Guild Wars 2

I found out what it is. I posted the question while waiting for
Teq and someone stepped out of the crowd with the answer:

Mesmer: Well of Eternity’s end of the spell. For some reason is amplified
in combat it seems, so you can hear it over everything else.

Thanks for the help!

No wouldn’t be, its in the middle of combat and in large
groups so I can never tell whose doing it.

Sounds like you know exactly what I’m talking about Greener.

Dadnir, thanks but just youtubed those and none of those are close.

Maximus: VERY close to what I’m talking about, but not it. Its more
forceful with the sound. The sound I’m hearing is ONLY 1 note. I didn’t
start hearing it until HOT came out.

Ill keep looking and post if I find it.

This has been driving me crazy. During large battles, someone casts a spell
that sounds like a 4 second hymn like sound, almost church like if that makes
sense.

I reviewed the Mesmer portals, and druid spells, and came up with nothing.
I already play dragon hunter so know its not that.

Any advice to help me track down what that is? Sounds very cool.

I don’t mind a grind. HOWEVER when a grind is needed to actually navigate a new map
in which you need to do complete a hero class, that is not fun. The new map is ridiculous in terms of finding your way around.

Ive been a day 1 player and figured I would buy the expan just to support anet.

In retrospect, I wish I hadn’t. The new zone map is ridiculous. On top of that, not a single class specialization interest me in the least.

Ah well, live and learn. I wont be so fast to buy the next expan if there is one.

Ah thanks for that Shoe. So I just need to keep checking my own map I guess.

I’m back from a long break, and I forgot which website is used to see when this
temple is open.

Can anyone provide help in relating either the website or relaying if its open
on your server now? Ill be checking all morning.

Thanks!

To the OP in his first post, you reference Necro but keep in mind
they have the highest hitpoint pool in game AND can switch between
shadow form as damage mitigation (whatever that is called).

Ele’s have not only the lowest armor in the game, but also the lowest
HP. Despite this, they give classes like warriors (who have plate and high
HP) and rogues (who can stealth anytime things get dangerous) better
damage mitigation even though Ele in theory need more.

^^ I just came here to post the same thing. The Unsteady Ground is not
moving for me. I do as you say, and after casting it, I rotate my toon during
the channel. Doesn’t work.

RoyalPredator.9163:

I would add a selectable precursor to 10k AP chest. Another at 20k.
Seems fair to me. Most of people aren’t interested in getting AP anyway.
Zenith skinpack isn’t common for a reason.

That’s the best idea I have seen yet:

1) Its a true measure of accomplishment in the game

2) It would cut down the gold selling market

Like many, Ive been playing since day 1 and have over 3000 hours played. Level
300 in WvW and play an Ele so I get hundreds of bags. Despite all of this, Ive never
seen a precursor drop.

Now that we are on the subject, commander tags should never have been
available for gold. It proves nothing with 95% of the people who have one.

This is soooo ridiculous. Every game Ive ever played in the last 12 years
had farming activities, and that’s exactly what the champ train was.

I would bet that a large majority of the people supporting this either
never did it and/or buy their gold. In addition, this will only drive
prices up for T6 mats.

Still completely dumbfounded why anyone would give 2 coppers
how other people play the game. How is farming the same dungeon over
and over any different than this?

Lets see the impact on the player base when they reduce the ways to
farm mats/money. This is will not steer people to spending more money
if they cant earn it in game, which is what this is REALLY about.

I was with WOW for the first 6 years, but don’t you think there was
very little competition and more loyalty back then? In fact, IMO that
game was one main reasons MMOs became so big (one of).

I cant help but feel that an ongoing, developing world with longevity is
being replaced with the mentality of the topic of this post. Perhaps it could be
the MMO market becoming more business profit related, than hardcore, passionate
gamers behind the scenes?

Someone a month back had made a post about games coming out
and getting the initial lump some of incoming money, and then moving
on to the next game.

This concept (if any degree of truth to it) does make me think. In most games,
the initial money is the highest following the games release. This could mean
months or a few years. After that, there has to be a breaking point where its
much more profitable to release an entirely new game. Lets stop kidding ourselves,
gaming is a business like anything else.

I think this is especially true for “FTP” games, as opposed to monthly fee games, for
many reasons. I don’t mean to infer the “hit it and quit it” attitude, but it does make
me question this topic and has a huge impact on the developer efforts put into
a game as time goes on.

I play all classes at 80, so I feel like I am unbiased. The best mobility
in the game, as we all know, is warrior and thief (Im talking about
how many options they have).

The problem IMO is that if most other classes are caught in the open
by zergs, they have almost zero chance of getting away. They gave every
class swiftness options, but completely unequal methods for gap closers
or covering ground.

Why is your build under “Whats different” heading not the same as that
you show in the tutorial? Just clarifying.

I followed the link to build, and looked at the gear, but I don’t
see a sigil in the Staff.

What is the OP using?

Interesting take on wolf form, I never looked at it.

Personally, I like the Snow Leopard for two reasons:

1) Has the shortest cooldown on its 1500 charge.

