Guild Wars 2

Durzlla.6295:

OGDeadHead.8326:

I can’t for the life of me understand how things like these happens, and onto live servers. How small is Anets quality assurance team really? I mean, really?

It’s not like it’s the first time either, and often it takes months, if ever, to fix.

Well, at least I’ll hold of buying the expansion until this is fixed, that’s for kitten sure.

Ironically buying the expansion may be more beneficial than waiting given the new mechanic of the soul beast.

Maybe this is their way of getting more rangers to buy the expansion. Then after we have bought it, they will fix this. :O

I don’t get whispers very often and fortunately it’s mostly people saying thanks for a good fight, but not always. Couple of days ago I was called an idiot.
The thief I fought said he crashed to desktop. What I think he meant was that he accidentally tabbed out, cause he was still there to be stomped. I didn’t notice anything during the fight, but obviously I should know when people mess up like that and stop hitting them. :p

This is the build I’ve been running lately and I enjoy it alot. Maybe with some small variation in gear, etc.
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQJATRnUqA9CitsAmsActgBOh6fhCoh9/eAO8eY77AoEnnG-TVyDABvrLQuLBAUK/+X1CEUCqwTAAATQ5omS87PQKgAHGB-w

It focuses on boon duration with perma swiftness and regen, very high uptime of fury and protection, fairly easy to get 25 stacks of might and a decent amount of quickness.
I sometimes swap out Oakheart Salve for Soften the Fall when running around desert borderlands.
Bountiful Hunter can also be swapped for Instinctive Reaction, but I have no idea which gives more DPS. :P

It’s pretty weak against condis though, so I also swap out SotP for Entangle now and then. I’ve also though about switching Sigil of Strength for Purity. Or maybe have Generosity on one weapon and Purity on the other…
I had the Sigil that gives quickness once, but after dying too fast to condis one time, I figured I needed more condi clear.

If you don’t feel like farming for Runes of Durability, then Runes of the Water work just fine.

Smokescale and/or Bristleback are very easy to find if you have HoT and would like to try them. There is a nice guide here somewhere. I’ve found that they can actually hit other players and wont switch them out any time soon.

I haven’t really tried druid much myself, even though I have two lv 80 rangers, so can’t comment much on that. I was thinking if maybe it would be better with We Heal as One instead of Troll Unguent?
According to the build, WHaO will heal for 7856 every 16 sec, while TU will heal you for 10100 every 25 sec. That’s potentially 491 hp/s vs 404.
You should still get plenty of regen, if not more, and I’m wondering if maybe you could switch out Dwayna runes for Rune of the Water. I know it’s not the most popular rune, but I’m actually running it myself on my pew pew boon duration ranger and love it.
Even though it would mean 10% less duration on regen, I think you’ll still have more or less perma regen. Instead you’ll get 20% on all other boons.

I’ve been running this for a while now and I’m quite happy with it:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQJATRnEqA9CitsAmsActgBOhyD8B4w/XoAa4eY77AokdVA-T1yDABK8EAgS5xPKxUUlCAMxZjaKOt/QCXCA30FggSQHVFIAACAt5RDpACckF-w

I change the stats on the armour and jewelry now and then, take out some defense for more offense, but it’s mostly like this. Recently I switched out Sigil of Blood on my sword for Rage, just to try it out and get a little extra quickness. With 60% boon duration(says 40% in the calculator, but it’s 60%) I thought maybe it could be worth it.
I’ve been using it for solo roaming in WvW, but I’m sure it can be tweaked for PvP.

The reason I’m running double birds, was because I used to have Wilting Strike for the weakness. I tried Go for the Eyes some too, but switched those out. Birds are still ok, but other pets might be better.

I just noticed this myself. I’ve been trying out warhorn the last few days with a boon duration build. With 60% boon duration, I should be getting 16 sec regen, as it says in the tool tip, but it’s only 8 sec. With 20% boon duration it’s 6 sec, instead of 12 as it should be.

I’ve sent in a bug report.

