Guild Wars 2

the game needs to have a custom ui so we can move things.

MY MAIN CONCERN is the target bar in the top middle of the screen blocking the most important part of the games field of view.

by moving the target bar to the bottom of the screen will make it so much better to fight bosses and other things with high aoe and telegraphs / animations to watch out for.

its time this happend. im fed up with a rigid ui that is highly ineffective and wastes valuable screen space for the sake of “art”

thanks for the replies. last time i did fractal was before the revamp and pretty much used any relics i had on either bags or skill point journals as i never had a reason to save up for them till now :P.

so a tree called EXPLOSIVES is good to use with things that explode.

hmm its like they was designed to go hand in hand. i wonder …….

hi

after having a rather long break from gw2 lots of changes happend to fractals. anyway i need around 3k relics for endless potion and was wondering whats the best way to farm relics.

ive used all my spare simple infusions and my pristine relics so thats no longer an option.

is it just a matter of doing daily fractals and farming certain bosses now ?

before you leave can I have all your stuff

so anet <3 you so much for the items this year. finally got myself elctro blue dye (refush to pay 1000g for it)

anyway the finisher as promised

asura cos best race ever made in any game ever !

i7 4790k @ 4.5 GHZ (I really CBA with voltage fiddling for slightly higher OC)
Corsair vengeance 16GB ram @ 1.6GHZ
Gigabyte Z97 gaming 7 mother board
MSI GTX 980 TI
Corsair HX 1000i platinum rated 1000W PSU (92% efficient)
Thermaltake MK1 chaser full tower case
Coolermaster 212 Evo CPU cooler with push pull config
2x Sandisk 240GB SSD (one for windows one for mmos)
2g 1TB HDD for other games / video recording

zero issues at all with my game and I use driver version 353.62

then again I updated all my drivers FOR all my hardware with win 10 drivers so there is not any issue at all my end.

and yes I am using windows 10

hey guys.

just a quick edit. this is not aimed at advanced users. this is aimed at your typical average person who does not think about these things when clicking the upgrade button for windows 10 so please no ego trips this is aimed at those who don’t know any better (and this is in the nicest possible way to describe you )

today I finally had time to get windows 10 all set up (cos job). now ive seen a lot of ppl making posts how its not working for them or they have issues that’s causing very bad performance. which is kinda sad to hear : (. I personally have 0 issue with any of my games in win 10. mostly because I ensured everything was set up correctly.

so here are some tips to ensure u get your win 10 working smoothly and games running well.

1. make sure u go to your motherboard brand website and get the latest win 10 drivers. these normally include updated drivers for windows to use your CPU effectively. (if u just upgrade and keep old ones it could cause issue / conflicts that greatly affect gameplay.

2. make sure u download windows 10 GPU drivers. then uninstall current drivers (when you upgrade the older version is kept) so no issues or conflicts happen (this is one of the main reasons ppl have performance issues in games on win 10 atm)

3. make sure all audio drivers are updated if you use onboard audio with your mother board see step 1.

4. if you use HDD make sure to run the defrag tool to clean up your HDD. if you use kitten make sure to TRIM it so it also is optimised. because upgrading windows causes files to me moved copied and deleted it can fragment your HDD and slow things down.

5. if you have your games installed on a separate HDD / SSD make sure to run a repair on the game (its mostly so windows actually registers the game fully) it also fixes any issues that might have occurred during the upgrade.

6. compatibility mode, using this a lot of the time solves a lot of issues ppl have with older games on win 10 (note this does not solve all issues on all machines).

