Guild Wars 2

please explain what you mean by ‘carrying orb’. How does this technic works?

doesnt look bad at all

So how could you leave these components but have still a setup like that?

what do you say about that setup?
http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/engineer/?2.1|4.1g.h17|0.0.0.0.0.0|1g.71j.1g.71j.1g.71j.1g.71j.1g.71j.1g.71j|2s.d14.2s.d13.3s.d1a.2s.d14.3s.d1a.2s.d14|0.u290.a6.0.u26c|15.1|2d.2n.2s.2p.30|e

what map is it?

I wanted to play with more kits, not with less
But Personal Battering Ram/Slickshoes , Rocket Boots and Elixgun and Speedy Gadgets you have everything for a PvP Setup. Many control options, some Combofields and with healing turret and shield even enough blasts to make use of your fields.
Hard to decide now

who has got so many time to fake releasenotes ?

Furthermore the word-of-mouth is an important matter. Satisfied users will probably recommend they game thy enjoy. that could have impacts on the future market.

But viewing it from the financial side, have you seen how many bots Anet bans? That matter generates a huge cashflow since these licences will be rebought under a certain risk.

Terrahero.9358:

Are people forgetting that the last big balance patchnotes were leaked nearly a week before release aswell, and turned out to be on the money?

Someone is getting these patchnotes out, we know this happens. And these look to clean and specific to be made as a joke by some fan.
My guess is these are legit.

Maybe there is a big mafia behind it??? guess

he had issues with blood circulation

Quote: “As a note these are unofficial patch notes, just simply a preview!”

sry wrong editing:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqel0pic3zy5F17IyIFd2nFSB+ZYfeIXp1DC

I think you are certainly right. I just want to have more skills on my toolbar e.g. Bombs/grenades, Medkit, toolkit and any Stunbreak (Maybe the new slick shoes, sound quite nice)
Therefore I think I should completly rework the traits, put 30 into and some into Tools.
Maybe like this?
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqel0pic3zy5F1LJyIFfWnFqA+Jqwj95hclWPIA
Whats your hint on equippment and runes?
I think for consumables Condi Reduction is a must. Otherwise Conditions will eat my kitten .

And since they will rework rifle and jumpshot, will the Burst DPS build with rifle, Nades (100Nades) and Toolkit become viable again? (Sitting Duck will be merged with Knee Shot, thats a reason more for rifle/burst build!)

EDIT: if I use Pistol / Shield as in the link above, can I combine Sigil of Hydromancy and Sigil of Battle? Or will that be problematic with internal cooldowns and so on?

well at least I got elix S aswell on a 48 sec cooldown. That makes 4 condition clenses in 54 seconds. Better then nothing I’d say. And probably better then antidote since it gives us Might each time.

Hey guys,

we have seen many HGH Builds like Maska… ’s and others who play them with great success.
But I would like to utilize some bombs/grenates to fight against thiefs with their anoying shadow refuge. Since we have to invest 30 Points in Alchemy for HGH and boon duration.
Would it make any sense to build arround this setup??
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqelspyX3zSyF1LJxoCcOUB8L6xjp8k/oQusF
I havnt done yet:
- Equippment
- Runes
- Sigills
- not sure about weapon choise.

BUT we get at least some solid might stacking threw HGH and 2 blast finishers with firebomb which is on a 10 second cooldown.
Maybe combiend with a sigill of Hydromancy for more CC so bombs can hit better.

I am only NOT using 3 elixirs because it really annoys me, that an engineer, who should have a large range of skills, is forced to use 3 elix (button smashing) and only one kit. So at the end we have almost the same amount of skills like a guardian has.
Since it is hard to reach the elementalists skill diversity, I want to try to at least go down the “middle way” for a bit more skill diversity.
And since more skills increase the chance to have the right skill for the right situation, I think it is at least worth to spend some thoughts on this.
What are your thoughts???

