Guild Wars 2

Firebaall.5127:

Horus.9685:

I think they arerather tolerated then explicitly allowed.
Just because- you know, its pleaseant to listen to
Devs stated multiple times that Macros are banneble. one button= one action performed

Instrument macros are 100% allowed. Explicitly.

Oh, thanks for the info, got a source? I really didnt know that

They are working on a completely new way to handle ia with hot, so i think its not unlikely that Spiritweapons get some love as well.

I think they arerather tolerated then explicitly allowed.
Just because- you know, its pleaseant to listen to
Devs stated multiple times that Macros are banneble. one button= one action performed

Otiveht.5482:

Being a life time Guardian,[…] Currently im not a fan of the range abilities the guardian has, nor the weapons used for those abilities

wut ._.
That being said, give sinister guardian a try ;D

:3 Gw2 is not WoW Buddy so dw, u can keep your gear ;D

horvgab.4879:

Dear Lux Dominatoris,

As I said, my story was an example (true, but it doesn’t matter that much). I’m watching this as a software developer. You are a zerker as you said, speed runner, high risk high reward player. No problem with this. But the only way to do this in this game binded to the following 3 thing: power, precision, ferocity. You can’t use conditions, you can’t be tanky, you can’t be true support, you have to go power to reach your goal. And this is the problem.

Ok, you can say, you can find a condi based team. Make a video about, how much time you need to get one (I bet at least 30 minute without friends) (and everybody in team have to have a decent usable condi build). Belive me ppl only know this. The majority of players playing metazerk only (especially the skilled ones). Hard to get sikilled ppl from the another side.

Think yourself in a situation as a new player. In the most ad in LFG you see, zerk, if you not see, they think you’ll be zerk, because everybody is zerk. So you start to build yourself to it, because community force you, other way, they just dont want to play with you. Of course, build your own society. Man, it’s not that easy, especially for a newbie. So the new player gona be zerk and until he not realise that this isn’t the only way, will become flamer againts anything new. This attitude is a problem.

There is 8 profession in game, why everybody uses the same stats? Why can’t a condi build fit to a zerker one? Why an overall celestial build can’t fit to it?

As an eye of a developer it’s a mistake from developers. If you’re saying you’re zerker, its only about stats, not a play style. If it’s a play style why other stats doesn’t support it? Why we are forced to use not fun skills? Why we can’t ,,zerk" with a condi build? Because the fault of the system. The system of the game gives the potential to the zerk. Other builds should be more viable. Thats all. I don’t want to kill the berzerk now , my rage has ended, but we need better alternatives.

First @ OP you using 4 cele pieces did not screw over their group- tho from what ive read you werent worried about that. I am just going to assume they had no super specific lfg because we had the respect discussion here oftn enough, having it again will not be very productive. Tbh ur pugs were bad you were screwed over. That sucks block them and go on
Secondly not everybody is using Zerk, the condition Engi has the highest theoretical dps in the game against non structures The only issue we are currently facing is the pug inflexability, thats imo all that lies behind the non meta attitude as well as clkittening in Lfg. And I think those are issues that fix themselves by time.
You can use conditions, they are perfectly fine after their poor stacking was issued a few patches ago, and if you are concerned about your survivability go with rabid trinkets.

If you dont like the sword auto attack in dungeons, the condition Ragner with Axe Torch does allmost the same dmg – difference is negitable considering ur not stuck with sword and get a way more fun to use rotation.

What would be far more interesting to me if ppls who create those partys want advise – knowing that giving it unwanted can make you seem like a real kitten, even though you had the best intentions.

Zypher.7609:

Mystic.5934:

recommended best solution: remove time-gating from these

I see what you are trying to do there.

You have to appreciate the effort though

They literaly write anyone welcome bacause they don’t mind.
Anyone means tha- from the most OCD Min/Maxer to the healguard roleplayers the try to get out of combat for an emote – and yas that was an exaggeration.
If that wouldn’t be the case i think there would have been ppl complaining about it – its about respect – so everyone should be okay if you don’t just change the LFG to request Zerker because you feel like it would be helping them.

^>Tempest ._.