2) It gives an invisibility, which is good for not only escaping
bad situations but also opening world chests that are guarded

Ryan.2758:

Because my engineer is far more versatile, and does more damage with grenades at the cost of carpal tunnel.

Sadly that was true for me, between playing that and an Ele since day 1 (the two
worse for this).

/nothing to see, move along.

I don’t know why I get excited when a patch is hitting, but Ill take
the blame in expecting anything worthwhile.

Was at LEAST hoping to see the combined WvW ranks on one account.

Ok I Did It.2854:

Fungalfoot.7213:

Welcome to Guild Wars 2 where the only true path to success is sitting at the trading post all day flipping goods. Sure, it’s an awful MMO but it’s a pretty good Wall Street simulator.

LOL funny you say that, a former guild mate started flipping on the TP made a lot of gold, doesn’t play anymore, instead they got interested in RL trading haha and now buy and sell stocks, thinking they could put the same methods to use, I guess we shall see how that works out,

On the topic now, FotM loot system has been broken since it started, I don’t know why your so upset, surely you know that any content in this game that takes time to complete is never worth the drops, it only gets worse the higher you go, I have ran 1000’s of fractals and never walked out with anything great, sure everyone gets the T6 mats, the fotm exotics etc, but it really is just pure RnG, my fellow guild mate that runs FotM also since the fractured update has gotten 8 ascended chests, and a pre cursor,

I guess it comes back to the old, certain accounts are tagged on creation to have higher RnG rolls than others.

If you want loot stick to doing the PRESS 1 to win events, or TP flipping.

I personally believe that some accounts have different luck than others, so I agree
with you. Before hitting rank 33 in WvW, I got two ascended chests (sentinel and
celestial) in the SAME WEEK. Meanwhile, other people in the guild who were over
2k rank had never even seen 1.

^^ Yes, mine isn’t. Silly that we cant do that anymore to some armor.

Just curious how its going to work when all of the Runes
get changed (I believe next week?). For those who don’t know,
many of the early bonuses will be at the 5-6 piece to prevent
mixing and matching.

Assuming many of us will have to re-rune our armor, do
we just save over the old ones and lose out? Is it too
much to ask to de-rune our armor come patch?

I enjoyed the videos, your reaction time is every fast. You would be
good at playing the piano, lol!

What gear are you using? Last time I ran d/d it was pvt armor with
different trinkets mixed in.

Ele good roamers? /grin. As a roaming skilled Thief (or any other thief) I can
tell you that an ele is breakfast when we find them alone. Argue the builds
all you want, but it means nothing until you meet a skilled player in thief vs ele.

Ive read all the posts “well a thief is an ele hard counter.” Well in line with that,
what would make you think that an ele is good to solo roam? In fact, Ill be bold
enough to say that they are probably the worse class to pick for that role for this
very reason. Oh yea, any average button mashing warrior can chase you down
also with GS movements and one handed sword #2 and go afk while they beat you.

Grevender.9235:

phaeris.7604:

Low vitality should = higher damage.

This sadly isn’t the case.

low vitality is not the problem (just look at Guardian for reference)
our problem is SUSTAIN, which is a different thing.

It sure is PART of the problem. Lets keep in mind a guardian still has 5-7k+ more
HP than an ele AND wears heavy armor.

Don’t bother resizing it right now, it just gets messed up again.

Have to wait on fix

^^ God I hope that’s a joke. Ill leave it at that. Engineers have the most abilities
at their fingertips, so take away their stealth blast and rocket boots, right?

Regardless of whether people agree on certain ability changes,
it still boils down to the reliance on FGS for mobility, which is
silly.

No other class has such a hard counter as ele vs rogue (in other words
when a good one finds you, you can neither get away or survive). You
can argue that point, but as mentioned above I also have a 80 rogue
and kill ele’s with little effort.

Necro’s have even less mobility than a Ranger, but at least that’s compensated
by the highest health pool in the game and many options at fearing or
life draining.

Still confused on why they would not compensate the lowest HP class with more
methods of escaping.

Agreed, and its on a long cooldown though. I didn’t mind it as bad
when you could lay down FGS while in Mist Form, but you cant
do that now.

The mobility of the Elementalist has always been a top concern
for me. My three main characters are an Ele, a Warrior and Thief.

In PvE and WvW, warriors and rogues have a wide array of mobility
options. So much so, that they can escape from any situation OR
run someone down. Even utilities like Shadowstep is a 1200 teleport
compared to the Ele 900.

Now heres my problem. Elementalists have the lowest hitpoints in
the game, with light armor to boot. They cant rely on the high HP
like a warrior, or stealth like a rogue when a situation gets out of control.
Outside of a high CD 900 range teleport and the mobility with Fiery Greatsword,
their only other option is Ride the Lightning which does nothing for the
other weapon builds unless they want to deal switch out weapons when not in combat.

I think for starts the teleport needs to have a 1500 range. Ideally add stealth
to a utility (invisibility is a casters specialty). It seems to me that a lot of the
things that are “mage like” were given to the Mesmer (the better Blink and Invisibility).

tl;dr Give the Ele more options to escape bad situations. Im prove the teleport
range and add a utility skill to give invisibility.

