Guild Wars 2

I’ve been away from GW2 for a long time and I used to practice in 1v1 arenas.

Can you share your opinions?

To OP:
Spot on, your post sums up really nicely what GW2 PvP is atm. Nothing to add, nothing to criticize.

Hey guys,
I’m coming back to GW2 but still without the expansion.
I know the elite specs are pretty much required for PvP nowadays, but in my case, what build should I play if I don’t have the xpac?

My preferred weaponset is D/P Shortbow.

Thanks for your feedback.

^ this guy speaks the truth

+1
PvP is a kittening mess, Thieves are bottom Tier, and they still nerf the class? What a joke. So glad I didn’t buy the expansion

Let’s launch PvP League and not balance the game, cause kitten logic

Hi,

In metabattle, Celestial Signet build is still the top choice for core Necro.
I don’t like playing tanky builds and I don’t have HoT yet.

Am I better off with a Power or Condition build as vanilla Necro?
Care to share a build or two?

Thanks for your help fellow Nekros

Morwath.9817:

Please remove that piece of kitten conquest mode from this game.

Hi,

I’ve been playing Shatter for quite a while now, and want to try Conditions for the first time. Can anyone tell me a good build for PvP?

I’m assuming Staff / Scepter-Torch would be the best choice, and maybe Rabid amulet, but I’m unsure about the traits and runes.

Thanks for your help

Bumped for visibility

Stop feeding this guy. We know what’s obvious, and it’s obvious thief is the worst PvP class by far atm and OP is a fail troll

Shake up the meta? Or replace all old builds?

Why are Elite specs now mostly required to be competitive?
This is just plain bad design. What if I don’t like to play an elite spec and still want to be competitive?
Jesus just stop focusing on elite specs and make vanilla specs on the same level as elites or nerf the elite specs hard.

I personally am not happy because I love thief and stealth mechanics. I don’t want to be a kitten martial arts monk.
At the moment it is close to impossible to be successful as a non DD Thief. It’s just frustrating to play.

Just allow us to be competitive with old specs, if not, what’s the point of using anything but elite specs?

Hi

I’m having difficulty in choosing a profession to stick with. I’ve tried them all and this 2 are the ones I enjoy the most, however I want to dedicate my time to only one of them.

I’ll be mainly playing PvP and WvW, can someone list me their pros and cons?

Thanks a lot

It’s not only your opinion, only a kitten can’t see burning damage is way way over the top

Just a little bit

here!

Mesmer is faceroll, will always be due to the broken mechanics

Then start by removing all proc sigils.
You can then look at AI builds and maybe then after that nerf or remove Celestial cancer

Edit: Also, introduce 2v2, 3v3 arenas. Stronghold is a PvE fest, it is not a good alternative to Conquest. Arenas should be basic game type. Having arenas implemented would open up a LOT of new builds that are not centered towards keeping points and teamfights.

Rusc.4978:

I revised this list with my opinions:

Low Demand on Player Skill / Knowledge / Timing
- Turret Engineer
- GS Medi Guardian
- PU Mesmer
- Condi Shatter Mesmer
- Phantasm Mesmer
- Power Necromancer
- Minion Master Necromancer
- Power LB Ranger
- Spirit Ranger
- P/D Condi Thief
- Shoutbow Warrior
- Hambow Warrior

Medium Demand on Player Skill / Knowledge / Timing
- Cele D/D Elementalist
- Bunker Staff Elementalist
- Cele Rifle Engineer
- Condi Engineer
- Bunker Guardian
- Hammer Medi Guardian
- Condi Necromancer
- Condi Survival Ranger
- Traps Ranger
- S/D Acro Thief
- Bunker Warrior
- Condi Warrior

High Demand on Player Skill / Knowledge / Timing
- Condi Signet Elementalist
- Fresh Air Elementalist
- Zerker Staff Elementalist
- Static Discharge Engineer
- Shatter Mesmer
- Lockdown Mesmer
- D/P Thief
- Zerker Warrior

I tried to rate this on my overall impression for how the build performs versus how much effort is required to do well with it. Some builds have a low skill floor but a high skill ceiling, which skews my rating of it.

