Guild Wars 2

SOLD. Someone was generous enough to loan me some gold to complete what I needed for my target selling price. Now I don’t know what I want to do with all this gold, haha.

I am also now in this situation. Want to sell the perm. hair stylist contract (got it out of a BL chest this weekend) and can’t sell because I don’t have enough gold to foot the listing fee.

Kinda sucks too because currently the lowest buy order is coming in at like 3000 gold whereas the lowest seller is coming in at 4199 gold….the difference in profit on that is about 1000 gold. Gonna need to grind for some gold just to list it, haha.

I actually use Runes of the Thief for my Power/Condi Hybrid Thief.

Precision, Condition Damage, plus a sweet damage boost for flanking.

Longbow has always been a better option for Condition builds than Rifle anyways. Rifle gives you a single attack that provides conditions, and then a bunch of Power skills that do nothing for conditions.

Longbow gives you a dual-projectile AA (allowing for more bleed stacks via Precise Strikes and/or Sigil of Earth), a lengthy immobilize/heavy bleed combo, and a heavy burn burst skill.

It works well as a Power weapon too due to Arcing Shot, etc. but it has always been far more suitable as a condition weapon than the Rifle ever has been. Soooo….sorry if you’re using them incorrectly. Rifle should’ve always been purely a power weapon. Glad they fixed it…I wonder if they’ll keep Cracked Shot in the Arms tree?

I’m contemplating a super-condi-bunker build for PvE/WvW, relying on Stone Heart to help mitigate damage.

My only concern is I don’t understand how/if PvE enemies can crit you and thus don’t know if this trait would be useful for PvE or not.

Thoughts?

lol. Every other class is going to be super-kittened at these traits while you guys are just ‘yawn’.

No crits is pretty nuts. That effectively neuters most power builds.

Every forum says the same thing. Wah wah my class is terrible nerf other classes buff ours. It’s a little ridiculous.

Mesmers are well-known to be one of the better classes across all game modes. They’re in a pretty solid spot, especially regarding 1v1s. Probably the best dueling class in the game.

Guardians are well-known to be the one of the best, if not the best class in the game, across all modes. I’m not saying they don’t have a right to complain about certain things, but let’s not act like the class has major broken issues.

Go to every profession forum, see how they are complaining about how everyone else’s new trait is OP and how their’s is broken as kitten. Hilarious. Every class wants to be superpowered and wants to see every other class nerfed to hell. Good lord.

I run 30 in Arms for multiple builds and several different weapon sets. I’ll gladly take a look at a 10% attack speed increase. I usually default to Furious simply because there’s not a better option. I may not decide it’s worth it but I don’t see a reason to complain about more options. And it’s not as if this is all written in stone. It’s an initial starting point, and if its found to be not worth it, maybe they’ll change it.

I am not going to complain about additional options being added. Then again, I don’t run the copy/paste builds and never have. I enjoy doing my own thing. I don’t understand complaining about them attempting to promote build variety. It doesn’t accomplish anything.

I’m cool with it. The current Grandmaster Traits in Arms are Furious (which I like, but its use is debatable) and Last Chance, which I consider useless.

A 10% attack speed buff is nice, regardless of the weapon you’re using. Just because a trait isn’t specifically associated with your meta builds doesn’t mean it’s bad. Promoting build variety is a good thing, and anything that could help out some builds that aren’t part of the current meta is good in turn. Not everyone plays the game to speed-run dungeons and the like.

So, Scarlet saw something/someone when she went crazy. The new weapons in this release are Tormented weapons (weapons also related to him Abaddon) . We never got to see the Abaddon fractal due to Kiel winning the election…

Does anyone think maybe HE is the thing that Scarlet saw? That he’s not truly dead, just lying in wait, powered-down and struggling, perhaps? And maybe Scarlet is looking for magic ley lines to help restore some of his power? IDK.

He played a significant role in all the previous events: the bloodstones, the Mursaat, Shiro Tagachi, and obviously Nightfall. Just throwing some ideas together.

I’ve ran different variations of a Burst Mastery build, usually involving a high crit. chance and either Furious or Sharpened Axes.

Currently I’ve been running a berserker-y build with Axe/Rifle. I can’t remember currently if I’m running 10/30/0/0/30 or 20/20/0/0/30 or 20/30/0/0/20, but it’s usually been one of those variants, taking traits like Furious and Sharpened Axes when available. It’s really fun to be able to fire off a full adrenaline Eviscerate just after a couple of swings with the axe. Sometimes having both traits is a little overkill on adrenaline gain, but it’s still enjoyable.

