Guild Wars 2

Another screenshot that is taken today..
As you see again , all my skills are flashing. When the problem went away , my character casted all these skills. Also , my minions\pets freeze in there place ( even if I went too far away from them ) upon the occurrence of the problem.

Every about 10 mins , the game stops responding, the the skills keep flashing and the stamina never deplete ( shown in attached image ) ( the ping at that time jumps to 4k ). Then I get this error http://i.imgur.com/DUBbdfP.jpg .
I don’t have any problem in any other online games.
I opened these ports 80, 443,6112 ( TCP ) in both my firewall and router.
I tried repairing the client , the problem is still happening.
What to do ?

Sarrs.4831:

The Demonic Spirit.3157:

Definitely , I would love to have minions skins. Regarding having new minions , the only option would be through adding a new 2 handed weapon ( hammer ) that has 4 summoning skills.

Please don’t add a mandatory MM weapon, that’s a really bad idea.

This is the only option of adding minions , our utility bar( elite included ) is full of minions.
Leave the hammer for the MM , enjoy the other weapons

Definitely , I would love to have minions skins. Regarding having new minions , the only option would be through adding a new 2 handed weapon ( hammer ) that has 4 summoning skills.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Minion

Loirinuotiolla.3287:

Does full valkyrie with zerk weapons/scholar runes work for MM build?

As a MM since guild wars 1 ( all MMOes ), In my opinion , I think that MM is the best build for necromancers. The MM build was meh in the past, but after the minions AI fix and the AoE reduction , it became kinda op. The best build would be zerker reaper MM using both Staff\GS.
Even with zerk gear , you will still be the last man standing while also inflicting huge dps even in fractals and dungeons. Try this build >>
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vRIQJAWRnM0AN1gdbCe1As3glpBbqldBqASDgCQAI+DmCfhA-TxRDwAH3fIxlUUC2T53L1fAprpxTKAg5PSBs1wK-e

I think that zerker reaper MM would be stronger than condi one.

Nothing beats the awesomeness of char necro

The Demonic Spirit
The Undead Soul

Reason >> it’s obvious

I guess that they didn’t tell you that because they figured that it’s known , vulnerability debuff is also an amazing way to increase all your minions damage at once

Sorean.5379:

What do you think about Augury of Death?

All builds Ive seen for Reaper takes Chilling Nova instead.

I think both are great,and since I’m aiming for a melee/minion build with Reapers Shroud,Augury of Death would be great for more survivability.

While Chilling Nova is great for more damage.

I’m using Chilling Nova right now because everyone takes it so it must be superior to Augury of Death,but if I ever take Augury of Death I think will change my elite to Chilled to the Bone,because since I’m melee the synergy would be better than Golem I think…(Because it is not guaranteed that golem will hit the target you want for the cripple)

I think that Augury of Death is better as it may reduce rise cd to 26s ( it’s main purpose ). Golem is the best elite for all builds , specially to MM one and it will always attack ur targets ( all minions do after the AI fix ). You wont proc chilling nova that offen as u won’t chill ur enemies that often ( 10 secs cd for 2s chill O_O )

Minion master reaper is one of the strongest necro builds , Zerker reaper is your best choice.
Here is the build
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vRIQJAWRnM0AN1gdbCe1As3glpBbqldBqASDgCQAI+DmCfhA-TxRDwAH3fIxlUUC2T53L1fAprpxTKAg5PSBs1wK-e
Food > I’m using the birthday one , utility > skale venom.
Zerker MM is better than condi as our minions will transfer the conditions from us to our enemies which prevent us from spreading them and using them at their best.
For PvE , I use GS\Staff as you will need AoE attacks 95% of the times in the jungle.
While surrounded with many enemies , Staff is the fastest LF source. As for the survivability , after minions defense buff , you should never die even with zerker gear :p
Any questions are welcome

I prefer GS over dagger\focus ( MM zerker ) , but I would never force my self to be in melee range all the time , that’s where staff comes in handy. I land all staff marks > switch to RS > swtich to GS > staff .. and so on.
Staff is our best range weapon besides that it’s the fastest LF regen source specially when dealing with 3-5 enemies.

Amethyst Lure.5624:

I like Dagger in the other set, I often keep it paired with another dagger just for the extra condi removal or applying some opportune condi to the enemy. So for me, dagger/dagger (although it’s so versatile to swap OH so could be anything) + GS.

