Guild Wars 2

im not sure staff is in any meta dps rotation for guards. that I know of

nope. also Staff is sort of the bane of my existence. (excluding few exceptions)

From http://www.dtguilds.com/forum/m/6563292/viewthread/12501056-dnt-guardian-build-9914

• For short fights I use GS2-5 -> Swap
• For extremely short fights I use Scepter2/Mace2 + focus skils -> Swap to GS
• GS + Sword = GS2 -> GS4 -> GS3 -> GS5 if no pull is needed -> GS auto until GS2 is up -> GS2 -> Swap to sword -> Focus 4 -> Focus 5 if not needed for survival -> Sword auto until swap is available -> repeat GS and sword rotation
• GS + Mace = GS2 -> GS4 -> GS3 -> GS5 if no pull is needed -> GS auto until GS2 is up -> GS2 -> Swap to Mace -> Mace2 -> Focus 4 -> Focus 5 if not needed for survival -> Mace auto until Mace2 is up -> Mace2 -> swap -> repeat GS and Mace rotation
• Scepter = Scepter2 ? Focus5 ? Focus4 ? Torch4 ? auto ? Scepter2 ? auto ? Scepter2 ? auto ? Scepter2 ? Torch5 ? auto ? Focus4 ? auto ? Scepter2
• GS + Hammer = GS2 -> GS4 -> GS3 -> GS5 if no pull is needed -> GS auto until GS2 is up -> GS2 -> Swap to Hammer -> Hammer auto until swap is available and final chain is completed -> swap -> repeat GS and Hammer rotation

necromancer? I dont have a necro but I didnt know they made smoke fields.

or ranger actually.

1 dungeon = 4/5 most days
go gather for 5/5.
gg.

When I did do aquatic never had to compete nor daily revives.

Hint on how to get daily revives easily.

’AC story running newbies+ lowbies!" stand back, let them die, kill enemy and rez. :P

This is assuming things.
CS would look and see who replaced the people instance owner kicked. At end kick last 3 and replace with 3 guildies/ people on friends list mighty suspicious. Kick various parts of dungeon and relist party standards.

doesnt really need to be “policed”. A person who consistently kicks at end will be known. A person who kicks for “high standards” shouldnt be given the chance as people should leave before kickage.

also start your own groups :/

I hear EU has been having lots of problems. As for myself I have no connection problems.

Made group. 2 people kept joining and taking my lfg down. No idea why. I think they were part of a competing p2 lfg. No kick. just join, remove lfg, leave.

I swear everytime I come back to this thread I want to repeat things Ive already said.

Red Queen.7915:

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youve downgraded Conan/ Barbarian to everyday warrior to argue point.

also there is a difference.

Moob’s aka man boobs are when fat accumulates above the pecs. (typically forms around 28-34) aka Like a womans boobs. fat above her pectorals.

http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/arnold-schwarzenegger-conan-the-barbarian.jpeg

that is muscle. that is not kitten or boobs in any form of the word. Boobs are FAT deposits over the pectoral muscles.

I have seen women just do cardio and drop breast sizes from a F cup > C cups in 3 months. The fantasy definition of women is fantasy. The only ones ingame I can excuse are the norn as they arent human and they actually have some body options that add bulk. as for what they will do to get buff.. running fighting carrying heavy thing more fighting. One doesnt need to actually “work out” to gain muscles. ask farmers, construction workers etc etc.
Where would they get the time? 3 days a week 30 mins each exorbitant amount of time.

also see Esplens’ reply.

Red Queen.7915:

And those who would dismiss a woman in that situation because her boobs are out would be the first to die a gruesome death.

I always find these conversions funny. A female barbarian who looked like conan would have practically no boobs and look a lot like him. Features would be more gaunt. The training would eat the vast majority of fat in the breast. See actual female body builders. A lot of them only wear the slightest mention of a top to cover up nipples.

~ person who you used attend body building and strength contests

What people tend to think of is a woman who skirts the line between full blown muscle hulk and woman. That is not Conan or a barbarian.

That being said I would love it if my female chars could look like actual female bodybuilder/ strength trainers. screw clothes.

