youve come a long way Ash thats all im gonna say. great video.
I effin love GW2, my only gripe with it comes in content. I love how the game works, but the existing classes keep getting “Rebalances” but nothing added to them. we NEED new weapons, new attacks, new traits…. and more. We also NEED new classes in general. Its been almost two years now…. come on. The actual game though? most of us love it. The main reason people complain so much is that this game has the POTENTIAL to be the best MMO ever. period.
I love it that people think the Ranger sucks. Love it! Ranger has a difficult time fighting thieves, but everyone does for the most part. Every other class it just comes down to skill, and I think Rangers do very well against mesmers. However, a good condi Engi imo has no weakness at all.
EU and NA players will rush back once there is an expansion. ANET had to see a decline coming without an expansion for so long… right? …. right????
Weapon diversity is an issue as well, and not all engis use kits btw but still those engis that don’t do not want legendary weapons because of the problems we face with lack of weapon choices.
Trying to pass of “I don’t want to use kits” as a reason to have more weapons is ridiculous. That’s like me saying “I’m a Mesmer but don’t want to use Focus, Torch, Sword, Pistol or Greatsword, so we need more weapon diversity please!”
I agree with the above – NO and NO. The Ele has 4 attunements they can use and that is like having 4 sets of weapons. The Engineer has kits and again that is like having more weapons (they have their own skills attached to them).
I find nothing wrong with it and if they do get an actual weapon swap, the same people complaining about wanting a weapon swap will be back complaining that these professions are now OP because of it.
im sorry but i disagree, somewhat. The eles 4 attunements arent like having 4 weapon sets at all, because the auto attack on water and earth is completely worthless. Fire AA, works, and lightning is great. An ele has to swap between all 4 attunements nonstop to be effective (which im not against, I love it). To say its like having 4 weapons though, I have to strongly disagree. However i have no problem with the Ele having no weapon swap, I DO think there should be an out of combat weapon swap though. Its not the BIGGEST deal but it should be an option in my opinion. As for the ENGI, they def should have weapon swap. As of right now, I dont find it too big a deal, but ENGIs have been promised a melee weapon for about a year now, and when it comes, I believe we should get weapon swap as well. Of course the counter argument is that we have grenades for range, which is true, and theyre possibly the best ranged weapon honestly, however they require a chunk more skill than the average player actually has imo. just my 2 cents
old ele is norn tired of him. ill make this short.
for PVE and for WVW, what are the best stat combos for an ele? Soldier mixed with Zerk valk etc or full celest???
Engie is better condi wise, Ele power wise. Melee Ele is superior better. Even rifle with jump shot & co don’t make engie a decent melee profession. Sure bombs and nades work, but again, here is where ele shines with cool (and strong) combo’s. Complete freedom with kits (not cooldown, swith on the fly) is what makes engie a little more interesting in their own way. But Ele has better utilities then engie (theirs kinda suck apart from kits and elixirs, most aren’t worth it), well and Rocket boots, that one is amazing i give it to you, but ele’s have similar skills on their weapon bar already.
For elites i gotta give ele more credit. Supply crates is nice if you want to enforce a victory in a dual, but otherwise is kinda a let down. Fiery greatsword, tornado, and even the Elemental summon are more fun and usefull in their own way.
Stability is a lot better on Ele. Stability in wvw is very important and with engie it means non stop moving at the edge of the zerg with 1500 range grenades or die in the stunlock train. Ele has better escapes from this. Like lightning flash, armor of earth etc.
Combo finishers Ele is better (especially projectile ones they own more), combo fields they are equal, (perhaps a slight edge to engie for smoke field and poison field, but ele has Ice field wich is very underrated).
Underwater Engineer is the king. Nothing comes close. Having come back lately to my ele rather then engie, if you play it to it’s limits, Trident ele (underwater), has it’s use. But engie is better.
Condition removal is a tie, maybe better on ele cause of Ether renewal. Engie mostly gotta trait for serious (more then 1 or 2) condition removal, and that’s important in pvp and wvw.
agreed. especially with underwater part… fighting a engi underwater is RIDICULOUS. Only Ranger and Mesmer come even close
watched the EU PVP tourn earlier… saw no necros or engis on the winning team. so weird
This is the only class I dont really use even though I have an 80 one. Im just wondering, what do you use YOUR necro for? PVE, PVP, or WVW? Also, what kind of build are you running?
