Guild Wars 2

No I haven’t had any problems, in fact the groups I’ve been in they have welcomed me because I can heal and cause DPS and kite when I need to. I’m switching between support and damage so I have no issues. Of course I use staff, so I’m not sure why someone would say staff is bad as I have no problems with that either.

I did see some kid asking people to report their classes, in map chat one time, while asking for more in his dungeon group and I assumed they might have been wanting to exclude certain classes so I just didn’t even bother and joined another group that was more than welcoming!

I’ve even been in groups with another Elementalist and believe me, there were several times we were the last two standing and able to revive others hehe.

I’m always missing a heart or a point of interest or whatever no matter what map I’m on and the site posted and other sources I’ve found via Google really helped me figure it out as I can visually see what I’ve missed. Very helpful link!

My main character is a Slyvari and I had missed the one where you turn into a “tree thing” and you stomp things…etc. I can’t remember the name of it, but it was tucked away in a corner area of the map that I hadn’t been too apparently.

I think the look of the cultural armor is nice and the stats ARE nice as well (for tier 1 and some of tier 2), but you can get less expensive items for the same or better stats at the trading post. However, I do think since they look nice you can mix and match gear, like I do, and I’ll end up buying one – three pieces and fill in the rest with other gear i get on the trading post. Since you can use the tokens to make your look the way you want and transfer stats, you can elect to look a certain way without it really being that expensive. Tier 3, I may buy the leggings only just for looks. I wouldn’t buy tier 3 for stats though, just looks.

CM for me on story was not 2 hours, it was more like 30-40 minutes for my group and I think we were randomly average. In fact it was so fast that we elected to run the story mode several more times.

I thought AC was really difficult, but I actually liked that as it caused our group to discuss strategies and yeah we struggled and wiped a few times, but we managed okay I thought and had a good time, laughing, and chatting.

In fact in every dungeon, my experience so far, we (at times) discuss the best strategy if we were struggling, so I actually for once feel that GW2 dungeons are kind of friendly for groups and I never felt like we couldn’t accomplish something, even with all of us dying etc.

I actually love the dungeon experience so far, but the rewards are crap/junk sorry, but they are. lol

I haven’t found one thing yet in a dungeon that was usable for me, my class, and level. I dunno, but 20-60 silver for each run isn’t really a good incentive to do dungeons, especially if you are talking about an hour or more investment in time per run. That doesn’t seem very exciting or worth it so I wish there were better, far better, rewards, but I do enjoy the dungeons and so far they have been fun for me in my experiences!

I liked that I could use the bubble teleport to get past an overly complicated under water puzzle as I could just point the bubble up and it teleported me on an island so I could get the treasure. Weeeeeeee.

I use a staff for solo game play, no problems at all and I survive situations just fine, but I hated S/D and felt it just wasn’t for me. The staff works for my play style, which while I have played a lot solo I do end up in groups a lot so it is nice to be able to switch between support and damage (random events and dungeons).

I think you have to think about your play style and just because someone says not to do something such as use the staff in solo game play you have to remember that your play style overrides other players rules. So, to me the best way to go about this is to test out S/D, D/D, and Staff, etc, throughout your leveling, to see if you like this. I did use S/D for awhile, but switched back to Staff around level 30. I evaluate my gear and weapon choices often though, so while I may not agree with some people on here saying you must do a, b, c, I do think you should give things a go and just make a decision based on your personal preference.

^^ Agreed.

For me I am a staff user for solo and group. I do medium to high DPS and do not die that often actually. I don’t buy the “You must put 20 into arcane” blah blah. Seriously, everyone has their own opinion on what is best for the class, but it really depends on your play style and etc. For me Fire/Earth/Water is my choice and works for me and my play style. 30/30/10. I tried d/d and d/s and I just didn’t like, though if I could swap weapons I would probably do staff and d/s, but since I can’t I stick with the staff as do many many other players. It just is fun for me and works for me!

My leveling is also fast, it just now started to slow down slightly, but I’m 70 now and I’ve actually wanted the leveling to slow down a bit lol. For me it just went so fast, but for others it can be slow. I do think, what ever class you go with, UPDATE THAT GEAR! Evaluate your gear every 5-10 levels as that makes a WORLD of difference especially with under water combat!

No the Elementalist is not that bad. I’m having a lot of fun and am not experiencing these troubles that others claim to, like being kicked out of dungeons and etc etc. I do think some people over dramatize things quite a bit! All the dungeon groups I’ve been in they really enjoy me being there as I heal and do damage, so I’m switching back and forth between Fire/Earth/Air/Water etc.

I’m Fire/Earth/Water and use a Staff for solo and group and have no problems. Sure we ALL struggle from time to time in the game. Everyone has an opinion and everyone has their own take on what is best for Elementalist gameplay, but no one person is right. It just really depends on your play style and for some people they just don’t have the patience for classes like the Elementalist or the Mesmer.

