Is Guild Wars 2 the only buy to play mmo out there with this good of a quality ? If so, this aspect alone should put Guild Wars 2 at number 1 for mmo’s in my opinion.
I Don’t even bother playing other mmo’s since discovering Guild Wars 2 and not having to pay a monthly subscription.
I’m amazed at how good the quality of the game is without having to charge a monthly subscription.
Anyone else feel this way ? Apologies if this is trolling but I’m impressed.
To the OP: Fair enough. I feel like I have some insight now into why people play a main. Personally, I was always baffled why there seemed to be this insistence on having a “main”. I would often see threads about people who had two characters they liked, but couldn’t choose just one of them; why couldn’t you play both characters at the same time and enjoy both?
For me, I have 5 characters, and all of them are my “mains”. Since the playstyle and aesthetics on each is so different, despite the fact that my progress through the game has been a lot slower than anybody else I know, I’m having a blast and don’t feel burned out in the slightest. I imagine you would find my playstyle completely mind-numbing though. XD
Yes, very mind-numbing lol. All of my remaining slots ( Which are now all empty but one ) will remain empty until the current character is maxed out.
At this point I doubt I will ever need additional character slots.
I’ve played both to level 80 and I chose Guardian over Warrior.
In my solo experience, because I love soloing, the Guardian has better survivability.
The Guardian has powers that redirects damage back to the attacker which helps you take down large mobs fairly easy.
Also the Guardian has defensive powers that help you take a large amount of damage and stay in the fight.
Guardians, from what I have been told, are outstanding healers which of course is a good thing for Dungeon runs, if you choose to heal.
My favorite weapons for the Guardian is the Great Sword, Torch and Scepter.
If you’re looking to put out a great deal of damage then the Warrior would be the way to go.
I am really only interested in playing my main. I can’t seem to get into any other classes so I guess it’s good in a way that I’m not distracted by a bunch of alts.
Though I sort of feel like I’ve done everything on my Mesmer.
If you’ve done everything on your Mesmer then and only then would I consider making another character and repeating the process.
That’s just me though.
I also need that complete feeling on a character I play, which is why I level pretty much 1 character at a time. I just focus on getting that character up, learning how the profession works, unlocking all the dungeon stories and visiting the meta boss locations, finishing the storymode. At level 80 I’ll look for a balanced set of exotic gear that can be used well for any activity I like (exploring, events, dungeons).
Agreed.
NOOOOOOOO, MUST TO GETZ TO DEH MAX LEVEL AND GEAR FOR RAIDING!!!
Or wait… why?
What raid?
Might as well enjoy all the characters that are fun, and exploring the world, doing all sorts of varied content.
Because the point of this game is what happens from level 1-80, not what happens after.
I disagree. I’m still interested in getting all the exotic level gear and weapons I can obtain. I still want all the dungeon gear and weapons I can obtain. I still want complete and total 100 % map completion. I’m sure I’m leaving out other things, but you get the point.
Once again, I’m not saying this type of gameplay is for everyone, it’s just the way I will play from now on.
Thanks for you reply.
If your goal is to “max a character out” (i.e. you’re interested in the destination), then playing multiple characters is only going to slow you down. Otherwise (i.e. you’re interested in the journey), playing multiple characters at once can be quite enjoyable.
Personally, I played one character of each race simultaneously, and each was built to play different than the rest. The difference in play style and the difference in locations meant I could continuously switch between them without burning out on leveling or world exploration.
Exactly. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying everyone should play this way but for me when mmo playing its going to be maxing one character out at a time.
I need that full complete feeling with a character.
I agree with this…to a point.
At this time I have 6 80s…but I only geared up one of them for “end game” content. Actually I have one character for dungeons, one for WvW, one for open world just running around, and a few I use more rarely.
The thing is, you don’t really have to have BIS gear to do end game content in Guild Wars 2 (except for really high level fractals, which I’m not ever likely to do anyway. I’m up to level 19 now).
I can run any dungeon in the game on any of my 80s, without ascended gear. Stuff like exotics is relatively easy to get with karma, or just dungeon runs.
That’s good to know for future game play, but for me its best to stick with one guy at a time reason being, I like to put all my attention on one guy. I like to connect to the character and be the best I can be with that character.
I’ve learned, while playing mmo’s, that the grind is going to be very long and time consuming, which is the point. There always seems to be new gear and weapons to strive for which I love obtaining ( Just a personal preference ) which makes your character unique and when other players see this you feel as though you’re walking along the path of the Elite players.
I found myself experiencing this when leveling an alt. I would run across a Guardian ( Guardian being my main and now one and only ) looking immortal with high level exotic unique gear and weapons and I would think to myself, probably with a very silly expression on my face, " You know, I could have similar gear and weapons … IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYING MY DANG GONE GAURDIAN INSTEAD OF THIS ALT ! " lol.