Looking for a use for my nec!
elemesmaltist? ill take it
Ele was my first 80, yada yada now im back full circle, making my 9th toon and its a new ele. Really enjoying Ele again, but im unsure whats popular for PVE/WVW these days. Zerk? Mix of Zerk and other stuff? Full celest?
I have two accounts I run at once but theyre both NA so I dunno :\
I hated fighting Mesmers so much that I rolled one just to figure out how they work. Ended up becoming my main (although I think ele is my fav overall). However, now that ive played Mes so much I see how great it is, but also its flaws. A good dagger thief can drop a Mes in record time. Necros, Engis, and GOOD Rangers can beat the kitten out of us. Mesmer doesnt have a CLEAR disadvantage when 1 v 1 other classes, but once you know how to operate they become much easier to deal with. Many, many mesmers fear necros and thieves
I thought the samething a well. When I watched the movie I was like yup, this is how my Ranger gets down. As for the Legolas comment, its true, he isnt a Ranger hes an Archer although they are somewhat in the same category (in D&D Archer is a subclass of Ranger, and Elves are attuned to a Ranger type lifestyle in LOTR) the real Ranger is Aragorn.
Launch player here. Love all the classes, only one I dont really play is Necro and theres really no reason I dont, just never got into it. Mesmer is my fav but ele is right there with it. currently leveling my 9th 80, a new ele human
this empowered mantra trait move is driving me insane. destroyed my build
People do complain about PU mesmers but most people know it’s a dueling build and you can ignore it when your out roaming.
This makes me sad, that one class kills another 1v1 based on class mechanic and not skill alone -.-
considering the Mesmer is the Dueling class, it makes sense. PU Mesmers arent unbeatable (I main Mes) they just have the advantage. Necro and Engis can fight PU mesmers just fine, so can a good Ranger. Ele simply is not built to 1v1 a mesmer, not saying you cant win, but one on one youre at a real disadvantage. However, id take 2 eles vs 2 mesmers any day
ele gets SUPER aggro, but nothing gets more aggro than Engi. Meanwhile Guardians and Warrior stand there bashing kitten and take no damage
sold zap for 20g
Mesmer is my main, Guardian was my first 80, and Ele is my fav class to play. Ele is prob the best of the three honestly, in regards to PVE/WVW but its also the hardest class to play and to be successful you cant just copy another persons stats and such. Your reaction time and playing skills with the class will make you mix and match your armor more than any other class. For the most part, you go full “zerk” or “soldier” etc when making a build but ele should mix up the different stats just to get right amount of toughness and damage and vit etc to survive and make things work based on your skill level
Well mesmer is the complete opposite, they are gods of duels and terribad at everything else.
not terribad at all, but def nowhere near as good as they are in duels
just came here to say Mesmer is my main but I play across all classes and Engi Bunker is by far the most annoying thing youll ever play once you get better. If more people played engi in WVW and PVP it would be a true nightmare
I love mantras honestly and I love that so few people use them! Thats just me though, been using them since launch
been trying to get a fractal sword since forever. joked around and said id get bolt or infinite light before I for a frac sword. I have now have bolt and im half way to infinite light
My Male norn ele with trickster armor and cof helm and gloves looks like a complete bad kitten , abyss and illumination (all my toons wear that)…. beast mode. Norn is the way to go
Ele was my main but I really do hate him for PVE. We are actually built correctly for damage, even without conjures d/f, d/d and Staff all hit hard (especially staff)….
….the problem is our trash hp pool. Warriors and Guards dont get more aggro than us, yet we have kids hp and baby armor. no bueno
its perfect the way it is. If it had an auto attack, everything would evade it easily
PVE
Make GS do more damage than warrior banner
I enoy the LS because if gives me something to do in game, but I really, really need a new class to play and new weapons for the old classes. Some more maps also. Im tempted to get Wild Star (thought the game looked terrible but new videos proved me wrong) until this game gets some new stuff
Mostly mesmer, then Warrior, the rest I use evenly. I hate Warriors in every game in this one, its just too good and convenient not to use
2018
whole lotta charrs
nice idea, kind of GW2´s Jump to Lightspeed. But I doubt we will ever see that or anything similar – it would mean developing a whole new game from scratch.