Tragic Positive.9356:

Well…
… We are rangers. Hated for doing good by the enemy, and hated by doing mediocre/bad by our allies. That’s who we are.
At least we have our pets… But we hate them in return since we have no one else to hate.

All in all, hate is everywhere we go.

Heh, I like what you wrote there. Almost poetic.

I guess I like to try out gimpy classes, or classes that are perceived as gimpy.
When I played DAoC, I decided to make a zerker(was a bit after patch 1.62, where zerkers got nerfed) that I would use for soloing in RvR. To make it as gimpy as possible, I made it a valkyn, the race least suited for a zerker. Turned out it was a lot of fun and I loved it!

In GW2 I started with a guardian, then mesmer, then ele. I liked the ele a lot, but wanted to try something new. There was a lot of talk on the forums about how bad the ranger was, so I thought I would give it a try. I enjoy soloing in WvW and the ranger was actually really good at that, and fun!

Maybe I like it because of the mobility with S/D, which makes me feel like a ninja, the stupid pets(that are still fun) or just the general feel of the class.
Sometimes I bring out my other chars, but I always go back to my ranger pretty quickly. I just enjoy it way more than any of the other classes, even if it’s not gimpy.

While I’m not super excited about the new map, I’m still looking forward to something new to try out.
Since they are replacing the old map with it, I just hope I like it. Anet say they will put the old map back into a rotation later, but when Anet say they will do something later, there’s a very good chance it will never happen.

Gotejjeken.1267:

Without seeing a video, it is hard to take sides on this one. I know, I get that I’m on the Ranger forum and I also main a Ranger, however there is some merit to the thief’s replies.

Also about the RF thing, more whispers come from thieves as they do not have an ‘lol invuln’ button that warriors, guardians, and even other Rangers have.

I often record, but since I had tried some of my xmas presents, I wasn’t exactly playing at 100%. Rum and cognac is good stuff, but my playing wouldn’t look too good for a video.
If this is the thief I think it was, I ran into him east of that central keep in EB, where there’s a guard near a bridge. A few more enemies was arriving, and I wanted to get away from there. I ran north up that small hill past that walking tree and stopped to continue there. We fought in that small area and I wasn’t really running around for huge distances, but there was a lot of dodging and evading, I guess.
A few others from his server arrived and watched, and I dueled 2 or 3 after that, before I figured it was time to get out of there. That’s when I got the whisper. The last guy I dueled was a mesmer, which was why I first thought it was him.

Here’s my build, btw. Not what I would call a very condi heavy build.
Build

Remember guys, constantly stealthing is not the same as constantly dodging or kiting!

And I thought the days when people were whining about condi rangers were over, now that rangers mostly use long bows…
I’m not even full condi(even with Tuning Crystal, I’m slightly more power. 1176p/1169c).
This was in EB btw.

Edit: I should add that I’m S/D and A/T

Skeletor.9360:

Only worse imbalance I have seen was DAOC and there 1 shot anybody from stealth archers…

This isn’t even close.

No no, that was Shadowblades doing a 2-h PA from stealth and remaining stealthed if they killed you in 1 shot. :p

Fluffball.8307:

Zoia.3678:

As for being boring to watch, I personally don’t see how a power ranger vid can be that different. You still press your buttons, jump around and try to kill stuff before they kill you.

Condi is hated because it’s DoT. Apply burning and then run in circles, where as power needs to be actively attacking to succeed. It’s especially bad because of P/D thieves and PU mesmers, which are about as cheesey and skill-less as possible. But, I agree, play whatever the heck you want. It’s in the game, so I have no hatred when facing condi builds.

I understand what you say about the more cheesy builds and watching those in 1vs1 fights isn’t too entertaining, but lately people seem to have a thing against condi builds no matter what class/build it is. It wasn’t like the OP was applying conditions and just kiting around while the conditions finished his opponent off.

