Guild Wars 2

The reason why guardians have 10k base hp and warriors have 16k is because the guardian has such a high base toughness and so many defensive skills and boons, if they did raise their base hp they would be unkillable (they’re already pretty hard to kill as it is)

I will either run into the frontline and pop all my boons and interrupts while the rest of my zerg assists me.

Even though scepter range isn’t that great, I still find the 3 skill to immobilize amazing to trap and chase down people.

What I have is full knight armor and then soldier runes and traits to make up for the lost vitality (Vitality is a must for guardians, In my opinion, because they have one of the lowest base hp in the game)

Weapons/trinkets I have Beserker stats to make up for the damage.

Hope this helps.

Confirmed for me on Sanctum of Rall even now.

I need the merchant at the end, but since the event is stuck I can’t access it at all.

Wait why is this in the Halloween section?

Confirmed on Sanctum of Rall

Followed where the wiki said to go and the door is permanently closed

Taric The Fourth

lvl 80 Norn Guardian w/ Full Exotic

Yaks Bend

So right now I was just leveling my alt character lvl 18 elementalist in Kessex Hills running around doing all the centaur event and whatnot.

I encountered a lvl 20 necro who helped me with a lot of events, but I started to notice after each event ended she would start walking and then she would just keep teleporting and teleporting across the map. I have seen her now in 10+ events and everytime just walks out and teleports literally.

I shrugged it off at first being nothing and addressed it to the guild and I already said it wasn’t a mesmer portal or wasn’t porting at waypoint because there were none that let you port that many times. I thought of it being lag too but there’s no way.

Should I just report for botting or what? That’s the closest thing in the report option.

Same here man I’m on Anvil rock and I managed to run it last night when I switched to Yaks Bend just to check things out on that server. I switched back to Anvil Rock only to find it was bugged on that server. Looks like I’ll have to wait another day to switch back and run it.

lordkabal.4857:

It’ll last as long as it lasts, they haven’t announced an end date for it yet, when they decide to end it they stated they’ll give warning ahead of schedule (how much warning is anyones guess)

Ok so they’ll give a warning thanks a lot!

Ok I found the announcement, the forum search bar isn’t working for me and I googled it and couldn’t find the answer or any sort of date.

When exactly does the free server transfer end?

Sorry I’m sure this has been asked, but like I said I searched already.

Thanks

Brutaly.6257:

i have no critical damage what so ever in my wvw gear and in what i do most most of my pve with. I use knights all the way and in wvw i hit for>5k damage with mighty blow.

Imo toughness is better but as i have tried to point out, this isnt a single build or setup, you need to choose so your comfortable..

I only ask because I’m wondering how you got 73-105 crit damage without any armor or accessory items that have it.

The honor skill trait only gives 30 crit damage max.

@Brutality

I have fulfilled all your example stats of a good crithammer guardian build EXCEPT the critical damage. I still have yet to get some decent rings and amulets for my Guardian.

Would you recommend just buying all rings and trinkets with critical damage?

Hey Brutaly, I know there isn’t an exact build but I’d like your opinion.

What armor do you think works better, Knight or Beserker?

Thanks

Sanctus.8350:

You can get the Orrian Temple karma sets, you will have to mix and match to get a full set of P/V/T, except for the helmet, which you need to get from WvW.

For jewelry you can craft an Emerald Pendant using the mystic forge, but as far as I know you will need to get the rings and earrings from WvW too.

So basically the fastest way is to farm karma endless? ._.

Thanks for the help though and thanks for mentioning the emerald pendent I didn’t know about that.

Also you posted at 1337

As the title says I am looking for an exotic armor set with the stats shown above, but it has proved more difficult then I had expected.

Currently I have Carrion Draconic armor which gives me the stats Power/Vit/Condition damage but I want to switch builds so I’m trying to be a big beefy guardian wall.

Anyways here’s the only ways I found to get armor with the stats in the title:

Storyline priory armor – except it’s rare and I did the order of the whispers storyline anyways

WvW invader armor – around 1800-1900 badges of honor which is a lot especially for my server who isn’t good at WvW

Only 2 dungeons – I believe honor of the waves and CoE are the only way that offer armor with pow/vit/tough

Cultural armor – its 110g which is way out of my reach and the stats aren’t even that great

On top of all of that the kind of armor I am looking for can’t even be crafted so crafting or buying on the auction house isn’t even an option.

