Guild Wars 2

As others pointed out. This kind of build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vdAQFASlcThyrY1VwWLQ7FL3FFdqH73O4CGhBgYB9D5AA-e (Switch Stabilization core for the applied force trait) got even stronger.

I use this with full berserker ascended and strength runes. Spamming the elixers will grant you permanent 25 might, keep killing and you have permanent swiftness. And I got to 9 seconds of uptime. No food used. You have stunbreaks, like 5 condition removers. And if you evade an attack you can get stability with hammer and continue to wreck. With Envigorating speed gives vigor when you get swiftness which you get from heavy armor exploit which is a nice synergy.

I like it.

You can go ranged, block, knockback, blind, dodge, stun and burst back?

I mean, I am not a great player but I know when I see a thief I am not letting him AA on me while standing there drooling. >.>

I think besides balance, they also want to “shift” the meta. Have players run other builds and try out new things.

I am sure we will reach a point where people will find more efficient builds.

Have you seen Druid’s staff and greatsword combo?

Dragonhunters’ bow…

The DPS of hammer is fine.

Whenever Guild Wars 2 freezes or has a black screen on the start up I just hear the audio. Now I cannot close it, if I Ctrl + Alt + Del and bring up task manager. The task manager is basically in the background and the Guild Wars 2 is invisible overlaying my task manager. I know this because if it crashes after I login I see the GW2 cursor.

But I CANNOT close the program now. Every time I have to restart my PC, which just becomes infuriatingly annoying after the third time.

Any solution anyone can think of.

I agree that Scrapper has a good side. Till now I am loving it, I also agree that it can be improved a lot.

To the ones with 14 alts, did you get those in the first week playing GW2? No? That must have been an awful grind getting all those tomes of knowledges and in the early days buying those training books for your traits. Just awful really!

I think you should all get full ascended armour, 2K gems and a legendary of your choice for that inane awful grind you did to get to those alts.

Hello,

Is it possible to shut the game off even though it froze, or stopped responding.

Since the expansion a lot of times after Alt tabbing the game will just freeze. I will alt tab out, and try to shut it down with right click. Does not work most of the time. Then I try Ctrl + Shift + Escape to bring up task manager and shut it down. But I cannot click anything in that window because GW2 is infront of it but invisible. The cursor becomes the yellow ingame cursor when hovering on that screen.

Most of the time I have to hard reset my PC, which off course is both bad and annoying, because all my other programs have to be turned off to. If it happens once in a while, fine. But nowadays it almost happens 50/50 in start up or Alt tabbing. So is there any combination of keys or anything to just force it to shut?

Thanks.

I like it. Melee means death a lot of times in the new content. But in PvP I like it.

Gratz to those who have it. How’d you get all those exp for the required masteries?

Does the story have a lot.

ricky.4870:

HERE MY BUILD THAT WORK PRETTY WELL. nice damage high survivability, and it marauder!! still i can t 2v1 depending on player skills.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vdAQFASnUUBFpideBubBEqilJji+tr79Oc7SmwS8ZOgAA-TJBIABWXGAgLAQYPAgQ2fAA

if link dont work or something let me know!

here a link of some gameplay too so you guys see how it work more or less enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tFztWyJGo8

Just played a match with this. It was indeed a lot of fun. Only thing I am thinking about is if HGH is really worth it since it is only for E-gun 4 and 5. But the rest of the traitline probably adds to this survivability.

According the video, you just start out with E-gun #4 and then follow up with the posion spray.

Then it is just smashing and try to block as much as possible and whenever the enemy wants to burst you either daze him or get your bulwark in. The reflecting bubble is so nice to add to this. You can basically jump into a team fight and make you personal arena against someone.

How about working?

It hasn’t been a week yet since the launch of the expansion.

For my legendary collection I have to grab a Asuran Experimental Rifle in Quandry Scratch at Mount Maelstrom but I already completed the heart. Now I cannot grab it from the weapon rack. I asked someone who have not completed it and he could.

I assume this is bugged? Or do they expect me to grab a alt and run to it to grab it?

Cheers.

ZeftheWicked.3076:

I don’t mean the story. Least not just the story. I mean the sizes of maps, the amount of masteries to unlock, new rewards (whatever they are to work towards to in xpansion etc).

Btw about maps i heard “4 big maps”. 4 maps with 3 biomes each, or is each biome considered a full map?

They are bigger maps. It feels overwhelming at first but you’ll get used to it, they are definitely bigger then your average PvE map.

