Guild Wars 2

wait wait what? wow

we are at end of it right now (frac, reactor lvl 31) and we need the cooling rod behind the door but cant figure out how to open door… what are we supposed to do???!

pleaseee anyone

stuck here with a group. we need 1 more cooling core and its behind door ( not story mode, so we need 3 cores level 32) and we dont know how to open this door. I have no idea what we’re supposed to do…

Shirk.6421:

Victory.2879:

Well, it had to happen sooner or later.

Having asked whether it was possible to merge accounts or transfer toons, or even transfer account bound items paid for with gems, etc and receiving an unequivocal ‘no, and not any time in the future’, I had to make a decision.

Due to the combination of character bound wvw ranks, time gating, ascended items, laurel system etc I took the decision yesterday to concentrate on just one account and mainly one toon, and deleted eight level 80’s in full exotics, wasting 100’s of gold, thousands of gems and losing maybe 150 wvw ranks from those toons.

I left two toons on there as I couldn’t bring myself to lose another 200 wvw ranks as well a huge pile of items, skins – and maybe one day i might want to shift the account to another server for some NA fun as the queues in prime time for Gandara are getting very long and boring.

So this account that I am posting from now is basically dormant, caused entirely by the time gating brought into the game and the bad decisions to make a lot of items account bound that should be tradeable, such as all the ascended stuff, laurels, dungeon tokens, etc etc and of course the wvw ranks system as that is where I like to spend my time.

I don’t get what you want. You decided to get 2 accounts instead of buying more slots. You complain about laurels, dungeon tokens and ascended stuff not being tradeable?

Im with you. I dont understand what hes complaining about. I have two accounts also but for entirely different reasons

love it in WVW but im horrible in PVE. I have all classes at 80 and I just randomly choose one everyday to use. (im weird like that) I just.. I dont know, for some reason im meh in dungeons and such…. im just venting sorry, carry on

this topic sucks

necro owns the tower and a lot of the LS lately a lot better than my warrior or guard does. Also, especially with my Lyssa runes, my Thief handles condis waaaaaaay better than my guard or warrior. Dont even need Lyssa, removal or condis when invis. I dont even see what youre complaining about. Rangers deal with condis fine too

maxinion.8396:

Note that the right answer, for a boss which does not require reflects, is to use pistol + sword in offhands. Both are better than iWarden~

been dying to make mace more useful. I may try this out, although I might make one change… but ill see

ive been playing a hybrid necro since I created it. Of all the mage classes it is easily the one thats best at soloing. Not as good in a party, but not worthless at all. Mesmer is my main but I actually hate clearing maps with my mes and never got map completion because simple mobs can actually be annoying because of mes mechanics. D/D Ele is close to necro for maps, but necro comes out on top imo. Staff ele is a beast in dungeons though. Necro prob has them both beat in wvw and pvp.

The appropriate selection

Warrior, Thief, or Guardian.

Warrior – is the best class overall, amazing for dungeons, best for clearing maps, solid for pvp and can be outstanding in WVW.

Guardian – is a beast. Absolute beast. Personally, I think the Guardian PVE wise is even more OP than the Warrior, to the point I actually dont like using it. They can mitigate damage extremely well while maintaining solid (even better than warrior with a certain build) dps. Also, ALWAYS wanted in a party because of the support they bring via reflect, might stacking, damage reduction.

Thief – is a monster. once you master blinds and stealth there is very little you cant solo. Damage is high, survivability is high. Not as easy to use at first as warrior and guardian, but just as good. Sword and Pistol thief or PVE is absolute. In WVW …. ill let you figure that out yourself.

A taste of wisdom

Mesmer – is my personal favorite. Support and damage all wrapped into one. Think if this class as the … Magi Thief. This is a horrible class to start off as IMO but its an amazing class if you like a challenge or just being unique. Good HP pool helps a lot for that early level grind. Really doesnt show its potential until you hit level 60-80 and use good gear. Only downsides are lack of AOE, no 25% movement speed without gear, and its actually a weak class damage wise. To get damage on par with other classes, you will need to use all damage (berserker/assassin) gear. On the flip side, mesmers survive very well due to their clones and evades that its not difficult to survive without toughness.