What’s up with all the condi hate lately?
I was out solo roaming a few days ago, and after I beat a warrior I got invited. Usually people want to say thanks for a good fight, but for the first time I got told “condi no skill”. Didn’t matter that I ran a build with more power than condi. I was apparently still a skilless condi player.
Have people been reading the forums too much lately? Is hating on condi builds what we’re supposed to do these days?

As for being boring to watch, I personally don’t see how a power ranger vid can be that different. You still press your buttons, jump around and try to kill stuff before they kill you. As long as it’s some challenging fights it shouldn’t make a difference what build you use. It’s a matter of taste, I suppose. Which means people can post a vid of themselves playing a build they enjoy if they want to?

I thought it was well played, Tricare. Like you said, maybe not the best opponents, but you were outnumbered, so it’s all good. Maybe you should include a warning that you’re running a condi build next time.

My ranger was my 4th character, after my guard, mesmer and ele. I usually don’t play ranged classes and I don’t like pets that much, but I do enjoy to play what might be looked at as gimpy classes. That’s why I wanted to try out a ranger.
I hated the sword at first and it got me killed while leveling up a few times. Now I love it, jumping all over the place, dodging left and right. It’s just something about the way the class plays that I really like. The class also turned out to be pretty good at solo roaming in WvW, which is what i like to do the most.

Another tip if you’re going to solo roam, is to record your fights and watch them later. You always remember it if you make some big mistake and totally mess up a fight, but you tend to forget, or not notice at all, the little mistakes. When you watch a clip of yourself, you will see what you should or shouldn’t have done in a fight and learn much faster.
I’m not saying you should watch every fight you have, but perhaps those close ones where you wonder why you got beat. Or those you barely win, but thought you could have done better.

I’m on Gunnar’s Hold as well. I mostly solo roam, but do join a zerg on rare occasions. I’ve never had anyone comment on the fact that I play a ranger or told me to get another class. It really doesn’t matter that much in a zerg.

Sumashu.4168:

Zoia.3678:

I’m mostly using RaO for stomping when I solo roam and a shorter recast would be sweet.

Now we will have Signet of the wild as our official stab x)

Ah, you’re right! I didn’t think of that.

Some nice changes in there. Not a lot that’s going to affect my playstyle, but that’s ok. Might on Axe #1 will be nice and I’m slightly more tempted to pick up Sic’em.
I would have loved it if they did something similar to Rampage as One as they did with Entangle. Cut the duration and halve the CD. I’m mostly using RaO for stomping when I solo roam and a shorter recast would be sweet.

I often have this problem when I experience lag, especially when I get skill lag, rubber banding, etc. Even against targets that are standing perfectly still, I will land a bit away from the target and miss. The same goes for the dagger #4 attack.
Do you have any other type of lag?

Heh, kittenroach. That would be a good name for a charr.

While this looks to be more of a discussion about dungeons, I wouldn’t mind an increased boon range in WvW(1500-2000 maybe). It would encourage people to think more about individual positioning, rather than just running around in a ball. You might not get all the effects of combo fields if you’re standing over there, but wouldn’t it make group fights a little more interesting?

Oh, and saying that people who want to play ranged in dungeons shouldn’t get boons, because it’s more dangerous to be in melee, is just absurd. Anet can tweak the bosses if needed, so ranged players can’t just stand there and pew pew.
I’ve never played an MMO before where people have been so obsessed about stacking and at the same time shunning ranged players in dungeons. Perhaps a part of that problem is actually the very small range of boons?

My ranger’s new updated look. Gotta love them fuzzy things!

Head: Fuzzy Bear Hat
Shoulders: -
Vest: Ascended
Gloves: Privateer Gloves
Legs: Viper’s Leggings
Boots: Magitech Boots
Back: Cheetah Charr Backpack

Sube Dai.8496:

I beat ppl on my ranger all the time. I rarely lose to rangers though and I must admit I still think ‘free bag’ when I see a ranger. I’ve lost to a longbow ranger once and man he was good.

Yea, I tend to think free bag as well when I see other rangers. :\ I have lost a couple of 1vs1 fights against other rangers, though.