7. some ppl have encountered an issue where windows puts your LAN port in energy efficient mode which causes a lot of ping issues etc due to limiting its effectiveness, this also applies to power setting for CPU etc, these things can be changed in power management options.

this is just some things at the top of my head. if you guys have any other tips let us know so ppl can be informed before then jump head first into the rapid waters of windows 10

now as for my PC performance I have not noticed any issues or downsides.

i7 4790k @ 4.5 GHZ (I really CBA with voltage fiddling for slightly higher OC)
Corsair vengeance 16GB ram @ 1.6GHZ
Gigabyte Z97 gaming 7 mother board
MSI GTX 980 TI
Corsair HX 1000i platinum rated 1000W PSU (92% efficient)
Thermaltake MK1 chaser full tower case
Coolermaster 212 Evo CPU cooler with push pull config
2x Sandisk 240GB SSD (one for windows one for mmos)
2g 1TB HDD for other games / video recording

BenQ xl2420t 144hz moniter

just incase any one was interested in my system specs

heres my warrior. never been a fan of the legendary GS so use volcanus as its a very fitting weapon for this armour set

1. 24 hour sales of very good looking skins = surge in gem sales. a lot of ppl don’t have the gold to convert to gems so buy the gems to get the item.

2. 24 hour sales of very good looking skins cause the gem prices to increase in the gem – gold exchange prices. and ppl buy gems to sell for gold.

that’s about it really

you clearly didn’t play 100blades at the launch of gw2 it was like 4 wars 1 mes meta going full nuke with timewarp and 100blades

don’t worry guys. if all u do is pvp u don’t need whats inside the bag anyway

don’t use the 35×.xx drivers they cause issues with a lot of games.

I use the 347.52 drivers as they have rock solid performance with basically any game. a lot of ppl on the NVidia forums and other sites recommend using the 347.52 drivers also.

u can download them directly from NVidia via legacy drivers section of downloads.

recommended you remove the current drivers before installed these so no “driver conflicts” happen which can cause a performance decrease / crash.

it sounds silly to “downgrade” to older drivers. but its not that uncommon with GPU drivers to stick to a slightly older version that’s 100% reliable vs newer drivers that do have issues can last for a while.

I miss the squeak sound when swinging a great sword !!!!!!!

1. mastery POINTS are account wide and work like WvW rank points

2. you earn XP for a mastery track at X amount u can use a mastery point to progress said track.

3. all progress made on one toon is not shared with other toons. just like WvW

4. mastery system is designed to retain players

let us not forget one of the best looking human armour sets in game ever made !

OP do u have the game running at low – mid settings ? that would explain why it wouldn’t look so great.

at max detail the game is very nice to look at and is immersive.

don’t forget GW2 is CPU dependent. a high end GPU will only go so far as most of the work is done on your CPU. have u consinderd either over clocking your system or getting a modern updated system for 2015 ?

I know a lot of ppl are like BUT GRAPHICS CARD DOES GRAPHICS !1!!. this is true. but the game uses the CPU to render then the GPU does the rest which is why u nothice like 30-40% GPU load when playing GW2 and 70-90% CPU load on GW2.

anyway the game is very nice looking and if anything all it needs is to be optimised to use modern hardware much better.

and maybe even just a 64 bit client would be nice

kingrpg if you was to bother making a decent team who do fractals daily u can save yourself 20g a day and it would only take u around 30-40 mins to clear lvl 50

:) like any one uses turrets anymore anyway. cough crittable and affected by condi cough

I hope they never fix grenades

full zerk gear. get your power as high as possible.

high calibour = 10% crit chance in melee. 10% crit chance vs bleed target. I have full ascended and have 50% crit chance from gear. 20% crit chance from traits = 70% and fury puts me at 90%. warrior banner is like 95% crit chance.

I use sigil of force and sigil of air so I could get over 100% crit chance if I used 7% crit sigil but I don’t really care about 5% u really wont notice it in a normal group.
this 5% would only matter for world record breaking speed clears.
which btw is why the meta exists for those types of ppl. normal players wont even notice much difference or even understand

vuln is not an issue in groups anymore as most classes have the ability to stack 10 + vuln themselves combined with engies we have sustained 20-25 for the entire fight.

don’t even try to use assassin gear in this topic. with the combined traits zerk is the best gear as it +power as main then +crit as second and + crit dmg = same as assassin.

now all we need to do is get all the other classes to understand that the gear has changed for direct dmg engies.

a lot of ppl still insist I use “assassin” gear as engie even thou its not optimal anymore.

