Guild Wars 2

So, 2 weeks after I came back from a 2 year hiatus and im at an impasse. I mained a power Warr since I started and wanted to try something new, unfortunately I dont have the resources to get full Viper now. I already have Ascended Viper Amulet and Backpiece, An exotic viper bow and coat from lucky drops. I read the easiest substitute is Rampagers gear. My question is, I have enough Laurel to get Ascended trinkets that are non HoT stats, I can also craft Exotic Viper trinkets, what do you guys suggest?

Knighthonor.4061:

Can somebody post the update. I keep hearing about it, but there is no note of it in the patch note forum.

Not yet out, but based on the PoI, Stability will be stacked in charges instead of a flat duration. To quote Dulfy’s reddit post

Stability changes:
It will no longer stack duration and prevent all CC. It will now have stacks with each CC taking off 1 stack.

So basically, it works like the current Defiance system for bosses but w/ a duration

Thanks Guys! I’ll get my card and check if its worth trading my gold for gems (heck maybe buy some gems instead)

My 7870 Broke down 5 months ago. Im finally getting a replacement this week (GTX 970 woohoo!) I know I missed a crap ton of Living Story events . Can I still experience Season 2 stuff from the beginning? Or do I have to start watching some Wooden Potato vids to catch up Story wise? Thanks!

A bit longer timer would help 20 – 25 mins especially servers having an issue. I admit my first 2 encounters with Tea Kettle we barely made 10% dmg (Overflow), people raged about Lupicus at first(I know its not the same)

The only thing Anet got wrong is bumping up the rewards before upping the challenge, so pugs who spam 1 all day thought they were being rewarded for their effort. If Anet ramped up the challenge before the rewards, then there would be less whining imho

1. I cannot beat this World Boss several hours after it was released, therefore, it is impossible

2. I died several times to a boss I used to spam 11111111 in, therefore, it is overpowered

Spear or Polearms since spear is a Water Weap… Greataxe second. Norn Dual wielding Asura’s 3rd =)

Red Falcon.8257:

“we needed 5 people to kill a warrior”

I can’t stop laughing
I can picture it “LF2M to kill a Warrior, need Guard and Ele”.
WvW scrubs give the best laffs.

HAHAHAHAHA! Best comment ever, I can imagine it now in the new LFG Tool

“LF4M WvW Roaming, hunting Warrs, ping gear, know wat ur doing”

That’s odd.. im pretty sure Burst Mastery causes you to still expend 3 bars of adre, and then just get 1 bar refunded

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Burst_Mastery

Hope they fix this soon though, 2 vs 3 condis removed is quite a huge difference

Nice Vid, I’m trying to guess your build

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIUQNAR5cjkOtwpQyQMRCAkCsq6oQJmUKmruUByA-jUyAYLBZiAAVAmQAl9KiGbVsIas6aMlrQqGOyyAYOBA-w

Dont give me you build, I want to know how close I got, =)

Im sorry OP but we need challenging content. Im not the best player in the game but I managed to beat Liadri using the right combination of Weapons, Utility Skills and traits. Made that mini sooo much sweeter when I got it. That said, I wholeheartedly accept the fact I will not beat the 8 orbs of light and 5 gambit achievements… I already accepted the fact I am not that skilled for it, ill try again tomorrow but no worries on my end =)

I can confirm this, I got Cripple, Weakness and Bleed in one of the QP Boss events, pop warhorn 4, all condis gone, only downside is none of the conditions got converted, but ill take that anyday instead of one boon.

I get the feeling you don’t like IoJ….

Great Vids BTW

You should’ve typed in…

:p Meep Meep!

I love that place. So much Mystery…. Talk to the townpeople there, im pretty sure this will be a future Living World Story. I dont want to spoil anything but something fishy is going on in that small village.

