Guild Wars 2

Exactly same frame drop numbers.

The ping seems normal under 100, i have a 2011 iMac so i ran all stuf on low and had 35-45 FPS.

Now its 20-25.

And whenever i press “N” for pvp party window, it freezes for a second – all other teammates also get this freeze.

Edit:
Yup its AMD HD 6750M 512mb card

Ragion.2831:

he must have forgotten that people commonly focus necromancers

You should pm coglin.1867 , you two would get along well.

Same for ds3 fear and epidemic.

I was disapointed when the new 3pt(15pt old) minor trait was revealed a complete uselesness again even after a rework, while it couldve just been a copypaste of this trait since its prety universaly useful and would be fine to get as a free minor.

I think its normal in PVE and its normaly subpar in PVP.
For it to worth taking,
-it would need to be 2x condies removed to maybe push the DS flasher style
-or it needs to be pulsing. 1x condi every 3s – sidenote to all condispam haterz: this is removing condies from fight so might actualy get hit with less transfers.

-Or maybe make it JUST “immobilize + 1x condi” since apparently immobilize stacking idea was a huge succes and a keeper.

REMOVE THIS DAILY BULL SYSTEM

NOW, not after 9 april or whenever..

Random Weird Guy.3528:

zapv.8051:

and mesmers off and on based on individual skill

I don’t understand this part of your post. Are you saying that mesmers need to be a no-skill class?

I think he means that when a class is relying on “positioning and team peeling” as ONLY damage avoidance source- which is universal to all and even map dependant, it means the class is generally weak just theres a few exceptional players.

So thats the risk part, and we all know that the reward part is also not worth it – how long can a mesmer/necro bunker a point they just gained vs cele ele for example.

Lower hp for doors could also make it flow faster, which they can easily adjust.

U can tank burning from the current metamonkeys (ele, engie, warri, dps gurd,)

Ur harder to burst down. 0 heals carrion ehp is biger, 1 heal each theyre exactly same, after 2 heals the rabid ehp is bigger (ignoring condis ofcourse).

U lose on crit sigils tho, barbed precision is very small thing actualy so dont be afraid.

Theyre both possible, the best survival we have is having a ele/engie friend giving us some heals and peeling the bullies away

1) im not guard main but for pvp u almost need the scepter, or sword is also more used than the mace in dps medi build.

2) he is playing a “troll 1v1 build” which in real tpvp is useless. Pvp is balanced around getting to 500 aka capture nodes, and not offpoint fights or wvw open field roaming. Fight him on a node and he has nowhere to run.

3) hotjoin is not real pvp, poeple play it more for quick fights rather than actualy looking at map and fighting as a team and defending the capture points.
So builds like this may seem strong here, ignore it.

4) what u described looks like pistol/dager carrion condi thief with caltrops utility skill and caltrops on dodge trait.
Im getting lazy at this point, but the way u deal with them in tourny is
- ignore them in teamfights, kill anotjer target first, then 3v4 gank him
- with someone sustainy, go on a node , cap it, and let him waste his time dancimg around you
- 2v1 insta kill him with ur thief
- let him lose the condi game against a better condi class like necro or engie
- in general once ull improve, anything can beat it in pvp, in wvw just shrug and run and ignore them

Tl,dr: look up what pistol condi thief means and laugh it away

Idk saiyan, nos has been on top for more than half a year and i have yet to see another team saying “we want a necro”

Afaik the reve can support with:
-main condis torment and confusion
-3s taunt
-resistance, the condi immunity boon

From this the engie still wins but it looks like the 2nd best condi duo. Maybe if they share enough resistance – we could drop offhand dagger transfer for more boonrip

Theyre far too big on non-asuras.

I bought them with gold nevertheless, but its too much, Anet please get more sleek designs next, we got enough anime sized greatswords – and i love anime.

Sorel.4870:

Henrik.7560:

No. Who wouldn’t swap and re-config the comp when facing multiple engineers?
Gets out the staff ele.

The staff ele? Y u no necromancer bro?

Cz necro is such okay spot, that its safer to play mutli staff ele even when hardcountering matchups

Joke aside i think he meant turret trash engies.

The tooltip is missing 50% chance to get obstructed and being a projectile that doesnt fly.

