Guild Wars 2

pervs
i want the swimsuits and school uniforms to enhance the plot of the game ofcorse :P

laokoko.7403:

What does it mean by proxy? Meaning there is a middle man which direct you to the actual group once he get payed?

Yes. This is used to prevent the grief merge button or to stop other shenanigans.

P1 and P4 you’re not expected to do anything at all except waiting.
P2 boss is either at 1% or they’ll portal you to help or they kill it from 100%. Mostly it’s 1% so no worries there. It’s a little tricky to kill it alone.
P3 varies. Usually they ask for help because the last boss isn’t necessarily hard to solo but it’s faster and safer with a full group. Same as P2, helping them is easy and reduces the risk of failing.
Most important of all, don’t be a kitten. Don’t be the guy who joins and after 5s asks “is this taking any longer?”
If you see people leaving or getting kicked they’re probably fillers so don’t throw a hissy fit about “omg scam noo”.

Tachii.3506:

Warrior:
GS + axe/mace with 30/x/x/x/20 hurts like a truck in PVE. Nevermind the banners + fury upkeep.

Warriors used to be top notch dps class but that was many months ago.
The only thing making them somewhat useful is that their self buffing is really strong so most of the time they got more might than the others in the party and therefor more dps. In organised groups however warriors are real lacklusters. Lets hope anet does something about that.

Necro with Well of Corruption vs. Dredge.

or

Staff Ele with ice bow vs Dredge.

Is this a question?

Clumsy.6257:

maxinion.8396:

Clumsy.6257:

From highest to lowest its probably something along the lines of:
1. Ele
2. thief (single target)
3. everything else
4. mesmer

Poor mesmer

But but… if the phantasms don’t die… and if you let me summon them all before the fight starts… and if the sun is at exactly the right angle, and a quaggan jumps at the start of the fight, then the DPS is good!

(also to be fair, mesmer against Lupicus is still good DPS)

Unfortunately alphard, lupicus, and fractal bosses are the only situations where mesmer is useful. And even on those bosses its for reflects and TW, not personal DPS.

dat CoF p1 portal tho

Clumsy.6257:

From highest to lowest its probably something along the lines of:
1. Ele
2. thief (single target)
3. everything else
4. mesmer

Poor mesmer

But but… if the phantasms don’t die… and if you let me summon them all before the fight starts… and if the sun is at exactly the right angle, and a quaggan jumps at the start of the fight, then the DPS is good!

(also to be fair, mesmer against Lupicus is still good DPS)

1. Fgs ele.
2. Staff ele.
3. S/d lh ele.
4. S/f lh ele.
5.D/f ele.
6. D/f lh ele.
7. Ele.
8. Others.

Remember when silk wasn’t broken?

Hey, remember when gossamer was worth something?

This needs to be offered on the Gem Store.

For no other reason than I would get hours of enjoyment by putting it on my dagger thief and 2 spamming everyone like a rabid Ace Ventura (win or lose).

inb4 lore reasons

Well, a rideable piano would certainly be interesting. Though it does bring to mind images of coming across someone riding it through the landscape on some deserted map.

The current noise-makers are all fun and provide hours of entertainment, they are a great addition to the game.

Perhaps in the future we can see a miniaturized “grand” piano on wheels that you can sit at and roll around on while playing, a la the music video for 1000 Miles.

Would anyone else be interested in seeing this type of noise-maker introduced?

The drums are OK. Even better if you got a syncopated group that acutely practiced, and not just beat the heck out of them. Can you say tips?

What really was annoying was when the horn first cam out and people just blared them with no melody in mind. What this boils down to is the lack of practice. I applaud the instruments, but people PLEASE practice before you unveil your hidden musician!

My favorite is the flute.

@Developers. Please add sharps and flats to the instruments….

I like the idea for the Green MFS, but I think the Yellow and above stones might be too excessive.

Yeah, just looks like you are looking for a way to inject more precursors into the economy.

Prediction:
*Chorus of yeses on the forum
*ANet puts in their updates “Good news! Commander tags now account bound!”
*People post complaints about wasting hundred of gold buying multiple commander tags.

I’ll quote myself from another thread that I literally just posted on.

Purple Miku.7032:

He’ll always reset to full HP if he steps past one of the gates. I believe the reason this is the case is probably just a fail-safe just in case somebody tries some obscure exploit like luring him out of the arena to safespot him. This is just my own speculation.