For me to win a 1vs2 fight, it needs to be the right classes or builds, obviously. Since I don’t have any condi removals atm(only melandru runes and food), one condi necro or engi is tough enough alone. Two of those will down me in seconds.
If it’s 1vs3 it has to be one or more uplevels and/or bad players for me to win.

The vid in my sig has some 1vs2 fights against other lv 80s, but some of them didn’t have food.
I haven’t been in WvW after the patch, but I’ve heard it’s more condi classes out there now. Maybe it’s time to swap Barkskin for EB?

Hmm, I’ve been using hyena for a long time now, and I hadn’t even noticed this. I was mostly using it for the double knockdowns and cripples that Lorelei mentioned, though.

My solo roaming vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhecZmfW9WE

Solid vid! I especially liked the fight in the middle, and how you kited those warriors. The last fight was great too.

My only criticism would be that it was a little long. A couple of the 1vs1 fights could have been taken out. Like those where you had food buffs and the other guys didn’t. The fights were well played on your part, but they didn’t stand much of a chance.

Nice vid, i liked it.
Have you tried to replace Sharpening Stone with Flame Trap? I’m wondering if that might increase your damage even more?

Terravos.4059:

Forzani.2584:

Terravos.4059:

Forzani.2584:

Terravos.4059:

My biggest worry is we get the Warrior Treatment, as in to much to fast..

I read the suggestions Allie posted that she wants to pass on to the team, and i’m worried we’ll get a lot of that stuff.

Because frankly, I’d be a monster if I got even half of it..

Crap like wanting Shortbow to have Confusion/Torment/Burning just blows my mind..

That weapon would be so bloody overpowered.

Things like Lowering Trolls Urgent Cooldown + giving it condition removal…TU is pretty powerful as a heal right now..It doesn’t need anything, Heal as One could use something like that.. but not TU

Some of the trait suggestions are fine.. I just don’t want this class to end up like the Warrior.

Which is likely to happen…..and it isn’t surprising because pretty much every game like this evolves that way. The classes play a game of ‘tag your it’ taking turns being the strong class. A class can go from zero to hero with 1 or 2 minor tweaks.

The one thing I will say about Warrior though…and most classes, are their trait lines make sense. Ranger is always going to have a hindrance because their trait lines are all over the map. I never realized how bad it was until I started playing other classes where it seems there are so many more tough choices to make when picking traits. I always feel I am leaving something good out. Too many times with Rangers I end up picking a trait i don’t really want or need …but there isn’t anything else to pick.

Oh trust me, I know games play the tag you’re it game when it comes to balance

I’ve said it before, but I was a Valkyrie Player in DAOC before they got buffed…and it was an awful class at the time.. but i did play it till RR8 before they got any buffs… and it kind of played out like the Warrior buffs in this game.

They ended up getting Charge..Which was pretty powerful, and was a good ability..Then they got what was basically Levi from Reavers…That was pretty over the top..

They they were like screw it, and they gave them a bloody massively overpowered Heal line..

But yea….. A lot of games are like that….I’m just hoping Rangers don’t end up that way..Then again i’ll probably be playing ESO by then so it won’t matter..

No kidding about the Valkrie. A buddy played one off and on. Then after the buff he was pretty much unkillable. We duoed with him on his Valk and me on my Skald. We would cross bridge choke points and hoped to get attacked by the stealth brigade hanging out there. It usually didn’t end well for them.

hehe, I was the first RR5 and RR10 valkyrie in DAOC….which is pretty bad considering I came back like 5 or 6 months after that expansion came out.

i think i was probably the first RR11 one as well, but just saying 10 is easy enough.

But yea…unkillable is an understatement on valkyrie at that time….It was so bad..I stopped logging in my buffbot and instead just ran with the CL buffs, you remember those? They were like the equiv of blue shaman buffs I think…I just buffed myself, and ran around solo ganking stealthers (usually two and 3 mans at a time) and anyone else who came by.