This is the best list here, although I would move Fresh Air Ele to the Medium list, because, for the role they have, it’s not that hard to pull it off

Hi

I had just finished a PvP game, when I left to go to Heart of the Mists, and I got disconnected with the message:
“The game client has lost the connection to the server. Please wait a few minutes before restarting the client and try again”

Also, on the character selection menu, with that same character selected, it appears 0% Map completion…

It has been hours like this.

Please help me as fast as you can, because this is the only character I’m playing at the moment.

Thank you

edit: I’ve already submitted a ticket, but no response yet

It’s like a must, to be in the same level as the other players, and the buffs, at least some of them, are simply OP.

Pro tip:

Press the key only once

Hi

After only having played Terrormancer, I decided to try Power, and it is much more fun than playing with conditions.

Now I wanna practice and become good, but I’m unsure of what build to use to start with. Shall I go with the one in metabattle.com?
What seems to be the strongest build nowadays?

Can you give me some general tips about Power Necro playstyle?

Thanks a lot

Kronos.2560:

I have a feeling the poll lets you revote, as there were more votes then views in forum =P.

Nah, I posted this on reddit too

What profession do you find yourself playing most of the time because it is the most fun to you?

You can find the poll here!

Everyone’s missing the biggest clue here.
The dude plays with a minimum of 170ms latency and it goes to 200-300.

You won’t be able to play thief with that latency.
Reroll or be frustrated.

Justin please please consider this seriously.
I’ve dreamed of this since I started playing this game.
2v2 and 3v3 would open up the variety in this game SO much, and you would see the growth in the PvP community, I’m sure.
Me and most players are tired of objective based mode, and the Stronghold you’re adding is another one.

Same here. I stopped playing the game about a month ago when I saw what they were going to do to thieves. After 2+ years, this game is even worse than it was. I really do not understand this game’s devs, honestly.

This last balance is beyond ridiculous. I’d say I’ll come back someday but I don’t trust Anet anymore

Curunen.8729:

lazycalm.5186:

Runewolf.8456:

pretty easy to kill, just go for the one that isn’t standing still auto attacking you.

By the time you find the right one, you’re downed.
The deception is just too strong in this game. Mesmer was the easiest class I played in PvP, simply because you can do what you want to, most opponents will just be distracted with your clones, spending the she fight trying to target the real you.

Mesmers are a disease in PvP

I’m usually polite and never usually one to say this, but in this case…

…L2P.

Anyone who’s played this game for more than 5 minutes (slight exaggeration for effect) will rarely be deceived.

Anyone who’s actually good will never be deceived.

Anyone who is deceived needs to get better.

There’s only one single problem when fighting Mesmer – and that is fluent use of target cycling – pressing the right buttons to reselect the correct target. I will accept this part can be annoying because of the targeting system – but again it’s just a matter of getting used to it. If I can get used to the targeting system in GW2 (and I used to seriously struggle with the tab targeting, being used to games with crosshairs), then anyone can.

Anyone who can’t spot the real Mesmer in ~ 1 second needs to L2P.

You must have been playing Mesmer for so long you can’t even remember how it is to fight against one. The targeting and untargeting mechanic is sick broken, especially in a PvP scneario. The advantage to the Mesmer is huge.
You probably couldn’t win against one, that’s why you joined the band

Runewolf.8456:

pretty easy to kill, just go for the one that isn’t standing still auto attacking you.

By the time you find the right one, you’re downed.
The deception is just too strong in this game. Mesmer was the easiest class I played in PvP, simply because you can do what you want to, most opponents will just be distracted with your clones, spending the she fight trying to target the real you.

Mesmers are a disease in PvP

retsuya.4708:

+40% condi duration food. choose any, Thief, Mesmer,Engineer,Warrior
Pickup dire/rabid

To OP: This is the answer you’re looking for

Hi

I wonder if you can help me. I want to start buying gear for my Ele, for roaming solo/small scale in WvW, but I don’t know what I should buy.

I see everyone with different gear setups, like Celestial equips/trinkets, or knights, soldiers, etc. I’m just wondering if there is a “base” build that is efficient, or if you can please tell me what pieces you use, so I can start gearing my Ele.