If he’s on the wall with you but off to the side, do not try to move in his red circle until during an attack. Lupicus, along with all other mobs in this game, will only attempt to correct their target being out of their line of sight in between attacks. The reason that a person is capable of preventing his necrid trap (bubble) attack and the rapid fire one at all is because when he’s against the wall, he isn’t able to travel in the direction that he attempts to, due to the wall blocking his movement. These two skills of his require a target to be a certain distance from him in order to use, similarly to how for example you won’t be able to place a banner as far away from you as you would be able to shoot something with a longbow (poor example I know).

In other words, it’s flawed AI. What would ideally be the case is that when unable to move in any other direction anymore, attempt to move in another direction instead.

This is why it’s ambiguous whether or not pushing him against the wall is considered an exploit/cheating, as it’s not using unintended mechanics (like leaping onto terrain/safespotting) to succeed in the fight but more or less just knowing the limitations of mob AI in the game and taking advantage of/abusing it. No different than LOSing/stacking tbh.

Long answer, but hopefully you’ll better understand it now.

A few other reasons…

Take note of the warrior arms 20 trait X – Forceful greatsword: gain might on critical hit

This trait in conjunction with whirlwind AND rush (GS #3 and #5 for warr) significantly boost damage altogether from short-lived might stacks along with enabling all hits of whirlwind to hit him. He’s a larger target so if you whirlwind through him out in the open you’ll hit him more than once still, but generally speaking this is a reliable tactic to hit a LOT of damage even on small targets provided you whirlwind directly into a wall/object.

It’s even more significant for eles using FGS #4, to make sure all ticks of damage will hit.

Another benefit is that sometimes during phase 1, swarms can potentially spawn behind the wall, where they won’t be able to attack you.

One consequence that I can immediately think of is that it makes it tougher for people still learning to time their evasions for his kicks on phase 1, because the tell isn’t as visible due to Lupi’s character model rendering partially out of your field of view during the animation.

WOW – seriously cool!

I filed a support ticket and told them which items I had transmuted and they responded with a splitter in my character email within 15 mins – on a Saturday even!!!!!

Excellent service.

Thanks ANet

Utilities
These will vary majorly depending on what you are doing.

The primary utilities for DPS in a solo setting:
-Signet of Might
-Signet of Fury
-Banner of Discipline

“For Great Justice” is no longer a mandatory utility as of 6/23/2015, as we will be able to maintain our fury from readily using Arcing Slice off cooldown when maintaining our Berserker’s Power modifier. It is still a useful shout that provides power and fury, but due to the recent changes Signet of Might is the overall better option as it provides more power.

Banner of Discipline is almost always a must for optimizing DPS. It gives extra ferocity and nearly the same precision as signet of fury but to allies as well, which makes it crucial for both solos and groups. The other banners are irrelevant in a solo setting, but do remember that Banner of Strength is important to bring to groups as well as both combined increase the team’s DPS by 20-25%.

If banners are already settled, then you are free to use the extra utility to whatever you want; it’s probably better to use On My Mark or “For Great Justice” at this point depending on whether or not vulnerability is covered. Note that “On My Mark” is most of the time obsolete due to mace offhand receiving a buff towards the end of 2014 to give an equivalent amount of vulnerability with a cleave instead of single-target.

Sometimes, you will find yourselves in positions where utility is needed over straight up DPS. In these circumstances you have an array of tools to make use of depending on what you’re faced against.

Shake it Off is a stunbreaker that has an instant cast time and a short cooldown along with removing a condition from allies as well. Definitely the first-choice condition removal/stun-breaker if it’s needed.

If you are in dire need of stability, always use Balanced Stance over Dolyak Signet because it has a slightly reduced cooldown so you’ll be able to make more use of it. A good example of when it’s best to take it is for example when low-manning Simin, the second last boss in Arah P4.

Signet of stamina is sometimes very helpful during situations in which you are soloing and occasionally need to remove more than a few conditions. If you are in an encounter that you’re certain an energy sigil isn’t enough for, this might be of some use.

Endure Pain is definitely useful and you’ll find yourself needing to swap for it on occasions for things. It is however not an invulnerability skill and you will still engage in combat when struck. It does not prevent damage from conditions and only temporarily converts all incoming physical damage to 0 damage.

Berserker’s Stance can be useful as it provides temporary immunity to conditions, but rarely will you ever find yourself in the position where it will be practical to use due to its long cooldown. This utility in combination with both endure pain and defiant stance chaining results in invincibility.

