Guild Wars 2

I know there is a dps loss if we replace sword with mace, but is it viable, so I have more like hybrid guard(dps+support) instead of full dps. What do you think?

Thanks for reply. I always thought that mace=bunker while sword=dps. Time to use a mace then.

Hey friends.

There are currently two dps builds worth mentioning: traditional medi gs + sword(scepter)/focus and second hammer/gs. At the moment I’m using gs/hammer with full zerker set with scholar runes. I’m thinking of changing my playstyle a little bit. I wanted to change my weapons to gs + mace/focus(shield, but I believe shield is worst weap for guardian).

Do you know any build for guardian in which I can use gs + mace? I don’t want to be a bunker guardian, I can change my scholar runes or zerker gear, if another would be more useful. I’d also like to highlight that it should be dps guardian. I know it won’t be as high dps as those two builds mentioned at the beggining of this post, but still, I want to test something different.

Thanks in advance!

Thanks all for help. It seems to be a good idea to do wvw at first. I find it terribly boring just to run for hours, but I’ll have to finish map completion sooner or later.

Hey!

I’m working on my map completion. Is there any ‘faster’ or ‘slower’ way to do it? I mean, in what order should I run through maps to do it in the fastest way?

Thanks in advance!

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Warrior – just no, it’s boring as hell. Warrior is said to be the easiest class, which means you don’t have to time your skills perfectly (guardian) or use some more complex rotations (engi, ele). I’d not suggest you to pick warrior.

who says you don’t have to work on your rotations with warrior…? the people who say it’s just ‘mash 1 button with GS’ are oversimplifying things. For example with GS, maybe hundred blade and Rush are the main skills you need to use, but whirlwind actually does twice the damage of Rush if used correctly. Even if used when not against wall, it’s sometimes 20k damage on bosses or around half that of hundred blades (I have even gotten a 40k hit with it once). A correct rotation would be auto twice on GS, 2, 3 and 5, then swap to axe set and apply vuln for a total of 16 stacks.

I have ele and thief to 80, but I find warrior more interesting. I can’t speak for mesmer because I am pretty bad at it. In the end it all comes down to rotations.. with ele in pve you are basically doing might-stacking rotation everytime, or with staff camp fire attune for dps (I don’t like staff ele for this reason). D/D thief is just backstab and auto or heartseeker, not much different from a rotation on warrior imo. For new player I would suggest warrior, but most people find Ele more interesting because it has more combos and skills to choose from.

My fault, I shouldn’t call any class boring. The truth is there is no class in gw2 which just stands in front of the enemy, you only press 1 and win. Even with warrior you still have to work much to know your rotations and timing.
What do I mean is that in comparison to elementalist warrior may seem a little bit boring. The reason for this is that warrior is simple (it’s simple if we compare it to elementalist). But there are people who find warrior the most interesting class.

Everything I wrote may be wrong. I’m new player who changed professions many times, It’s only few months from when I started playing gw2. What I wrote are just my thoughts on this topic.

Many people call ele the hardest class. For me guardian is much harder, because once you use all of your skills your have no options – for me timing is much harder than rotations, which could be remembered. It might be the same for warrior.

I respect your answer and I believe you are much more skilled player than I am.

Warrior – just no, it’s boring as hell. Warrior is said to be the easiest class, which means you don’t have to time your skills perfectly (guardian) or use some more complex rotations (engi, ele). I’d not suggest you to pick warrior.

Elementalist – it’s not that squishy as some of people say. Elementalist has everything needed in game and is said to be op now. I don’t like playing ele even if it’s quite a complex class, don’t know why, but it’s an interesting class and you’ll be welcome in every game mode.

Necro – one of my favourite class. Firstly because of it’s selfish – I used to play wvw most often with my necro and it was more than strong in my opinion. What about dungeons? There were few days when I couldn’t find any group for like 2 hours of waiting for AC. (I was 80 lv full zerker necro). I got kicked pretty often, BUT once you find guild or a group of friends it doesnt matter what you play.

To sum up with, don’t pick warrior if you are not sure if you will like it, it’s like playing easy mode on guardian. Don’t pick necro if you want to do dungeons most often – pick it if you prefer pvp. Ele – it has everything, one of the hardest classes (which doesnt mean it’s hard – just harder than other classes).

So.. necro if you don’t do dungeons often, ele if you want to be usefull everyehere and you like challenges.

Anorher good idea is to have a little break from playing game. If you’re not a hardcore player this one moth break means nothing and then, after coming back you might start enjoying game.

