Guild Wars 2

A topic which is discussed here everyday. When I started with pvp i got stomped too. It’s normal. There you need the amibition to keep playing. The more experienced you become the easier it gets. If you need builds or help with traits and stuff then go to the topic: “List of players helping new players” so you get some advices and stuff. The rest is up to you. You can’t expect being unkillable in one day
If you wanna handle thiefs/mesmers or w/e, you have to altercate with these classes to find out how they do dmg/combos, who they react in the fights.
GL though

As i understood it was about one person vs. another person. So no team.

What you expect? You don’t wanna play serious (no voice, no real team). It’s fine. But then you shouldn’t wonder about loosing. GW2 tpvp is a team-oriented type. And waiting for patches that makes a tournament completely random is like comparing RA to TA. So it gets quite boring.

Pretty much everything said. Mabye it has to be class matched (e.g. ranger vs. ranger, war vs. war, etc.) As Karla said it’s a “too much” of restrictions that has to be implented, to avoid bunker play and things of that nature. For me not possible.
Let’s see what a-net will do in the next years.

Well, it’s not even worth it to get these titles… it doesn’t even show skill. I’m 49 cause i only tournament. However because i don’t get rankpoint from the chest for marauder i’m stacked at tier 4! Don’t know why it doesn’t get rewarded with the chest on the rank for playin tournaments and not spvp :/

That’s a pretty good idea! Mabye something like codex in gw1 just bit better.
Where weapons/utilties amulets/runes are limited to prevent bunker setups and stuff like that.
I heard custom arenas you have to rent and will cost money…or I’m completely wrong here?

The thief akka assassin in gw1 was exatly the same… porting, press combo/chain.
But I get your point… Absolutely right. Still i don’t get why u even need a macro for it when it’s so simple.
Our core thief for example has 4 buttons on his mouse. So he is as fast as the macro, just saying.

About engineer: They are good in everyway, but there’s for every spec a better class. (bunker,burst,condition etc.)
On the meta your completely right… Even when I see more teams playing the setup with guard, thief, necro, ele, mesmer.
Too eles are good too but if you start to loose a point it’s hard to get it back. Atleast if the team knows how to rotate with the guard (as i see lots of team that let the guard in mid being there forever)

About the two point ruining the pvp… bunkers, ye make the game pretty static. About the portal i don’t think so. Portal is mostly used to port back to close and for lord rush. It makes the game not static and lets the close defender (here the mesmer) be able to participate. For me another tactical point, that makes it more interesting with rotating on the map.
That’s my point of view.

If you look at the setups for tournaments you will find atleast a guard in mid, the ele on your close and the mesmer on far.
Guard and ele should be clear what happen… And the mesmer you will face a 2v2 should be the opponent’s thief who will support their mesmer.
You see the point? Since the bunker-meta you won’t outnumber that fast cuz a bunker is meant to be outnumbered

Who needs macros? Mabye a mesmer… A thief with haste is as fast as the macro.

The thief dies as fast as he can burst… I don’t get why a thief is OP? In every tournament at the point he jump in for his burst he dies. If ppl are too slow to react on that burst he will be down when he reaches the point where he can’t go invis.
The second point is that a thief is a weak 1v1 class. When he misses the burst (and good players always can avoid this dmg) then he has to leave fight or he drops.

I think in the sPvP the thief is OP…cuz in zergs you won’t pay attention to his burst. Personally I would reduce the dmg of some skillz like bs, steal, cnd. Mabye – 10%.

When you reach r50 you get flame-legion. In my opinion one of the best looking armors. Event better then most culturals.

To repeat Aleth: Retaliation means 100% of dmg get through but you get dmg for every single attack calculeted by the Attack-state. So actually you don’t really get hard dmg from it while your own dmg get 100% through… and ppl think that’s OP? Mabye read the explanation of Confusion!

Again…Read carefully.
“It made me laugh”… I didnt laugh at defektive nor the build he’s playing. It’s new and funny. It’s just my opinion the other 2 players he stomps aren’t that good. I never told the build is bad or the player is bad. I just told my point of view.
“Best Regards”

Pretty amazing video. Our necro is observing you sometimes to improve his positioning etc. Greetz from [BooN]

True butch. I hope they will implement sooner or later something compared to champion-ranks. Cause the actual champion-titles (champion-phantom etc.) doesnt show any skill and can be reached by anyone.

