Guild Wars 2

It’s more frustrating than fun for me, It’s absolutely beautiful though
It’s really grindy all just for blues & greens. I don’t see myself playing in verdant brink long unless something changes

Armor needs to drop more often from chests

Why isn’t the bladed armor top in with the rest of the set that you buy from the Itzal vendor? If it’s what you get for getting 200% completion in tier 3 — then it drops too rarely. I’ve attempted to get it several times, half the time the map isn’t ever full enough for me so it never reaches above tier 2, and yet I’m stuck at 200% participation for junk rewards. I know I’m not the only one either. And the times I have gotten 200% on a tier 3, it’s the famous RNG crap of blues & green, It’s really discouraging after about the 7th+ round

How about make the armor box obtainable on tier 2 & tier 3 with 200% participation?
Or make it drop from the bosses? or more ways to obtain if not more common. Please

My build is staff/GS

crusader amulet / druid rune

Doom & geo sigils on each weapon

Beastmaster, wilderness survival & of course druid

Troll ungent, signet of stone, lightning reflexes & glyph of equality (survival to cure 2 condis is why) – Elite is entangle

grey wolf & the smokescale as pets—— This build is still under WIP but its worked as a good tank type

Hey!

So far I’ve found that the Itzal npcs will give you the Bladed boots, headpiece, shoulders, bottoms & gloves— but where is the Coat? Has anyone had any luck finding it?

No, revenants #1
guards, engis, eles, mesmers

rangers are at the very bottom even under thieves

For the past few matches, since ranked has been closed off I’ve faced against a few premade groups, we lost naturally each time- I’m at almost 20 losses atm which is a record, i think the most I lost ina row was maybe 5 or 6 – Plus I’m a ranger, and they have no place in pvp atm with so much regen & condi blocks but thats another bag of cats

Ranked being closed allows op premades to breeze through unranked. Not saying it hasn’t ever happened before in unranked, but I rarely ran into premade teams b4 ranked was shut off

Suggestion: bring back solo & team queues

Anet, when are we getting a howler fix?

Give it to people who win tournaments in pvp then. Atleast make it a challenge to get.

I’m hoping items like the Aviators, Bunny Ears & Wizard hat are among them

p/p is viable for an hgh/burn build -its a condi build that i prefer to use with flamethrower, toolkit & elixir S

The already existing utilities elementalists already have are better than the tempest shouts, I’d still take my 3 cantrips over the shouts, I’ve attempted replacing lightning flash with Shock & Aftershock, but pretty much any class that has a teleport on them breaks away from it, which isn’t the problem really, but the immobilization casts 1 second after the skill has already applied cripple, so you have applied cripple/weakness then 1 second or so later boom immob for 2 seconds that was probably already teleported away from, hence you have to wait another 60 seconds to use this shout.
Where as Lightning flash could have gotten me in or out of a situation and within 30 seconds recharged.
Do not pass go, do not collect 200$, do not use shouts. I don’t see where tempest is super effective 1v1, unless you don’t use any shouts & stick with FGS or elemental elite over rebound. Thats my 2 cents anyways.

Flash-freeze 25 sec CD for that 3secon chill- ok
Eye of the Storm- 50 seconds – ill just stick to shocking aura from my dagger
Feel the burn 20 sec cd- more burning yay

probably end up not using any of the shouts due to long CDs, except maybe feel the burn & keep 2 cantrips

The warhorn animations are pretty ill admit, but its like youll either have to be fighting an npc or really close to another enemy player to hit em

another aura build

how about no

a pet that lives

I’ve been trash talked more than enough times. And it was always when I beat the other player or my team won. Otherwise, I have no issues. Normally I don’t respond to trash talkers because they have me on block already anyways just so I can’t whisper back.
Now, what kind of person is that? A loser that’s what lol.

Giving up doesn’t prove anything, ever. You get xp regardless if you win or lose the match. Losing a match doesn’t make you a bad player because there will always be that match where you win & kick serious kitten .

In my opinion it’s the other classes that need buffs, because when you have 1 ele on enemy team, no prob
when you have 2 eles on enemy team its well crap, let’s attempt to win
when you have 3 eles on enemy team, you’re done for
There is a problem there, that even though you have different classes with their playstyles etc, put 3 d/d eles on opposite teams & it’s adios muchachos

Each class should be able to counter one another, not a “oh just bring 3 eles & you got this match in the bag!”

prays for nerfs that actually make sense that won’t diminish d/d ele builds & force them into only using staff

Hopefully ranger gets a buff to spirits, so spirits can move again.
Burning condition needs a nerf tbh, especially guardian.