My advice is to try everything game has to offer:jumping puzzles, exploring, world bosses, dungeons, fractals, lore, duels, solo roaming, tournaments, wvw – you never know if there is anything, which can surprise you.

Noone can tell what would be fun for you, but I can speak for myself.

I have leveled 8 chars in very short time. Why? Because I couldn’t find any fun being lv 80, leveling was so enjoyable. However, I just finished leveling my 3rd guardian and by the time I hit 80 something changed. I felt love in being 80, I started working on my map completion, I collected enough money to finished weaponsmithing (500), I’m working on getting better gear.

What’s the difference between my current main and other characters? What’s the difference between my human female guardian and charr & asura guardians?

I don’t know, maybe it’s race, maybe because I feel like my char has some personality traits which I find interesting. The most important thing is you have to love your char, it must be important for you, it must be yours. I know it may sound like an exaggerstion, but I want to show you that once you create your char, created how you want, not how others want you will find game interesting, no matter what you do. Wvw, pvp, dungeons, anything.

I prefer the last one. Green was and always will be for necro (that’s only my opinion!). I like last one the most, because it’s the most simple one.

Grimm, I have to say this – I miss you.

@RoyalPredator.9163: Thanks for help, I do really appreciate your help and, honestly, the armor set you created looks amazing! The only thing I would change are dyes, but there are so many dye possibilities that it’s impossible to find out what other find to be the best. I drop you a message, so if you have some time I’d be grateful if you can read it.

If anyone can help me I’d be grateful, I’ll pay for it if necessary (I’m not rich but I know there is nothing for free and I appreciate your time and effort).

I’m trying to create light-looking heavy human female. I do really like this armor set: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Sorcerer%27s_armor_light_human_female_front.jpg ,but I know it’s impossible to wear ligh while being heavy. So, I was thinking of long skirt-like bottom + light looking top. I’m not wearing helm, so we can skip it.

Here is what I came up with by myself:
Draconic Legs
Draconic Boots
Draconic Gauntlets
Phalanx or Primeval Boots

I have literally no idea which top should I pick. I had no problems with charr/asura/sylvari, but I cann’t dress my human female.

If you have any ideas/suggestions or you can show me your character I’d be grateful.

Thanks in advance!

Hey!

Do you know any heavy armor (for female) which looks like a light one? I’m looking for an armor with very light top + long skirt-like bottom.

If you can post your female war/guard I’d be grateful!

Thanks in advance!

Oh, so I asked question in a wrong way so here comes misunserstanding. Sorry for my poor English.

I was asking what class/race fits commander best. Like: for me it’s chaar guardian, because they were born to fight, bla bla bla..

Hey friends!

If you have to decide on which class and race best fits commanding (eotm) what would you pick and why? Also, what would be the worst choice?

Just personal opinions. If you don’t want to explain why you picked certain class/race it’s not mandatory, just let me know what are your picks.

Greetings!

Hey guys,

I have just leveled my new guardian, but I was doing AC and eotm most often, so I have only 1% of map completion. I think it’s a good time to start working toward map completion, so I need your help on which skills to pick.

I was thinking of gs + staff. So I have staff #3 4s swiftness + retreat! for 20s swiftness, which is on 40s after last patch. Also I think at least one condi clenease is a must have as well as zerker gear would work best.

What traits, other skills should I pick? Can I have perma swiftness, if so – are runes of traveler worth affording?

Thanks in advance for help!

And what about pvp then? The top teams from na and eu are so different (for example TCG and The Abjured). Is it just a trend for certain classes being ‘flavour of the month’ in na? The thing that is most surprizing for me is the current state of necro and guardian. As I have mentioned above bunker guardian is no longer a core class for na teams, necro is not that welcome in eu teams. I might be wrong of course, so anyone can just clarify me.

Good day friends,

Let me ask you something: why is current meta for NA so different than EU? What is more both eu and na metas are good and there is no better one. What I noticed is that na seems to be more open and creative, while na seems to be more traditional. I just wanted to ask, why is that?

I do really like the fact that there is not only one option, but you can bring different classes/builds and still be successful, but why, for example, we don’t see many bunker guardians in NA as well as there aren’t many necros in EU. I don’t mean that there shouldn’t be place for guardian (thief mesmer guardian is a really good team comp) or necro (I find terrormancers, condition necromancers to be really strong).

I’m just curious, I don’t want to offend anyone, just asking.

Thanks for replies!