Pi

@Lord Reks

I appreciate your answer, please tell me what you mean with ‘short fuse’
And since this setup is primarly for PvE content, how do you build for WvW?
I think the lack of condition cleanse, not enough dmg mitigation and full GC spec isn’t even worth a try in WvW. So how do you build up for that ?

interessting. Could you tell me, how you make use of combofield, since you mentioned heavy might stacking???
As far as I know you have got the shield and Acid bomb. Whats your rotation of making use of combo fields?
And isnt the 5 sec speed buff from speedy kits affected by your + Boonduration?

thanks for your nice setup.
At the top you state using all knight armor, later you mention rampager – you use both?

Hey guys,

my engineer is lvl 80 now and before I want to start WvW I want to be in a good position in PvE and Dungeons first.
Therefore I need a build, that fits my playstyle and is furthermore versatile and viable in any PvE content.

What I like:
- mobility
- medium/good dmg
- diversity (use of many skills)
- some escape and dmg mitigation options
- only a bit group support

Since there are so many setups, may someone help me to find the right ones to start with? Some where I can craft the armor and learn how to play an engineer.
Later on, I might just play HGH in WvW but first of I want to get to know the engineer a bit more!
Thanks in advance

Pi

Osicat.4139:

Enjoy my solo portal guide:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svvbTHeDcOE

For group usage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxpydARmmDQ

/Osicat

Osi, please reload your videos. A huge fanbase arn’t able to watch them since they are blocked by the GEMA (German music license contributor)

thats what I mean… might on clones? senseless

Want to adress Anet with the following quotation:

“Just give me a reason
Just a little bit’s enough
Just a second we’re not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
It’s in the stars […]”

Especially after several >patches< and so called improvements

sarcasm yeaaah
I mean, that is hilarious – cmon, a buffed clone? in PvE Content they tend to do 0 dmg.

A clone with might stacks? I sense my enemies shivering…

Spam them with bug-reports. Complaining in the forums didnt help much in the past

For me, that works out pretty well.

Dub.1273:

Assassin.7890:

Dub.1273:

Osicat.4139:

@Wrath, Its down to trating, gameplay and gear but mesmer correct setup is the one of the fastest classes in and out of combat in game, […]

No chance. Mesmers are missing movement skills, the only one is blink for 900/1200 distance on a high CD. The fastest profession (traited) is warrior, the second fastest (traited as fast as an untraited warrior) is thief. Then the ele will make the race, the guardian follows. How can the mesmer be one of the fastest classes then?
I’m talking about out of fight mobility, infight mobility is great when having a staff offhand.

I played Warrior, Thief and Ele -> still faster: Ranger. You may wonder but you got 25% Movement Signet, Swoop on a 12 sec Cooldown untraited and if you wield a Sword in the off-hand you have another crazy good skill called hornet sting followed by Monarchs leap. All you have to do is turn your camera 180 degrees which is easy since it is a shortcut.

Back to mesmer:
Anyone tried Compounding Celerity? (faster movement for each illusion)

I wonder how 25% movement instead of 33% and two 12 second leaps at (600?) range can make the race vs 600 range each 10 seconds, 900 range each 8 seconds, 1200 range each 16 seconds and 900 range each 30 seconds. Would be wonderful if you could demonstrate that ingame/with a video running ooc from poit a to point b.

Loading up a demonstration vid of my ranger

Dub.1273:

Osicat.4139:

@Wrath, Its down to trating, gameplay and gear but mesmer correct setup is the one of the fastest classes in and out of combat in game, […]

No chance. Mesmers are missing movement skills, the only one is blink for 900/1200 distance on a high CD. The fastest profession (traited) is warrior, the second fastest (traited as fast as an untraited warrior) is thief. Then the ele will make the race, the guardian follows. How can the mesmer be one of the fastest classes then?
I’m talking about out of fight mobility, infight mobility is great when having a staff offhand.