Ghost,

Leeto plays power exclusively. Staff + d/d

Xerrex is generaly a great teacher. Staff + a/f

Noscoc, i said hes not as amazing on power, but he still wins 80% when he plays it and he often does stream power for fun. Staff + d/wh

OPN from radioactive. Not streaming but a good showcase on how you can still make a team with stuff like 2x power necs. He goes full offense without staff, axe/wh+d/d

I think this covers all variants and playstyles of how you can go power on a necro, from leeto playing the role of a roaming thief to xerrexs ranged kiter in teamfights.

I know i missed the wvw mark, but you learn much more and faster in pvp than in wvw.

Its far from meta but if youre just toying around, it works best with bunker guard as a dou bunker team that takes ages to kill, can slowly get and hold a cap BUT can rezz each other in case one gets caught out – which can happen very fast for necro. Forest and kylo best maps cz small nodes.

00266
Protection on wells (or staff cd / cleanse on DS when against condis)
Transfusion or dagger CD, well recharge must, heal on DS must (new GM is crap the 1k aoe heal every 7s will make u live much longer and the 1x condi every 3s from 1x ally can hardly be called support)
Vital persistance, DS recharge must, stability on DS must

Healing well, condi remove well, blind well, anything (i recomend spectral armor) , plague
Staff+ d/d
Energy on both, then some other survival sigil like leeching
Runes can vary but id go for the mercy combo with partner
Others for solo are traveler/speed, anything with boon or regen duration or cleanse that makes you live longer.

Your main job beside staying alive and rezzing is setting up a fear off point into an dagger immobilize.
Keep weakness, poison, chill on target, interupt, transfer condis when needed. The rest is getting dagger#2 full chanel for heal on CD and spaming1 for lifeforce.

If someone hacks and makes an MMR app he should insta win the 15.000$ for the overwolf challenge

Im all for it but Anets overprotective spoonfeeding philosophy isnt.

Compared to this, the old leaderboards had much more merit.

d/d ele
Staff ele
Rifle engi
Shoutbow warri
DPS guard
turet trash

You cant win a 1v1 against any of these. So theres no role to it. Im not attacking u, i play and tryed it and all other necro variants, its just how it is.

Leeto wins it here, hands down His youtube chanel only has 2 or so videos, but he streams regularly. If u master the versatilty and jukes of the d/d+staff i guarantee ull also do well on condi necro and glassier spectral or wells power builds. http://en-gb.twitch.tv/leet0

Xerrex is second, hes showing the regular meta build with 2x wells. Hes got a demo video under his builds , he streams like 10 hours a day and u can always ask him to play power necro. http://en-gb.twitch.tv/xerrex

Noscoc also often plays power necro for fun on stream, but he makes it look a bit too easy since hes always in a best party supporting and covering him. http://en-gb.twitch.tv/noscoc

Theres also a team on NA called Radioactive. They play with 2x power necros and a mercy rune rezz warrior. Theyre fun to watch on the go4cups on sunday, and they place like 3-4rd strongest team in NA.

Rocket turret…..

spoj.9672:

Being a pinball to a turret engi while a dps guard wrecked me was fun today.

For the world cup, all asuraballs are made out of necromancers.

Warrior.

Shoutbot, rezzbot, old hambot, axebot, condi macebot in order strength and probably even in order easyness.

Hammer warrior
Mesmer mesmer f3
Thief pistol#4
Engie slick shoes cz its field and maybe the stupid turet trait

Those are afaik the only ones have more than 2x CCs in whole build and are “spammable or multi hit” who could actualy get past a 2-3x stavk of stabilty.

No necro bias please,
but i am very concerned how corrupts will work. Corrupt boon is like portal to mesmer – its the only reason u bring the class. I hope the boon priorities get sorted out by then.

leman.7682:

Meanwhile necros have a Mark of Blood on dodge that is in the trait line that has never been used by a single necro and is useless if there are no enemies nearby to trigger it.

Balanced? Sure! Like the rest of this esports game.

