Guild Wars 2

NevirSayDie.6235:

Shar.3402:

5 eles vs 5 eles is the way
infinite matches ending like 10-5 with all 3 points perma-uncapped.

This is legitimately hilarious.

Which made me wonder. Why is this cheese build not being utilized and only 2 to 3 eles? What would be its weaknesses?

Lysico.4906:

umm OP we have one.. earth 5 underwater

yea, and we can blast combo to stealth in it. awesome!

Josh Mitchell.1596:

Several forumgoers have suggested underwater elementals since way back in the open betas. It is absolutely doable: Magma, Aqua, Plasma, and Mud. Tar Elementals and every other classes pets (minus certain Engineer turrets) can go underwater, why not ours?

@ Winds: I lol’d.

Yea, I wish one day it would eventually happen. Not only to elementals but to all utilities and elites of all classes to have underwater counterpart. :O

I want to change my account name

Ryoki Hokishami.2756:

Celtic Lady.3729:

I agree. Of all the armor in the game, I think medium armor is the ugliest, least flattering, least imaginitive, and least diverse.

You know, you guys all say that, but I disagree entirely. For example, Scouts leggings (tier 1 human) when dyed faded blue, are literally jeans with a belt and some fancy faded stripes. In my opinion, the things that make some of the medium armor so cool is that they’re believable.

Out of all the armors in the entire game, this is my favorite piece of armor. Because nothing is cooler than a stylish pair of jeans.

Yeah, we like the jeans too. But we can barely see the freakin jeans because too much trench coat covers them especially when you’re a chaaaarrrrr!!!

Happyfool.8951:

faction armor. cultural armor.

Unimaginative. Ugly.

Red Falcon.8257:

Year 2005, Arena Net Headquarters.
Designer: “Hey Mike so what style do you want for medium armors?”
Mike O’Brien: “We could make a trenchcoat, and…”
Colin: “And then… make a trenchcoat again!”
whole studio stands up and applauds

Thank you so much for making my day. You deserve a big quaggan kiss

Ulion.5476:

Curious why is magnetic wave not an aura? It envelops your body reflecting projectiles for 3sec. The wiki page on auras has it listed as one, but it does not act like one.

Well, there’s magnetic aura in Earth Staff. SO making magnetic wave another earth aura is redundant, i think? XD

Sad to say but this is an issue to almost all aspects of the game and not just WvW. If you play pure support, you will definitely have less loots since loot require you to tag mobs whether in dungeons or in open PVE. The game does not force everyone to play DPS per se, but rather a balance of DPS and support IMO. It does however discourages pure support roles.

Some changes to the way loots are distributed is definitely welcome. But i think it is hard to achieve.

Arheundel.6451:

In the end people can celebrate all they want when ele get nerfed to oblivion but do you think that this will stop teams from using the next OP thing which will come out as a result of the buff/nerfs?

I think it’s the way almost all MMORPGs run unfortunately.

But a better scenario would be an emerging counter cheesy build to the current cheese build regardless of nerfs/buffs. Now, THAT would be interesting.

Anyway, let’s just bet on what the next cheesy comp is after the ele nerf which I sense everyone is craving for based on the emerging threads in this forums, shall we?

Junkpile.7439:

Well there is something wrong in game mode if main thing is just stay alive inside circle.

Nah, people would rather complain about a certain class. They are much much easier to tweak and deal with compared to game modes.

ETR.8152:

I was complaining?

No, but the rest of the thread seems to. I pretty much agree with what you said actually. Hence, the quote. o.o

Anyway, to finally answer to OP, I have some tips but I am no pro so I may say something gibberish here.

Confusion or dazes can hurt d/d eles since they rely on continually using skills. Watch carefully what attunement the ele is currently in. Burst him down or condition bomb him the moment he swaps out of water. He’s got to wait another 9 seconds or more to come back to water for another heal rotation. Or interrupt/daze him when he is in water. Also, pressure him first into using his cantrips and wasting his dodge (ele evading in water means heal) before using your hard hitting skills and conditions. Catching him when his HP dwindles is very difficult because RTL will zap him waaay out of your range unless you’re in a tight spot. But an immobilized ele cannot RTL away from you. And look on the bright side: when an ele runs away from you, you technically have defeated him anyways.

