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Burnzerker state post patch

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Ive been trying to play with a PSEA condi zerker for pugging fractals.

The amount of pugs i find that cant stack boons and dmg modifiers is sad

Has anyone else been trying to go down this road.

I seem to be getting on average 6-7kdps in random pugs, certainly not optimal.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQJAsPnMdA9dAukCEliFoALZFkCydvt2a7u9IBGASZA-TxRGABA8AAAW5X66By9EAEv6Pqv/wfKBJFwiKrA-e

Choce of 2nd weapon (GS or bow)
Slot a banner in the free slot, two if you ahve to.

Sadly, only 83% condi duration

Im sure someone could improve on this.

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Opinion on Closer to Death vs Scholar Runes

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Soul reaping has the larger DS/RS pool and vital persistance that makes it last longer
That could be what he is referring to

Fractal Encryption Key 5-Packs gone?

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To the top
/15 Chars

Counterattack stealth buffed?

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Did you swap weapons beforehand and have the quick hands trait or whatever it is called?

How to balance Amalgamated Gemstones?

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I thought that the promotion of gems was tied more to the cost of the dust then to the gems themselves

RIP Axe Power Necromancer.

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I could be way of the mark here but…

I just chucked a build into gw2.skills and swapped in a scepter instead of axe as a range option.

It stated that axe with asc zerker was (2x) 322 (which i assume to mean 161 per axe hit) on a 1sec cast
whilst an asended zerker scepter was 147 (88 bleed) on a 1/2 sec cast
ascended sinsiter scepter was 147 (
118 bleed) on a 1/2 sec cast

zerk axe = 322 /sec
scep =294 (+ whatever the bleed ends up being due to DoT)

I may have messed up my maths and someone can correct it, but it seems like based on AA alone sinister scepter already is better then axe.
Then again there could be an aftercast on scpeter making the attack rotation longer, i don’t claim to know this.

In terms of life force
axe 8sec cd for 12%
scep 10sec cd for 10% +2% per condi (max 5%)
Win seems to go to scepter (only in terms of LF, damage wise axe is higher 1.3k vs 1k (with 5 condis on target giving 7 torment stacks)

Otherwise 6% ferocity loss, but a small condi damage increase over all skills (chill, bleed, poison, etc.)

Please note: My thoughts are with PVE in mind and was just a quick thought with the change to boon corrption on auto, sinister scepter may out perform zerk axe for a range alternative.

Edit: to try to work out why it is underlining points. Can’t see a reason for it so underlined things are just random

Edit 2:
Wiki says
scepter auto chain = The whole sequence takes 2.4 sec.
Axe auto = Attack speed is approximately 0.95 seconds per attack.

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How does "Facet of Nature" work?

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My biggest use for going Shiro is for the Jade winds skill,

Try pugging fractals and see how often you get people constantly breaking the bar.
Or if you have trash, get them stacked, cast JW and watch them melt.

Shiro in these cases gets used for the heal and JW and then gets swapped back to herald. Keeping Facet of nature up 100%. spamming the swiftness facet on cd as well.

Reafirming the answer to OPs original question FoN is used to increase all buffs applied whilst FoN is active by 50%.
If no chrono, and adequate might/boons from other sources, double tap F2 for the boons.

Auric Sharpening Stones

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Ugh, why anet.
/20 chars

Glacial Imbued Jar Disabled Temporarily

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Yay, thankyou

and for those who dont know, just craft one jar only

Glacial Imbued Jar Disabled Temporarily

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Ugh, was hoping it was fixed.

Not even an explanation of why it is disabled, or a possible timeframe.

Q. Frostfang II

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Dont know if its a glitch but, she needs one of each level.
Just go to your weaponsmith, type in axe and make one of
bronze
iron
steel
darksteel (maybe)
mithril
ori
deldrimor

Does HoT launch at midnight?

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Hmm, odd, that link worked for me three times earlier, then post it and it chances to local time again.

Oh well.

Google
GW2 hot launch countdown

Does HoT launch at midnight?

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New Party Icon Colors

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Supposedly yellow dots are those that are also in your guild.

I wouldnt like to have red dots, as someone with a colour defficiency, I find the red things hard to see (eg red commander tag)

But i do have a gripe about not seeing the party member dots on the edges of the minimap anymore.

First 3 HOT legendaries revealed

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The Mystic Tribute is a new version of the Gift of Fortune

Didnt they say that gift of fortune would still be used?
A little miffed if this has changed as just made the gift of fortune in preperation for HoT

Burning

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Im seeng 2.6-3k ticks easily with zerker armour, scholar runes and sinister trinkets, no condi food or wrenches

WvW Bug following update 19/05/15

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04:15pm bug fix

- wvw still broken
—- supply in buildings capped at lowest tier
—- random guard spawns
—- +?? others
- stealth still broken

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4/0/6/0/4 Ele Tank Recommendations

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Just a FYI when these changes occur you will be running 3.0.3.0.3 meaning you still get teh full ‘6’ in arcana

What's up with Sup rune of Melandru?

