Guild Wars 2

I want to support my allies, I usually play healers even in single player games.

Mooncow.6847:

This list is riddled with inaccuracies

This.

Even Druid is being played as a selfish brusier rn.
Ele is kill.
Bunker Guard hasn’t been around in years.

Do you know how much this hurts me?

Keadron.9570:

Actually it isn’t balanced for an ele. The low health and Def make an on hit trait for removal almost useless. As exactly how many hits does it take to take an ele down? If you’re going to compare it to Guardian you also have to take in how much health and armor the guard has

Let me just call you out on some BS right there. Guard and Ele share the same hp pool. The only difference is armor. Something condis ignore.

Its just as bad as a bunker meta, but no one will complain because lol teef xD

Exedore.6320:

Most balanced era was just before the Dhumbfire patch. Comps were pretty varied (stanard was main bunker, side bunker and 3 DPS, but 4 DPS was rising). Any build that was powerful in one role was usually mediocre to weak in others. Best of all, builds had somewhat defined roles, which made it easier to learn and watch.

This Meta was great. My best memories of Gw2 PvP.

Tybalt isnt bad and should be first pick vs a condi team and he is the only ranged champ.
Lucky for you, he’s actually good.

The other mentors are Forgal and Sieran. I’d like to see them in as well.

The real chaos to enjoy is the fourms.

Refer to my signature.

Toxicity is contagious. It just takes one monster to start the fall. Im trying to cut down myself but I get at least one tell per game about how I am cancer/autistic.

Funny thing is, I actually have autism so… calling me autistic is just like…

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQFAWn0XCdOg9XCWYCcYilGAj4IUE+BuX2N7oVoAEAmAA-T5ABABQcBAA4BAk++DAA

Guys, I really wanna play this. This gives me a mage kitten like no other.

I know about Soldiers runes, but Radiance really offers so much more now. I dont play Ele much but this sort of build is tailored to how I play most mage archetypes and it appeals to me greatly.

I know most Ele pvpers are sitting here in the ruins of their legacy but any advice aside picking up Earth for Prot/Diamond?

Not without team support. Its going to suffer the same issues as pewpew ranger from what I’ve seen.

The lack of toughness on Menders means Bunking isnt a thing. You’d be forced into a backliner in a supposed BRUISER meta.

What is a Bruiser? A bulky damage dealer that is apt at pressuring key targets. As soon as you are identified as a healer, you’re in for it.

Only 6h in, Im giving it some time..

Fatallion.5389:

Will there eventually be a clarification about title being avalaible only during this season?

I hope not. That means the exploiters and Stronghold farmers will be the only ones with it. Come a time people forget about all this and they will brag about being the best of the best.

Inb4 “ur just salty”. No, I’ve demolished nearly every legendary I’ve come across. Only a handful actually deserve it. Then again I am pretending this is a prestigious thing and not something to be farmed out. I haven’t the time or premade to farm legendary, so I’ll be happy with diamond for now.

Should have been a prestige rank at 80. :/
I only got it for lore reasons, fits my salad rangrar.

Oh looks its a FOTM reaper!

Better not use any skills so I dont get boon corrupt’d.

Oh whoops Im loaded with condis anyway.

SotP so I dont get stunned in CAF! -runs into wall feared for an hour-

Whoops I am dead.

Agemnon.4608:

Thief can’t keep druid out of the meta because druid brings too much to the table. If a thief tries engaging me I’ll use point blank shot then use my bristleback’s ability to burst it down. I will then use rapid fire to bait some dodges and apply vulnerability. If I ever get too low I’ll proc signet of stone then heal up with CA form and finish off with lunar beam carefully timing the dazes.

Sorry for the late reply. 1v1 isn’t the issue. I’m worried about a +1 in a close fight or when your pants are down. PI is something fierce when I dont see it coming.

All in the title, send me a mail in-game and I’ll respond once I get on.

I am willing to answer questions and take tryouts.

Really tired of solohell. Im on the East Coast of the US. Would prefer players that play around 9pm to 11 EST.

New Cancer Tier
=Reaper++ – New almost Dire ammy with extra power. It alone is a direct upgrade to its Carrion Meta spec(s). Death Perception patching them up to unbreakable gods.
=Scrapper+ – If Slick Shoes didn’t get fixed. Srapper Crapper + Mercenary or Pally ammy. RIP.

ASSassin Tier
Thief – Likely going to keep Ele, Druid, ad Chrono out of the meta entirely. As it has done before. It already hits hard, making it hit harder seems rather stupid with the removal of Bunkers. Checked by Scrapper and DH, but not countered.
Power Shiro -If Thief fails to keep the above out, this will. Its getting buffed too.

