Guild Wars 2

In regards to the armor type, I’ve waited a long time for Anet to release a Vitality/Toughness/Condition armor. All my trinkets are ascended with this stat combo, and with this addition, I should be able to hit 19-20K health, and 2.9-3K Armor.

Divinity runes also cannot be crafted.

Try this one, it’s ultra wide AND an IPS monitor:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824160162

I’m curious as to what stat setups ascended weaponry will follow. Will they mirror the stat choices available to what is on jewelry, or will they mirror what’s currently available to what is on weapons now?

I doubt a Dev will answer this but it would be nice to know.

Did SoR get a recent batch of transfers, or did they simply eat their Wheaties this week?

Until Anet has competition in regards to WvW, they’ll do exactly what they want, when they want (they know if you want 3 factions, this is it pretty much).

While I don’t have high expectations for TESO, it will be sure to draw folks away, and if Camelot Unleashed turns out well, they’ll lose even more. Sadly, those two are a long way out.

Competition is good for the players, and right now, Anet has none.

Budchgon.2108:

I find it hugely annoying that ascended items are soulbound… I have a hammer warrior, grew bored so decided to turn him into a full Zerk warrior… sadly the PVT ascended trinkets I cannot use on my New Ranger character… so they are sat in the bank gathering dust :-(

There needs to be a less time-consuming way to get Ascended or make them account-bound otherwise it means you are stuck in 1 build for the whole game.

If you upgrade (infuse) them so they have agony on the item, it becomes account bound again I believe.

Infused ring = 1 Shard of Crystallized Mists Essence + 3 Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence + 5 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence + Non infused ring

Gasoline.2570:

Anyone else loving the new skins!? Especially the warhorn, such a magnificent rooster we got to blow on!

Looks like you’re blowing on the back end of a blue snail, and it has its mouth open in a silent scream.

Don’t bother with stacking torment duration. Go for pure condition duration. It will increase duration on everything, including torment. Until I went with runes of perplexity, I had +75% condition duration, and +25% bleed duration. So every non-bleed condition lasted 75% longer, and my bleeds had a full 100% increase.

It’s not all that hard to hit 50% condition duration, and 75% isn’t that much harder to hit. Even if you didn’t bother with the last 25% bleed duration, +75% is very respectable.

Derpnoob.2875:

Fade I can gaurentee you that DA would never hack and yes our guy did have AC mastery. Now drop this discussion please.

If you read my original post, I mentioned Eyefinity and it was more of an inquiry. This is not considered a hack, and I have no issues with that. I also didn’t accuse anyone. I merely posted the only screenshot I had. I don’t know anything about JQ guilds really, like reputation.

If I was going to accuse anyone of hacking, I’d wait until I had concrete proof.

edit: And Lifewaster answered my inquiry to my satisfaction.

People who enjoy WvW, and have played it since inception, know what would make it better.

This is how things will likely pan out:

Players: We would like this, this and this please. It would make things more fun, more intuitive, and better overall.
Anet: We won’t give you that, but we are going to give you this, that and the other thing. You don’t know you need it, but we know best and listen to our player base.

The highlight of our WvW update is: Monster mastery! 1%/2%/3%/4%/+5% damage to all monsters!!!!!!.

I did some testing with this runeset.

- The 4th rune’s confusion is a base 5 second duration.
- The 4th runeset’s “on hit” description is you hitting the target, not getting hit, like so many other rune bonuses.
- Damage for the 4th runeset’s 3-stack confusion is ~1100 damage (per each skill use on the enemy’s part) for ~1720 condition damage. That number went up when I gained stacks of might, and other sources of +condition damage.

My opinion that this runeset is actually pretty good (better than the torment runeset), even if you don’t use the 6th rune for the interrupt confusion. My build focuses on dumping as many conditions on my target as possible, to try to keep my bleeds up more often. This adds another condition that will effectively be up 2/3rds the time with my +75% condition duration, and the +30% confusion duration from the runes.

It’s pretty much a snap to drop 8 different conditions on a target now.

Vulnerability (CnD)
Bleed
Poison (sigil of doom)
Torment (Shadow Strike)
Confusion (Runeset)
Crippling (Uncatchable)
Blindness (Cloaked in Shadow)
Weakness (Lotus Poison, but every 20 seconds only)

Wtb access to burning please.

Pistol whip probably.

Doesn’t surprise me at all. Anet can’t push any patch through without causing major headaches.

It’s a total of +45% for a full set. Not really worth it in my opinion.

I wish they would add a Main Gauche dagger skin to go with it.

They’re something of a waste if you run gear with a lot of Condition duration (not specific duration like +bleed). I have +75% condition duration atm/25% bleed duration, and it wouldn’t be worth swapping over for that extra +25% towards torment.

