Guild Wars 2

BioFringe.7945:

Each of the 3 books can only be used once per character at or above their appropriate levels. There is however a Respec option that the same NPC sells for @ 3.5s at level 80 which isn’t expensive and can be done as often as you can afford it.

Thanks.

I made a mistake resetting my traits so I bought another training book to try again and it wouldn’t let me.

How often can you reset traits ?

Just checked out the armor styles and Vigil,in my opinion,looks the best out of all three.

However for the build I’m going for the Order Of Whispers has the closest stats.

Actaully they do have different stats.

Vigil = toughness vitality and power.

Whispers = precision toughness condition damage.

Priory = vitality precision healing power.

Atherakhia.4086:

I was under the impression all three had the same stats on their gear and it was just looks?

Either way though, I’d go something different as you’ll have the flags on your character selection screen light up for have each of the 3.

Thanks.

Wiser with Age.3714:

I love to play against the stereotypes with I pick my secret societies. However I do also get influenced by the racial NPCs in my personal story missions. For example, I absolutely love the asuran Whispers agent and generally like the human Whispers agent. Yet I thought that the charr Whispers agent was a complete tool and I would never want to be part of an organization that used someone like him as a primary recruiter.

I believe that every secret society gear piece has the same +stat combinations, as mentioned above. You just get a different appearance graphic.

I’ve got an asura Warrior in the Priory. That’s one of my more unusual combinations. Perhaps the asuran Engineer in the Whispers too. Otherwise the rest of mine kind of fit the expected stereotypes. Each is kind of fun in its own way.

On a side note, the starting Whispers contact is still my favorite secret society NPC in the game. Even the insane party girl who is your Priory contact is kind of interesting. I just could never get into liking my Vigil contact.

Oh Okay cool.I’ll go with the Priory as well.

I had no idea the armor set’s all had the same stats and just had different appearances.

Thanks for the feedback.

I went with the Vigil during story mode with my Guardian because of the Vigil armor and they seemed to be the best order to go with being that I was playing Guardian.

With that said I am now working on a Warrior and was wondering if I should go that route again or could I go with the Order Of Whispers or the Priory ?

I’m trying A power precision condition damage build this time around since I’ve already done a vitality toughness and power build with the Guardian.

Does the Priory or Order Of Whispers have power condition damage and precision stats for their heavy armor sets assuming they carry heavy armor ?

Or should I stay with the Vigil being that I’m playing the Warrior profession this time around ?

Seems like the Priory would be the choice for casters and the Order Of Whispers for Thieves and adventurers but if I could go a different route and still gain good armor that would be nice.

Behellagh.1468:

There are a couple of sites that have timers that are reset by (honest) players.

http://guildwarstemple.com/dragontimer/

Just select your server and click on all timers

Thank you for this sir.

I’ve run into 2 events thus far,one being the shatterer and the other,the one that goes down in the swamp ( forgot the name ).

How do you know when these events will occur ? I simply see large groups of people gathered and stand with them until the event begins if I’m lucky enough to be in the area at the time lol.

It would be nice to know when when these events happen so I can be present.

Thanks for all the information.

I’m still working on My Guardian and have a few more armor pieces to acquire before starting on the Mesmer which I am looking forward too.

I’ve read and watched all of your tips and they are very much appreciated.

Thanks.

Thanks for the information.

Appreciated.

How come fps is really high in some places and really low in others in the world ?

Fans.5462:

Sell level 80 blue and green armours and weapons to a vendor, no one is going to buy them on the trading post because there’s such a massive supply from people doing Dungeons that they’re all but worthless.

Sell everything else on the trading post. Make sure to set the price to the lowest Seller, not the highest bidder. You’ll have to wait a little bit for the money but you’ll nearly always sell and you get an awful lot more this way.

There’s probably a few exceptions to this rule but I can’t think of any off the top of my head.

Thank you for this information because I was doing quite the opposite.

Is it better to sell at the trading post or is it better to sell at a vendor ?

I notice when selling at the trading post sometimes money decreases.

I think the physique is why I go with human above the others.

The human physique looks more cut and ripped in my opinion.