Well, for the most ppl yes. But theres allrdy ppl which are r60+

A-net want the highranked emotes (phoenix, dragon) as in gw1 to be something special, that just a few ppl will reach. Comparing Level and Rank doesnt make any sense to me.

The elexier S is bugfree. Plague should be too… maybe i was confused cuz i was 1v1 against a offensive guard.

Sometimes the stability just get ripped off by nec/mesmer etc.
But I had the same bug yesterday too… mabye write to support in bug-section

When the kid means he’s the best then do him the favour.
Guildwars definitely needs more guys like you… so we got something to laugh at

Well thx for the compliment Nier. However it’s better or not, tell me how u can get away in a mid-team-fight, when you get bursted? Balanced Stance?…

If you wanna improve, mabye asking “Bruho” will help you.

And to get back to the topic: Play warrior and find out on your own what’s good and what’s not.

When a necromancer can kill a bunker guard then the guard must be pretty bad. Means you talking about hotjoin or free tournaments. The only thing that can get annoying is the golem.

When a thief can kill a guard then the guard have a really slow reaction or is afk.

The only two things you will loose to is a ranger due to constant burst and probably a dmg-guard.

Why ppl always crying about everything in the game. Looks like you want the game to be with only autoattack…then it’s balanced.

I never said it’s weak. Still the thief and the guard are pve players…Watch the score, no good team do 17 to 200 points…
And every other thief who know whats stealth is will farm you.

Watched it and made me laugh… obviously two players that dont know how to play their class still funny build but not as strong as axe/shield, you missing the defense sir.

Personally I would change the class, but if you wanna keep playing warrior then run the following standard:
weapons: axe/shield, greatsword

Utilities: Bullscharge, Frenzy, Endure Pain, Mending, Signet of Rage/Battle Standard.

Traits: Mobile Strikes (when imobilized put greatsword = can be live saving, especially in teamfights)
Sweet Revenge (absolutely must have)
Leg Specialist (pretty cool imobilize, skill 3 on axe / skill 4 on GS, makes it easier to stay in range of foe)
Slashing Power (10% more dmg on GS is pretty insane when you hit 100b combo)

The rest is up to you. Test and look what fits best in your playstyle.
The problem what you face as warrior is that your an easy target as you cant get yourself invisible or have lot of heal.
The fact that you have a high dps in teamfights (especially when they ball) makes you to the nr.1 target besides the necro.

Retaliation in 1v1 is not really helpfull. It only comes huge in teamfights (e.g. Shout – Guardian).
So I wouldn’t say it’s weak.

And which ppl expect aoe-bursters (war, ele) attack phantasms? :O

Your right. It’s strong. The fact that an ele with elemental glyph can kill a mesmer is insane.
On Foefire it’s really hard to counter the ele. Some months ago we made the tactic to send our thief + nec invisible to our close point to spike the ele immediately (Fear, stun, burst, down). Nowadays it’s just alot stronger to send the thief to their farpoint, as really good eles can avoid the spike.

Your argument about the mesmer in the middle is a big point, as he can pretty much decide the progress of a teamfight in the middle. Still it’s hard to time it good. And the fact that in this teamfights u face a guard or even worse a necro, makes it not that OP. (Plague: blind spamming, Guard: Knockback, Support Boons).
And actually i never saw 5 ppl on one spot in paid tournaments. That’s just too weak.

The Portal on the otherside is mostly used to def the close point, being able to participate in teamfights and be right back on your spot again.

The CD of both skillz is huge. For me that’s a good balance. So you really think twice when you want to activate these two skillz

That’s what we are doing with our necro. So our mesmer is able to cap the point in time.

So I don’t see the point of debuffing the ele. And if he still arrive before capturing, you just send the thief. You force the ele to activate mistform or leave to spot.

And the fact that you can play the same strat…

1) A lot of teams send 1-2 Chars in the direction of the S/D-Bunker at the start of the game to cripple, stun, chill and immobilize him. Most of the time, your Node-def will be able to get the Point capped before the Ele is there, or the Ele has to use up pretty much all of his CD’s.