Guild Wars 2

Eh, I did the x1 recipe 30 times, and got 12 clovers. I could really use tons more of T6 mats though…

Is The Kodan Claw meta event at Tala Point ever gonna happen? It doesn’t show up in the events area and I have been waiting since last night once I was done hunting Chuka and Champawat.

I like how this thread has devolved into bickering between JQ and SBI…

Meanwhile, our server, IoJ, was aiming to be a T1 server and we proved that.

@Mayam: The only reason why they haven’t gotten rid of the free server transfers is because the guesting system is still broken as kitten and cannot be patched into the game at all.

Once it’s in the game, I gurantee you that the free server transfers will be gone for good.

According to this: http://mos.millenium.org/matchups/#NA…

Looks like my server, Isle of Janthir is finally going back to T2 while Blackgate is moving up to T1. Many thanks to Jade Quarry and Stormbluff Isle for showing us an awesome fight! Our evolution points have been on a steady decline as of late, so it’s a given that IoJ will return to T2.

Either way, there’s always next time! When that time comes, there will be no Halloween to bog us down!

I just got my 6th character slot. Thanks John!

Hi, I bought a character slot expansion and the purchase went through. It even appeared in my recent purchases. However, when I logged out with the intention of rolling a new character, my slots are still at 5/5! I tried exiting the character selection and back to the loading client and back to the selection; even tried closing the client and all.

My character slots are still at 5/5! Someone help me!

I just love how I play my Guardian in WvW.

I pull out my hammer and start looking for a badly positioned enemy when we are in a standoff on even ground with no towers, camps, or keeps being in the immediate area. What I would do is go in with Judge’s Intervention, and immediately cast Ring of Warding. It usually traps them inside of the ward, but they sometimes roll out of it successfully. If they fail, I would proceed to immobilize them and that is when my allies start taking notice and took advantage of the out-positioned enemy.

All of this while the rest of the enemies back away from a lone guardian with allies closing in on the hapless enemy.

Karther.7481:

I have no idea about Ranger healing, I honestly didn’t know they had much as it’s the only class I’ve not played. Also not -every- class can be a healer. You’ll struggle with Warrior for example.

However…

Guardian, Necromancer, Elementalist and Engineer are also fine utility and healing professions.

What you have to keep in mind is that there is no -true- healing class in this game, not like most MMOs, but you can get pretty close. I’ve been healing/supporting in MMOs for many years now, and had made it something of a quest to look into it in GW2 too. So:

Your main things to consider will be buffs(boons), debuff cures, debuffs(conditions) and healing.

Engineer’s spec for you would be Elixirs. Med kit, Elixir gun kit, and the thrown Elixir skills. You have a couple of buffs, couple of debuffs, couple of cures and couple of healing circles. It’s fairly versatile, a jack of all trades, master of none so to speak.

Guardian is one of the best for it. They have an elite which can throw out mad healing AND has a full heal for up to five people, including yourself. I would go as far as to say it’s overpowered. Outside of their elite they lack as much healing or debuffing as the others, but they have more buffs to give than any other profession in the game and multiple bubble shield abilties which are amazing. They also have a fair few cures. All in all, Guardians can guard like their name suggests and are one of your strongest choices.

Elementalist is a mixed beast. Take a Staff. You’ll have a lot of healing to give when attuned to water, more than any other profession with the exception of Guardina’s elite skill (which has a 3 min CD). You also have roots and snares and a self projectile reflect in Earth and a group Swiftness buff and a stun field ability in Air. Their downsides arethe lack of buffs outside of Swiftness and lack of debuff cures for others. They are also fairly squishy.

Necromancer is my personal favourite. Although one of the weakest classes in the current state of the game, you can do well. It has better healing than Engineer and better healing than Guardian outside of their elite. As far as cures go, Necromancer is pretty good at getting rid of them and do the opposite and remove enemy buffs if you spec that way. Debuffs are where Necro shines, having fears, snares, roots, dazes and such. Their elite skill ‘Plague’ can keep all enemies in it’s AoE circle permanently blinded by mashing the 2 key too for it’s duration if they don’t move out of it, which offers better protection than any Guardian bubble most of the time and can cripple as needed too. Their downsides are few buffs and that the regen from the staff’s 2 button requires you to the be fairly close to the target. You’ll want to mainly use the staff for it’s regen, snare, condition removal and fear.

As perhaps you can tell, I’ve spent the least time with Engineer and the most time with Necromancer. But I can safely say any of them can provide what you’re looking for.

I also feel it’s worth noting a Thief can support with stealth circles and smoke screens, and the Mesmer with it’s array of interrupts and stuns, but are not good for primarily supporting.

I have been reading up on the Mesmer Mantra support with traits that heal nearby allies when the Mesmer uses up the mantras along with the trait that increases the use of mantras to 3.

Thanks for the replies everyone! I guess I should give my 28 Guardian another chance, eventhough I absolutely love the hammer Guardian in WvW. Judge’s Intervention → Hammer skill 5 → Hammer skill 3 = dead enemy if caught in the ring. Gets them every time

How do Guardians heal other than using Tome of Courage? By using the staff?

Must I roll an elementalist? I want to heal people. I want to provide support. I want to bring a lot of utility.

I have been playing Guild Wars ever since its release day back in 2005. The very first profession that I played was the monk, since I am bad at damage professions. Right from the get-go, I was in love with my monk. Thing is though, I hated the Healing Prayers attribute and skills since they provided little utility. I have been speccing into Protection Prayers all the time from GW1 release to GW2 release because I absolutely loved the huge amounts of utility that it brings, plus its healing capabilities aren’t too shabby either.

Must I roll an Elementalist if I want to experience that feeling again?

I plan on building power and vitality on my armor along with traits that focus on precision for my engineer so I can be durable and deal some form of damage with my flamethrower.

Seems to have worked for my playstyle so far.