I played Warrior, Thief and Ele → still faster: Ranger. You may wonder but you got 25% Movement Signet, Swoop on a 12 sec Cooldown untraited and if you wield a Sword in the off-hand you have another crazy good skill called hornet sting followed by Monarchs leap. All you have to do is turn your camera 180 degrees which is easy since it is a shortcut.

Back to mesmer:
Anyone tried Compounding Celerity? (faster movement for each illusion)

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thank you very much. Is there any script to change weapons? Would be awesome!

Another question.
I dont know how to get permanently speed on my mesmer. I struggle to play this class, because it is so slow all the time. Well, we have got the Focus, but that is only 12 secs.
How do you trait up for PvE since moving is one of the most important things?

Is it still possible to shatter as shown by Osicat in this video??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i9TPVp4BiQ&pxtry=1

Asura!
You get underestimated all the time. Great thing

Poison lowers healskills effectiveness so in pvp pay attention to the counterparts healthbar and inflict poison on him to the right time. 4 is a cripple. Simple as that, usefull in pvp again. For pve your mostly alright with #1

Some questions about signets:
If you go 30 points in marksman you can share the signets effect with your pet. Is it worth it? I didnt get for what is it good for? Ok, SotStone is obvious, bit SotH? Worth it?
Since I am a Beastmaster with 30 in BM I am not quite sure if there is a posibility to build arround signets and combine a signet/BM build. Never really seen it. Since BM’s dmg comes from the pet, I think signets would improve your char and your pet. Or is it simply not worth to spec for signets since you got 2 in every common BM build and lightning reflexes?

… Dont forget Puandro. This comunity really changed to the better since a coupple of month. Taking good advice all the time

IMO you concentrate on too much. For me 25% crit chance isnt worth it. I would stick with strength, s.o. Could do the math?

Who can use these new traps? Are they new implemented skills only for rangers? Doubt it… Does anyone know where to get them, do they cost money and are they only for wvw?

Do another video please

Maybe it is a woman?? :-)

Puandro.3245:

Xsorus.2507:

Puandro.3245:

Xsorus.2507:

Puandro.3245:

Xsorus.2507:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s7YW3EZvUA

You can see me fighting a D/P thief in this video

Thief played really bad. He chased you then BP + HS instantly instead of BP as soon as coming out of stealth to force you out of melee then HS for stealth.
Also he kept using Shadow Shot waaay too much from stealth to get a BS off on you causing him to waste too much initiative.

standard “Thief played really bad”

I pointed out what he did wrong, it wasn’t like i just said “he played bad” and left it at that.

You realize the reason he was chasing me was because everytime he did his BP/Stealth I dodged away so i wouldn’t get back stabbed

Fully aware and you play your ranger very well like always but thats even more of a reason to not waste initiative for a gap closer from stealth. He should have just HS 1-2 times more in BP and gotten in BS position.

The thief you fought that was P/D in that other video played much better. If he could handle your condis a D/P should be able to NP since you dont need CnD to stealth.

Okay Puandro bring light in the dark:
NP?
BS?
HS?
BP?

Yours
Ira

But you are using sic em only pvp wise, do you? Although it is quite strong, a stunbreak should always be inluded in my opinion. Furthermore what are the exact problems with sic em and stealth of jaguar? I didnt fully grt it
Yours
Ira

Lets make a whole project and some excel sheets. Because there are so many differences and as you already stated, you want to do far more tests. Thanks for your work so far

The Rooster.2615:

Just wanted to give you one final shout out. I’m loving this build now. Was roaming yesterday and stumbled on 3 enemies trying to take our SE supply camp. I was able to keep all 3 of them busy while contesting the camp for several minutes until allies arrived to kick them out. And I managed to kill one of them in the process during the 1v3.

Now that I’m getting a feel for it, I’ll probably swap the 10 points in Nature Magic over to the precision line in order to get the extra 30% crit damage for the pet. But I’m having fun on the Ranger again! Cheers mate.