GuildWarsPlayer.5608:

Dim.5720:

I totally agree. I had a lvl 80 Hunter which is fun too because you sort of have a companion, but other players hate your guts. Tried a Warrior but got bored with him (press 1,2,3 repeat), tried an Elementalist but could not remember the bazillion combos and always got killed. So I rolled a Guardian… wow… easily tank mobs 2 or 3 levels higher and 2 or 3 at a time, much better chances in boss fights, great healing abilities, good support for allies, so yeah definately a keeper. :-)

I did the exact same thing.I leveled a warrior to 80 and got bored with him.Tried to level an elementalist and kept getting killed trying to solo which brought me to the guardian.Haven’t looked back since.

Don’t get me wrong,elementalist and warrior are good professions but in my opinion,guardian shines above both.

Dim.5720:

I totally agree. I had a lvl 80 Hunter which is fun too because you sort of have a companion, but other players hate your guts. Tried a Warrior but got bored with him (press 1,2,3 repeat), tried an Elementalist but could not remember the bazillion combos and always got killed. So I rolled a Guardian… wow… easily tank mobs 2 or 3 levels higher and 2 or 3 at a time, much better chances in boss fights, great healing abilities, good support for allies, so yeah definately a keeper. :-)

I did the exact same thing.I leveled a warrior to 80 and got bored with him.Tried to level an elementalist and kept getting killed trying to solo which brought me to the guardian.Haven’t looked back since.

Disturbed.9305:

I think it is great. For solo PvE I can’t say there is a class I like more.

Agreed.

I’ve pretty much tried every profession and out of them all Guardian is my favorite.

I’ve deleted all my other characters since I’m dedicating all my play time on one
profession.There is just too much content in mmo’s to jump from one character to the next if you’re looking to max a character out ( assuming that is even possible )

I like to solo and from what I’ve experienced soloing up to 80,Guardian ( In my opinion ) reigns supreme.

Anyone else feel this way ?

Also if this thread is considered trolling,apologies,I just really dig this profession and looking for some feedback.

I start off slow sticking with a profession or class when playing mmo’s because I try them all before making a final decision.

From what I’ve experienced after trying all the professions is … they all are good.

Now I know for a fact,when soloing,Guardian is a great profession and the one I finally decided to stick with.

My advice would be to try them all out at least to level 30 then make a decision or simply fill all 5 character slots with different professions and go that route or look up each profession and read on the feedback and go that route.

I highly recommend the Guardian.

Thanks for the replies.

How do you know what upgrade components to purchase from the trading post ?

The reason I ask is sometimes when I buy an upgrade component for the level I am at it won’t work with the weapon or armor I have.

Can’t seem to sell anything at the trading post at the moment.I get an error attempting to sell every time attempt to sell anything.

Anyone else experiencing this ?

x per fection x.2096:

Outside of the dungeon with a prompt to join again, when you join you will be back at start of dungeon and will have to run/waypoint back to your group.

Thanks for the reply.

As long as I can get back into the fight I’m good.

If you get disconnected during a dungeon run,when logging back in,will you respawn in the same place or area you got disconnected at like in the open world ? or will you end up at the entrance of the dungeon with no way to reconnect with the players you were running the dungeon with ?

Yep same here.

Dasorine.1964:

vitality effects your maximum health, it doesn’t do any healing.

Healing power effects (almost) any source of healing you do be it your 6slot heal skill or heals from other powers effects.

Thank you.

Just want to get an idea on the difference between healing power and vitality.

Does healing power basically heal others and not your character and vitality heals only your character and not others ?

What stats do you focus on as far as weapons and armor ? meaning power precision vitality condition damage etc.

Qwyksylver Vyqtunos.6312:

I play a shatter mes with 20/20/0/0/30 which is a pretty classic trait setup for mesmers, weapons are gs and sw/sw at low levels you may have some difficulty since you don’t have traits that buff shatters and you don’t spawn a clone on dodge but hang in there till around lvl 30-40 and it’s worth it. basic strategy is to summon 3 illusions let the phantasms attack once and then mind wrack for big damage. Sword num2 gives you invulnerability and does good dmg and offhand sword 4 is a block and clone summon. Hope you enjoy mesmer =)

Thanks.

I’ve pretty much tried every profession and I’ve narrowed my favorites down to Guardian Warrior and Mesmer.

Between Guardian and Warrior I settled on the Guardian as A main which leaves me with an alt decision.

I figured since the Guardian and Warrior both use heavy armor it would be pointless to make both at this time and I like to solo so having more than two characters at this time would seem a bit extreme.