I actually think they can do this fairly easily. Exactly how ships and such would move would take a lot of work, but the mechanics of sea battle are there for the making. We already have artillery and such….
im interested
kill em, eat em, and take their professions
Im not sure if you guys are joking/kidding about the GS. I use it as well, but only to switch for 2 and 3. Sword/Axe (horn, but for open world axe is better, and horn isnt needed when warriors are in party) is strongest, also cleaves if you know how to use the AA, which I guess more people dont than I realized. Only thing good about GS I see (over guardians) is 4. Other than that…. no. Weaker, slower and a little less support. Guard GS has an opener as well, and it blinds. A Pulsing AOE, a burst that puts our silly “burst” to shame, and a group pull for interrupt. Yea…
no disrespect but some people really need to get grip. “Oh no I logged in dead! Forget this game im done!” are you serious right now? Yes, the 1 silver to wp is the worst thing that ever happened but once you wp and simple walk out of town things do get better
Still to figure out why Tequatl got stronger!
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he gained a level. whats so hard to get
[Positive] Thanks for listening, ANet! :o
in Battle for Lion’s Arch - Aftermath
Posted by: Azure.8670
This forum doesnt represent what most players think at all, that is the truth. With that said, I usually dont agree with what most people on the forums say, but I do not like the attack on LA at all. Its not BAD per say, but its def not what I expected
Zergs don’t have to happen, they don’t need to happen, if people make the effort to do something different. If this is a zergfest, it is because the players aren’t thinking outside the zergfest box.
The first run in the new LA I was a part of, (in an overflow, mind you) immediately after the patch, there was no tidal wave zerg of people, running mindlessly around. There were several commanders who each focused on a quadrant of LA, and people joined them there. Even with the miasma being already half full, we saved almost 900 citizens, and got most of the rewards. We did awesome, without a major zerg in sight.
Each time since then, I’ve seen nothing but Wall O Players zerging, less than 400 citizens rescued every time, and most of the events failing, because the zerg is off doing something else.
Don’t want it to be a zergfest? Stop zerging all over the map. Actively resist just being a zerg. Split into smaller groups and kill, kill, kill. Rescue more people, because that gets everyone more and snazzier rewards.
Exactly this.
I blame commander tags, they act as a zergmagnet most of the time. Commanders should split and organize the events instead of mindlessly running around…
yup. I was in an overflow with good commanders and it wasnt a zerg fest. we were spread out and taking care of business.
I rock the fanged mask and tier 3 human cultural in abyss and illumination and it looks bad kitten
Because melee is always going to be better than ranged and our only other melee weapon makes combining raw DPS and dodging/kiting impossible because it roots you on the autoattack. GS looks good because we have no other alternatives, not because it actually is good. Try the GS on the warrior or Guardian and you’ll see what a “good” GS feels like.
Guardian GS isn’t as good as ranger GS imo.
I also agree on the stow pet thing…it would give us a chance to be more useful in situations where the pet dies too easily. Maybe put a timer on it so we can’t switch too often ?
I nearly spit my coffee on my monitor when I read this. What exactly is better about Ranger GS than guardian????? Guardian is nearly attached to its GS its so useful
For PvP, the Meta is
Fresh Air scepter with 30 in Air and 20 in Arcana for Elemental Attunement and Renewing Stamina. The Offhand and heal are up to personal preference, and the utilities are your choice of Cantrips and Arcane skills.rolling a Warrior or Necro.Fixed that for you.
lol hahahahahaha
While I like the idea of having more ritualist elements In the game, it was my main in gw1, I can’t help but feel suggeations such as these are just plain silly bones. Development is about resources, time, money and manpower.
If they don’t have the resources to fix AI and animation delay, there is no way in hell they have the resources to overhaul the ranger. Be realistic.I hope once the CDI on this profession gets going that we can focus in on ideas that are actually practical to implement and actually fix or work around the problems.
I love a good pie in the sky idea as much as the next bloke, but we need sensible propositions.
I bet you its easier to rebuild this class from the ground up than it is to reconstruct AI
still think my druid + pet and spirit swap is the way to go
rename class druid
let us use a mace
let us wear light armor
replace longbow with staff
swap spirits and pets
ive actually been doing map completion for my legendary (Started game at launch and I just never finished maps, im lazy) and been in the early level areas… wow, theres SO many new players lately! congrats, its a worthy purchase
Welcome! What server did you choose by chance? Tarnished Coast is a great choice!
LB really does suck. I had a long talk with a Ranger that only plays Ranger (over 2k hours ) abotu how superior warrior longbow is and he just didnt want to hear it. LB SEEMS like its good, but it has nothing on shortbow. Also, LB and GS together seems good at first, but they two have no synergy
are we ever getting new weapons?
please remove troll ungent from the game, or give us the same exact healing signet as warriors. We get double the hp regen as a passive signet, for 10 seconds. Its literally a garbage version of healing signet