Guild Wars 2

Please oh please change reset back to Friday. It was really something to look forward to after a week of work and that made reset so much more enjoyable than it is now.

Spurrlock.3219:

You also acknowledged that its bugged so why call for nerfs on something that hasnt been properly tested?

Because even if it doesn’t bug out it can still kill people with 1 shot or at least take off 80% of their HP. With all the other factors it is considerably better than kill shot, which I thought was not the intent of these skills as they only need 10 adrenalin to activate.

Ok so, gun flame (rifle berserker burst) NEEDS to be nerfed big time. Playing sPVP as a rifle warrior I can 2 shot pretty much everyone with it.

It is currently doing about 8k+ damage, its near instant case, very hard to dodge, I can use it while moving, it can be cast very often and sometimes it bugs out and hits the same enemy twice (meaning 16k damage).

I enjoy warrior for how much damage it can put out but this is simply not fair and not balanced at all. I win literally every fight I get into, I don’t even need to bother stomping people because its faster to shoot them with gun flame. The only threat to me in sPVP right now is another warrior doing the same thing.

Thanks for the info guys, I’ll give a few of these a try. ^^

So I got this set of apothecary gear for my ranger a good while back, but I completely forgot what I used it for. I have been trying to make viable builds with it but I’m really struggling, unfortunately.

Does anyone have a good solo or small group WvW build that uses apothecary gear?
I’m just looking for anything that will be good and that will make it worth it keeping this gear, I don’t really want to destroy it.

I don’t like to use spirits but if its the only viable option for apothecary I’ll take it.

Edit: I have a mix of Magi and Apothecary, so I have a decent amount of vitality aswell.

Hey, Thats my guildie!
I am not 100% sure on his build but I run something very similar.
It should be something along the lines of : http://tinyurl.com/p3pd33c

It isn’t a very common build to see, but I think its going to get more popular in wvw cause they are nerfing all the other builds and this one is really strong. Also, he is indeed very good, plays it better than most. :P

Hey guys, just wanted to ask for some advice.

I recently got my engineer up to level 80 and got rabid gear with the build: Current Build

But I find a die way too fast in zerg fights(which is where I want to use my engi).
It does lay down some good damage if I just stand back and lob grenades though, but I will always end up dying cause if I do that its just me standing alone and everyone else is with the commander.

So I wanted advice on 2 builds I came up with that I hope will improve my survivability.

HGH/Dire

Elixir Infused Bombs/Apothecary

So which do you guys think is best? Do you think there any changes I should make?

Just btw I am inclined to go Apothecary instead of Dire more because I can’t afford to get Dire right away.

Dee Jay.2460:

But worst of all you cannot prevent someone from reviving his fallen team-mate.

My build has a few interrupts to hit those guys with, it may be worth a try. :P

Oghier.7419:

Instead of shortbow, have you considered D/D as an offhand? Deathblossom is nice, especially for a build without ricochet (though shortbow also has AoE tagging covered). The real difference, though, would be Heartseeker mobility. It vastly increases your escapability and overland speed. SB5 has some of this, but Heartseeker is better (clear your target, heartseeker x3 to gain distance, shadow refuge, gone!).

I might give it a go, I don’t normally use it just cause I don’t like skills that burn all my initiative. So that’s why I have stayed away from it, and thing like PW and S/D builds

makiface.3286:

People keep suggesting Dire, but I’m pretty sure somebody did the math and found that the measly survivability you get from the toughness is far outweighed by the increased attack capability gained by power. Trying to find the post now.

Oh really? That sounds interesting, I’d like to see that. Maybe its time to switch back to carrion.

On another note, all the best thieves I know at some point or another have switched to P/D so they can solo keeps in wvw, its very good at that.

Edit: accidental double post

Ok I donno what these guys are talking about cause I think P/D is the strongest build for thief atm.

I use this build: tinyurl.com/owmkwpp

I get up to 1,8k condi damage with all my buffs up so the damage is pretty good, 1 or 2 stealth bursts with the pistol can down most people.
I admit it isn’t as fast as a zerker thief but you got way more survival than a zerker thief.
The idea for perplexity runes and was my guildie’s and it seems to work out really well, its quite worth it, even if just for the 3 confusion applied on hit.
If you interrupt someone it applies 5 confusion, I use scorpion wire and steal for interrupts.

P.S. I don’t use Rabid just cause I tried it once and it didn’t provide enough survival for me, its more a necro or engi thing since they got on crit traits. If you can’t afford Dire try Carrion I used that for a long time before I got Dire.
Also, d/p is only used in this build for perma stealth but thats getting nerfed on the 10th so I’ll suggest not using that after then, just use shortbow instead.

If anyone would like to duel me just whisper me in game.

Redone my mesmers look today, what do you guys think?

Ok, Dwayna is open on Piken Square now.