Same here. If I am back from holiday I have to test it even deeper. But 30 points in bm and cats are a good basis for any ranger build. Whether you go glasscannon or bunker, spec on traps or pure range I think you can test a lot of different playstyles and builds starting here.

Puandro.3245:

TU is superior not only on the fact that it provides more HPS but on the fact that for those 10 seconds you will most likely be at 100% HP at the last tic and have to live for 15 seconds before you can heal again. Basically they have 15 seconds to kill you.
HoA they have 20 seconds to kill you before its up, for this sole reason TU is superior.

Another bonus is that you can use TU to heal your pet even if you are at 100% and if they jump you, your TU is healing you keeping yourself at 100%. HaO you can’t do that.

This. Statisticly spoken, heal over time is better then a single healing peak. Although you have to use it providently. Furthermore it adds to Puandros build, that he focuses on a constant healing flow whether one big heals. He got five sources of constant healing and TU is one of the biggest beside regen.
Dont forget toughness from clerics counters direct dmg and constant heal- flow counters dmg over time, so conditions.
IMO constant healing is demoralizing for pvp since your hp seems to withstand your dmg and it seems that you have a lot of hp.
another point to add here is you simply can focus with this build more on fighting since you have consantly healing going on. You only have go learn when to trigger TU – after that you can focus on killing people or on disengaging since this very mobile build is hard to handle but very effective.
Yours
Ira

slingblade.1437:

Depends on what you want to do.

I play WvW and sPvP. Rangers are good in WvW for 1v1 or other very small fights, scouting and such, but most people consider them weak in large battles. They are very good in sPvP, at least for now.

I don’t do much PvE, but it’s my understanding they’re considered good in open-world PvE but generally a liability to the team in dungeons and fractals.

I stick with ranger because 1. I’m too lazy to lvl up another toon. 2. I’ve come to love the playstyle in WvW, for the most part.

What is your build then?
yours
Ira

… And if you love bows, we got the best abilities with it. Shortbow is simply amazing And so is longbow in certain terrains or situations!

Perfectly fits a beginner. You are able to level quite confortable, got many interessting pets to explore all over tyria and last but not least our class is really amazing in endgame content BUT with a high learning curve. So later it will take some micromanagement, alot of awereness and the right build but ranger is perfectly viable. The thing I like the most is, that we can move so kitten fast watch for that Exploits video here in the forums. If you decide to play melee, you have really good dmg and quite nice moving and evade-abilities. Make use of them and you move faster arround then an ele or warrior. I point this out, because movement is a big point to reach world explorer. Go for it

Give me dat numbers please

Blackbird.4382:

I’m running a combination of this build along with the Catmaster build. I’m loving the mobility of GS & Sword/Dagger. Instead of QZ, I’m running Sick ‘em. Melandru/lemongrass over Dwayna. I find that I have zero trouble keeping my health up even with the lower healing power, and I think it’s the extra toughness & condition duration reduction.

Timing the very good pet burst along with my own mini burst with GS, and I’m finding that I’m getting that killing speed that I’ve been looking for along with the survivability to solo effectively.

Thx for posting this build bro.

Nice idea.
So you keep Superior Sharpening Stone but drop Mango Pie?
As Puandro already stated, we have to keep the regeneration. And without Rune of Dwayna you loose a lot of regen – that is right.

But Puandro, I want to ask you some questions about healing power:
1.) How does it scale? E.g. it is clear to me, that it enhances Troll Unguent alot, but whats with Natural Healing (Your pets have natural health regeneration) – does HP pushes it aswell?
2.) Other sources of continous healing would be Mango Pie. Does the Mango Pie healing scales with HP aswell? And how substantial is the boost from Signet of the Wild? How much health you gain from Signet of the Wild btw, hps wise?
3.) last but not least you gain regen from Rejuvenation – I can perfectly understand, that this one is important. But if I drop Dwayna and take Melandru instead, is it the wrong desicion? How does Dwayna work: do you get regen only if you trigger Troll Unguent, or does it apply for each tick (would be op I guess) ??
good night .)