+1 ohoni

thief about to be lynched: they didnt notice I stole anything and I wasnt caught therefore it is alright.

hmmmm i want to ask what was the party make up and what your prof was but that would make me elitist.

Sorta like breaking into someones house and saying they should have had bars on their windows and that they should blame the police for not standing outside.

Depends on how decked out you want to be.

I personally go for the max rarity gear every 5-10 levels(typically closer to 10). Costs quite a bit especially now.
When my friends levelled I sent them gold and items to do the same at roughly the same interval.

Think I spent about 40-50g on my thief and she is only level 63 right now.

I keep the economy going. as for make….. it depends.

Get with the times bro. Collections happened.
“Ping associated ascended accessory for the dungeon or kick”

Zaklex.6308:

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Ill say it again. All builds are not viable. Based on what you said yourself. “needs to survive and kill mobs” Not all builds can survive all content. I made my statement with no concerns about timing.

In group content when one player is lacking the others cover that which one lacks.
Go in with crap damage, the party has to cover that with more support/cc.
the d/f ele for pure damage has no defensive utilities, uses heal as part of might stacking rotation. I near wholly depend on my teammates quick responses to conditions and control to survive. I make up for that lack of support by doing circular objects to the wall damage and adding 15stacks of might and perma fury.

That build is not always viable because 60% I have teammates that think this game has no support or control thus I die. Near instantly. Therefore I have to change my something more selfish so that I may live and be “viable”.

Jayjaydee.3827:

My fear is taht more often than not you will get some eliteist wannabe punk and they will make 20-30 min of your life miserable bossing everybody around, making threats, ect.

leave the party? I typically know in seconds if a party is for me or not. or you know make your own group

I dont see what the “staff guardian” gets out of it if its only to make the “pro’s” of the group look good. Actually I can probably imagine twitch chat concerning any unconventional pugs that dont contribute to a win or cause a lose.

And what if one cant come through what would be the point other than frustration?

Viewers choice? seems like instead of one of the “pro” guilds winning it will be a member of one of the “pro” guilds winning.

Its one thing for a team to practice together and lose together and its another thing for 5 people to “practice” individually and lose together.

oh a requirement that should probably be considered. mainly for eu but can be a problem for NA.

Languages

-on further discussion with members of the party-
I have concluded they are minors and well I feel pity rather than anger now so…

please read
http://www.dtguilds.com/forum/m/6563292/viewthread/12515254-dnt-elementalist-builds

or simply ask on these forums. Lots of skilled elementalists out there.

Seems a bit fishy

“soon”

Esplen.3940:

When exiting combat in certain area’s after killing a mob, the game does not register the mob as being dead.

This bug existed before the patch, but seems to be popping up more now.

To fix the bug, simply enter and exit combat (by hitting something and killing it or running away) or by moving away from the last entry point into combat.

yea that doesnt work.

Are you joining groups? Please make sure you are not joining groups that list requirements that you do not meet thus you wont be kicked.
If the group doesnt list requirements and you still are kicked.
You may want to state that you are new when you join and ask if anyone has a problem with that or if someone is willing to tell you what to do.
You may want to start you own group stating something like " SEp2 New to dungeon <3 "

Finally people may just not like “you” personally. Everyone doesnt get along with everyone. Dont take it too harshly and move on. If it becomes endemic then you may want to look at the common factor.

best of luck.

ofc trying “their” hardest is subjective. :P

It would be more appropriate to say it doesnt require the level and type of communication that you would like. No communication is still not the right phrase. And yes I am being technical.

I think you dont realise what no communication is.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Harper.4173:

Play how you want in GW2 didn’t mean every build would be viable or good if the player was skilled.

It meant you could do any activity in the game and still have access to the best statistical gear.

It had nothing to do with builds.

I thought it meant I could level by dancing for cows all day, silly me.

. . . also, far as I can tell every build is viable and playable in PvE due to how remarkably simple enemy AI is over much of the world. I mean, if my undergeared Engineer can still handle things without knowing what the heck he’s doing . . .

Well as long as dungeons are considered part of PvE then technically No. You see if you go into a dungeon with any “crap” build all you have done is increase the work your teammates have to do aka being carried.
e.g. Mace shield guardian specd for healing(not support or control). He would argue he keeps the party alive.

