Guild Wars 2

Little Howl.5231:

Hi fellow Warriors.

I’m Howl and this is my first Berserker Roaming Vid.

https://youtu.be/ybfebQz5keI

Please enjoy and if you like subscribe. Watch in 1080p @ 60 fps.

Hey Howl you’re a beast. Teach me senpai. No Endure pain either in your skill slots. What server are you on ?

Mike O Brien.4613:

Thanks for all the comments. I know there’s nothing I’m going to say that will make you feel better, but I’ll share some final thoughts for the night.

I said three weeks ago I’d focus on sustainability and quality. I want to reiterate the part about sustainability. Be angry about legendary weapons, sure, but how about the recent drought of content? That kind of thing happens when we spread ourselves too thin, and when we let the content development pipeline empty out so we can fight fires. What I think we actually owe you is sustainable, predictable, high-quality content. I’m making a decision that’s painful in the short-term so we can position ourselves to deliver that.

Akuni.8604:

Consider this… HoT currently has: 3 new maps (which are still buggy looking at DS) which are grindy as hell, Elite Specs which are heavy powercreep (pay to win in PvP…), a Story which is short but at least good (if you ignore the myriad of bugs f.e. in the Mordi battle), Guild halls, 2 Raids with 5 1/2 bosses, a new PvP map (which is quite unbalanced) and now only 4 legy weaps (3/4 being rarely used thanks to being underpowered or buggy)… That’s it?

I previously addressed the “half an expansion” thing, and I can point you to pages like this one and this one (https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_2:_Heart_of_Thorns), but that doesn’t matter because it’s just arguing. My job is to entertain you, not to argue with you.

I strongly believe that we will in fact entertain you. We’re a team of people who love the game that you love, and are working on things we’re confident you’ll love. But I’m not here to convince you of that, and I wouldn’t expect you to take my word for it. You can make that judgment in April, and each subsequent time we ship. I will work to make you happy, and I’ll do it by making you happy with what we ship, not with what we promise to ship.

Mo

Mo, I feel a meme coming on right now…. Here it is !

Mike O Brien.4613:

Hi all,

In the upcoming Spring 2016 Quarterly Update, we’ll launch the new legendary short bow, Chuka and Champawat. The team outdid themselves on this one. This new precursor journey takes you through a memorable experience inspired by a real-world story, and the bow you craft at the end is the perfect commemoration of that journey. I hope you all check it out.

Last year we talked about plans to gradually build out a second set of legendary weapons through live content updates. That’s a big responsibility. We have a team of six developers working on that, who could work on it for years to come.

As game director I have to make tough trade-offs. One thing I believe is that we have to focus on the core game first before taking on additional responsibilities. I wrote in the Guild Wars 2 Design Manifesto in 2010 that our vision was to create a living, dynamic world, where there’s always something to do. Let’s ensure we succeed on that front.

So, after shipping Chuka and Champawat, I’ve asked that we indefinitely suspend work on new legendary weapons. This team of developers will instead shift their efforts back to Living World style content, building new journeys and events for everyone to participate in.

I know this will be a controversial decision. I’ll hang out with you here on the forums for a little while today to discuss it. And I’m always available by email.

Mo

Thanks for the update MO.

Personally, I’m not fussed on more Legendary Weapon skins. I am however interested in more class balance (with regards to PvP) and the upcoming WvW updates.

Change is a good thing. Change is partly determined by displacement and I welcome this decision.

@ Everyone who’s angry. You won’t get anywhere flaming Mo or Anet on these forums. I’m not happy about how unpolished HoT was in general in many areas but, we’re dealing with first world problems here. Some perspective is needed.

Hi Winter.

I use the Logitech G13 gamepad with a Logitech G600 Mouse.
It’s the ultimate GW2 combo ( no, I don’t work for Logitech :P )

G13 has the joystick which I use for all WASD movement. Profession skills and weapon skill are bound to the G13 keyboard. On the G600 mouse, I have dodge bound to the 3rd mouse pad ( yes there are 3 instead of the usual left and right ). And, I’ve all of my utility skills & Elite / healing on the mouse buttons on the side of the mouse.

