Guild Wars 2

Does anyone know any good S/D power builds for daredevil? I’ve been meaning to get back into it after a good year or so running other sets. I know S/D is typically used as a condi set in sPvP, but i was wondering if anyone has any good / viable S/D builds for wvw.

Thanks ^^

how did this post about being exclusive in wvw turn into a thread about a “12 year old girl” ??

BTW kevin i think VaaCrow was referring to the original topic of this thread

Bottom line is, you cant force people to play the way you want them to play. Every commander has the right to include / exclude whoever he wants to. if the commander bashed you for being deaf then THAT is bullying. But you have not posted any proof as of why you claim the group is bullying you.

Sometimes guilds will run exclusively because thats what it is, a guild run. Even if it isnt, a commander still has the right to run his squad in whatever way he likes to because its his squad. This, like so many others have pointed out, is a social issue on your part and not a violation of the TOS. You are trying to force yourself onto them when they clearly dont want to be involved with you.

My solution like many others is to join a group of people / guild who are more empathetic and inclusive. Being excluded from what you want to do sucks, yes it does. But it does not give you the right to force yourself and your playstyle on them. Hope you find what you’re looking for, it sucks but you just gotta deal with it or move on to another game

Anet said that they would ship competitive content (pvp and wvw) as soon as they are ready through live updates and wont tie it to expansions so no need to throw tantrums people

“This year we also took a different approach with PvP and WvW releases. In PvE, we make fresh new content with the goal of surprising and delighting you with our work, but in competitive modes, the community owns the game modes and chooses what we work on, and we definitely shouldn’t be surprising you with where we take those game modes. Instead our goal this year was to develop more incrementally, test with the community on the live side, and take feedback every step of the way.”
~ Mike O’Brien

edit: In another post related to this topic a dev replied with this

“As several people mentioned, and Mo mentioned in the AMA, we release on our own cadence and will continue to release updates for WvW outside of the expansion release.
I also wanted to let everyone know that today is all about announcing the expansion, but later this week we will be talking about some of the upcoming updates for WvW.”
~ McKenna Berdrow

chillout guys, with how things have been for the past few months anet have put a little more effort into their competitive modes. Of course there are some glaring issues that really need to be addressed, of course there are things that they could have done so much better than what we got but at least something is being done, albeit at a snail’s pace.

cheers

i understand why some people may think that there are bots running around in ranked games, but correct me if im wrong i thought you could only duo que in ranked? so unless they also manipulated the matchmaking system how would they get 3 or more bots into the same game on the same team?

edit: if its 2 bots in the game i totally understand, i too have seen bots in spvp. i just cant seem to wrap my head around the idea that there are 3 or more bots. have a good day

It’s like complaining about how changing your own light bulb makes you want to remove all lights. May not be a great analogy but that’s the level of dumb this topic is.

Just learn to play around the “problem” like having backup commanders, running within your group instead of 1234567 meters in front of them or even getting a few people to pop the ghost tonic with you

i honestly still DO run the good ol’ sword/warhorn and hammer build when im in a zerg
i find it fun and even with full zerk i can always survive with good positioning etc.

this is my current build when running in a zerg:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNBiYDbkpDKDxuQwyDoDxQWQlnwFc6aNU4HAO4FQAA-TFSBABacEAwT3wVK/A4BA0xFAgS1f4Z/BzUCCA-w

under tactics, u will see that i have phalanx strength traited. If you are facing a condition heavy group then you could swap out PS for vigorous shouts.

this build works for me and if you have any questions then you can give me a whisper / mail in game

im NA Sea Of Sorrows

IoJ > Ebay > HoD > SoS

IoJ: i was originally a PvE player. Went into EBG for fun to explore WvW after my first toon hit 80 and was rescued by my First guild [LAG] after getting attacked by 3 BP players. this was before links and IOJ was rock bottom in T8. went to play EoTM for a good 5 months before developing a passion for group fights and thus going back to hitting EBG. Stayed in IOJ for a good 8 ish months

