Guild Wars 2

I’m a little stuck on ideas for a D/D Elementalist build.

I’ve played my Elementalist as a Backline Support (Staff) for a while now, and I’d like to try some form of D/D, but I’m not too sure how to go about it. Celestial armor is quite a hassle to acquire, as I’ve heard. Is there any decent build for an Elementalist in WvW for roaming, or small group combat that is still effective without Celestial gear? What type of gear would someone recommend? What kind of build, condition damage maybe?

I’m open to any suggestions or any builds. Any info or help that can be provided would be great.

Entenkommando.5208:

Kumion.7580:

Massively OP http://massivelyop.com/2015/06/18/why-guild-wars-2s-prepurchase-deal-has-the-internet-raging/

@OP: gg trying to hide the articles that actually say the rage mob has no justified reason.

This is a wonderfully written article.

I wasn’t trying to hide it. Massively OP has, in my opinion, one of the best written articles here, I just forgot what the name of the site was; This was the reason I wrote “(I’m missing one, I think.)”

Kumion.7580:

Massively OP http://massivelyop.com/2015/06/18/why-guild-wars-2s-prepurchase-deal-has-the-internet-raging/

Thank you for finding it, Kumion.

So far Bog Otter, WoodenPotatoes and PC Gamer have covered this whole ordeal. (I’m missing one, I think.)

I went searching for all of ten minutes through google, and found a few new articles about what has happened recently, if you all haven’t seen them.

New Articles:

EUROGAMER.net: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-19-guild-wars-2-community-reacts-angrily-to-heart-of-thorns-expansion-pricing
SiliconANGLE: http://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/06/18/new-guild-wars-2-heart-of-thorns-expansion-pre-order-pricing-raises-hackles/
VG24/7: http://www.vg247.com/2015/06/19/guild-wars-2-heart-of-thorns-price-pc/
PCGamesN: http://www.pcgamesn.com/guild-wars-2/guild-wars-2-players-furious-about-heart-of-thorns-expansion-pricing
Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/players-are-kittened-over-guild-wars-2-expansion-pricing-1712551999

Article & Videos already seen by most:

Bog Otter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edSCWmsZyjI
WoodenPotatoes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUtMGS3ezLI
PC Gamer: http://www.pcgamer.com/guild-wars-2-players-rightly-upset-by-heart-of-thorns-pre-purchase-scheme/

I haven’t played Guild Wars 1, though I’d have to say it’s more like the World Of Warcraft talent tree in a sense.

And since I’m not the greatest at relaying information, I can get you a few resources that’ll explain it a little better than I can.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/specializations-part-one-a-primer/
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/specializations-part-two-reward-tracks-and-elite-specializations/

(You may have already read these, and if you have, I don’t have any more info)

That should give you a decent idea of how they function. And for a basic overview of what’s to come, look into the Guild Wars 2 HoT wiki page, it shows what has been shown to us so far.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_2:_Heart_of_Thorns

By the way, not all of the Elite Specializations have been released yet. Only the Mesmer, Guardian, and Necromancer have been shown.

A good amount of material is yet to be released (Mostly about the PvE map size and area it will take up), and the fact that there isn’t a release date is a tad odd.

There’s a new WvW map, Guild Halls (If you haven’t seen the new about those), more difficult group content, a new class: The Revenant, a PvP map, and Elite specializations.

Unlike the things mentioned above, the regular trait system was reworked and will be a part of a free update.

The story will most likely require a level 80 character to play. However, there isn’t too much to say about the campaign in the area so far.

As for if you should purchase it? If you like what you see so far, (Guild Halls, A new WvW map, Elite specializations, etc) and YOU think it’s worth $50 to pre-purchase something without a release date, that is 100% okay. But, you do have to keep in mind you might be disappointed if they don’t release as much as you were expecting.

If anyone else would care to add to this.

I would love to see Pixels idea implemented to stop this mass of…. bickering? Yeah, let’s go with bickering. But, AWACS has a pretty good point. ANet is going to want players to spend more so they can turn in more of a profit, and so it seems no extra character slot for all our new Revenant. So sad to part with a character that you’ve spent hours leveling =’(

And, the fact that they haven’t said or announced anything about the complaints and the lack of release date is iffy. So I don’t think this will let up for a while…hopefully I’m wrong on that.

If we had a choice, I’d vote for your idea, Pixels.