Guild Wars 2

I keep seeing posts on the forums about “bunker” builds. What exactly is a Bunker Guardian?

Like right now I stack all +healing, toughness, and power gear and have 1500 healing so does that make me technically a “bunker”?

Precision is what you need more of. You can get an extra +63 with 5% toughness to precision. Precision food +100.

Kami.7369:

@ComeAndSee.1356

You can switch your 2 runes of Dwayna for 2 Major Runes of Sanctuary and get another 10% overall boon duration.

Personally I use 6 runes of Lyssa for the huge boon boost and condition removal on Elite use.

I was debating on doing that, but it’s only an extra 1/2-3/4th second on most abilities versus more healing on symbols.

I know with full +boon duration trait and those runes you can get near 100% up time on staff speed boost.

No complaints here. Keep it rolling.

Stiv.1820:

Cogbyrn.7283:

I’ve also wondered why they don’t show enemy names in WvWvW. Was that ever explained?

I personally believe they did it to protect people’s egos. There are masses of people who feel bad when they die and can be identified who may not even WvW due to it. They are shielded by their anonymity. That’s why there should be a toggle in options to choose “show your name in WvW”

It prevents griefing as well. Lineage 2 is the grand daddy of this games Siege system and there use to be so much trash talk and people taking screen shots and posting on forum of them “owning” people.

RayneOfChaos.9856:

@ComeAndSee, I don’t quite see how adding a ranking system/titles or something along that sort makes anyone “stronger.”

As human beings, we strive for progression and currently, there is hardly any type of progression system. Currently, it’s just you fight two other servers and either win or get dominated, the end. Yes, you can play just for fun but for most, it’s hard to have fun when your server is dominating and the other two servers have quit or vice versa. Yes, there are a rare few that do still manage to have fun continuously but most aren’t like that. I’m not quite sure what needs to be implemented as I am no expert but I do know something needs to happen.

It creates elitism though. It’s like a K:D score in FPS games. Basically right now everyone is on even terms except for the non-80’s that show up.

I mean, I probably have a 50:1 K:D ratio in WvW because I know how to survive and runaway if I feel like we’re about to be run over.

Elvicof.8263:

Why do ppl need something to show, the fun in killing stuff in PvP is the only that really should matter. If the rest of your servers doesnt show if the match is decide, then the challenge is even better.

Somewhere along the way in the MMO history it seems gaining stuff (items, tittles etc) = fun.

It’s basically a reward for your time by making you more powerful than other players. It’s a “carrot on the stick.”

Play more hours = get stronger = grind = lasts until next content release = repeat.

This games “carrot on the stick” is just getting your perfect look which doesn’t take long. Exotics are practically handed to you as well.

Albane.8367:

Someone explain to me why I should waste my gold on siege weapons for WvW primetime, when all of the points are earned when most of us are sleeping?

They need better rewards for WvW and the badge system is garbage for risk vs reward. I could run Ascalonian for 8 hours and get the same gear that would take 200 hours of WvW.

Really the only reason they have costs on siege equipment is to make you think about dropping them and to make gold not get overinflated in the economy.

It takes a coordinated group effort in order to crack a camping enemy. This is usually what we did in condemned.

We would have our guardian’s drop sanctuaries at the choke point, pop stabilities, and use healing tomes and basically heal bomb our group as everyone rushes through the gap. It worked 100% of the time even if enemy was camping their lords room.

It’s to give people inside the keep the opportunity to fight back and recapture.

They did that in WoW as well, but mainly for PvE reasons. This was back in Burning Crusade during Mount Hyjal.

Developers said they don’t want any carrot on the sticks.

Even without a reward you can already see how fast people jump ship. HoD is a prime example. #1 to #0 in a week.

I’m running 2x rune of monk (15% boon), 2x rune of dwayna (20% regen), and 2x rune of water (+15% boon).

Overall it’s a nice bonus to just about everything you use.

Really what works for me in WvW on SoR when I’m commanding is standing in the front lines and telling people to stop retreating or don’t retreat unless I say so. Unorganized pugs always give ground too easy even when they have the advantage and I’ve seen it many-many times this week where 15 people are able to beat back groups double their size.