Ebay: my transfer there was payed for by WoR. made really good friends while i was still in that guild before it soured and many of my friends left for DH. stayed on Ebay for a good 5-6 months

HoD: followed WoR off Ebay to HoD because Ebay died a little. stayed on HoD for about 2.5 months

SoS: followed my friends to SoS and I havent looked back since. I’m now the main commander in SEA time for SoS and part of Tidal Legion [TL] I did promise to go back to IOJ one day though so i dont know when :P im enjoying my WvW journey and my passion for the game mode is not going to die anytime soon ^^

honestly though, if you are still looking for a guild come and join Tidal Legion [TL]. we are in SOS (sea of sorrows) and we cover every timezone, with our prime in NA and SEA. whisper me in game if you are still interested

i use a power necro build that has reasonable condi clear, coupled with boon rip/boon corrupt and of course raw power. trade off is of course, you are a little squishy in terms of base health. But with the reaper shroud (aka 2nd healthbar) u always have that advantage. not to mention that the sheer rate at which life force is generated (lifeforce is used for reapershroud) makes u tankier than most classes.

if u are interested, drop me a whisper in game when im online

I’m stuck in a PvP stronghold match

-danielrazro.6041

Tom.6478:

I’m talking about whispering to an adversary from a different server. I know it can be done but not sure how to do it.

I bring this up because every now and then, something would happen and I would like to say well done, thanks, or just pay some kind of respect.

Today, I was flipping camps. As I got near, I could see that another person from a different server was already engaging. I thought WTH and joined in. Well after we killed everything, of coarse we had to fight.

It was decent battle, but he was better than me and I died. Instead of him dancing over my dead body, he bowed in respect. Well that made my day. I wanted to show my respect as well by bowing or saluting, but being dead, I couldn’t.

So basically, I just wanted to whisper thanks for the fun and fair play. That kind of attitude really makes the game pleasurable.

right click on their portrait, press block, go to the blocklist, double click their name, unblock and u can whisper him

NuhDah.9812:

Jugglemonkey.8741:

glorius.1235:

S/P paired with PI is fun to play, especially against said engies.
I know that the set is not considered to be skillful and it has many issues especially with the PW aftercast, but man, I’ve been shredding Reapers/DHs/engies with this set lately

It is also quite fun to watch the average Thief player shadowshot-spam you and teleport into your swingity-swingy 80-0 themselves in the process

I had some issues with the dagger’s projectile speed though – but I guess it won’t be tweaked since it’s an already spammable interrupt on a relatively low cd.

Not sure what you mean by it not being considered a skillful set, I’d say it’s just as skillful as D/P atm. When I play S/P I rely on bound and pulmonary impact for pressure just like with D/P, using pistol whip in the same openings as backstab. I dislike stealth camping and prefer bound to dash tho, so take what I say with that in mind.

Anyways, yes, pulmonary impact strikes will do a huge amount of damage to anything with a channeled, easily interrupted skill. Pressure until he swaps from flamethrower and loses stab, headshot to proc the protection trait then steal it with bountiful theft as you burst. You’ll have a few seconds before he gets stab or protection up again (assuming condi runes not durability) so make the most of it.

Can you tell me what utility and elite abilities you use besides distracting daggers? (I guess shadow refugee is out of the question since that’s the “stealth camping” you dislike – I usually use the DD skills -> block, fist furry and impact strike)

I’m not the best thief in the world, but i use the same weapon set and build as you (i think). for the healing skill, sometimes i will swap between withdraw and channeled vigor, and will change between havoc mastery and brawler’s tenacity depending on my mood lol. i tend to stick with withdraw because of that extra dodge and stun break. then my utility skills would be shadowstep, blinding powder, signet of agility or infiltrator’s signet since that helps me land my backstabs and the elite would be basilisk venom.

but what i don’t understand is why does everyone have to revolve round your schedule @EntenKommando ?

