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Prayer to Dwayna is a good heal. However I feel you are too easily dismissing the condi removal from Signet and the block from Shelter.
I run Shelter for PvP
I run Dwayna for PvE only if Im already satisfied with my condi removal and depending on area of game.
I run Signet if I want the extra condi removal or if I for some reason have signet mastery.
I mean to be honest, PVE is so kitten easy I almost never have the need to pop my heal on cooldown.
Challenging O_O That minigame is everything, but not at all challenging. You even can remember spawn points of food so you wont trigger a trap. There is absolutely nothing challenging about it. It might be fun if it were faster… and shorter… with less grind. But as it is, it is just boring with mistform actually being the only funny thing about it.
Again that is where opinion comes in. I agree on the spawn stuff. When I talk about challenge it has to do more with the unpredictability of players. I.E. I have like 5% health left and I see someone wind up for a shot.. and im point blank range so cant wait for the arrow.. therefore I dodge logically thinking it would be a #1 shot to kill me… instead it was a #4 and I dodge.. then die.
On another note the reward system for this mini game is great. If only they implemented the same one into sPvP it would get alot more players
Actually Yasi Im yet to win a kitten game as #1. Had #2 a couple times. Its challenging, and gives me a feeling of some older hardcore games Ive played. Although your really* not losing anything when you get looted… its still great fun killing someone and taking all their possessions.
I just dont like the Karkas.. although I understand why they are in place.
Def subjective. Southsun survival is the best minigame yet IMO. I just wish it was permanent with leaderboards.
This guy must be a troll.. or never took the time to actually explore the vendors. They basically gave you enough tokens for a relatively free set of exotic gear of any stat choice.
Only thing I can suggest is to roll a thief to understand their mechanics more. I had to do the same with mesmer because they were giving me problems. 12k dmg… my main is my Guard.. however when I mess around on my thief in full zerks everything glass cannon build I still cant get 12k dmg. ESPECIALLY after the whole mug nerf etc.
Only possibility could be the new shadow trap helping the thief to somehow grab a stack of 25 might + added bloodlust(even then math dont add up).. did you have vulnerability on you as well?
On my thief I usually see around 3-9k. The only time I see 9s is if they are a FULL glass light build. (and now even then thats not a problem. Elementalist have so much sustain.. new necro is ridiculous.) Remember Im also full glass. Thiefs are NOT hard to kill. Spending time on my thief made them much more trivial on my Guard.(I run my guard Zerker wpn/armor and valk trink.
I agree. Believe it or not all of my guild. (All but 2 of us) left the game because of that very reason.
I love the PvP in this game… however if I could somehow choose XP jars or something for a daily/monthly PvP reward or something similar… Id do more sPvP.
About missing the whole E Sport boat.. I dont think so. I know if I worked at ANet Id be pushing for them to release ONLY the sPvP side of the game as say a 5 dollar game on steam. Would have a nice influx of players that way.
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One time events make the world feel alive. Paying customer? There is more than 60$ of entertainment value in the game w/o the one time events.
Happened to me as well. I think I just spent about 35 silver porting back and forth to different overflows trying to find the one I was in…. no luck. Oh well.
I’m glad ANET don’t do knee jerk reactions on class balance. Warriors are fine as is. Easy to avoid that cookie spec. I don’t play one.. so not defending my own class here.
Its rings and a back slot. ITS NOT GAME BREAKING. Hell its easy enough to kill people in masterwork gear at 80. Your level build and skill mean more than your gear. Especially the small boost from 3 pieces. They have stated they will open up other ways to get it when they introduce more gear. I wouldn’t worry. Yet.
If this is only for WvW I mean… WvW is not balanced anyway. Its not meant to be. You want a level playing field play SPvP
This stat combo existed in early betas. It brought some extremely OP bunker builds in play. It was removed for this reason.
As long as what he said in his post is true. Its just a barrier between exotic and legendary. If they do not intend to keep introducing new tiers of gear then its not a problem. And they have still stuck to their manifesto.
Just one more thing needs to happen. Make it available through lots of karma, and WvWvW.
No full is online players. That is why you have to wait for an off peak time for a full server to drop to med or high to move. Common sense. I see plenty of players whr i want to see them.
No. Your 100% wrong. I have 4 sets of lvl 80 exotic armor I swap through. Each set has it’s colors memorized that I have chosen….