You have to be really observant and have to know in your gut when to move your forces to flanks that are about to collapse. A well timed counter-attack on an exposed enemy flank usually always gets them into a panic. Hell, getting behind them is even better. Most pugs like to just hammer each other head on, but going around the castle to get behind them works.

Retreating for me is just changing positions to shorten our lines or to put everyone in favorable terrain.

I’ve been using this food here and it’s really amazing.

-20% less damage taken while knocked down, stunned, or knocked back and -20% less condition damage taken. It improved my survivability very noticeably especially when I’m using stand your ground.

Lower health pools are made up in different areas for balance reasons. Imagine if the bottom three classes had the same HP as everyone else they would be truely overpowered then.

DanH.5879:

spamming 3+ conditions is not doable, either i have to giveup stealth skills, or i must move my traits, and i really need the 1 cond removal on stealth,
also thief is kinnda squishy from heavy classes, also as mentioned:

CSmite Condition: 1/4s casttime | 20s cd | 1 cond || instant and 16s cd if traited
Contemplation of Purity: instant | 60s cd | all cond converted into boons || 48s cd if traited
F2 Skill Virtue of Resolve: instant | 60s cd | 3 cond if traited
All Signets: various casttime | various cd | 1 cond if traited

clearly OP !

That’s assuming the person is running around completely specced and traited to remove conditions while is kind of pointless since you give up on everything else.

Majority of people roll Purity (trait) and Signet of something (big heal that passive remove conditions) so it’s 2 removal every 10s until you big heal and then its only 1.

It’s an exploit, but really it’s not that game breaking. It’s not like you can spam dodge and do this all the time.

Most people run Purity + Signet so passive 2 cond removal every 10s. Get them to pop their big heal and it’s only 1.

Both ET and TC have my respect because even when they’re outnumbered they still show up and try and liven up WvW by taking towers and defending them. Hell, I saw them yesterday defending supply camps like they were keeps with five ballistas, arrow carts, and even catapults that took us having to portal behind them to capture it.

Hell, get TC and ET to merge and you got yourself a good server.

I don’t see why you guys don’t think being able to crit people for half their HP when they have 3200 armor is acceptable.

Toughness helps reduce the burst while Vitality makes it so you can soak up condition damages more, but +Healing is also a form of Vitality because of your constant self healing.

Basically the whole week is just running around recapturing the same two keeps and beating back big groups wherever they show up.

Mace + Shield is a good combo and the best for tanking. Symbol + heal on third hit on auto attack = a lot of self healing. I use a staff as my secondary mainly as a quasi ranged / extra heal kind of thing.

With a good rune set-up (2x water, 2x dwayna, 2x monk) and using Mace + Hold the Line you can get 100% up-time on self regen.

This is my PvE tanking build atm. http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mVccM9mmRLv0mRLv9MaGxaMVscabo

A constant stream of regeneration is a form of health, but against Guardian’s it can be easily countered by knocking them off their symbols. The low health is really just a way of making it so once you break through the Guardian’s defenses and lock them from healing that they aren’t totally invincible.

In my WvW build I rarely ever die even though I’m a commander and I’m always standing in the front lines. I would say I have like a 50:1 K:D ratio. Guardian’s are incredibly powerful in WvW right now in pure support builds. Wall of Reflection is practically overpowered.

cab.4072:

This is WvW, there is alot of imbalance in WvW due to gear, orbs, etc.

To the Devs- do not needless nerf classes, like you are talking about doing, because someone died in WvW.

You have to look at the tournament meta, where people don’t have problems with thieves. If you nerf spike damage too far, you will completely eliminate a thief build making it unviable. A melee class with no armor and 14k health is worthless doing moderate sustained damage, burst is required for that playstyle.

In sPvP you don’t have the bugs like in WvW where Thieves are still invisible for several seconds after they unstealth.

Trying to fight thiefs in WvW right now is like wearing a blind fold. You can’t see them 95% of the time and I have 3200 armor on my Guardian and they rip through me like butter.

Was having a blast on Eredon map. Big seesaw back and forth on the keeps.

You guys don’t give up even when losing.