G13 here

http://gaming.logitech.com/en-roeu/product/g13-advanced-gameboard

G600 here

http://gaming.logitech.com/en-roeu/product/g600-mmo-gaming-mouse

It took me 6 or so weeks for muscle memory to kick in. Now it’s second nature and I’m a FAR better player in WvW and PvP because of it.

Have fun

Obindo.6802:

infinityandbeyond.9652:

Obindo.6802:

infinityandbeyond.9652:

Obindo.6802:

infinityandbeyond.9652:

Hmmmmmm….. Mysteriously it’s scottb.8769’s first ever post. I can always spot a smurf account post to self-promote a build post LOLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

U shouldn’t have needed to check if it was first post to know

Love your work Obindo.
“U shouldn’t have needed to check if it was first post to know” I think your statement is the definition of an oxymoron. I won’t know unless I check

I didn’t mean to know it was; first post. But rather to know said phenomenon

Indeed. Hey Obindo, do you think they will ever fix Warrior ? Have you tried Rev yet ?

I stay loyal to warrior, not tried rev. I can only hope that the reason we’ve not gotten something yet is bcuz they work on something bigger that take longer time to do right; redesign or something.

Me too, me too. Let’s pray to the balance gods ( or should i say devils ? :P ). I’m too lazy to level a Rev and learn to play it well.

Obindo.6802:

infinityandbeyond.9652:

Obindo.6802:

infinityandbeyond.9652:

Hmmmmmm….. Mysteriously it’s scottb.8769’s first ever post. I can always spot a smurf account post to self-promote a build post LOLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

U shouldn’t have needed to check if it was first post to know

Love your work Obindo.
“U shouldn’t have needed to check if it was first post to know” I think your statement is the definition of an oxymoron. I won’t know unless I check

I didn’t mean to know it was; first post. But rather to know said phenomenon

Indeed. Hey Obindo, do you think they will ever fix Warrior ? Have you tried Rev yet ?

Obindo.6802:

infinityandbeyond.9652:

Hmmmmmm….. Mysteriously it’s scottb.8769’s first ever post. I can always spot a smurf account post to self-promote a build post LOLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

U shouldn’t have needed to check if it was first post to know

Love your work Obindo.
“U shouldn’t have needed to check if it was first post to know” I think your statement is the definition of an oxymoron. I won’t know unless I check

Hmmmmmm….. Mysteriously it’s scottb.8769’s first ever post. I can always spot a smurf account post to self-promote a build post LOLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Well, Reapers can trait for additional boon corruption. I have fought some very good ones and can honestly say my experience now is the opposite. I prefer the old Zerk stance.

The reason being is I would use healing signet after baiting their condi bomb and as soon as it was corrupted weapons swap (brawlers) – then zerk stance.

Make sure the #1 goes in your signature. If you want guidance im sure online is available to help you.

Hello,

Endure pain is bugged and not working as intended. We are still taking physical damage when the skill is activated.

See the following video for confirmation

Heres the link to the vid, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TXTl2DQ5_k

Welcome back my melee brothers. I look forward to fighting you post patch 26th !

A little birdy told me that we have something to look forward to. Beyond that I can say nothing.

Ikr ! I’m a pessimist in rl so my Charr persona is an optimist.

We can expect a glimpse of the upcoming patch notes for professions sometime this week ( see the dev tracker posts for confirmation).

I’m hedging my bets on stance cool down reductions, an adrenaline reinstatement and active heal increase on healing signet with a passive buff too.

Anyway, not long now before we feel some Anet love.

Curby.4897:

Once again Level 3 is dropping packets. Did a tracert of multiple servers and gw2 seems to be the only one using a 56k connection atm. Again it is level3.

Curby have you tried using a tunnelling service like wtfast ? I’ve been using it for over two years as I’m based in Brisbane Australia. The difference for me is night and day. I couldn’t spam conditions on you without it.