AFAIK you can get 70-79 exotics from mob loot. The only chest I know of that drops lvl 80 exotics. (well a chance at it) is the Mad King Dungeon chest.
However farming with the goal of finding them is pointless. The chance is too low. When I farm I aim for rares. For Ectoplasms.
I would reckon you get as good or better karma in wvw.
This was the comment my post was in reference to. I did not want him to think the karma gain in WvW was equal to Cursed Shore.
He basically asks how to farm in his OP. I answered.
Mulch has a point with the vendors. That part can be a pain. I would suggest first seeing what vendors have the stats you want via many websites out there.
http://dulfy.net/2012/09/08/gw2-templegod-karma-armor-sets/
^ I like that one.
Then you will know what Temples to aim for. Get in zone, ask if people want to group to take on the event chain for that Temple. I’ve done this a few times. For the most part I’ve had success with it unless the chain was bugged.
@mulch. Best source of karma is event jumping in Cursed Shore. Plinx chain, Abom, Tar, Arena, Jumping to Pent etc just to tag the event for the gold and back to Plinx.
Can get over 25k an hour. Give or Take
Plinx Chain in Cursed Shore. Temples and chains in Malchor’s Leap. The chains mentioned above in Straits. There are also quite a few of one off events in Straits that spawn very often.
Google Plinx. There are never bots that farm it. Really you can play how you want. The gear will come. You could continue to do WvWvW. Between tokens and karma you can buy gear.
People complain about the end game. I don’t see the problem. Just consider the karma grind as an endless daily for you. That you can do until your hearts content. Or you can run dungeons for the gear there. Play the AH to make money.. or just make money farming.
Its easy to make 1.5 to 3g an hour farming Plinx chain and hitting up events that spawn nearby. There is literally almost 0 downtime if you learn the area. Those that just sit at Penitent are doing it wrong. (the non bots)
Salvage your whites, Sell your blues and greens. Salvage your yellows for Globs of Ectoplasm. Buy either Masterwork or Rare MF gear from the AH with Runes of the Pirate/Traveler etc.. and MF Jewelry as well.
One final note. Make sure you are doing your daily and monthly achievements. You get tons of karma from it. I would also wait to open your jugs (save them) until you have a Karma booster, a flag buff, and the Guild 15% karma buff running. That way your at close to 8k a jug.
Getting exotics is beyond easy. Look at the crafted sets as well to see if the stats your looking for are available there. It’s the hard to get skins that you would grind for. Which is better than grinding to be competitive.
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possible critical issues which could very quickly make the game be responsible for its own failure
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I dont know about you but i buy all my resources off the AH. Craft exotic armor and sell it everyday. I do about 7 to 10 pieces each day. Profit is usually 16 to 30 silver a piece. Easy money. Dont expect it to be a cash cow. It takes effort and should. This is the first game Ive played in a long time that actually has a moving economy. Its because of the cross server AH. Use GW2spidy for quick craft to profit ratios. Put a few things on the AH, run the RIGHT DE chains, couple dungeons etc. The money starts flowing.
Im simply going to say. I disagree with you 1000%. The people grinding in game for “fluff” right now prove you wrong.
This combo was removed in betas. It provided some extremely op defense. All three of them are defensive stats. Developers dont tend to “forget” stat combos. The ones you dont see were deemed OP.
As said above. Greatsword and Staff combo.
Number 1 on staff when you cant spin to win on GS.
Judge’s Intervention(mobility, AoE Burn), Smite Conditon(Great range AOE mob tagger), and Retreat.(again mobility. Getting from Pent to plix to Tar etc etc.)
Combined with staff 3 for mobility, 20% CD recharge reduction on 2 hand wpn skill and Meditations Heal you. You have the best farming build because you get:
Survivability in full MF Gear
Mobility out the whazoo
Some of the best AOE tagging
Oh.. and you can kill kitten*.
Oh.. and you can kill kitten*.I soloed the Arena Champion to about 60 – 70 % health one time b4 other people showed up. Rotating through blocks blinds etc. I also use Renewed focus as an Elite.
Build: 0, 15, 30, 20, 5
Oh.. and you can kill kitten*.I soloed the Arena Champion to about 60 – 70 % health one time b4 other people showed up. Rotating through blocks blinds etc. I also use Renewed focus as an Elite.