I found eotm to be quite a fast way to level. You just follow a commander and levels come really quick.

First and foremost, it’s because Gw1 as most of you said. At first I enjoyed Asuras the most, however they look like they were not borned to command or raise in power and rule the lands. And here come Charrs – male Charr with heavy armor and GS does really look like a commander. I don’t mean they are stupid wild beasts, but they seem to know how to fight in wars. Not only they discover something, but everything they create or discover is useful. Plus they are not arrogant. But these are only my thoughts.

What are the cheapest guides nowadays to 0-400 each crafting profession? Is gw2crafts the best option? I’m asking because I have been said it’s not very good to follow gw2crafts guides in terms of costs.

Thanks in advance!

What about build then? I mean, what would be the best build of any class which fits condi necro best?

Hey friends!

My favourite class (and a one I mained) is necro. However, my friend just started playing gw2 and after trying every class he also felt in love with necro. It’s no problem for me to pick another class, but here comes my question: which one should I pick?

We will be doing some dungeons (but I don’t want to pick class only for dungeons), mostly WvW (2 guys roaming), some pvp..

The only classes I don’t like and I’d like to avoid are: thief and ranger. In my opinion guardian would be the best choice, but there are many much more experienced players and I would be grateful for your opinions.

Thanks in advance!

I’ve leveled to 80 engi(2 of them), mesmer, necro, ele and warrior. Ranger to 55, thief to 50 only, guardian to 71. There is a popular statement that you should pick whatever you enjoy the most. In most mmos it’s not true, at least for me, but here, in GW2 for the first time I experienced it. As an example I’d like to take elementalist and necromancer. There is always place for ele in dungeons – speedruns and casual ones. I leveled ele, but I didn’t enjoy playing it. Even if I had no problems in finding team, I felt really helpful I stopped playing ele. Then I leveled necro, bought full zerker exotic gear at 80 and even if I could not bring as much to my team as with ele I still play necro.

It’s not like you will be useless if you pick wrong class. Even necro has it’s adventages over other. I might not bring team support, but even in full zerker gear I have enough survivability to carry my team sometimes.

Play what you want, not what others what you to play.

Once you find guild or some friends you won’t see any difference if you are necro or ele. The only difference you might experience is how long certain dungeons will take you, but minute or two are not worth picking a class you won’t enjoy.

BUT if you want a best class I’d say it’s ele or guardian/warrior. They are must haves in every pve mode.

Hey!

It’s obvious every class (or at lest most of them) need some improvements, buffs, nerfs, changes to certain skills/weapons.

As an example I can pick necro, which needs some buffs to be competitive in pve or mesmer, who is dealing with many bugs atm.

We had 9/9 patch, which was good in my opinion. There are things, which people don’t like about it, but what matters is that devs came with same changes.

I want to ask you, when there’s going to be next patch like the one mentioned above. Is it like devs bring changes to classes when they’re needed? When we can expect some more changes? Do we have to wait next 2 years for the next patch? Or noone knows anything about it and we have to wait with hopes that maybe in the future there’ll be next balance patch? Is it possible, in theory, that nothing will ever get changed?

Thanks for response!

Engineer as a class has adventage in my opinion, #4 EG, rocket boots, #5 rifle are great skills to escape, #5 shield and block from tool kit give some nice blocks. The problem is that engineer has very limited access to condi removals and stability, however you can simply run when you think you won’t be able to handle situation. Engineer is also not that squishy.

Guardian is slow as a class, so even if it has many defensive abilities it’s just easily kited.

Necro – limited mobility, but very high survivability. Don’t know what to think about necro. I’d be grateful for opinions here.

What else.. I can’t think of anything else. I’d be grateful for your opinions!

Good day!

I was thinking, what makes certain classes and builds better or worse in 1vsX scenario? Is it only about player skills or there are some builds which work better in that kind of situation? If so, what are best builds for this?

I think mobility is one of the most important factors, so you can reset fight whenever you want. Also, any glass build I think won’t work.

What do you think?

I don’t really care about pve on my necro, but I’d be happy to know if ‘worst dungeon class’ means that necro is strong but selfish, or just simply weak? What about soloing dungeons? I know it makes very little sense to do it, but is it possible? If yes, which ones?

Thanks for answers!

Razer naga 2014 + razer orbweaver stealth. I can’t even imagine playing on keyboard. I recommend those for everyone.

Scythe is one of the best things in every mmo game. Scythe was the main reason I was playing dervish in gw1.