Is it worth it, well I have been playing quite a lot since last Friday and I haven’t done my story. Have unlocked my elite spec (400 points, 2 hours later it became 250 Ha!). Got 6/14 for my Elite weapon Skin. First few masteries of my Tyria masteries. And a few in the Jungle masteries.

Got 100% on Verdant Brink.

Keep in mind that I haven’t played efficiently at all, just running around willy nilly. It took me all afternoon on Monday getting 150 hero points just running around without any direction.

You can probably finish it under a month if you do things like the CoF farm. Then just use it as you use SW for farming. If you are into achievements and collections you have quite some work to do. Some require fully trained masteries, which again you could farm out if you want. Plus you need some of the currencies.

Haven’t done Fractals or any of the adventures, but these have some work. But I know people who have finished it and just farm it now. I also dedicated one afternoon to Halloween to get the meta achievements.
Haven’t touched WvW and only played three matches of PvP.

And I have neglected collecting for my guild hall.

All in all the expansion will probably take me a good few months before I have enjoyed everything to the fullest. Talking about my Specialization Collection and collected enough of the new currencies to buy the things I want.

Hexalot.8194:

ScribeTheMad.7614:

He’s talking about mastery points themselves, not the exp.

Masteries are supposed to be done over time, naturally unlocking as you play content, not something you grind out in a weekend.
Although to be fair I really want autoloot and consider farming a bit towards that one.

I agree that Mastery points are a system of progression that should be done over time. If only someone hadn’t had the “foresight” to lock a much advertised and hence heavily demanded part of the expansion (elite specs) behind the Masteries. This of course means that people will rush to level the Masteries as quickly as possible just to get at the hero challenges so they could unlock their new elite specs.

Change it and people will complain about the incentive for such a heavy grind >.> There is no winning.
In my opinion it should show a message with:

Screw you! You are meant to play for a longer time before receiving these rewards. kitten off!

But that probably means that my games would not sell well.

To react on those who say you cannot run past them. I ran through all four maps and haven’t died once because of running. The only time I died was because I fell on the ground and you weren’t allowed there. And one time because I stopped to revive someone, I then died and the person I revived ran away (Thanks mate).

It is true that sometimes you have to pause, or prepare a bit to run through something, get some stab, stealth or Condi cleanse ready.

But you people are making it sound way worse then it is, in the old maps you can press R (Auto-run) and occasionally correct your direction while watching TV. There were a handful of spots where I still could die but mostly there was no danger.

The only thing that I will admit to is that sometimes the amount of damage seem a bit over-tuned. In my opinion it would be better to be able to take two or three more hits before you die. Keep the mechanics though. keep in mind I am saying this while still in full berserker gear. And I have seen builds that have already adapted that generate a lot more toughness while only losing 300-400 power.

Navigating will also get a lot easier once you progress.

UntimelyM.7860:

Nubu.6148:

Scrapper SD all the way .

Man after my own heart!

Hammer SD with Elixir B and Bulwark Gyro. Incredibly versatile, plus the ability to win a 1v1 in <1 second if you time it right

Full zerk, Air and Fire Sigils, Pack Runes. (Bulwark Gyro + Protection Injection + Loaf of Saffron Bread = Dont need a stunbreak)

Really loving Scrapper so far.

Are we talking about PvE here or PvP. xD

I can see how u can kitten people off with SD and Bulwark haha.

In PvE the Sneak Gyro only stays with you if you are in combat. But this kind off defeats its purpose if you wanna use it for running around. Which on the other hand would also make this a bit to easy so I can see why they would do this.

I still use it to “reset” the fight or give me some breathing room. For when I am fighting a group by myself. With hammer it is fun, but I kinda miss a ranged weapon for champs because melee means death almost all the time. So I might want to switch it for Mortar or switch my Hammer out which I do not want =(

Stasticeel.2745:

Does anyone know how to get the Engineer’s Cache. It says to complete a Magus Falls map as an Engineer. Which according to Wiki Magus Falls is west of Tarnished Coast close by Rata Sum. Assuming they mean one of the HoT PvE maps. I completed the Verdant Brink map today. Got no reward. I was a scrapper though, but that should count right?

Is it the wrong map or just bugged?

Will take a while to get the other items. Wanted to try to get this skin before starting the story but doubt that will be possible.

You need Nuhoch IV Stealth detection.
Exalted V exalted gathering.
Gliding IV Stealth gliding.