Thanks a lot for your help guys

Hi

What is in your opinion the best profession for ranged burst damage in a PvP/WvW small scale scenario?

Static Discharge Rifle Engineer;
S/D Fresh Air Ele;
Longbow Power Ranger;
Power Necro;

Can’t think of others… What do you think and why?
I’m thinking about a build that can go in, burst and down an enemy quick and go out.

I personally vote for Fresh Air Eles, but I haven’t got much experience with the others.

Thank you for your responses!

Unfortunately Anet doesn’t give a kitten about PvP in Guild Wars 2… Its main focus is PvE. I’m getting bored of this game after 7 months for this reason… GW2 has the most potential of all MMOs but Anet does not take advantage of it. It’s all zerg, tank and spank brainless PvE for most of it, so I wouldn’t start playing now if I were you. Maybe in 42 years when Anet realises what they failed

What in your opinion is the most fun profession to play in WvW/PvP?

Vote here please:

http://strawpoll.me/1999485/

Hi

My Mesmer is 80, and I’m about to buy some equipment, but before I do that, I wanna know what I should spend it on.

I already have all ascended zerker trinkets. Should I go roaming with a Shatter build, Phantasm build, or PU power based build? What is more efficient?

And could you also tell me what gear should I buy? weapons, armor, runes and sigils.
If you have a link with all of that, including traits, that would be great

Thanks for your help!

Nerf Healing Signet = problem solved

Just remove the godkitten food from the game.
I hate being forced to have food so I can be in an equal level with other players

I was a bit like you at the beginning. What I can tell you is that:
.don’t go warrior or guardian because there are too many of them. Same for female human btw.
.I personally found Necromancers boring.
.Never tried Ranger, but for a beginner don’t roll one because they’re the worst at everything, even though I like them.
.so you got ele, thief, Mesmer or engi to pick
. I don’t think you can go wrong with any if those, but it really depends on what part of the game you’d like to focus more.
.If you want good for everything, elementalist is the best out of those options, followed by Mesmer and thief. Engis are not great in PvE, but good fun in PvP/WvW

Hi, I’m planning on making a Ranger.

The general feedback I read from players is that Rangers aren’t very good at PvE, they can do well in PvP, and I’m not very sure about WvW.

I’m not gonna use my Ranger much for PvE, I’ll play him more in PvP and WvW. With that in mind:

1. How are Rangers at solo/small group roaming, and what are the best builds for that purpose? (If possible link build including gear, because I have no idea regarding ranger’s gear)

2. Even though I know that Longbow and Shortbow are underpowered, is there any ranged build, based on Longbow and kiting that can be used effectively in WvW roaming?

3. What build should I use for leveling?

4. Regarding pets, what pets should I get to level, and then to roam, and what are the differences between pets? (I really have no idea about pets).

5. I’m aware of the PvP Meta build list, but, again, is there any ranged power build effective for PvP?

6. Is there any hope for Rangers to become more viable in the future? Any words from Anet?

7. (edit) What race would fit better for a WvW/PvP Ranger and why?

I know that’s a lot of information to ask for, so I thank you in advance

edit: added 1 question

I like the video name.

WWWaaahahahahahahah

Gotta love the daily thief QQ post

Heartseeker doesn’t need a nerf.
YOU need a boost

1. Nerf conditions
2. Nerf Warrior’s Healing Signet (It’s still OP as hell)
3. Nerf Runes of Strength
4. Fix AI bugs
5. Do more frequent balance changes
6. ??
7. Fixed

Josh Davis.6015:

Seifer Thalaen.7869:

Lord Hammer Hand.4815:

killed a dev using ret guardian LOL way back when dps guards are big jokes in spvp

Oneshotted grouch with d/p thief last year in hj lol

Screenshot or it didn’t happen.

Hahahahahaha

I don’t know how in earth they haven’t implemented a penalty for players who leave yet

I have criticised this thing about stacking in the past, and I still stand for it

I still haven’t got my chest and tickets, and they are not giving us any information.
This is something that belongs to us, that we earned

Those jumps are pretty and all, but you’re not in combat.
In combat, you won’t jump and run that far
Nice tricks though