Guild Wars 2

Hello, I know you can get gold just everywhere in gw2, but I have being reading how people are using Tarir multi-map to get tons of rares etc and that seems to be the best way to farm gold today, but for example the other day I was doing cleric farm in bloodstone fen and got tons of loot and some not-salvaged mats what have nice price at the auction and I did good money in 1 hour. So is Tarir so much better than any other map? The new Bitterfrost Frontier map also seems to be good place with tons of events every minute, but as those two have dimishing return maybe that is why people choose Tarir?

On the other hand, if you don’t have a second character, how much time you need to go and do other map to reset dimishing return? And by having an alt and using it on the map where your main has dimishing return, when the alt gets it too, if you return to your main his dimishing return will be gone?

Hello everyone. I am an old gw2 player, played all living story 1,2 and the expansion, left for 6 month or so and now I have returned to finish the current living story chapters, which already did. After checking the game status for some days, i have a doubt regarding world bosses. Before, I used to do them all (at least jormag, tequatl, shatterer, problemx3, but sometimes also some other ones) because you got some yellow items and maybe exotics. Now, with how many yellows you get while duing Tarir or events in Bloodstone fen or the new Bitterfrost Frontier, what is the point on doing the bosses? Maybe I am not seeing something obvious here, but i don’t feel the need to teleport to them at their time to kill them if on those maps I can get 2-4 yellows more in that time.

Can someone give me his idea please? thanks

Khisanth.2948:

It sounds to me like GW2 is the wrong game for you …

Why wrong? I played and loved it for 2.5 years, so it is the wrong game because I have finished the available content or because repeating killing tequalt, or grinding metaevent maps for gold to buy nothing (as i already have full ascended set) does not click on me?. I think that the constant living story additions and events during season 1 and 2 helped me to stay for so long, as well as having to get my ascended gear, that is why now I am willing to retuen but all i see is the same I had done for 6 months before leaving some months ago

Hello guys,

I have been playing GW2 for 2.5 years, expansion included, and left 5 months ago. I have experienced almost everything the game has to offer, and I always loved it. Regarding my main character, it is lv80, I managed to grind my full ascended set and 4 ascended weapons, ascended accesories and rings and backpiece. I finished expansion story, unlocked and finished every map and metaevents, and experienced the new raids.

I really want to return, but the feeling I had when I left is still there: having my ascended gear, the most important masteries learned, and having experienced and “finished” the expansion, what is there in term lf progression for me? A part from legendary, which is not really needed stat wise if I have ascended, what interesting rewards are there to make me want to grind metaevents at the expansion maps, or doing raids and more fractals? The only reason I find is to get gold and more gold to buy legendary in a near future, but that is not enough to make me log in every day for hours after being a player for 2.5 years. So is there something that I am missing that I dont know about expansion rewards or coming features-content to give some sense of progresion for a player like me?

No one can help?

I have checked the wiki and dulfy info, and i have seen thar the first time per account that you end the infinarium dungeon you get 50 wintersdsy gifts. After that, each finished run gives you 25. I wont be able to try wintersday events till this weekend so i would like some info on:

-how much time does it take to finish infinarium dungeon?
-do you algo get gifts from mobs inside or just as the final reward?
-compared to Toyapocalypse (which i read it takes around 1 hour to complete and you usually get around 30 gifts) which one is better to get more gifts per time?

Thanks in advance guys

I have been reading that with HoT, builds are going to change, and I am wondering myself, when people say Builds, they say just the specializations and the TYPE of weapon combinatios for new deck skills, or also the STATs of their sets?

I ask this, because atm I have a full berserker exotic set in my mesmer with all ascended jewellery (berserker too). I am a few days long to craft my full ascended armor and weapon set, and I was gonna make them Zojja (berserker). I even have all the ascended zojja recipies bought :S But with the expansion coming and all the rants about how old builds are going to be bad and berserker nerfed etc, I am not sure if I should make my ascended set zojja.