Bull’s Charge is a situationally useful skill that I frequently swap to for the purpose of mobility when I know that I’m not going to engage in combat for a while.

Bolas has its rare uses like for keeping tar boss in Arah P1 immobilized, but it’s rarely ever needed for anything. However it’s worth memorizing that you have it at your disposal provided you ever need to stack immobilize.

Fear Me is an unblockable interrupt that’s very helpful for situations in which you need to interrupt a boss, for example the Subject 6 ooze boss in the Thaumanova Fractal during its block stance. I also tend to use it in pug groups for Arah P1 at the Legendary Shoggroth boss (tar).

Some videos of me making use of some of our many utilities in solos!

CM Path 1 Golem Remains Solo
Arah Path 3 Light Orbs Puzzle Guide
Arah Path 3 Wraithlord’s Ritual Solo

Foods/Nourishments

Assuming you’re using the traits suggested on the first post, you’ll want more power and precision more so than ferocity. The following foods will provide you the best DPS potential (the difference is super small, all are great!) :

-Plate of Truffle Steak
-Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup
-Bowl of Curry Butternut Squash Soup

Alternatively, it is very cost-efficient and beneficial to make use of these as well for situations that you struggle to survive in:
-Slice of Candied Dragon Roll (lifesteal on crit food)

If you aren’t looking to spend quite as much but would still like to have a nice DPS boost, try buying food of the same type but lower tiered (i.e. Minotaur Steaks, Plate of Steak and Asparagus).

Nourishments
-Potions of slaying (i.e. Powerful potion of undead slaying for Arah)

Alternatively, you can use any of these if slaying potions don’t work in a certain situation:
-Skale Venom
-Hardened/Superior/Toxic sharpening stones
-Quality/Master maintenance oils

Sigils

For all mainhand weapons, use either:
-Superior sigil of Force
-Superior sigil of the Night
-Superior sigil of x slaying (i.e. Superior sigil of undead slaying)

For all offhand weapons, use either:
-Superior sigil of Force
-Superior sigil of the Night
-Superior sigil of Energy

Trinkets
-Use all berserker. Warriors have very strong self-buffing capabilities due to the Signet Mastery trait, permanent fury uptime, Banner of Discipline and Signet of Fury’s passive boost. Because of this, it is almost always better to opt for berserker over assassins unless it is a downscaled map, though I do not recommend changing gear for lower level maps.

What weapons to use and when to use them

-Almost always use Greatsword as your primary weapon, in conjunction with axe mainhand on swap. Offhand will vary depending on what you are doing:

Offhands:

Mace
-Mace is generally the best offhand for maximizing DPS in your rotations (off-wall, that is) and in groups it’s ideal to take against bosses when you don’t need an extra block, as it’s great for applying vulnerability. Make sure that if your team is making use of cc that you aren’t mindlessly spamming tremor, as bosses will gain defiance stacks when stunned!

Warhorn
-Warhorn is one of the most useful overall offhands that a warrior has! It is capable of providing close to permanent swiftness combined with the signet of rage elite, can cure movement impairing conditions (chill, cripple, immobilize), has a blast finisher, gives you and your allies vigour for more endurance and applies weakness to nearby enemies, which reduces their damage efficacy.

Sword
-Sword is used for blocks. It has half the cooldown as shield’s block and will also block all projectiles provided you aren’t within melee distance of the attacker(s). You should be using this in combination with shield (see below) to skip trash, and in fights that you need more than simply dodge rolls to effectively stay alive. For example, Giganticus Lupicus.

Shield
-Used in combination with sword OH’s riposte block, shield’s block will help you stay out of combat while skipping trash with ease! Since swapping weapons while out of combat doesn’t disrupt a channel, you can begin with riposte, swap to shield while it’s channeling and begin channeling shield stance before riposte ends. Then while shield stance is channeling, you can swap to warhorn or whatever other offhand of your choice without disrupting the block. If done correctly, you end up with 5-6 seconds of blocks and don’t engage in combat. Because of this, shield is a super useful item to carry for experienced warriors and I strongly recommend one. Aside from skipping trash, they are overall a weak offhand to use in PvE.

Mainhand:

Axe
-Axe mainhand is the absolute best autoattack weapon for a warrior. Always.

Mace
-Mace mainhand is helpful for situations when you need an extra block, but overall a generally poor option and very infrequently useful.