Nerf players, who are skilled enough to play, win and be useful for a team with any class they pick. Hey, that’s unfair that people who spent in game hundrets of hours working on their skills and learning the game are still better than people, who just came into and cry every time they lose to other class and demand nerfs to them.

Nerf terrormancer, just took fear from them. Nerf conditions so condi builds aren’t problem. Give at least 2 stability skills with low cd to every class, many stunbreaks are also welcome. Nerf burst builds and bunker ones. What else.. I’d nerf necro – he deserve it, IMO he’s not nerfed enough. Nerf ranger, because he finally became playable.

It’s not that you haven’t played much enough to beat others, it’s a problem with classes of course.

I have to say that now it’s not that bad with classes balance. Just take a look at tournaments – every single class could be found in at least one team. Pve is easy enough that as far as you don’t care about speedruns then everything may work. I think there shouldn’t be situation when every class can shine and be op everyehere. Some of them are better in, let’s say, pve, some are worse, but it’s not that they are unplayable. I have to say that I have much more fun with my necro (maybe because I finally got scythe which looks epic ) than with my ele in pve, just because necro fits my playstyle.

No offence of course. These are just my thoughts. Sorry for mistakes in language.

Greetings!

Each person will give you different opinions on which class you should pick. If you’re into tPvP then I’d suggest you to look at mistpedia to see top winning team comps. As far as I know for now every class is too op now and needs nerf.

From my experience I’d suggest you to speak with people in game, because forum is full of biased opinions. Warrior will always have it’s place in every team and they’re good in duels. Guardian is also a good choice (bunker guardian is in like 95% teams), but in 1vs1 situations you may have problems as guard is slow, like really, really slow. Necro is great, not so hard to handle, needed in teams (+ fear in wvw is one of the most enjoyable things I’ve ever met). Engi is said to be op, but it has very poor access to stability and condi removal. Mesmer is good due to his utilities.. Well.. no matter which class you will pick you might be good with it. The most important thing is you have to enjoy your class and work on it, one week is not enough to be good. I also want to add that it is a good idea to try each class. You don’t have to main and master each, but try them so you can learn how to counter certain builds.

Those videos should be part of guide for newcomers!

Thanks for response!

In my opinion the whole pve (open world + dungeons) are easy enough that as far as you have some friends or guild it doesn’t matter what you pick (at least id you don’t you care about speedruns).

Pvp/wvw: The best answer is always: ‘pick what you enjoy the most’, however sometimes it’s not true. You will have some hard times trying to beat some classes built specially for certain situations. Example: if you enjoy condi build and you will have to face anti-condi builds most time it doesn’t matter how much you love your char – you will hate it one day.

On gw2 forums you can read that:
1. Even after buffs ranger isn’t very good
2. Warrior is now weak
3. Engi is a joke
4. Guardian isn’t meta nowadays
5. Mesmer’s dmg/survivability is just meh + it’s used only for some utilities
6. Necro – I won’t comment on this, necro is just a trash

BUT on the same forums you can read that:
1. Ranger is op after buffs
2. Warrior is a must have, you only have to lear how to play it after those LITTLE nerfs
3. Engi is the most op class now, unbeatable, 2 engies in tol2 winning team, must have everywhere
4. Guardian is ‘still ok’ (as always)
5. Mesmer hits like a truck, usefull everywhere, portals and all of this stuff
6. Necro – bad in pve, but deadly in 1vs1 and core in every pvp/wvw team

Because of that I feel really confused. I’m lvling guardian, engi, mesmer, necro. I feel unable to pick only one. Not because I don’t know what I like, but because gw2 has really unique classes. I do love them equally. I know that I don’t care about pve. I just need someone to talk with about picking my class (yea, it sounds weird).

I don’t need class which is good everywhere. I’d like to have one specialised in one/two things. Fighting against other people is what I enjoy the most. Small/big teams, solo roaming, whatever. I’ve read every topikittenerally every topic on this forum and I’m confused as never.

Any help would be appreciated!

Hey friends!

Although I leveled necro, mes and engi + I tried every other class too I’m still interested in classes comparisons. I have the same in every other mmo game. I mean, even after I’m experienced in certain games I still love reading about which class has adventage over others.

So here I am. I was really undecided at start which class to pick. Guardian/war soon became too boring (just a personal opinion), I also hate rangers (not because there’s something wrong with them, I don’t like idea of pets/robin-hood-like class in every game, I’m not into archers simply).