Elementalist – my original class and I still love it. A lot of people will tell you they suck, others will say theyre just complicated, others will sing the gospel. Overall, they can do everything in PVE and WVW. You MUST learn how to use a staff well, and off hand Dagger to maintain effectiveness. Main hand dagger of scepter is up to you. Great support, great damage, great aoe, good speed. Squishiest class though, so again, learning curve.

Necromancer – amazing. really no other words for it. Tankiest light armor class and can dish it out well. Not a good class to start with as youre going to mess with utilities a lot and that can be annoying in the beginning. However, def a class to come back too as your 2nd or 3rd. Also, one of the few classes where ALL of the weapons are viable in different situations.

Engineer – im mixed on this. I … I want to tell you to make this class first simply because of how awesome it is to run around with grenades bombs and rifles. I also think (IMO) that engi is best WVW class hands down. They are the jack of all trades class. They play similar to an ele where you need to know the class inside out. I really dont suggest making this until you know the game well; dungeons, pve zones, events, wvw, pvp. Once you know the enemy, engineer can tactically dismantle everything.

I like you, why would I let you do this???

Ranger- sucks. yep I said it. I LOVE the Ranger and it might be my 3rd most used class but.. its not good. Completely viable in PVP WVW and PVE, but you will be the stinky kid in class. no one will tell you that youre not wanted in the party (a huge reason is besides sucking, Rangers are very very popular). Their 1hs lacks control (you will understand) but its mighty mighty strong. From Range, Warrior Longbow has Ranger Longbow beat. Their ranged damage is decent, nothing to go crazy about. They have useful utilities to increase party defense and offense, also they have one of the best healing skills for the party in the game, if not the best. Why do they suck? Because of their pets. IF (and this is a huge IF) you can accept that the Pet is just there to add extra damage and woohoo its alive yay than you might reallllly enjoy the Ranger. However, if youre looking for effectiveness and the kind of person that micro managers (which just so happens to be a lot of Ranger people in their forum) the pet will make you angry and want to kill. Their main hand axe is borderline useless. Nice skills, weak in both condition and power damage. Traiting for arrows to pierce hurts, no reason for it to be a Grandmaster trait, destroys your traiting. Basically, a melee Ranger does work well, but you might as well roll Guardian which does EVERYTHING better.

Morrigan.2809:

I have the Ele Storm eye on my mesmer

I mean with this no disrespect, but you have the ugliest character ive ever seen

honestly I think Necros survive better than Warriors. Warriors really shine when theres more than one Warrior, or a guardian

in order its probably….
Charr, Asura, Human, Sylvari, Norn

Charr are Warriors by birth and culture. Engineering is a byproduct of losses, they had to expand and learn.

Asura are Warriors. Sounds awkward at first, but they use advanced technology for the melee weapons and suits of armor. What they lack in strength they make up for in tech. A human with is finely crafted blade vs Asura with his gravity hammer. you decide.

Humans are the base. They are everything the Gods allow them to be. Clearly, they are Warriors. While I wouldnt pick one in a bar fight over a Charr, he’d still be at the bar.

Sylvari has no culture but all they know is knowledge and warfare. Their purpose is to stop evil, so like Humans they do what needs to be done.

Norn are traveling giant folk. Heavy armor, in reality, wouldnt even suit them. While a norn can be a warrior, he would be more of a mercenary or lone wolf. For the most part their speed and power would favor lighter armors, like Rangers

anything to lessen my chance of dredge is fine by me

havent used my engi for anything besides WVW in forever, and just retraited him because he was looking lonely, only to find out…. I have no idea what im doing. been way too long. help plzz

I just threw it on my scepter, 3g whatever if it sucks ill just buy another scepter and put a earth sigil on it. going to try it in pve for awhile then wvw

anyone using these?? im thinking of using the torment sigil for my hybrid build instead of sigil of earth

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Nikkinella.8254:

Peow peow.2189:

Re roll and elementalist, they are good

can’t tell if trolling or just ignorant. Sure reroll from the strongest class in the game to the weakest. I started as ele and switched to warrior when I realized it could do everything exponentially better with a fraction of the effort. Even after the patch, ele will still be absolute crap, because they aren’t even touching the core problems with the class. They’re just attempting to put a band-aid on it. The only thing the class is good for is if you like being a buffbot in a zerg.

Idk what’s more ignorant.Falling into the troll trap or stating that war is the strongest class atm.But you know what they say ignorance it’s bliss.