This is my only complaint about the game thus far, that different areas, races, storyline orders etc each have different stats so if you choose a wrong path not knowing it will be harder to get the stats you desire

Does anyone else know an easier way to get the armor stats I need? I feel like it shouldn’t be this hard to get.

I had 15g by the time I hit lvl 80

Once I hit about 45-50 I only used armor from drops and storyline quests. I never bought a single piece of armor or anything from the AH.

I guess it’s easier for some people but not sure.

Did you have to make a thread about this?

If you want to play WoW that’s fine by me opinions are opinions.
I could really care less.

There isn’t such thing as a best profession this is really more of an opinionated question.

I have a lvl 80 guardian and I absolutely love playing him.

In terms of versatility or jack of all trades it seems warriors take the cake because they have a lot of different weapons at their disposal.

If the heart proves challenging/annoying just skip it and move on

Simple

Yeah the cultural weapons are more for looks but the stats aren’t terrible.

Those are the most expensive weapon merchants for karma I know about

Because I do everytime I see a gold seller spamming and it usually averages around 5-10 times I get online.

Check the cultural weapons merchant (tier 3)

There’s one in every main city for each race.

Although you can’t buy cultural armor besides your own race, you can buy cultural weapons from every race.

Check each one in every race’s main city and buy the one that has the stats you like.

Hope this helps

I see too many warriors and a balance of everything else

So after the new build reset an hour ago, and a long 30 minute event, we retake the Arah dungeon area and now all the vendors are gone?

No merchants, karma vendors, dungeon vendors etc..

Are they gone cuz the patch or do they take awhile to respond because they reset the server?

So the other day a group of friends and I queue up for the borderlands. It was about 8 pm my time so when WvW is at its peak with players.

I was in queue for 40 minutes and one of my friends queues up and gets in immediately and after I get a queue (being in the queue longer) it says "can’t join when game is updatin try again in a few minutes.

So my questions are:

1. Does the queue time take priority over people who queue first? Because it doesn’t seem like it does

2. Is it still buggy or broken?

Most lvl 80 armors are based on cosmetics and looks over stats. Like the legendary sword only has like 15 more damage than my mystic sword crafted at the mystic forge

Besides different armors having different stats they’re all about the same

It definitely makes dungeon a hella lot harder, but in a way I like that I get wiped from a dungeon. So far I’ve only completed AC, and failed one run of TA and one other I forgot. I like the challenge dungeons bring.

But you’re right I feel like without someone to soak the damage it just feels like playing the revive game over and over.

Every single time I see one post that stuff in chat I instantly report for spamming.

I think im about to about 30 times now.

I haven’t played engie but anything that lets you escape and have a range advantage over thieves or anything that knocks them back or CC’s them.

Maybe stack turrets? lol

AngelofAwe.4972:

that is a HUGE problem. supporting allies give you absolutely nothing in PvP, there is no gain in it whatsoever.

True, but the game hardly has been out for 2 weeks there’s room for stuff like this and more improvement.

But my Guardian I use frequently in PvE and PvP. My build is 10/30/30/0/0

My main items are sword/torch, greatsword and sometimes scepter/torch when I need the range.

My lvl 80 exotic armor builds around power, precision and vitality making up for the 0 points in vitality and also the precision turns into bonus armor for me. I have about 16k health (guardians have a base 10k without vit stat) so I am a crit/burn build and still very durable in combat. So far I have had no problems in WvW or PvP. Maybe the lack of the range but then again if I wanted range I wouldn’t have played guardian

Good luck man hope you find the right build. Keep trying there’s tons of builds to go

Crafting if you wanna find the mats

You could do events in lvl 80 areas and save up around 10-15 gold and buy a set off the auction house (That’s what I did but I saved a ton of money from like lvl 40)

There’s also armor sets for the same price at the HQ of whatever order you chose during the storyline.

There’s cultural but thats like…. over 100g for full set.

Stop calling professions OP. There is no “OP” there’s some that can 1v1 better but this game has so many roles and trait paths to go.

Bvhjdbvkjf.1987:

I personally believe we have the best burst in the game.

You should check out the Brady Games Strategy guide… I got bored at work last night and glanced (as in didn’t look at all professions/stats) through it.

