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Let me list that out in detail:
Guardian:
0/5/30/30/5 build w/ AH.
Knight’s Armor w/ Soldier runes or Soldier’s armor w/ boon duration runes (sup water, major sanc, sup monk)
Berserker backpack, amulet, 1 ring.
Knight’s 2earrings, 1 ring
Berserker GS w/ Sigil of Accuracy
Knight’s Hammer w/ Sigil of Energy
Ranger:
20/20/0/30/0 build. Spotter, Spirits Unbound, Vigorous Spirits
Berserker armors, trinkets and weapons.
Sup Rune of Rage 6/6 for armors
Sigil of Bloodlust Longbow
Sigil of Strength Sword, Sigil of Force Warhorn
The problem w/ guardian in dps is that it can’t take down a target fast enough before the said target starts running away. If they run away then the mobility problem seems prevalent.
What do you think?
I’m using a 0/5/30/30/5 build w/ AH. Gears are Knight’s armor w/ Soldier runes. Sometimes I swap to Soldier’s armor w/ boon duration runes. Trinkets are a mix of Berserker and Knight’s.
I do 3-4k per whirling wrath but somehow I’m not satisfied with the dps. I wouldn’t want to sacrifice my survivability since playing a guardian in my group means crowd control. Using GS+Hammer. Am I doing something wrong?
Greetings!
I’m currently troubled as to what class to mainly use in WvW. I run with a small group of 5-6 friends.
Here’s our current lineup:
2 Warriors (one ranged build rifle+sword/sword, one melee GS/sword+shield)
1 Necro (heavy condition damage build)
1 Guardian (anchor AH/shout build)
1 Engineer (zerker grenade/rifle build)
We mostly do small-group roaming, taking supply camps, hitting dolyaks and the occasional taking of a tower (when it’s down time). Sometimes we merge w/ zergs but even so we usually place ourselves in flanks w/in a zerg (i.e. we don’t rush in from center).
Now what I like and dislike about a guardian:
+ Very Tanky, can take on the whole supply camp’s guards without breaking a sweat.
+ Good crowd control with GS5, Hammer5, Hammer3
+ Provides good party support w/ shouts and condition removals
- Slow without a staff
- Melee range isn’t always ideal
- Hits like a wet noodle (low dps)
And a ranger:
+ Ranged and good burst damage. Using longbow can easily crit upto 10k (using a zerker build) then swapping to sword/warhorn for WH4 and Sword2+Healing spring for burst heals.
+ Added party utility of spirits (I run the grandmaster trait so spirits follow) + Spotter (sweet +150 precision to party)
+ Variation of buffs, added dps or disables from pets
- Has trouble taking on supply camps when a tank is not present.
- Easily dies when caught in open field battle and flanked from behind.
I’ve seen better results when running a guardian w/ my group (we can take on other small groups slightly outnumbered) but I think a Ranger provides better party utility from Spotter and Spirits. I’d like to get an opinion from other people. I enjoy playing both classes, but they do have their irritating moment sometimes.
That’s weird why would they put 2 sigils w/ the same effect? Maybe that’s a typo?
Open on Yak’s Bend NA
Yak’s bend is doing the event now
Any server uncontested? Look to get some armors.
Blackgate and Yak’s bend closed at the moment.
Any other server has it open? I’m looking to get some armors.
So I just hit 80, but this might be a bad time since there’s a stealth nerf coming in a few days.
I play a backstab/stealth D/D thief with Berserker gears and Valkyrie trinkets.
I was wondering how should I tweak my thief playstyle/gear to be able to cope up with the coming changes AND be effective in world vs world as well.
And btw, I die more times that I can kill in World vs world. I usually fight on zergs (not a fan of solo roaming).
I’m not a fan of conditions as well but I’m open to try it.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
SPI feature of router is known to cause black screens (see Part 7.3)
Thanks a lot!
I did testing today at my friend’s house here’s my reply to the support ticket if anyone is interested.
“I’ve gone ahead and tested my own case. As I previously mentioned, “I’ve also changed ISP’s from a wired DSL to a wireless 3G USB Dongle as I’m waiting for another wired DSL service provider to process my application at the same time I upgraded my card from a GTX460 to a HD 7850.”
I’ve bought my PC today to my friend’s house nearby who has the same ISP as I previously had. Here are the results of a 2 hour testing.
My PC using the 3G wireless broadband – Blackscreen in Lion’s Arch under 5minutes
My PC using the wired DSL – Didn’t encounter blackscreen in Lion’s Arch and World vs World after playing for 1hour.
My friend’s PC using the 3G wireless broadband – Blackscreen in World vs World under 30minutes.
My friend’s PC using the wired DSL – Didn’t encouter blackscreen after playing for 1 hour.
Note that my friend’s PC NEVER had a blackscreen issue even once and he can testament to this ever since playing at the start of November. "
I guess I’ll just wait for my new ISP to come in for this to be fixed. Might be good info to the other users there.
Now this is surprising. I’ve done a clean install of my OS and i’ve installed the latest drivers and installed guild wars 2 and it’s STILL happening.
The only variable left that I can think of is that I’ve recently changed ISPs to a 3G wireless broadband since my main line, a wired DSL got cutoff and I’m waiting for a new application. I’ve read a forum post somewhere in guildwars2guru that configuring his router fixed the black screen problem.