You decide if you want to go full zerk or mix and match. After spending tons of Gold, karma and grinding fractals, I think I found my comfort zone in being a tough, damage dealing Plant Head (I play Sylvari :p )

Helm, Coat and Legs – Knight
Shoulder, Gloves, Boots – Zerker

Weaps are all Berserk.
Trinkets are a mix and match of Zerk and Cavalier

Hope this Helps

This is what I would use if I go G/S, modified from Defektive’s SPVP Sword Shield Build, customize to your own taste

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIUQJARTjcOJv9OyQMxBCkivklzDqwEyrUYn5A-jkyAYrhoRigICAJPl1EogYFsIas6aMlrQqGOym+ioVLEgoJA-w

I use this for Fractals 20+ and 30+, lay down a fire field, pin down on target and hack away. Requires practice especially in fracs, know when to finish 100b and when to Whirlwind or dodge away. Hope this helps

A bit faster cast time would be nice but bumping the skill range from 130 to maybe 250-300 will help you land it safer IMO

Well guys here it, pretty significant changes and the leaked patch notes is quite accurate TBH – I WANNA TRY THE SWORD NAO :p

Strength
Physical Training: This trait has been moved to the Master tier.
Dual Wielding: This trait has been moved to the Adept tier.
Berserker’s Power: This trait has been moved to the Grandmaster tier. Damage bonus has been increased to 5%, 10%, and 15% based on adrenaline level.
Berserker’s Might: This trait now passively builds 2 strikes of adrenaline every 3 seconds, while the players are in combat.
Distracting Strikes: This trait now applies 4 stacks of confusion for 8 seconds upon interrupting an enemy.

Tactics
Burning Arrows: Reduced the recharge of longbow abilities by 20% in addition to dealing 10% bonus damage against burning foes.
Desperate Power: Increased the threshold of this trait, dealing 20% additional damage while the player is below 50% health instead of below 25%.
Empower Allies: This trait has been increased to 150 points of power.

Warrior:
Tremor: Increased the projectile velocity by 33%.
Axe Chain: Moved the damage more toward the end of the chain without reducing overall DPS.
Chop: Reduced the damage by 9%.
Double Chop: Reduced the damage by 12%.
Triple Chop: Reduced the damage of the first two hits by 20%. Increased the damage on the final hit by 75%.
Final Thrust: This skill has been moved to slot #3. Now it does more damage and extra damage versus foes whose health is below 50%.
Hamstring: This skill has been moved to the end of the skill chain. Reduced the cripple duration to 1 second.
Savage Leap: This skill now applies 3 seconds of cripple.
Leg Specialist: This trait now has an internal cooldown of 5 seconds.
Skull Crack: Increased the stun duration from 1, 1.5, 2 to 1, 2, 3. Increased the damage by 50%.
Endure Pain: Reduced the recharge from 90 seconds to 60 seconds.
Stomp: This ability now breaks stuns. Added 1 second of stability. Reduced the cooldown to 45 seconds.
Dolyak Signet: This is now an instant stun breaker.
Throw Bolas: Reduced the aftercast by .3 seconds.
Kick: Doubled the damage.
Berserker’s Stance: Increased the recharge to 60 seconds. Reduced the duration to 4 seconds. This stance now reduces incoming condition duration by 100%, so only modified conditions can get through.
Balanced Stance: This now also applies swiftness.
Dual Strike: Reduced the aftercast from .5 seconds to .25 seconds.
Whirling Axe: Reduced the aftercast by .2 seconds.
Rush: Reduced the aftercast by .2 seconds. The transition between the run and swing portion has been smoothed out for hitting moving targets.
Hammer Shock: Reduced the aftercast by .4 seconds.
Staggering Blow: Reduced the aftercast by .25 seconds.
Backbreaker: Reduced the aftercast by .25 seconds.
Crushing Blow: Reduced the aftercast by .2 seconds.
Brutal Shot: Reduced the aftercast by .3 seconds.
Rampage: Reduced the cooldown to 150 seconds.
Brutal Shot: This skill now adds 5 stacks of vulnerability (up from 1). The duration of vulnerability applied changed from 15 seconds to 5 seconds.
Knot Shot: Reduced the recharge from 25 seconds to 15 seconds.
Untraited Longbow: Increased the range from 900 to 1000.
Riposte: When players block an attack from range, it no longer cancels the blocking.
Whirling Axe: Increased the damage by 50% in PvP only.
“Fear Me!”: Reduced the recharge to 60 seconds.