To say your undergeared Engineer can still handle things without knowing what the heck he is doing to me means that 1. Open world. 2. Open World. 3. Open World. 4. If Dungeons you were carried so well you didnt even notice.

And that is why when playing with “newbs” I always stand back and let the mobs slaughter them first. Then explain what happened, what Im going to do, and why im doing it.

Dont want them thinking just anything is acceptable. Thats like saying just anyone can play a sport well. I can tell you I may be 6ft tall but put a basketball in my hand and I will be carried nonstop. Infact it would be wise of them not to throw the ball to me as I love to travel.

Ah that clears it up a bit. ty for clari.

As for the “I was thinking that while it should be casual friendly, it should not be so open that teams end up having entire groups of noobs (no offense to noobs of course!). So I was thinking a minimum requirement of Dungeon Master and a certain number of Hobby Dungeon Explorer Completions (Perhaps between 30 and 50?) as well as 2 fully geared level 80s of different classes.”

I dont think people who have absolutely no idea what they are doing(noobs) would even be in this area to sign up. I think the metric of what defines “noob” and not so “noob” needs a bit of detailing.
E.g. Ive ran all but 2 or 3 dungeons thus havent got the dungeon master, also meaning I havent got any hobby stuff. Even if I went and got the dungeon master I would still need to go and get the 30-50 hobby.

Nothing would prevent me and my pug team from specifically practicing those 2 or 3 dungeons so I am relatively proficient in them.

also at the same time I know people who have a hobby almost purely from running ac nonstop.

Hi Hi.

When you say tournament. Do you mean speedrun?

Also im *d*is*q*ualified from entering (DQ don quack get it ? get it?)in the discussion phase

Leader = god
Dont want to be kicked? make your own group enforce your own rules

the years I have played gw1 where party leader was lead and I wasnt kicked but then again I wasnt crap/ could read/ left groups that I didnt mesh with.

But then again you couldnt invite people after being inside.

Wethospu.6437:

As crazy as this may sound, proper party controls could be the way to go. Like you could manually choose how many kicks are needed, whether you are immune, etc.

But this would require work.

I dont know if I would call that “Proper” seems more like work for the sake of work.
I mean why would you set yourself(as party leader) as not immune? How many kicks are needed? Its gonna be 2 or 3.

I mean you may be thinking of what “you” would do but I cant imagine most groups setting it up fairly, if at all.

If anything that seems closer to server settings for a fps.

Artemi.1437:

But who really wants to see more casual runs, where a larger part of the audience thinks: I can do better then these guys?

I sort of agree but as it stands other than that group that ranged melandru and screw ups once youve seen one run youve pretty much seen them all. And that melandru group was “punished” (timewise)heavily for not going with the standard.
one thing that changed that up was the removal of paths already done

Ofc Im just assuming non-pro’s wouldnt do the same thing but I know my group would have atleast been more varied than the groups in the tourny. *mainly because I was at one point propositioning anyone who displayed interest in map chat unfortunately you need money for propositioning"

Also on Sat I was running around from map to map advertising my kitten off. Prolly against the rules but people displayed interest. A few that bothered replying did mention that they had no idea what the heck was going on. And I suppose that is the problem..

We want more people to watch but which people? Casuals? Anyone that displays interest? Dungeon runners? pro’s?

I echo things that have been said. Flat out
1. I doubt I have a chance in hell to beat the upper tier guys.
2. Embarrassment. Maybe if only some of us scrub tier had to stream ( publicly) still stream for refs and such.
3. See 1.
4. See 3.
5. See 4.
6. It is quite hard to try and get 4 guys of my level together to do something like this and somehow convince them they arent wasting time. I did try. I wanted to enter cuz I was like " YOLO" but others were like “NOLO”

maybe brackets?

Newbs / non-record holding team bracket top 3 from here can enter(build up confidence) Pro bracket

Pro bracket- as is.

As much as I enjoyed it Now that I think about it. I think it may be a bit more enjoyable to not have everyone be so “pro”. more wipes/ more downs/ more Oh kitten’s more unconventional. But i guess for that to happen more people need to join overall.