Hah, the valkyrie buff has to be one of the most overdone class changes in DAoC history.
I made one when the expansion came out, but didn’t play it that much, as the class was kinda bland and boring. It needed some help, but the love they got….
I felt so cheesy soloing with my rr4 valkyrie after that, I went back to soloing on my lowbie rr valkyn zerker. :p
Brutalize with 25% spell duration, followed by Ragnarok spam at capped melee speed had it’s moments, though.

Great vid and great music! I enjoyed it.

This must be fake. Not even Anet would increasing the threshold of Barkskin to 33%…..right?

Expiatus, it doesn’t seem to proc that much and I’ve considered swapping to another sigil of earth, or even the one with poison on weapon swap for more poison.
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Borya, I appreciate your suggestions, but I feel most of them is a matter of personal taste.
- I agree that the high toughness/armour might be a bit overkill. I swap out gear all the time to try out more/less of different stats, but usually sit at around 3100-3200 armour.

-I didn’t even know about runes of resistance! Still, I feel the -25% stun duration and extra 65 toughness the 6 Melandru runes give me is worth it over -5% condi duration.

-I prefer Barkskin. With Melandru and food, the only condi classes I have serious trouble with is condi necros. Some engis can be tough too. However, I run into far more warriors, thieves, etc, so I’ll keep my Barkskin.

-With the 30% boon duration I have, Vigorous Renewal would give me 6,5 sec vigor every 25 sec with Troll Unguent. Lightning Reflexes gives me 13 sec of vigor, but I would then get it every 40 sec instead of every 32 sec. Less stun break as well. With Primal Reflexes, I have plenty of vigor.

-Then I would have to drop Primal reflexes.

-Signet of the Wild gives me 100 h/s. I prefer that over curing 1 condi every 10 sec. With a 60 sec recast, SoR isn’t really good enough as a stun break. I also have -25% stun duration and a stunbreak every 32 sec, remember.

One of the benefits of a S/D weapon set, though, is that it’s good for escaping. I really like dagger #4 for that. Much more than sword #3, since the dagger jumps more forward. Combined with the sword #2 jumps, it’s quite good, and I run away a lot in WvW!
Have you felt that it affects your ability to get away from groups any, by changing to S/T + A/D?

Glad you guys liked it.

I’ve seen a few people on the forum say they like S/T + A/D, and it does make sense. Maybe I’ll give it a try. It’s just that I’m so used to S/D + A/T.

When I played DAoC, I had keybinds all over the place and a ton more abilities to use.
I could definitely put something on cvb, or some other keys. With so few skills that we have here in GW2, I don’t really have an excuse not to. The less skills I have, the lazier I get, I guess. :p

Hi,
My first GW2 video is finally done! Just some clips of me on my solo ranger.
I wish I had recorded some good fights against necros and engis as well, but dem warriors are everywhere! If you guys like the vid, I’ll try and get some of that if I make another one.
For now, enjoy the Barkskin. :p

Yes, I’m trying not to mouse click my utility skills, but it’s hard.

Build

Finally I found a thread where others experience the same as me!
It’s been like this for a week now. I can forget about WvW, I only log on to do my dailies and log again. Even dailies can be frustrating.

Will try and use VPN and see how that works out. If only I would receive the authentication mail, since I’m using a different IP. Seems to be a problem with getting that.

Country: Norway
Server: Gunnar’s Hold, EU
ISP: Canal Digital

Edit: Hah, I finally got the authentication and could log on with a VPN (Boxpn, server in Amsterdam/Netherlands).
It’s night and day and it only took me a couple of minutes to notice the difference. No more skill lag, delay on weapon switching, etc. I even salvaged 50 pieces without problems. Last night I clicked salvage on 12 pieces, nothing happened for 20 sec or so until the stack was suddenly gone and my inventory filled with the salvaged loot from all 12 at once.

Same for me. I play on Gunnar’s Hold and it started on friday and has been pretty bad since. Today has been the worst, with 3-4 disconnections in the last two hours and insane skill lag at times.
Think I’ll go do something else.