I agree get rid of ground targeted med kit skills.

also medkit 1 is a complete and utter joke. even with maxed out healing an traits that synergise with it. its still an utter joke.

give back med kit in slot 1 and increase medkits back to 1k base heal. that’s what made it so nice to have. u had smaller mini heals on 10 sec cd and a bigger heal on 20 sec cd (toolbelt)

now I only use my medkit for the 17 sec toolbelt skill that works with kinetic battery (pve its a life saver if it all goes wrong) I don’t even bother with the skills due to ground target.

also when running and using the skill infront of me. I just end up running past it cos its travel time is so slow it spawns behind me when THROWING it in front of me.

World Vs World Vs World

open world pvp solved.

moving on

simple = highly effective and very easy to balance.

less time spent on balancing classes = more time on other things like content.

trying to balance 5 trait lines and all traits linked between all classes takes a lot of time to do.

having set traits per line with lines designed to synergise with others makes life very easy for devs.

so what if u lost some stupid build that 0.01% of the player base used.

metas exist for a reason. they work and are good.

I just want to thank anet for a decent JP.

the only down side is it needs some check points u can activate. so u don’t spend 20 mins backtracking just to get to the same spot because u missed that super tiny little ledge that also has over hanging items that cause u to slip half the time u try jumping to it.

9/10 for the idea and puzzle

so your in WvW or SPVP and u meet this warrior who is able to outrun u and put insanse distance between themselves and you. and you are unable to catch up because swiftness causes their mobility skills to have 50% increase in distance traveld.

and now we know why it was nerfed.

nothing worse then some 1 able to escape combat at any time they like with no way any 1 can catch up or stop them.

now imagine your caught in a fight u know u cant win. but u cant escape cos you are slow / crippled and your mobility skills now let u move half the distance. o noes u cant escape anymore.

if u cant understand this don’t bother playing PVP u will just end up whining about something else that’s changes.

this “new” system we have greatly limits choice for builds and further encourages the use of “meta” builds.

each trait line has 1 of 3 to choose per tier with 3 base line traits when picked.

of those traits most of them have very high synergy with another line leading to even less choice and more “take this trait from line X to use with this trait in line Y to have this super mega synergy / effect”

so in short meta builds are now amplified and made even more effective with the greatly dumbed down more simple trait system that removes builds that used to use 3-4 trait lines into max 3.

you went over the top with the mortar AA nerf. while letting OP burns and other condies get out of control.

please could u revert the mortar AA nerf it was not needed and is unjustified. 1 skill out of 5 did decent damage in a power build. and u decided it was OP ???

btw you broke the grenadier trait for engies.

grenade barrage now throws 13 grenades at targets and is basically 1 shotting ppl in PVP.

but that’s fine as long as u nerf the shiny new kit so its only used for its f5 skill its all good right ??

some say broken.

maybe its like working as intended to reduce the over all power of max lvl players in low lvl zones to like make it more dangerous / exciting for ppl in lower zones :O

or maybe just maybe it was to slow down speed runs in downscaled dungeons to help get rid of the “meta” for casual players pretending to be world record speed clearers

1. World Of Warcraft added a VOIP system years ago. 90% of the player base have no idea it even exists ingame. let alone use it.

2. it would come at the cost of server performance and greatly increase lag in WvW.

3. it would cost anet money to devlop

4. TeamSpeak Ventrilo Mumble Raidcall Skype and so on and so forth already exist and with servers for 20+ ppl costing as little as £5 a month to rent its not really an issue for most guilds.