Any EU servers got Dwayna Temple open?

any EU servers have Grenth uncontested? Seafarer’s Rest has the event right before it ready to go, its just me here though :/

any EU servers Grenth uncontested?

Oh, looks like we are in the wrong forum, check this out: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/events/Uncontested-Temple-Of-Grenth-2/page/9

Open on Ruins of Surmia atm – EU

I also need some stuff from the Grenth temple aswell. I have guested on Gandara and Desolation every few hours but it seems like its a very unpopular temple

Sometimes in wvw when I get downed and I know I have no chance of surviving, I just open the map and spam the waypoint. Like when you first play CoD you always watch the kill cams, but eventually you just start skipping em to respawn faster :P

I donno if any bt or wsr will be reading this, but I am still offering duels to anyone who wants. Just wisp me in-game.

Edit: I need to test my build pls :P

@Alchemist-3692. Ye, conditions is really tough to deal with, but I’m going to try the -40% cond duration food and see how that goes.
I chose the rampages gear because it has precision as its main stat the power and cond is just a bonus. I want to get to 50% crit chance and then get as much of other stats as I can.

I haven’t been able to get many duels on in this match up (90% I ask say no)
Wish there was a duel function in this game, would be a lot easier to get guilders to do it for me :P

@Rodigee.7139 Oh I never thought about using knight’s gear, I may try a bit of knight’s mixed with rabid.
Well I thought Desperate Decoy was better at the time, I suppose not, it has saved me a few times though.
@Pyroatheist.9031 I thought it would buff my staff a bit, thought it would go with my idea of balancing survival and damage since there are boons that compliment both sides, but I suppose it isn’t as effective as it would be with a build that concentrates on boon stacking.
I will defiantly give the -40% condition duration food a go.

edit: What do you think about this build http://tinyurl.com/bvevwoo
edit: ok I am not sure if i can try knights and rabid gear, cant afford to spend so much money :<

Shame I can’t make it to reset, but good luck to all sides, and lets try and keep this tread a little more active than the last one, I’m looking at you Blacktide…

@Pyroatheist.9031
I have actually changed my swords sigil to Superior sigil of Energy.
I used to run a full zerker shatter build and that’s where I fell in love with the sigil of generosity ^^

Veil is quite new for me, like I said I used to rukittenerker shatter set up and mirror images was in its place. Do you think it would be better if I use a cond removal utility there, like null field?

Well, the build creator is a bit buggy but 2 water runes give 15% boon duration that + the 15% from the monk runes and the 20% from traits gives a whole 50% boon duration. I am still not sure if it is really optimal, but it certainly helps.

Oh ye, I made that build in the editer as what I was aiming to get. I was going to put what I had on in the video but the footage I recorded for that didn’t work for some reason. In my accessory slots I have the Ancient Karka Shell and an exotic rampages stat accessory in the other I think.
Tbh it is going to take me a really long time to get the ascended accessories since my guild is too small to do the missions and I can’t do my dailies all the time.

Mmm I think I will try swapping my traits to get blade training.

When I was full zerkers I used it and I was using duel swords. I am definatly more practiced with OH sword, but I have really fallen in love with The Prestige and I am not sure if I’d be able to take on multiple opponents at once if I drop both torch and veil, it’s amazing what 3 seconds of stealth can do for you.

I may also try a focus and swap out my rampages pieces of armour for soldiers gear and try get in some extra retaliation damage.

Oh I do that thing with phase retreat all the time, it was good before I used this build… But now, with20% shorter staff CDs it’s amazing lol

Well, I decided to try make my own build like this purely because I wanted a change from my old GC shatter build. So if you have a suggestion on another build, even non shatter, I’d be up for trying it.

I have been using the +36% cond duration food to try and buff my confusion damage. Though I do struggle with condition builds, today a dueled a cond engi that had 1555 cond damage and could buff it up to 1800 with might >.> and it was really the hardest fight i have ever had. I can say from those fights with him that -40% cond duration would really help… aaaand sigil of generosity really didn’t :P

So no one is open to a productive discussion? Makes sense, you all probably come to the forums to QQ…

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5PFGtZZkt8&feature=youtu.be
The recording program I use is free, so the quality of the video isn’t too great.

I have been testing this build for the past two weeks and have found it to be very powerful. The idea is to get a good balance between all stats. Its survival is great and all the stealth skills make it even better. The direct damage and condition damage is also pretty good. The damage is more about pressure than bursting, but you can pull off big burst.

Build:
Guild wars 2 build craft:
http://tinyurl.com/bhzlssc
Guild head:
http://tinyurl.com/amtvn9b

So I was hoping that you guys had some suggestions. This is an experimental build and I’d say its still in beta. I am open to changing some gear and maybe even my traits…. a little :P

Do you guys think I would be better off using full rampagers gear in the armor slots, or soldiers gear?

Ok, I am getting bored. So, I am offering duels to anyone willing to accept.
Just wisp me in game, generally on at 20:00 GMT.