NealCaffrey.6450:

The gold costs in WvW are only ridiculous if you’re paying for it all. I drop 50 rams a day easily, and that’s not counting other siege like Golems etc. If everyone started chipping in a little, it would be great. I know a ton of people don’t chip in on Kaineng because they’re broke, under-leveled, or just plain don’t know how/where to buy siege and how to upgrade keeps/towers.

I predict it will improve in a couple more months when even more people in lower tier servers will hit 80 and get geared out. Where else are we going to spend gold? Waypoints? Legendary Grind?

Basically this. I usually end up having to drop all the siege.

Sheesh, I logged on last night thinking we were outmanned and that was why we were losing so bad, but it was a half hour queue and people running around with their heads chopped off.

Gold is very easy to accumulate in this game. I got commander title straight grinding dungeons for a week.

The reason why WvW (siege vehicles, repairs, upgrades, etc) costs gold is to make gold not get inflated and to make you think about deploying them.

HoD basically got left out to rot. Condemned got up and left, disbanded TA, and everyone just left in a matter of days. Not every alliance went to JQ, mostly the puggers did, but the guilds dispersed elsewhere so the WvW list is going to be wonky for at least a month.

Not sure what happened with ET though.

Staff is mainly a support weapon. The wide arc is good, but it has a lot of issues with missing targets that are point blank. Damage is meh, not worth using as a primary weapon. It’s really good for attacking people through doors though. Line of warding can stop an entire raid in their tracks.

Is that you PRX running around on SoS? You guys were pretty cool in JQ. I was in Condemned.

Good come back. Let’s see if you can keep the momentum up till 8 pm tomorrow.

Assmatic.6579:

looks like everyone needs to stop acting like their server is by far amazing and outstanding in every possible way, stop arguing like 5 yr olds over stupid things and go play more wvw if you want to win instead of sitting on forums

If only I didn’t need things in life like a job and sleep.

My WvW build (this is what our Guardians were required to talent into in Condemned)

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mVccMV9cmblComblCo9MaxxVcaboca8kiU70M7070M7kIM70z7kNh70z7kNf70z

Entirely group support. Stand in the front lines using Wall of Reflection, Hallowed Ground, and skills to heal everyone around. Use healing & toughness gear. VERY powerful build on coordinated group pushes. Wall of Lining + Sanctuary can block off entrances temporarily.

Also, I like to use Wall of Reflections infront of doors because it rips people up who don’t pay attention.

Basically all healing + toughness gear. Very survivable build, but don’t get too close. Use Staff + wall of reflection to keep people away.

Writ is very good in WvW because it has a very wide radius and it’s a free heal you don’t have to worry about. Basically you want all healing gear, healing food, etc.

Runes I would suggest: 2 monk, 2 water, 2 dwayna or earth.

My PvE Tank / Healing build (Paladin I guess)

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mVccMV9cmRLvomblCo0aGxaMVscabo8kiU70M7070M7kIM70z7kNh70z7kNf70z

20% shorter cooldown Signet means shorter CD big heal. Signet of Judgement used for reducing spike damage / killing packs of little mobs. Purging flames group debuff purge and helps get aggro on little adds. Hold the Line + hammer symbol can give you 100% up time on Regen.

Tons of group healing. Drop symbol , switch to staff, drop another symbol, and AOE heal.

Builds good enough to face tank any boss in dungeon. All healing + toughness gear + some pieces of vitality for HP.

Runes I would suggest: 2 monk, 2 water, 2 dwayna or earth.

There isn’t a gear advantage, but the gear isn’t equivalent to what you get from the regular game. I wear the exact same gear + rune combination in sPvP and “PvE” and I have 4k more HP in my “PvE” gear which is a noticeable survivability difference. I get bursted easier in sPvP than in WvW and I’m pretty sure everyone’s cruising around in exotics by now.

SWTOR had the funnest instanced PvP of any MMO I played. It got repetitive with the grind, grind, grind and the long wait until ranked Warzones, but it was still a lot of fun. WoW arena’s was mixed with me because I usually ended up being on the short-end of the stick (played a Disc Priest in early WOTLK) because the other healers could full mana themselves and I couldn’t. Battlegrounds were always fun.

sPvP just isn’t there for me. The maps are spread out so it’s always battles being big zerg fests and it’s stupidly easy to be 100% -> 0% without being able to do anything. It’s like STUN -> Burst -> try to heal -> Daze -> try to heal -> Daze -> try to heal-> Knocked Down -> Dead.