So with that said I figured to settle on a Mesmer as an alt when I want to switch things up.

Now the Guardian is a darn good profession for soloing which brings me to the question of " What would be a good build for soloing a Mesmer since they use light armor ? "

Any suggestions on what traits would be good for soloing a Mesmer or does it matter ?

Thought that would be the case.

Thanks for the replies.

What trait stats should a necromancer focus on or does it matter ?

I’m usually at 84 fps with a SamSung i7-3635QM processor gaming laptop and was told by a computer tech who builds pc’s that I was way over the system requirements for this game.So with that said,I’ve noticed that during certain events I lag big time.I noticed the lag during an event that went down in a swamp ( The Godslost Swamp to be exact ).After the event finished no one got anything.This same thing happened during the Shatterer event ( The one with the dragon if I pronounced the event wrong )

Now I figured if it was on my end,such as the video card and cpu speed,things would constantly lag.

For me,I never lag and things run real smooth until one of these events where large numbers of players gather.Could this be a server problem ?

wauwi.9162:

i hope you guys do realize, that there’s a huge difference between lags and low framerates

fast&easy method to explain this:

lag – nothing to do with your system specs. caused by connectivity issues, such as your ISP trolling you, too much usage of your broadband connection, other programs connecting to the internet, firewall is trolling you, etc.

low FPS – caused by your hardware being too old, bottlenecking computercomponents, bad game engines, your PC is too busy with other/many programs in the background while playing, etc.

People are saying this only occurs during certain events like the Shatterer.

For me I run smooth until the event actually begins.I can stand around all the players grouped up and no lag.While waiting on an event to start ( The one in the swamp,not sure of the name I’m still a noob ) we ran around the swamp killing stuff just to pass the time.No lag what so ever.As soon as the event started,Big time lag.Couldn’t that be a server issue ?

I used to play DC Universe and I remember things lagging after an update or patch.It was on their end and they would address it and fix it.

Don’t get me wrong,I’m not complaining,just wondering what’s causing the lag.

kirito.4138:

Lag as in network lag or graphical lag?

Network lag can be due to your connection via the ISP, or the server’s connection unable to handle the # of connections or hardware being loaded.

BTW, 30Mbps is not a speed metric, it is capacity/bandwidth, and is nothing to do with lag. (http://www.dslreports.com/faq/694) Now ping/latency is what speed is about and important to network lag.

Graphical lag would be too much stuff occurring for your hardware to maintain decent FPS.

I’m usually at 84 fps with a SamSung i7-3635QM processor gaming laptop and was told by a computer tech who builds pc’s that I was way over the system requirements for this game.So with that said,I’ve noticed that during certain events I lag big time.I noticed the lag during an event that went down in a swamp ( The Godslost Swamp to be exact ).After the event finished no one got anything.This same thing happened during the Shatterer event ( The one with the dragon if I pronounced the event wrong )

Now I figured if it was on my end,such as the video card and cpu speed,things would constantly lag.

For me,I never lag and things run real smooth until one of these events where large numbers of players gather.Could this be a server problem ?

I have the same problem during those events.I made a thread about this issue aswell and didn’t get any feedback so I guess it’s something that is being worked on.

Here is how my thread went:

I’m usually at 84 fps with a SamSung i7-3635QM processor gaming laptop and was told by a computer tech who builds pc’s that I was way over the system requirements for this game.So with that said,I’ve noticed that during certain events I lag big time.I noticed the lag during an event that went down in a swamp ( The Godslost Swamp to be exact ).After the event finished no one got anything.This same thing happened during the Shatterer event ( The one with the dragon if I pronounced the event wrong )

Now I figured if it was on my end,such as the video card and cpu speed,things would constantly lag.

For me,I never lag and things run real smooth until one of these events where large numbers of players gather.Could this be a server problem ?

Has this happened to any of you veteran players ? and excuse me if this topic has already been discussed I’m still a noob.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Didn’t get no feedback lol.

I’m usually at 84 fps with a SamSung i7-3635QM processor gaming laptop and was told by a computer tech who builds pc’s that I was way over the system requirements for this game.So with that said,I’ve noticed that during certain events I lag big time.I noticed the lag during an event that went down in a swamp ( The Godslost Swamp to be exact ).After the event finished no one got anything.This same thing happened during the Shatterer event ( The one with the dragon if I pronounced the event wrong )

Now I figured if it was on my end,such as the video card and cpu speed,things would constantly lag.

