Guild Wars 2

It’s as you said. There is no build diversity; medi or trap DH and that is the gist of it. you can go back to burning but with multiple elite classes churning condi like candy its not as effective as it once was.

I’m having a real hard time using my Guardian too, there will always be a population that wants to nerf DH traps and the lot but when you play serious pvpers, DH is not as good as it seems. the only real hope for the future is a balance patch where most of the utilities are re hauled and made effective and opens up more builds because right now what we used months ago is the same thing were using now while other classes get tons of new toys.

I PvP a lot, so testing DH for the first time ever this weekend, really proved some doubts I had wrong.

• The LB- is an effective weapon, especially True Shot for pressuring and spiking. It wasn’t as slow as I thought, but #4-#5 need some changes. 4 needs to be quicker and 5 needs lower cd/cast time because I could not tell how to trap players in it.
• You need to work around the DH strengths, and weaknesses, while I did not have a full trap bar, I used the elite and fragment trap and they were hit or miss. When the traps activate its great, but often times they were avoided or escaped. I doubt there’s time for a re-work but i would hope that there is some sort of passive gain from these such as putting them down or even upon triggered (even if dodged or escaped) provides something in return other than CD.
• Traits- are honestly, pretty weak in terms of synergy with most anything not DH and some of the traits are just awful. I hope these get moved around or blended into our current traits for some more synergy.
• Virtues- These were a surprise, I love the utility they bring and they feel so much stronger compared to the regular virtues. I’m going to join the “no cast time” boat however because certain virtues such as Bulwark never applied and went to CD. I would also hope the trait to Wings of Resolve is blended to the virtue or at least add the immobilize at the end. The spear was fun but It needs to hit the target a lot more often, it’s easily avoided by strafing.

I dueled plenty of classes and as proper balance, I had some trouble vs other classes as it should be but I felt I had a real fighting chance compared to regular Guardian. i hope some good changes are applied, the spec is NOT as bad as people make it to be.

I was never hyped with the whole bow thing and after the reveal, I am so much more unenthusiastic. Devs wanted classes to have options but this looks like too many things going on at once. It might take a while for patches and buffs to areas to make their “Dragonhunter” viable outside pve. Longbows and traps eh? Wow, so much synergy with our range already! I really don’t see why the virtues pretty much got hit with a nerf. Time to roll a Revenant.

Thanks guys but this is a very low turn out…

I currently have a female but I’m tempted to change my norn to a male to add more diversity (because we all need change). Show me some decent male norns and armor mixes!

Got to be more feedback than this…

Lol… nevermind ret. armor, yes its med CD trait.

D/P, P/P Thieves, Condi bunker wars or almost any war in general, Eles, and mesmers have been wrecking me lately. Even engies at times just seem to blow me up.

Keep in mind I pvp a lot, and do wvw, I’ve tried different builds and I have recently crafted 5 pieces of celestial ascended and 1 pvt ascended chest piece.
Setup: Its current and I still have not finished getting all the trinkets.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vUAQNAR5dlsApcoVDxbI8DNRUpIe1DTRFz41DKGxGC-zkDBYLA4ORmsAg+AmKAK1EKRlIjtMsIasqaQ6FYqSCpKXweDCp+EYECg1CA-w

I know there can be many improvements on this, I want something I can solo with while dealing good damage but keeping some survival, I’m not a fan of pure zerk. I tried using more healing power but it scales odd, any improvements? WvW and 1v 1 duels are my big thing right now. I lose to the classes mentioned above 1) because conid kills me, 2) stealth is stupidly effective against me.

Is Trapper really a viable choice against stealthing opponents let alone wars?

Hey guys lately I’ve been getting that Ranger itch where I just WANT to use them more than just as a joke. I have recently been going to OS to duel and I’ve noticed so many P/P/ D/P Thieves and PU Mesmers on top of the regular hambow War and the Michael Bay explosion Necs. Is there an efficient dueling build for a Ranger?
I have noticed that there is a power build trend with LB lately, but what is survivability/ play style like? I know there is the condi/ spirit build but I’ve also seen them lose pretty bad. What’s the take on Ranger dueling and or wvw/ pvp in general? There has t be some use so far.

rajule.8054:

can you please name off the armor pieces you’re wearing. especially the legs and helm. its hard to find good looking helms and I don’t think I’ve seen that one. I also favor heavy armor that mixes in robes/cloth

Looks like Vigil helm and leggings to me.

Here’s my Ranger. Varan Eyrekin. Tried going for a more Ranger-like feel.

http://www.gw2guidebook.net/wp-content/uploads/gw2-mesmer-guide.jpg

Specifically that one? I want to make a Mesmer but I really hoped to see something similar to that artwork. Otherwise what’s the closest combination?

That second balanced meditation build works wonders for me. It took a while to adjust from being an AH shout support unit to a more offensive unit. With the sword/focus off hand it provides the build more flexibility wen it comes to burst and dealing with groups.

I use it to roam and believe me I either burst the guy so fast he has no chance to run, they try to run and die tired, or it really puts so much pressure on the other guy that the burst will eventually get them especially when the meditations heal and do more damage as they try to pop conditions on you.

Overall this build changes the offensive Guardian’s playstyle. The recent changes have added another dimension to Meditation builds. I expect to see more people discover more bursty builds.