I mean come on, there’s no DRs. In SWTOR the only annoying things were chain knockbacks and slows, but you couldn’t be spammed to the point you couldn’t do anything to defend yourself. In GW2 PvE you have mobs in instances that can chain knock you around to death.

WvW is a different animal and better. If only Ilum was like this…

Guild Wars Fan.3249:

Sure, raise them/report them, but move on. QQing etc about it is not going to make any difference (other than making the abusers laugh when they read your post – I’m of the jump-up-and-down-on-top-of-and-laugh-at-dead-people camp, and saw someone post about it in this thread somewhere, made me laugh no end!!!)

Already have, Dev’s are usually pretty quick at fixing this stuff anyway. Use to be ten times more exploits when game first came out though. lol

Coordinated Guardians with walls and sanctuaries can stop an enemy team in their tracks.

I played SWTOR PvP hardcore and that game had good (but not perfect) Warzone system. If only ranked Warzones came out sooner and were cross realm than I would still be playing there. It was very well balanced.

sPvP in this game is not balanced at all. Thief’s can hit you for half your HP in one hit, CC spam is absurd and there’s no diminishing returns, and there’s really no point to it.

What kills sPvP for me is the lack of accomplishment. Your PvE and PvP gear are completely separate entities and you don’t even get XP for doing it. Also, the lack of different game modes gets repetitive and it takes a redonculus amount of time to get ranks.

I wouldn’t say its the most “neglected” because they did put a lot of effort into the tournament + map selection system. It just really doesn’t fit in with this game. I don’t find it as fun as WvW and it’s not where as good as SWTOR was.

It’s like the part of the game that is hidden.

I’m seeing a lot of stupid commanders out there and for some reason the zergs follow them. About five times tonight we’ve had commanders running around with the 40 man zerg on the opposite side of the map that isn’t even contested one bit and it takes them 10 minutes to run to points under attack. I mean, when I see a point that needs help I’m already teleporting and running.

SoS putting Treb’s in their invul zone to siege Garrison with a Ballista there to shoot anything we build to counter it. Lame. Already reported the people involved.

I don’t like sPvP in this game (I played maybe 400 hours on SWTOR Warzones) because of the lack of a DR system. It’s stupid being constantly being knocked down, dazed, stunned, etc. and you can’t do anything about it. It’s bad enough in PvE being knocked around from 100% to 0% and praying that maybe you’ll have a chance to get back up.

Small little posts like this is what could of saved SWTOR.

So this weekend I transferred off of Jade Quarry to Maguuma because I was tired of 2 hour queues and I wanted to see new faces. Also, they were doing pretty well on the scoreboard. Had lots of fun in WvW (spent about 4 hours) as a commander and everyone was using Mumble.

So I get in; queues are maybe 10 minutes MAX, but then I walk to the PvE side of the map just now. Not a soul in sight. Nobody infront of CoF, TA, or any of the other dungeons. On Jade Quarry there was at least 20 people minimum in front of each entrance.

So if you want to go to other realms for lower queues you have to pay for it.

It was really bad last night. Entire enemy raids directly in front of me going invisible or I’m being hit by multiple people and can’t see them.

I’m close to getting the commander title and I have been studying the terrain, maps, and military strategies very closely.

Really what is lacking in WvW (unless you’re in a solid guild) is dividing up your forces. 99% of the time people use their total force as a sledge hammer when you could split your forces into 2 or 3 different echelons to hit the enemies flanks.

Also, phased defenses work very well. I.E. you build two consecutive lines of siege vehicles behind your forward ones and fall back to them when you get overrun. I’ve seen 10 defenders using this strategy wipe out 30 people with ballistas.

Here is an interesting read: http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm100-2-1.pdf

Rivalry is an issue.

If your guild is established on your server and people are trash talking to you on your own server you can’t do anything about it because you’re forced to play on the same team.

In Lineage 2 (the grand daddy of GW2’s sieges) it was server competition and every week allegiances always changed. Mega alliances usually split into two and rivaled each other.