Guild Wars 2

Manimarco Devil.1790:

Is that not considered counterplay? Holo can burst extremely hard so as a tradeoff it needs to be careful about how it goes in?

yeah i agree with that statement however holo is allready trading in with not being tanky stab another issue.

Manimarco Devil.1790:

sander.5830:

Yeah holomancer really is fine im not complaining about the tanky side compared to scrapper all i’m saying is i would really like some more stab on it.
Maybe a trait when your reach the next heat stage u get stab or something a like.
Scrapper has more block/evade to counter to the lack holo does not.

And holo does more burst than scrapper. I’m not sure what justifies the stab.

Not being able to burst due to just getting stunlocked all the time and im not talking about being in a zerg or solo. + with scrapper there is more ways to prevent getting stunlocked aka the evade and block.

Gatvin.6510:

Holo seems pretty fine. We won’t know for sure until launch, but I’m liking it. Its the dps build for engi. There’s also a cool squishy sustained dps spec in there I think. There might even be a tank build there that does some very different stuff than standard engi. Spectrum shield specifically is kind of garbage. It should probably have a damage component of some sort or just be immunity for 3 seconds.

Yeah holomancer really is fine im not complaining about the tanky side compared to scrapper all i’m saying is i would really like some more stab on it.
Maybe a trait when your reach the next heat stage u get stab or something a like.
Scrapper has more block/evade to counter to the lack holo does not.

Arimas.3492:

Engineer in general lacks stability, I think the original idea was to not give lots of stability to the class with tons of CC but idea has changed since then I suppose.

I’d like to see a few more skills across base class to gain stab as well.

Yeah with core engy the lack of stab was fine really cuz rifle was still good (pure power with nades or celestial engy) xD

Sarmach.1547:

I’ve been running frontline scrapper since the start of HoT in 15-60 man groups. Toss Elixir B has been enough stab to get me into the push and passive stab from scrapper did a decent job. I’ve been test the same thing with Holosmith and the photon forge 3 skill with trait does a decent job as well. Only thing I don’t like it being locked out of stab gen for too long after I suicide bomb or need to let heat go down. Try runing Toss Elixir B and if you plan on playing engi you should def get used to aiming the tosses.

Scrapper is fine for frontline for me as well holosmith is just less tanky. I will give elixer B a try for holosmith hope its enough.

David.5974:

trait X-2-X in holosmith and your corona burst (3rd skill in holo mode) will give you 2stack of stability for 6sec? with leader ship runes. Thats enough plus you gain heavy might and you deal aoe dmg.

Allready traited for that.

lighter.2708:

tbh holo feels like a burst class to me, now i’m running HGH holo build

holo is definitely burst class as opposed to scrapper who really is a the real brawler here

Sure a burst class for sure but your really in their face hope they really add some more stab.

Hello,

So i have been playing holomancer on few different setups sword/shield and rifle.
Holomancer really feels like a brawler class but there is just one thing that feels like its missing for me and thats stability.

I run in wvw mainly in a roaming/havoc group consisting from 5 to 10 people and i get stunlocked like crazy frontlining without good stability.
when i run solo the stability you get from the holosmith 3 skill feels enough.

Anyone else having this issue?

Charged quartz is time gated, making vision crystals is time gated, making damask is time gated it’s highly annoying.

I’m basically annoyed by all the time-gated stuff in the game there should be a better solution for making these items hard/harder to get Time gating is not the solution its just an annoyance. Some people like me also have work and rather spend there free time on stuff they find fun and not waiting around to have my fun (i need more agony on different armor classes hence why i want to make more pieces)

I don’t think people are getting this, i think its quite stupid you have to do a very annoying work around which cost even more time ( I don’t feel like getting the bandit crest i’m a wvw roamer/pvper i don’t enjoy pve that much besides fractals and CoE).

Cyninja.2954:

You don’t even need the laurels for the first set. Just get one of the cheap ascended sets from the trading post.

Why would you spend laurels and more gold when you can buy for example Verata’s off the TP for currently less gold and no laurels? (https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Verata%27s_Armor_Recipe_Book)

Makes no sense.

Because i dont want to use verata’s and i don’t want to convert it to another set

Hello,

I’m making my billion’d set of ascended armor currently i posses a few sets (Berserker, Celestial and some other pieces which are mixed ).

Every time i go and craft these armor/weapon pieces i always come across the same problem, i have all my materials or money to buy everything i need.
All the time it ends in the same problem waiting for my laurels to pop in the daily rewards (the laurels are needed to buy the recipe’s).

I’m completely OK with spending money for the recipe but spending all this time waiting for the laurels to pop just so i can get my armor pieces that i have worked for to get is really frustrating.

