Guild Wars 2

Has anyone had any luck with getting the idiots to stop grabbing your banner when you place it?

I know I’m expecting too much, but when there is a champion up, and there’s a mob trying to take him down, I will drop a banner to help out the team. EVERY mother loving TIME I do that, some fool will grab the banner and start running off with it, trying to whack the champion on the head with it, or maybe just blind him with the banner over his eyes.

I even had one last night start yelling at me because I turned his weapon into a banner.

I’ve given up on using them for now, until I can figure out what to do about this. If anyone asks, I just go all “Soup Nazi” on them and say, “NO BANNER FOR YOU”. It sucks, but why slot something that an idiot will make useless as fast as you use it?

I will try that tonight and see.

Wait, don’t pets use their skills automagically? Do I have to activate their abilities beyond an auto attack?

<< 3 day old noob.

I’m a new player. I’ve had the game exactly three days. So bear with me if I’m asking stuff that “everyone” knows.

Are there any UI mods or add-ons available? Are these allowed under the UA anyway?

What I’m looking for is some way to track highest damage, damage over time, etc. I’m trying to establish metrics for my warrior as I advance to see how different weapons and traits affect my survivability and damage output.

I have seen several interesting builds and strategies, but I prefer to know why a build works, not just put my faith in what someone else put out on the internet. I’m not saying they are bad, I fully intend to explore them, but I need some way of clearly comparing one to another beyond “it feels right” or it doesn’t.

Thanks!