I don’t know if this has been mentioned before in this forum, but i have come across some threads about people asking for revenants to be able to use rifles. So, why not channel Tybalt as a legend? He did have an impact on the mists by sacrificing himself to allow the pact commander, The marshal and the remnants of the Liongaurd to escape claw island back to Lion’s Arch.

If it wasnt for him, The Pact commander and The marshal probably wouldnt have survived and ultimately would not have been able to defeat Zhaitan so i think his impact was probably substantial enough to be considered a legend i guess.

leave your thoughts in the comments!

we have no idea what we are doing

I see a lot of WvW players who complain about EOTM and they keep saying that EOTM is not “real WvW”. The thing is, it’s NOT WvW even tho it is SIMILAR. EOTM is viewed more as a separate game mode BY THE PLAYERS. It may not be a game mode in itself because of what it was originally implemented to do but many people that i know THINK of it and SEE IT THAT WAY.

If you want to remove WvW, that wont solve the problem at all. Removing a game mode that people love will just make them quit and move on to other games.

Case in point: People loved WvW, It was very different then just like how EOTM was different when it was first implemented. Over time, it changed and ow it sucks, prompting many to do something they dont like or quit the game entirely. EOTM is like that. Make EOTM suck or remove it, and people will want to quit or be forced to do something that they dont like.

As pointed out by some people in this thread, EOTM is currently way more popular than WvW. why? Because:

1. It is faster paced

2. You can farm certain things like exp, proofs of heroics, memories of battle, WvW ranks etc. easily

3. More fights because map is smaller and you will encounter the enemy more frequently

The above stated reasons are why anyone would want to go into EOTM

Now, lets look at why some WvW players go to EOTM instead of staying in EBG or their own BL

1. The BLs are dead, empty, poorly designed, too big

2. WvW itself is broken so there’s fewer people in there = empty = bored

3. Because of point 2, EOTM is the place for quick action.

Yes, the EOTM population greatly outnumbers the WvW population now. kitten commander, I see way more and have way more in my squad even when I’m on the outnumbered side of the match than i have in EBG.

Removing EOTM is not going to solve the problem of WvW being broken. The devs screwed it up with their mismanagement. In fact, removing EOTM will remove a much greater number of players than removing WvW will.

I’ve had alot of fun in EOTM. Ask anyone in the BL (red) side. I’m Miss Raz the mesmer and I’ve had an awesome zerg whenever i was on

Infusion.7149:

I prefer fencer’s finesse over Blinding dissipation.

It will work but I prefer to leave Portal for situations that require it (some fights/ porting into keeps).

Veil is a must have usually while Null Field is situational.

Well of Recall is very strong because it will help your team secure backline kills and Well of Precognition (until it is nerfed) prevents your enemies form securing downed.

If you aren’t running Shield then I strongly recommend having at least 2400 armor.

Be aware that desperate decoy may interrupt a healing skill.

thanks for your reply i dont use veil because we usually have 2 more mesmers in the zerg who will cast veil and/or mass invisibility. i usually place the gravity well somewhere in the middle of the enemy zerg so that the frontline can land their burst. i keep all this up because of the continuum split/shift that allows me to keep recharging my skills. additionally alacrity helps with my skill cool downs.

as of now, my current health pool is around 22k.

i’m new to the Mesmer profession so i’m posting my build here to see if it could work in WvW.

i like to play a supporting role. i love to portal bomb for my zerg and i want to be able to survive well and deal decent damage

weapons: Greatsword/sword & focus

stats: Soldier’s ( power + toughness + vitality )

specs: Illusions, Dueling, Chronomancer

under Illusions persistence of memory > maim the disillusioned > master of fragmentation

under dueling desperate decoy > blinding dissipation > deceptive evasion

under chronomancer all’s well that ends well > illusionary reversion > chronophantasma

utility skills

6 – well of eternity

7 – blink

8 – portal entre

9 – well of calamity / mirror images

0 – gravity well

please let me know if this build can work. if not please suggest something that will help me play the way i want to play my Mesmer thanks you ^^

also, what prefixes do u guys recommend if soldier’s isnt a good option? should i go for Valkyrie? berserker? knight’s?