Please remove the laurel cost from the recipe and just increase the amount of gold needed it’s a way better gold sink then the laurels considering you can only get t6 mats from the laurels which at max go for 60s.
I’m quite sure people would rather spend a bit more gold then waiting for the laurels.
It’s even more healthy for the game because gold sinks yay!

Run power necro with wells git gud rip cele ele.

I call bullkitten until stuff actually gets fixed and it’s not just empty promises again for the 3rd something time or even more.

Enko.6123:

Here’s my hoard.

Nice, it’s so nice that we will have a slight advantage when the HoT expansion comes out :P.

spoj.9672:

Thats a pretty small hoard OP.

99% of the time i roam in wvw that’s why i posted the amount of fractals i did xD

Ow all the fun memories i have of friends asking me why do you hoard so many rings even the duplicate rings.
Now that lovely post bit about the fractals ’’revamp’’.

Anyone else been hoarding?

MattyP.6954:

My condi-roamer in wvwvw has traits in 4 lines, so that will have to be changed (already built the new one though).

I looooove owning theives with a Dire/Rabid engineer.

Yeah i will have quite some rebuilding to do :P but ill do that once the patch hits i guess.

Smurf.4736:

I like that power build you got der, gameplay wise just by watching you got the groove of it. Engis without the “SD trait” that are doing power should get the most admiration i’d say. Good video man

Power wrench is quite a underrated trait for power engy’s i love it.
And thank you!

Arantheal.7396:

better play these builds now, since you won’t see them again after 4 days^^

there wont be that much change overall, in part 2 i will change the builds after patch comes.

Hey guys/gals,

After a long time of recording i decided to bring out another wvw solo video and this time it’s a complication of my engineer using various builds (celestial, power and rabid’s)

I have been enjoying engineer a lot it’s now my main class i had a lot of fun while recording this.

https://youtu.be/U_hE-AByQGs <- Vid

The builds i use are below in the youtube description and in the video i placed an icon of which build i was using so you can find it when you are inspired to maybe play something you have not played before.
If you have any question’s about my builds or engineer you can ask me on youtube ( or anything you want)!

Hey guys/gals,

After a long time of recording i decided to bring out another wvw solo video and this time it’s a complication of my engineer using various builds (celestial, power and rabid’s)

I have been enjoying engineer a lot it’s now my main class i had a lot of fun while recording this.

https://youtu.be/U_hE-AByQGs <- Vid

The builds i use are below in the youtube description and in the video i placed an icon of which build i was using so you can find it when you are inspired to maybe play something you have not played before.

If you have any question’s about my builds or engineer you can ask me on youtube ( or anything you want)!

Fyi this was just to show how broken and boring the match up system currently is/ can be.
Getting Dev attention in WvW threads is neigh impossible tough.

And terrific…605 tick yay ppt….:(

lightson.2310:

The best part of this Matchup so far was the part where I got to walk between Gunnars Keep and SM!

and it seems that will probaly be all..

WvW is so fun man, it’s so fun someone build 42 trebs in south SM.
Anyone else having a ’’fun’’ match up?

I’m certainly enjoying this perfect match up making system!

aspirine.6852:

sander.5830:

Stephen ClarkeWillson.1802:

That went really well. Tiny bit of spell lag. Now I’m dead and people are dancing on my anet corpse.

Does this seem familiar?

So there is a dev in the game finally and you bunch of nitwits decided to kill him and dance on his body? Genius….

Yeah and it was even more fun when 7/8 ish ppl showed up to safe him after the screen shot and they ended up dead as well.

Stephen ClarkeWillson.1802:

That went really well. Tiny bit of spell lag. Now I’m dead and people are dancing on my anet corpse.

Does this seem familiar?

This sounds amazing!

I hope with the word of GvG you don’t actually mean just 25vs25 or something similar till one of the groups get wiped.
GvG in guild wars has always been something different from that http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Guild_versus_Guild.
I don’t think Anet will ever support the GvG you are probably referring to.

dlonie.6547:

You’ve come to the right place. There’s cocoa on the table in the corner, help yourself.

:-(

does it have cool whip?

Hey,

after hard effort of learning cm p3 on engineer i decided to do another run the next day and sell my path, suddenly 2 80’s joined and kicked everyone luckily i managed to kick them before they kicked me.
Ok so i got spooked a bit and waited a bit with selling then i decided to sell again and two 80 warrior’s joined and kicked me out my instance lovely.

Anyone else want share their sad story..

Aduah.4567:

Are you looking for an EU sever?

If you want a server of people who like to roam and havoc you should come to Ehmry Bay on NA. Unfortunately we do have dead times, but anything under T3 is bound to have dead times. Just a thought, we like to have fun.

Never really tought of NA i prefer to stay on EU really ping related.

Hey guys,

the server i’m on right now the match-ups are stagnant and i’m looking for a new home.
My server does not have the spirit to fight anymore and everyone usually just stands afk until we have a giant train going.