I’m on Henge of Denravi. I play alot of PvE and WvW, and although I have no experience with dungeons/fractals I’d be interested in taking them on with a party. I have a pretty firm grasp on the game and like to think I’m decent. I occasionally enjoy PvP.

Just looking for a cool group of people to kick it with.

Thanks.

(Oh – I have a lvl 80 Warrior that’s my main and I’m working on leveling some alts…I know it gets knocked alot but I really love the PvE portion of the game and playing out different races/classes)

I made some changes recently and decided to do a bit of a combo – Something that showed off my Sylvari roots but merged it with metal. And since I’m a proud member of the Vigil, I used some of their armor. I think it works really well.

It’s

Vigil Helmet
Tier 2 Cultural Chest
Tier 2 Cultural Gloves
Tier 3 Cultural Shoulder
Vigil Leggings
Tier 2 Cultural Boots (you can’t really see them in the pic)

I constantly swap the colors around but can’t seem to stray too far from an earthy look for the Sylvari armor and a metallic color for the Vigil stuff. Maybe when I get some better dyes I can find a color combination I like better.

I’ve been running an Axe/Rifle build in WvW (I know this discussion was centered around tPvP, but still) and Rifle is awesome there. In group fights you can take out multiple people with one killshot or Volley. Plus Volley will track thieves even after entering stealth. I’ve killed several thieves (who normally give me alot of trouble) that way.

My usual issue with thieves isn’t necessarily stealth, but blinds. Blinds are kicking the crap outta me.

ALTHOUGH I have recently found out that a skill like Volley (Rifle) will track thieves even after they stealth. It’s pretty fun to start shooting only to have them go into stealth and then reappear a few seconds later downed.

Go hybrid. That way you can still overwhelm the squishy classes with raw damage but have enough condition damage to make people panic when you start to apply 10+ bleeds on them.

So far I have found it to be a very solid build in WvW and PvP (I admittedly don’t PvP much but what I have done recently is promising).

I run (and have run) a Sword/X and Longbow build for the entirety of my Warrior’s playtime.

It’s a really solid weapon that works great no matter which direction you decide to take it…in fact, Longbow works that way as well. They are both really good hybrid weapons.

So you can easily roll a ‘berserker’ type Warrior using Sword. Your auto-attacks will hit for solid damage and Final Thrust (much easier to land in PvE) can pump out some serious damage. Longbow is great as a power weapon as well. Arcing Shot hits like a truck.

OOOOooorrr you can go straight condition warrior, stacking massive amounts of bleeds via Sword and using Longbow for AoE burns, etc.

Orrrr you can run something like what I do, which is a little bit of both. Power sits anywhere from 1800-2000, Crit. Chance is upwards of 85% with Fury, crit damage sits between 50-65 depending on spec and equipment, condition damage varies between 800-1000, again, depending on specs, might stacks, etc.

I really enjoy the playstyle and skills of the Sword. I don’t know what the previous poster is talking about when mentioning that it has no AoE…it cleaves, like all Warrior weapons do.

If you’re running Knights, you likely won’t need Heightened Focus unless you absolutely need that 15% crit chance for whatever reason. Sword already gets an extra 10% crit over most other weapons with the Blademaster trait. And it seems you’re focusing more on pure damage than conditions so I would suggest taking Rending Strikes over Deep Cuts…you won’t need the extra bleed time as you should pretty much already always have bleeds up on a target, and since they aren’t doing significant damage you’re better suited added the vulnerability.

Daecollo.9578:

How about Axe off-hand instead for burning bolts?

I’m going to be that guy…

There may be a reason you’re always complaining about the class if you’re seriously recommending Axe off-hand.

Dand.8231:

THEmeltor.7295:

Warrior isn’t THE BEST CLASS EVAR but it’s not the pile of kitten you guys like to claim it is.

Not the entire class no, there are legit and playable builds. But some builds that should be viable are a pile of kitten.

I think that is part of the issue, people want to be able to play a certain build or playstyle, and many of them are simply useless, whereas a similar style build on another class might still be semi-viable.

So…are you talking about every class then? Because if you go check out the other forums there are a ton of QQ threads there as well about how terrible X is or why didn’t Y get buffed, etc.

EVERY class has builds, weapons, skills, etc. that aren’t going to be viable in high-level PvP. That is the nature of competitive PvP…it will weed out anything that is semi-optimal, unless you’re rolling in organized, planned groups in which case you may bring something a bit different to fit a niche that the group needs.