I’ll add u in game and mail u or whisper u

what tier is your server in?

Hey guys, the guild as mentioned above was a EOTM guild based in IOJ (Isle Of Janthir). ever since HoT came out it has sort of died and now there’s only sort of like 4 of us online most of the time and im the only one repping.

I’m looking for some people to help me run the guild to get it up and running again. focus will be more WvW and EoTM based but we can do PvE stuff as well.

IOJ players preferred but if ur on another server its no biggy

im not just looking for one person im looking for a few people to help so if u would like to help pls reply to this thread. ill view this thread again on Friday and add anyone who has stated their interest.

I’m online at 5pm singapore time which is 9am GMT

PS. there is no guild hall so its a total rebuilding job but if ur up for it pls join me

come to IOJ ( Isle Of Janthir) most of the wvw guilds are just about finished building upgrades and its starting to get a little more busy now (finally)

add me in game for more info

i wanna join but u blocked me in game

Hey everyone, as you can see form the topic, i’m interested in creating a guild for commanders and/or players who want to become commanders. If you are interested please mail me or whisper me in game or reply to this thread. I will be inviting all those who stated their interest here on this thread by the end of the week. cheers^^

danielrazor.6041

I’m interested too bearded hermit.

its true. eotm sees a lot more action than wvw. as you know, eotm has multiple maps and most of these maps are populated and a commander is always present ( i’m a commander ) with such a huge number of players playing eotm, perhaps it could get an improvement.

• im a eotm player so if you’re one too, join my guild mail me or something in game lol

i know eotm isnt really wvw, but i noticed that there have been ALOT of players in eotm lately. i think maybe a revamp in the design of the map would be good. any ideas?

Kuulpb.5412:

I honestly though the BEST thing that GW2 could have done is the following:

You unlock your elite spec at different stages based on your profession,

So Berserkers, Reapers and Dragonhunters would have unlocked the ability to Channel their Anger/Virtues after some event, such as Eir’s passing.

Druids and Tempests would learn after a Calming event such as placing the Egg into Tarir.

Daredevil would learn during an event such as escaping Faolain with the Egg.

Scrappers could learn as they go around salvaging scrap from broken pact ships, and learn/theorize how to craft Gyros.

Chronomancers could learn when they visit Rata Novus with all the Ley energy ( or maybe something related to Time)

And Finally, Revenants could have been a VERY special case, where after Killing Mordremoth, Rytlock finally decides “it’s time I told you about the mists” and then tells you of what he learned. and then a special choice could occur, “Do you want to learn more of the ways of the Revenant and stop being (Profession)?” and then you could have your character literally become a revenant after Rytlock teaches you, and as you learn about maybe Ventari because Centaurs, Sylvari, Pale Tree etc. you could go around and learn about OTHER legends, eventually becoming a Herald with Glint.

Meanign that the character you’ve mained since the start of the game could now be a Revenant instead of whatever it was before.

This choice would be irreversible, and you’d go back to level 1, but with the idea of Revenant being an “only after HoT” prof, it’d be ok imho..

This is all MY OPINION on what GW2 could have done, Please tell me fi you agree or disagree and preferably why you do so, thank you.

i actually like your idea about the classes getting their elite specs at different times. However, i think the choice of becoming a rev and never going back to what you were before is not appealing. Some of us will not want to lose our favorite class in order to become something that we have never tried before. This mainly applies to players who have not pre ordered the game before launch, like me, and did not have access to the beta. Furthermore, having your character that you like go to level 1 from 80 all over again is just sheer troublesome. At least it is in my case, i dont like to level up all over again.

brilliant idea though i think it makes a lot of sense and will actually please quite a few people in the game who have issues with this part of the game

great lore idea, but like what konig said, the elder dragons take in UNCORRUPTED energy and release CORRUPTED energy, thus the corrupted minions we see from Zhaitan and Mordy. I like your idea that the dragons are sort of like the “lesser of the two evils”, i think it would make a really good story in the game. +1 for you

Jaken.6801:

I won`t say Glint is evil.
I will just say we shouldn`t trust Glint.