I would like to use the staff but it just doesn’t feel good enough. I always feel a bit meh with it :/

Aldath.1275:

Mega Skeleton.8259:

Yeah, I never really know what to do with staff, especially in PvE. Damage on it is crap across the board, condi transfer is available via dagger and still able to pair it with a more damaging weapon. The chill + poison field and higher base shroud damage are nice, but seems hard to justify half your weapon slots.

This. A hundred times.

Dagger is the ONLY weapon I’ve felt worth using on PVE. I saw a level 80 Necromancer today completing map with staff, and at level 27 gear I was still killing stuff faster than her.

I prefer GS over dagger\focus ( zerker ) , but I would never force my self to be in melee range all the time , that’s where staff comes in handy. I land all staff marks > switch to RS > swtich to GS > staff .. and so on.

I believe that the best weapon sets are GS\Staff. Playing against a single enemy is useless and a waste of time in gw2 . Great sword has many useful skills ( specially the 3rd and the 4th ones ) Staff is our best range weapon besides that it’s the fastest LF regen source specially when dealing with 3-5 enemies. Using RS and some of staff\gs skills is enough to drop one of the enemies hp to <50% ( which activates the 2nd gs skill cd reset against the rest of the enemies )

Ndecent.4903:

I would like to be reasonably survivable with my minions and be able to down content at a good pace. I like using my staff but enjoyed daggers and scepters along the way. Really I just need help evaluating the pros and cons of condition damage & minion master vs. direct damage and minion master and then the best all around gear for the two styles.

I have my old gear and can try Demonic’s build and see how that goes, but I would like to understand.

Thanks!

Zerker MM is better than condi as our minions will transfer the conditions from us to our enemies which prevent us from spreading them and using them at their best.
For PvE , I use GS\Staff as you will need AoE attacks 95% of the times in the jungle.
While surrounded with many enemies , Staff is the fastest LF source. As for the survivability , after minions defense buff , you should never die even with zerker gear :p

Minion master reaper is one of the strongest necro builds , Zerker reaper is your best choice.
Here is the build
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vRIQJAWRnM0AN1gdbCe1As3glpBbqldBqASDgCQAI+DmCfhA-TxRDwAH3fIxlUUC2T53L1fAprpxTKAg5PSBs1wK-e
Food > I’m using the birthday one , utility > skale venom.
Any questions are welcome

And I was wondering why the hell don’t I critically hit often even with full zerker gear while using this trait and with 25 vul stacks on bosses

MethaneGas.8357:

Reaper is amazing as a minion master in PvE…
Not shown in the pic but so far I counter about 13 minions xD

O___O , should not be there 13 stacks of Flesh of the Master instead of 7 ?!
Can someone confirm if there is a cap on it ? What about Necromantic Corruption , capped too ?

Bhawb.7408:

It doesn’t heal you because the only reason the trait is allowed to heal for so much is because it can’t heal you. If it healed you it’d be nerfed massively, and justifiably so. Much better to leave it as an incredibly powerful AoE heal.

Edit: As a side note the wiki is woefully outdated on a lot of Necromancer related things. Augury of Death is still left as its original incarnation, with it listing 7% per enemy hit, with no lifesteal.

But whenever I use shroud 4 , my health increases ( healing ) O___O

Orcinus Orca.8627:

May I ask why you’re using the staff? Is it the best ranged weapon for necros? If so, why exactly is it the best one?

PvE >>
I have been using staff as my main weapon since gw2 beta. Before Reaper , I was using staff & D\F. Then I switched to staff \ GS as staff is the fastest life force regenerator when dealing with 3-5 targets besides its amazing utilities ( regen\bleeding per 4 sec is good for minions and it procs blood bonds easily. Its range is further than axe

My reaper MM zerker build , switch weapons & use soul reaping for non reaper build.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRIQJAWRnM0AN1gdbCe1As3glpBbqldBqASDgCQAI+DmCfhA-TxRDwAH3fIxlUUC2T53L1fAprpxTKAg5PSBs1wK-e

ragnarokda.1805:

I also dropped BM for reaper and it’s amazing. Dhuumfire becomes a very solid option with reaper shroud autos cleaving quickly.