For me,I never lag and things run real smooth until one of these events where large numbers of players gather.Could this be a server problem ?

Has this happened to any of you veteran players ? and excuse me if this topic has already been discussed I’m still a noob.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Appreciate the feedback.

Thanks.

Do Dual Daggers do more damage than a single dagger ?

emikochan.8504:

Carry all the weapons, they are all useful in different situations You’ll always have 3-4 slots available in your invisible bag :P

Invisible bag you say…..hmmmmm.

Thanks.

Nittles.1582:

We have so few weapons that you should just try them all out and see what you like. You should definitely keep a staff with you at all times, to switch to before doing large events, but if you like to run something else, go for it. I personally love D/D. It’s melee range, but the defense is much more active than a warrior or guard, so it’s a lot more engaging.

Appreciate that double dagger info.I’ve been staying away from them because I thought it would be better to range enemies with the staff since elementalist wear light armor.I didn’t know double daggers provided defense.

CookMETEnder.7582:

Sovereign.1093:

GuildWarsPlayer.5608:

Power vitality and toughness is better than power healing power and toughness ? The reason I ask is the Cleric Armor has power healing power and toughness.

Power healing toughness is okay too if you plan to specialize on being a cleric – healing friends w/ your shouts or supporting your team with your banners.

No it’s not 0_0..
It would actually be more efficient to just have other stats and do more damage…
Unless you mean going pure cleric and staying back lol

Thanks….PVT it is.

I recently hit 80 plus with my warrior chararcter who I absolutely love and now am turning my attentions to an elementalist character as an alt to keep things interesting and play a totally different style of game play.

I’ve noticed there is no weapon switch with elementalist which brings me to the question " What is the best weapon or weapons to level up with ? "

I really enjoy the fire ability of the elementalist and noticed that fire seems to be the biggest damage dealer for elementalist.

As A noob leveling an elementalist ( solo ) what is the best weapon,assuming there is one,to use ? I’m thinking staff but would like some feedback from some of the veteran elementalist players.

Thanks for those who decide to send feedback.

Sovereign.1093:

GuildWarsPlayer.5608:

Power vitality and toughness is better than power healing power and toughness ? The reason I ask is the Cleric Armor has power healing power and toughness.

Power healing toughness is okay too if you plan to specialize on being a cleric – healing friends w/ your shouts or supporting your team with your banners.

Thanks.

During a Dragon event in the Lowland Burns area,when I arrived at the event that was already in progress out of nowhere I caught a huge lag.The lag was so bad that I could barely participate.I made it to the end of the event inspite of the lag and got the reward.Some people said they were disconnected during the event so I’m thinking that was do to the lag.

I think the name of the event is called " The Shatterer ".What caught me off guard was up until that event I haven’t experienced any lag so as a noob I’m wondering if this is an event issue ?

This is not a complaint just a noob question because I know mmo’s run into problems from time to time.

Power vitality and toughness is better than power healing power and toughness ? The reason I ask is the Cleric Armor has power healing power and toughness.

Mesket.5728:

GuildWarsPlayer.5608:

Oh okay.Forgive me but what does PVT stand for ? and where can I find it ? sorry for the question but I’m still a noob lol.

PVT stands for Power Toughness Vitality.

You will find Karma vendors with this set, also dungeons like Ascalonian Catacombs and Honor of the Waves have the same set.

This will help you a lot with survivability. IMO is the best for warrior tanking

Whats does IMO stand for.

Mesket.5728:

GuildWarsPlayer.5608:

Oh okay.Forgive me but what does PVT stand for ? and where can I find it ? sorry for the question but I’m still a noob lol.

PVT stands for Power Toughness Vitality.

You will find Karma vendors with this set, also dungeons like Ascalonian Catacombs and Honor of the Waves have the same set.

This will help you a lot with survivability. IMO is the best for warrior tanking

Thanks.

Sovereign.1093:

GuildWarsPlayer.5608:

Healing scale bad… don’t go for it.

My suggestion is to go PVT. Great survivality and you won’t gimp your damage to the ground since you will always have the highest power possible attainable. (PVT primary stat is power).

Oh okay.Forgive me but what does PVT stand for ? and where can I find it ? sorry for the question but I’m still a noob lol.

power vitality toughness – stats of armor.

Thanks.