Build: 0, 15, 30, 20, 5MF Armor/Weapons + MF rune. Valk Jewelry with MF jewels in them.
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I think you should take another look at the classes. And in particular what combo finishes and starters they have. Dungeons can be EZ mode with perma regen and might, + constant aoe heals. All of the above from class combos. Engineer is boss with blast finishers.
There are already mini dungeons in the game. They are hidden open world dungeons. Meaning non instanced.
They are there. Probably just another one or two of these.
If you want to see one of them. Go to the northern middle part of Gendarran.
Alot of things that add crit chance in game dont show on the hero tab. However they work. It is easily tested in heart of the mists.
Stop over playing it. Small nerf was fine. Coming from a Guardian andvI still do well. Its still kitten easy mode.
This issue came up in the beta forums. A Dev responded that it is the exact same effect for all sizes.
-Go to heart of the mists.
-Take LArch gate.
-Free port to gate wp.
-Take applicable gate that is closest.
-Profit.
Have you guys forgot about the bot army that haunted WoW in the beginning? Lets hope ANet cleans it up. The popular games always have the bots and hackers. This is nothing new.
I agree. Since the skin is available so easily elsewhere… why not just either make them exotics.. or substantially lower the karma.
I would be fine with the prices if those skins were ONLY available there. Like the T3 armor. But the weapons don’t make much sense.
Seriously dude? For 60$ you don’t think you got your value yet? If you don’t I don’t know what to say to you.
It comes down to if you are still having fun. Yes? No? If no, go do something else for a bit and come back.
2 out of your 3 meditations are already instant. Defender’s Flame would be better trait selection for your build because of focus.
In virtues tree 10% dmg with aegis is pointless. Its not consistent since you are always losing the Aegis. Use the gain retal when CC’ed for your build.
Of course just my opinion. However the meditation thing is fact. 2 out of the 4 are already instant. The stun breakers.
Just some general info here from testing. The dodge roll heal is the best scaling heal ive found. I had it go from 300 and change to about 1430 with all cleric gear in the mists. Been meaning to theory craft a build around vigor and the roll. Or maybe even something cross class for dungeons. Needing vigor and dont want to spec into prec to get it from our trait line.
Edit: BTW yes they all scale from your post. One ive found that does not = spirit bow heal. Its always 96 at 80. Altruistic scales very little. Like 8 pts with max heal gear.
As a rule of thumb ive found.. the abilities that ONLY heal you, usually scale the worst. Through each class ive tested.
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What server do you play on? Most of the servers sit on full or high for NA. Usually 3 that are on medium. I do not notice this low population that you speak of. I always go back and forth between my 80 and my lowbies.
On Gate of Madness BTW. This game is still selling extremely well. They ran out of serial keys just the other day……. The thing is people dont play for 16 hrs a day anymore sine the game has settled in.
Also if you are on one of the medium pop servers you can just transfer to a higher pop one while the free transfers are still here.
I agree with very few of your points. One that I do like is the needed rankings. Game is dying ? Seriously bro? I think your rage mood made you spit that one out.
All the hate in here is hilarious. Lets be honest with ourselves here. Go out to WvW to a large battle. The game runs better with more people on the screen than any game I can name, while looking good. If thats not a good game engine, then what is? The fact that SLI is an issue for SOME people?
SLI scales well for me. However I have a processor that doesn’t bottleneck it.
@ Arson. And cut corners? Seriously? Are we playing the same game?
Your kidding right? It is def better off with a larger pool of players involved with it. Its common sense. You enjoy longer waits on buying and selling? I don’t.
The trading option alone in this game will bring people to it. Hell one of my friends is interested primarily because of the auction house itself. It ADDS that feeling of SCALE to the game…
2 out of 4 meditation are already instant. The stun breakers. Was changed in one of last stress tests.
You regret buying this game bc you fought an awesome dragon in a lvl 50 area and not in some raid instance? There is a bigkitten chest that spawns at the end. Did you hapoen to run over to it and click it??? If you missed it or its bugged, the DE chain runs every 2 hrs. Something so small bothers you? Really?
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With proper support providing stability its a non issue. I couldnt disagree more
Just a FYI. Judge’s Intervention is already an instant. Of the four meditations.. the 2 that break stun, are already instants. This is mostly for the builds I see proposed here.
Every 5 points of condition damage you have it = 1 burn damage. It is different for the others. However for burn it is a 5 to 1.