Guild Wars 2

No it’s not balanced. Neither is a GC Warrior who crits for 17k or 100b you to death. Neither is a GC Power Bow Ranger who can Rapid Fire you to death. Neither is a Mesmer who can just 1shot anyone that is also GC spec. Neither is a GC Necro with daggers. Neither is a 100nades Engi or Rifle Burst Engi. etc etc

You might wanna report all this classes while you’re at it if you’re going to complain.

tl;dr not a class issue just a game issue with stat distribution.

You have problems with Rangers? They’re free kills for me unless I know they are running 30/x/x/x/x — they have a 6sec Invulnerable state that way, and is recognizable by the Signet of Stone buff.

My problems are usually when I’m playing p/d and find an annoying Necro for Guardian who can just remove or tank my bleeds away.

When I play d/d I fear Mesmers. I can’t keep up with the clones. It confuses me. /sad

I just thought about another point.

Warriors can’t bunker in the current state and are limited to DPS/CC roles atm while Engi can cover various roles.

Hiya, I’m trying to pick my new class to level for mainly WvW purposes. I am coming from an 80 Thief and Ele and really enjoy their mobility for WvW.

I want to switch it up and pick a new class, but I don’t know which to go for. I have lots of experience with Warrior and Engi in sPvP and find that I can win a lot of 1vX’s on those two classes. I know that warrior has GS can can move around a lot with that, but I fancy hammer over GS. Hammers rock! I also know that Engi is no prize race horse.

I have no clue how to decide which one to play since they both are the same to me from a mobility stand point.

Another deciding factor is how long until Pry Bar nerf for Engis and what they plan on revamping with Warrior.

Any points you can offer to make me see light would be very helpful!

(I also main Ranger in sPvP, but I’m not sure how to spec them for WvW)

These forums suck with links, just copy and paste it.

If they add an axe what will the abilities be that are not already covered by sword or hammer?

Gotta do something here people… all this would do is make a weapon set with abilities of two other sets.

It’s one of the best to steal O.o

D/d = Heartseeker get Chaos armor. Death Blossom shoots confusion bolts.
Range = stack confusion.

Only thing it would be sorta bad for is sword…

I think you might want to refer to someone who actually plays more than sPvP.

I like how the OP talks defense like we have any. Sure we have stealth and mobility, but those are getting nerfed soon, so we’ll need some actual armor buffs.

We don’t need new weapons. We need new mechanics. Also, Engi have far less weapon sets, and no, kits do not count.

There is no gameplay when you nerf it all.

7/10, like that armor but it is over used. The purple skin doesn’t go with the colors too well, but the colors make the armor look nice. Could try to contrast the colors with your skin. :)

No one laughed at my second picture! :(

@Nefarious, I ran out of Trans Stones QQ

NEW HAT!

Fashion show, 2.0! Let’s see who looks the best! (0/10)

Can also throw in names if you want. Make it more interesting. Also, ensure you place an @(Name) before you post; just in case someone posts before you!

So you want it buffed so you can just have it up constantly and have infinite blind? That’s what it does in melee range, and the counter to that is …range… >.>

Found him/her!

Valk vs Zerker gear? Depends on this trait.

Critical Strikes: Grand Master Trait: XII: Hidden Killer: 100% Critical Strike Chance in Stealth.

I play Guardian as well, and GS 5 is not as effective as Hammer or Shield 5.

I see most of you guardian trying to do this, so I stand around LOS in my Shadow Refuge. Or I just blind you like I do when I stomp you. Or dodge… which ever is more convenient.

(Or I just stand at the edge farthest from you so I don’t get pulled out.)

Really need a knockback to get us out of stealth. kitten Mesmers!)

I can’t remember his name but there was a thread in here for d/p and he had great videos for it. I have over 300 subscriptions on youtube, and I can’t be asked to check all of those for him >.>

D/D one-hit wonder? Oh, you’re playing the common GC build!

Try this one.

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-c33V;1Rwk0-N5FOVd0;9;49TT;02;027B34A;44NV0;2JF04JF04y

With Valk/Berserk gear.
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Tanky, and same BS Crits as GC. (BS focused build)

Depending on what armor you use,(I use almost full Valk for more defenses) you need to change your runes. If you use almost full Valk it’s nice to use Eagle Runes for more Prec. If you use Valk armor and Zerker off pieces you can use Divinity.

Lots o’ health and 300tough/300hp = awesome.