Note on Lupi- I forget which team it was that failed the wall. That struggle was visually more intense than the insta kill pretty much everyone else did.

the “Oh he just ate a kick” “you” made some tension. I wanted to see more.

On the part of the voice work. There was a general lack of excitement? Maybe the runs werent exciting because you are pro’s also? but then again it may be because speed clearing while i know it has risks , doesnt look that way. You dont feel the tension. There was no “OH no x has to drop the wall of reflection now or else OH JUST IN TIME!!!”

might jsut be the nature of the beast rather than what you can actually do.

Djinn.9245:

DonQuack.9025:

Djinn.9245:

He didn’t troll them on purpose – he was trying to leave the abuse so he did it in the only way he could think of: he left his computer. Only certain kinds of players think of alt-F4 as a way to leave a situation. I personally have been playing MMOs since Ultima Online and the beginning of EQ and have NEVER used that at all. So it wouldn’t occur to me either as a way to leave the match.

Clearly the type of players the NPE was designed for. Ba ZING!!!! jk jk jk

alt-f4 or closing the program or clicking X Would never have occurred to you as a way to leave a computer program?

I said “to leave the match”, I wasn’t talking about quitting the program. I definitely understand how to quit the program in many ways. But why should I go so far as to quit the game to accommodate a bunch of people who are acting stupid just because I say I’m new? They are the ones at fault.

Because “you” have “bad anxiety” and it adds unneeded stress? Going afk means you still have to come back and see if the match is over. Closing program removes said stress instantly and you get the added benefit of being able to go do something else in game faster than it would take a match to end.

as for why should you stop doing something to accommodate people even though they are in the wrong. Lots of reasons. There is no black and white answer.

Again I will ask this and it is extremely relevant. What constitutes verbal abuse to this person? We have no idea what was said. I know in my dungeon runs saying " You should slot reflects" has probably gotten me a few reports for verbal abuse because I suggested that to a player who didnt want to hear that.

And to me personally almost nothing verbally directed at me will be considered abusive because I guess I was desensitized/ have thick skin/ dont care what majority of people say on the internet. But that is me. Not him. Not you.

Now personally when I had anxiety as a youth. It didnt take much for me to consider it an attack on me and to have an anxiety attack. And from my that experience and present day experience with people who suffer anxiety attacks they dont need much to trigger an attack. Heck a sometimes it is imagined.

900’s day 1. upper 800’s day 2. iirc

deSade.9437:

Just leaving this here.
http://imgur.com/O1L8qBB,b0nYrnS

attached

What kind of person feels the need to lie and say “yes experienced” When they know they arent? What kind of person can get LOST before the first mob then have the balls to still reply. “Yes I have done this dozens of times”

Why do you send me messages of hate when I bail rather than carry you, rather than kick you, rather than call you out on it? And why does it seem to be the majority of “you”?

im actually going to post that in chat and see what answer I get.

Im hereby reporting every last one of em as lfg system abuse.

fml 3minutes later http://postimg.org/image/sp0wpxvs9/

I like the guy who right off says " never did this path"

http://s4.postimg.org/8vteaz7sd/screenshot_2014_09_28.png

hahah

ArchonWing.9480:

And I would just come across as an *insecure know it all *on the internet if I claimed that such a thing could just be turned on/off and one could “get over it”.

I wasn’t even replying to you for the most part? Looks like you need to learn to read as well. You’re overestimating your own importance. I can read, but I didn’t pay much attention to whatever you posted.

If that wasnt a dig at me then my mistake. I dont think am great at reading comprehension but I read it as a dig at me for something I didnt do. Something that was a branch of a person saying what I said was “like” something. To which I further corrected at least 2 times thus far.
I would love for these people who keep saying I told the guy “get over” his anxiety to post where I did. I dont see it. Perhaps there was a bit that was a bit ambiguous that needs clarification or editing.

Im chok full of quotes. Some one quote where I said something that can be misinterpreted or where I directly said He can get over his anxiety. maybe my browser is kitten. I dont know but I dont see it.