If you dont think Warrior is the strongest overall class right now, you havent played the other classes. The Guardian forums are all crying about how Warriors can out cleanse and out bunker them so whats the point of being a Guard. Theres so much crying about how Warriors are better on every level over there its not even funny.

I think this is only a temporary thing. ANET is will aware of it, and I think in future enemy mobs will have more things to prevent stacking and and punish people who get too close. As for PVP and WVW, range works how it should. Good as an opener and closer, and in large numbers, while melee does more damage. Personally I see no problem with it

the scepter is SOOOO Close to being a great condition/power/hybrid weapon. Its on the cusp of all 3, it just needs… auto attack help. I really do love the scepter I hope it gets a littttttle bit more tweaking. I like the splash damage idea a lot

underwater spear mesmer is death. I lure people into water and unleash spear 3 on them and its over. I would LOVE this weapon to be on land. They dont need to change it at all really

honestly its normal. Every MMO is that way. For every launch guild probably 1-3 players stick around, but over the course of years new players come, old players leave, a lot return time to time, it just happens.

it looks good man, everyone has their own thing. All of my characters except one wear abyss and illumination only. Necro is full Caustic

and for the record, most of the great thief players stopped playing because of how bad the nerfs are, and a few moved onto Warrior and Engi. go figure

YOU may not care about PVE, but numbers wise its the majority of the game. MANY of us think the PVP in this game is weak, especially compared to GW1. Without even taking that path, roll an Ele and Ranger and see what is better about them than a Warrior. PVP and WVW only we wont even talk about PVE since none of you obviously do it. Since this board is full of Pros that know everything, lets get to it!

Leave this tiny Warrior forum and check out the crying on the boards. You have no idea how good we Warriors have it

And for the record, Warrior and Guardian are the ONLY classes that can play PVE WVW and PVP without problem. Im not agreeing to nerf the Warrior, but dont sit here an cry about nerfs until youve played the other classes. try putting 700 hours into an ele and 650 into a thief just to see every build get destroyed

Vanthian.9267:

Azure.8670:

Thats literally nothing compared to what Thief and Ele have experienced the past year. Ele went from a tank that could stack might and heal itself, with high movement and escapes, to a kill or be killed class, thats it. Ele has about…. 9-14 seconds to wipe you out or its dead. Thief has had almost every single attack and build nerfed to the ground. Pistol Whip was nerfed around 9 months ago, and it does less than an auto attack chain. I had perma stealth thieves but its the only build they have left after all the nerfs to EVERY Build. IF they reduce the damage of EVERY SINGLE WARRIOR weapon by 40% and take away healing signet, blocking with shield, Stuns with mace…. they would still out perform the Ranger on every level.

Dont worry, Warriors can still bunker just as well as a Guardian you have nothing to worry about in pvp. Your conditions are still better than a mesmers if you use perplexity runes youre just fine. Only thing, an Engi MIGHT be better at Range than a warrior, but thats up in the air ill have to crunch some numbers and do some gameplay and get back to you

The Elementalist nerf was not as big as you are making it out to be. The Grand Total of Thief nerfs don’t even amount to this nor the first huge nerf Warriors received.

If you even played at lunch then you would remember receiving a 27% damage cut not even 1 month after lunch. Not just that, our discipline line sat at 3% burst damage increase for over 9 months! But what is the real kicker for all of that? We got nothing in return for that nerf. Warrior damage was literally cut by 27% and they called it a day. No buffs to horrible traits (that are still in the game mind you) or skills.

You are just entirely clueless to what happens in the game and are basis towards this class. Warriors in their current condition are still easily killed by any competent/decent player.

You know a few Warrior facts, and other than that have NO IDEA what youre talking about. For the record, Warrior is my 3rd favorite class and I have all of them at 80.

You obviously dont play any other class. Elementalist is horrible right now. We are stuck with Arcana and Water in every build , unless we go fire staff build which means we are horrible in our other attunements and theres a 15s CD between attunements. Healing power is basically worthless for Eles now. We have no way go get away from people chasing us anymore. D/D is worthless even though I still use it on my Ele. If you use a scepter youre forced to go into air. We cant heal or res while in mist form anymore, which is HUGE. teleport doesnt break stun, which is horrible. Watch any youtube video by DaPhoenix, whene Eles were OP and we only fought people 1×3 or 1×5 to make it fair. Yea, we were OP but they nerfed EVERYTHING from that build and it leaked over into the entire class.