If you have very little +condition duration, it might be ok, although I think even Runes of Undead would still be a stronger choice.

edit: not sure why part of my post has underlines :P

Why is it that thieves get a 60 second revealed debuff every single fight on tier 3 fights? Is this a bug or deliberate?

Take a little time, and research some motherboards. The one I listed, is a decent one. If you ever want to go with Crossfire in the future, this board won’t do that. There are a lot of boards near that price point, and I’m sure there is one that will fit your needs.

Gigabyte
MSi
Asus
AsRock

They all make good boards, although for some time, MSi was putting out some lower quality material boards, so I’d be wary there.

Edit: When it comes time to putting it together, be sure to google how to optimize your SSD. It will help you set your Bios up, and your system settings, so you get the best possible performance. (if it’s your first SSD that is)

You’ll never go back to just a regular hard drive.

If it’s Corsair, it’s a quality PSU. You shouldn’t have any issues at all with it. You should be fine with the GTX 760 with that PSU as well. I think I recall reading that the minimum you need for it is 500 watts.

For the GTX 760: 500 watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 30 amps on the +12 volt rail

The CPU is a 4th gen version, so typically, they get more efficient as they go on. Same for video cards. The old 480 video cards needed a lot more than 500 watts if I recall.

This is the build I run(add 250 condition damage to total, it doesn’t translate with link: http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/thief/?7.0|a.1m.h9.8.1m.h1i|a.1m.h1i.8.1m.h9|1h.714.1b.714.1h.714.1h.714.1b.714.1b.711|2x.0.2x.0.3x.0.2x.0.3x.0.2w.0|f3.0.u346.f2.a3|30.d|0.0.0.0.0|e

1680 condition damage
100% bleed duration, 75% Condition duration

VijayWroX.3657:

Hey All,
I am a new GW2 player. I have two level 40 characters and one level 5 character. I’m doing what most new MMO players do – you know, staring around, being awe struck at the shiny stuff people wear and simply being silly around 80 chars just to befriend them.

So, I’m doing all this from my old lappy – Core i5 2510E, GT 540M and 8GB 1333Mhz. I get as far as 14-20FPS in normal gameplay, 9FPS in PvP/Champion/Dungeons/Events and 2FPS in WvW. :P Somehow I was living only with that for three months now.

Now, I have saved up some money to upgrade to a desktop probably by the 20th of August. I have decided to spend a maximum $1000-$1100 on this rig. My research for the past two weeks have brought me to the following specs:
1. Intel Core i7 3770 or Core i5 3570K (Confused help needed)
2. Kingston HyperX or Corsair Dominator 2000Mhz DDR3 RAM
3. 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD (already have)
4. GeForce GTX 660Ti or AMD HD 7870 (Confused help needed)
5. 24" Samsung Monitor (already own one)

Kindly help me decide on the parts and also suggest a good Motherboard in my budget.

My questions are:
1. Will the above rig give me a constant 30FPS in Normal World (PvE) as well as WvW?
2. Will the above CPU/GPU combo be able to handle the bottlenecks and throttles better than my laptop in 720P (1280 × 720) resolution and graphics at HIGH (not ULTRA) and still give me 30FPS?
3. Will the throttling of FPS to 30 better the performance of the system greatly?

Thank you very much for your time and answers.

Go with:

1. I5 4670K (new Haswell) (I7 has hyper threading, which doesn’t get taken advantage of in games for the most part).
2. You can use that ram, or get 1600 ram, and over clock it if money is tight.
3. How old is the hard drive? Is is 7200 rpm? If you have the cash, consider getting a 128 gig SSD in addition. You’ll wonder why it took you so long to get one.
4. The new GTX 760s are out. Don’t bother with 660 Ti’s. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130935
5. Gigabyte makes a good motherboard. Most major names put out a good board, you just need to weed out ones that have things you don’t need.

GTX 760 2 gig $249
I5 4670K (new Haswell) $239
16 gig corsair ram $225
Motherboard $105 (GIGABYTE GA-H87-D3H)
Crucial 128 gig SSD $150

$967 before shipping/taxes

Side note: I run a GTX 460 1 gig, with an I5-2500K, with 8 gigs of ram, and get 40 fps most places and around 20 fps in large wvw battles. I still suffer from skill lag (that is something no one can really do anything about – it’s Anet-side stuff).

I have an enjoyable experience anywhere except SMC with 300 people around, but I doubt anyone enjoys that :P

Edit: What operating system you running on your desktop? If it’s Win XP, get to Win 7 immediately. It won’t recognize anything over 4 gigs of ram. Make sure its the 64 bit version.

UnrepentantProcrastinator.7420:

Fade.7658:

There’s a pattern here. When behind, BG whines. When ahead, they gloat and whine.

You should win again and see how accurately your statement describes SoR as well.