I find it funny that there is one sect of people who seem intent on shouting to the world how terrible the Warrior is in GW2 and the other side – who actually seems to enjoy playing the class – simply finds things that work and has success instead of complaining about all the things that the class doesn’t have.

Warrior isn’t THE BEST CLASS EVAR but it’s not the pile of kitten you guys like to claim it is.

I’ve been using this exact weapon combo and roughly the same build since I first bought the game.

Nice to know it’s getting some love from others (granted, the recent patched buffed it quite a bit, but still).

People REALLY need to get over the whole ‘Greatsword or Axe or GTFO’ deal.

I understand that….just want you and others to recognize that Thieves are not some easy faceroll class to beat for other players…the original post comes off like Thieves are terrible and should be easily killed by every class. That is definitely not the case.

They are a very good dueling class. And difficult to beat when played well, even if the other class is doing everything right. Seems like you understand that, I think. Just wanted to point it out.

I think every class wants to feel like they are underpowered, or very easy to kill. Just go into any forum and look at all the QQ.

In my experience, purely 1v1 vs. a decent Thief is a very difficult fight with my Warrior. I’m not complaining that thieves are OP but it’s a rare occasion when I beat a thief single-handedly. Maybe it’s just a bad match of classes? Or I’m just bad? IDK. I seem to handle myself pretty well against most other classes. Mesmers are difficult because of all the clones and whatnot. But otherwise I do pretty well.

Just be aware that while it seems SOOOOO easy there’s a reason that thieves get complained about alot. I mean, you can go with the idea that the majority of players in GW2 are bad, or you can follow logic and understand that it’s simply difficult to keep up with an enemy that has alot of evades/teleports/stealths/blinds. It’s just hard. It’s the same reason Mesmers are complained about. 1v1, these classes are kings of dueling, as they have the ability to reset fights to their liking (stealth), lots of active defense (dodging, evades, clones, blinds), and because of those abilities they are able to go glassy and still be able to stay in a fight.

Again….not claiming they’re OP. Just that they’re really good dueling classes and they are not such a free kill as you’re claiming them to be TC.

Condition Warrior has always been viable.

Yeah whoever claimed that the old chain could be completed in 1.75 seconds was WAY off. It was much closer to 3 seconds. The speed of the AA chain has been significantly increased, you can tell easily that it’s much faster if you’ve been using the sword for a while.

I still haven’t gotten to play around much with Final Thrust but so far I’m having a good time with the, IMO, upgraded sword. As my favorite weapon I’m glad it got some love.

I wouldn’t think that Diamond Skin would work with extras like Obsidian Focus…otherwise it would be constantly back and forth, as you’re likely not casting Stone Shards for eternity.

Billy.1879:

If I were running conditions with my sword i’d be pretty happy that you get your autos off so fast.

Sword is pretty rad now.

AA is faster now?? Cool.

Daecollo.9578:

darkace.8925:

Daecollo.9578:

Can’t really find a way to play nerfed warrior over new improved guardian, they got a huge DPS increase.

Then go play guardian.

I am already

Then stop coming here?

crosses fingers

The official forums here are the worst. I hope you are aware of how ridiculous you look when compared to other forums and message boards out there. There is actually useful discussion and gasp friendliness instead of people acting like children throwing temper tantrums.

Anyways, like I said, I haven’t gotten to try it out yet, so I’ll judge it tonight when I can. That being said, I never claimed it was a pure power weapon, and there’s nothing wrong with using it as a pure condition weapon. I simply think it fairs better as a true hybrid weapon, combining solid power/crit/condition damage all into one. It is my opinion that I have a right to voice, just as you do yours. The difference is I don’t look like a 4 yr. old when I voice mine.

If you’re using it as a condition weapon I don’t see where the problem is though, unless they took away the 2 bleeds from the first 2 AA chain attacks. In which case, yes, that totally blows. I haven’t seen anything about that yet though.

I’d plan on using it as a Finisher move, that way you’re sure to get the doubled damage. It seems like it shouldn’t be hard to connect with all the cripples and immobilizes you’ll be handing out via Leg Specialist (if you trait for it).

I’m just theorycrafting though….haven’t gotten to try it out on my own yet.

Because you are (mistakenly, IMO) burying the Warrior’s sword into a ‘mostly conditions related’ weapon.

But to each his own….like I said, I’ll have to try it out before I throw it under the bus. Lots of changes to play around with.