Thief has been nerfed in every patch. You dont know what youre talking about. Everyone cries about d/p Thieves but guess what, thats all we have. Everyone cried about S/D so much they had to nerf it. Everything Thief has gets nerfed. From damage to viability, all they have is stealth and thats apparently getting hit with the nerf bat (d/p more init) next patch. YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOURE TALKING ABOUT. If you took 20% of ALL the warriors damage away right now, it would still be better than the Ranger at everything.
BETA Ranger was a beast, and that was the last time the class was good or wanted. Whens the last time you saw a “No Warrior or kick” in a LFG. Try playing Ranger and Engi, or a Condi necro if the group is REAL elite, and youll feel like trash. People play this game to play it how they want and cant even go into dungeons sometimes because of their class, no matter how good they are. I use my Mesmer for Fractals and WVW, Warrior and Ele for dungeons, Ranger and Engi for open world events so no one can kick me, Necro for WVW but shes in hibernation, and Thief is in retirement due to the nonstop crying on the boards. Make your main a Ranger and youll be begging to be a Warrior no matter what the nerfs are.

its never a sad day to be a warrior

just saying

staff ele, in fire alone, is better than mesmer in 90% of PVE

I have a warrior that I have yet to zerk out because I just feel… I dunno weird. I use my ele, in soldier gear and cav trinkets, using ruby orbs and exquisite ruby jewels and I hit super hard and survive just fine. I would probably benefit from full zerk on my ele but I like the some of the tankiness.

going out on a limb here.

Wings look awful. I was so excited to get the teq wings for my asura necro… got them, and realized I looked like a pokemon or something. When I really sat there and took the wings on and off, I Realized I hated them and they look ridiculous. I actually never liked them on anyone elses toon and never used them on any other but for some reason thought it would be cool on my asura. IMO wings just look weird. All the other backpacks I like though.

Now if you want a real backpack, they need one exclusive for norn and charr. I want…. an asura, as my backpack.

yes

I dont disconnect from this game at all on either PC, and my pc #2 makes this game look like torchlight 2. literally, its that weak and slow, and the game still runs perfect

mini.6018:

Zord.6130:

mini.6018:

Zacchary.6183:

Warriors don’t understand the phrase “nerfed to the ground” yet.

Hammer dps got nerfed by 40% fourty kitten percent if you want to pick UF,cleansing ire and fast hands guys.If you go full zerk you only lose 20%.Pretty small nerf huh?

Thank god they said they don’t want to nerf to the ground a class and they will do it moderately ? What is next then? 150% damage nerf in january probably.

Lolololol, you clearly haven’t played an Ele or a Thief since launch.

No.I played a warrior since launch wich was way worse than ele plus thief nerfs put together.

Warrior was never bad, ever. It lacked survivability but it always did OP damage. The real problem wasnt so much the class, it was that every single person wanted to use knockdowns + 100b. Once that stopped, and warriors started using Maces and Hammers the Warrior did great. Around that same time Warrior got every buff you could imagine while Rangers, the worst class, got nerfed…. around 6 patches in a row.

lol

mini.6018:

Zacchary.6183:

Warriors don’t understand the phrase “nerfed to the ground” yet.

Hammer dps got nerfed by 40% fourty kitten percent if you want to pick UF,cleansing ire and fast hands guys.If you go full zerk you only lose 20%.Pretty small nerf huh?

Thank god they said they don’t want to nerf to the ground a class and they will do it moderately ? What is next then? 150% damage nerf in january probably.

Thats literally nothing compared to what Thief and Ele have experienced the past year. Ele went from a tank that could stack might and heal itself, with high movement and escapes, to a kill or be killed class, thats it. Ele has about…. 9-14 seconds to wipe you out or its dead. Thief has had almost every single attack and build nerfed to the ground. Pistol Whip was nerfed around 9 months ago, and it does less than an auto attack chain. I had perma stealth thieves but its the only build they have left after all the nerfs to EVERY Build. IF they reduce the damage of EVERY SINGLE WARRIOR weapon by 40% and take away healing signet, blocking with shield, Stuns with mace…. they would still out perform the Ranger on every level.