I know I can change stats in the mystic forge later whenever i want, but not willing to spent resources for that just a few days after expansion arrives, that is why I ask.

thanks in advance ^^

AlphatheWhite.9351:

Treyu.9714:

I found some differences between the video build and the linked one. The runes used in armor. The video uses Rune of the ranged (precision + ferocity) and the link uses rune of the scholar (power + ferocity). Which one should i get? I guess one gives you more direct damage and the other one is dependant on critics, but i am not sure

Scholar. If the person in the video used Ranger, it’s likely because they mistakenly(?) thought illusions counted for the companion bonus. It could be a very good set if they did.
A similar alternative would be Eagle, but in practice Scholar still out-performs in any content where you can keep decent uptime on 90%+ health (easy in speedruns, but for anything else you’ll have to decide for yourself).
The truth is that in any build with decent precision/ferocity, power adds more oomph point for point than either of the other two. This is why Berserker adds more dps than Assassins, even below max crit.

Another possibility to consider would be Pack, which doubles as a superior power/precision set with a nice +swiftness bonus. The 10% damage on scholar is superior, but Pack has its place when you’re trying to boost your crit chance without paying too much in power.

tl;dr: Scholar is the #1 dps rune. Other runes have situational value depending on what your needs are.

Thanks for the info. I already have full berserker set (power/ferocity/precision) but I saw that this build uses Assasin set, which must be crafted… Not sure if getting a new full Assasin set will give me a significant benefit compared to my full Berserker set, considering the time and money required to get it now that I have my full exotic already…. what is your opinion?

Dahkeus.8243:

Yup, sounds like the current meta build. Here’s a link to the build guide on MetaBattle and a link to a video guide as well:

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Mesmer_-_S/S_/F_/P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhxvfXznsvg

Thanks for info (also the above poster )

I found some differences between the video build and the linked one. The runes used in armor. The video uses Rune of the ranged (precision + ferocity) and the link uses rune of the scholar (power + ferocity). Which one should i get? I guess one gives you more direct damage and the other one is dependant on critics, but i am not sure

Hello, I recently returned to the game and already made a few posts here asking for help because I found myself totally lost with mesmer builds as I left 1 year and a half ago. After searching and trying some builds based on Mantras, S/S + S/P etc, I really miss my old playstile with my GreatSword to attack ranged and my Sword/Focus when I wanted to be in melee while using distortion. I could change the focus for another sword or pistol too, no problem with that. I liked using phantasms to do the damage for me, and generating clones evading automatically and shatter them with phantasm when I wanted .

Is there any used build like this anymore? Where you use phantasms/clones and you can shatter them if needed/wanted? I mean if there is any optimal build, because what I have been reading is people not using greatsword and with the revamped skills/traits I no longer know which ones to use with this playstyle and if it is even good now (good in terms of good in fractals/dungeons and good direct damage dps).

I use berserker power/ferocity/precision set, not sure about sigils and runes either.

If someone could help me would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance

Fay.2357:

The most general purpose pve build is gs+sw/focus, zerker gear. This works solidly for just about anything, though in dungeons you’ll want to swap off the gs for an offhand sword instead. Traits are domination, dueling, and inspiration, taking all the phantasm boosting traits, along with any weapon-specific traits you encounter as well.

You’ll be able to do pretty much whatever in PvE built like that. It won’t be absolutely optimal for every situation, but you won’t run into any issues either. Just adjust your weaponset and utilities for the encounter you’re walking into.

what about stats? and runes? could you elaborate a bit on it to complete the build? or link a build? thanks

Treyu.9714:

Ross Biddle.2367:

Actually we have a number of builds that are accepted as viable, both condi and power.