SuLor.2840:

Please, we need some actual shirts with NOTHING hanging down below the waste, especially for the Charr, because while the long coats do get old on humans or norns, they are absolutely ridiculous on a Charr! Not to mention the awful tail clipping.

Seconded

ETR.8152:

Pretty much any tank builds are going to be hard to kill 1v1. But they cant really finish you off all that fast either.

Either people complain that they get instagibbed by a certain class hence OP burst

OR

people complain that they CANNOT kill a certain class hence OP bunkers.

Fascinating…

Gaudrath.6725:

What effect? Gray shader is not an effect. :p

It fits the skill’s name PREFECTLY <3

Lord Aargadon.4135:

Personally, I dont believe they are as terrible as what I hear about them, they are just supa situational and most of the time not worth the CD. Give them a heal, one perma boon and/or a skill to compensate for each ones weakness.

Pretty much this. I haven’t seen or used Tornado in a loooong time now. I wonder why.

FIRE!!! Burn them! Burn them all!!

Am I the only one in love with the current OF effect? XD

Intigo.1653:

You have every right to be. The tooltips are very bad and could do a far better job of explaining things. It’s a shame because people say the tooltips in GW 1 were very good compared to their GW 2 counterpart.

If it makes you feel any better, I have 5 Daggers, 2 Scepters, 3 Staffs and 2 Focuses with different Sigils!

LOL, you have a lot of weapons. But I agree. tooltips should state that proccing sigils don’t stack, or sigils on swap don’t stack, or share the same global CD of some sort. I, too, was once a victim of this heinous crime.

kagemitsu.3657:

I’ve always considered Engineer to be my “main”, even though lately I’ve switched to Guardian because people keep asking me “don’t you have another class to bring?” when I join paids, and well… I don’t get it.

Even though I’ve played engi in every shape and form, I don’t see how a condition heavy build is going to destroy an Elementalist. I mean, what can an engi do that a Necromancer can’t in terms of conditions? The build above isn’t even using ‘nades, which I’ve found to be the most effective way to stack conditions quickly on a target.

Maybe the mix of burning + confusion? But what good does it do when an Ele can cleanse conditions that fast?

Please enlighten me.

Nercos dun have Confusion.. do they? o.o

He ruined and STOLE my personal story. That’s why i never bothered finishing it.

I wholeheartedly agree.

I used the Glyph Heal pretty much through 1 to 80. And then starting experminenting my builds and once I discovered the wonders of Signet of Restoration, I never looked back. It’s surprisingly effective even without the Written in Stone trait. I rely on Water Attunement skills, EA in water and water field combos when I need a heal burst either using d/d or staff.

It’s so unfair!!! When you want someone to die, they should die. They should not be able to run away or survive. It’s OP!!!!!

If and if they change the mechanics of boss dragons encounters, I wish they, too, change the current system of the World Events respawns together with a proper scaling of these boss fights. When a massive amount of players just spam auto attacks on a dragon’s feet ignoring the actual mechanics of the fight and like giving the dragon a nice pedicure until the loooong HP bar drops is not fun. And a fixed timer for the recurrence of World Events isn’t very DYNAMIC at all.. which is the primary reason for the first issue stated – people WP to the dragon’s spawn area since they know exactly when and where the dragon will spawn. I think only then should they make reasonable adjustments to the rewards systems. Fixed the gerd dem events first.

Blakey.5670:

How can you chain immobilize a stability & protection wielding ,ride the lightning turning ,mist form changing, perma swiftness running "pro player " that makes up every elementist out there? I’m sure i’ve missed some too.

They turn the fight off in the switch of 2 buttons. And they got like 4 of them.

How is that balanced that half the suggestions in these forums is “Form a passy”?
I don’t see a whole guild knocking on my door when they want to take down an engineer, a warrior, a ranger or guardian.

