Guild Wars 2

I have played a Necro before, but ended up giving up as a Minion Master(I missed the GW1 version)

I am considering picking mine back up, something keeps drawing me to this class, but I could use a little help.

What is a good PvE leveling build, mostly solo till 35 then I will run AC with guild along with solo.

What are some good skill combinations, I feel like this is what I was missing on my necro the first time through. I seemed to be very poor when it came to a 1 on many fight, while with my Engineer I exceed at them.

Is there a preferred race for Necros? I took up Sylvari for my Engineer and regret it daily, their Racials are terrible, at least for an Engineer.

Thanks

Hard – I bought 10 Boxes got 2 golems and 1 infiniarium, turned them into Fuufuu and out of 20 more boxes not a single mini

No bring back halloween option

Already did

Still would pay more for a trio pack like halloween

Increase the Condition Damage coefficient so its not better to stack Power in what is clearly meant to be a condition damage build(dual pistols, Elixir gun)

Move some of the traits out of the Alchemy line to other places, so the top 10 traits arent in the same tree.

I agree do it like Halloween. I spent 20 on gifts which I don’t mind doing at all. I got lucky and got 3 mini pets 2 festive golems and inferium. I traded those in for the quaggan and don’t want to lottery real life cash in hopes for the minis again. Since I have now opened 30 of the festive gem shop presents and only got those 3.

I am currently 10/30/0/30/0 build and debating changing incend powder for kit refinement. Has anyone made this change is the change in DPS worth it for a dual pistol and elixir gun build?

Currently I am running 10/30/0/30/0 using Dual Pistols, Elixir H, Elixir B , Elixir U, Elixir Gun, Supply Crate, with Dual Pistals, Carrion Exotic crafted, and Ori Coral jewerly, I have dual exotic carrion pistols, Undead Runes, Sigil of Corruption and Air.

I run Dungeons CoF, CoE, HotW, Fractals(on 5 currently working my way up as I can find groups), when I can not find groups for any of that due to my play times I do WvW.

I am looking for a build that can go back and forth between the two, and a few tips on playstyles specific to that build.

I have been considering a shield build, but giving up my Blowtorch is something I have had issues doing so far. I am looking for survivability in both situations dungeons and WvW without having to alter skills and build constantly.

I have searched the forums without much luck for something this specific, usually its just, whats the best build, or for one or the other.

Thanks!

Lexy.3912:

I’ve had a look but can’t track down the thread I’m thinking of. Maybe it was that you couldn’t equip two of the same legendary, like two Incinerator daggers?

That would suck for myself as a P/P Engineer.

I run a P/P build, with Elixir H, Elixir B, Elixir U, Elixir Gun, Supply Crate

I run a very cookie cutter 10/30/0/30/0.

I am going to try and switch out Elixir H for Healing Turret in the future, and same goes for Elixir U for Elixir R.

Just make every achievement a title, simple as that. That would open up a world of titles very quickly. There is 30+ titles alone for Slayer(which I would love to wear Indiscriminate Slayer), and so many other countless ones.

Ascended Gear is not the topic of discussion here, and secondly you dont need multiple characters for the current Ascended gear.

To completely gear a character in any other way does not require more than one character except for this.

Finaldeath.1059:

What the game should do is once you get 100% completion it should give you the gifts and unlock them to be purchased from the skill point vendor.

I would be fine if Karma, Skill Point, Quest Given or any of the three. I would also consider it a viable option to get more from completing new content areas.

I just really dont want to level a second character through world completion, I plan on having multiple alts, and already do but my Engineer is my main and who I want to be dressed to the nines but cant do that without my other characters currently is just depressing.

Mkalafut.1273:

Gifts of exploration are account wide. Not to mention legendaries are not bind when picked up. You can make a legendary on any character and stick it in your bank for a different character or even mail it to someone.

I am fully aware of this, but spending another 30-40 hours roughly probably longer, especially depending on WvW, just for another two gifts on a new character is something I would rather avoid. I see no reason why a 5-10 hour quest even couldn’t be added, so you main character is able to obtain as many of these as they would like.