And if you REALLY want to run D/P know that to use the build efficiently you have to run at least x/x/30/30/x which ruins your damage a lot. No matter how much Tough/Vit we get we are still quite squishy. (I had 3.2k armor once and got 3 shot easy) We need to make up for our weak armor with burst damage to even out fights, so D/P with those traits is fun for duels and that’s about it.

The only excuse you could use is Culling which only happens in areas where the are too many players for your computer to render. Culling is being fixed in the March patch, supposedly, so we’ll have to wait on that.

I wish all of you would level a Thief to 80 and play it in WvW before you decide what to do with my class. You know nothing as to how this class works, and that;s why you die to Thieves. Learn the class and you’ll have no problem killing us. We are easily controlled and can die fast. This is why we rely on evasion/movement/stealth to survive. If you actually played Thief you’d realize we are the weakest melee class, even beat by rangers, in the game.

If you think taking away a class’ main mechanic is the way to effectively balance the game. You are an ignorant kitten that knows nothing about MMOs. I could easily suggest to take away and Elementalist’s ability to swap Attunements, or ask to take away Deathshroud or make it so that Deathshroud is NOT a second health bar.

Tl;dr : Please play my class before you decide what to do with it.

Also, don’t play Venom Share. The Range of that trait is so small it makes it useless unless you are fighting in a ball in WvW.

If you don’t know, you can blind Warriors/Guardians/Enginers/Necromancers/Rangers when they are going to use their ability to stop you from stomping them (the 2 downed ability). This allows a clean and quick stomp.

Thief roles, in small groups, is about rezzing and burst damage.

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=Vc33V;1Rwk0-N5FOVd0;9;49TT;02;057A34A;45RV0;2JF04JF045ky

This build has the burst of a GC build, but can take more hits and survive for loner fights. With the new map Shadowstep/bow5 provide many ways to move around the map. Those are needed. I like to have an on use blind either the signet (AOE blind and 25% movement speed) or the Blinding Power (AOE blind and stealth). Both of these assist in stomps. Also run Shadow Refuge for healing/counter-stomps/stomps. (You can counter someone’s stomp with it to save your ally or prevent them to rally their allies.)

With this build you don’t have to worry too much about taking damage. You have plenty of ways to reset and survive.

Apparently you never ran Staff with Altruistic Healing. 3k+ heals on people with Regen/Boons/ and Healing Breeze. I keep my group alive with heals and CC in WvW all the time. Sure there are actually no ‘real’ healers, but this is what we got to work with and I’d call giving people health, healing.

This is what I’m currently running in WvW for support.

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=V7g-Z;1JFF30JEwF-90;9;54TJE;409A29-1;0K-F4a;1sV2DsV2D7BFm

I’m usually in a group of 5 and we stick together a lot. This build has been helping and working so far. I’m curious if I could make this any better. (I also sometimes remove JI and use MI for my first utility.)

Right now my group supplies constant uptime on Fury and Might, so my conditions do more and I have a little over 73% crit chance for my Sigils of Earth to proc commonly. I have an extra staff with the Corruption Sigil on it to make my conditions more powerful.

I think my gear choice could be better. I don’t really know much about the actual math for effective-what ever.

I use a combination of Rampager/Carrion/Divinity Runes/Coral Orbs to bring my health near 16k with 2.4k armor, and around 1k Condition Damage. (Not including the Corruption Sigil so +250 when it is full.)

I’ve been eating 100prec/70 cnd food with Maintenance Oils.
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Any thoughts?

With CDs, there will be no ability damage.

I know a lot of Thieves who are tons better than I, I can’t play one class without getting bored, that would be a great help in working with ANet to develop our class further. Though, ANet would prefer someone on an sPvP team I suppose.

I know this may seem weird to ask, but is Thief represented, in any form, by a player? What I mean is: Do we have someone like Teldo? [Engineer player for Team Paradigm] I’m just curious, to be honest. Would like to know who the top players are for each class because I’m weird like that.

P.S. Please do not underestimate Dagger Storm for WvW. It’s very viable and saves my life a lot. I prefer Basilisk Venom in sPvP, or smaller, group coordinated, fights.