Questionable Tier
DH – Boon corruption
Druid – Boon corruption and Thief
Tempest – Boon corruption and Thief
Chorono – Boon corruption and Thief
Warrior – Boon corruption

Whatever, Ele had run of the game for three years.

Necro and Ranger were at the bottom of the barrel for how long? Let them have their fun being OP for once.

Menders so gud I am so hype for a power shout regen druid.

New Protect Me looks amazing, thinking a NM/BM/Druid shout master will work now?

we’ll also be improving the ranger’s shout utility category, giving them more unique utility.

Can I finally run around yelling and swinging around my Greatsword in blind rage while I throw pets at people? Finally a spec that reflects my true inner self.

My rage has subsided, my curse has been lifted.

The salt that had eclipsed my vision has finally been washed away.

I have hope again…

It needs a rework not a nerf. Nerf it and Ele is into the trash. (I’d be so happy I’d cry)

But we cant have that. I recall someone having a suggestion for condi-immunity based on attunement. Mechanics in mind, (Attunment CD on swap) it seems like a great solution.

But nothing should be fully immune to all condis, especially with heals.

Its been curing my insomnia.

More and more losses, I am banging my head on the wall and about to resort to paying an Amber player 100g.

Burtnik.5218:

Or more like… smokescale and bristle needs a nerf hammer to bring them in line with rest. Getting hit for 10k by a bristle f2 is not really what i consider balanced for 12/15 cd. On top of that the projectiles cannot be strafed and auto homing to target.. while druid runs in circle dazing and immo the kitten out of you. Autopilot really. No point discussing it futher with rangers so bye. And about that “pet can be killed” druid can go celestial and heal him without any problems. Theres a reason why druid is godtier 1v1.

Lo and behold! The Rev preaches balance to us!

Zatoichi.1049:

thanks for the replies, that’s cra cra…

Caracara?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Caracara_by_Dan_Pancamo.jpg

Yeah I like Caracars they are noisy tho.

ReaperJr.5967:

Aylpse.6280:

ReaperJr.5967:

Saw this coming miles away. Druid is easily the new d/d ele 3.0. Even at high ranked queues, teams are sporting 2 or 3 druids, with a bunker mesmer and a one other class.

This isn’t going to happen, we are in a CC meta and CAF is shut down by CC, Rampage As One… sorry, Strength Of The Pack is only up for Ele will always be the one true god of Gw2.

Sure mate. Tempests have been phased out since forever since they are so weak to cc. We are even weaker to cc than druids. Plus we are worse than holding a point 1v2 than a druid. Less mobility too, and we do not have knockback spam to decap a point easily.

You clearly haven’t been playing amongst top players.

Nah fam, everyone is running x2 Ele x2 Rev 1Chronobunker. Becuse Druid is locked out of its healing skills by a broken mechanic. And outside of side point superiority, isn’t offering much else.

What is Armor of Earth and Unstable Conduit? Overload Earth? Complete and total invuln on Earth Focus 4? Daimond Skill negating several control effects labeled as condis? Hmmmm…..

I dont see Druids anywhere in that espartzzzZZZZzzzzzz comp. So I am going to insult your skill level due to my lack of argument. XDDDDDDD

ReaperJr.5967:

Saw this coming miles away. Druid is easily the new d/d ele 3.0. Even at high ranked queues, teams are sporting 2 or 3 druids, with a bunker mesmer and a one other class.

This isn’t going to happen, we are in a CC meta and CAF is shut down by CC, Rampage As One… sorry, Strength Of The Pack is only up for Ele will always be the one true god of Gw2.

So, as a player who enjoyed the map before it got a “meta”. Let me just throw some suggestions out.

*Give Archers a unique debuff that negates healing on NPS for a short duration on its attack.
*Incease Damage dealt by Archers to NPCS
*Make Archers and Doorbreakers unhealable outside of regen. Boons are still fair play… until we see how this plays out.
*Well of Precg no longer effects minions. While I had to mull over this, its for the best. While I want to argue counter play to Trebs, People will start stacking Mesmers and make Minions perma invuln.

Im not sure what else to do but I feel this is a start. I want to like this map becuse I am tired of Concrap but it needs work.

Bring back SoloQ. There is a start.

Wall Of Water Squirting
Jump
Ghostie Ball Thing
x3(?) Blast Finishers

In Clerics it heals to full, in Cele its about a 10-14k heal(?). Cant get the exact numbers because I cant be kitten d to play right now.

Expect a fix next patch, Druid/Ranger rarely keeps beneficial bugs for long.

Krysard.1364:

Aylpse.6280:

I was 1 win from Diamond last week, lost it all, had a meltdown. I am 6 pips now from Diamond. I am too scared to Q and I have no Guild to roll a cheese comp with.

I’ve been kicked out of t6 at least twice, once down to t3, and I’ve been locked in a flux between 3pips in t4 and 2 in t5. Just broke out and I know, Matchmaking is standing there waiting to knock me back down. I dont want to say anything or jinx myself but I am literally scared to Q.

