Guild Wars 2

Wish granted.

15 character limit.

If you’re crafting ascended armor for the looks, you might want to think about some cheaper, more easily attainable alternatives

Empyre.2531:

Gallrvaghn.4921:

RTL 25 second CD. No pathetic double CD like the rest of the existing skills in the entire game.

Actually, I do think the double cd idea is not bad if it was on all classes across the board. Rewarding defense, punishing mindless use of skills, this game has too many big hitters anyways. Funny enough, Anet put the double cd on the most telegraphed skill in the game if used at range. Currently it’s often best used for dps in melee range.

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Focus could really use some rework on its skills.
Fire 4 = no idea really that doesnt make it a dagger 4. Maybe burn a boon each time it applies burning. Keeping the current 1s duration.
Fire 5 = double stacks, keep might duration.
Water 4 = Make it aoe and increase damage or freeze enemy in place (like icebow skill) for 1s and increase damage. If not increasing damage make it add vulnerability (~5-10 stacks for 5s).
Water 5 = faster velocity
Air 4 = no change
Air 5 = add some minor damage, reduce casttime to 1/2s, reduce cd to 40s
Earth 4/5 = totally fine

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My wish would be that Anet rethinks their concept of the Ele.
Spread EA amongst 5 pt traits to define your role with your build a bit further. Move the current good 5 pt (water/ post-patch earth) traits to 15, rework bad 15 pt traits to be worthy of the master position, move 15 pt traits to 25 and rework them as well. E.g. current earth/fire 15 are too similar, replace the earth one with a stronger effect as 25pt.
From 5-30 trait points there should be a scheme to each traitline, from decent (those that support jack-of-all-trades kind of builds) to good (role defining) traits. Going deep water means you want to heal and support, why is there a minor dmg boost at 25? Choosing other traitlines will net you more dmg just from the actual stats.

If flamewall (focus 4) removed boons when foes passed through them, I would consider that a fix for this skill… it would be beautiful in my opinion.

Can you imagine the amount of QQ from warriors if their “get outta dodge” skills on gs or s/x were nerfed with the same kind of double CD as RTL? Errrrrrmagerrrrd… that would be beautiful to see if they don’t plan on fixing RTL.

BlackBeard.2873:

Brigg, I agree, arcanes should do less damage and have “elemental surge” as innate effects. The impact of that skill is pretty negligible, and that would solve the “instant burst” problem. Maybe they are worried about the instant-immob possibilities.

Anyway, the one place I do see this skill actually being useful (in a pvp setting) is in many different staff-builds. If you can somehow handle the condition problem without ether, this heal becomes really strong when you have a water field one a 20s CD, and added effect when someone hops on your jock in melee.

Perhaps there is some way to us this with elemental surge to actually make someone eat a dragon’s tooth or lava font or something. The only issue is that if you build glass enough for that damage to matter, you are gonna probably die by getting in that close.

I had heard now they’ve implemented a new heal, utilities would be next on the list. Hopefully this can be addressed then! We’ll see!

If arcane utilities inherently had the master arcane trait that gives a condition based on attunement (can’t recall the name, since I have never used it before tonight), I would absolutely love to take them as a normal utility. I played around in wvw with a scepter/focus build using only arcane utilities to see how viable it would be for me to use all arcanes (0/30/0/10/30), and it was a lot of fun. However, the lack of condition removal will make me want to drop the 30 in arcane for 20 in fire for the new traits coming out, thereby losing the nifty added stuff that the master arcane trait gives. If that trait was automatic or even lower trait cost I would run arcane utilities much more often.

The biggest challenge will come from an elementalist. Necro play is rather simple. Elementalists have a much higher skill cap tor each in order to play as effective as a mediocre necro.

Compared to your mesmer, necros are totally different. You won’t be escaping or resetting any fights. Elementalists have quite a bit more mobility options than a necro, as well as some more effective crowd control abilities. I am most likely going to be changing my main from my necro to my ele, if only because of the challenge.

Sometimes I wish that there was a feature implemented so whenever the losers of matchups mentioned any variation of the words tanked, stacked, purchased guilds, coverage, or any of the other excuses used for simply not winning would immediately lock the thread.

Seriously, this is just a game. Accusing other servers of any of the above without proof is just silly. You can be suspicious all you want, but I will never understand the need to come to the forums to whine about it. Everyone should know by now why matches are won and why they are lost, yet EVERY SINGLE THREAD in wvw seems to have someone feel the need to bash an entire server or vent their frustrations and make excuses as to why they should have won, rather than just admitting defeat.

