Guild Wars 2

I would have to agree largely on the pets needing something to fix their AI, combat, AOE avoidance and their cooldowns. I have settled with using the staff after testing: Axe / focus, Axe / Dagger, Dagger / Focus, Dagger / Dagger. I stopped there after trying the staff being that I found it sup to all other weapon skills with what skill point skills I was choosing. I tend to roll with Staff, Well of Blood, Well of Darkness, Bone Fiends, Shadow Fiend, Lich Form. This usually works well for leveling as I can take on a Vet plus adds or more solo just fine.

I find using the Bone Fiend explosion as more dps from them exploding than alive and dying. The shadow fiend is there to hopefully take some hits or draw aggro. I can pump out some burst dps if all CDs are up but once they are down, I tend to trail off until they are up. I am currently in blood magic and death magic with reduction to staff, wells, and increased marks as my select-able traits. It would be nice to have some single target dps or something.

I also remember necro in GW1 being a ranged class but 2 of the 4 main hand types are close quarter combat weapons. Hell the scepter is only 900 range where the staff is 1200. Somethings do need to change with the necro.

One suggestion is to make the wells like a bubble around the necro where you could make the well mobile and take it to allies making grouping up much more powerful. This would add increased dmg to mobs that get knocked back or move. It also would add to the concept Anet is trying to do with the combo of skills.

I feel Lich from is a very powerful ability with a relatively small cooldown for an elite skill. It could use some love though like the jagged horrors die way too fast. Remove the degeneration of health from them or something. Also reduce the cast time of the marks would help to maximize the 30 secs you have in that form.

I used to use weapon swap in my rotation using the other weapons cause you needed the dps while one set was cooling down, but since switching to staff, I dont even bother cause the 2nd and 3rd abilities are much more dmg output than other weapons generally than to be locked out of the staff for 10 secs.

As for death shroud, I love this ability and idea, but the only one I find very useful is life transfer. I find myself shifting out after I channel it because the fear nets me no dmg as well as the #2 ability (forgot the name). The only other one I find useful is the Life Blast but that does less and less dmg the less life force you have. I even dont use this ability unless my life force is above 75% due to my staff and WoD and bone fiend explosions net me more dmg. I also use death shroud as an oh crap button to reduce taking massive dmg to my health pool.

All in all, some minor changes and I could see necros being very good.

I know everyone is upset and some are patiently waiting for their accounts to be returned, but keep in mind that even if you can change your account password, they have to verify you are the actual owner of the account. They ban said accounts that got hacked to prevent further damage and to discourage the hacker from keeping this account info for future purposes. Once your ticket comes up in the line, they will contact you to verify you are the owner and try to get your account back. They won’t ban you for no reason and make you buy another copy. I hope this helps a little, but they have so many accounts that have been hacked it is not funny. This is one of the worse I have seen for hackers attacking a game. It seems hackers had been planning this for years and gathering data. I would suggest making a series of 3-4 secure passwords you can use for different games, bank accounts, emails, so on.

Shakkles.7809:

pimpizle.5791:

Shakkles, You must be uninformed as to what exactly could cause you to become permabanned and/or hacked. Anet has in place a FREE security email that informs the original email account holder that someone from another IP is accessing the account.. They have an email verification that literally requires you to click the link given with the email address you setup with the account. This happened to me because my IP renewed and I had to re-verify. Blizzard and Bioware and most other MMO companies make you pay for extra security. I would suggest you read the entire security forum or support FAQ before coming on here and opening your mouth and misleading the rest of the community.

Oh I should, should I? How about the fact that I still don’t even known WHY I’m banned? How about the fact that I played the game for mere hours, never got a single email from ArenaNet, no warnings, no nothing and them WHAM banned with zero reason given.

I don’t HAVE to do anything except sit here in limbo and be angry that such a thing can even happen in 2012, while waiting on some kind of resolution night after night.

Again, READ the state of the game wiki website. You would know WHY you did not get an email. They JUST put this into the process of security for accounts. Stop complaining about your mistake. I have never been hacked through Guild Wars 1, World of Warcraft, SWTOR, and now GW2. There is a reason why I have not, I have difficult passwords and I do not go to questionable sites or have vulnerabilities on my computer. I also regularly check for spyware, malware, and virus as well as key-loggers. I know you are angry, but you are not going to get your account any faster. Chillax.

Shakkles.7809:

traxxis.2964:

Ok im now going on 4 days of being banned for this hacking issue. Maybe this was my fault for using a poor password but im beyond that now and would love to begin playing again tonight.

Anyone had theirs resolved yet? How long did it take and how did they resolve it?

Please Resolve this for me Asap..Ticket# 120907-007721

There is no such thing as having a password so weak that you deserve to be banned from a game you literally just bought. It’s inexcusable.

You do realize that they ban the account to prevent further damage to the account right? Would you be more upset about your account online playing without you wanting it to or that your account is banned and preventing further damage. Take your anger else where you are not helping the issue at hand.

Shakkles, You must be uninformed as to what exactly could cause you to become permabanned and/or hacked. Anet has in place a FREE security email that informs the original email account holder that someone from another IP is accessing the account.. They have an email verification that literally requires you to click the link given with the email address you setup with the account. This happened to me because my IP renewed and I had to re-verify. Blizzard and Bioware and most other MMO companies make you pay for extra security. I would suggest you read the entire security forum or support FAQ before coming on here and opening your mouth and misleading the rest of the community.