Sword
-Use sword mainhand for mobility and skipping mobs to avoid combat. As a power weapon in PvE, it’s very bad.

Ranged weapons?

Longbow
-Longbow is always the superior choice. Generally speaking, you’ll always do better damage with hand-to-hand combat than you will with ranged. If you must range, it’s in 99% of all circumstances a better choice to use longbow as it deals superior damage to that of a rifle and provides excellent utility.

Rifle
-Generally speaking rifle is crap in PvE. Not only is it single target, but it is awful DPS by comparison with GS and axe mainhand autoattack. If you are forced to range in the first place, longbow is in almost all circumstances better.

Useful consumables

Skale Venom
- A utility nourishment that gives a 10 minute duration of a chance to apply vulnerability and weakness on a target when struck. They are situationally useful in FotM against trash mobs, especially when there are no slayer specific potions to use.

Order of whispers spykits
- 3 seconds of stealth, 60 second cooldown.

Ash Legion spy kits
- 10 seconds of stealth provided you aren’t moving, 60 second cooldown.

Harpy feathers
- 3 seconds of stealth, 6 second cooldown.

Fire elemental powder
- summon an ember for aoe damage, distracting mobs to lose aggro, take the grub on Lupicus’s phase transition, etc. (30 min cooldown)

Ogre pet whistle
- summon an ogre pet for essentially the same purpose as an ember, but it’s slightly less useful. (30 minute cooldown)
-they also can be used as a stun-breaker when cc’d, though because of the 30 minute cooldown it’s not practical to use them for this purpose.

Mortar turret
- place a mortar turret that attacks mobs. It has its uses and has at least superior AI to that of a dungeon NPC, lol. (30 minute cooldown)

Golem in a box
- very long attack range. Send out a floating golem on a suicide mission to explode on a target specified. Great for pulling mobs so that you can LOS them behind objects.

Pot of hylek poison
- I personally use these for swiftness very often when soloing Lupicus on phase 3. They’re very handy for when signet of rage is off cooldown, but for this particular circumstance you could easily remove the need for these by using Arms II. However, it is often times nice to be able to save your signet and still gain swiftness. It also can deal negligible AoE poison in the surrounding area. Oooooh.

Medical Packs
-Use them for swiftness/a few seconds of fury, or to heal for a small amount. Very useful!

Underwater nets
-Use them to apply immobilize on legendary shoggroth (tar boss) on Arah P1. They are quite useful when dealing with inept pugs that fail to make use of skills to keep him from burrowing in the hole.

Portal Matrix
-A few seconds of AoE daze; useful for trash mobs, however impractical to use at times due to the long cast time. I suggest buying some and testing them, as you’ll need to get used to timing them properly.

Rock
-Each toss will deal a small amount of damage along with a 1 second knockdown— super useful for removing stacks of defiance!

Plank
-These are actually overpowered. You can spam knockbacks, launches, and knockdowns with them, which makes it great for removing defiance and gaining distance on trash mobs!

For more information about these consumables, please visit this page:
http://dulfy.net/2013/01/16/gw2-useful-and-fun-consumables-guide/

If you wish to read a guide co-authored by me with very specific detail and dungeon path breakdowns and loads of useful information about warriors, check out Element and Purple Miku’s Warrior Guide on dulfy here!

If you feel that I left out any important details, have any questions, or want to discuss anything in my posts please do so. I’m open to discuss my tactics and choices/usage of items and abilities.

Anywho, hope this helps at least some of you that aspire to start soloing dungeons on a warrior or just seek some general guidance.

P.S.
If you want to, take a look at my ‘highlights’ page for a variety of solos, boss fights, funny and/or ridiculous clips and more. I love to stream so it’s pretty frequent that I’ll highlight some of the most interesting things that go on. http://www.twitch.tv/purpleishawt/profile

If that wasn’t enough, you may follow me on youtube as well.

I’ve been doing Fract 49 every day since forever, and after last update, were supposedly increased drops, I have gotten 1 skin (that I have like 7 copies of), and 1 ascended box(Armor) and nothing more… I barely get even rings(not that I need them). Same goes for the entire party, noone is gettign anything… I am getting tired of this **** ….

If you do get banned you can contact support and prove you own both accounts and get it unbanned. After that it will be on record and I wouldn’t think it would be a problem.

I would suggest only small amounts of gold at a time. There is bound to be a threshold but ANet is not going to tell us what the thresholds are as gold sellers can use that information to their advantage.