Long story short- selected the wrong server to transfer to last night. Emailed support straight after I realised my error and received the following response :-

“GM Lumasaros (Guild Wars 2 Support)

Jan 6, 07:10

“Quaggans with balloons attached to their back begin to rain down from the sky with throwing handfuls of confetti as you hear their tiny cries of joy echo through the city. A letter floats down gently into your lap, it reads:”

Hey ****,

Great news! Since you sent us the request within 24 hours of your transfer the Quaggans and I were able to move your account over to Henge of Denravi as requested! If you have any more questions or concerns please feel free to let us know. The Support Team (Quaggans included) send their love and hope you enjoy your new world! (>^~^)>

Regards,

GM Lumasaros
Guild Wars 2 Support Team
http://help.guildwars2.com/"

Thanks for making me smile and helping out a needy Charr, nee, Quaggan

Anastasis.7258:

There are lots of good suggestion on how to buff/improve warrior in this game. So far my favorite one on how to buff warrior sustain is to make all the stance skills become F3-F4-F5 (Endure Pain, Balance Stance, Berserker Stance). This change is perfectly fit for the core warrior. Trust me, this won’t be overpowered. Yet, you still need to buff warrior’s healing skills, because all of them are beyond useless.

Now, I’m going to talk about an idea of how to rework Warrior Specialization (Berserk).
If we look at the description of warrior in GuildWars2.com, we can see warrior as “master of weaponry”. Now take a look at warrior, are we the master of weaponry? Nope, not even close.

So, instead of giving us a useless Berserk Mode F2 and all those useless primal burst skills, please give us a 3rd weapon access (New F2). Imagine a warrior with 3 different weapon sets combination? We don’t need fast hand baseline anymore. Now this is call “Master of Weaponry”. This fits the warrior style, fits the description, fit the title of Berserk, and also a kitten cool way to buff warrior specialization.

If you look at other classes, you will find out that warrior has the least skills to use. Engi has kits, F1~F5, Nerco has DS/RS, Ele has 4 attunement(20 skills!?), Mesmer has F1~F5, Guardian has F1~F3, Ranger has 2 pets that have different skills, Revenant has 2 legends that all the utility skills are spammable.

I have no idea how you guys going to buff warriors, but I do see its a must need in future patch. I know rework requires a lot of works so all these suggestions are just for fun actually. BUT, there are so many suggestions on the forum, just pick one, and work on it.

Suggestion from Tarcis and Hman.

Tarcis how come you don’t have " Top Warrior NA" in your signature ? :P
Like some other person did haha

Now, more than ever, we need a direct line of communication with the developers.

@ Devs if you’re reading this, feel welcome to comment. We’d love to hear from you !

Do we have one ? If not, why ! Apply now if you know your kittennit !

Application instructions and job description is here

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Guild-Wars-2-Forum-Specialists-Program/first#post4600059

… It get’s better.

Other player’s skill levels with other classes and elite’s increase. We are… outclassed by a mile.

Nuff said

Cerby.1069:

Happy Wintersday my fellow warriors!

I wrote a very long guide seeking feedback on my current WvsW build. I thought it was a bit too long, so I wrote an apology at the end and posted…..and it logged me out and I lost it. SO here’s a shorter version!

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJEQNAR8ejMdQXIWFCOeAnIG6BKtNC/wwCgPICwaYxzBA-TVDEABQcQAy+IAY3+DPpEjJlDdpEkF1faSJhHaECRTQH6YO4CAAwDAAA-w

Travelers runes. Originally thought they were terrible. Tried them again but with more toughness on my trinkets….they have now replaced my previous build

Most of my work is pve. But plenty of pvp and dueling (1v1, 1v2) occurs along with group fights.

-At night I’ll switch in a Gs with sigil of night and accuracy. unless i have 25 stack of cruel
-When I have to outrun something (blobs) I’ll trade berserker stance for bulls rush while OoC.

Armoured attack vs defy pain in the defense tree: I have an addiction when it comes to choosing armoured attack which is about +125 power…..help me!

Death from above is a must-have trait imo currently. Although my damage output is lower in pve, it saves my skin countless times in pvp and increases my mobility. It’s also an easy way to win pvp fights you are ‘strategically retreating from’….yes many people think they can survive the falls that I survive, they die instantly.

I run vanilla warrior. if you have HoT you can easily swap out the discipline tree for berserker. The only real loss would be ‘fast hands’ (5 sec weapon swap).

