Guild Wars 2

Congrats on the win this week Blackgate!

’dat BG bloodlust

It’s still too easy to take a tower. Siege needs to be buffed more I think.

Nice try Indo.

Not much difference in skill except in tier 1 we have to learn how not to get too greedy because a zerg could be right around the corner.

thieves are seems skilled because there is no way to punish them when they dont kill you on first attempt
here’s why
thieves use initiative instead of cooldowns on weapon skills converting initiative to CD I will get the 8sec the longest weapon skill CD
there is also this problem when enough of initiative I can spam the same skill again and again
So what happens… thief attack me he screws and dont manage to kill me → hide in shadow → wait 10sec → attack again… Thief can again use any ability, I cannot (cool downs up to 45sec on some weapon skills)
That is the main problem with thieves

This video was taken from oPP’s perspective. From our perspective, we were outnumbered and kiting to begin with, then we saw thoe two CAPS guys come up behind us (TW’s strike team, they are getting harder to fight every time we fight them!). We started a full out retreat until I realized oPP was with us, then we all turned and it was on! Great fight, everyone!

I’m down with OPp, yea you know me…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFTBG1sae0M

Hi I’m [oPP] Melanin,

TheHolderOfTheBoulder™ has spoken and [oPP]. [AAO], and [RIOT] aren’t gonna be making a switch anytime soon. We’re not gonna switch because to us it looks as if you guys are trying to build a new JurassicPark™, but this time without the T-Rex™. Removing the T-Rex™ might sound like a good idea to you guys, but the fact of the matter is you don’t have a JurassicPark™ without a T-Rex™… you just end up with LizardIsland™. It’s just messing up the whole ecosystem because there’s a reason why T-Rex™ takes over the middle of the island in the same way that it makes sense for Zergs to take over Keeps and StoneMist.

Ssssssssssstop trying to turn our Nossssssssssss into a Yesssssssssssssssssssssss!

Thanksssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

- Mel

This guy needs more props! Thanks for all the vids, it was good to see that play style work well.

Water

• [Ice Shards] 900 Range keeps this in line with all other scepter “1” attacks which I prefer because I personally don’t like the mix-match ranging of the D/D “1” attacks. Dagger’s [Vapor Blade] is nice as well and generous for being 600 range + Vulnerability. The difference between the two seems to be that [Ice Shards] are more “homing” whereas [Vapor Blade] seems to linearly shoot out in a line.
• [Shatterstone] can get a ::kitten motion::. It still has its merits tho, I usually cast this onto myself followed up by [Water Trident]. It does have 900 range tho and I’ve learned to appreciate the delay before explosion to add onto a burst combo. Dagger’s [Cone of cold] is “cool”. As a healing option, I prefer [Water Trident] over [Cone of Cold]
• [Water Trident] Once again you have options with 900 range to either heal ontop of yourself or support your teamates with a remote heal while doing some damage too. I love that it heals you for a chunk instead of having to channel it like [Cone of Cold]. Dagger’s [Frozen Burst] is pretty nice, in my case I don’t need it because I use [Glyph of Elemental Power] which I can cast in Water to get 30s worth of Chills. (as well as Regeneration due to Inscription trait)

Earth

• [Stone Shards] It’s the range I love with this at 900 vs 300 with Dagger’s [Impale]
• [Rock Barrier] & [Hurl] +250 Toughness with the option to [Hurl] which I personally like to do before I go into other combos. [Hurl] is also 360 degrees no LOS required and you can do it while knocked down, evading, etc. Dagger’s [Ring of Earth] is pretty nasty on damage and I like that too. I love the option I have with it. Personally I don’t require cripple because I use [Glyph of Elemental Power] and can cast this in Earth to get 30s of cripples. (as well as Protection due to Inscription trait)
• [Dust Devil] This ones slow moving so it requires some timing, but it does come in handy being able to blind multiple foes. Does damage too which is nice. I like to play games with blinds when I can and act like I’m too dumb to dodge a move when I’m really just setting the person up by blinding their attack. Dagger’s [Magnetic Grasp] is pretty sick, I like that too, and it’s pretty much a neccesity with D/D since ranging is always an issue. Personally I don’t care about being immobilized by it because I can still attack/blind/or clear it.

So there you have it in a nutshell. You decide what’s “good” or “bad” for yourself. I see too many posts asking that question about various skills, abilities, traits, etc and I feel it’s such a poorly framed question. Step up to any chick and ask her if MagnumCondoms™ are “good” and she’ll tell you if you’re working with a large package then “yes it’s good”, otherwise “no, it’s bad”. Meanwhile, most of you guys aren’t even getting laid cause you’re too busy asking somebody instead of going out and doing it.

Have fun, experiment, and see for yourself. Good, Bad, Right, Wrong, is simply a perception of your own reality. It’s all an illusion. If it works for you then great, don’t listen to anybody trying to tell you otherwise.

- Mel