Huggyos.9584:

lately I’m experiencing very hard skill lags in EU server. my favorite is when Im unable to use particular skill at all.

My favorite is when I’m out in WvW solo roaming on my ranger, with no one around except me and the other person I’m fighting, and I try to use Serpent’s Strike or Stalker’s Strike.
Those attacks are supposed to make me dodge in a half circle around the target and hit with poison. Even if my target is standing perfectly still, be it an NPC or a player, I’m always landing too far away and the attack misses, along with the poison.

I’m playing on EU servers as well and it’s been like this since late in last week. It’s not the first time, though. It’s comes and goes. On friday, I had my first 5 skills flashing for 27 sec before anything happened. It might have been longer, but I started recording with Fraps right after I saw it. Fraps usually have no effect on skill lag for me, just a minor FPS loss.

I’ve been running this build, or variations of it, for months now, and it works well for solo roaming. It’s nothing unique, as I’ve seen others have posted similar builds before.
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQRAsY3fnAV0FclFKWwaZAp9gTMvzjVwQcP8vOJELZTRA-jEEBogCiIOwUFQEGAEBhOvDK5bIr5QglRFRjVPLyqaAaGYqUJ1YG2eGyrQZVKglkGB-w

It has mostly cel pieces in it there, but I’ve often used more rabid and apo parts as well and haven’t noticed that much of a difference. As long as I have around 3100-3200 toughness and 600 healing power, I feel I have good survivability. I’ve had enemies invite me and tell me my regen is insane, so I guess it’s not too bad.

Having no condi clears makes it almost impossible to fight some necros, but I don’t run into those too often. Some mesmers give me a hard fight as well, but it often ends in a draw. Melandru runes + Leek Soup(I’m too cheap for the best one) usually take care of conditions well enough.

I’ve experimented with lots of different gear and feel I’ve finally(well, almost) have a build that has a good combination of survivability and damage. I’m always trying to lower tough/HP a little to get more offense, but every time I do, I run into someone that butchers me and I go back to more defense again.

Edit: I often use Primal Reflexes as the Skirmishing trait, for more vigor, instead of Sharpened Edges.

milo.6942:

25 ?? really?

Be happy we wont have to buy it from the gem store. :p

TainoFuerte.8136:

None. It’s nothing more than the laughable grinding nonsense of so many other MMO’s, the same ones I avoided and hoped to continue avoiding by coming to this one.

The more elements this game has in common with those “other” MMO’s the less reasons I have to stay. If I’m going to grind for gear, it might as well be in games tailor made for that type of content that do it much better.

I agree. That’s one of the things I don’t understand about ascended gear. Why do we have it?
In other games with vertical progression, you need better gear to be able to complete the next tier of content. The progression had a purpose. It wasn’t even that hard to decide what gear to get for your character, as most people were either DPS, tank or healer.

In GW2, there’s no purpose to ascended gear as I see it. We really don’t need any better gear than exotics, except maybe for fractals, but fractals are such a small part of this game. Why make ascended gear a part of regular PvE, dungeons and WvW?
Especially in WvW where every % counts. Despite what some might say, and how small of an increase each part gives, someone in full ascended will have a decent advantage over someone in all excotics. It goes against the whole concept of putting players at an equal playingfield. Spend hundreds of gold on crafting or be left behind!

One of the things I liked about GW1 was how many different builds you could make, how easy it was to change between them and how you could make a group with good synergy to beat difficult content. Different content might require a different group setup, but it was no problem for the group members to change their builds.
Exotics in GW2 aren’t too easy to get, imo. It makes it relatively easy to change individual builds and group compositions if needed, but we need several armour sets for that. Gearing a character up in several sets of exotics can cost quite a bit. With ascended gear and how costly and time consuming it is to get, it basically locks your character into one build.