Axe/shield has never worked for me.

My crit rate stats look low but I barely notice a difference between 50 and 60 base except when I’m using sword 3.

Build lacks endurance regen. Sigil of energy would interfere with my pve damage and take up a sigil spot.

Any critique is welcome. Please specify whether your feedback is based on personal hands on experience or whether its based on data analysis/meta material. i.e. Looking at the stats and saying your power is too low based on meta or whatever vs. having tried builds with that kind of power level and deciding they were too low.

Thanks!

edit: umm the wiki ‘indicates’ warriors sprint and rune of traveler +25% don’t stack…which is contrary to my own experience ingame. Can some1 confirm? I recognize a small speed difference when i toggle the runes from 5-6. Placebo effect might be taking its toll though.

Hi mate. Yep the others have already covered the issues with using travelers runes. I some times run vanilla war in WvW instead of Berserker. WvW dueling is all I do and I don’t touch PVE anymore. I probably duel for and roam for about 3+hours a day.

In light of traveler runes being sub-optimal I’d suggest either hoelbrak,Strength or Defender runes being the way to go.

I don’t use SoR and instead use rampage to add extra pressure once my opponents below 50%. Utility choice will always include endure pain and zerker stance and usually SoS.

I’ve tried every feasible build combination since launch and would happily recommend defender runes as being the best option with the current meta. Disc is mandatory with Vanilla Warr otherwise you’re screwed. If you have the coin get and run a separate pve meta gear set.It’s the only real way to go.

Great build Cygnus. Well thought out and works a treat in WvW, like a much needed shot of morphine to ease the migraine :p. Hey btw, you need to get one of those green refractors and slot it in a ring. Get the green one for your Hulk and you will glow radioactive green !

Look guys I’m just venting. I’m VERY passionate about being the best at what I do and the current shortcomings really kitten me off. I decided to try running vanilla Warr tonight and you know, I had some fun with rampage and SoM haha.

Taking a step back a bit and will see what the balance brings.

Today was the last straw. I’ll no longer suffer your short comings.

2.5 years of my heart and soul and i’m reduced to a kittening joke. Sound like i’m upset ? Bloody right i am. Give me a job at Anet and i’ll fix our problems in a day. I’ll donate my time for free.

See you after the first balance patch.. Maybe ? I’m not holding my kittening breath.

Good luck guys. We need it.

Yep , support these ideas.

Junkpile.7439:

Best server for roaming is server that have lot of other roamers so you don’t have to gank enemies alone.

Oxymoron much ? :P

Thanks to everyone’s suggestions and info, much appreciated. Sounds like BG is the one to go for. @ Angst – see you there

Transferring in 3,2,1……

I must be getting old but to me there’s something wrong with using “full AIDS virgin neckbeard” as a way to describe a build ? I mean, what does that even mean ? Or is it some redundant condition referring phrase ?

Existential.4831:

. Have you tried running this build with all sinister /viper gear instead of the rabid/dire trinkets etc ?

I’m a way off from getting my ascended trinkets and was jus wondering.

Hey mate.

Yes you could. Durability may be an issue. I’ve been running trailblazer stats on my weapons and have enjoyed running sword off hand with mace ( 8 k torment + 8 bleeds on melee riposte is too good to pass up ).

In traits i’ve been running Last Blaze with Eternal Champion + outrage + Head butt.

The Head butt + Outrage combo will burn for over 3 k damage and then of course you have your confusion stacks on interrupt and a full bar of adrenaline for a condi burst bomb combo ( a cbbc ) :P

If running this go for Rousing Resilience for the heals and 1k Toughness on stunbreak.

LetoII.3782:

Aww. Didn’t realize we were waving goodbye.
You wanna talk to the hats guys. Actually, I think they’re caps now. T1 duelling club

Hey mate

Much respect to you and SoS in general for not being jerks as 1 vs X is all I ever do.

Who are these “hats” guys you speak of. Sorry i’m a bit slow in my older age haha. Or it could be the hiding Curby gave me the other day with his Gunflame, either one.

Hi guys,

Long time FA roamer here.

I’m looking to transfer to a tier 1 server. I’m an aussie player.