Alphard.4308:

^ exactly, in the time it takes for the animation to complete, with sigil of earth and arms traits, one can apply 2-4 bleeds. Considering that condition warriors dont invest in strength to begin with,, i dont know what they were thinking with this change.

Not everyone runs sword as a pure condition weapon…it scales quite well with power. It is a very good hybrid weapon.

Basing a skill’s usefulness solely on your build and stats isn’t very helpful, especially when we don’t know what kind of Power/Crit damage you have, traits you have, or if the skill even hit for a critical.

A quick glance at the tooltip during the short time I was able to log on earlier showed the damage (when opponents are below 50% health) to be at a little over 2k (i’m running a hybrid power/condition build with Rampager’s armor and a mix of Rampager’s and Carrion trinkets)…when you factor in other damage sources (Attack of Opportunity, sigils of force, other +damage traits) and crits and critical damage, that could mean alot of extra damage piled on.

I’d like to see what other people are experiencing before I cry. Ive been running sword warrior since the beginning and, at a glance, am excited about the changes.

And there we go with the insane hyperbole again. Don’t stop being you, man. Don’t ever stop.

I’ll leave you be now. Have a good day!

Daecollo.9578:

THEmeltor.7295:

Kuruptz.4782:

THEmeltor.7295:

Daecollo.9578:

Cygnus.6903:

The problem With this trait is that you can convert like 6 conditio s every 8 seconds, effectively destroying any condition built enemy.

You can only convert three every 10 (8 if traited).

Do you understand how adrenaline works?

I guess I should just go on other forums and spread misinformation to never get anything fixed.

Convert 3 conditions up to full adrenaline—>Burst—>swap weapons—>Burst…

It could be achieved pretty kitten quickly, assuming you have traits like Furious and multi-hit attacks like Axe 5, Flurry, etc. Flurry with Furious could easily achieve full adrenaline just by bursting. EACH Burst skill is on a separate 8 sec. cooldown, if traited…they aren’t on a global cooldown.

This would make my Sword/Axe/Longbow combo pretty kittening awesome though.

Are you fighting training dummys?

I mainly play PvE and/or WvW.

So while I know your answer to this response is going to be ‘lol kitten kitten no one cares about PvE’, the fact of the matter is that A-Net is balancing the game around all 3 types…and until you see a PvE/PvP split for skills, traits, etc. most of the ideas tossed around here aren’t going to happen.

I guess its fine that warriors are trash in SPVP, nobody will use them after the changes anyways.

All I’m saying is that if you’re looking for substantial buffs to a Warrior you need to note that the class isn’t likely to receive anything because of their dominance on the other side of the coin (PvE).

Nowhere did I say it was fine for Warriors to be ‘trash’ in sPvP. I’m simply providing a realistic viewpoint for you.

Kuruptz.4782:

THEmeltor.7295:

Daecollo.9578:

Cygnus.6903:

The problem With this trait is that you can convert like 6 conditio s every 8 seconds, effectively destroying any condition built enemy.

You can only convert three every 10 (8 if traited).

Do you understand how adrenaline works?

I guess I should just go on other forums and spread misinformation to never get anything fixed.

Convert 3 conditions up to full adrenaline—>Burst—>swap weapons—>Burst…

It could be achieved pretty kitten quickly, assuming you have traits like Furious and multi-hit attacks like Axe 5, Flurry, etc. Flurry with Furious could easily achieve full adrenaline just by bursting. EACH Burst skill is on a separate 8 sec. cooldown, if traited…they aren’t on a global cooldown.

This would make my Sword/Axe/Longbow combo pretty kittening awesome though.

Are you fighting training dummys?

I mainly play PvE and/or WvW.

So while I know your answer to this response is going to be ‘lol kitten kitten no one cares about PvE’, the fact of the matter is that A-Net is balancing the game around all 3 types…and until you see a PvE/PvP split for skills, traits, etc. most of the ideas tossed around here aren’t going to happen.

Daecollo.9578:

And then it goes it can only be done about 8-10 seconds, like I said.

Perhaps at the start of the fight, when you really arn’t punished by conditions… ?

3 converts up to full adrenaline and then 3 again after bursting the first one…that would be six. The initial run to get full adrenaline would be the longest part of that…again, wouldn’t take too long. Achieving full adrenaline after the intial burst would be incredibly simple/quick, given the right weapon sets, etc.