Dont worry, Warriors can still bunker just as well as a Guardian you have nothing to worry about in pvp. Your conditions are still better than a mesmers if you use perplexity runes youre just fine. Only thing, an Engi MIGHT be better at Range than a warrior, but thats up in the air ill have to crunch some numbers and do some gameplay and get back to you

fergusons crossing had some of the nicest players I ever played any MMO with but i had to leave because I actually knew everyone by name

Mesmer: Fractals, wvw, some times dungeons.
Thief: Used him for everything forever, officially retired until new weapons are added.
Guardian: Dont use him at all. First 80 and only class I just cant get into. For some reason I just dont enjoy Guardian.
Elementalist: Dungeons, sometimes open world events.
Engineer: Champ trains, WVW
Ranger: Trying on female armor. Complaining about how weak I am in LA map chat. Sometimes living story so I remember this character even exists. Renaming my pets in chance that one day it might be permanent. Constantly equipping with new runes and sigils only to later salvage them because I dont use the character.
Necromancer: My last 80, doesnt have celestial trinkets yet so I havent used her since I hit 80 but I cant wait. Will be my dungeon and wvw toon with Mesmer.
Warrior: Dont use him at all. Sad because hes a charr and thats my favorite race but I dont use Warrior because everyone else does

dont know what build I like at all. Guard was my first 80 and ive barely use him since and I Want too. I recently switched to 1hs/focus using either staff or hammer offhand.
0/30/0/30/10 is my set up. I kind of want to try mace? I dont think I used it since like… lvl 10 sadly… a year ago. Ran fractals with a sword/focus mace/shield guard last night and he was a beast.

I dunno, tips? Looking for a mix of damage and… I dunno? Im lost lol sorry

good nerf. champ farming is corny but effective. looks like world events might actually get done now

20/20/0/30/0
reduce sword cd
reduce pistol cd
reduce focus cd/add reflect

phantasm build

sword/pistol / GS for open world
sword/focus / sword/sword for dungeons

Honestly youre just complaining. The only way you cant afford 50/100 gold is if you play one or two hours a week. If thats how it is, then I completely understand and im sorry. However if you pure in 2-3 hours a day, and you cant get gold, then youre doing everything wrong. I just made 11 gold doing 3 arah paths that took me 4 hours. They literally throw gold at you in this game. The armor being in the Gem store is cheap and effective tbh. I actually prefer it over dungeon tokens, but thats just me.

btw Pyro you contribute a LOT to the forums. A lot of your posts have made me a better Mesmer, thank you

looks like youre using the blackwater build or something close to it with sword instead of torch?

awesome work btw

Lothirieth.3408:

DreamOfACure.4382:

Personally, I don’t see why PvE creatures didn’t have downed-states to begin with.

They made a huge deal about it, yet their PvE wasn’t build around it. Why not?!
If (sentient?) creatures had downed states, their basic AI could have been made more interesting – Like more frequent auto-attacks (letting us make use of confuse/retaliation), or shorter aggro + longer leashing, etc..

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I, for one, am glad they are introducing Downed-states and “Finishing” to PvE.

Well I can think of one good reason:

how do you think you’d rally if you’re playing on your own… you’d be stuck in a downed state with the mob, with no way to rally, slowly trying to kill each other whilst lying there, except, oh.. the mob has a friend who will rez him.. but you have no friends to rez you.

Seems like a bad idea for soloers in PvE.

I solo PVE’d many a toon to 80. This is called strategy. If youre fighting enemies that you think might down you, maaaaybe you should tag a deer or something first and bring it over to the enemy so you have something to rally off of. I did this with lvl 60 toons in level 70 and 80 areas. AOE everything and kite a neutral in case I need to rally. I know, I know, its too hard for most people. Its beyond pressing 1. silly me

I think PVE mobs should of always had this. Maybe not each and every one, but vets and champs, def. Not only that, they should be able to finish us

I think the male version looks like an armor that already is in the game. Cant think of which one it is but it looks whatever to me. I actually prefer the female

This is a great idea

PLEASE dont complain about this. Every single thing ANET does people complain. They made an area, low level mind you that no one zergs on and theres no mapchat, into something different. Let the game evolve in peace. This is what we need.

lord no. its perfect how it is. Its all about illusions and confusing the enemy.

Now if another class had something like that, a new class, id be more than fine with it. I still think they should release new skins for the necros minions