As long as the next ellie spec gets portal, smoke fields and access to slow. =3

VodCom.6924:

Alekt.5803:

First of all, don’t pick the Conjurer trait in PVP

For a S/X Hammer build in PvE, taking conjurer is almost mandatory.

Not to devalue your post which si a great analysis and provides good feedback (some of which I agree with, some of which I don’t). Just wanted to avoid confusions.

It’s far from mandatory- when the conj runs out your burst in fire will be off cd and you can restack might and blast trhough your havy hitters- the trait should only be used when pugs steal your hammer… and in that case they dont deserve either your dps nor your utility and you should stick to the air aa :P

P Fun Daddy.1208:

Yeah PvE is mostly staff, with some scepter/focus lightning hammer. Occasionally d/f is used for utility, like in some skip areas the focus skills are nice and some dagger skills are useful, but people tend to switch back to their damage weapons for actual fights.

I recommend lightning hammer because you will at least have to learn some rotation skills, staff tends to be somewhat boring if effective.

Lightning hammer is also better if your group doesn’t have a whole lot of might, staff has a hard time keeping more than six stacks on its own but LH can hold onto 20+ for the whole group (blast finisher on auto + 2 on weapons, but if you already have all support roles filled (might, reflects) staff is better.

even if you dont have the support rolles filled its better
I use staff when duoing or trio dungeons/ fracttals
when the pug is so bad u need to play lh for blinds/ might ull probably die in meele range anyway ._.

Mahuyo.3079:

Horus.9685:

Wasnt there a thread like this allready somewhere? like the same title?
anyway ignore Mahuyo since he is an allmighty pvp’er and we noobisch pve’ers do not comprehend the level at wich he playes.
In the General pve setting elle is taken for its supirior dps offered by staff and icebow, as well as its great offensive team buffing- namely prebuffing might and fury
when you know what you are doing you are a god in pve as long as you have a party to watch you back a little, if not the earth elemental is you best buddy
glypf of storm offers great utility and is usefull in each variant it comes with mostly used however is it in air and earth for blind/ vouln

1. I really think there is a hint of sarcasm, but I main pve.
2. I was being generous on my dmg because I can hit a lot higher

No sarcasm i just never thought anyone remotly sane would use d/d in pve…. i mean everything is viable but that is as far from optimal as it can be without trolling on purpose

i would have liked it if both revs just vanished in the mists though

well.. learn to deal with it i guess ._.
its actually quite nice since you will be replacing the thief most of the time, ppl tend to expect some defiance management from you^^’
you also still have the option to blast with ft and pick the turret up

Wasnt there a thread like this allready somewhere? like the same title?
anyway ignore Mahuyo since he is an allmighty pvp’er and we noobisch pve’ers do not comprehend the level at wich he playes.
In the General pve setting elle is taken for its supirior dps offered by staff and icebow, as well as its great offensive team buffing- namely prebuffing might and fury
when you know what you are doing you are a god in pve as long as you have a party to watch you back a little, if not the earth elemental is you best buddy
glypf of storm offers great utility and is usefull in each variant it comes with mostly used however is it in air and earth for blind/ vouln

Roy Cronacher.1576:

It’s good to have some things professions are stronger at and other parts they are weaker at.

And Necromancer is awsome at stuff that does not matter- everything is fine

+1
after Asuras and Sylvaris quaggans are the best race in the game ._.
Would even play a warrior as one of them

what happens when 2 revs pop their now evading sword skill as the same time? since their evade comes via passing through the mists, what both will do, does one mist evade cancels the other? Or will they just get lost in the mists? I need clearification ._.

otome.2673:

You should always buy Fractals 40+50

as someone who also sells them from time to time- i can say thats true… i can also say that ppl pay allmost anything

theoutsider.7849:

I’m so feeling you there, OP.
See, I grew up a simple farmer in Queensdale. When the Centaurs started their raids on my home lands, I lost everything in the ashes.. friends, family, property..
Having nothing left, you can imagine how limited my options were, how desperate I was.. no money, no one to rely on. With only one choice left, I ventured for the Reach. It was only my third time there, to the great markets where I’d sell crops and buy seeds after a harsh winter.
Exploring the grand city, I accidentally ventured to the Minister’s Waypoint, the great bank and Black Lion Trading Company.. and surrounded I was with many a hero resting with mead and bread after working hard to clear “dungeons.”