Thanks for the reply.
Not sure why I stepped away from the " Play one character at a time " rule when I started playing Guild Wars 2 on the regular but I did and once again, came to the grim reality that making multiple characters just adds on to grind which results in never maxing a single character out and never getting to end game content.
I deleted all of my characters accept or except my main simply because….. I want to get to some end game play and get the higher level gear and cool items which I will never do switching between characters.
I feel for solo players we should definitely stick to one character and one character, at least until that character is maxed out.
Thanks to those that took the time to read this post, I feel so much better now.
I appreciate all the replies.I’m gonna go with the Thief over the Ranger so I’ll have a third character to join the Order Of Whispers with. That’s the last order I need to join to get the last flag.
I don’t understand how you can all claim the ranger is the best solo profession. They’re terrible at fighting alone.
This has to be a joke.
Ranger is by far the best class in the game at solo PVE, honestly it’s not even close. The only one that can even come close in solo survivability is a Guardian.
If you’re getting downed in PVE with a Ranger you’re doing something REALLY wrong.
I soloed a Guardian to 80 with little to no problem so if the Ranger comes close to that or is better I think I’m gonna jump into the profession being a person fond of soloing.
As far as this Mesmer is going, I may find a group to run with instead of soloing.
I can keep him alive but I find myself retreating a lot when mobs get heavy more so than I did with the Guardian and Warrior professions.
Thanks for your reply.
Dude, what’s the question?
Rangers are bad at anything BUT running around alone, in which they perform so great, Anet is afraid of buffing anything about the ranger. :>
lol @ asking what the question is then answering it at the same time.
Classic…..I needed that laugh.I was having a slow day and you just jump started it.
Thanks for the reply.
Yes it would. Rangers are the best class for solo leveling imho. For regular pve.
Cool. I’m going to set the Mesmer I was leveling down for a few and see how solo gameplay is with the Ranger.
Thanks for the replies.
The mesmer is hard to solo, specially the first levels, it gets better at 40 or more, even better at 80. Ranger tho are good solo, you can take almost any quest or mob without much problem since the pet take all the dmg, on solo PvE rangers doesn’t have many issues.
Yeah.I’m at 52 now with the Mesmer so on second thought I might as well get him to 80 before starting on a new character since the grind is so long.Thanks for the information though.
Yes it would. Rangers are the best class for solo leveling imho. For regular pve.
Cool. I’m going to set the Mesmer I was leveling down for a few and see how solo gameplay is with the Ranger.
Thanks for the replies.
Thanks I shall continue on my soloing path.
I like to solo, would the Ranger profession be a good choice for solo pve leveling to 80 ?
If you approach and study any profession with an open mind, it doesn’t really matter what profession it is.
I hear you. It just seems some professions are geared for certain types of play style.
For example, I soloed a Guardian and Warrior to 80 relatively easy where as I’m currently at level 50 with a Mesmer ( soloing pve ) and its been brutal but fun.
Not really. They are pretty much the worst at low levels. If you go with certain utilities, they can become much more playable at higher level, but even then it’s debatable how good they really are.
The biggest problem, again particularly at lower levels, is that they are melee-focused, extremely squishy, and have the worst Downed State in the game for solo PvE. As they get higher level, they get somewhat better utility but remain very squishy with a terrible downed state, and their offense isn’t substantially better than any other profession.
Thanks for the reply.
I am now level 50, all done soloing and I must say its been brutal lol.
From what I’ve experienced thus far, the Mesmer profession seems to be geared towards group play over soloing.
Going through the powers alone seem to be geared for playing in a group and group support.
Any comments ?
Thinking about making a thief and wondering if this profession is good for solo pve leveling to 80.
Thought I would ask first before jumping into the profession because once I get started I don’t like to stop lol.
I haven’t noticed a discernible difference. And I just left off playing in Brisban, though I am not sure if I was in the Shattered Henge area.
Could just be me then.
I haven’t particularly noticed anything. Where is this happening? Anywhere in particular?
I’m currently in the Shattered Henge area area. Other players have made the same claim in the area.
After the last update things seem to be darn near impossible to kill.
When I engage multiple enemies, after killing them, they seem to respawn immediately and jump all over me.
I find myself running more than usual or simply just dying lol.
For average PvE its Enchanter, Defender, 50% HP and Timewarp. These are just my “default” skills, I vary them quite often depending on the situation. Why no stun breakers and such? So pointless when mobs need to be at least 5+ to even make your HP go down below 80%.
Also it depends on how you mean “soloing PvE”. Soloing Arah or soloing a group event/champion in a level 20 zone? Or just running through a zone killing a random wolf by accidentally sneezing at it? Yeah it doesnt require any utility slots.