Constant conditions will take an ele down. condi ranger/necro > ele

I have a similar build but instead of doom sigil for sword I have hydromancy, for that extra chill

I’d love to see a Melandru & Lyssa outfit (with their weapons, since both balth & dwayna got their own Black lion weapons) . It would be a shame if anet thought that players only liked Balthazar & Dwayna.

I pre ordered guild wars 2 & played the headstart, but didn’t recieve my outfit?
Is it based on the 1st character made or the amount of days across the account you’ve played?

Hey!
I was just curious on some builds to use for PvP, as I’m gonna eventually go for champ hunter! I really enjoy condi ranger

so any tips or anything would help

Was bomb radius ever fixed? I can’t tell since I’m so used to having a bugged engi

A more condi spec for eles but nothing extremely new.
It could be better.
A new role would be if they were given a new mainhand weapon.
You’ll see more Aura eles in PvE. In PvP? prob not, the overloads aren’t really worth the trouble since they don’t carry over on attunement swap.

Their warhorn air skills are very readable, as in if you were to pvp it’s like flashing a big sign that says “LOOK WHAT IM ABOUT TO DO” in slow motion.
The overloads need a buff.

(IMO you should be able to float in a water bubble always c:<)
Also, the air overcharge lightning animation doesn’t always show.

Tempest is okay. It doesn’t really enhance them in anyway except another way to stack & an extra offhand. Warhorn does for eles as it does for condi clear warhorn warriors, Only you see the animations too clearly for eles.

The elite skill needs to go for tempest. Or be made better. Maybe another Storm elite? like an ultimate storm or something, I don’t see anyone using the tempests elite. It’s nothing special & 99 out of 100 tempest eles will use FGS/Glyph of elementals over Rebound. It’s just another disappointment for eles.

Tempest shouts are great for aura eles.

when will bomb radius be fixed!

I have my accounts linked, gw1 & gw2 with Hall of Monuments, the titles I did earn have been taken away along with my AP. 1k ap gone lol wow. Way to go anet.

And I have my gw1 account linked with my gw2 account. All my ap & titles were taken away. I thought the fix was jsut for those who actually had the bug. I literally just recieved the letter about “I had GWAMM” & all rewards have been removed. So the titles I actually earned from gw1, gone.

I had 25 points in HoM, so my highest title was “Ascendant”

UPDATE: I logged into my gw1, re-accessed my HoM in eye of the north, Talked to kimmes the historian & everythings been fixed as far as titles & ap goes in gw2, i Just had to relog in gw2 after doing this.

Sorel.4870:

Chasind.3128:

it is viable, it’s for condi/burn build.

firearms/alchemy/tools
balth rune, rabid amulet

utilities – flamethrower, toolkit, elixir s, mortar

i sometimes switch flamethrower for bombs

Solid build right there. I take EG over Elixir S in general, for MOAR might stacking and, suprisingly, more survivability in rabid amulet (stun-breaker more frequent and Acid Bomb getting you out of trouble). Try it for yourself.

tyvm, i shall!

another close call

leave eles alone, all you have to do is focus them & they’re dead.

that’s what condition cleanses are for!

Lyssa & Melandru outfits.

yeah, i used bombs b4 they got nerfed- hated grenades. now im stuck with flamethrower

my burn HGH build- i love it
http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-ZRR;2cPVv0l6cQ-x0;9;4jlm;0038146136;4VF3;35NV05NV02N

it is viable, it’s for condi/burn build.

firearms/alchemy/tools
balth rune, rabid amulet

utilities – flamethrower, toolkit, elixir s, mortar

i sometimes switch flamethrower for bombs

Fix for howler please. The mist disappears at times— bring back the nighttime effect.

Im excited for it, warhorn seems more broad than sword anyways.

If you stand completely still they’re not useless. :/
Anet doesn’t know what they’re doing when it comes to rangers.

You can buy the WvW armor from the vendors. it’s much cheaper than buying from TP. But the only catch is you cannot salvage WvW armor.
Fresh air isn’t great for beginner eles, but it is always good to practice. You’ll learn to be a faster ele with fresh air imo.

You can have PTV armor with celestial trinkets & you will rock. Just bring sigils of battle & energy/doom

So you’re a fresh air?
The only condition removal you have is Earth 4. Boo. Your only reflect is swirling winds from Air.
You have no need for so many arcane traits. I’d recommend evasive arcana over elemental surge. You can drop the Elemental Contigency in Arcana & use Final shielding instead, dropping arcane shield in your utilites since it’ll be automatically used once it meets the health req.
Elementalist Conditions are terrible. You can use runes of strength, or anything with precision or a companion, like privateer/ogre. Never use anything with condition damage regarding an elementalist. You are literally shooting yourself in the foot. I recommend sigils of energy + Fire, or even energy/doom.