If your server took the time to identify your own weaknesses and worked on solutions, perhaps you could improve your situation. Complaining about other servers simply will not increase your chances at winning whatsoever. I just don’t see the logic in all the unfounded complaints regarding this stuff.

I’d be fine with every server getting the same reward, with the winning servers just getting bragging rights for their placements. Out of all the weeks we’ve played, I haven’t seen any server that didn’t do the best with what they had (new content withstanding). That, in itself, should be worthy of a dolyak finisher in my opinion… not rank placement. I give mad props to the lower ranked servers for actually getting stronger during this league. I almost thought it would be their death knell. I say good job to the Bronze League!

To the pug FC group in HoD bl taking camps tonight… I’m the charr staff ele that kept chasing you. I told ya I’d take one of ya with me XD

Gotta love fall damage <3

Man I love GoM! Good job in our BL tonight. FC… please don’t start with the whining again. We had two awesome weeks of little to no complaining in regards to the OP numbers and coverage and skill that HoD has. Just have fun!

I solo roam on my staff ele all the time, and actually do pretty decent against some 1v1’s during fight clubs. I’m not saying that staff can kill everything, but it definitely has the cc and sustainability to either win or run away. I’ve also died a LOT, so take it with a grain of salt. I run 0/20/0/20/30 for now, but will probably try out 0/30/0/20/20 once the December patch comes out for the beefed up tempest defense.

I started off with all celestial gear, then adjusted based on my playstyle. Once I was comfortable with the more defensive utilities and abilities, I began swapping out pieces for more offensive gear. I still have a bit of work to do, but I think my armor set is done, just working on trinkets now.

Point is, all that crit damage isn’t going to do you any good if you can’t survive. start off tanky, then build into an offensive set as you figure out how much you can take.

Greetings! I can’t seem to get the first dash plate to work on my charr elementalist. I’ve tried different weapons, armor, and even turned myself into a clockwork to no avail. I do the dash animation, but end up staying on the plate going nowhere. I’ve yet to try it on one of my alts, but I wasn’t sure if this is a bug or not.

Edit: It did not work on my human mesmer or my asuran guardian either. I was able to make it across using my guardian’s leap of faith skill. However, once inside, none of the other dash pads would work.

Valentin.2073:

Brigg.3961:

Maybe I don’t get it, since I am only rank 9 and really started pvp today, but I was wrecking with my staff ele in most of the matches I played. The matches we lost, however, were full of accusations towards me, regardless of how well I did lol. One guy even sent me a nasty little whisper and then logged off in an apparent rage.

Is solo queue not for noobs? Where else am I supposed to learn the maps and mechanics? This is a serious question, as I don’t want to be starting this game mode off on the wrong foot with the community.

Side note: I play TONS of WvW, so I am used to taking on other classes with my ele. I am not a noob to the class or the staff. I think my biggest handicap is not being familiar with the game mode in general.

am i the only person who hasn’t seen anyone bashing on an ele?

To OP: don’t let those people make you feel bad about what you enjoy playing. this is just a game. it’s not like people bet with real money on soloq.

some people just need to take this game a little less serious.

Oh, I don’t get mad in any game lol… I remember when I first started playing WvW – getting yelled at all the time for using keep supplies, upgrading towers in the wrong order, etc. Yes, I got yelled at. Yes, I’ve died a LOT. But, it was all a learning experience.

I may have whined a bit about that one elitist loser, but I did get compliments on my playstyle as well. Even in WvW it’s dang hard to solo roam with a staff ele. I have all of the classes, and so far, and staff ele is the one that gives me the biggest challenge. That’s what I find fun about it. Don’t get me wrong, I would absolutely love a larger base health and all that, but I can only work with what I’m given. I just don’t want to step on any toes regarding any unwritten rules set up by the community.

Maybe I don’t get it, since I am only rank 9 and really started pvp today, but I was wrecking with my staff ele in most of the matches I played. The matches we lost, however, were full of accusations towards me, regardless of how well I did lol. One guy even sent me a nasty little whisper and then logged off in an apparent rage.

Is solo queue not for noobs? Where else am I supposed to learn the maps and mechanics? This is a serious question, as I don’t want to be starting this game mode off on the wrong foot with the community.

Side note: I play TONS of WvW, so I am used to taking on other classes with my ele. I am not a noob to the class or the staff. I think my biggest handicap is not being familiar with the game mode in general.

I have a question regarding mist form… I don’t personally run it when roaming, since it adds nothing but an extra stun breaker to my utility set. Something that arcane shield can do, with a 3 hit invuln to boot… and you can still use your skills. My question is, do you fun mist form, and if so, how do you use it tactfully?

