Guild Wars 2

caveman.5840:

stave is that not the same as a staff ?

Staves is just the plural of staff. The word “staffs” does not exist.

Viking Jorun.5413:

What SHOULD happen is staves for thieves, and then you can just skin scythes onto them. Just saying.

a la ken-do? :P

AH was the 2012 meta. We’ve moved on, and evolved from our former neanderthal selves.

Either play how you want, staying the hell away from any group asking for a DPS, or follow the meta. There’s no logic in trying to make a sub-optimal build better, as then you’re only crippling your group by not playing optimally, aswell as your fun as you’re not playing how you want for the sake of being slightly less bad.

Eloquence.5207:

Lol Guardian has no health.

But protection/aegis/perma vigor/blinds. Less health, but more defensive measures.

Kagamiku.9731:

Playing sub-optimally in a PUG doesn’t make the PUG any better, you just contribute to the group being worse. You know how the saying goes, 2 wrongs don’t make a right.

That might be the case if pugs did not end up ranging 90% of the bosses and fail to stack in a lot of cases. So you’re not even able to 100b or use axe/mace. I still go full zerker but it’s not pretty in pugs a lot of the time. For fractals, anyways—which is mainly what I do. And this is 40’s fractal I’m referring to.

Not sure why others’ ranging prevents you meleeing. Interrupts the DPS of the GS sure, but then you can just roll A/M and A/S swapping out for Deep Strike & Axe Mastery.

If so much is cared for, and for whatever reason you choose not to group with friends, you need to activelyselectively choose members – the kick function is there for a reason – if a staff necro joins an “LF DPS Fractal 49” auto attacking saying he does “gud dmg”, just kick him, because you know that a) he’s likely inexperienced and b) he’s bsing.

OPs name is perfectly suited.

If a condition bunker Necro loses to a condition bunker Warrior, they were so outmatched as Necro has the advantage in that encounter by default.

Bads will be bads, then whine about not being bad and X being OP instead. MMOs in a nutshell.

For the best solution, get another ascended greatsword and stick night sigil in that. You’ve done the expensive part (500 crafting), the weapons are cheap as chips after that.

If you care so much about the min/max of the damage, a little extra funding won’t stop you in your tracks.

Thief isn’t the only thing getting nerfed, every single profession is. It’s like an anti-power creep. Thief still have their stealth and high burst, so the ability to catch an offguard player with a massive spike still makes them arguably the best.

Kagamiku.9731:

25-30k100b in a pug is not laughable. I get that sometimes runnig 30/25/0/0/15 in full zerker.

You’re not being constructive in the slightest, Flissy. People should be able to run whatever they want in pugs. We all know almost every pug isn’t running in optimized gear, either.

It is pretty laughable, you’re not going to see upwards of 50-60k full zerk in PUGs that for sure, but that doesn’t mean 25-30k is a good hit. Intentional or not – PUGs have Might stacking, just not the level an organised group does. Anything from a FGJ from the many Warriors, to the Eles laying down fire fields and Guardians unintentionally blasting with their hammer, it’s all might stacking.

People can play what they want, I’m not saying they can’t. Feel free to mess around in PVT, Sent, Knights, Apoth, Cleric or whatever floats your boat – but for the sake of decency and not being a selfish jerk, stay away from groups asking for a DPS because anything not-zerk, or zerk/assassin mix ‘cause crit caps and all that,and a suboptimal trait setup is NOT a DPS. Of course, bads in zerker still aren’t DPS either, so you lose if you PUG anyway.

Playing sub-optimally in a PUG doesn’t make the PUG any better, you just contribute to the group being worse. You know how the saying goes, 2 wrongs don’t make a right.

Kadin.3086:

theres always the obvious waiting strat

By then his target has probably got outta dodge and infiltrator’s strike is just a drop in the ocean to catch him.

@OP, not that I know to.

Curby.4897:

cranked.3812:

Please don’t run PVT armor in dungeons. Bare Minimum is Knight’s with as much zerk as you can handle before you feel you go down too much.

Please don’t be a cliche thanks.