I just wanted to note that, in your video, you say that you can blind a Warrior, Ranger, and Guardian and their downed state abilities will miss. This is true, but it also works for Engineers and Necromancers. — Additionally, Shadowstep can also be used to stomp pesky Mesmers. [Only recommend doing this when the fight is over or you know you can waste the ability for some sick skill stomps xD]

Overall, this is a good build that I have tested before. I highly recommend it to players who are skilled but only play backstab with 25/30/0/0/15. Though, I prefer a little more toughness.

I would also like to add that if you are curious about other classes, just take them to sPvP and test them before you waste time leveling them. Like I did. >.>

Additionally, Thieves are amazing in WvW. Whether it’s a solo roaming GC d/d spec or a group oriented spec like tanky-power-bow-rezzers. They can provide huge support for a team. <3 me some Shadow Refuge Rezzing. If you’re ever curious about the various specs and variations of specs you can pst me in game and I’ll help you.

If you want a breeze is PvE Leveling just grab a shortbow and Signet of Malice, pull all the mobs you can find, and spam Cluster bombs so they explode into the attacks at hit everything three times. You’ll never die and you’ll easily farm annoying hearts or kill events.

I played every spec and combination imaginable. [Sword Conditions lol] And, even though there is still much to learn about what all classes can do, I think I have a decent understanding and ability to play my class.

I used to main a PowerSword build, but got bored and swapped to p/d conditions and quickly realized that—that spec is useless when all we get is a mediocre poison and some bleeds. This is also about the time I learned that Condition damage isn’t as important as condition duration. [Leveling I played d/d conditions with caltrops, was good fun but not in WvW]

Regardless, I then decided to go back to a Backstab build for WvW roaming. No, not the 25/30/0/0/15 build. My own build with PvT gear and traits of 10/30/15/0/15. I found that my damage was weaker than most GC, but I had more survivability. I got bored and irritated of the spec due to the stigma of Backstab Thieves and resorted the the earlier P/d build.

Then that’s when I had an awesome idea, which is my current spec that I love. It’s the same trait lines and points as my BS build but with Pistol traits, ofc. 10/30/15/0/15 with Knights Armor, Cavaliers Trinkets and Cavaliers Weapons with Ruby orbs. I have 2800+ armor and 3000+ attack and 47% crit chance with 91% crit damage. This spec makes you tanky with burst option as well as bleeds that do 50 per tick and can stack easily with C&D auto attacks. The Dual Skill for p/d is really strong against Melee classes. I can get 1k+ for the initial hit and then a 3k+ when I shadowtep away and shoot. This is spamable and also causes you to miss their attacks.

My favorite combo is to Steal -C&D – Auto Attack – Shoot two Body Shots and then hit Shadow Strike.

I use Hide in Shadows – Shadowstep – Signet of Shadows – Shadow Refuge — and Dagger Storm. For WvW.

—Dean

Could we get an update please? This has been happening to me after every patch. If I try to change a zone after a ‘bit of playing I get disconnected. It says it’s a Firewall problem, but I disabled, enabled, changed and removed Firewalls for everything and even tried a Proxy fix. I’d really like to be able to play this game at least once.

Just wanted to add that after I get DC’d I can’t log in for several minutes and sometimes hours.

Hiya, I main Thief in WvW, but I main Ranger in sPvP. I’ve seen a lot of builds around, from all of the classes, including the ranger, that are all similar and utilize similar weapon loadouts. (Is that what we call them, loadouts? Sounds more like a FPS thing..)

So, anyway, tangent aside, no seriously it’s done, but if you want to read it, just look up, I have a build here that I like to sue that is a modification of the Trap build. That doesn’t use sword/dagger.

(brb as I make it because I love being unprepared)

Back, I was trying to decide which site to use because that’s a thing people care about (?) And I went with gw2skills because it’s UI is pretty… but you have to copy and paste the link, usually.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMQQJAVRjAVt11VGWs2Bg1DCDcwWBNZPM0xHLZUVA;ToAAzCtoay0koJbTumkNt+Y8B

Greatsword? AND only two traps? Hah, no. Wait! D; You never even let me finish =QQ= !

PROOOOOOOOOooooos of a Greatsword:
+An evade that’s not on a Cool Down.
-Sword/Dagger has two evades, but you can’t spam those.

A heavy hitting, about 2k with this build, burst attack that applies bleeds.

+A Rush, a freaking rush, that is on a short CD and is a LOT more easy to handle compared to the ‘mobility’ skill on Sword.