Usually, if you dont queue for a few days your mmr gets lower and you have some easy matches when you play again. I was out for family dinners and stuff from 24 to 28 december, and when I came back I ez carried my last to tiers to diamond, so maybe if you’re that scared you can unrank a couple days and then try to play some rankeds :p

Yeah this sounds like a plan, gonna focus on some other games for a bit. I am not going to be juked twice/thrice w/e who is counting?

I was 1 win from Diamond last week, lost it all, had a meltdown. I am 6 pips now from Diamond. I am too scared to Q and I have no Guild to roll a cheese comp with.

I’ve been kicked out of t6 at least twice, once down to t3, and I’ve been locked in a flux between 3pips in t4 and 2 in t5. Just broke out and I know, Matchmaking is standing there waiting to knock me back down. I dont want to say anything or jinx myself but I am literally scared to Q.

Supreme.3164:

Aylpse.6280:

I know I complain a lot, there was a time I tried to pour some positive feedback here, in fact I was enjoying HoT until Leagues. Losing progress is something incredibly rage inducing especially seeing players I walk all over in higher divisions then me.

I know I am not the best, I know I am not going to hit legendary. But I want something to show that I am not to be trifled with. I wanted to know where I stood in PvP as a whole. But exploits, people paying for carries, MMR Tankers, Premades vs Pugs and any sort of “status” I could obtain mean nothing. And the PvE crowed or new players wont know any difference.

In fact, my whole backing behind pvp was to find respect and hopefully a friend or two. I have mostly made enemies.

Supreme.3164:

And the universal law of MMO doesn’t change and never will :
What beats me is OP and what I play is balanced or UP always, when I lose I go on the forum asking for nerfs

So your going to hide behind your signature and ignore that classes are broken?Where is Thief? Crying in Shadow Refuge because the DH stole his lunch money and made fun of him for liking anime.

Where is Chronobunker, Rev and Ele? On point in the cool kidz club hanging out and telling everyone else they aren’t invited. Literally its high school all over….

Thief is exactly where is supposed to be, nobody pity thieves except thieves themselves because remember that 3/4 of the professions can’t run a burst build in pvp because of thieves

This was the beginning, remember??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beHJkv5gaIU...the ele community surely does or do you want to ask top players the reason no other class other than thief was ever used as burst?

So the fact that thief “suffers” against tanky builds mean zero to me…if thieves would lose their apex predator of zerker status…things then would change

Lets start with the fact that A) I am not a Thief.
B) This seems like pent upThief QQ from pre HoT.

Supreme.3164:

And the universal law of MMO doesn’t change and never will :
What beats me is OP and what I play is balanced or UP always, when I lose I go on the forum asking for nerfs

C) Thief has been a staple of the meta due to mobility, seeing it pushed out is honestly depressing.
D) >Video from 2012

Your stance is defending Chronobunker and Ele then? Do you forget ESL so quickly? Unlike others here, I dont want a bust meta. I want a Balanced meta with multiple playstyles and verity. This meta is the “first cap is gg” meta. And “Heal Winions” meta. For respective gamemodes.

I know I complain a lot, there was a time I tried to pour some positive feedback here, in fact I was enjoying HoT until Leagues. Losing progress is something incredibly rage inducing especially seeing players I walk all over in higher divisions then me.

I know I am not the best, I know I am not going to hit legendary. But I want something to show that I am not to be trifled with. I wanted to know where I stood in PvP as a whole. But exploits, people paying for carries, MMR Tankers, Premades vs Pugs and any sort of “status” I could obtain mean nothing. And the PvE crowed or new players wont know any difference.

In fact, my whole backing behind pvp was to find respect and hopefully a friend or two. I have mostly made enemies.

Supreme.3164:

And the universal law of MMO doesn’t change and never will :
What beats me is OP and what I play is balanced or UP always, when I lose I go on the forum asking for nerfs

So your going to hide behind your signature and ignore that classes are broken?Where is Thief? Crying in Shadow Refuge because the DH stole his lunch money and made fun of him for liking anime.

Where is Chronobunker, Rev and Ele? On point in the cool kidz club hanging out and telling everyone else they aren’t invited. Literally its high school all over….

nearlight.3064:

Aylpse.6280:

Power.2957:

Someone faced Kwok Eng in a match lmao

Kwok and a few others running it actually. I tried the build myself as well. Just maybe posting thishere so we can get the Eles to go someplace else.

Ohhhh yeah, kwok always loved playing the cheesiest builds he could.

And zerail, why did you switch to tempest?

All of my friends in this game are going over to the cheesy side

Im not maiming Tempest. I am learning the class to I can beat it easier, and boy did I find a way. (As Druid, I got it down… on paper..) Next up, Chrono.