The suggestions for air would be awesome. As it stands right now, i only switch to air for the lightning field and the attunement zap. I love surge, but it is waaaaay too predictable. I completely agree about gust as well. Beautiful when it works, but that’s more rare than not.

Lava font is almost useless in duels or small man encounters, other than showing the enemy where not to stand. Having the damage start on cast would at least let the thing tick once before they leave it

Having a blast finisher on staff would be absolutely amazing.

Gab Superstar.4059:

A note lies on top of the cupboard in the lobby. The message, written in immaculate handwriting, reads as follows:

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Good evening. I have reworked your message to more closely fit the truth.

Let me guess…. this is one of those, “They suck when they’re alone and out of their zerg” type of posts? We need originality here, kiddos. Pretending you’re some kind of private kitten just ain’t cuttin’ the mustard!

The Chief Detective.

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Sincerely,
Detective Miss Winters,
Very Good Detectives [VGD],
“We make Devona’s Rest free of crime!”

Gettin’ better!

clint.5681:

Gab Superstar.4059:

After leading a preliminary investigation into the subject I have discovered the reason why SF and HoD are bad: It’s because they have bad players.

Sincerely,
Detective Miss Winters,
Very Good Detectives [VGD],
“We make Devona’s Rest free of crime!”

I think you may be on to something Sir detective Sir. We need you to dig deeper.

Let me guess…. this is one of those, “They suck when they’re alone and out of their zerg” type of posts? We need originality here, kiddos. Pretending you’re some kind of private kitten just ain’t cuttin’ the mustard!

lol @ DR’s Rega (or sumpin like dat) guild… the zerging of my widdle necro self multiple times followed by jumping on my corpse is either a weird sign of respect, or a sign of how badly I upset you guys. I accept both with equal pride.

Oh god… let the whining commence. It’s like you guys have never played in wvw before. At least there was minimal complaints about numbers and coverage in our last match up. Everyone knows there’s a disparity between servers. Everyone should pretty much know where they will stand in the rankings by now as well. My advice is to just go in and have as much fun as you can. Talk to GoM… I think they had more fun than they thought they would have. Green Arrow event? What an awesome idea!

Thief: Invis
Mesmer: Invis and clones
Ele: Earth pet(s)
Necro: Pets
Engi: Turrets/supply drop
Ranger: Tanky pet/healing spring
Guardian: Spirit weapons/aegis
Warrior: Dunno about this one

That’s how I had to get them anyway. Pretty sure I got my warrior’s on a server that had the event done already.

I like having all of the classes available to each race. However, I have always had the opinion that there should be an additional utility slot specifically for a racial ability. I can’t think of any racial ability that is absolutely game-breaking, and they are severely underused. However, adding them with an additional utility slot would add a lot of variety to fights and matches.

It’s similar to how engineers can have specific abilities on their tool belts based on what race they are. Some racial abilities would lean towards certain classes better than others. For example, I would have much rather made my engineer a charr for hidden pistol rather than the norn I have now… I get to eat eggs. Good times.

Is rivalize a word?

Jeknar.6184:

clint.5681:

Brigg.3961:

In other news… VLK managed to get an omega to the top of the tower in EB’s Valley Keep. Stay tuned for more wacky VLK adventures!

I respect that. I can only imagine the pain and suffering it took to get up there.

1 – Make a mesmer jump to the top to make you a portal.
2 – …
3 – profit

To be fair, I did jump my charr necro up there first, which was no small feat, especially since a few SF apparently didn’t appreciate what we were trying to do. Once we were up there, I did get on my mes to get the golem up there, but again… getting an omega from our keep to SF keep was not easy lol… think I finally arrived up there at about 25% health!

In other news… VLK managed to get an omega to the top of the tower in EB’s Valley Keep. Stay tuned for more wacky VLK adventures!

I thought by this point we all understood how the whole numbers thing worked. I blame the league thing for ruining solo roaming though. It just ain’t safe out there no more! I tried solo roaming a few times over the last few days and even ran into a few roaming groups hoping for a little one on one action. Didn’t happen though. I have died so many times this week because of that lol

This is gonna be the funnest match up yet! Love learning the interesting siege placements SF has been using

Only 5? SF is pure pro at warbannering the lord in our bay… that happened at least ten times in one fight lol… dey skeered.

SF’s mama is so greasy, she uses bacon as a bandaid.

Assassin X.8573:

Hod bronze major kitten in [rawr]. Even when you outnumber 6v4+fully upgraded guards, you don’t have enough mobility. Add bulls charge to your utilities so you can run back to the bay faster.
What a joke. You might as well playa thief or ranger is you are so afraid of combat.