Every server does it. SoR is no better in that respect. However, it’s usually the same handful of people on the forums that spew it. That’s probably why BG and SoR has such enmity.

Edit: It just seems that BG has more of those people that have such hate for the other server. Maybe I’m wrong about that, but it does seem like BG has more of the hateful posters, and SoR has more trolls.

There’s a pattern here. When behind, BG whines. When ahead, they gloat and whine.

Seriously, any server, not just SoR, is going to try to address their weakness. Imagine the whines from Bg, if SoR got several transfers tomorrow, to shore up their SEA, and prevent BG from running away with the PPT during those hours (and the first thing that will be brought up is IRON and the EU presence in that time period).

Like SoR (or any server for that matter) is going to simply hand over wins because BG thinks it’s unfair that another server got more people. BG is trying to hold an entire server accountable for something a small group (or one person) said about passing transfers on to other servers. I do imagine that will happen, when things are more balanced, but until then, stop trying to hold other servers up to whatever expectations BG has.

Titan.3472:

Fade.7658:

Asudementio.8526:

BG on EB right now need to work on their manners and sportsmanship.

Yeah, yet another day I see Titan and [CA] laughing at dead foes.

Seriously???? I can repeat I never /emote laugh ! Never but I laugh for real in front of my computer. And btw in this time frame I wasn’t online yet. Well if you want to believe I would laugh at some skill-less victims you are wrong.

So, how many losses will BG endure before you transfer elsewhere?

Ace.9861:

I would like to welcome [RES] Resilience to Teir 1. Glad to have you guys on board, our oceanic group could really use your help. You guys did great on reset!

New transfer, eh?

Asudementio.8526:

BG on EB right now need to work on their manners and sportsmanship.

Yeah, yet another day I see Titan and [CA] laughing at dead foes.

Just did a little testing. Sigil of Agony does NOT affect Torment duration, at least according to the tool tips. I’m not sure what type of condition boosts Torment duration, other than the condition duration buff.

I use a 15/0/30/15/10 build. It’s kind of a mish-mash of things put together to do as much damage as I can, yet drop a lot of different conditions on someone to try to keep pressure on (and to at least try to keep bleeds from getting removed first).

I expected just such a response from Pot. One of the more vocal ones mentioned in my previous post.

If you live near a Micro Center: ($284.98 total)

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Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket LGA 1155 Boxed P Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket LGA 1155 Boxed P

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You might have to buy some ram, though, which would bring you to around 330 bucks.

I run Sigil of Doom on both my weapon sets (I run an odd P/D + P/D setup in open field), to have poison on hand when needed. I run a Sigil of Earth on the offhand weapons, as I have around 20% crit chance from residual stats (I didn’t gear for crit, it merely happened to be on gear I selected).

It goes off relatively often, and the 2 second CD doesn’t interfere with the Sigils of Doom much.

Human T2 cultural with a smattering of Radiant.

I have no issues with P/D. There are some direct counters, but it’s not bad like one poster is saying.

I can:

- Poison every 10 seconds (lasts ~9 seconds), and if it gets cleansed, steal to re-apply it.
- Cripple that lasts 7 seconds (longer if they stand in the uncatchable caltrops field) that
also has a bleed for the same duration.
- Blind on stealth for ~8 seconds.
- Weaken enemies for 7 seconds every 20 seconds just by poisoning them.
- Vulnerability for ~9 seconds on a CnD.
- 2 stacks of Torment for almost 9 seconds.

Stack condition duration, not just bleed duration.

Edit: I have a build where I can inflict chill as well, for ~5 seconds, every 10 seconds, if you want a form of CC instead of poison.

Buy the skins with gold. It’s cheaper, and you won’t pull your hair out.

The undead rune’s 6th bonus that I use makes up for the loss of condition damage on the weapons imo. I’m still sitting at 1742 condition damage, before accounting for any might stacks, so it works out in the end.

I’m using two, and I’m getting the full 20%, as the bonus is part of the weapon, not a sigil.

The CnD troll setup is useful for taking siege out if you’re in an enemy fortification alone. I had a thief destroy the AC I was using. I wasn’t sure what was happening at first.

Use the Giver weapons. 10% per weapon.

My build gets 75% from:

15% – Deadly Arts 15 points
40% – Rare Veggie Pizza
20% – A pair of Giver Weapons:

Giver Weapon:

+64 precision
+64 vitality
+10% condition duration

You could gain another 20% from Runes of Lyssa (2), and Runes of a Mad King (2).

Rune of the Nightmare offers 10% for 4 pieces, and was originally the runes I wanted to use, but I don’t care for PvE, and farming a dungeon for days to get the runes. The 6th bonus is nice, 5% chance to fear on hit.

If I was able to get the runes I needed, I’d try to work them in, so I could drop one of the Giver weapons.