We know that she is a chrystaline like dragon, who was corrupted by Krakatorik.
We know that she is prophetic, that she can see or predict parts of the future.
We know she has offsprings.
We know that she was the writer of the flameseekers prophecies , which doomed the Mursaat.
We know she was cleansed by the forgotten.
We know she has plans in motions concering the eldar dragons.
What we don`t know is: her true goal

Glint is a puppetmaster , she lived for hundreds of years and influenced the world on several occasions.
She also is/was the last of her kind (we know about her ofsprings, but no other adult at this point.)
Which could mean that her race has been consumed, when she was under ED influence.
She is basicaly the mother of her race.

This, alongside the fact that she was corrupted by Kalkratorik, gives her enough reason to seek revenge on them.

It gives her no reason to see us as nothing more than tools for her plans.

She lived a long life and had enough time to see how the world evolves. She also set several plans in motions over time.
She even started religions to follow her teachings (Brotherhood of the Dragon, Zephirites and the Exalted at the moment)
All who are following her, but none of them telling us her goal .
Just that we should trust her.
All we know right now, is that she wants the ED Power and that she or her race is capable of becoming an ED.
However ED power corrupts . The power is dangerous and even if she isn`t consumed by it there is the thing with her race being dead.
Why didn`t she tell us or anyone the reason of why the ED exist? Did she not know?
What reason does she have to protect us?

Because we helped her?
The whole Exalted are willing to sacrifice everything for Glints vision.
They allready sacrificed their mortal body and everything they possessed.
They are living magic container and EDs consume magic.
Who says that the vision doesnt see them as a jumpstart for her/her offsprings.

Does she really see us first and not her family and race?
Does she want to become a ED that is on our side?

If she needed an army, why didnt she use the powerful Mursaat?
She needs an army.
She knows them. They are no army. No soldiers. They are rats who rather leave the boat, instad of going down fighting.
Mortals, who have to fight for their life and have a limtied lifespan are much easier to control in that regard.

She is dead
Yes. She fell thanks to the power of love.
It is said she is good at predicting things, but not that she is perfect at it.
However, she lived a long life and thought of a legacy.
A plan B (or maybe even plan C?).
Nevertheless, she has several plans in motion.
Some who will take care of her children.

So yeah. Her plans are of use for us at the moment (or we for her).
However we don`t know which role we will play, if everything is said and done.

+1 as you really got me thinking

I’m creating this topic to discuss about what we as a community would like to see to conclude the story of GW2.

Personally, I have a few ideas of what would be the most ideal conclusion to conclude GW2. so this is my idea:

we fight the dragons and kill them, or at least, we THINK we do, but in actual fact, we don’t. After all, arent the dragons supposed to be these super-powerful beings? IMO, it should be really,really hard to kill them. So what we actually do is to just hit them hard and push them back into hibernation so that they have to go into hibernation to recover.

But when we’re on the brink of defeating the last dragon, that last dragon merges with the other dragons to form one huge kitten and powerful dragon that is impossible for us to kill. And at that time, the six gods come back to lend Tyria their power (it cant be a coincidence that there are six gods and six dragons, they must be connected somehow).

The six gods merge, and form one powerful entity, and we as the heroes of Tyria, lend fight side by side with the gods and defeat the threat of the dragons once and for all. Now since the dragons are powerful, we may not even defeat the dragons but just transport the dragons into the Mist and send them to another world and banish them from Tyria forever.

This of course is just speculation and my idea of what i think the final act of GW2 should and could be.