Whaaaaaat? You must have no idea how many ANBU and BRL cheese hammer warriors I had to chase around this morning all by my lonesome on my thief… finally had to enlist another thief to help track them down and kill them one by one. I’ll admit, I died a few times, but when paired off on my non-perma invis thief against a no skill perma stun hammer warrior, I am actually happy that I won more than I lost.

It gave me hope too… I hadn’t played my thief in wvw for at least two months. If you die to a rusty p/d thief, you’re doing something wrong

That’s an excellent idea. Maybe I’ll take another look at my roaming build and gear it towards ds and spectral skills. thanks for the input!

“What I’m really asking for is sustain for a profession touted as being the master of same. At one point we were advertised as:
“They have very high health and the ability to extend that health through the use of the Death Shroud plus the ability to heal themselves through life-stealing skills, leading to a profession that is very hard to put down.””

For a class that was originally designed for their sustain abilities, I would simply like to see necros have the same amount of sustain that warriors currently have with their passive signets. Life stealing is an activated, skill-based ability. With extremely limited access to mobility for resetting fights, I wouldn’t think that this is too much to ask.

My normal wvw utilities are epidemic, corrupt boon, and spectral wall… I definitely see where I can make improvements there. I run terror, so I’d like to keep spectral wall, but what would you suggest for the other two? normally I don’t have a lot of issues with the condi thieves. It’s the bursters that do me in.

Ok, good… so it’s not just me lol… I’ve tried various combinations to kill em, but it fails me when I need a target, and they seem to cleanse condis better than an ele.

I’ve been playing this game a while now, and have still yet to find a good way to counter d/p thieves with my necro. I mainly run a 0/30/20/20/0 condi build with dire armor and scavenging or torment runes.

I understand that thieves that are well-versed in the whole stealthing forever nonsense are supposed to be difficult to counter, but they seem to be completely safe when around me lol… if it weren’t for the d/p thief meta, I would feel MUCH more confident in my roaming abilities. What are some of your thief counters?

If they were to add another skill slot (either via F5 or 11), I would like to have it as a place to put one of the underpowered, yet overlooked racial abilities. There are some that would be fun to use to throw some randomness into a fight in pvp or wvw. Too bad I can never use them since they are on 10 minute cooldowns and don’t offer near the versatility of class utilities

On a side note,

DH’s momma is so big and greasy, the pact lands their airships on her back to refuel.

LoL, Fun, and a few of the other persistent DH folks in HoD BL tonight… that was all kinds of fun, you guys rock! Looking forward to letting you stun the crap out of me some more lol!

Yo momma is so hunchbacked, ettins feel sorry for her!

Yo momma so dirty, she got banned from the Lions Arch sewers due to sanitation concerns!

Yo momma so hairy, I got my Yakslapper title just from looking at her!

Chuck Zitto.2367:

So like those vlk guys are scrubs. They run around in a big blob of op warrior and guardians. They all run zerker mobility builds and prey they can chain cc kill noobs. They die a lot but there blob of warriors just banners them and they run away if its gonna be an even fight. Did I do it right?

Yo mama is so ugly, the Mad King is dressing up as her this year.

irishhaf.1692:

wow… what poor behavior coming out already… makes me a sad panda.

To the guy/gal that though it would be cute to invite a member of DR and tell us we cant beat you just give up and accept it… you should go find a cactus and insert it in the orifice of your choice.

^^

To the two/three thief and warrior combo from ET… ermagerd that was frustrating lol

JahRo.6432:

Greydead.5713:

Devon.9061:

Any guild on ET or DR want to GvG or set some duels up VLK will always be down. Send one of us a whisper in game and we can set it up.

Love you guys ET

And I love DR since it has my name in it.

Or join the Filling up World Vs World Slots [PvEr] guild for duels hahah

Totally worth it. Also, wtf? Where’s the kitten talking and gifs? This politeness is unbearable.

You guys kept me up wayyyyy too late. Thanks for letting me practice on my ele! Love ET!

No coverage at night?? I call shenanigans!

Roneth.5728:

Brigg.3961:

Solstice.1097:

yea HoD numbers dont belong in bronze and their skill doesn’t belong in silver.

enjoy your bronze dolyaks hope it makes up for the next 7 weeks of boring fights you have.

this is sincere and does not mean offense don’t get me wrong. you have plenty of skilled players but your population doesn’t belong in any league. maybe season 2 will even things out.

Something tells me that Solstice was in one of them leet omega golems they had in their hills or bay… and they say Kain’s tactics suck

You mean like HoD?

I even see some VLK there too.

Ell oh ell… nah, not like HoD… the hills we took had omegas in there as defense, not offense lol

Apparently, that wouldn’t be a “winning tactic”