I’m confused as to which direction Anet is taking with this. If Anet ever releases harder content, will they make it harder by requiring better group synergy from the players and their builds, or harder because we need ascended gear?
If the former, why did they implement ascended gear? It makes it much harder, if not impossible, to change your build for different content. Very few people will have several sets of ascended gear to choose between.
If the latter, ascended gear isn’t even that much better than exotics. Like several people have said before, it just locks us into one build, so what’s the point? Will they give us agony in regular content as well?

All I can think of is that it’s just to keep us occupied and play the game longer. Easier to make us grind time gated mats for months, rather than make some meaningful(permanent?) content, yea?

EU Silver League, 8th ranked(Gunnar’s Hold)

Rewards:
-1 Mini Dolyak
-3 Tastes of Liquid World Experience (came as 2 stacks according to log (1 + 2)) Same here
-100 Dragonite Ore
-100 Empyreal Fragments
– 5 Scrolls of Knowledge (5 stackes, each 1)
– 5 Tomes of Knowledge (5 stacks each 1)
– 1 Essence of Luck (Legendary, 500 Luck)
– 1 yellow pair of gloves and 1 green torch.

If leveling armour crafting is anything like it was with weapon crafting, then I don’t think I’ll bother. I mostly play my ranger and in WvW, but I also play my guard and ele a bit. That’s three different armour crafting professions….

My ranger has 3 ascended weapons(Sword, dagger and axe). A torch would’ve been nice too, but then I need huntsman and I can’t stomach the thought of leveling another profession to 500.
The other level 80s i have (guard, ele and mesmer) don’t have any ascended weapons at all. I’m sure my ele would love a scepter and focus, but that would mean yet another another crafting profession to 500. If only I could find the will to farm more dragonite, I have enough of the other mats to make a couple of weapons for my guard with my weaponsmith.

Ascended gear is the worst thing to happen to this game, imo.

I’d love to see this.
I bought the Krytan set for the vest. There are some pants and shoes i would like to get as well, but they are from two different sets. I don’t feel like paying 1600 gems for a pair of pants and a pair of shoes.

Wilderness XII – Bark Skin Increased the damage reduction from 30% to 50%.

I’m already running Bark Skin, so I like this.

gamemaster.7154:

Durzlla.6295:

PvE on my ranger is really easy after the pet HP buff, my Fern Hound (tanky little kitten with use of that F2) can tank 2-3 vets at one time, and then Beary Bearington can hold off an entire kittening army by himself for a good time, easily long enough for me to heal him 2-3 times (healing spring).

Gave us a lot of utility… if only our utility skills weren’t totally lame…

Are owls passé?

Maybe their solution is that the new map wont have any siege weapons, making WvW ranks useless!
Edit: Or guards, etc

Carize.8532:

“HEAL!!! Why won’t you work, #6 button?!” ~smacks it moar…cuz we all know that makes electronics work better.

>.>

I’m outclassed by a monkey. At least IT got a bottle of juice for its efforts.

That’s how I felt a couple of days ago. I was fighting another guy with my ranger and hardly anyone else was around. Maybe one or two others running past us in the distance.
The other guy got me low on health and I was desperately trying to get off my heal or “guard” for the regen. FPS was good and I had no lag, but the heal and utility skill refused to work…

After an hour or so, I logged. No point playing like that.

We get a short duration reveal we can to use preemptively, on a long cooldown. Wohoo!

jcbroe.4329:

Wow, okay, so sorry for the waste of time guys. I’ll suffer my way through this stream and see if any devs drop any tidbits in the chat, otherwise, I wouldn’t recommend watching this garbage (PvP beginners guide).

Not your fault, so no need to be sorry.
I wouldn’t even have known about this stream if it hadn’t been for this post. Guess they changed their mind, is all. Like the GW2 broadcaster said: “We had a minor schedule shuffle. The balance preview is Monday at Noon. ~Rubi”.

Searban.5984:

Well, apparently today stream has changed to “beginner’s guide to PvP”, and the patch preview will be on the 14th. Sigh…

Yea, we might as well wait till the 15th and read the patch notes… :p