Anyway, PVT Armor/Zerker GS/Rifle or Longbow. All Cav Ascended Trinkets… and I mean all of them. Lots oh Crit damage with toughness = win. And either all ruby orbs on the armor or Rune of the pack or w/e it is. (It has 100 prec as the final buff). Run 30/20/0/0/20. PVT keeps you going while the other items buff you up.

Run Healing sig or Healing Surge.. that is your call. Prec Sig/Discipline banner/For Great Justice/ Elite Sig of Rage.

I am pulling off 25k-30k total damage from Hundred Blades while I am also laughing at the full zerker warriors dying in 2 hits from a boss. But it is k cus I am sure when they aren’t dying all day they are hitting big numbers.

Keep going full zerker people I am enjoying the easy daily revives.

Don’t forget Omnomberry food (healing on crits) and sharpening stones.

There’s a difference between full Zerkers and bads blindly following the meta thinking they can ignore small mechanics of the game.

25-30k is laughable btw, I like how you say it as if it’s good damage.

Zerker isn’t the only way to PvE, but it is objectively the best if you’re skilled enough, or are you running Cavs because you’re one of the bads?

4 -> 5 -> 2 -> 3. Should be dead.

Don’t forget to keep your adrenaline up (standing in lava for a moment just before gate opens to boulder path) and double dodge as people run to their braziers for stick & move trait bonus.

Nike Porphyrogenita.8137:

As an aside, I like that they consider Ascalon a “short fractal.” I take it that they didn’t ever do it above level 70. At that level it was probably more painful than Cliffside or even Dredge.

70? I doubt they did it above 20.

LordByron.8369:

Consider how it removes 15 from your AR ….
breather + underwater weapons…..seems a good reason to being avoidable.

GOML o/

Feandro.5264:

Because healing signet over 31 seconds (CD and Cast time of Healing Surge) restores 2300 hp over Healing Surge. Then on top of that, you don’t have to worry about getting your heal interrupted. Healing Surge is better for taking spikes of damage where you go from 100 down to 20 then will take another 50 within the near future. Healing Signet is honestly a crutch, the regen is so blatantly overpowered that it outheals other classes entirely where classes which have natural HoT are punished by their low HP pools.

That’s a problem by people playing sustained damage builds. HS is a counter to that – a bursty build will render HS useless.

Blame the meta, not the skill.

Yes, the same bugs can be seen on people with predator.

As an FYI, it’s possible to “bug out” auras so they are always on, even when the weapon isn’t equipped (see pic).

Meh, Rampager isn’t so bad and has uses. Far better than junky Apothocary, Cleric, Settler etc etc.

Predator’s effects are amazing. The only fault is that its on your Engineer – a problem with how Engineer works, not the weapon itself.

As for the aura, all Legendaries don’t have their aura unless they are equipped and wielded, as opposed to sheathed. It’s opinion based, but the aura from this weapon is my favourite and would hate to have it changed.

30/25/0/0/15.

You know, just like every other PvE build mentioned here, so I won’t regurgitate the problems you have and actual traits to use.

Septemptus.7164:

You are right. There are so many gold sinks that this item would not break anything.

That is why gold is worth so little right now … right? Oh wait, no. There are lots, but only the TP is any good at it.

Guessing it’s for PvP, if so this.

Credit obviously goes to Anas Tarcis (initial thread).

Such bear
Very bow
Much OP
Wow.

Juba.8406:

how about you play warrior and see for yourself.

i’m one of the few warriors that don’t put at least 15pts in defense to get Adrenal Health and my only sustain is HS and i tell you HS alone is not enough.

Adrenal Health is seriously weak. The investment is for the 20 point trait Cleansing Ire, not for Adrenal Health itself.

takatsu.9416:

1. too OP
2. too fun

Ditto

/15char.

Arkantos.7460:

did someone mention that warri with there new buffed evade trait , vigor on stances, succesful F1 skill refresh , make 1.5k till 2k on every dodge roll instantly …. additional to their cc, condispam, high dmg

0/10. Didn’t even try. 30/30/30/30/30 doesn’t exist my friend.