The problem I see is, why is it mandatory for me to make an alt to get all legendary weapons for a single character? Are the other requirements honestly not enough?

Could we possibly see in the future a way to get more gifts besides world completion on more than one character? I have an Engineer who I love, and do change styles frequently, and with that I would like all 4 Legendaries available(no matter the time). I hate the fact I will have to complete the world again in order to accomplish this.

So please consider a quest chain or something to provide more than 2 Gifts of Exploration. These can be character bound like Dyes so if you want them on a different character you still need to complete exploration.

I have a full Exotic crafted set, two sets of exotic weapons(both dual pistols) and exotic shield and rifle for my engineer. I also have a full set of Rare crafted MF gear and currently working on affording a second set that is exotic and will suit me better.

Currently I loose around 10% DPS, due to Rare instead of exotic and other than that I loose around 3k in HP. So how is this really selfish? When I finish my full Exotic MF set I will do as much DPS as currently and be 3k HP shy of my other armor. I still die fewer times than most people in my groups just due to a more careful playstyle. If I find myself dying to often I switch my gear of which I have only done once.

It might be a bit selfish but I put the time and money into crafting my MF gear, putting the money into my Exotic MF gear, why should I share that stat with you for you get to better drops? Is that selfish, sure, but you asking others to share in something you didnt work for is too.

I am fine with anything in the 30-45 minute range, much longer than that makes it hard for a casual player who only gets a couple of hours when they play to complete a dungeon, when you figure in time for LFG etc.

I do not mind it taking up to an hour if the group makes mistakes, I think 30 minutes should be the shortest if ran perfectly.

I run dual pistol/alch build.
Traits are 10 in explosives for the chance to burn on crit
30 in firearms for range, CD, piercing bullets
30 in alch for CD, Duration and depends on the situation

I use Healing elixir, the buff elixir, quickness elixir, elixir gun.

I use Carrion crafted armor for Vit, Power, Cond Damage, along with Coral jewerly for Power, prec and cond damage, I use the Ascended Backpiece of the Rubicon that is Cond Damage. All with runes of the undead, sigils of corruption and air

I do just fine in dungeons with this setup, I usually die fewer times than all party members. I can also throw out quite a bit of healing with Throw Elixir H, Elixir gun tool belt skill, and Super Elixir on the Elixir gun.

I would love to find, Vit, Toughness, Cond Damage, or trying the new Apoc runes that are Healing, Tough and Cond Damage. My biggest problem is giving up the small up front damage I have to go all Con Damage and reducing my power to next to nothing.

Reading through the posts here I see people mentioning a daily for a ring drop. Can I get a further explanation on the daily part of it?

As in can you fight the special boss once every 24 hours? Does this include the reward of 20 fractal shards each time? Loot each time? Do you have to run the entire set(as in 3 dungeons) before it like the first time, or is their a way to just access it?

Or am I missing something completely else?

Robert Hrouda.1327:

We’re aware of the problem and are working on an active fix. Very sorry about this, hopefully it will be fixed soon.

I am glad you are working on a fix for this, it has been driving me crazy. I d/c more in this dungeon than I have since release, and its always on the 3/3 in a set. Having to rerun an entire set because of not being able to get back in is horrible.

If its a different group I understand but the same people should be able to continue.

Just to throw it out there, I saw a slight speed increase of about 50kbs directly connecting to the internet instead of through the router.

My is always like this, has been since the beginning but like I said it only seems to effect this game and I am out of thoughts on it.

I searched with no luck, but I have horrible download speed on patches. I average between 50-200kbs and it seems to only be with GW2. I have no issues downloading anything else easily at 500kbs+ on a regular basis. Speed tests show 3mb download speeds, and all my router ports are open that ANet has posted.

Any thoughts?

I would love an elite that fit my dps p/p condition build. I use supply crate because its the only useful one, and its only useful for the heals and sometimes the nets but like all broken turrets most creatures can 1 shot them. Some elixer that inflicted all conditions at once when thrown at enemy and all boons for allies is whati woukd like.