Happy Newyear

Get placed up vs GASM’s premade and corpsejumped by the necro. All because I qued with my daimond friend. (Even congratulated the Ele on hitting Legendary and didn’t even get a thank you, despite my salt.)

SoloQ and enjoy the MMR Tankers and its back to the bottom of t5.

Off to a great start.

Power.2957:

Someone faced Kwok Eng in a match lmao

Kwok and a few others running it actually. I tried the build myself as well. Just maybe posting thishere so we can get the Eles to go someplace else.

They are back….

Most of these changes are awful, without any insult intended.

Earlier today
http://i.imgur.com/lpE7YZS.jpg

Now
http://i.imgur.com/8yyw3kD.jpg

On top of this, I had soundly beat a Necromancer today, his team said he made the game an effective 4v5, about an hour later, this guy hits diamond and starts trash talking me in map for no reason. I am unable to argue when I have twenty people on my back digging for free “trolz”.

So I kept going, down 4 pips, it was only 4 wins right?

End up vs a double rev, double ele scrapper comp. Lose 2 pips.

And then another premade, 2 more.

This keeps going until I lost all my progress today and more.
All this wasted time, I could have made my own game by now, instead all my time, blood effort and tears are wasted.

Edit: Damage control

After today, looks right to me.

Consider the Electric Wyvern? KD on f2, Blowout on Wings, Cripple on Tailswipe

Can also combo into taunt.

That is about all it will do though… pet is pretty meh.

Thank you! Going to try my best to apply this, might take awhile.

I had the same MMR tanking Mesmer over two days get on my team.

They would afk in base and spam Chinese/Korean symbols (idk) when confronted about being a tanker. (Yet were in an English guild and had an English name)

Had everyone report them and they still aren’t banned/suspended.

How do you deal with Revs?

Condi rev has unavoidable condis and my only hope is that they are stupid and pop mally while I am in CAF.

Power Rev’s staff skill keeps getting me because even if I stunbreak it just CCs you again, and I will admit I am struggling to dodge it with the unteenmillion other skills they have that you need to dodge to avoid a 100-0 or CC.

Any advice would help.

Justine.6351:

Aylpse.6280:

Justine.6351:

Aylpse.6280:

Imagination has nothing to do with stronger support.

Stronger passive gameplay we do not need.

Why didn’t you say that in he first place? Its a much better argument then “Imagination”.

As for the spirits themselves, its not their fault they are passive. They have a 10s ICD now, (bar frost) the only thing they do is provide boons and a bit extra every 10s. Ele constantly kittens out boons and “a bit extra” with Tempest. (As well as a plethora of other things.)

The issue now with them is they dont work, they aren’t used at all and would be a great addition to a dedicated support. If you would be so kind as a way to suggest “active” play to spirits I’d love to hear it. But saying “no, no one should use them ever in pvp again” isn’t a compelling argument.

I said unimaginative because it is a synonym for passive gameplay.

If I were to rework spirits I would:

• give the spirits their own stats where appropriate, example: sun spirit has 1250 condi dmg for ALL burns originating from it. 1500 traited?
• Create a non moving spirit at target location that area buffs/debuffs.
• Interacting with spirit picks it up instantly recharging its creation CD.
• It’s flip over skill would be ground targeting movement with an area attack or defensive effect with a short CD of maybe 5-10sec.
• only 1 spirit can be out at a time. Choose the right spirit for the job.

Just allowing spirits to be cast at target location and also frequently moved with its flip over skill would make them more active than “follow me around”.

It’s my little opinion that every ranger should be highly encouraged to take one spirit and/or trap. They are just two items that form my idea of guild wars rangers. I do not think a ranger (or any player really) should be pigeonholed into feeling that a solid build is the one that stacks all skills of the same type into the healing, 3 utility slots and elite slot. I love /hate the weapon and skill- type traits for promoting this.

The definition of imagination and passive are in no way related, I would suggest rewording.

As for this spirit idea, I’d be fine with it, its pretty good actually.

Justine.6351:

Aylpse.6280:

Imagination has nothing to do with stronger support.

Stronger passive gameplay we do not need.

Why didn’t you say that in he first place? Its a much better argument then “Imagination”.

As for the spirits themselves, its not their fault they are passive. They have a 10s ICD now, (bar frost) the only thing they do is provide boons and a bit extra every 10s. Ele constantly kittens out boons and “a bit extra” with Tempest. (As well as a plethora of other things.)

The issue now with them is they dont work, they aren’t used at all and would be a great addition to a dedicated support. If you would be so kind as a way to suggest “active” play to spirits I’d love to hear it. But saying “no, no one should use them ever in pvp again” isn’t a compelling argument.

Imagination has nothing to do with stronger support.