I did not understand what it was, and regrettably, my curiosity got the better of me. I asked what should have never been asked and a female human stepped forward.
She looked so frail and small, wearing scantly armor showing so much of her skin. I blushed. The scarf around her neck was striped in pretty colours and looked so comfortable and warm. On her back, a round circuit radiating blue magic.. on her head, bunny ears. And holstered at her waist, always ready to strike, something that looked like a welding torch and a hair dryer from which flowers would sometimes errupt. Her mouth and lips were very much covered in spittle, as if she’d been drooling.. and she asked: “lol u wanna farm cof p1 zerk onLy XD”
It was then I knew I had to run..
Thankfully, Logan Thackeray found me, gave me a purpose.. and now I serve as a loyal Soldier Guard with my steady arms holding sword and board. I could not be happier.
Anyways, the moral of the story is..
Keep far away from these “metazerk” people.. I.. I don’t know what’s wrong with them, but it seems like some sort of satanic disease.
Thank you for reading, keep being awesome OP

copy paste too good- thank you VERY MUTCH for that post

just get an asura, since humans are boring anyway

qq PvE only issue i think- thus will be ignored- but jeah, line casting the glyph in water on Shaman used to be pretty usefull :/

Kidel.2057:

Rubi: “You can’t have everything.”
Hugh: “Well, we can have a lot of things.”

Rubi thinks it’s a little bit OP. I agree.

lol jeah

for solowing on ele id reccomend staff or dagger focus
scepter is really just usefull when you are trying to replace a warr in a group ._.
but jeah, arcane is asome for solos- just ignor EA, boutiful power is the way to go
for utility take whatever you need to survive, but in places like ac the fire signet should never leave your bar^^
what i usually do is pre buffing might and then switch to staff when i dont need the utility from d/f

Pls ignor the trolls, in open world it doesnt matter what you are doing, but for the most part youd want to stick to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygx9l1sUvX8
-at least in dungeons…
boonsharing; pistol pistol… u guys are creepy ^^’

apoidea.7095:

There are many situations that call for a long range playstyle (mostly PvE/WvW). In this case, DS can be better than RS. Other than that, the only other downside is that you give up 1 specialization line which ends up interfering with the synergy in many current builds.

what in pve requires range?

._. 99% of this game is targeted towards casuals, see we dot want to take stuff away from you, we just want our onw little corner

IrisTheCasual.3742:

You wrote the whole essay like a sensible person. You think everyone will read your wall of text?

/kappa

#MoreManmodePlease

I did ._. and i appreaciate the wall of text; its a nice addition to the vidio
@OP awsome play with interupts- tbh i didnt even know you could simply jump >.< i used to dodge twice ^^"
edit:
im sorry, i need to sleep i didnt get the /s

insanemaniac.2456:

Jerus.4350:

It’s not better DPS in most dungeons though. It only exceeds zerk after 14 seconds or when you have to take defensives (toolkit/shield). Othwerise zerk wins over.

I’m curious what you run outside of glass that becomes more fun? I’m not in to telling people what they have to run, but I think there are logical reasons why glass is better assuming you can actively defend yourself(or your team).

i normally run fractals with a cleric or cele healy guard and we bring as many friends as we can find (who are all typically dps or at least cele and knowledgeable or listen well) and the spots we cant fill with friends get pugged and thats… a pretty big crapshoot.

personally i run sinister or zerk/assassin. i run an energy sigil as about the only bit of nonglass gear in my build, because while piano playing is fun or something, i dont really take active defenses as utilities cuz the opportunity cost of S or tk versus bombs or a blast isnt really worth it to me unless the encounter requires pull/unblockable cc/gear shield/more stealth.

fractals with 1 healy guard are always much smoother. i havent tried with other healy classes to my knowledge. its a lot more fun to run 50 fractals when you only wipe maybe 0-2 times in every run and yet grab 1-3 pugs very often. i have a nomad guard should i ever decide to learn to push f3 on guard and take him into fractals. :p

/s?

since you are refering to major sigil you are talking about pve? then you want to stick to force, and maybe air, or when you feel comfortable with haing 2 s, anotherone with force and night thats the best dps stuff you get. for might i can generally recomend golden fried dumplings since they further buff boon duratuon and also give might, wich works great with phalanx str if ur running that trait

Nike.2631:

Except portal, which the Devs acknowledge was an issue once years ago.

