Guild Wars 2

donttread.9304:

Can this build effectively dungeon crawl as well?

You will need to bring along a ranged weapon for bosses that require kiting and range. Aside from that, I find that this is an extremely viable dungeon crawl build; you’ll bring plenty of boons and AoE damage that will be extremely effective, at least, in fights against non-boss mobs.

Thanks for the write-up. It’s an awesome build, plus it’s very tweak-able.

Just wanted to note (in case it hasn’t already been mentioned) that Fire 3/4 + Earth 3 do give Fire Aura as of now (19/12/12), and that said Fire Aura does receive the benefits from Zephyr’s Boon.

Booted from game when character finished Fractals dungeon and was zoning to LA. Same error code as everyone else. Can’t log back in on that character. Other characters in LA are fine.

Dear Anet,

My guild and I are usually exceedingly forgiving of all those hiccups that send other players into rage. Noll not spawning? Just do fractals (which are fun, by the way, thanks). Halloween? We had lots of fun and guild bonding over falling in the MK dungeon. PvP not balanced? Just go WvW! Bays and Hills OPed? Uhhh, we’ll leave that to the big guilds to gripe over. Lack of regulation for transfers? Well, let’s just cross our fingers and hope for a fix soon.

But as an Oceanic guild, we’re really tired of you catering only to North American and European players. As a semi-hardcore guild with lots of casuals, we’re tired of half-baked measures that simultaneously alienate both groups. A one-time event that takes place during our sleeping hours – right before the start of a long week – with ridiculous drop rates for precursors is just about the worst thing you could have done to folks like us.

I’m sure you’ve already heard it a trillion times before. I won’t waste your time or mine reiterating things that others can put more eloquently – or at least with more passion – than I do. But think about it: the people you’re offending, frustrating, and alienating aren’t just reactionaries, but intelligent, considerate folks who have been very supportive and tolerant. We’ve asked, with patience and politeness, for you to remember us. And you’ve responded by introducing yet another gamebreaking event that screws us over.

The funniest part was when we were all elated to be able to fight the ancient Karka on an overflow map, and were all booted – twice! – by the game. Now it appears that we can no longer attempt it. I think there was a lot of hysterical laughter and general “well, it’s Anet” comments going around. My favourite response?

“I’m not annoyed for deeply personal reasons, I’m just rather concerned for the sake of mankind. We might go extinct with incompetence on such a scale.”

Sincerely.

Spent a good while ferrying folks from LA to the overflow(s) that still had the event running, only for the new build to kick in (and kick everyone out). What a waste.