Blood & Death magic minions traits are very important specially for zerker MM build.

This bug is very old and it has been fixed a long time ago.
Shroud 4th skill (core\reaper) heals you in shroud.

Bhawb.7408:

One, but Shadow Fiend attacks twice as fast so he procs siphon just as quickly. Death Nova is great, but its synergy with Bone Minions is pretty much pointless in PvE, since you don’t need the on-demand poison field/weakness. So Shadow Fiend out DPS’s bone minions, whose only niche (burst, poison field, weakness) is completely worthless for 90% of PvE content, which makes it the better choice.

But DM ( toughness\condi transfer ) for 2 minions is better than one , don’t u think ?

Vydahr.4285:

I’d say probably Shadow Fiend, because Rise! is just much more useful, and bone minions do a hell of a lot more damage than shadow fiend

Bhawb.7408:

Shadow Fiend is generally better, Bone Minions are really only useful in PvP due to bringing heavy burst to a non-burst build, plus the great Death Nova synergy, but in builds that don’t have Death Nova (like most Soul Reaping versions), Shadow Fiend is preferred.

Just don’t use his active. Ever. Period. Don’t do it.

Is the listed damage\siphon ( tooltip ) of bone minions for the two minions or 1 of them ?
I have death nova ( helps with horrors and rise minions ) > linked my build link in the original post.
Is the gs cd reduction from soul eater worth sacrificing decimate defenses for zerker build ?

I totally agree
+1

I used to play with soldier gear before the huge minions buff ( damage reduction ) as they were dying a lot. I’m using zerker MM Reaper now and it’s really a movie monster that never die.
This is my build
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRIQJAWRnM0AN1gdbCe1As3glpBbqldBqASDgCQAI+DWCfhA-TxRDwAH3fIxlUUC2T53L1fAprpxTKAg5PSBs1wK-e
I use soul eater for the gs reduction even when Decimate Defenses sounds amazing for zerker builds. Should I swap ?

As MM reaper got huge buffs , I’m using all minions skills ( except wurm ) for PvE.
What minion should I sacrifice for Rise! ? Shadow fiend or bone minion ( because of the 95% damage deduction , I want to keep bone minions alive instead of exploding them to benefit from their traits ) ? Do Rise! minions benefit from minions traits ? Is the listed damage\siphon ( tooltip ) of bone minions for the two minions or 1 of them ?
This is my build http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRIQJAWRnM0AN1gdbCe1As3glpBbqldBqASDgCQAI+DWCfhA-TxRDwAH3fIxlUUC2T53L1fAprpxTKAg5PSBs1wK-e

Is Reaper Onslaught the best GM trait for MM zerker Reaper with BM333\DM111\Reaper11 traits ?

After testing the reaper , what is the best rune for zerker MM reaper , Ice, Ranger or …. ?

Bhawb.7408:

For PvE you’d still run Berserker, or whatever next highest damage with the minimum defenses to survive.

There isn’t much difference between Marauder & zerker , is there ?

Nemesis.8593:

Apparently…

Marauder: Power, Precision, Ferocity, Vitality.
Crusader: Power, Toughness, Ferocity, Healing Power.
Wanderer: Power, Vitality, Toughness, Concentration.
Minstrel: Toughness, Healing Power, Vitality, Concentration.
Commander: Power, Precision, Toughness, Concentration
Viper’s: Power, Condi, Precision, Expertise
Trailblazer: Toughness, Condi, Vitality, Expertise
Vigilant: Power, Tougness, Concentration, Expertise

As vitality scales very well with our shroud , I hardly can ignore this amazing stat. I used to have soldier gear for my MM ( using Reaper\DM\BM ), as a new stat came out (Marauder) . Combining Staff\GS , will increasing power\precision\ferocity worth sacrificing toughness ?

I think that my Wings of the Sunless is well fit. Got the black wings too , but they don’t suit charr body as they will stick in his skin
I couldn’t withstand the butterfly wings with reaper , will be epic in a twisted way
ROFL

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/Upcoming-Global-Change-to-Player-Minions/first#post5625354

Finally

If we can get healed while in dark shroud , we will be meta
Before that , we are way behind the others.

Many professions got tweaks after the third beta , Reaper needs serious tweaks as well regarding his dps. Any words from the devs ?
I know that necro is more of a tank than damage dealer , but our damage needs serious buff.