Thoughts anyone?
For the record this is my 2nd brand new card. I’ve sent the first one to RMA thinking that it might be a hardware issue. But it’s still prevalent with the 2nd card.
Thanks for the replies.
No the monitor doesn’t lose signal. I can close the application fine and it comes back to desktop, I just relaunch GW2 again.
There’s no message/error display most of the time. About 1/10 times there’s a crash though.
Okay I’ll do a clean install of my OS today as well.
About how long? I can leave it benchmarking while I sleep so that’s a good 8hours. And what should I look out for? Is this like EVGA Precision where it detects artifacts/visual glitches and keeps them in track while benchmarking?
Still getting the issue.
I’ve replaced my card with a new one 3days ago. I’ve followed tech support instructions and have clean installed my drivers using Driver Fusion.
This wasn’t happening in my EVGA GTX460 before so I doubt it has anything to do with Windows Update, GW2 Client repair, etc.
Anyone who’s encountered this? I still have a few weeks left to get a replacement model, probably and equivalent NVIDIA card instead but I don’t know if that would help it.
No luck. Still getting black screen even with the new card.
I have already done a complete uninstall of NVIDIA Drivers and a clean install of AMD Drivers. I have infact installed versions 12.2, 12.10 and 12.11 (beta) in which the problem persists across all versions.
And I’ve reinstalled v12.10 twice, both clean. I’ve run Furmark stress tests (30mins) on this card and it seems to be stable in both temps and power load.
In any case, I have RMA-ed the card today and got a new one.
I’ll post any updates here. Thanks for the reply Ranguvar!
I recently upgraded my old GPU to a new one. Now I’m getting the blackscreen issue.
Old GPU: EVGA GTX 460 768MB
New GPU: PowerColor HD 7850
I never got this when I was using my EVGA card.
My drivers are also updated (Catalyst v12.10 as of now).
I’ve also followed the instructions found here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Black-Screen-Issue-AMD-ATI/first#post38195
Is this the sign of a bad card? Or is this still related to GW2’s issue?
On a side note: I’m also getting flickering/glitchy graphics in Skyrim
Thanks for the addtl replies!
@bri
I didn’t know there are exotics that can be purchased with Karma as well, I have about 200k karma to spend. And the karma set power/toughness/vitality sounds like a solid set for tanking. I think I might go with that.
@Ojimaru & akamon
To be honest, the reason why I don’t enjoy a guardian much on WvW is because before (when I was on lower levels), I usually instantly die when I get to melee range. And melee itself is hard to handle especially with moving targets. Scepter/Focus + Staff on the other hand seems good support but the Scepter attacks really suck IMO.
And maybe another reason is I don’t roll with a group yet (atleast my friends right now are busy getting their first chars to 80). A solo thief doing small group pvp or intercepting supply lines sounds better than a solo guardian.
Thanks for the input guys!
I think I’ll primarily try to farm exotics and try out dungeons. But I’ll do daily quests on my alt from now on so it gets a fair amount of level.
As for WvW, I’ve been with a guild in Yak’s Bend for about 2weeks now but I’ve transfered to Isle of Janthir recently to get a “feel” of the WvW there. I’m playing on oceanic timezone (GMT+8) and Yak’s Bend population during that time is just lonely. But the competition when there’s a lot of guild/people online is fun.
So I’m about to get my first character (Guardian) to 80. I’ve been wondering what to do after that. I’ve also never done dungeons but I do play WvW on a daily basis. I’ve come down with a few choices
1. Level an alt (Thief/Ranger) so I can enjoy WvW more (somehow I don’t fully enjoy it as a Guardian, probably because I don’t have a solid group to do WvW with).
2. Farm for Exotics / Equipment (whether via field or dungeons)
3. Run dungeons? I don’t know what rewards there is yet.
4. Attempt map completion (but waypoints are hell expensive for my money right now).
I’d appreciate it if anyone can give me some insight/advise on what to do. Thanks!
Bumping my question. Anyone?
I’ve accidentally snapped my Map UI to the top right corner, is there a way to reset it to the bottom right corner? I’ve been searching for the answer but can’t seem to find any. Thanks!
Thanks for the advice guys!
It looks like the ranger is a pretty versatile class even with the balancing issues. I’ll settle for that one first but I’ll take mercury ranique’s advice and try out the other classes as well.
Hi all, I’ve just got this game today and I’m currently patching it.
I’ve been browsing the main site for the professions and some forum topics to get a good overview of all the classes, but I still don’t know what to pick.
I was hoping to get some more insights from you guys. Here’s my preference:
- I usually play ranged/support, but I do play melee on rare occasions
- I prefer quick and agile playstyles but can still self-sustain (e.g. not too soft) whilst exploring the world.
- I put more emphasis on PvE, and then do PvP occasionally.
- I usually solo, or go with a small group of friends
- I’m looking for an adventurous play style so I prefer a self sustained, PVE capable class.
Right now what I have on my mind is:
1. Ranger, but I read from some topics that their support skills and pets needs a lot of balancing.
2. Thief, I like stealth and agile playstyles but will the DPS and HP/tank be enough for solo / small gang?
Any opinions/suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks!
Edit: I’m also on the lookout for newbie guides especially those that talk about classes and playstyles. If you can point me to any, that would be great!