But now Guards have an option to get stealth… which ought to be amusing.

stealth? must have missed that, how exactly?
edit: trapper runes?

Halvorn.9831:

If you don’t want DPS meters to come into existence, don’t dump the combat log into a file.

aren’t there allready dps meters?

Zenith.7301:

Esplen.3940:

So… your point is that Mesmers have less reflect than Guardians, but suddenly because it’s stationary (just like WoR), it’s worse?

Oh, and then you talk about projectile absorb and bring up summons, but Wardens both absorb and reflect (depending on how you want to play it) with 100% uptime.

So Mesmers have more Reflect than Guardian and they have the same Absorb as Guardian (albeit the 100% Reflect/Absorb uptime requires ~20s of setup, during which you can maintain 100% Reflect via Curtain or double Feedback). If you maintain 100% Reflect/Absorb uptime, you’re also bringing significant DPS through both higher Reflect damage, constant DPS through Wardens, and then you can use any ability you desire on top of that.

So while Guardians may be more “mobile” due to lower skill cooldowns (although I’m not sure how a 40s WoR is shorter than a 32s Feedback) and able to position it anywhere (because, TC doesn’t exist, right?), but they can also Absorb projectiles, something Mesmers don’t have any access to, right?

Tl;dr: Now that Mimic is actually useful, can we stop saying that Mesmer is worse at Reflecting than Guardians when actually they aren’t?

PS: If you say: “Well Mes has to take 2 utilities”, you do realize FB is on a shorter CD than WoR without Mimic. And running Mimic in PvE is absolutely fine in regards to being (non speedrun) meta.

PPS: If you are talking about speedrun meta, Mesmer > Guard because Portal double Blink.

I don’t know how to respond to someone who says iwarden has 100% reflect uptime on anything other than Alpha, let alone fractal 50 bosses like archdiviner or mossman.

Temporal Curtain is a stupid retort, hardly anyone stacks against a wall nowadays,

Wall is stationary, but is placed relative to where the guardian chooses it, meaning he can place it on the group and waves of ranged mobs won’t be able to harm you, unlike feedback where you need an enemy in melee range to spawn the feedback bubble on the group.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Wall_of_Reflection

Most Guardians take Master of Consecrations, which gives them a 12 sec duration wall on a 32 sec cd….

12 sec WoR vs. the 6-8 second (8 with temporal enchanter grandmaster) duration of feedback.

Without Temporal Enchanter, Mimic (90 sec cd)+ feedback is virtually the duration of of a traited WoR. With GM trait it is only 2 seconds longer every 90 second interval….

4 seconds longer every three feedback casts. Guardian is 4-6 seconds longer for every 2 our of 3 casts a mesmer does his feedback. Or 8-12 more seconds of reflection per mimic cycle.

Mesmer virtually relies on iwardens not being decimated by dungeon content to compete with guardian, so good luck with keeping wardens alive on any nonfaceroll gimmick boss or fractals.

And a guardian does not pay the heavy damage loss of using an inferior DPS phantasm to have access to competitive reflects.

O.o who would take master of concecration over uc?

will be not just pvp only mut top tier pvp only
cuz iSporz
tbh; if the fractal legendary back is really just accesibly via pve and having played loads of fractals i dont care, but when pvp gets exclusive content while pve/ wvw does not, i feel ripped off for some bizare reason

Dirame.8521:

They are more a side-grade. More useful than your Old virtues in some scenarios, useless in others.

cast time may screw them over in pvp, but im only there for my dailys so
yay \0\

Downgrade? the new virtues are the best about the dragon hunter by far, aoe aegis is nice and all, but to block eveything for a few seconds as an aoe? awsome! just f2 will need some time to get used to tho.

