Guild Wars 2

Just a quick reply to say THANK YOU and to tag for later. Too much good info, I couldn’t even get through it all in my short lunch break!

I read pretty much all of the Crithammer thread and am looking forward to this one even more!

Sorry, I’m at work and don’t have all the resources available to be so I’m curious if you would mind explaining:

rias.6872:

…Cleric + Carrion (water arcane spec)

- Because I am aiming for a 0/10/0/30/30 staff build and most of what I have been reading goes against +condition and +healing…

Anyone?

So doing some more research on this and I’m starting to think I shouldn’t waste any stats on +healing…

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Healing-Power/first#post117352

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/healing-effect/first#post143622

@Rhyse

So Knight’s makes sense to me… but can we take this further? I’m looking for similar info – I’m level 73, so I’ll be looking at expensive gear soon and want to be sure I’m going after the correct stuff..

Staff build with a target spec of 0/10/0/30/30
> Is any +healing good? Would it be worth it to use any Cleric’s stuff for jewelery?
> How about Runes and Sigils?

Thanks!

@Brutality – a second vote for that staff WvW thread or even just info. I’ve been using it in WvW, but primarily just for the speed buff and might… It doesn’t seem to be much use for anything else – but my experience is very little.

Having leveled to 80 as a GS Guardian and now transitioning to hammer, I am having a lot of fun. I’ve gone out in both WvW and some dungeons and am having a blast. I still don’t think I really understand the synergies that well, but I’ll get there. I think the highest MB i’ve seen is ~4k, but usually more in the 2-3k range, but I’m not reviewing combat logs to check… this is just what I might be seeing/missing on screen, while in action.

Question: I think I should start working my armor (currently all green Knight’s stuff). I seem to be able to make karma faster than gold, so what is my best option for getting into some rare/exotic armor? And why the heck is t3 cultural so darn expensive!?!! I just want my Stag armor so I can pretend to be Robert Baratheon!!!

remix.9856:

Brutaly.6257:

i have no critical damage what so ever in my wvw gear and in what i do most most of my pve with. I use knights all the way and in wvw i hit for>5k damage with mighty blow.

Imo toughness is better but as i have tried to point out, this isnt a single build or setup, you need to choose so your comfortable..

I only ask because I’m wondering how you got 73-105 crit damage without any armor or accessory items that have it.

The honor skill trait only gives 30 crit damage max.

I’m also curious about this… With my current (mostly noob) setup – Green knights armor, exotic knights hammer, all berserker jewelry (one exotic, one rare) except +Vit necklace and a +Vit gem somewhere, I am sitting someone around:

14000 hp
2700 attack pwr
44% crit chance(with accuracy on my hammer)
2800 armor

but only like 53 or 55 Crit damage… I really don’t see how you reach the 75-100+ range even with exotic jewelry (maybe the low end). Seems like you need some more berserker type gems in your knight’s armor somewhere or maybe not ALL Knights armor…?

Weird… I knew about not having to complete story before doing Explore, but we’ve tried taking a lower level friend of ours into the lvl 40 instance, but it wouldn’t let him in. He was 30-something at the time.

Hope you don’t mind me popping in here for this question, but I’ve got the Arah part of my class quest to do still… This is story mode right? About how difficult and how much time is involved with story?

Zenyatoo.4059:

…You can also enter a dungeon regardless of your level.

You mean once you’ve leveled past you can come back? A level 30 cannot go into anything but AC, right?

The tip about the first person entering the dungeon dictates which mode is good. I just found this out the other day.

I tried this out last night (crit-hammer) for a little bit after quickly putting some gear together and wasn’t necessarily blown away (my gear choices weren’t great) but it was fun and I started to see the potential!

One thing I am definitely having a brain-block about though is the synergies of the dodging and holding the last hit of the hammer combo and using MB at different times. Could someone please try to explain these things a little more?

Also, am I reading you guys right that you are turning off the auto attack for Hammer1 combo so that you press the button 1x for each part of the combo – therefore allowing yourself to use the 3rd part later? How long can you hold off on the 3rd part?

Thanks!

How about a tip for me in regards to the most optimal gear type to get -

I’m a tailor and can make my own stuff but I’m not sure what I should be using? Carrion, clerics? A mix? I’m aiming for staff: 0/10/0/30/30

TheUndefined.1720:

…If anyone else has tips on how to make a nice support / will not be killed by a wet napkin staff Ele build please share!

What I’ve found so far is that you really have got to use ALL your attunements and learn to kite. Learn to get mobs into your area-of-effects by slowing them with frozen ground and then dropping erruption and lava font, and keeping them in these effects for as long as possible.

I am definitely squishy, but practicing killing multiple mobs while kiting and slowing, etc. has helped me a lot.

Also, figuring out my blast finishers with geyser for some extra regen has helped me as well.

Anyways, those have been my lessons learned over the first 50+ levels.

I’m also headed down the staff/support build path – I’m currently level 58 and have my points allocated as follows: 0/8/0/20/20 and will probably end up being 0/10/0/30/30 when I’m all done.

I’m finally starting to get into the tier of gear that have 3 stats on each piece and really wasn’t sure what was best for my build or the Ele in general.

Should I use a mix of Carrion and Clerics or should I used all Carrion and get my +healing from accessories, etc.?

Has anyone found a good mix?