Resubian.5823:

You CANNOT just wake up one day and be like “Oh, I’m tired of having anxiety, I’ll just turn it off!” Telling someone to “just get over it” DOES NOT WORK. It might seem like it works, because then that person won’t want to talk to you about it anymore, but the problem is still there, just not in plain sight. There are many kinds of anxiety, sometimes you get over it with time, and others require help from professionals.

Why you tell me that? Never said to “just get over anxiety” if I did please quote me so I know where I did and I will remove it. Also my experiences with anxiety beg to differ. Can Not is quite an absolute statement.

ArchonWing.9480:

I will not jump on a high horse and look down on your behavior, nor offer some pretentious internet psychologist life changing advice, because I have no idea of your life experiences and personality and there is way too much of that nonsense already around these parts. If you really do have severe anxiety problems, then it is real and it can be overwhelming causing you to do everything to escape from an uncomfortable situation. And I would just come across as an insecure know it all on the internet if I claimed that such a thing could just be turned on/off and one could “get over it”.

But on the other hand, I can’t just tell you that you did nothing wrong and everything should be sugarcoated— neither approach has any value whatsoever.

You have to look at it from their perspective, rather them as bullies that are there out to get you.

Honestly, the people getting mad is to be expected. I’m not saying they are right, but you definitely could have been a bit better in communicating what had just happened a bit better and going afk would seem malicious. It was not, but they don’t know that. You really should have just make an effort of some kind; even if it doesn’t accomplish much at least you can display that you are just new in good faith.

I understand that 90% of people simply don’t care and will be abusive anyways, but at least they’d be wrong and now it’s their fault since you did your part. You could now just report and block. Sometimes a lot of stuff would have been stopped if one just “said so”— and this has applied in game and out of game so it is worth learning to do.

It often takes two to tango, to say; that often these things happen because of wrongdoing/negligence/impatience from BOTH sides.

No you come across as a person who cant read. But then again I lack sentence structure so its understandable if what I write comes across as mean. or where I told him how to fix his anxiety.

data.4093:

OP, you’re giving young people(i’m assuming you’re a young adult) a bad name:
http://www.vanityfair.fr/culture/livre/articles/generation-wuss-by-bret-easton-ellis/15837

The victim narrative part fits so perfectly….:\

Funnily enough there was an actual study done by a university that highlighted more or less the same things. I cant remember it clearly but it went something like this. Boys when young beef up their “mental toughness” by “constantly” fighting/calling names/ pulling pranks etc. It enables them when older to cope “better” with the realities of the workplace and life. that trend has changed overall with the (i forget what word they used so Ill call it) emotionalizing, of schools. Children who fight back in self defense are expelled with the attacker. Most forms of verbal attacks end up in suspensions. Children are being overprotected from the very things they need to learn for adulthood.

but that is a bit offtopic. Ill have to look for that study.

/tips hat. such skill.

GG ALL!!!!

NoFB that was beautiful.

Congrats to all. Thank you DnT+gwscr+all others for turning a productive day into a gw2 day

Djinn.9245:

He didn’t troll them on purpose – he was trying to leave the abuse so he did it in the only way he could think of: he left his computer. Only certain kinds of players think of alt-F4 as a way to leave a situation. I personally have been playing MMOs since Ultima Online and the beginning of EQ and have NEVER used that at all. So it wouldn’t occur to me either as a way to leave the match.

Clearly the type of players the NPE was designed for. Ba ZING!!!! jk jk jk

alt-f4 or closing the program or clicking X Would never have occurred to you as a way to leave a computer program?

I guess people learn differently as was said in that other thread.

This isnt a pvp only issue ofc. it could happen with dungeons. The way to exit a dungeon isnt exactly crystal clear. You have to click the little button to get leave group to show up. or you have to run back to the start and go through the portal.

Now imagine the other people didnt know how to kick. And he went and watched a tv show whilst the other 4 players worked on arah p4.

Or In open world he turned on auto attack and up-scaled an event and basically afk’d

no you are reading it incorrectly.

The person used a very general term for what they were trying to say. “sick”
I suggested for better effect it would be better to say

“The way you are talking about anxiety is a bit like telling a person person with 21 June – 22 July horoscope to just “generate the right anti-bodies and get over it already.”

as you can for a cold (a sickness) simply say get over it.

oh just so you know.