Arms
Deep Strike: This trait now scales with level rather than granting a flat bonus.
Furious Speed: Players gain 10 seconds of swiftness on critical hits. This effect can only occur once every 15 seconds.
Opportunist: This trait grants 10 seconds of fury when players immobilize a target. This effect can only occur once every 10 seconds.
Furious: This trait has been updated to indicate that triple adrenaline is rewarded on critical attacks.
Last Chance: Reduced the recharge to 45 seconds (down from 60 seconds).

Defense
Defy Pain: Reduced the cooldown of this trait from 90 seconds to 60 seconds. This trait will now have a 4-second duration, 5 seconds when traited with Sure-Footed.
Vigorous Return: This trait now grants an additional 100% endurance when players rally.
Sundering Mace: Fixed an issue causing this trait to apply weakness on mace critical strikes.
Embrace the Pain: This trait has been merged with a new Master tier trait, Cleansing Ire.
Cleansing Ire: New Master tier trait with the following effects: Gain adrenaline when hit. Remove a condition for every bar of adrenaline spent.
Shield Master: This trait has been moved to the Adept tier.
Adrenal Health: This trait now scales with healing power:

Discipline
Burst Recharge: The Discipline trait line no longer improves burst damage. It now decreases burst cooldown by 1% per point in Discipline.
Warrior’s Sprint: Increased the movement speed from 10% to 25%.
Sharpened Axes: Reduced the axe skills by 20% in addition to increasing adrenaline with axe critical hits.
Vigorous Focus: This trait has been moved to the Adept tier.
Destruction of the Empowered: This trait has been moved to the Master tier.
Heightened Focus: This trait has been moved to the Grandmaster tier and grants 5%, 10%, and 15% critical chance based on adrenaline level.
Burst Mastery: This no longer reduces burst cooldown. It now increases burst damage by 10%.

It’s his money guys Ive seen worse when it comes to money burning (FTP Korean MMO’s comes to mind) oh and BTW heres a better (or worse) way of spending money in a Video Game

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-ludicrously-expensive-items-in-online-gaming/

Heres my Sylvari Warrior Main… mixing and matching took me at least 2 hrs of PVP locker research (and all of this because I got a Fractal GS )

I think Dual Shot is just fine unless you want to use your Longbow as the Main Weapon. I love the longbow but Dual Shot is just filler, Drop Combustive Shot, combo w/ arcing arrow, use whatever skill until you can switch weaps. They already improved the projectile speed of Dual Shot… I can still remember the time when your arrows were like bullets from The Matrix lolz. But if Anet will improve Dual Shot, hey who am I to argue right?

To OP – What condition would you like to see in Dual Shot besides the obvious Burning and Bleed options?

I use WASD as well, main difference is I set A and D for Strafe. I Always have my finger on the RMB virtually all the time so I can adjust camera angles constantly. Keys 1-5 are for my weap skills, Utility skills are a different set of keys though,

Q – Skill 7
E – Elite
Z- Skill 8
X – Heal
C – Skill 9

It’s a bit unorthodox but thats what works for me! Hope this helps

I use a combination of Knights + Zerker
Shoulder, Gloves and Boots = Zerker
Helm, Coat and Greaves = Knight
Slotted w/ Ruby Gems

I also have a set for WVW with Soldiers slotted w/ Lyssa.

I’ll paste both builds

Axe + WH / Longbow PVE/Dungeon/Fractals Build
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIUQNBHhNakzJ5t3RGiJSAgU8VWmCFpU0mdJFhxGA-jADBYLERjEFYkIQEBJkKAI5RZNBSQsNoIas6aYKXCRaYp2IuIa1CBUeCA-e

Axe + WH / Hammer WVW Build
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIUQNBHhJakzJ5t3RGiJSAgU8FXmCFpU0mdJFhxGA-jADBYLDZEdBioAjABiIIhUBAZPFRjtKqIas6aYKXCRaYp2IuIa1CBUeCA-e

Those the ones I use, they may not be the best but that’s what works for me, hope this helps