Out of YB, JQ and BG which has the best roaming culture ?

Thanks for your time.

No nerf tonny. All is well !

I believe he’s using the build by Cygnus = Rune of the Defender. Quite OP really.

Owned both haswell i5 and i7 prev and was around 10% difference between them in gw2

It’s the game engine, no way of fixing that. It’s how it was designed by the developers. The fps limitation we all experience is due to how heavily reliant the game is on the main cpu thread.

A month ago i sent a PM to one of the devs about this and was told “we are aware of the issue”.

The response from this dev was barely cordial so based on that wouldn’t expect a fix in the 6 months.

Just do a fresh graphics driver install on your system after removing the current ones. This will fix the issue

Sir Vincent III.1286:

How else did the Dev made Revenant if not by taking from both Warrior and Thief?

From here on i’ll refer to Revenants as ‘John Snow’ :P

Have we met on the battlefield ? I’m the condi-cheese berserker running sword/torch, mace/shield with perplexity runes.

Hi guys.

I never thought i’d be here posting this BUT, what happened to you ?

Now when I see a thief in WvW ( i just roam exclusively for 1vs x on FA ) I think " I pretty much have this won already" . I play condi-berserker.

I feel your pain and warriors are not in a good place either.

Commiserations my sneaky brothers, lets hope the devs bring you back up to your former glory !

bumping this so people get to read it + win

Tom Gore.4035:

Would be fun to combo that with defiant stance.

Lol the mind boggles. Good if a nest of thieves were in shadow refuge (5 of em). Five auto attacks healing me – thanks !

Tom Gore.4035:

Excellent point. Thanks!

You’re welcome Tom

Yes it’s true 100%.

You’ll want to have the Berserker grandmaster trait Bloody Roar selected (applies a Taunt on opponents within range).

Have full adren, pop Beserker whilst within Taunt distance (it’s 300 range the wiki is wrong) from your opponent as they are in stealth ( i.e. thief shadow refuge ).

If said opponent does not have a stability boon currently up, that opponent will attack you and self-reveal providing they hit you.

This is not a bug, it’s how stealth works (refer to the GW2 wiki) https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Stealth

“Hitting a foe with an attack breaks stealth”

“When a character breaks stealth, they gain the Revealed effect which prevents the user from re-entering stealth for several seconds, regardless of the skill used”

I’ve been a thief’s nightmare this whole week Yes, they freak out.
You can’t hide from a Berserker !

Have fun with new-found knowledge and wreak havoc !

Sorry about the delay with the roaming vid guys. Still working out how to use Sony Vegas pro for the editing etc.

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Doon.2364:

Are u that char on FA with the bolt? If so, I think I fought you in WvW. I’m from TC.

Hi Doon yes that’s me. Thanks for the fight. Not sure if I won or lost the fight :P Can you jolt my memory and what class are you ?

Choppy.4183:

Elegie.3620:

Choppy.4183:

I’m on EB, so duels won’t happen with me anytime soon. I’m sure you’ll find plenty of others though.

In EotM, servers are grouped together by color (green, red, blue), so provided you both belong to a different color for the current week, then you may go and duel there. This won’t be this week as you both seem to be green, but maybe next week…

I always forget about EoTM. We’re both green this week, but maybe next week will work out. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks Elegie. Lock me in Choppy and don’t forget your sigil of generosity lol :p

Ah no worries Choppy ! Having a blast with this and giving those chrono’s a hard time too !

Choppy.4183:

I’d bet a couple of reasons this build is working for the people who’ve tried it is that it has a little more condi diversity than most warrior builds (burning and confusion are a good pair up) and, most importantly, it’s an unusual setup for warriors that most opponents won’t be expecting.

CtrlAltDefeat and Warlord make very good points, probably identifying why the build almost certainly won’t become part of the meta anywhere. But, hell, may as well use it as long as it’s fun and works.

Infinity, still up for duels, etc. if you want to bang it around a bit more. If you’ve tested it thoroughly already though, don’t sweat it.

Hey Choppy would like to duel anyone that’s keen. As I can’t take this rune set into PvP it will have to be in WvW. I’m on FA. What server are you on ? I’m currently matched with SoS and TC.