You’re talking about diversity,which is kind of the engineers bag too, yet i to make a getaway i to invest in the buffing tree or use up atleast 2 of my utilitys while you can just ride out at the speed of light or heal your self out of there.

1. All eles have stability.
2. All eles are pro.

Those are the two things I got from this post actually. Wonderful

LordByron.8369:

Gallrvaghn.4921:

I will welcome the nerfs to bunker 0/10/0/30/30 d/d cantrip specs as long as other weapon sets, other utilities and other traitlines are improved.

cantrip build is 10/10/0/30/20

actually….

And i feel they will destroy ele in PvE unless they limit the change to PvP
I think we have bad experience of anet balancing….

you’re missing my point. -.-

emikochan.8504:

If the engi changes were anything to go by it’ll be “30% reduction in staff damage, Gust and Frozen Ground now do 200 damage.”

I was like, What?? We deal damage with these two skills? I never knew. o.o

If you want to be a powernuker as you believe eles should be, then you’re better of Power Precision Crit Damage. Squishy as hell, but you get your nuke as a Staff on the backline. As for traits and all, just search this subforum for [Guides]. There are a lot of helpful threads you can check in here

I will welcome the nerfs to bunker 0/10/0/30/30 d/d cantrip specs as long as other weapon sets, other utilities and other traitlines are improved.

Poxxia.1547:

- When in a hotjoin:

3) The inevitable: “HALP” while pugging. Not sure … I kinda find it sweet, when someone is panicking and yells “halp” over the /m.

I do that sometimes.

To spice things up a little for the possibility of make things worse in the process. :P

Can we get a total remake of Fire Shield? Lamest aura EVER.

What I see is, people complain about ele’s sustain heal or mobility (escapes via RTL) or both because they are annoyed they cannot kill the kitten but not so much about damage. They can’t kill the ele, but hey, they aren’t getting instagibbed by the ele too, are they?

jokitten390:

ya i guess after a fight vs. an ele, who is a decent 1v1 class, every1 got an imobilize rdy to prevent them from escaping… ridiculous… just change rtl that it needs a target, would help in many situations i think

It’s like saying, like everyone’s got an interrupt ready to prevent a warrior to HB or a stunbreak to prevent a thief to instagib you. It’s ridiculous. Duh?

I do however like your suggestion on a required target for RTL. But I think many eles won’t surely like it. :P

When you see 2 to 3 thieves jumping on you using Heart Seeker like you’re being eaten alive by a swarm of giant locusts.

If Solo Qs and Team Qs are split, yes, we OBVIOUSLY have a split community BUT

with solo queues, newbies with no teams yet, casuals, and other soloers who stopped playing will start playing in solos since there is assurance that they won’t get stomped by premades EVER and play with other randoms.

At this early stage, we shall expect to see more solo queuers than team Qs. That’s a given BUT

given some time, these solos will eventually form teams and have premades finally queue in Team Qs.

In this case, splitting the community might not be that bad since it has a lot of potential to welcome fresh bloods allowing the competitive community to GROW.

Dragoon.9536:

im tired of these switch to lightning just to wisp away or in vapor form in water still annoying

Eles can vapor form in fire too, and air… and earth.. (gasp!) Eles are indeed OP!! :O

But seriously dude, can you not try playing the class and learn its mechanics before QQing so that you don’t come out as a total kitten?

With a few tweaks to bosses HP and the promised overhaul on boss mechanics in old dungeons, I have hope for GW2 dungeons.

I wish they’d take some inspiration to one of Dragon Nest’s end game dungeons called the Green Dragon Nest. I was watching some friends play through the dungeon and man, was it intense and I felt the adrenaline just watching them run through it. It’s a hardcore mode dungeon so it was definitely not easy. When a player dies, he can’t res the entire dungeon. They failed the first two tries but succeeded in the last. But the thing I would like to emphasize was that the final boss mechanics was cool. It has various phases and was thrilling to watch. Don’t mind all the overkill flashy visual effects of the skills of players though.

I see it. I see the Gathering of Storm right here in this thread.

nerva.7940:

EoNxBoNx.9213:

Well I am excited about the new map, however ranking and rating, not as excited only because I do not have a dedicated team.