Edit Updated link for Hammer wvw build

PVE wise (I run mostly fractals, lvl 28 now) Full Adrenaline LB Burst → LB 3 → Traited Warhorn 5 = 2 Blast Finishers on a Fire Field, 6 stacks of might 20s, great for buffing everyone assuming they are w/in range. Damage aint too shabby either =). For wvw, LB is more of a situational weap. LB Burst on cannon and oil users. Definitely worthy of a slot in your inventory but not as part of your setup

I must be lucky then, from my experience, bad pugs rarely come my way. And ive gotten over 40 pristine fractals from running lvl 10+ and 20+ daily. Funny thing though my Fractal run yesterday(Lvl 28), I got a group of friends (I can tell, they kept on calling each other by first name) and we got Aquatic Fractal. Everything went well till the final boss, I noticed everyone just kept swimming around and avoiding the cages. I informed them that you need to lure the Jellyfish to one of the active cages, they said “Oh really? We always just kited him to death” >.<

Thanks for the Guide! How do you feel about the Settlers Equip set? And I tested the build but instead of Apoth armor set I used Shaman, 3k more life. Might be a worthwhile tradeoff especially against other condition builds =)

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcQQJAqelIqqb3zShF17IyoCdWoHSohpWfe8WplcB-jAyAIuASNAIRgZwioxWNLiGrWnIqWzg5VKiWNA-e

Thanks for the guide. So what runes are you using on yours?

The new Aoe circles are a godsend in the Harpy Fractal. Makes it easier to lay down your reflects/blocks/stability before that kitten ed Aoe knockback hits

Hi,

Heres what I use

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/warrior/?8.0|7.1g.h2.g.1g.h1|3.1g.h1|1c.7i.1c.7i.1c.7i.1c.7i.1c.7i.1c.7i|2s.0.2s.0.3v.0.2s.0.1i.67.1i.67|a5.0.k28.k69.k56|2e.7|5y.69.6d.6g.6m|e

Just use the Exotic versions for the trinkets. Key to using this is starting the fight with the Longbow, build up adre or use signet of fury. Once Adrenaline is full, use Combustive shot (Burst) then Arcing arrow (Skill 3) for the might blast finisher, immediately swap to axe/wh and use Call to Arms (WH Skill 5) for another might blast finisher. With this build its not hard to get 10-15 might stacks constantly. With the runes of Lyssa + Signet Mastery, you get to cleanse all conditions every 48 secs, get all buffs for 6 secs which boosts your damage quite nicely with the Empowered trait. Im currently in the early level 20 fractals and im on my way to getting Dungeon Master. Hope this helps

Warrior

Destruction of the Empowered trait: Might no longer grants double the bonus, and stability grants the correct bonus.

Restorative Strength trait: Now functions with the sylvari Healing Seed skill and the human Prayer to Dwayna skill.

Combustive Shot skill: Now displays damage facts appropriately throughout all adrenaline levels.

Warrior banners now apply their buffs immediately.

Battle Standard skill: No longer initially applies stability and then transitions over to swiftness. It now applies swiftness with stability coming from the active skill on the banner.

Building Momentum trait: Now functions with the Flurry skill.

IMO
Nothing good, nothing bad

If you’re aiming for functionality, Asura for hard to spot killshot animations. From a purely Aesthetic standpoint, Charr bar none. Get one of those Bladed Rifles for the maximum effect

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I like the changes so far, but im stuck at work =( I’ll test these out later. The Call to arms buff looks great! Blast Finisher on Demand FTW!

Well Guys here it is… Enjoy

Warrior
- Arcing Arrow skill: Added a radius skill fact. Removed the burning skill fact on the traited version because it did not actually burn.

Fan of Fire skill:
- Updated the cast time and aftercast to match other fan skills.
- Reduced cast time by 0.5 seconds and aftercast by 0.5 seconds.

Earthshaker skill:
- Fixed the attack radius to correctly match the ground targeted decal radius.
- Added a radius skill fact.
- Fixed the damage displayed in the skill fact at zero adrenaline to be consistent with the skill at all adrenaline levels.

Throw Boulder skill: Added a knockdown skill fact.