I wonder if you can have someone else get Nuhoch IV have him detect a mushroom and then kill it together and collect the item.

Does anyone know how to get the Engineer’s Cache. It says to complete a Magus Falls map as an Engineer. Which according to Wiki Magus Falls is west of Tarnished Coast close by Rata Sum. Assuming they mean one of the HoT PvE maps. I completed the Verdant Brink map today. Got no reward. I was a scrapper though, but that should count right?

Is it the wrong map or just bugged?

Will take a while to get the other item. Wanted to try to get this skin before starting the story but doubt that will be possible.

You need Nuhoch IV Stealth detection.
Exalted V exalted gathering.
Gliding IV Stealth gliding.

I wonder if you can have someone else get Nuhoch IV have him detect a mushroom and then kill it together and collect the item.

People that talk about the economy if this game being kitten are really crazy. I have seen so much worse that GW2’s economy looks amazingly stable. There was a thread a while back that showed we are currently in deflation rather then inflation. (And don’t give me a spidy link with a mat that has a higher price now because that is not how it works!)

It is true that the first two years saw a huge spike but that is logical. Also Flippers can’t drive the price up, if any they will drive it down in the long run as the gap will close and they have to move on.

It does put existing money in the hands of fewer people. But since you cannot really have a monopoly in this game it does not matter. Patience is the key, just place sell order then selling your stuff to the flippers if you are mad about it.

Scrapper, might try Druid as I mained a Ranger for 2.5 years. And probably check out Revenant to see what the fuss is all about.

But for the first few weeks/months it will be a Scrapper.

Haha, what happened with the Sheet of Charged Ambrite. Supply and Demand is relatively stable but look at the price change from yesterday.

Derenek.8931:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vdEQFASncTBFpiVXB2aBEqil7iCcBjwAge1j9ZXsg+hcA-ThBEABJ8AAKUJYUK/A4CA0o6PLt/ApAMTZE-e

ry ths build on for size, you’ll find it does way more damage and is way more survivable

Yes I run this now. Except for the bulwark I put in the elixer U and use Mecha Legs, Bunker Down and AMR in Inventions line to replace Scrapper. This gives me a reflect and a projectile destroyer.

Anyway I will be sure to try out OP’s build to when HoT comes out, quite fun.

I would also like this. Would be interesting to work just with elixers or turrets and then P/P and Hammer.

People will adapt. Truth is in the normal maps you can get away with just pressing 1 while walking occasionally pressing F. This is not good. I agree it shouldn’t be so though that you need to remember every attack of every monster. But darn… actually thinking about what you are doing while playing, yes that should be there.

Last BWE I actually watched out and if I saw a veteran and I was playing a new class I never played it was an actual fight. In the normal maps I watch tv while running around pressing 1 and sometimes 4 to get swiftness.

I am going to give Adamantium’s build a go, it is quite different playstyle then mine.

I used a juggernaut build with HGH and it gave me pretty much perma 25 might really easily plus the stability. However, after you go through your bursts your just sitting there autattacking, not bad still. In dungeons this was not really needed, in fractals though it has it’s uses.

I also tried a build with just regeneration, toughness and protection. And I used the bulwark gyro and the stealth gyro and I was pretty much unkillable in PvE but had no damage.

I tried using Gyros to, but meh. Maybe the whirling gyro on a fire field is cool. But honestly most projectiles will just miss anyway. I also just used the meta build and switched the tools line for the scrapper line and just use hammer instead of rifle.

Still having fun doing random things, the amount of things you can do in the PvE map seems quite low though. No adventures, no mastery points nothing :’(

Kind of boring.

I just wanted to chip in how I use flamethrower. Yes in DPS rotation it will loose. But I changed my trait to Juggernaut instead of the (Conditions on enemy will make you do more damage, forgot the name.).

I camp flamethrower to get some stability during trash runs without thiefs and to prepare for a knockback. I lose about 5-10% damage but I do not get knocked back and have to rely on teammates to much. It saved me so much in Twillight Arbor and Ascalonian Catacombs.

In fights that last less then 20 seconds, I can survive the extra 2 seconds it takes. A knockback will make me lose more anyway, even kill me a lot, especially in fractals.

I wonder if you could switch out your set well enough by the use of trinkets. Since that is much cheaper and easier.

Just use berserker armor, since the defence will be the same regardless the stats. And get the stats from jewelry and be some sort of hybrid. I’d be happy with this. Maybe my ascended ring drops will finally come in handy.