Here’s a few for PvP

• Phantrupt
  http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAsaRl0nhG1YZawGNwtGLnG05Tiy1JDwCCa5IaeCA-TpBCwAOOEAAOBAB3fYxDAIcZAGHBAA

• Power Shatter (there are multiple variations, sw/to is most common)
  http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAsfRlknhG1YZawGNwtGLnGk5O22NIDwCWe5Iae4A-TZxEwA22fAwTAgxJAwaZgAHCAA

• Classic CI Lockdown
  http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQJAWRlknha1YjawGNwtGLnGk5OGyNIDwCCa5Iae4A-TpBFABCcIAEvMADPAgS2fYhLAAAHBAA

• Boonshare Support
  http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAW8clsnhy0YBawKNwtGL4G05MextNzQIGZZAW9vA-TpxEwADOCANeAAx3fAwFAgxBBwaZAA

• And one of my personal favorites – Killshot Mesmer
  http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNBkYDbkpDa8w+OwKE4ExwPQdvRKU9ah39lh9ABQDA-TpBBwAcOCAAuAAYOIA12focZgAPAAA

the killshot mesmer link is for another class, was that a mistake? could you link the good one? thanks!

Could you guide me for some pve builds too please?

Ross Biddle.2367:

Actually we have a number of builds that are accepted as viable, both condi and power.

Here’s a few for PvP

• Phantrupt
  http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAsaRl0nhG1YZawGNwtGLnG05Tiy1JDwCCa5IaeCA-TpBCwAOOEAAOBAB3fYxDAIcZAGHBAA

• Power Shatter (there are multiple variations, sw/to is most common)
  http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAsfRlknhG1YZawGNwtGLnGk5O22NIDwCWe5Iae4A-TZxEwA22fAwTAgxJAwaZgAHCAA

• Classic CI Lockdown
  http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQJAWRlknha1YjawGNwtGLnGk5OGyNIDwCCa5Iae4A-TpBFABCcIAEvMADPAgS2fYhLAAAHBAA

• Boonshare Support
  http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAW8clsnhy0YBawKNwtGL4G05MextNzQIGZZAW9vA-TpxEwADOCANeAAx3fAwFAgxBBwaZAA

• And one of my personal favorites – Killshot Mesmer
  http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNBkYDbkpDa8w+OwKE4ExwPQdvRKU9ah39lh9ABQDA-TpBBwAcOCAAuAAYOIA12focZgAPAAA

the killshot mesmer link is for another class, was that a mistake? could you link the good one? thanks!

Ross Biddle.2367:

Actually we have a number of builds that are accepted as viable, both condi and power.

Here’s a few for PvP

• Phantrupt
  http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAsaRl0nhG1YZawGNwtGLnG05Tiy1JDwCCa5IaeCA-TpBCwAOOEAAOBAB3fYxDAIcZAGHBAA

• Power Shatter (there are multiple variations, sw/to is most common)
  http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAsfRlknhG1YZawGNwtGLnGk5O22NIDwCWe5Iae4A-TZxEwA22fAwTAgxJAwaZgAHCAA

• Classic CI Lockdown
  http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQJAWRlknha1YjawGNwtGLnGk5OGyNIDwCCa5Iae4A-TpBFABCcIAEvMADPAgS2fYhLAAAHBAA

• Boonshare Support
  http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAW8clsnhy0YBawKNwtGL4G05MextNzQIGZZAW9vA-TpxEwADOCANeAAx3fAwFAgxBBwaZAA

• And one of my personal favorites – Killshot Mesmer
  http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNBkYDbkpDa8w+OwKE4ExwPQdvRKU9ah39lh9ABQDA-TpBBwAcOCAAuAAYOIA12focZgAPAAA

thanks a lot really appreciated

Hello guys,

Left the game a year and half ago and I just returned and I am LOST. I have tried to read all wiki pages and sticky build threads here in the forums but all are outdated.

My mesmer was lv80, full berserker gear and Greatsword // Sword + Focus.

I used to play a phantom build, but I read now shattering is the way to go? Can anyone point me to some good and updated builds for my weapons? Dungeon/Fractals and PvP if possible, thanks a lot

Or show me some page where I can gather updated information on most used builds?