Increase health pool and their MOBILITY. Its silly that the profession
with the least amount of HP has such low mobility, and yet the two
classes who need it the least have the best (warriors who are high HP
and thieves who can just stealth to avoid danger).

My lord, my thief can get away from any situation OR catch anyone.
Shadowstep alone has a 1200 teleport while the ele has a 900!! What!!?

I understand both of those points, but it doesn’t explain
why the regen is not 50%. Time it on your iphone timer,
its clearly not 50% (and I don’t have vigor on).

The trait is supposed to increase endurance regen by 50%
while wielding a scepter.

Out of combat, this doesn’t work at all even though tooltip
doesn’t state that. IN combat, and using a timer, the increase
is 25-30%. In fact, the results on this seem different each time.

Anyone else notice anything different?

^^ Outside of opening our inventory and switching out weapons, no. I
know some people keep their inventory pulled up and minimized on
screen, but that’s a cumbersome way to do it. To clarify, I am talking
about a hotkey that changes weapons out, not elemental stances.

Im basing this on playing an Ele since day 1, along with a
warrior, thief and engineer.

1) Increased survivability. Do events like Jormag or Teq on a warrior
and than try an Ele. Same thing for dungeons. Too much regen and
not enough burst heal to compensate for the lowest HP and armor
in game.

2) The ability to hotkey weapon sets OUTSIDE of combat. This would make
it easier to switch depending on the situation. NOTE: We can do this already
without a hotkey, just not as easy, so its not like this is something game breaking.

3) As mentioned above, make the other weapons besides D/D and Staff viable.

4) For as weak as Eles are, increase there range to 1500

5) INCREASE MOBILITY! My lord, my warrior and thief and 5x the mobility of an
ele and neither need it as bad as an ele (warrior high HP and thief can stealth
when things go bad). Outside of Fiery Greatsword to aid in movement and a
900 range teleport, they have nothing. You can argue that Necros have the same
problem, but they have the highest HP pool in game. Ele has the lowest, so there
should be more compensation in escape, map travel, game closers, etc (once again
look at the warrior and thief).

Ah ok, thanks for the reply.

Im new to the dungeon system and needed some clarification.

I ran the Twilight Arbor for the daily bonus today. I received 20 blooms
in end chest plus 40 for bonus.

The second run I received 20 in chest only, which I expected. The third run
was only 10 from chest.

Does this diminish down to 0 on any more runs during same day?

Against SKILLED players, most of the staff ele AOE is obsolete. New players
seem to think that the red circles are “healing showers,” but any good
player stays on the move and knows what to avoid.

Necro marks cannot be avoided that way, along with the AOE of many other
classes (ie thief shortbow). The MAIN problem with staff ele in WvW is
that high end guild zvz is nothing but a moving train. In other words, that
spot where you dropped Meteor Shower is already empty.

Defending/Offending a keep? Sure staff works well. I for one love staff ele the
best, but it has so many shortcomings. And I refuse to play a melee caster.

I have a 80 Warrior, Ele, Thief and Engi. Out of all of them, a
staff Ele has always been my favorite. With that said, the Ele still
has glaring problems.

IMO, I think the CDs are way to long on a staff ele. They are supposed to
specialize in AOE right? Hears a news flash: My thief is WAY more effective
with AOE with Cluster Bomb and Choking Gas:

-Cluster Bomb at close range is basically instant cast
-Choking Gas can tag an entire zerg through multiple casts (which is seconds)

In addition, you can stealth when things get too hot! If AOE is not needed,
the Thief obviously shines in single target damage. I only bring this up, because
I would rather be playing my Ele, I really would. But not when another “melee”
class can do faster AOE, better single target burst, AND the best means to
escape and survive!

No Sigil of Bloodlust? Seems like full 25 stacks of that is better
than the two listed. What am I missing?

Glad I spent all my time getting berserker stat ascended gear

Thanks for link frans, that’s what I was looking for!

Edit: Is this the patch that is going to do away with Glory? Still
deciding if I should save it or dump it.

Ive been hearing a lot of talk about the patch in March, but
have been unable to find out where this information is coming
from.

So far it seems:

1) Beserker gear is getting reworked. How I don’t know.

2) Our WvW levels will be combined across characters.

Anything else? I would really like to know more about #1 above.

HAHAH nerf Meteor Shower too strong? So funny!

1) Easy to get out off

2) With zerg blobs today, once MS goes down, the zerg is already
past the point you AOEd.

3) If you are standing in MS at a gate during a siege you deserve to go
down.

Try Jormag on an Ele and than a geared warrior and you will see
its not you. They are MUCH harder to keep alive than most others.

Thanks for clearing that up, didn’t know that!

I know it wasn’t working in the past, and most certainly doesn’t seem
to double speed now.

Anyone else notice a difference?

^^ Thanks for the info, did not know that.

Just tried again, and using Thump (overcharge ability) after
a Smoke Cloud will not stealth you when your OUT of combat.

That is why I was missing it. The detonation and toolbelt (Rumble)
combo will work out of combat though.