+A block. “But it only blocks one att-” I’ma let you finish, but Greatsword block can block more than one attack. Also, a knockback that can get people off points. (idk if this is a bug, but it happens)

+And another Stun/Daze to combo nicely with your Shortbow.

“Woaaaahhhh, I never knew this D:” — Yeah, I usually blow people’s minds.
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Anyway, let’s talk about the build, it is noticeably different from the standard trap build.

I took away the 30 points into Wilderness Survival. I thought they had too many points and I had to take them for myself and then lose them later to another trait line and eventually came into debt because I don’t have nay more trait points. (Link this to governments at your leisure)..

We can take away the points because we get back out toughness from the Runes/Amulet/Gem we use. Which make up for the toughness you lose. #yolo

I put them into Marksmanship because Condition Duration > Condition Damage. Also, that power makes Greatsword skill #2 hurt. The important trait in this line is XI. Take no damage for 6 seconds? That doesn’t hinder my ability to dish out damage? Yes please.

For the traits in Skirmishing, I took II because we don’t use Spike Trap because you get enough bleeds from that trait and GS/SB.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, this build is a Frankenstein of Powerbow builds and Trap builds with tank-ability. OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAH.

This build is for a sPvP, hotjoin, pubstomp, fun. If you want a version of this build for tournaments, follow this link.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMQQJAVRjEVt11VGWo2Bg1DCDcwWBOZPM0xHLZUVA;ToAAzCtoay0koJbTumkNt+Y8B

If you use Sword/Dagger, continue to do so if you like it, but Greatsword doesn’t make you a Melee Ranger Huntard. It’s a VERY viable. If you have any questions just ask. I’d rather go over my Sigil/Rune choice another time. Kinda bored writing this now; I think I might get some ice cream or something. Make the day a bit more awesome, as if it could get anymore awesome when you’re me. Right? RIIIGHT? :D

( I made it all ranty/silly so you have a hell of time reading it and not some boring post <3)

Idk about that, but sometimes the ability wont active ate when the Pet isn’t close enough to a target or it’s master. Also, it might be a bug because on my WvW Thief (I main ranger in sPvP) I’m noticing that my Steal isn’t actually stealing sometimes and places it on the long CD and not the short “you had no target” CD.

To people calling “culling” please learn how the old system worked before you make yourself look like an idiot.

I also just thought that AN needs to add Laurel vendors for sPvP. Let them but skins or dyes or something.

My suggestion is to create monthlies tailored to any specific type of player. I’m one of those people that never does PvE because the rewards are not worth it and don’t offer anything particularly useful. (Ascended power gear has 8 more power than Rare Armor, so worth it…) I’m not into Laurels for Ascended armor, which is a joke because you’ve negated the whole point of fractals by adding this way to pay for them, I’m after them for Crafting Kits, Loot Bags, and Gold.

My suggestion is quite simple and would only take little effort to design.

Monthly Options based on a character’s standard way of playing. No PvE for PvPers or WvWers, No PvP for PvEers. It’s that simple. All that would have to be done is to have a option to select what type of character you want to play and players can do their monthly based on what ever is the most convenient for them.

The only problem I could see with an option like this is people going: People will just do w/e option is the most easy and if that’s option in PvP, then people who PvE will be at a slight disadvantage. — To this I say make the Monthly challenging. It’s supposed to be complete in a MONTH, not a DAY. For PvEers make the run 20 fractals or multiple paths. For sPvPers make them run multiple tournaments and salvage so much PvP gear. For WvWers make then have to take so many keeps/towers (Feasible on any server due to Siegerazor being OP).

Make Time = Time, Running a dungeon with a pug that has no idea what they are doing would take 40+ mins. That’s enough time for at least two break-out events to occur. So, running 5 dungeons in a MONTH and taking 10 towers in a MONTH. Note: I believe that these numbers are a little too low, but they were just examples of how to balance Time it takes to complete certain objectives.

If you want people invested in something they are doing, it has to be something they will enjoy.

Note, the Tiny red circle near the end of the path is a chest.

So yeah, this is a revitalized CS farm. It includes events like a Karma farm because the Jewelry Boxes have Lodestones that you can sell.

The red areas are the main events you’ll want to hit because these vents offer waves of mobs to kill for those Heavy Moldy Bags. You you follow the black line you’ll gather most of the stuff in the Northern Parts of the map. Ori varies often, so ask in /map for locations.

What I do:

I gather all nodes, sell all junk-whites-blues. Bank Green, and hoard mats. (With the new patch you can make about 2g just from junk and blues in an hours time.)