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whats the difference between the two?

Solo= 1
Havoc= 3-10
Zerg = 20 odd
Blob = 30- map cap

Or somewhere around those numbers

Greatsword or Sword/Horn?

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For gneral PVE play, I prefer to run with GS.

Reasons:
1. Maul (#2 skill), nice big damage hit that will semi autotarget even if you dont target a critter
2. Swoop (#3 Skill) nice movement and includes an evade
3. Counterattack (#4 skill) can be used as a 4 second block whilst running (great for skipping mobs with ranged attacks)
4. Hilt bash (#5 skill) a 1.5 daze/interupt is very handy
5. Lower learning curve than sword (can keep auto attack on and not worry about loosing stack spot or being able to dodge on command)

Even after all those points, i will still use s/(a/d/w) when the situation suits it.

Dungeon Tokens

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My mistake, there is diminishing returns on the tokens as well.

So the 2nd time you do the same dungeon path you get 15 tokens, the next 10. (at least according to the wiki)

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dungeon

Dungeon Tokens

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Each path will give you 20 tokens, and 40 bonus tokens, as well as possible another 9-12 from champs within the dungeon.

But you will only get the bonus reward once a day.

So you can do the 2 paths per day for 140 tokens or so a day.

Trading Post 2.0 (Last Feature pack Arcticle)

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And there isn’t aesthetically room for a third piece of information in that layout.

Here you go.

For me, the extra space there looks exactly like something to put “projected profit” into.

(Also, while making these images, I once again saw that having leading zeros would’ve been really good for improving clarity).

I really like the way image #2 shows how much it will all cost and how it fits.

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No changes to the shield in upcoming patch?

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Maybe aegis on shield 4.

That would make me think about taking it over focus a bit, and if as mentioned in another thread that you can start #5 and then move and it still blocks (without the heal) then it is sounding better already.

Trading Post 2.0 (Last Feature pack Arcticle)

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My concern is related to the most important aspect of selling something for me… How much profit will I make. This picture doesn’t seem to show the profit.

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How Many people regularly pug?

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I pug everyday and can concur with alot of the statements above.

Some hints when pugging and looking for a group to join.
It is often better to join a group doing multiple paths. Often “p1 80s” results in a better run then p1 zerker 80s speed clear..

I run cm 1,2,3 with my thief most days and can carry a group through that dungeon. I don’t see why people are so afraid of it.
As a party leader actually asking at the beginning if people don’t know the path and saying that you will explain, can increase the chances of a good run as it opens communication from the beginning.

It is amazing how a run can change by explaining one or two little things to other players or asking if they can use a certain skill in other situations.

But as always, it is the way you communicate that can make or break a party.

I have also pugged with Ivan and other members of leading Dungeon guilds. And when I run into them, it is often through more of a joke lfg topic.

AC is probably worst for pugs though. I would much rather carry a group in cm with thief or TA with guard then run AC with some groups.

Please add Gathering tools too

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i presume you mean account character slot for all gathering tools and salvage kits.

I would love to see the stats behind how many people have any combination of the tools/kits and how many have multiple vs none. I predict numbers of sales would go up if there was a character wide slot for tools & kit was added.

Is anybody going to use MI?

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Im tempted to use it in a niche way in some dungeons/JPs, where normally it was only necro/ele/thief/mesmer that could blink up where you would normally have to run around.

Im tempted to try it to see if it would work in those instances.

Saturday Morning Arah Tour

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Joe says
“OMG Dan was awesome it was super cool”

I enjoyed it again, and every run lupi improves.

Thanks mate.

Bridge in CoF p1 is OP

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I insist on a thief (or 2) and a mesmer for this part of CoF now.

This way, the thief and mesmer can run across, with invis and blink, and then i can be ported safely from one side to the other with only loss of life 1 in 3 runs now.

If you don’t bring a thief and mesmer to your runs, expect to have a hard time.

Weekend Arah tour (NA)

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Yep, got in for the last 1 1/2 paths

Highly worth it, entertaining and clean fun.

Would love to run again, and were happy to even drag my gf in who hates Arah and she came out with a positive response to it.

Cheers guys

Weekend Arah tour (NA)

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oh this was 2 hrs ago…

Your not still running are you?

Questions about wall of reflection

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Spider queen – all the small mobs have projectiles, that poison adds up.