Soloing pve as in leveling up to 80 solo. And when you say " Enchanter" are you referring to Phantasmal Disenchanter ?
Thanks for the reply.
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Care to share your utility slot skill load out for solo pve assuming any of you are soloing in pve or have soloed in pve ?
I’m currently using Mirror Images Arcane Thievery Phantasmal Defender and Time Warp for my elite skill.
Forced to use Time Warp, that is the only one I have unlocked at the moment lol.
I also enjoy Warrior…not sure how I forgot about him.
So in a nutshell I will have to go with Guardian, Mesmer and Warrior. I enjoy those three professions equally.
How are you shooting past your target? GS’s auto-attack doesn’t pierce past enemies. Unless you’re clicking other enemies by accident during the fight you shouldn’t have issues, worst case you’ll hit enemies between you and your target.
But yes, GS is best at range. Once the enemy has closed, you’ve used your knockback, and mirror blade is on CD (it’s best at close range) you should swap to something else.
I didn’t explain my technique when I stated that I miss the intended target at times.
I like to circle a lot using strife left and right when I’m swarmed by enemies. I’m using a gaming mouse, so it’s easy for me to do this. When circling, I will attack while being chased and pick off the enemy while taking very little damage do to the circling. Now with the staff I am able to do this successfully because even at close range, the orb that shoots from the staff bounces between the enemy and hits whatever is closest.
Now when doing the same technique with the great sword, I will disengage the closest target and hit something way of yonder while the closest enemy or enemies, are taking no damage and eventually takes me out lol.
Got cha.Well I do prefer staff especially when I get mobbed. The bouncing orb combined with clones the retreat the shield and chaos storm usually gets me out of jams. I’m only 40 so I still have a ways to go.
Thanks for the replies.
I Ran it on my Samsung Chronos intel core i73635qm gaming laptop. It ran pretty good, getting as high as 80 something fps at times in pve. However, when it came down to wvw and large group events like the shatterer it would lag something terrible.
You’re not alone.
I’m down as well.
Since I quit my job and bought a really powerful gaming computer, I literally play this game from sun up to sun down.
Do you great sword users use auto attack ? I pretty much stick to the staff because I’m able to control it better than the great sword.
I never stand still when in combat and when I get to circling and shooting the great sword laser off, I always end up shooting something other than the intended target. Or if I’m shooting the intended target I end up shooting something wayyyyy off in the distance before finishing off the intended target.
Any tips on your targeting setup for the great sword or is it just better to stay with the staff ?
For me from what I’ve experienced thus far I’m gonna have to go with Mesmer and Guardian.
Both of those professions play well in groups and solo ( imo )
Oh yeah, that Asura Mesmer was quite entertaining to watch.
Thanks for the replies and links.
How do you get the books and backpacks that go on the back ? I see a lot of people running around with them but I can’t seem to find them at the TP.I’ve even seen what appear to be low level guys running around with them.
Yeah I’m still a rookie.
I pretty much have a good idea how to play Elementalist the correct way and I must say the profession is not a favorite of mine.
I prefer weapon swap over attunement swap.
With my play style I found myself looking to swap between D/D and staff. That reason and that reason only is why I prefer other professions above Elementalist lol.
I’m not saying the Elementalist profession isn’t a good one, its just not one of my preferred professions.
At least level up to 35 before making a final decision.
I see nothing wrong with eldain stenlund.4306 play style if it works for him. The beauty of making a build is the ability to make the build to your individual play style. What works for eldain stenlund.4306 may not work for you and vice versa.
Personally I would like to lean towards fire being my main power used.
Thanks to for all the replies.
learning 75 % more of the class by using all 4 elements you say.
hmm.. no.. and yes.
Yes. only if you play the legendary Dagger/Dagger troll specc.
No, if you use any other weapon.
the second you change atunement. you lose 50 % dmg of the fire capable of.
(and fire is still low/medium dmg).you need abit of humor for this part.
But this is actually what i see at the moment, and how the designers have made it.
(in a weird way).*Iam the Great ELEMENTAL MAGUS…. BEHOLD.. i master ALL elements.
FIRE… WATER… AIR… EARTH…Let my burning fire from below taste you… “pyro-flamus-lava-fontanus” (waving staff).
HEY… you… kitten .. yes you… stand still… iam trying to cast my might lava font on you.
…
your still moving??… ok.. let me show you my REAL POWER…
BEHOLD… … “cometukittenus-earthus”…
hey… you are supposed to stand still in my meteor shower… stop moving away from my MIGHTY AOE…for your insolence of moving when iam trying to hit you…
i will DROWN YOU with my water…
“splash splash”…wtf is this crap…………..meanwhile, his “friends”
the brotherhood of the sign of: “Dagger/Dagger”.. is laughing… … …*
lol…funny stuff.