Why do people not look at the function gyro as a nice extra revive in PvE, where I could revive an Ally and continue fighting. This sounds awesome.
And yea it is not something powerful for PvE all together I still think in all modes some implementations from the elite can be put in our core class. If this happens it is a success in my book.

We will get future specializations and maybe those will have other things which are “useless” in PvP for then.

Let’s just freaking wait for the whole anouncement on friday, even then until we get our hands on it during BWE3. The daredevil and tempest was also put on as OP etc… Then BWE came and opinion changed rapidly.

I really hope Anet does not take the threads of the past hour or so in consideration.

I for one am excited and can’t wait to try out the hammer with some Gyro drones and a flamethrower.

I like the double airstrike and the mortar kit.

For the vuln. trait I partially agree, but explosions will always cause vuln already so in my opinion for groups this would cause overkill in vuln.

You don’t think weapon swap can be added IF using the forge specialization?

You should actually be somewhat stronger and have more access to the traits sooner.

Hello,

Last week we saw in the patch notes this new feature. Any information on when it is going live, will it be a mastery or is it just a option in the menu? And how does it work exactly?

I would love to have this on my engineer.

Cheers.

Whenever I dodge and during the dodge I use Elixir U it stops me in place. Then I cannot move again unless I use rifle 5 or a dodge.

This is really annoying in PvP when I am out of endurance and the Rifle 5 is on cd.

This is a bug right? I tend to use this elixer to get some might and quickness while fighting. In PvE it is still really annoying but I will survive in other modes not so much.

Cheers

What Arantheal posted would be cool, I am also looking forward to the Hammer. Hopefuly something we can actually use like the FT HGH builds atm.

Welcome.

Quite cool to see how fast you learn and adjust after just a mere few weeks.

Currently I have a character who does not have 100% map completion.

Would you recommend to leave for example 1 vista in each map and finish them in Heart of Thorns to get the extra rewards? Or would it not work like that?

As I do not need the gifts.

What do you use Geodes for? Other then buying the things for Mawdrey and Sinister recepies.

Aw, I didn’t even get to play with it.

Metrica Provence is lagging like crazy. I sometimes just drop dead and once I just teleported in a tree.

This only happened when I play with a guardian and I activate a lot of skills etc…

Nobody is charging you double.

If you buy a Tesla Roadster S now and next year they come out with a cheaper version which can last longer. Basically the core product plus extra features. Will you whine at Tesla for needing to buy a new car those features?

I am more then fine with this arrangement, I get to play now and new players get to enjoy the game without spending 120 bucks from the start.

Rare is coming out with a collection where you get 30 games from the price of 1. Go whine at them because you have been playing there games for the past 30 years and paid for them individually. Talking about being a veteran.

Seriously stop whining and take up a course in Economics or PLC strategies.

If a thief goes stealth and then runs away or dodges will RF still hit?!

In my experience a dodge during rapid fire makes me miss like 50-75% of the shots.

This would be nice.

Absolutely,

You should have seen the forums right after the twitch stream. I was ingame listening with guildies and we were all basically cheering at the changes thinking they were cool. Then I came on the forums and it was QQ

Whatever they do you’ll always see outrage.

I’d say we also pay for the future updates since there is no subscription model.
Imagine another season of living story that would only be accessible for HoT players like the 8 chapters we had regarding Mordemoth. However, if they make everything into expansions from now on, I’d get my pitchfork and be angry with the rest.

I am a little annoyed we can’t buy a edition without the base game. I think if they made a deal for 60$ with core game and 50$ with the expansion we would see considerably less complaints then now, haha.

I’d say we also pay for the future updates since there is no subscription model.

Imagine another season of living story that would only be accessible for HoT players like the 8 chapters we had regarding Mordemoth. However, if they make everything into expansions from now on, I’d get my pitchfork and be angry with the rest.

I am a little annoyed though we can’t buy a edition without the base game. I think if they made a deal for 60$ with core game and 50$ with the expansion we would see considerably less complaints then now, haha.

Ravezaar.4951:

and yet its already up again so to bad they lack patience

Why is that?

I thought the buffs we will get aren’t that bad.

I wonder the same.

Personally I thought about staff as I also have a ele and a mesmer, and I could make an ascended staffs and transmute the skin over. But I’d wait for the druid details to show.

My 2nd choice would be a LB, as I believe they will definitely be viable after the update?

Cheers.