I will use this build for my reaper MM
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRIQJAWRnM0AN1gdbCe1As3glpBbqldBqASDgCQAI+DWCXhA-TByFwAEukC0U+ZS9nBPpgL6aWt/AAlgaN/RKgtGWB-e

I think that rune of ice will be the best for reaper , specially for a Soldier\PvT MM build.

Reaper LF skills are stronger than GS ones , I suggest that Anet change all reaper skills so that they regen LF on each hit instead of each use. Most Reapers specially MM ones will use Staff\GS , losing dagger will decrease LF regen a lot

As the expert MM Bhawb said & I agree with him , afk MM is a bad one . MM build ( specially reaper MM ) require more skills than any other one because you need to pay attention to 10 minions + yourself instead of just yourself ! . You should use your skills according to each minion situation. Using blood/death/reaper traits will make MM the tankiest class in GW2 , specially with cleric/soldier gear. I really hope that Anet change all transformations in the game so they don’t destroy our minions.

I prefer that Dagger 2nd skill be instant with total damage/healing instead of channeled

Current MM build > http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vRIQNAW4djM0QTN2WDe1A7NOmGqZLfBVgcAKgAgeC3QKA-TByFwAEuoC0U+ZS9nBPpAg7PcR3DAlgaN/RKgtGWB-e
Reaper MM build > http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRIQJAWRnM0AN1gdbCe1As3glpBbqldBqASDgCQAI+DeCXhA-TByFwAEukC0U+ZS9nBPpgL6aWt/AAlgaN/RKgtGWB-e

Bhawb.7408:

Cmon, I thought I taught everyone better than this, never use blood fiend. Anyway, beyond heals (Consume Conditions is really the primary heal, with SoV as another choice), you have a lot of options for Reaper MM. You can go the US type minion build, with Rise/Bone Fiend/Flesh Wurm, or the DN build with a variety of minion setups, and also basically every weapon except scepter/focus works really well. Plenty of variation for reaper MM, pretty much whatever you want.

These skills work well in PvP , however in PvE > Blood fiend heals more than SoV as most enemies attack our minions ( specially flesh ,shadow & bone ) instead of us. Consume condition won’t help a lot as our minions transfer most of the conditions ( most PvE enemies inflect burst instead of condition damage ). Blood fiend heals 308/s , while Consume condition heals 200\s ( dividing over 30 sec ). Taste of death heals 9300 over 30s while consume condition only heals 5900 over 30s.
Wurm is useless in PvE ( not as useful as the others at least ).

MM will probably take death(Flesh/Corruption/Nova) , blood (Bond/Presence/Transfusion) , Reaper(Augury > Rise! / Chilling Force>Soul eater is garbage atm / Blighter’s Boon).
Spite works well for the reaper (All minor ones / Bitter Chill / Chill of Death or Rending Shroud > Rend is better for PvE / Close to Death ), but both death/blood are more important for MM.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRIQJAWRnM0AN1gdbCe1As3glpBbqldBqASDgCQAI+DeCXhA-TByFwAEukC0U+ZS9nBPpgL6aWt/AAlgaN/RKgtGWB-e
Many of us will use Rune of the Ice which works amazingly with Reaper . As for sigils it could be Ice while I prefer Frailty ( maximizes self/minions damage) & water ( AoE healing ). Staff/GS are our best AoE weapons as Chilblains inflicts chill and Necrotic Grasp is our best life force resource specially when dealing with more than one target.
What minion will you swap for Rise! ? Are there other ways to maximize chill duration ( as it increases damage and reduces incoming damage ) ?

I’m looking forward to get two new elite specs . The first one may be called Dracula which is focused on siphoning , the other one could be called Reanimator/HordesLord that is focused on minions.

In my opinion , all of the male norn faces are ugly except two.
What are your thoughts ?

Six days availability is too short to buy the wings , raiment of the lich & the wedding skins
Could you please extend it to at least a month to give us a chance to buy all of them ?

Silverkey.2078:

So, is MM the (second) best necro build in sPvP now?

Well , I think it’s the best one now. Six transferred conditions per 10 secs , amazing healing , their good actives & flesh armor ( wastes foes AOE ).

Anet said that , I played for 2 hours without any AI bugs