Guild Wars 2

Arcane.4950:

It is very simple:

Hold right mouse button and move the mouse to turn your char left/right

WASD for forwards/backwards and strafing (hold M2 and D to strafe right for example)
1,2,3,4,5 basic skills

Q,E,R,Z,X,C heal/utility spells

Total control of your char without having to reach a long way or heaven forbid… click skills.

Well that definately sounds feasible. It sounds like too much work though. I already have a bad habit of needing to look at the keyboard to see where keys are (not WASD though, I’ve used that enough to know where that is). Maybe if I ease into it by having some spells on keys and clicking others, then once I’m comfortable there, go full bound? Seems like a pain to have my elements on the F keys though, stance dancing would suck. Getting a razer as mentioned earlier probably wouldn’t hurt either to make it easier. Thanks.

Arcane.4950:

Oh sorry, i’ll improve it.

Top tips to improve your performance:

Learn to control your character using WASD and Mouse.
Stop clicking skills it is a HUGE FAIL.
Roll a Thief or Warrior, you will be more effective with fewer buttons.

Well it at least sounds more sincere lol. As I stated above, I’ll eventually get to using keys, just never been a favourite of mine and hence is a slower process. It does make me wonder how I can use keys when I need mouse to control camera around as you state. Means I would need 3 hands. How would I go about setting keys up to make that work? Also, boo thief and warrior.

Arcane.4950:

Oh dear lord,

pug pvp

clicker

keyboard turning

please remove this video

Thanks for the help, you really added some insightful suggestions there.

fivekiller.1432:

Gofr.5794:

If clicking is my only problem that is identifiable, then I guess I am satisfied. I was looking more for combo improvements or tips on play rather than the usual “you’ll fail miserably if you don’t hotkey” argument. It’s tired and old. The fast pace does not bother me, never did. If you can see any other improvements besides key binding, that’d be appreciated. I can pvp just fine as is otherwise. Thanks.

sounds like you’re good to go.

the way you interface with your character and give commands is such a basic and low level system compared to combo improvements and stuff like that. you’re probably always going to get the same response here because when identifying a problem people like to start at the bottom and work up.

if someone is having trouble with math and counting on their fingers i’ll tell them to buy a calculator before i bother helping them with their integration.

i have several friends that click. they learned long ago not to ask for help because thats just the way it is! you’re gonna get told not to click and thats all the conversation will ever be about because its that fundamental!

which obviously isn’t a problem to those who aren’t very competitive.

Unfortunately, you are correct. I never had a problem working on my own devices before to figure out some new styles, but it never hurts to always ask, or so I always think. I’ll just keep lurking the forums for tips from others as I always do. I’ll bother to keybind when I intend to make a living off gaming and tip top performance is a must (ie. never). Thanks anyway.

Edit: Ok, now that I’ve cooled down a bit, I can say that keybinding isn’t completely foreign to me, just a slow process. It took me some 3 years in wow before I did it there and 1 year in LoL before I started doing it there. I suppose I’ll eventually catch on here too. Guess I’ll wait until then to seek advice, if any needed.

If clicking is my only problem that is identifiable, then I guess I am satisfied. I was looking more for combo improvements or tips on play rather than the usual “you’ll fail miserably if you don’t hotkey” argument. It’s tired and old. The fast pace does not bother me, never did. If you can see any other improvements besides key binding, that’d be appreciated. I can pvp just fine as is otherwise. Thanks.

Yea I figured the “do not click spells” thing would come up. Should’ve mentioned that I can’t adapt to hotkeys. After 10+ years of playing mmos, I’m stuck on clicks. Just my preferred style, despite it being worse, thanks though.

Hello fellow eles, I made a random video just yesterday of myself on my ele main doing some sPvP on Raid of the Capricorn. It was originally meant to be a QQ eles suck vid, but I ended up having a team with half a brain and did well instead. So I put it up anyway because well, it’s just rare to have a game with only 1 death lol.

Anyway, the point isn’t to show off my play (I suck anyway), but maybe to improve it. If you got 10 minutes to burn , check it out and let me know what I could do better to improve my game play. It’d be appreciated. *Note, I’m aware of my lack of attunement dancing in the underwater fights, for some reason I derped out there and didn’t want to change attunements, but apart from that, let me know what I can do, if anything, better. Thanks.

With all that said, here’s the link, remember to put 720P/1080P for best quality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzIFh9XqoZQ&feature=plcp

P.S. In case anyone is wondering, I am running a 30 earth / 20 water / 20 arcane build.

I can only find notes for the 9th. Where’s today’s notes?

I’ve died numberous times in pvp to this skill, but to be fair it was in large group fights each time where I was getting bombarded by the entire enemy team. Doesn’t help the first time though when you’re all confused and have no idea what the skills do nor have the time to check and read them over b/c you are being destroyed.

I build my elementalist like a tank. I max out earth and water, then got 10 in arcane. For gear stats I try to get some kind of condition dmg, toughness, healing, and vitality. Depending on whether I want to be tankier or deal more dmg I’ll swap around with condition dmg with vitality. My usual weapon combo tends to scepter/focus and I always stick with earth and water. My utilities are are 2 cantrips and an extra that I always swap around with depending how I see things going. I also have my traits focused on my cantrips in order to maximize their effectiveness.

This build usually helps keep me up long enough to wreak some havoc. Even assassins have a tough time getting a quick kill off. As for pve, kiting is still required, but at least you won’t die in 2 hits.

SunRain.8972:

Luinorne.6913:

A Sylvari drinking plant juice isn’t cannibalism any more than humans eating another animal is. It’s not consumption of the same species.
Unless the drink is fermented Sylvari blood or something… shudder

i wonder if predators actualy would try and eat a sylvari it really interest me as they are some sort of Vegtebles. (never thought of it if Sylvaris have blood of some sort heh)

Sylvari have a golden sap running through their veins in place of blood.