The 3 golems – have a projectile attack, and WoR can sometimes save a group from wiping if they lack damage

Golems in CoE, there are 3 golems that give projectiles (one definately has burning projectiles)

Wor is a very handy skill for guardian. Unfortunately ANet decided that some projectiles (eg, a bolt of something being thrown at you) are not classed as projectiles anymore. (Eg, Alphard in Arah, spider in TA)

+5 agony infusion account bound after craft

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Yep, went to send it to my gf for her new back piece and can’t now.
Had to send her 2 +4’s instead

When will the patch go live?

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its almost 7am in Australia and almost 9am in New Zealand on the 16th.

We get it everytime one day later*.

*Nb, yes I know we get it physically the same time, but psychologically it is frustrating.

Edit: Typing on these forums also gives us something to do whilst waiting.

Dungeons Paths keeping track

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I have an excel spreadsheet.

It also includes crafting.

But this is only for remembering which story dungeons are done, not daily dungeons (to me that is much easier to keep track of)

When will the patch go live?

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New build is up!!! Downloading it now!

4,300 files GOGOGOGO

Lies, you made me go look

made you look

/child humor

: (

Obvious Troll is Obvious

Oblivious me, is oblivious

When will the patch go live?

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New build is up!!! Downloading it now!

4,300 files GOGOGOGO

Lies, you made me go look

Interesting community reactions

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To me its a QoL change.

Its the same as it was before requiring a transmutation crystal to use a skin.
But now it is easier to preview these skins and apply them.
There is now also a use for the stack of transmutation shards(yellow ones) I had lying around.
You can apply the skin of a current item that might cost 20gc on multiple items for the cost of crystals that you might already have. (Eg, Lord T’s sword)

~ It is a QoL change with the advantage of gaining nice skins that are already on your current toons without having to buy a new item

I was happy before and am still happy.

Feedback/Questions: The Wardrobe System

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Personally, I think that they shouldn’t include legendaries in the list of allowable skins.

I don’t have one, but would like one and I can see people getting together in a group, buying one item and sending it between friends, or onselling.

It would surely devalue the effort of legendaries

Feedback/Questions: The Wardrobe System

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My thoughts about the legendary issue follow on from the others here.

I wonder how it will affect the costs of legendaries, I can see a demand for tradeable weapons just to unlock the skin and then resell.

Upcoming blog: Removing Restrictions.

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Changing the messaging filter to allow you to send to 4 people before blocking.

50mb update for 1 line of code???

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I was also trying to find out if people had found out any stealth changes..

Eg. HotW troll
Cof p1 wall
SE invisiwall
etc.

50mb update for 1 line of code???

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Ok, so it may not have been one line of code to do it.

Actually couldn’t it just be one line eg.. The following file lists what items are in a black lion box. remove the line out of that list and the item doesn’t drop. (The only programming I have to base it off is using matlab)

It would still be nice to know when there are changes implemented.

And most document files are only a few kb. Or is the way the .dat file is structured on our computers require a larger chuck of a file to be downloaded to implement the changes?

50mb update for 1 line of code???

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well confirmed, the HotW troll is still giving AC tears, oh well.

50mb update for 1 line of code???

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Bug Fixes:
Instant Trait Resets can no longer be found in Black Lion Chests.

Hmm, I wonder what other stealth changes were made.
I wish some more indication was given.

Has the troll in HotW p1 change allegiances and now gives hotw loot?
Anything else?

New grandmaster trait = trash

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As has been said a number of times that seems to be forgotten.

It is a situational trait.

For instance: running a dungeon/champ farming/zerging (basically all PVE content), you use PoV throughout for running. Get to the boss, if he doesn’t give any/many conditions, then swap out for the extra 3k hp, otherwise keep your PoV. Simple.

Who knows, the meta may change with the rest of the new traits (unlikely but possible)

Edit: Oh and there was a note in the news article about Guards getting more emphasis on burning damage/skills does that sound better or worse than 3k hp to you?

First Impressions-Guard Heal Poll

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Was just using it with a staff on trash mobs and it healed enough, but haven’t tried it enough in other situations

exact list of mats you need for 500

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400-425 – refine ancient logs and ori ore. (chuck in some mithril gear you haven’t discovered yet to get you past the post if needed.

425-450
Discovering new ori recipes nets maybe 4 levels each, so 7 discoveries
- 35 plated dowels (105 ori, 70 ancient)
- 35 ecto
- 35 t6 mats
- 35 ori for dagger / shield parts

If my numbers are incorrect, my apologies, but its a rough guide to 450

New Build in 3 Hours is inaccurate

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Same here in HoTW dungeon, boss had 5% life left