After an hour I’ll goto the TP and sell all the mats and rares gathered. Sell rares unless you have a Black Lion Kit because Ecto gambling with Master Kits is not worth it half the time.

Depending on how much Heavy bags are worth you can either sell them or open them. I tend to open them because you can get lots of t6 mats to sell that would equate to a higher value than the bags themselves.

Then I head to LA to Mystic Forge the Greens into items, I usually come out with 1-2 rares because you get so many greens on the farm.
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Anway, once you farm long enough you’ll get DR’d, and I found that moving further south to Grenth or other events will not have a DR on them so you can continue to farm. — Also, along the path you run, from place to place, kill things in your way. If you have a party they die fast and it’s like making your own mini event while gathering for more loot.
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I have ran this a lot since Patch and with a group of 4 other players. And I have some averages on the amount of gold you can make.

For the most minimal drops possible and no rares, you can make 3g+ an hour, and average play time for a single player is about 6hrs and that’s about 18g a day.

But, with MF gear and food, with a party, the average gold made was 7g+ an hour, or about 42g a day.

I’ve seen someone in my group make 12g and another make 10g for their hour farming. Which is pretty nice considering Dungeons are a bit harder without Grave Zerging.
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It’s Noon and I haven’t slept yet, so please ignore errors and if anything is confusing I’ll fix it when I wake up.

I wanna know what build you guys are using. I have been playing ranger in sPvP the past few days as a supposed GC spec and I don’t feel glassy and our damage is insane. >.>

Well, I see that you’re dead set on the cheese frenzy-100blades build…

As you play this build you’ll find, without Endure Pain, you’re a one-trick-pony. Meaning that if you miss GS2 or GS3 you’re out for a few seconds. I edited your Utilities — Endure Pain is too awesome not to take unless you’re a bunker build. The Banner Elite is amazing with team fights because you can revive downed allies and win team fights. In sPvP I recommend using Mace/Shield and using Sword/Shield for mobility in WvW.

I also edited your sigils. You need that extra Endurance to keep dodging to stay alive.

Overall, it’s a pretty decent build that is balanced for damage and some defense.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIEQNAR8ejgOtwxO2Q4wBAkCru68gKmaSpot6A;TsAA2CtoqxUjoGbNuak1s+Y8xmAA

P.S. Use the Signet of Rage Elite over Banner in WVW.

Copy and paste the link if it doesn’t work for you.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNAS5engOk8YzDSBhDZAA9wqr2SVAu0jwQLNA;TsAgzCmocy4kwJrTOnkOtYY8x+DA

What this build offers:
+High toughness and condition removal
+Daze, stuns, knock down, and knock back
+10(stacks/%) of vulnerability, condition removal, and Fury-Might-Stability for Party
+Damage mitigation with two block, endure pain at 25% HP, and mist form at 10% HP
+Lots of Endurance — dodge!

To anyone wondering about Runes of Vampirism:

You can use all three shouts and your heal-6 ability while in Mist Form. So, you can Dodge and CC to negate damage Heal with shouts hit 25%HP and have Endure Pain for five seconds and then hit Mist Form and use all four heals for about 12k+ HP. If you manage CDs and block/dodge it makes you hard to kill. Mist Form works just like the elementalist, so if you are stomping someone and another person attacks you and you enter the form — you can continue the stomp and be invulnerable.

This is probably not a Meta build that will guarantee you wins, but I find it highly effective for AoE CC and Point Holding. This build is also fun because people think you’re a hacker with Elementalist skills. :P

Note: If you Replace Runes of Vamp for Runes of the Soldier; this becomes a very nice heal/tank build in Dungeons.

I’ll translate:

“I can’t dodge a Thief with kittenty burst, who I could kill in 2-4 hits because they have kitten health and armor.”

Also, at Chi Malady, you’re a terrible Thief if you think heartseeker is the best idea and don’t even know the other abilities for D/D besides Cloak and Dagger. Sounds like you can’t hit the skill-cap.

Also, if anyone wants to Tl;dr the thread make sure you read the second post in it. The only sensible one to date.

Going for a 8/10 for Faeros is an Arthurian name. Sylvari use Arthurian names.

Mine is Matis Clawrage, Blood Legion Warrior, but also a humble Scholar of the Durmond Priory.

If I could FailFish on the forums I totally would.