So I tried my build last night in WvW and unfortunately we were unorganized and out numbered so it was a little rough. I also tried some sPvP and did ok as well.

So overall I think the build will work out good, I just need some better gear (for WvW at least).

Also, I ended up using Scepter for WvW which helped out in times I couldn’t get into melee range.

Thanks for the suggestions all

This post makes me sad I wanted to run a staff/water support build with +healing.

Hadn’t thought about using Wrath, thanks for the idea. I don’t think I have unlocked it yet! hah

A couple questions to those of you that say “Virtue of Resolve” isn’t work activating -

How are you laying out your stats? Are any of you primarily using “Cleric’s” gear?

Does +healing not have any effect on it?

What about Absolute Resolve?

Thanks Daboris – I’m not too stubborn that I won’t use the Scepter, I was just hoping that it wasn’t something that would make me significantly better in WvW because I really don’t like the feel of it or the staff.

Guess I really just need to get in there and see how things go.

Oh, thought of another related question – I am thinking the Mace/Focus is probably not a very good WvW weapon set?

But staying in the “support” role (without using staff or scepter – because I don’t like them) I don’t think I have too many other options that make sense?

Hi all -

I just got level 80 a couple days ago and have mainly been working on my class quest and crafting the last few days, but have decided that I want to start to take part in WvW.

I’m currently using this build for just about everything and so far I have been very happy with.

My question to all of you is how can I tweak this build (if needed) to help me out in WvW. I still want to be primarily “support” and am really not interested in using the scepter or staff.

Will Sanctuary and Tome of Courage be of any use to me out there? How about my traits?

Again, I haven’t done ANY WvW yet, so I’m hoping to get some tips from those of you that have!!

Thanks so much

:edit: wanted to say that I have been primarily focusing my gear around the “Cleric” type stuff.

Relentless.5678:

It’s a slippery slope. Could you imagine the other classes cry for fairness if elementalists were allowed to do this out-of-combat. And warriors with their thousand weapon combinations had no out-of-combat sets to switch between.

Just trying to see it from a different perspective. I’d guess that in time we will have something like this for an option, but I’d much rather they gave underwater dps some love first!

Huh…?

We want the same setup as every other class (just two weapon sets/combos) that can only be switched between OUT OF COMBAT…

Thanks for the answer. I’ve only bought one pack and couldn’t remember what it said. (can’t look at the moment either)

The dye/armor system in this game might be my favorite fluff thing in GW2. I’m going to have to get ALL they dyes. I wish they were account wide, lol.

The Real Player.6382:

…Yes there are other ways to play a class like aoe heals / support abilities but to be honest i just think they go unnoticed.

If someone is interested in playing one of the “holy trinity” don’t you think they’d search out how to best do that?

I know I did. I love playing a healer and so I’ve been doing my research on how best to fit that role and I’ve decided to give it a go with my Elementalist.

This is kind of on topic – does anyone know if the dye packs you can buy have a chance to contain ANY dye?

Like maybe the chances of the super rare dyes are just much lower?

I don’t agree.

While there is no specific healer or tank, classes can be customized to do these functions better than the default that just about everyone else can do.

Work with a good group of people who know how to play their class and understand which abilities to bring to the situation and I think you will start to see that the “Trinity” is most definitely not required.

Kyndle.8790:

I was just wondering if anyone knew if Anet was planning on releasing a feature where you can re-create the appearance of your character. Either for gems, or gold, or whatever.

I sort of rushed character creation because I wanted to play the game, and now I really wish I could re-customize my face and hair and etc.

I came to this forum for the same request/question.

My Elementalist needs a breast reduction!!! I was a little too hasty in creating the character and it wasn’t until later that I noticed… … … Anyways, I would like the option to re-customize my characters!

(edit)

They added these features in GW1 for a fee, so I definitely feel they willa dd them to GW2 at some point.

That’s good to hear!

What about something like this?

To be honest, I am still pretty overwhelmed by all the character build options and really struggling to figure out what I want to do w/my Guardian (currently level 62)

jbozah.8450:

This guy http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/the-vanguard-guardian-leveling-1-40/ over at guildwarsinsider.com loves the mace/focus combination. He’s written a lot about it. Sounds interesting, worth reading.

Thank you for the link – but more specifically, here is the article that talks about defense: http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/the-vanguard-heavy-metal-block-and-roll/

Used mace/shield for the first time in AC the other day and it was alright. I enjoyed the mace part especially, but the shield just seems to be so bleh… I don’t know, I primarily use the GS so I think anything else will feel kind of boring.

I’ve read others suggesting to try out mace/focus because it actually works better as support. I’ve picked up a focus but haven’t actually tested it yet anywhere that “counts” (AC, etc.)

Anyone use mace/focus instead?

(edit) haha, TheBlueI.3486 chimes in with mace/focus! I’d like to see more feedback on this!!!

Level 20, attempting to spec for support!

Fuzion is just a troll – don’t feed it.

I like this idea.

It’s just a quality of life thing and shouldn’t be a big deal to add to the class. I was surprised it wasn’t an option already.

Troma and almostdaft, what armor is that?

About 10 levels ago (Then level 50, now 62):

All of you using Mace/Shield have you tried Mace/Focus? I’ve been doing some reading that suggests that the Focus is actually better than the shield right now. I picked up a focus yesterday to try it out and I can see how it COULD be better, but haven’t been able to actually test it yet.