As someone said in a group I was in with a bossy person trying to tell everyone what to do and what to expect from an event, “Don’t tell me what to do.” I stick by that. Let people experience the game as they want and honestly I’m not going to fail an event just because people want me to! If anyone complains, let them, they’ll tire themselves out eventually and people can always ignore rude players.

Who cares about WoW, this is GW2! I mean to that I can say that I was a pro at Hello Kitty Online! Watch out! bonk bonk bonk

There is no way that someone can honestly, and I mean honestly say that event is “easy” and “kittenit is no big deal.” The damage is massive for that area and level and it is ridiculous. It is doable, yes, but very frustrating when you compare it to other world bosses that are not that hard and they are in higher level areas! I mean a group of 30+, that I was in, 95% of us died in less than a second over and over again, most of us were spread out, and NO not all of us were on the dreaded bridge!

Two people got lucky and got in and managed, after dying a lot, to run in circles around the thing and I and a few others managed to find spots to do some DPS, but about the 5th time I died there was no chance as I had no where to dodge and no where to go as I burned up in less than a second. So that is massive damage and something I would never expect in an area that is that low of level. It needs to be taken down a peg or two, I’m not saying make it easy though, but come on!

Nah you are not going to make coin from selling your wares from crafting (I’m talking the normal stuff you level up on), however you CAN make a pretty penny selling the parts to make gear like the (forgive me if I am getting the wording wrong) inscriptions, sigils, etc. Those I found recently sell really well and there seems to be a lot of buyers wanting them, which is great for me as I’m not wanting to compete with everyone else. Especially if you have extra mats, you can make those and sell for 1+ silver a piece, which goes up with the crafting level of the item. It might not seem like a lot, but it adds up and other than the rare dyes I find, that is the only way I’ve made coinage on the TP.

I mean I don’t even try to sell the junk I get from loot, when I look on the TP there are anywhere from 300-800+ already available listed and more times than not, at vendor value! lol

Hehe…well tell us how it goes!

I use Fire/Earth/Water going for 30/30/10. I am a fire user and switch to Earth to do bleed and crippling damage. Fire is great, in my game play experience, and I do medium to high DPS. I may not keep water, I may switch those 10 points to arcane, but right now the water gives me a little more health. Earth is also great for those pesky mobs that are immune to burn/fire damage.

There are times when I run in circles around a mob, even Champions, and use fire spells (including storm) to take their health down, then I can roll and give myself space to do meteor storm or switch to Earth. I find the Fire/Earth mix great for me so far! I also use Staff. Even under the water, fire/earth/water spells work best for me.

Are you guys scheduling a rumble? I hope you don’t start snapping your fingers and doing “rumbletastic” dancing steps! (West Side Story, for those who didn’t catch on).

I used to have issues with underwater combat, then I switched out my weapons and improved my gear. HUGE difference and now I do really well now.

Nepocrates that could be. I’m not having a problem finding events, I think some people need to pay attention more, but one problem I have seen are events breaking (especially escort events). Usually, in my experience, an event is in a series of events, so if it breaks then you are knocking out two or three other events. So, for example when I was in a Norn area I saw an escort quest bugged, which I knew knocked out two other events that came afterwards. Then later I found a “wave” event (where you defeat waves of mobs) broken so that knocked out, I think two other events. So that is four events that are not happening, so I do believe that is a big concern and others have reported it. I think there is even a discussion going on about it in the Game Bugs section.

There are glitched out events everywhere, but saying that I’ve had no issues at all finding events, even in the glitched out areas. Most of the time I think people are not paying attention to things around them. They expect a big orange circle to pop up and they don’t interact with NPCs, which I do all the time. I’ve seen that actually where people were ignoring the NPCs with big orange slices over their heads and I went up, started the event, and voila suddenly people are grouping around the guy when it pops up on the map!

Saying that, lets say on a server there are a lot of glitched out events, well I can see that effecting some players who are saying they can’t find events. It is a possibility. But then again you can just travel to other areas and I do, I travel all over, so most of the time I am thankful for a little peace and quiet of the lighter event areas.

Always upgrade your gear. I’ve seen Warriors struggling to take down enemies and when talking to one, after I helped him out, it turns out their gear was like 10-12 levels below where it should be. I think he upgraded and I saw him later mowing everything down haha. Upgraded gear greatly changes things and I personally learned this around level 11 when I finally could use the Trade Post and upgraded everything (big difference in DPS and gameplay). So I evaluate my gear ever 5-10 levels and right now I feel it is a little weak and I need to upgrade. I don’t have problems taking down Veterans, not at all, two is a challenge ,but doable with some effort.