When gearless at level 80 Engineer has base Power of 9XX

When gearless at level 80 Elementalists and Guardians have base Power of 1216

When gearless at level 80 Necromancers have a base Power of 17XX and a base Toughness and Vitality of 15XX

Contrary to yourself I kept seeing threads posting the Ele’s are OP and need a bit nerfing, to which I ask just what is a Necro then? In addition to those huge stats they get as a base they have access to the death shroud which is essentially a second health bar if used right.

I still love my Ele – but I’m supposed to be the glass cannon not some class that’s already impossible to kill and has a dozen minions all the time. They need to up the base for Ele or something…

Except necros are supposed to be tanky casters….

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Health

Guardians and elementalists have lowest base hp. Although guardians are still amazing they have the highest base toughness and if you make vitality a main stat you’re looking at one tanky beast.

I have a lvl 80 guardian so I know.

^^

That’s the attitude I like

How can you hate it? You use it forever on that character and as many times as you want and there’s so many dyes compared to like guild wars 1 5-6 dyes that had one time uses

No class or profession sucks, what he says or anyone says is base on opinions. There’s so many trait builds and build paths to go just gotta find the right one. Every profession has a role in the game.

Also most importantly play what’s fun to YOU not necessarily what’s good or not.

Cheers

Greatsword is really strong if you want good damage, one handed sword is good too. Hammer is strong and has good utility.

Rifle is good secondary when you need the range. Consider the long bow also for range and it has a snare which can be very helpful for chasing.

These are just a few but it should be based around what you enjoy. My friend does dual axes only because he hates how many people use Greatsword.

Zaxafel.5728:

thief takes the cake with damage, but if you want the most annoying look at the mesmer, i got poly’d into a turkey and none of my cc breaks would clear it

Turkey… Lol

Syn.3459:

Zaxafel.5728:

i donno, i think if you miss a drop then thats your fault
personally i like the realism that comes with this game, if somthing drops and you want it, pick it up, if you dont see it at first, oh well get your vision checked.

a magical bag of loot dropping to the floor where a corpse vanished and you’re calling that realism?

Realism in a video game?

What is this I don’t even

Gekko.9728:

IMHO there is so much variation on builds using traits, trait perks gear modifications and different skill sets that is would be difficult to accurately say if a proffesion is over or under powered.

Pretty much this

Like for example, people are saying elementalists are weak and can’t duel but I’ve also seen utility/support specs that use AoE and utility and setup awesome kills for teammates and wrecked while doing so.

It’s hard to say especially since the game has been out 2 weeks.

If I didn’t know any better this was meant to be posted in the league of legends forums

Anyways in all seriousness, different classes have their strengths and weaknesses and roles in pvp.

No at lvl 80 make vitality a primary trait for you. I have a lvl 80 guardian already.

Yes guardians have lowest hp but they make up for it with many healing spells and the highest base toughness in the game making them durable. They also have the highest healing spell for themselves under the healing skill.

Just concentrate on vitality more often basically.

You’re not into pvp?

Well then I have no suggestions for you.

Midgardener.6701:

remix.9856:

Do you mean damage wise though? From what I see necros deal good damage an they’re freaking tanky as heck. Necro and warrior both have the highest base hp.

I keep seeing this statement used for just about every class at some thread or another.

I was under the impression that all characters had a base 916 Vitality at level 80, and that the only differences were through traiting and equipment. In short, this would mean that the only defensive thing profession affects is potential armor defense, not health. Is this incorrect?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Health

This is just my opinion but from what I’ve seen elementalists function better almost as a support. It seems weird but they utilize their healing, AoE and utility to setup kills and assist teammates.

Do you mean damage wise though? From what I see necros deal good damage an they’re freaking tanky as heck. Necro and warrior both have the highest base hp.

Geemo.6018:

remix.9856:

Geemo.6018:

No it is not just you. Both spvp and WvW are both zerg fest. Pvp is really lacking in this game.

Obviously you haven’t played much PvP
.

I have been pvping for over 15 years and compared to other games where pvp is available Gw2 is severly lacking…

Exactly because you’re just constantly comparing GW2 to all the other PvP games you’ve claimed to play.

I agree, sometimes I have trouble finding the bag of loot or just miss it especially in a Zerg battle.