Working at a hospital doesnt somehow make people angels/ smart/ or emphatic. The difference is “we” typically dont speak “honestly” to outsiders because eating is more important than giving opinions.

Vayne.8563:

DonQuack.9025:

Unfortunately 11c happened. I was home schooled because of my attacks.

Also I didnt say anywhere how he should get better.
He made poor excuses for his behaviour. I offered the well know alt-f4 rather than afking.
he indirectly insulted me. I directly confronted him with my opinion.

Also I routinely tell sick people get over it already. and you know what. It works.

I think you mean to make a better comparison. Perhaps use kitten. sick is quite a general term.

Telling sick people to get over it already works? Maybe you should go offer your services to hospitals. Just imagine the money they’d save! Of all the things I’ve heard people say on this forum, this is close to the most unbelievable.

Anything else I could possibly say to this would get me infracted.

Lol. I do work in a hospital l&d nurse HI HI! I urge you to send me a mail ingame. I would love to hear your views on how telling sick to get over it DOESNT work. and then I will tell you I spoke of a specific ailment and not give a kitten .

Labjax.2465:

The way you are talking about anxiety is a bit like telling a sick person to just “generate the right anti-bodies and get over it already.”

hmmmm how do immune system work?

Ive told many a person to get over a cold. (ie a sickness) and it worked. I just noticed that it censored out my telling the person to use a more specific term for the desired effect. 21 June – 22 July horoscope.

Think Im mean? I dont get to use the excuse “i have a cold” and that I can get other sick. Everyone laughs and say you were contagious for atleast a week before you even knew you had a cold. take some dayquil and come to work.

Common thing in the army that “works” Its called “drink water” it is used for pretty much every ailment known. From sprained ankle to torn acl.

@labjax

ive never proclaimed to know what will solve his anxiety. My main draw was his attack on myself and the general ignoring of said attack. And my perceived allowance of the attack by the community because of his anxiety. Whilst if another said those words there would probably be “blood”.

1.a. Pre homeschool anxiety attacks largely used as an excuse
1.b. Homeschooled – anxiety attacks
2. Join army- anxious
3. The infantry doesnt give a **** about anxiety. “Smells like weakness” iirc I was told. *
4. No time to have anxiety attacks.
5.Present day- No anxiety attacks

*atleast where I was stationed and when I was in.

Crooklyn in the house as they say.

See this is why fox news exists.
“I am attacked by my whole team” let me ask you. What constitutes being attacked? No one has any idea yet majority are ready to take a bullet for this guy.

I guess when I list " CM p3 lvl 60+ Experienced only" and a lvl 50 joins who isnt experienced and I say " wtf dude it says lvl 60+ AND experienced" I attacked him because he has victim shield.

Ofcourse I am not being attacked when I list very specific lfg’s and people who dont meet the reqs join and waste my time because I wore that mini skirt( made the lfg listing) and was therefore asking for it. I aks for it even more by not kicking them and carrying them through the dungeon. But dare I get upset dare I kick them and I become elitist scum. Dare I for not catering to their emotions. Screw my emotions. I should start spvping I should fit right in. /sarcasm

ofcourse im not excusing bad behaviour but its his response to the situation and further lashing out at the community that has me saying hmmm….

http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/combat/indirect-fire-infantryman.html

I guess i forgot to put in “fire”. its 242am

Didnt mean you.

Dont see much difference in " Pvpers typically act like terrible human beings" and “All pvpers are terrible human beings” One suggests most and the other states most but then again I dont use most punctuation.

11c- Indirect infantryman- mortar man- queen of battle

Unfortunately 11c happened. I was home schooled because of my attacks.

Also I didnt say anywhere how he should get better.
He made poor excuses for his behaviour. I offered the well know alt-f4 rather than afking.
he indirectly insulted me. I directly confronted him with my opinion.

Also I routinely tell sick people get over it already. and you know what. It works.

I think you mean to make a better comparison. Perhaps use kitten. sick is quite a general term.

didnt realise name and shame was allowed. must be a dungeon subforum only sorta deal