While I know the damage debate will rage on and my experience with DPS has been that I average medium damage to high ( but that has a lot to do with points and gear and a concern would be if you don’t have the right gear or the points in the right places then you’re screwed on DPS ), but my main concern is why we are so squishy. I feel we need more defensive spells, if we are to remain a squishfest, where we can get enemies away from us. It seems like 80% (to me and my experience) of the mobs run up to you and I don’t feel we have much to CC as we should.

High DPS is great, but what happens when you’ve exhausted all of your quick burst spells and you still have enemies about, well you are going to want CC and if it is a group of mobs, you need something more than what we have to really buy you some time. Etc. For me, I like a mix of the high DPS and condition damage spells, but even then you need more CC options. Just my two cents, or make us less squishy lol.

It is not hard at all to solo (I’m doing it and can take on multiple mobs with NO problems), but as everyone has said you have to practice and figure things out! For the person who is impatient, who doesn’t like investing time in their class, of course it is hard to solo with an Ele, but what do you expect? PvE slows down? Hell no! I can’t stop leveling so fast! People are making assumptions based on individuals who cannot handle complex classes where you don’t just mash one or two buttons and call it a day. Is it hard? NOPE, but that is MY experience because I LOVE playing an Elementalist and classes like that so I’m used to something more than mindless button mashing!

I tried D/S and found that I wasn’t happy with the gameplay. Then I went back to my Staff, which I love, and find the damage is great (for me at least), but now I’m wishing I could switch between D/D and Staff because there were some neat and fun spells that I really enjoyed.

I almost wish I could customize the staff spells. Switch things around to my liking. That would be nice, but I know that is wishful thinking.

I agree, English is not the OPs first language and they are trying their best to express themselves and doing a good job of it. I understood! I completely disagree with most of what they said, but I did understand and didn’t need things rewritten.

I also DO play other classes. To assume that people don’t is a bit, well ridiculous in my opinion. I’m sure there is some lone person out there playing just one class, but I am not one of them. I feel that there can be improvements, of course, but my gameplay experience has not been that of a supporting player or struggling to survive. I do feel, as stated, that there are obvious balance issues in the game, but I don’t feel that Elementalists suck, as originally stated!

Sorry, but I don’t have these problems with my Elementalist, which is my main. I do think there are balance issues within the game, but that is to be expected with any game at this stage. I do wish that i wasn’t as squishy, but I evade as much as possible and can hold my own most of the time. I am not a “support” player and in fact I play a lot of the game solo and have no issues. Of course I die, everyone dies in this game or is downed it is just how it is.

I also don’t follow builds posted and such as I find it is more fun to just play and have fun and figure stuff out. I am always evaluating my gear and points and what not and try to adjust every 5-10 levels. I did redo my traits a few times until I was happy and right now my focus is on fire, earth, and water. I’m having a blast and I do feel gear has something to do with it. Having the wrong gear and upgrades can really change your gameplay into something frustrating! I mean “wrong” as in doesn’t support your play style, not wrong as in someone says so.

I think you have to find what class is fun for you, warrior can be a lot of fun (not boring at all), and figure out your own play style that works for you and your class. Everyone is different.

The Elementalist is a great class, BUT you have to figure out a good play style for you and I really believe, everyone is different. I’m level 60 and certainly not weak at all and haven’t been since day 1. I can take multiple enemies on with AoE attacks and my damage over time or conditional damage can really work, especially if I am running around trying to avoid enemies.

The thing is, you can’t just stand there and “pew pew pew” and like other people are saying you must use strategy and think about how to evade and best use your spells. Of course EVERY class and EVERY player dies and you know I find it funny that people proclaim the Elementalist weak when I’ve been among the last players standing, helping downed Warriors and other heavy hitters. We are not tanks, we are not meant to be tanks nor are we meant to melee our way into mobs.

Would be nice to be less squishy though!

This started two updates ago for me on all my characters.

I have not had this experience and I’m level 60 on my main, in fact most areas I’ve been in, including the Norn areas, have a lot of event opportunities. Now granted, there have been lighter event oriented areas, meaning maybe there were not as many as others. There are quite a few events that are triggered by talking to an NPC, especially those calling your name and trying to get your attention. I also never go in a straight line, side A to side B, if that makes sense, I’m zig-zagging all over the maps so I get more chances to come across events. Sometimes I will just talk to an event NPC just to get it started for other people and find that THEN people will pay attention when it shows up on the nap, even people who were near the NPC in the first place!

I also am always going to areas that I’ve been to before and always up for doing older events. There are quite a few events you can do solo and for those pesky champions, if no one is around I can always catch it later when there are A) More people on later or I’ll come back in a day or two! Sometimes I’ll hang around the area as well and when I see the champion’s health going down then I know there are people there and I travel to join!

I’ve seen so many events glitch out that I’ve lost count. I’ve been exploring all over and there are a lot of glitchy events (especially with escort events), skill points, areas…invisible walls…lol. The list goes on and on.