The dragonhunter is really fun, dont get me wrong, even the traps are way better then I expected. What feels odd are the traits, it feel like they want to force you using the longbow while having zero synergy with other weapons.
Mainly I talk about Zealot’s Aggression it may aswell be +7% while using longbow, why isnt it +7% vs enemies with movement impairing conditions? That would synergize with the imobilize the guardian has accsess too, as well the chill hammer can be traited for. The gm minor has kinda the same issue, longbow is the only weapon that benefits from it since staff only has the 600 range and is never taken for damage, but allways for its utility.
That trait may as well be added to the grandmaster trait for simplification since most of the other utillity specific traits were combined- like the spiritweapon ones. there are literally 4 traits in that line that only relate to longbow, thats more then unnecessary.

tl;dr: combine traits, increace dmg modifier synergy (to chill and imob)
-Sorry for the rant- still love the dragonhunter

ronpierce.2760:

http://i.imgur.com/xA8qvVk.png
http://i.imgur.com/96W2uJ4.jpg

The same staff that the new thief specialization back drop (datamined) is holding is in the files as an Ascended weapon, similarly to all the other elite specialization weapons thus far datamined.

Why fight it?

D: Whats that flower on your arm? Need that skin

J Eberle.9312:

Time to go dust off my apothecary necro.

Did 50 with 5 Guards today… dont mind keeping this for a while :’D
I mean, its just like elementalist… but tanky… and pre fgs nerf
The frac 40 we were doing after it we were just like kitten it and let one reroll to necro and one to warr

So pve is really an anything-goes now?
They achieved the viability of EVERYTHING at the cost of braking what was the best befor screw the meta, ill play condi ele XD

http://dulfy.net/gw2traits#build=AgIBrAR4BVQ~
you will use mace in pve anyway, just ignore the healing^^

Stone Splinters weas only used in Pve, and there we will just stick with fire air and water, screw earth, would be fine if bountiful power stayed in water though, then every trait would be a dps one :P

Dunno about Guard being dead, GS/mace Focus looks promising to me
http://dulfy.net/gw2traits#build=AgIBrAR4BVg~
@Velho I did jup Mace will me the go-to Dps Weapon with gs now

if i understand it correctly, you either link hot to your acc, and by doing so upgrade it, you you kitten on your progress, buy the same game, do not link it and have an hot acc and a 10k+ap twink no hot acc…
if i could give away my “free copy” of gw2 that would be cool, and i thought of that 2, but they might think to many players would rather kjeep it as an alt acc then gifting it to frinds…

Well, since Zeal gives 20%vs foes in symbols, the mace trait will see great use in pve…. conider the rest of the trait a: meh, its free, so why the hack not?

Mein Asura Ele in All seiner Pracht
Set 1:
Str runen
Kulti mit inventors sunglasses
Set2:
Schoolar
Witch Hat
Arah Beinkleid
Maskeraden Schultern
& die leuchtenden AP Hanschuhe

MeanCoffeeBean.2073:

Horus.9685:

MeanCoffeeBean.2073:

Our elites are garbage compared to other professions. While the elemental can be a nice addition in a fight, it is certainly not worthy of the elite slot. FGS is a mobility and drop weapon and barely deserves a utility slot at this point. When people slot Melandru as their elite, you know something is terribly wrong.

Glyphs are just awful. Glyph of Storms might see some use in PVE, but I never see them outside of that environment.

I don’t know what to do with our conjures. The idea of a kit is nice, and would even justify the damage reduction if we could swap into it like an extra attunement. This could be abused though.

Scepter sustained damage is just… bleh.

Not true :P Jou can pull a fully upgraded camp in a corner and melt them With Meteor Shower+ Lava Font with your default Pve zerker stuff
Maybe freeze+ ib#4 to take care of a remaining vet

And none of those are elites, glyphs, or use the scepter. The icebow is great, but is being nerfed, thus the dilemna.

I am not actually sure what you are arguing against, but it isn’t anything I said.

Meant the part about the Glyphs; ofc you place a sandstorm on the stacked camp, my bad