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So as the title suggests, do these two traits affect the virtue of justice when in DH? I am starting to doubt that they do. Due to the fact that the virtue cooldown reductions that we receieved in the recent patch do not apply to the DH version of the virtues I don’t think these would either. I tried to watch my combat log while fighting and if they were working right I would have expected more burning. Any insight?
I just came back to game a few days ago, ironically just as we get nerfed a bit. I am enjoying HoT so far. Maybe its because I was so used to the old ways of playing Guardian in PVE but I never felt comfortable with the bow. Anyways now that Dragon Hunter has been toned down a bit, and due to the fact that a lot of the HoT enemies have a lot of HP how would a condi fire build workout for PVE? And if so Viper better than Sinister? I have read up a bit and it seems viper is the way to go, but if its so close it doesnt matter I could just go with what is easiest to get.
It says that justice’s passive effect will give cripple. But I dont see it when I hover over the skill. Can anyone confirm. And if it is confirmed then wouldn’t it be less optimal to use Big Game Hunter because you are negating the cripple from justice and negating permeating wrath.
Ok great info and thanks! I did mean to say greatsword vs hammer. I do know that the staff is usually essential, but I may be wrong. I guess if I were to go POV and AH it would make sense to probably use the trooper runes over the hoelbrek due to the fact that at the point I am going for more support anyways. If I did decide to go meditation build, Would all soldier’s armor with zerk weapons and trinkets work? Or soldier’s armor and weps with zerk trinkets? Or is adding some carrion pretty necessary to get a little condition damage? With meditation what runes in armor and what weapons would you guys recommend? I realize that with meditation build I wouldn’t be as supportive to the zerg but I like having different builds to choose from = D Lastly if honorable staff is traited, The boon duration while wielding staff goes up 20%, but if I apply the boon while wielding the staff then switch to my 2nd weapon does the boon still have the 20% duration since I applied it while the staff was equipped?
I had just posted earlier about a WvW build, so I am going to post about my PVE build = D I just came back after about 5 months of not playing. I already had full ascended zerker armor and trinkets as well as 2 ascended greatswords and 2 ascended words (one for night one for day) My 2 focus were exotic. Anyway I know that sword got nerfed a little by not having that 10%sword damage trait and that mace is the new meta. I run mostly PUG groups and after testing the meta build I find that I don’t have as much survivability. I decided to tweak the meta so here goes:\
Greatsword & S/F (Force+Night) & (Force + Superior Sigil of Strength)(Zerk)
Full ascended armor & trinkets (Zerk) (Superior Rune of Strength)
Radiance: Right Hand Strength, Retribution, Amplified Wrath
Valor: Focus Mastry, Communal Defenses, Retributive Armor
Virtues: Unscathed Contender, Absolute Resolution, Indomitable Courage
I really like Valor because of focus mastery get more protection and quicker cooldown on focus skills giving me more survivability. Also get more aegis and thus more things happening off of blocks ie Amplified Wrath, Communal Defenses, Might of the Protector, and Retributive Armor. I went with the strength runes because in PUG groups there isn’t always someone stacking might so this way I keep good a mount of might. My questions are what do you guys think of this build? I use for dungeons and fractals. If I keep valor would I be better off switching radiance to zeal and swapping my sword for mace? I am not very found of torch thus far but would be open to switching.
Thanks in advance!
That is the build I was referring to. With the trait changes this is still a good build to run if you are in a large zerg? Also would people recommend more hammer or staff? I was going to go for full soldier’s armor with hoelbrek runes. The runes of the trooper also look good, but with trooper runes and pure of voice would a shout remove 2 conditions? Thanks
Are these AH Shout builds still viable in WvW. I have been playing GW2 on and off for a while now, but I have never gotten into WvW too much. Before I took a break (before the trait changes) I was going to make a build where the shouts remove conditions and boons heal you. Was going to go soldiers armor and weapons with zerker trinkets. Are builds like this still viable? I wanted the build to be more of a zerg build anyways. All I seem to see as far as WvW goes is meditation builds. I used a meditation build in pvp, but doesn’t seem that a build like that would help the zerg as much or have as much survivability. Anyways thanks in advance!
Has anyone else noticed that this skill seems bugged? Courageous Return should recharge virtue of courage when I revive someone or when I rally. Shows that there is a 30second cooldown on this. I’ve rallied a buncha times and it was my first death of a dungeon run and I hadn’t revived anyone but for some reason virtue of courage doesn’t recharge? Leme know if there is anyone else out there noticing this.
So since I invested so much in strength runes if I switch my build back to 4/5/0/0/5, will using strength runes still be a decent option? Cuz I mean other classes will be giving might as well as my greatsword and focus blast finisher.
I know these kind of things have been asked before but its really confusing because the meta is made with intention of everyone in group running meta. I play solo a lot or pug. I noticed half the time there is no might in group and I also died a lot and couldn’t keep scholar buff up when I ran the meta. So to solve that I decided to try an empowering might build.
All my gear is ascended zerker with 6 superior sigil of strength.
2-Zeal /w fiery wrath (10%dmg burning foe)
5-Radiance /w Blind Exposure (blind gives vuln) and Powerful Blades (10%dmg sword and spear)
4-Honor /w Superior Aria(Shout Cooldown) and Empowering might(give might on crit)
3-Virtue /w Master of Consecrations (cooldown and duration of consecrations)
Now I do switch it up sometimes if I need more condi removal or use scepter but that’s the main. What do people think? I know a lot of people dislike empowering might on pve guard buy why? and also since I have hard time keeping scholar buff up if I decide to switch build is keeping runes of strength worth it?
Thanks in advance!
@qualm like a bomb
Yea you are going to want to close up all the ports after the patch. That fix that I described was only for the patch and are supposed to close them up after the patch is done. I know this patch works, because I was having this issue on the last two patches. And each time after I opened all the ports I patched no problem on the first try. So yes people who are still having trouble try this and if successful, close your ports.
If you are an at&t uverse customer using the 2wire modem. Open your router gateway i.e. open 192.168.1.254 in your browser address bar. Under settings then under firewall change the settings to allow all applications (DMZplus mode). Hit save. Open the GW2 client. You should then be able to download the client and patch. I tried to manually enter the ports for gw2 and that didn’t want to work, but this worked and is what I did last patch where I had same issue.
With the latest patch, I couldn’t get the client to download. It kept starting to get the client but then would ramp down to 0 kb/s then get error that couldn’t connect to server. This never happened before. It was odd because all my other games worked. Tried everything. Finally opened my att uverse wireless router gateway and allowed all ports through in the firewall. I then was able to patch the game. I reset the firewall back to default, then restarted my pc. All seems ok now and I am playing the game again. I hope others find this useful.