My match-ups are mostly zerging and people afraid to fight alone it used to be different but it just changed.
We also keep having the same boring match ups over and over again.

I just like to take camps and fight other roamers and defend towers while i’m at it (90% of the time i scout as well) or support an objective hold by us while under attack.
My favorite other thing to do is dueling people.

So to sum it up i’m looking for a server where this is possible without dead times when it’s all PVD.

~Thanks for reading

GiggleFairy.3807:

just a small tip, when you stomp someone with a knockdown / pull (warriors / engineer) get behind your pet so your pet gets hit instead of you.

start of vid seen you get interrupted, thought i would share that info.

hmm i normally just dodge but that could in handy thanks for the tip!

Sensus.8649:

Hello Sander!!!
Your video is amazing!
Could you kindly explain why are you using Flame Trap and Muddly terrain, maybe just to apply conditions?
Can i replace any traps whit lighting reflexes or Protect me to increase my survivability, or this replacement is wrong?
Last question, could you write the rotation that we should with this build, generally speaking?
VERY Thank you!

I’m using flame trap in combination with muddy terrain so i can condi bomb people
immobilize>flame trap>bleeds>poison also, i’m using flame trap for fire aura so i get might whenever i’m struck + i get burning on projectiles.

I can’t really describe the ’’rotation’’ but you could watch my video how to generally use it.

Ill try to describe how i generally enter a fight tough, i usually start of with long ranged on my short bow and apply some bleeds and then after i have evade most of their damage or cc i try to get close with my sword apply poison immobilize them and burn them with flame trap also using my immobilize on my pet and the roots if they have already dodged.

For my sustain i mostly pop my healing skills while i’m still high health so you can keep it that way with the regeneration and when i need to heal up again i immobilize them and kite away with sword.

Now about your replacement it’s really about what you are comfortable with Lightning Reflexes is really nice for more evades, condi removal and an extra stun breaker.
Protect me could be nice using it for some invulnerability giving you the chance to regenerate. I just prefer flame trap for more pressure on the enemy especially melee.

~Thanks for reading and the support

Little nice note Gw2skills is back up!
This way you can actually see my build in the video description (that is kind of really helpful).

FrouFrou.4958:

Ohoo, liked zeh music you used in that video. Some little things to keep in mind tho when you go out adventuring next time! You could try “shotgunning” shortbow’s #2 Poison Volley more often, meaning you shoot it when you are right next to your target so all 5 arrows actually lands and causes more damage rather than shooting the air. It only tickles them if you shoot from far away. You could also try and take more advantage over your Flame Trap, kite around and shoot through it for the combo finisher, also leaping through it for fire aura.

thanks for liking it.

Yes i could make more usage of the volley that is true, and i do make a lot of use of my combo field on the flame trap for the fire aura or the burning on projectiles when given the right opportunity.

Delta Blues.8507:

Loved the action. I’m leveling up a ranger for a change and i was doing some theorycrafting, as a roamer i was going for a condi/regen (easier i guess) or power gs + s/d

Do you think that using perplexity runes with shortbow could work? Or do you need to stick with traveler’s or similar? (I didn’t see the build as the website is down but i guess that’s what you’re running) cause i was wondering about some hybrid apothecary/rabid build with sigil of torment + perplex runes but i’m not sure if it could work at all..

Hey,

Thanks for your reply.

I do think it could work but i’m not a strong advocate of perplexity.
As for an Apothecary/rabid build with torment sigils it can work but u have to make sure you maintain enough condition damage and regen as well as precision this might take some brainstorming.

Sadly the site is down at the moment for whatever reason i don’t know but, i can tell you i’m using a dire and Apothecary mix.

~Thanks for reading

Raven.9603:

sander.5830:

Hey guys,

~Thanks for reading Enjoy!

I dont usually like condi build videos (can gear to have far more survivability than power specs while dealing damage passively, snorefest / cheese), but I really enjoyed your vid man.

• Good action play despite being condi.
• Mostly outnumbered, so what wouldve been OP 1v1 is now probably in your opponents favor
• Was not just another main-hand Axe spec

The vid couldve used some necro or clone-death mesmer fights. I dont think i saw any necros and the one mesmer i recall seemed like glass. Not sure I could tolerate playing without any runspeed or swiftness, but you seem to be doing a kitten good job.

keep it up!

Hey man,

Thanks for the reply and the support.

I mostly tried fighting condition spec’d people because the stigma condition damage builds have and so it would be more of a fair match (or outnumbered i love that no matter what i’m running).

Besides that i went on to make my complete own build i wanted to make something that i felt comfortable using and that i liked i’m not very fond of grabbing a random build of the web and go.