Call to Arms skill:
- Now a blast finisher.
- Updated the radius skill fact to be consistent with the skill’s effects.
- Removed extraneous 500-millisecond aftercast.

Added new Adept major trait, Defense (II): Dogged March—Incoming immobilize, chill, and cripple conditions are reduced by 33%. Gain 3 seconds of regeneration when you are crippled, chilled, or immobilized. This effect can trigger only once every 10 seconds. This trait replaces Turtle’s Defense.

Quick Bursts and Adrenal Reserves traits: Combined into one trait, Burst Mastery (XI).

Added new Grandmaster major trait, Discipline (XII): Destruction of the Empowered Damage is increased by 3% per unique boon on the warrior’s target.

Endure Pain skill: Players can now capture points while under its effects.

Leg Specialist trait: No longer functions when controlling turrets such as the WvW Arrow Cart.

Brutal Shot (Rifle) skill: Increased vulnerability duration from 10 seconds to 12 seconds. Increased vulnerability stacks from 5 to 8.

Signet of Fury skill: Increased passive stat bonus by 100%.

Signet of Might skill: Increased passive stat bonus by 100%. The new active is the – player’s next 3 attacks are unblockable. This effect lasts for 10 seconds.

Dolyak Signet skill: Increased passive stat bonus by 100%.

“On My Mark!” skill: Now uses its actual range instead of infinite range. Increased the range of the shout from 900 to 1200.

Frenzy skill:
- Increased duration by 1 second.
- Players now take 25% more damage (reduced from 50%) when under the effects of this skill.

Edited with spacing

Just an Idea….

I recently got my Guardian to 80. Ive been using my Warrior to play most of the game and maybe spent close to 100g buying her Equipment. I have no issues getting the initial gear for my Guardian (AH GS+Hammer) but eventually I will want to try out different builds. Since I already have the Build that I will play for my Warr and the equipment, I have a ton of Swords, Shields, Accessories and armor left over from my Experimenting Days. Can we get a Gem Store item that will un soulbound items at least so I can have my other chars use them? Maybe adjust the number of items needed to unsoulbound them based on rarity? (ie Rare 1 item, Exotic 3, Ascended 6 and Legendary 10) That way I can freely pass around stuff between my chars and Anet makes some money off of it. Any thoughts? Or is this a bad idea?

So whats wrong with a Business that wants to make money? While I agree that we should have the option to purchase specific dye colors, Anet and NCSoft decided to keep it RNG, they run the show. And besides, its not like you cant play w/o the proper Dye colors. Remember people CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS, if Anet started selling stuff that would affect Gameplay (ie Uber foods, Stat Buffs, Weapon and Armor Skins that add stats) then thats the time I will boycott the Gem Store. I actually get better Dye Drops after the last Feb Patch (I think that was the patch). If I manage to get lucky and get an abyss dye, ill sell it no questions asked.

Silverkung.9127:

I like it and need for ranger!!

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Whip – 400range / 600range with traits(somewhere lol).

Skill1
Whip! – Whip your enemy. 1hit. bleed.
Whip Whip!! – Need some more?2whip and pet gain fury. bleed bleed.
Whip Whip Whip!!! – Yes!!Feel so good?!Let me whip you more you margot!!
1Hit trade 1boon victim to your pet.

Or you can do it like

Skill1-
Whip! > Just Whip It! > Whip it Good!

Red Falcon.8257:

Daecollo.9578:

All warrior builds start with 30 in vitality now.

All bad warriors start with 30 vitality.
Then they either l2p or swap to another class.

I would’t say all bad Warriors go with 30 vit, there are still good support/dps Warriors with 30 vit for reduced shout cd and shout heals out there. I used to think 30 vit is the way to go, now I only keep 20 (for Warhorn cond heal, cant live w/o it) I guess its up to your Playstyle. To OP, you alone decide the viability of Warriors (or any class for that matter, I cant play D/D ele in wvw even if my life depended on it) in wvw. Personally for me, they are great with a dedicated Guild but for roaming? Other classes do it better Now go out there and collect some badges

Bloodtide Coast – Two-Eye Ignatl – NPC is missing