5. as mentioned above. there would be little to no way to moderate the chat as anet would design it so all can speak freely and not be controlled by 1 over controlling control freak. this also means they cant be held responsible for any trolling / threats / abuse.

the cons greatly outweigh any benefit to a system like this built into the game.

just watch youtube vids of kids screaming and shouting on Xbox games using the Xbox voice system. NO TY !!!

its totally not a bug shifty eyes now we are on “par” with meta classes (pve / pvp) in stupid burst dmg.

besides why are ppl whining over 22k direct dmg zerk crit ? lets all focus on the 20k + burn TICKS ppl are getting shall we

they didn’t take it away. u just choose to use another trait because “meta”.

if u wish to be a meta player u suffer the downsides

please be working as intended

please be working as intended

o please anet let this be working as intended

on the plus side now a mes knows what its like to be insta downd after a shatter combo so great justice has been done

try hitting a moving target at 1500 range with mortar. u cant : (

just undo the nerf anet and let mortar 1 be our power 1 button mash build every other class has access to.

also its ground targeted and is only effective in melee range in 1v1. and lets face it. try fighting a hammer warrior in melee range.

anyway im a pve engie and I don’t like this nerf.

on the plus side. the same time they nerfed mortar they broke the grenade trait grenadier.

grenade barrage now hits a target 13 times instead of 6. grenade 1-5 also hits between 3-4 times when cast.

it seems theres a bug where the grenades get counted as a piercing projectile so most of the time hits for double :P

unerf mortar AA it was not needed at all.

looks at eles 20k burn ticks and wonders wth is anet doing.

oo that mortar kit and a full power build with kinetic battery and siege rounds. I am yet to meet some 1 who was not utterly impressed by that light show when it goes of in a dungeon.
its kinda hard to get kinetic battery to work in dungeons, most bosses die before u can even use dodge skill. but oo when it does happen its like

IM A FIRING MY LAZOR

:O========>

I love this change. then again my engineer is called bombgineer so you can see why I love this change ^-^

actually in pve the mortar 1 does a lot of dmg at 25 might stacks using scholar runes fire arms + tools trait line.

also grenadier trait increases GRENADE BARRAGE toolbelt to 1500 range and throws 7 grenades instead of 6.

also try hitting a moving target at 1500 range with the mortar (same speed as untraited grenades) and u will soon understand why they made nades 900 and gave us 100% flight speed increase trait.

now that condi dmg requires high values of condi stat to deal any real dmg the grenade 2 5 are useless for power builds.
and u use grenade kit as power build for the slow on 4 and the vuln stacking on 1.

same for mortar 2-5 its utility and 1 anf f5 are actually very potant when used in combo with traits etc ofc this is a PVE point of view.

anyway all I see here is a learn to play issue with the class. once u learn how to combo skills such as bomb kits and land mines etc to ambush other players (I assume this is a pvp post) and fight in close quarters.
and btw yes engie has “range skills” but we are designed to be close – mid range for effective dps out put or boon buffing. (like 99% of classes atm)

the only reason we ever need 1500 range is for WvW and nuking walls / siege.

tada problem solved

this is about the mortar kit and power builds for PVE so please no pvp whines or rants here.

so my mortar 1 at 25 might stacks hits harder then grenade 1. and being a pure power build the only reason I use my grenade kit now is for my grenade barrage toolbelt skill.

also mortar is a projectile finisher and grenade 1 is not : (.

and when u are stacked on a boss in melee range the grenadier trait is 100% negated and does not give u an advantage.
it does how ever cause grenade barrage (toolbelt skill) have a 1500 range and fire 7 grenades instead of 6 untraited. so it now has very high synergy with mortar kit when using it for long range (if u ever decide to go wvw) for world bosses or other things.

anyway I love the mortar kit and will use it until its nerfed to the ground and then end up going back to grenades

PVE only thread no whining about PVP please.

in PVE this trait is kinda more situational then anything.

but its double toolbelt !!! yes it is. but most bosses in dungeons die before you get to dodge. only a few bosses come to mind where we really need to actively dodge (subject alpha). so a lot of the time its just a wasted trait in PVE.