I think it depends on your build. I’m going for a tanky build with high survivability so staying in fire for the majority of combat works perfect for me.However, when I get into trouble, I do find myself jumping into air and speeding off lol…
it is possible to level in pve with only fire. i did with staff.
but you have to play tank.just autoattacking down mobs is… very very boring. and deal very very little dmg.
you have to put down lava font and tank mobs in it. (Still very low dmg).but staying in only 1 atunement. you will realy start to hate your elemental.
you are stupidly weak when using staff, and since you have to tank your mobs in your aoe lava font… well.. you get the picture..You could jump into water and throw down a healing rain..
But then you are locked out from fire, and now have even lower dmg.And, since we only have 1 skill bar to use…
Elemental in my opinion.. is realy realy stupidly designed.IF you have 4 skill bars.. (like most games wich requires alot of skills).
and also posibility to macro key binds more efficient.
Elemental whouldnt be the incredibly, stupid weak class, as it is now.
Okay. My plan will be to dump all my trait skill points into fire and earth. I’m thinking with all my trait points going into fire that will max out fire damage and with all the remaining points in earth this should max out toughness. I’m not familiar with what trait skills do what with Elementalist so whatever gives vitality I would say drop the remaining 10 skill points into that.
Then I’m going to invest in power vitality and toughness in light armor and mods, the same in trinkets, and power condition damage and either vitality or toughness in weapons.
As far as weapons go, since Elementalist can’t weapon swap in combat, I’m thinking staff, as you’ve all suggested and dual or double daggers.
In PvE, You can (and I did, still do) use it for everything.
Get Puissance and you can do Dungeons / Open World / Events … anythingIn PvE, you can use it on Staff, Scepter AND Dagger …..
Staff and Dagger have amazing AutoAttack, and on scepter, Mobs won’t avoid you’r Dragon’s tooth ^^
Alright….its on.
Thanks.
I think it depends on the challenge of the content. For easier content (e.g. everything but fractals and PvP), your group probably won’t need help surviving and max damage dictates that you stay in fire. I’d recommend 30/10/0/10/20 with Pyromancer’s Puissiance.
Do the trait points still work in your favor if you’re staying in fire or do you have to switch to that attunement to reap the benefits of the trait points ?
For example. If you put trait points on earth traits,lets say to raise toughness, will the toughness still work for you while in fire attunement ?
Also, can you solo pve from 0 to 80 only using the fire attunement ?
In PvE I guess if you trait correctly it has an alright amount of damage. However, you can only feasibly play this way if you are using a Staff and have a team to cover you, so don’t bother with it if you want to do anything but sit back and spam Lava Font all day. It is also arguable that the amount of utility you sacrifice by refusing to switch elements is detrimental to your overall performance, as well as the performance of anybody you decide to play with.
Yeah, I’ve been watching some video’s on youtube and from what I’ve seen,its a must that you learn and switch between attunements to stay alive and deal the maximum amount of damage. No point in playing a profession in handicap mode.
Thanks for the reply.
I’ve stayed away from the magic professions for the most part. Just not feeling them. However I came across I thread titled Fire Elementalist which sparked my interest.
I really dig the fire animation and if it’s possible to make a build totally dedicated to fire only I would like to give it a go.
Now from what I’ve read you simply CANNOT PLAY as an Elementalist using only 1 attunement. The thread I came across seems to disagree.
Here is the link to that thread: http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/tips-building-good-fire-elementalist/
Have any of you tried this type of play style ? If so and if you were successful,mind sharing your secrets ?
If this is a bad idea,I also welcome that advice. No point in starting A fire only build if it’s pointless lol.
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I had a gaming pc made not too long after this thread and come to find out the lag was a result of my gosh darn video card lol.
I went back and did every event that I lagged on and didn’t catch the lag lol.
Too funny.
Can also see skins at http://dulfy.net/category/gw2/
I run with cultural tier2 human heavy cause im too poor for t3 :P
Invader gear is also not bad looking.
Yeah it does look cool. I’ll get it and trans mutate the style when I get armor with better stats but may not look as cool.
you know you can preview it right? :p
also, http://www.gw2armor.com
No I didn’t know you could preview it, thanks for that. I’m guessing in order to preview it you have to be at the level of the armor.
Also the basis of my noob question was, how do the stats work out for players who have gone down the Avengers Armor set road.
I have a full set of Vigil Armor on my Guardian at the moment, which is power vitality and toughness, which works out really good so I was just wondering how power precision and condition damage worked out for players being that those are the stats for the Avengers set.
Thanks for the reply.
Do or have any of you invested in the level 60 Avengers Armor in Divinity’s Reach ?
Is it worth it ?