Your build should look something like this. (btw, most ppl in wvw are tough as nails & apply condition like it’s noones business, so you need to be fast enough to stay alive. Fresh air is also a harder build to learn, bc remembering the rotation is hard for some beginner/novice eles.

Edit: i forgot to add the correct heal, Signet of restoration or Ether renewal would prob be better. But experiment with it. Also, if you’d rather use FGS as a get-away for elites in replace of glyph of elem, that’s fine too.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJArdnMICFOgNOAeOA0RgBDALCALgeoMCeAtw6MUGCDA-TlyEABms/QSKNUSZ2hq+oheAAMBRgSQFVDghTAgCPAAA-w

I’m betting it’ll use dual rifles.

I only see tengu as the main candidate.
Anet will never expand on underwater content because underwater battling is imbalanced, so no largos or quaggan or anything water related.
Kodan, no thanks I have my norn if I want to feel like a giant.
Skritt? we already have a rat-like race that happens to be super intelligent. AKA Asura, playing a skritt would be just playing a dumb asura with a tail.

It’s not shiro, just some revenant guy whom they wanted to kinda of look like shiro. Shiro has super long hair & is canthan. That rev guy in the pic looks like scott stapp, so it’s totally scott with 2 blades.

They were able to fix the bug that allowed the GWAMM to be given to non gw1 players within a few hours. It’s taking the titles & AP that were given to those same players that is the hard part. Also, just imagine you played gw1; got all 50 HoM points then HoM is reopened but alas, you have no credibility to it. You cannot access it at all because you were accidentally considered one of those people who were unfortunately bugged & given the AP & titles. That is also what the Anet person working on this is trying to keep from happening once the fix goes live.

Gw2 grind is nowhere near as bad as any other mmo ive played, like perfect world for example which is also pay to win.

Yeah gw2 can be boring & repetitive but take a break if it gets like that. It’s not meant to be played through once, then forever forgotten or 100% exciting 24/7 which I’m sure anet wouldn’t mind doing if they could.
They tried to do things that a typical mmo doesnt have, so looks to me your typical mmo was better for you.

If dungeon elitism is a problem for you or anyone, then make your own casual group.

Sonickeyblade.8415:

This may seem silly but this was a question I had a year ago when I stopped playing. I wanted this set SO badly and it was never released.

But now I came back to the game and was hoping that it was in by now. Maybe via Gem Store or an achievement…

However, it is not. And I am still sad. Is there some way we can show Anet a show of support so that we can finally get this set? I mean since the set is already in the game, avoiding issues with clipping shouldn’t be a thing and with the new Wardrobe system, you don’t even have to attach stats to it.

I literally think it’s something they forgot about. So I would love to remind them. That and it seems that said skin would fit in well with the new expansion that we are getting… so even though I know they are busy with getting that all squared away, now perhaps is the time to remind them that people still want access to this skin.

If it were available through gemstore, that would be unfair to those who actually worked for it in PvP. PvP rewards are so easy to get now, I wouldn’t be angry if the armor never ever made an appearance again.

yetanotherone.8652:

Guys, is it even possible to link the two accounts now? I recently bought GW1 to work on HoM; I acquired a couple of points, linked the two accounts, but didn’t get any AP in GW2. I checked my profile here and there’s no longer that happy little quaggan saying I linked my accounts. Is linking accounts disabled as a whole?
I’m sorry if this has already been addressed in this thread; I couldn’t find it.

You can still link them, you do get the titles but I’m unsure about the AP. My sister recently bought prophecies & the eye of the north expansion & was given a title she earned & the HoM portal stone & when she created a new character, she just can’t get the rewards like many of us who have HoM.

I don’t really think there should be any “compensation” because we’re waiting so long for this fix.
Some of the suggestions for compensation are ridiculous & unfair to those of us who actually had to grind to get to the point we are at in the HoM.
Maybe because my sense of entitlement works differently.
There are alot of things in life you don’t get compensated for just because you “waited a long time/ tired of waiting.” Alot of us are tired of waiting. You’ll be compensated for sure, once this is fixed we’ll all be able to access our HoM rewards. That’s the compensation.

Also, They never agreed to a time in which this will be fixed, so you don’t need to be compensated.