Guild Wars 2

Wearing bad gear automatically makes you a worthless bad player, full stop.

So the patch is live, did anyone get access to the LFG tool? Mind sharing screenshots, impressions, bugs, or anything?

All the little tricks speedclears use are such incremental steps on the spectrum between “clever tactic” and “bannable exploit” that there’s really no way to make a hard and fast rule on it. Really just need a dang tribunal to vote on this crap.

The Mexican Cookie.3690:

Another popular guardian build is 10/30/0/20/10. More utility based, still remains high damage output. Gives extra options to take neat skills such as the knockback on res.

Yes I would suggest that on fractals since you don’t need Pure of Voice but Two Handed Mastery still comes in very handy (interrupting jellyfish agony, etc).

Ranger

20/25/0/25/0 (Brazil)

Thief

25/30/0/0/15 (I think?)

Necro

30/25/0/0/15 (spoj’s)

Nike Porphyrogenita.8137:

Bart Weird.9671:

At 48 the chances are the highest to get a fractal weapon,

Is that even true for an established fact? I know my anecdotal small sample size says that above 22 (or whatever the minimum is) it seems totally equal.

Obal said there used to be like 2-3 weapons per party on his 48 runs, but after the Canach living story update it dropped off significantly. Not scientifically accurate, but I trust his perception cause I don’t know any other single person who’s done as many 48 runs.

Look up Hamartia’s minmax post on gw2guru, I think he put it on reddit too.

I’m trying to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they’re just trying to uphold very specific standards, but it looks more and more like it’s just a personal thing.

Is it true that phantasms don’t count for Compounding Power as well? Just another stupid broken-butt trait for Mesmers, if so.

Emanuel.9781:

Dishonorable Updated engi solo, 10:20 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzr6fXAH0DY

Dishonorable necromancer solo ~15 mins(25-30 sec cut in video due to HDD getting full)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sinh5-FK7l8

oops

1. nice kit swapping/dropping box of nails

2. that first track was awesome

spoj.9672:

Yeah attack isnt used but weapon strength is. Not sure about how you calculate with utilities though. Do you just use the mainhand weapon strength?

ah well boo on me for being dumb then

Dub.1273:

Of course weapon strength is used in almost all damage calculations. I’m not sure about reflections here, though.

Maybe I’m thinking of the Attack stat that’s not used, but isn’t that just Power + Weapon Strength?

ed: DISREGARD I’M DUMB

The problem with “everything is legit” is that the record doesn’t stand for very long if the developers do their jobs and close map/AI exploits.

And come on, it’s gotta make you feel a little bit dirty, I mean would it really feel like a job well done if Consumable X obtained from an NPC in Sparkfly Fen allowed you to walk in to the dungeon, pick a path, use the item, and collect tokens? Not that I wouldn’t totally do that 20 times a day, but holding that up as a record speedclear?

I’d say anything that Anet would remove if they actually had people working on dungeons/balance/bugs etc shouldn’t be in a “legit” speedrun.

I’m only a little conflicted on Fiery Rush because it’s so obviously unintended, but I wouldn’t go so far as to call it an “exploit” in the same way using skritt bottles was or bypassing geometry in Arah P4, to name a couple examples. But it’s like, just because it’s unintended doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be used. I mean, I’m 100% certain that having an elementalist with LH and 25 might being the highest damage dealer in the game is probably unintended, but you’d be silly not to take advantage of it.

But by that definition, what is and is not considered an exploit could change on a whim if an Anet dev were to post and say “yeah we’re aware of that, it’s on the list for removal in the next few weeks”. To make it simple, are you 100% comfortable putting that method up on Youtube and publicizing it to every player, as well as Anet? If so I’d say it’s pretty legit.

swiftpaw.6397:

Broadicea.8294:

Player Character.9467:

Broadicea.8294:

did some goober put out a mace/shield guardian build that got popular or something, because the number of them I’ve seen in pugs runs is rising rapidly. and they get so upset when I tell them it’s a garbage weapon set

mace/shield/staff? that’s all i see the last week

Yeah, yeah exactly! They’re all over the kitten place, can barely pick up a pug guardian without seeing one now. I’m getting really close to only allowing pug warriors when I post LFG.

I’ve had a kicking policy on pug guardians for months now. No virtue use, clerics/pvt idiots or *drum roll * condition guardian with scepter/torch main set.

oh I’ve never pugged with an actual DPS guardian, but at the very least I expect them to be using greatsword. that’s like, bare-kitten minimum and now pugs are even failing that

If you don’t allow him to dome you at least twice you ain’t kitten, just sayin

it’s the bushido way

Player Character.9467:

Broadicea.8294:

did some goober put out a mace/shield guardian build that got popular or something, because the number of them I’ve seen in pugs runs is rising rapidly. and they get so upset when I tell them it’s a garbage weapon set

mace/shield/staff? that’s all i see the last week

Yeah, yeah exactly! They’re all over the kitten place, can barely pick up a pug guardian without seeing one now. I’m getting really close to only allowing pug warriors when I post LFG.

only pets worth taking: jaguar (dps), jungle stalker (might), red moa (fury), reef drake (will survive a few hits, plus blast finisher in regular attacks).

colesy.8490:

I can’t even remember the first boss in SE p3.

For champ wolf in COE, just push it to the wall and DPS it before it leaps again, which generally means using fiery rush at the wall.

He’s annoying because his regular attacks cause LOTS of bleed stacks, and his tunnel move will leave very short reaction time if everyone is stacked in melee. Also, his tell is hard to see because of his small model and the party’s effect spam.