Running something original and out of the ordinary ( as far as that can go) is also more fun in my perspective, i do however ask some advice once in a while like finishing some last stat piece that i just can’t figure out for whatever reason.

PS: Not really sure my sentence structure is correct right now (sleepy as hell) xD

Hey guys,

so far i played every class in wvw/spvp and i left ranger untouched didn’t even have one to be honest but then the character slot was on sale.
As you can imagine i bought it right away and made my ranger ( is about a month ago).

I highly feel ranger is underestimated by a lot of people ( the class it self not the players playing it).
Ranger is really powerful in dueling and taking on small groups with any sort of build if played right, it has a lot of diversity you can run with power, condi, might stacking builds u name it.

This said i love my ranger!

Little bit about my spec:

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grXZQjopkkc ( build is in description)

I use high mobility to counter getting bursted or simply get out range to use my short bow as an advantage against melee player’s while avoid getting stun locked by timing my evades on my sword and dagger as well use my utility s to snare and condi bomb.

For thieves i try to stay long ranged a bit more when they are out of stealth and in stealth i try to stay close and keep evading/snaring till they lose their stealth and then interrupt them when needed (swapping pets when they try to cloak and dagger).

When i fight condition or ranged player’s i mainly avoid the condition’s by using my sword and dagger for evading and get close to them and snaring them drop my condi’s and go back to ranged so i can regen (out of range of lets say engineer bombs).

As for my pets i use the black widow spider for loads of poison fields and immobilization and the Fern hound for knockdown (interrupts a lot) and the extra regen.

~Thanks for reading Enjoy!

Looked up my hard drives product name etc.. will try to fix it with provided support tool for Seagate hard drives will post if this works.

Beldin.5498:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2013/04/30/interpreting-event-153-errors.aspx

What i already said .. harddrive error

allready read the blog post nearly all of them they are kinda useless

Yep but systemlog or the link u gave me would not find the error ;p soo

Did some deep digging and found out it was caused by a bug in windows, event id 153 looking a solution from that new found info.

Also i noticed when i get in certain spots in WvW i crash, i tried this 6 times and went to the circled spot in the screenshot and all 6 times i crashed.

Beldin.5498:

Fatal Error: Fatal disk-error (1117) on read

^ Looks like your harddrive is defect, or if your luck its just your SATA cable.

Check also your windows system log if you see those errors there.

Checked the system log and no Fatal disk-error 1117 found anywhere.
No notable errors at the time of the crash or anything disk related.
Some other info i don’t have any crashes with other games or programs.

Here is the crash log file that i have been getting lately kind of weird it says my OS is windows 6.2 while it is windows 8.1.

Hey guys,

So as the title suggest somehow my game keeps freezing since the patch.
Nothing used to be wrong with the game it is totally random no indication as in lag or what so ever before it happens.

I have tried the ‘’-repair’’ on the target line of the client and funny thing happened, once it was repairing the client crashed as well! ( game not launched)
Now people will probably suggest re-install the entire game which i actually did.
I uninstalled the game properly and cleared everything of the game even register etc,
but sadly it still happens and i don’t know what to do anymore.
(Will post crash log once it happens)

PS: It does not matter on which quality settings i run the game.

Just makes me sick you put that much effort in to the server but just because you aren’t loaded with people, and a mindless blob 24/7 you can’t get the mist forged weapons till the next season.

‘’Arena Net doesn’t like penalizing players’’ so just because i’m on a less packed server i should get less rewards even when i put good effort in my server?

I mean sure Maybe higher ranked server’s in the season should get some better reward for placing better but this seems rather harsh, give them extra Tomes of Knowledge, Clovers, Champion loot boxes or anything in that direction.

To me it just seems like a big penalty and really going against what Arena net said they
stood for.

The main reasons why you aren’t receiving any drops is because:

1. You did not deal enough damage to receive credit for the drop.
2. Bad RNG https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/What-is-RNG
3. As stated above DR http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Diminishing_returns

Now option 1 and 3 can be countered but, sadly there is no way to help bad RNG besides a bit of magic find that can help you a little go to the link to see how you can obtain magic find (Luck, Boosters, Food) http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Magic_find.

The way to solve option 1 is quite simple go enter a party when you are doing large scale events this reduces the amount of damage you have to deal to receive credit for killing a mob.

To solve DR related problems with loot it’s a little bit more vague.
You can solve this problem by going to a different map and go play there a bit.

‘’Dynamic Events use a DR system in order to limit players from excessively farming one area. DR is character specific, and switching between characters will bypass the effects of DR. DR is not event specific, but rather area specific. It is designed to prevent congestion in one particular map, and to discourage illegal activities such as botting. DR triggers after the player passes a set limit of events, usually after a player has cycled through events on a map for over three hours. Potential rewards are reduced dramatically right after the player bypasses the limit.’’ – Source Gw2 Wiki