I pretty much always run with Furious so maybe i’m used to building adrenaline super fast. I guess for non-Furious users it would take longer. It just seems like, for my playstyle, I would be basically immune to conditions at that point.

I guess you’re mainly talking about PvP though, so, this is a moot point. Until you see a PvE/PvP split on traits, etc. pretty much all of your ideas aren’t going to happen.

Daecollo.9578:

Cygnus.6903:

The problem With this trait is that you can convert like 6 conditio s every 8 seconds, effectively destroying any condition built enemy.

You can only convert three every 10 (8 if traited).

Do you understand how adrenaline works?

I guess I should just go on other forums and spread misinformation to never get anything fixed.

Convert 3 conditions up to full adrenaline—>Burst—>swap weapons—>Burst…

It could be achieved pretty kitten quickly, assuming you have traits like Furious and multi-hit attacks like Axe 5, Flurry, etc. Flurry with Furious could easily achieve full adrenaline just by bursting. EACH Burst skill is on a separate 8 sec. cooldown, if traited…they aren’t on a global cooldown.

This would make my Sword/Axe/Longbow combo pretty kittening awesome though.

Daecollo.9578:

THEmeltor.7295:

Daecollo isn’t worried about balance, so don’t worry about providing a counterpoint here…

NOTE that I am not saying Warriors are fine as-is or balanced by any means (especially in PvP) but I have yet to see a thread from you, Daecollo, that doesn’t take something from bad or underpowered to ridiculously overpowered. There is no middle ground.

You should play the other classes then come back here and tell me that.

Nowhere did I say that other classes aren’t overpowered, or much better in comparison….just that most of your ideas are ridiculous. I would rather other classes have their abilities, etc. nerfed marginally than bring everybody up to a ridiculous level. And Warriors are not NEAR as bad you like to make them out to be. Every class should have a niche…they can’t ALL be fantastic at everything or there would be no point in differentiating classes.

But you do at least attempt to foster discussion.

I really like the idea of burst recharge rate replacing a damage %.

If they’re taking away the cooldown reduction from Burst Mastery then this would be perfect, and it would help ALL burst skills, not just the direct damage ones (which were the ones that stood to gain the most from an increased +burst damage percentage).

Daecollo isn’t worried about balance, so don’t worry about providing a counterpoint here…

NOTE that I am not saying Warriors are fine as-is or balanced by any means (especially in PvP) but I have yet to see a thread from you, Daecollo, that doesn’t take something from bad or underpowered to ridiculously overpowered. There is no middle ground.

I continually see people complaining that “zomg guardians can match us in damage now we are going to be terrible” and yet, even as a hybrid condition warrior without Berserker’s Power, Attack of Opportunity, or honestly any other +damage trait I have yet to come across a Guardian who is capable of outputting the same damage. It seems like it takes them forever to kill something when I’ve watched. No offense to Guardians.

EDIT: I guess by ‘people’ what I really mean is Daecollo, because he posts enough for multiple people.

It could be useful with some of the ‘X on healing’ effects you can get from certain sets of runes, etc. since it is now a very quick heal.

^yeah Eviscerate not critting does suck….there are ways to guarantee that it crits (unsuspecting foe, etc.) but they aren’t 100% reliable. But yeah, I agree. Eviscerate is hit or miss. Awesome when it hits and crits…lackluster when it doesn’t.

Axe is still going to be quite viable in PvP, just because of eviscerate…anytime your spike can outright kill or near-kill enemy players that’s a plus.

The problem with Warriors in general in PvP is that Guild Wars 2’s current PvP is centered around holding points and capturing points, which is not something that the Warrior does very well. Bunker classes rule PvP because they are fantastic point holders…

Maybe when we see some changes to the PvP system (a deathmatch-type gametype? you know…the mainstay of pretty much every PvP ever?), Warriors will be held in higher regard.

Right now they don’t fit too well into the PvP system because of the gametypes.

Ok, ESPECIALLY after that second set this screams fake.

Hey guys, just noticed this recently. I recently attempted to craft a Beaded Lancea (spear) and it looks like the Beaded Harpoon Gun. The skin of the weapon is incorrect. I didn’t get a chance to try it in action, so i’m not sure if it functions as a Harpoon Gun as well or not. Not sure if it’s something that’s well known. I know it’s probably not a huge priority but just wanted to get it out there.

Once I get some Rabid gear/trinkets I plan on trying out the full-condition build and see how I like it. Need to start running some dungeons. The tankiness provided in your build is alluring, although I’m not sold on speccing that far into Tactics…