I am aware its a very powerfull trait in PVP and I understand how its used. but this is PVE.

in lvl 50 fractals how ever this is very nice. and in open world its also nice.

so whats the point of this thread ?

don’t be afraid to not use kinetic battery in dungeons. at best you will get it activated once on a boss fight.

also it kinda makes u not want to dodge on trash as it will cause it to activate on trash causing the 20 sec ICD and this not usable on bosses :P

so if u know ur gonna be dodging attacks on a boss in dungeons use it. if u know the boss will die and u wont dodge try something else or not worry.

so in short its not a lot of bang for your buck in a pve : (

1. the grenadier trait increased the toolbelt grenade barrage skill to 1500 and add +1 grenade to the toolbelt skill.

2. if u don’t take that trait your legendary rifle does not change barrage into energy orbs : (

3. mortar kit 1 actually hits harder then grenade 1. allowing you to synergise the 1500 barrage skill + mortar 1500 range (if u wvw etc)

1. fast cast ground target
2. practice spaming keyboard skills
3. hold down right mouse button and practice using ground target using mouse look, keep your ground target marker middle of the screen and when u look your marker will always be where you look at. in time u will get used to this

as a 10 year WoW vet I am no stranger to spamming my 1 2 3 4 keyboard skills (all my other keys are bound to my razer naga MMO mouse, 12 key thumb pad FTW)

grenade kit is a very strong direct dmg kit for zerk PVE. with the traits aswell it will be very strong at mid range (100% flight speed increase) for pvp also.

the mortar kit will be the go to kit for WvW wall fights / zerg fights as u keep the distance and with the aoe fields u can tag a lot of ppl with the poison and attack siege etc.

even if u only use the mortar kit for F5 in PVE and stick to grenades etc its still a DPS gain.

ofc if u truly understand the nature of engie u will understand that kit swaping in combat to use certain skills at the right time makes a BIG difference. for example.

smoke bomb from bomb kit followed by the mortar blinding light field can give u around 9 seconds of blind AOE field on a target in PVE. if used at the right time u can negate a MASSIVE chunk of dmg from bosses.

anyway where was I. a yes will it make grenades outdated? nope it will compliment grenades.

we will now have access to long range (mortar 1500) mid range nukes (grenades 900) and close range havoc (bomb kit / rifle blunderbuss and jump shot ! )

im a PVE zerk engie so im all about the direct dmg. I don’t really do spvp and I do WvW during the WvW seasons.

im very happy with the changes. and yes I am very happy with 900 range grenades, it meens we finally get the speed buff +60 aoe range to grenades we needed for so very long. and the mortar kit takes over for WvW wall fights (this was the only good thing about grenades 1500 range)

also b4 the patch on Tuesday try and hit a moving target at 1500 range with grenades.
whats that ? u cant hit the target cos the nades are to slow and they are moving all over the place :O
whats that u find nades only effective in pvp when thrown at your feet against players in melee range :O

yes its a very good change. that 100% speed buff is insane.

/rant over

I would ignore a lot of the forum posts. a lot of them are full of silly stupid ppl whining over having to pay for an expansion. (this is common practice with a lot of mmos)

anyway as a GW2 vet I can say now is a VERY good time to play or start playing again.

trait revamp + overhaul to core game mechanics on Tuesday
guild system revamp + guild halls in expansion
certain classes have been fixed / buffed after years of neglect

and a lot more to come in the expansion.

again don’t pay attention to all the negative posts. most forums u will see more negative then positive because whining negative psots attract ALOT more attention then happy positive posts.

TL:DR

wait until Tuesday to decide if u want to come back to the game or play the game, as the new traits and core system will be added. and major game changes to conditions (Damage Over Time >DOT< ) system

no trenchcoat here

video is all done processing on youtubes now. its 1080.

filmed using NVidia shadow play.

its still processing give it an hour for youtube to finish and it will be 1080p

a guildie linked the mad scientist outfit today so I took a quick video