And the thing had to be nerfed at the glorious times of dhuumfire + it has a cooldown so necro cant abuse his many dodges

But back to topic,
- its a 2 second stabilty
- a 15pt MINOR trait

Great, a Reve will do 1x dodge every 8,5s —> and at least 1+2= 3s of time where ur team cant focus him.

P.S.
Full initiave thief spamming pistol#4 against stacks of stabilty new meta?

Simon.3794:

then what do you think about protection on dodge?

I wanted to write 7/8 classes have vigor with random doge spam, but that would make it too obvious

Hello.
Putting 5/8 classes being vigor boon kitten and energy sigils aside,

a dodge is 1s inuvlnerable every 10s.

Stabilty like every boon will be minimum 1 second duration.

So 1+1=2 means you cant setup your burst on a Reve 20% of time

GG Anet, oh and
NO we dont want more immobilize stacking and
YES hooray since all necros will rellol anyway

Revenant looks like necro 1.0

What you said about full ds bar is true and one our bug problems weve been asking to fix. 0% LF is a free kill and 100% LF is way too much in 1v1, thats just fact.

So try to be aggressive and just spawn camp the necro so he stays 0% lf whole game. Theres even bug that makes us lose -23% lf on respawn

Are u hamer 01616 or the gs build?

I first read it wrong and thought it was a spoof for “3rd world series logo”

Looks great

use flesh wurm or ds#2 to port to them. immediately.

then its the regular keeping weaknes and kiting them till death, just be aware of when they can switch back to bow u have last dodge ready.

1) Adadadadadadadada, can you pull this combo off ?

2) elite aka 20s every 3min, they should be stronk

3) ctrl + T , set stopwatch how fast 4 poeple deal 35k dmg. If he uses lich form in 1v1 , you lose fight but win war , since its a 3 min elite and a build ment to wipe teamfights.

4) boon and chain CC

5) double dodge, blind, block, projectile miss, dodge again since youre a boonhore, then pop wall of reflection to let necro know he got no chance this whole match cz buildwars….

6) if all above fails,

Give up the point, hug and make love to a pillar, then come back 20s later and see how long bunker zerker necro holds a point.

…
7) write a lich form nerf thread

Please change ladder system and ban turret engie players, as they shouldnt play ranked with builds designed for lower/mid tier.
Thank you, see ya tomorrow on the daily anti-AI thread.

Dagger#2 DOES need a faster animation. Not so much on the chanel as the healing is traded for the bigger dps of the axe chanel, but on the initial startup time.

True, theres too many long robes.

We need more pants and slim medium long skirts, for me the female primitive pants look perfect slim from front and back, just the skull mess it up. Wish we could untogle them

And some more armorish like the vigil or ascended pants

Or the stupidly OP doom sigil…

Flesh wurm :P or immediately spectral armor stunbreak and ds3+2 combo.
I dont mean its a clear win, just that in a pure 1v1 id give 55-60% win chance to necro, and the number would only get bigger with more lifeforce and obstacles for LoS.

You dont get 30s stabilty anymore when in-out exiting elites.

Also in 1v1 im pretty sure power necro wins over power ranger , even with 0% lf. Unless you meant in team, there ofc the better team protecting their zerkers will make them look godlike.

Focus is just mechanically flawed. The #4 could deal a million dmg but for pvp (and for my taste even flat wvw) it just misses to often.
Shame to have skills with added cosmetics but fail at main funcionality.
I also dont trust them as it would be too much work. 3-6 months and u maybe get a numberic dmg or LF increase, a cast reduction at best – but not mechanicaly changing the projectile.

Leman. you said you were trying a celestial necro.
Cele is a long fight amulet meaning you need the condi clears. So staff and/or dagger offhand. Then warhorn beats it since covers mobilty so u dont need traveler + it gives better life force, especialy traited.

Xerrexes staff+ axe/focus zerker is really the only build where works a bit if you have enemys who let themselves get kited.

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

Trick I found for Scavenging and Vampirsm runes: Activate your heal when you respawn. It should be recharged by the time you need it again, but in the meantime, your first hit deals an extra 975 armor ignoring damage (and heals you if you didn’t get the first strike).

Nice one, thanks.

What im saying is what everyone has been saying whole time: leagues aka tiers of skill level aka more tiers of rewards.

What was their biggest succes?

T.o.L.