I have a wife, full time job, a 3 year old and a 3 week old, plus a college student and manage an average of 2 hours a day. I may not get 2 every day but i manage 10-15 a week. I am saving for my legendary and when I get it, i will feel like an accomplishment.

You get a bunch for making mystic clovers and what you dont get go and farm. I am able to farm about 5-10 an hour with just a food magic find buff a full set should increase that. You dont have to buy them.

How do you craft either of these just out of curiosity.

I ran this for the first time last night, and never before have I had such a problem dying with a boss.

Just looking for any tips to help fight him as an Engineer.

Semi Spoilers so read at your own caution

While I wait to finish map completion in WvW, I finished my up personal story. Its not the best story as its not even about you, but it was entertaining. Then I go into Arah to finish it all and was just let down.

Killing Zhitan was a joke, just shooting a skill no effort required, it looked pretty but seriously, I was looking for an epic ending.

The loot, I mean seriously? I got 3 Loot Bags, a choice of WvW Blue Prints(Golem, Catapult and Flame Ram) and a Pact Token.

I was excited to open the bags and use the token. The bags contained 3 greens, I got better ones doing the dungeon and grinding out the missions. The Token is a complete joke, Rare gear with horrible stats and not even impressive looks. I kept the token just in case they add something else later.

I did Zone completions in each zone I was taken to by my story, so I had my choice of exotics(or cash from selling) to buy the gear I wanted, on top of that I leveled crafting as I went and could make better.

I will be completing the story again because I am a completionist and want the achievements for each different story path, but once I get to a point I dont need to I will stop as there is nothing worth it for my character in the end.

I just completed this Event last week, if you want to use the Tank I can tell you how.

The first part the tank seems to work fine, once the Giants start the spawn the Tank bugs out and rotates the turret fully each time.

To get around this, rotate the turret 1 click at a time, dont hold down the turn button, dont press more than once, this way it will not fully rotate when it kicks you. I was able to complete doing it this way, though it was frustrtating and took awhile.

I run Dual Pistol with Elixir B(the one that gives buffs), Elixir H(sometimes Turret), Elixir U(quickness), Elixir Gun, Supply Crate.

I only switch to Elixir Gun for the heal, and occasionally the jump back, excellent when low on Stamina.

This allows me to heal 2 areas at a time, usually on the melee at front lines feet, and near myself with the tool belt skill.

I am 10 Explosives, 30 Firearms, 30 Elixirs. Picking up Incend Powder, Range, CD, Pierce, and Elixirs change based on what I am doing, if I know its a lot of conditions then I do Immune to conditions, invun at 25% health(saved me countless times), decreased CD, increased duration, all depends on what I am doing.

I have had very good luck with this build in every path of AC, CM, TA, currently working on other dungeons but have not fully finished them, the worst time I have had so far is Subject Alpha in CoE path 3, I need more Vigor for that one and no way to slot it.

Using it to its full effect means a lot of postioning so you are able to hit multiple targets with Piercing Bullets.

Lastly I use all crafted Exotics, Carrion armor with Power Vitality and Condition damage, then Coral for Power Percision and Condition damage, my weaposn are from CM and AC and need to find ones with Condition damage just havnt gotten to it.

I found targeting the mesmer works the best, assuming you can get the jump on or start the fight on even ground before he gets clones up, put a target above the mesmers head, then just hit the target, works well for me.

I use Power/Vit/Con Damage and do quite well with a full set of Runes of the Undead running a P/P build, if you are going up the firearms traitline you pick up a lot of precision.

I use full crafted exotic Carrion gear, and then full set of Coral exotic jewerly to pick up some extra percision and damage.

I can confirm this. Completed Queensdale at 80 and got Jute and level 15 weapons/armor.

Anyone know of a place to find these?

Anyone know a good place to find a spawn of these? Just looking for a nice stable spawn.

Thanks