Thieves have Feline Grace plus an awful lot of skills that double as dodging (withdraw, death blossom, LS, SB #3) , having a perma-vigor trait would make that ridiculous. That doesn’t make fair the ridiculously cheap investment for Guardians & Mesmers though.

Gamgee.8612:

Being on the thief side they totally need to do something about the S/P build… They can stay alive forever!! And they can’t hit me for kitten! I mean they backstab me for 4K and get back into stealth and in 5 seconds I’m back up 2K allready. All they do is being annoying as kitten. Like flies.

S/P doesn’t have access to backstab unless D/X is on the offset. But then that’s not really an S/P Thief is it?

lchan.2169:

Comments well taken. But hey…most peoples meta doesnt mean its meta for yourself. I like my build…infact i love it.

Then you misunderstand the term “meta”. Your “meta” isn’t a meta at all – it’s just your build, a sub-optimal one.

BP is a real small radius brah. It also costs a lot of initiative (6). Step out.

He can’t melee you if you can’t melee him, so he’ll either waste his whirls and stay in BP, or force him out where you can hurt him (the mugged one doesn’t even grant stability FYI) or just stick to your longbow to force him out – your ranged option is a helluva lot better than his.

EDIT: Just remember the elite reflects projectiles, so thats the time to lay down a combustive & arcing or jump in with your Hammer (note it also gives Stability, but you’ll likely lay the hurt down more than he).

lchan.2169:

I personally play 20/25/0/10/15 on full berserker. I wear runes and one platinum doubloon that gives me 59% boon. On Discipline, I go for reduce signet cooldown instead of the usual 25% movement speed. On tactics, which give me boon duration of another 10%, i select inspiring banners. This gives 1/2 sec cooldown on my elite signet which puts me warrior at a consistent 95% critical chance and since i am all berserker, my critical damage is 80%. If needed, i can put down a discipline banner that pushes my critical damage to 95%. So, the up time of all these is very long. 1/2 sec cooldown on elite signet and 6 secs cooldown on disipline banner. To me, i think this is the best PvE setup. I run GS and bow. Bow is used in situation when i cannot melee at that moment.

He’s asking for the meta, why post a sub-optimal build?

Keiel.7489:

If she thinks it’s too squishy, change out some armor pieces with knights, in order to take a few more hits until she’s comfortable with full serk.

And learn to be complacent? No, learn in full Berserker, even if it’s a brand new dungeon for you.

Not sure what this says. I’ve seen teams full of every profession, even full eles. Yes, full eles in this state.

This is an issue I’ve had with PvP since launch, and that is anybody can play the FOTM and be as equipped as the next guy with no time investment. People have no dedication to profession.

cranked.3812:

Flissy.4093:

kyubi.3620:

What mathers is that you play what you want and feel confortable to. Just because some meta says you to play something doesnt mean you have to. As long as your doing very good

Crippling yourself because its more fun is at the cost of 4 other players in the group. This is known as being selfish.

Technically speaking that would be the detriment of 3 other players. OP said he runs with his girlfriend who apparently doesn’t mind the extra long runs either.

Then it’s still selfish.

Incomingray.8075:

we’re wondering IF the build would end up being really bad damage comparatively, thanks for the advice people.

Yes, yes it would. You’ll be PUGging, there are always PUGs hogging the condition caps anyway, and unless you’re in full Zerker, you have no right to complain about people playing sub-optimally.

Conditions being bad aside, it could just be left as Warrior has awful condition options in comparison to others.

Ghostwolf.9863:

I just don’t like the way it’s implemented currently and makes the class look like a noob class yes. I can tell the difference between a bad warrior and a good one, but I rarely see good ones being more rewarded than bad ones or bad ones more punished than good ones, just pick the right build and done. .

That’s a problem with you, a simple class to do moderately in or not, that doesn’t mean there is no skill curve. If you’re losing to bad Warriors that is your own fault, as they are laughably easy and predictable.

azizul.8469:

3. expects expansion even though GW2 give them free DLC fortnightly.

Lol, calling running around pressing “f” on many things with a hashed-out story instance with broken lore not related to the GW2 I purchased at all DLC.

I’d be asking for a refund if I had to pay for that, I don’t even do the content as it’s awful.

The endgame is auto attacking. That is why.

