerker gear

10/30/10/10/10 – II, VI X XI, VI, II, I

staff + sword/focus | Wall of Reflection + Save Yourselves + signet that adds power

before fight starts use Empower ( staff 4 ) and Save Yourselves

go with sword 2 and 5, put on Wall of Reflection and use Virtue of Justice – well… all of them at the same time really. Deadeye will waste his killshot on your first blind, now use 4 ( focus ) to blind him again and dps with sword 1. If u don’t have enough dmg he should teleport at around 15% hp casting another killshot. If u’ve done ur rotation correctly he should miss ( removing blind ). Teleport to him ( blinding him ) with sword 2, dps with sword 1 or 3. Done. Should take you around 12 seconds.

Ofc this is not the only viable build. It is used to actually farm Dunwell with 4 gambits. If ur not using the “exhaust” gambit you can dodge his killshots and run around a little. Still, since this is the build to farm him, I would say that this is the best build to kill him anyway.

/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQSG2yJAq2o&feature=youtu.be <- if u like watching more than reading.

Don’t like it- don’t play it. I love GW2. Sure, I would change this and that but who wouldn’t?

Stop making those pointless threads. We know, we’ve seen a lot of them. We don’t care.

Avatara.1042:

Depends what kind of land you have, and the climate of your area. Different crop rotations will suit different places.

priceless

/ invest some to get some.

You didn’t have to take your time. Your choice, not our problem.

Next time do your research and you won’t need to post stupid questions. Wall of Reflection can’t reflect his killshot.

“new build” my kitten . Was killing him with my guard within 6-7 seconds, now he uses insta-shot from melee at 50% hp and it’s way harder → not worth my time.
Good that I got my fair share of gold while I still could tho nerfing it is dumb ( not to mention dishonesty )

I would also recommend taking a weapon with superior sigil of accuracy and get 25 stacks then switch to ur weapon set. Atm farming Dunwell and it gives quite a bit of dmg.