I am more or so wishing that they add some build diversity if not that this patch then soon. I play a thief and personally I am getting really sick of either having one REALLY good build or a few meh builds. It’s pretty stupid imo. And I know its not just thieves that are like that.

build variety is a priority imo…multiple viable specs per prof make ANY map or game mode fun.

but yeah, im very concerned about the lack of 1v1 team ranked for solo players. im not touching the free tourney format with a stick. it just needs to die.

let’s just hope this upcoming matchmaking/ranking system is solo friendly.

Nuka Cola.8520:

Gallrvaghn.4921:

Nuka Cola.8520:

Gallrvaghn.4921:

Nuka Cola.8520:

where is the new dungeons? Why are they torturing with garbage we have? this is so disappointing…

Whoever said about new dungeons? o.o

at this point anything for me to do in pve for longer than an hour would be a welcome… Like seriously i don’t know if im the only one here but in the past 1 month and a half i have absolutely nothing to do but two fotm dailies which i only do because there’s nothing to do (if that makes any sense…). What anet is releasing is complete crap. Pve needs things to occupy players for weeks/months and it has nothing. I thought they would be adding 1-3 new fractals every month to expand their new dungeons and they doing ****. Disappointment after disappointment.

I don’t know, complete your Achievements lists maybe? Follow the Living Story? Collect a hundred skillpoints? Kill 1000 Giants? Find a ghost Dolyak? There are loads of stuff to do for me, so I don’t know about you.

I have 397 skill points and finding X enemy or kill 10000000000000 X enemy isn’t much of gameplay. Hunting achievements when they have ZERO use is worthless anyway. I have like 4k and other than monthlies and most dailies i never even bothered doing them because its just yellow numbers that have no purpose.

Well then, I’m sorry but I can’t help you change your perspective though. XD

plasmacutter.2709:

agreed.

I also don’t like the idea that eng tosses out a giant neon sign to their foes that they are changing abilities.

Well to be fair, eles have way bigger neon signs when changing attunements.

Nuka Cola.8520:

Gallrvaghn.4921:

Nuka Cola.8520:

where is the new dungeons? Why are they torturing with garbage we have? this is so disappointing…

Whoever said about new dungeons? o.o

at this point anything for me to do in pve for longer than an hour would be a welcome… Like seriously i don’t know if im the only one here but in the past 1 month and a half i have absolutely nothing to do but two fotm dailies which i only do because there’s nothing to do (if that makes any sense…). What anet is releasing is complete crap. Pve needs things to occupy players for weeks/months and it has nothing. I thought they would be adding 1-3 new fractals every month to expand their new dungeons and they doing ****. Disappointment after disappointment.

I don’t know, complete your Achievements lists maybe? Follow the Living Story? Collect a hundred skillpoints? Kill 1000 Giants? Find a ghost Dolyak? There are loads of stuff to do for me, so I don’t know about you.

nerva.7940:

they still havent gives us a reason to go back to the old maps. when is that coming?

Based on the latest Flame and Frost site which doesn’t state it there, expect it March or April. They have until December 2013 to deliver this stuff anyway since it was a 2013 plan and not strictly speaking Feb2013 patch. Correct me if I’m wrong though.

XScott.1940:

Fernling.1729:

Different game modes.

Exactly this. I want variety (capture the flag, death match, different number of control points, etc…).

If only we could deactivate the capture points in our current maps in the upcoming custom servers…

leman.7682:

GJ on creating another topic…

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/February-update-discussion/first#post1387806

Don’t worry. Mods will merge them in no time

Kilrain Daggerspine.6843:

Oh no! Now ill be forced to join a guild, why do I have to join a guild in guild wars? Why Anet Why!!!!

Yea, we will be seeing more of these at the end of the month

Nuka Cola.8520:

where is the new dungeons? Why are they torturing with garbage we have? this is so disappointing…

Whoever said about new dungeons? o.o

Give them a year or two, they might give you that. It’s a loooong list my friend.