No secret to it really, condi removal and stack and burn.

That entire first room of p1, I only know how to do it the right way, so when I go in with pugs and there’s no pull (of course there isn’t), and there’s no feedback (of course there isn’t) and the sentries don’t die in 5 seconds (of course they don’t), I panic and usually end up downing or getting very close to it.

Not sure about that guy specifically, cause how often do you run CM story, really? But blind is only 10% effective against Unshakeable enemies, meaning when they have the Blind debuff up they’ll only miss once out of every 10 attacks.

I’m constantly surprised at how many people don’t realize that.

Kirschwasser.3972:

Oddly, and perhaps embarassingly, I have a harder time Zerkering in CoF than I do in just about every other dungeon and it’s solely because of the flamethrower guys. I can do other dungeons no problem, but everytime I run into those flamethrower guys, I feel like an idiot.

I’m glad I’m not the only one, I’ve been afraid to say it

Don’t range them. Don’t let anyone in your party range them.

Charming Rogue.8071:

lol, I dunno what Mesmers you’ve been playing with, but they sound pretty fail. Do they all stay in GS or Staff all the time?

Sword DPS is pretty kitten high (3rd highest in the game after Warrior/Thief), also most Phantasms do AoE damage. Focus can pull all mobs on 1 spot making them easily susceptible for AoE damage.

Yeah you can’t see kitten if you’re grenading from 600, but just aim for the glob and you’re fine. It would make sense for engies to get a mace but it would have to be pretty bad-ace to replace nades.

someone who says they run dungeons for fun rather than the reward at the end is someone who doesn’t run dungeons

downvote why can’t I downvote why isn’t there a -1 button argh

did some goober put out a mace/shield guardian build that got popular or something, because the number of them I’ve seen in pugs runs is rising rapidly. and they get so upset when I tell them it’s a garbage weapon set

Uh, people are not doing levels 20 and above to roll swamp, finish it and quit.

Nike Porphyrogenita.8137:

mercury ranique.2170:

Not everyone likes the playstyle of zerker. I

When you say “playstyle” what do you mean? “Having to dodge?” I mean, lets say you ran full Knights warrior instead, wouldnt the tactics and methods you use be the exact same, just slower?

just go look at that Subject Alpha necro post, you’ll see the “playstyle” they’re usually referring to

Kyratic.7038:

How about play the class you want…

I have an engi which I love to play.

If I attempt to join any pug with it, they kick me.
if I join my friends they tell me to stop trolling and bring my warrior :P

that’s weird because I’ve been pugging engie almost exclusively for about a week and I’ve never, ever been kicked for it

you know one of the things that annoys me more than anything in this game, is when people refer to fractal runs as “xx daily”

yeah Nikaido is right, we could just /thread that here

thanks for making me want to vomit and/or kill myself, Quam

torgalspu.9074:

I keep having this problem with my Elementalist. Currently in berserker gear etc usually run d/d because i like it but out decent damage and great support, but literally got kicked out of groups for not being a Warrior. I could happily record this happening at least 5x a day when i get on in the next few days lol. they must do a truck load damage more ?

please do record it because I don’t actually believe it, unless you’re joining groups that are advertising “need more warriors”

But the proof is in the tasting of the pudding and you refuse to actually make any, you just point to the recipe and go “GOD WHY CAN’T YOU IDIOTS SEE HOW AWESOME THIS PUDDING WILL BE?”

not to mention hyperbolicly slamming all previous iterations of pudding that have ever existed

The biggest issue is that they can’t afk and autoattack and they refuse to take any advice on how to be better

They don’t have to “go out of their way”, they can just party with their own kind.

Yes, that’s right, I’m a segregationist.

I cannot understand where pugs get their ideas, you ask for “DPS only” and people come in and ping runes of the pack, rage, ogre, eagle

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pug ping Scholar’s

You can see this as well on Syn’s thief video. It’s probably easier that way on classes without reflects.

Spiky.8403:

You didn’t really get my point. It doesn’t matter to them if you have berserker gear or not, unless you are not warrior, they don’t want you. I am also playing my guardian with high crit and dps setup, do you think anyone cares? Nah, change to warrior or gtfo. And whoever says guardian or any other class that is geared offensively with skilled person behind the keyboard will be slowing down whole party, must be stupid. Dungeons are quite short anyway, so we are talking about seconds or few minutes max. Thats all you lose.

But I am not so naive to think that speed runners will ever change their mind, unless class balance happens. Otherwise this problem will last forever.

Yeah except this isn’t happening.

The Mexican Cookie.3690:

Rangers are still probably the least used, of the accepted classes

As good as Spotter and Frost Spirit are, there are still some pretty nasty problems. Pets are gonna be dead at Lupicus unless you do a [SOLO] style speed kill, you can’t max melee range with sword, etc etc.

because they’re not good enough to run it

Man to hell with you Jerry I don’t care if we have 4 running backs on the field already and you don’t need a free safety for this play, I want to play free safety so I’ll play free safety. You can’t tell me what to do.

Level 55 explorable mode dungeon is not supposed to be accomplished with the same ease as a level 55 open world area. Go run some Dynamic Event chains in Sparkfly if it’s too hard for you.

Just take off the lunge in PvE

SO HARD

http://youtu.be/1nCWHb8JamU

oh my god, I… I just +1ed a guang post

Hidden Pistol, nice!

Are you in a party? If so, drop party, swap characters, re-join, swap back if you want, then try to enter. The entire party might need to disband and rejoin as well.