I started playing engi, leveled him quite fast up to 75. Loved it’s complexity at first, but then I realized that it’s hard to play engi and how many buttons you have to press doesn’t show that engi is a hard class. (I’m playing on razer naga + razer orbweaver so I didn’t feel that using so many buttons was hard).

So, the final battle! Necro vs mesmer.

Pve (dungeons/open world): I don’t care. Really, I have some in-game friends so I don’t experience those dungeon necro hatings. Mesmer – I felt quite useless. I know reflects and all the stuff, but I think other classes can bring much more. But still, I don’t care.

WvW/PvP: I’ve tried both necro and mesmer here. Mes seems to be very unique class, while necro is more straightforward. Necro is said to be very underpowered, mesmer is said to be in quite a good spot (ok, maybe qithout bugs it’d be much better). The thing that surprised me was that I couldn’t find mesmer in, for example, tol2 NA winning team, but they had 1 necro. When I looked at winning teams I could rarely see mesmer, necro was quite common.

I’m not newbie, I’m not very experienced too. I’m playing both mesmer and necro. They will be soon 80s, so it’s a gearing time. I’m not poor, but I’d rather spend my money on one class to have the best possible gear. I want to avoid situation, when I’ll have 2 classes geared ‘quite good’ only.

So, any ideas which class would be better? Mesmer vs necro.

How are engineers? Well, I’m not experienced enough to come up with any correct answer, but if we look at the last tol I can make a guess that they are much more that just ‘good’ (2 engies in the NA winning team and 1 in EU winning team). Of course condi engi may not be good versus anti condi mesmer, but every class should at least 1 hard counter. It’s funny that mesmers were rarely seen and we can’t see guardian in the winning team. I like every class, except warrior and maybe guardian as it’s not that challenging to learn playing one, but engi seems unique. Engi is able to fulfill different roles, but it doesn’t have to meen he can’t be good at fulfilling a specific one.

You forgot about: master uber pro race: asura they look pretty epic/cute and they’re kind of unique race in my opinion. They are not sexy, that’s for sure, but every other race is just ‘normal’ for me. Maybe except charr – they look great in heavy/light armor.

tPvP, dungeons and zerging.

Let me ask about one more question – celestial ele/engi are said to be quite op atm, how’s ele in comparison to them? Generally, are mesmers more like ‘ok’, or ‘pretty good’?

Hey guys!

Just wanted to know how mesmers are after 9/9 patch? I mean, there are a lot of topics in which we compare classes, but not so much is said about mesmers.

I’m just curious how useful are they. Or maybe they are useless now? I’m asking about every aspect of the game: dungeons/open world pve, wvw and others. How good they can deal with others classes, are they taken to dungeons willingly?

Thanks for all your answers!

I think it not only got fixed, but also exp is inreased.

I noticed amazing buff to crafting exp. I got 15 lvls crafting cooking 0-400. I was lv 2. Then I got 11 lvs from 0-400 tailoring. Then I got 9 lvs from 0-400. It’s incredible.

I’m just curious why most of you put mesmer at the bottom of the rankings. I mean, even if we take a look at tol winning team there is no engi. What is more in my opinion mesmer is more than viable at anything. But this is only my opinion, nothing to do with reality.

Not to create new topic, I’ll ask about same question here: which class would you pick for: little of dungeons (the only pve) + pvp (everything but 1vs1).

I was thinking about mesmer, engineer or elementalist. They are all near 70lv, but I really want to have one main char. like them equally.

That’s what I was looking for – personal opinions on classes. I think the only thing, which we may be sure about is that heavies are always desirable. For me this ranking would be:
guard
war/engi
ele
ranger
mesmer
thief
necro

This might be all wrong, that’s only my opinion.

So, what would be your personal class ranking for spvp now?

My vote goes for sniper kit! I’d love to see a skill, which makes you unable to move, but you get like +1000 range (or even more), +50% dmg (or even +100%) with some stun or dmg/def/movement speed decrease, 5 (or 10?) sec cd.

I like 2h hammer too, it would fit engineer pretty well. Slow, with many cc/conditions, hard hitting weap.

I’m asking those questions about engineer, because in my opinion engi was always strong enough in everything but pve. The thing is if engi gets at least one buff it may become op as hell if played well. In my opinion engineer and mesmer they both may become too strong pvp wise.

So for engineers differences between low skilled player and high skilled player are huge enough to make him worse than old ranger or absolutely op? I’m just curious why everyone can make quite similar worse-best classes rankings, but one group of people put engi at top of ranking while others put engi at the bottom of ranking.