0/10, didn’t even try.

It’s almost an impossible answer without knowing your server, your servers playstyle, and if you want to run with the group or be a roamer.

If you’re on T1 server in a Zerg, you will likely require a different stat combination than if you’re on a T6 server.

Ghostwolf.9863:

On my mesmer and engineer I had too many ways to counter getting locked down which made the skill a joke even if I was hit, on my thief I simply dodged it by not even using 0.01% of my brain …….. While at it, the only thing I ever disliked when fighting warriors was their passive/afk heal, and I think they should tone it down and instead in some way make them achieve same amount of heal, but instead from actively playing.

So this thread is saying Warriors are bad, then asking for a further nerf?

Yep. Definitely from the Thief forum. 2/10 for effort.

Quizotic.2815:

I didn’t have a point, I’m just surprised that something people can still make would sell for so much

Legendaries are “the goal” for many, as a massive point of the game is cosmetic upgrades. Why not make things that sell for so much to use?

SoLeciTO.3490:

i do not have time to craft because i prioritize my time.

Most of my time i use it to be with my friends, go parties, work, and gf.

I do not like to expend my only free time to play crafting.

To me this sounds like you want rewards without the work. Crafting is very quick, if you’re not willing to spend even 1 hour (1 day of your playing time) you don’t deserve to have access to the rewards.

I’m going to throw that excruciating word “entitled” out. Want the reward? Then put in the effort.

You’d have a good argument if the crafting took a long time … but it really, really doesn’kittens nigh on instant.

kyubi.3620:

What mathers is that you play what you want and feel confortable to. Just because some meta says you to play something doesnt mean you have to. As long as your doing very good

Crippling yourself because its more fun is at the cost of 4 other players in the group. This is known as being selfish.

Donari.5237:

Then it would show your long term stay in the game, plus you’d not be barred from the older titles.

Using Apprentice is essentially that.

No.

/15char.

Azure Prower.8701:

Then every one would have the same chance, events would be made into a epic occurrence instead of another waypoint check list and traveling some where is meaningful.

Then “every one” would be about 10 people, because that’s all that would play the game. Nobody wants to waste their entire playing time running to do a 1-minute event where you only need to auto attack anyway.

As said above, this is a ridiculous question only asked to generate response.

DontJudgeMe.3958:

You don’t see me going over to:

The “me” is very important here, while you don’t do it, other Warriors do. On all forums are players who main all professions whining.

A little phrase has been floating around for a while on the whole forum:

“Nerf rock, paper is fine. Sincerely scissors”.

Try tab targetting.

“Stop buying Dusk so I can buy Dusk”.

It’s been said, who cares what people get as drops? If this was implemented, it should purely be for the function of analysing your dungeon group so you’re not stuck with PVT trash anyway, but if you care that much you wouldn’t be PUGging regardless.

KOPPER.1458:

seems like a lot of gold for 1 color that is character bound. Might be more worth while if it were account bound. I am not saying that all dye’s need to be this way but it would be nice if the RNG ones were. We are going to be seeing a lot more of these in the future sadly.

In a game where there is little to spend money on other than cosmetics, how is 65g or so for a dye a lot of gold for what its worth, whereas the general consensus is Legendaries are so worth it?

Taku.6352:

But be glad that you are not focused on the older f&f dyes that cost up to 250g. ^^

For people willing to purchase deep glacial sky rather than a similar alternative that’s several times cheaper, either 250g is peanuts or such desire for the dye would have mean they’d have purchased it cheaper.

phaeris.7604:

From a thief perspective…warriors just became a whole lot easier to fight. The difference was just so apparent.

Now if only they’d nerf mesmers….

You’re losing to Mesmers as a Thief? Thats a problem with you, not Mesmers.

Hammer does far too much damage for it’s level of control. The auto attack chain hasn’t been touched. ES and SB should be solely for the lengthy stun and knockdown, they do far too much damage as is.

Zoid.2568:

If this nerf is because other classes feel like Warriors are OP. Then buff other classes. Don’t nerf the hammer for Warrior, it isn’t even needed.

That’s called a power creep, and is totally crippling to MMOs.