Edit: I’m still not really using Shadow Strike all that much. It’s good for putting 4 stacks up when steal is up for extra pressure, but doesn’t quite jive with rotations and whatnot. I’m going to see if I can work it in.

Travlane.5948:

@sir vincent …ok than.

lemme ask u this….is it possible to …as a thief…stack 7 or 9 stacks of torment on somebody?

You can get 7 stacks fairly easily, of Torment. Pop Skale Venom, Shadow Strike, Steal, Shadow strike again. If you have Infiltrator’s Signet up, you can again teleport to your target and Shadow Strike for the 9th stack. You’ll definitely need at least 75% condition duration, and you won’t have 9 stacks for long as they start to drop off.

Residual Venoms would add 1 more stack, if traited for it.

Anet will never get 1 dime of real money from me. This is merely one reason as to why. If I cannot afford it in game with gold, then I don’t get it. Period.

Probably a D/P + X/D. D/P to stay in stealth when need be, and timing CnD to hit just as stealth wears off with the X/D set.

I went with those ascended pieces because they had the stats I wanted:

Condition damage
Vitality
Toughness

The precision wasn’t part of the choice, it just happened to be included. I agree that vitality is best for a thief, but I also believe that having a decent amount of toughness compliments it.

I wasn’t building the gear for any sort of critical chance increase. The precision that is there is merely what happened to be on the pieces I chose, and offered just enough crit for the sigil of earth to go off relatively often. (I’d rather use something else – it can go on CD just as I weapon swap for sigil of doom, and cancel it out, but options are limited)

Since I wasn’t building my gear with crit in mind, Thrill of the Crime isn’t something I was interested in. Uncatchable is really, really handy. Once you get used to using it, you can almost always get at least 1 tic in on an opponent.

Edit: I do miss having a stun break, but in small fights, it’s not that bad. I’ve eaten one-hundred blades before and other combos. It hurts, but it’s survivable. I change things up some in larger scale fights such as siege, like using a short bow for harassment, and changing a few traits around.

I haven’t encountered it yet, but then again, I’ve been trying to get my hands on that Aetherized Pistol skin, and no WvW. Meh, such a sweet pistol skin but not easily attained. :/

If you’re condition built, caltrops all the way. When I farm for Powerful Blood, I round up as many Ice Trolls as I can, drag em’ through caltrops, and dump the caltrops on dodge on them as well. It stacks, and in a couple seconds, most of the mobs have 15 stacks of bleeds on (you’ll need decent condition duration+).

They melt quickly, and even the veteran troll goes down fairly fast.

I’d take burning and not complain :P

This is the build I use. It fits my play style, but you might be able to adapt it. (I didn’t add slot skills, as everyone has their preference)

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/thief/?7.0|a.1m.h16.8.1m.h1i|a.1m.h1i.8.1m.hg|1h.719.1b.719.1h.719.1h.719.1b.719.1b.719|2x.0.2x.0.3x.0.2x.0.3x.0.2w.0|f5.0.u34b.f2.a3|30.d|0.0.0.0.0|e

Obviously, you’d have to substitute the ascended gear out for what’s available for you, but what I like about my build, is that all conditions I apply, have 75% duration increase. It might not sound like a big deal, but everything lasting that much longer means you can keep pressure on longer imo.

You’d also swap out the secondary set for SB. I prefer P/D + P/D, so I can keep poison up more easily via Sigil of Doom.

Edit: For traits, I went with Mug recently, and forgot to swap that out. I also went with Sigil of Earth, because it has a very low CD of 2 seconds, and typically doesn’t interfere with Sigil of Doom.

Rufy.6093:

Fade.7658:

Rufy.6093:

Wow, perma stealth thiefs crying about 1 stealth for us rangers. It was an update needed for far to long.

Here’s a clue. The majority of us in this thread aren’t crying about it. We’re speculating on how the mechanics are going to work, and ways to counter it.

Second clue: Not all thieves are perma-stealth thieves.

Third Clue: Go back to the ranger boards please.

Here’s a clue. I was responding to not all but some of the above posters that were crying.

You can understand why people jump at posts when the thieves’ forum has so many “nerf thief” posts. Thieves are forced to be defensive on their own forum due to this.

Cyhann.2609:

Fade.7658:

I’d love to see Shadow Strike kind of Hybridized, in that if you aren’t in melee, you don’t get the teleport or damage, but you can still land the 2 stacks of torment.

But wouldn’t that be a little too strong then? 8 torment stacks in 2 sec’s from a 900 range?

I’d love to see it, but I acknowledge that it would be OP. One can dream :P

Sir Vincent III.1286:

Typically you only D/P to apply pressure and swap to your preferred weapon set to seal the kill.

Most D/P thieves I’ve run into, in WvW, stay with D/P and don’t swap out. I can count on one hand the number of really good thieves that swap in and out of different weapons that include D/P.