A declining pvp scene (hambots and no event for a year) and grouch secretly hoping they can get 16x teams to sign up…

BUT WAIT!

“everyone who win 1 round get a decent reward, and each next win is a small but good higher tier of prize.”

BOOM , OVER +128 TEAMS SHOW UP

nightmare wins, hands down.

scavenging is 5% more dmg, while nightmare changes the flow of whole battle.

manveruppd.7601:

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

975 health on each stealing proc. It’s actually a pretty sizable amount for a passive proc.

That’s not bad!

6 piece bonus on a Carrion amulet is 113.75 condition damage if you have no points in Blood Magic. That is ~6 damage/bleed tick.

That’s not great…

Exactly.
Or its vice verse on rabid/carrion. The runes are only viable in wvw cz there u get tough+vit in dire gear and food gives the biggest part of condi duration.

All guardian weapon skills are now meditations, insta cast and all the 2k heal and stuff bonuses..

RANKED!!!!
19:29 CET (berlin time) match ends
Forest of nifhel map
500 – 200 around or below

Enemy team had “bad builds” : turet trash engie, condi mesmer, venom thief…
I was 1v2 or 1v1 on our capped node whole game, and they just lost. like tsk – whole team dead… so i dont know what builds our guys were running around, but they must have forgotten their heads at the base.
I also wrote in team chat where they should move and nobody listened and told me to shut up.

Red Dave.3904 – one of teammates
He proudly claims he was top100 last month and is curently #47 EU ladder.
gw2score.com has NO HISTORY ON HIM BEFORE Dec16.

BRAVO MATCHMAKING BRAVO LADDERPOINTS.

(Sorry for rudeness im just being honest in hopes such reports show flaws and lead to changes)

Edit: out of curiosity i waited and saw i only lost -1 point. I dont care about a nonworking ladder or getting better enemys, but the level of gameplay, which realy felt tiers below what im used from before.

a) rough patch fix: randomized for each person , so its not 3x engie per team 1 day and next day 3x guard and so on…

b) actual fix: Admitting mistake – no worries pve designer, some fun&shiny stuff just doesnt work in pvp, not ur fault – and remove forcing poeple on their unskilled clasess.

Never occured to me beforem but youre right.

Playing treb for whole game is super boring.

If it can and actualy gets destroyed like in kyhlo, then its ok.

I also wanted it to count as a regular weapon swap.
I wanted it for a cele hybrid since necro/thief often do not swap weapons at all, compared to almost “natural” swapping levels of ele/engie and warri.

But it surprised me most poeple were against it. I think bhawb said he used the healing on swap sigil – which would actualy get wasted if mechanic was changed.
Or geomancy would need to be used in melee before the fear if u wanted it to hit.

I always wanted it to count on going in and out, to potentialy get 2x procs if u camped DS, but your suggestion sounds even better, as it would give us more potential to squezee out of sigils, while preventing wasting a heal, or the ds3+2 combo would still work.

+1,
but it wont happen. especialy with how well abjured is doing.

I dont want to be mean, but this a beginer build for maybe someones first 10hours of pvp.

Ill give you a few guidelines:
1) condi necro without corrupt boon does not exist. the signet can be better in wvw, but not here
2) you need a stunbreak
2.1) or two
3) wurm, s.walk, s.armor , maaaaybe well of power…those are your stunbreak choices
4) you got staff + s/d right
5) u can have golem untill you cant do 1v1, but try to learn using plague as soon as you pass that phase
6)epidemic is close, but not viable. the might stacking trait on condi is useless and blood is power is weak
7) you get enoug added condi duraton with 15% from nightmare rune and 20% bleeding with trait… from there u must focus on more and constant condition spam as nobody is running around with no codni cleanse and some have A LOT.

Your job:
1) stay alive. dont laugh its hard, get chain cced in a teamfight and youre gone
2) win the favorable 1v1 example other zerkers or counter condi classes
3) if thief/mes are direct damage burst, necro best condi burst. chill and strip the stabilty on eles and other boon reliant classes in 2v2s
4) poison on downed bodies immediately
5) CC stomp/rezzers , or corupt stabilty
6) you a node assualter not defender
7) Scepter autoattack from safe range