Guild Wars 2

I’m liking the upcoming outfit. It looks gorgeous with the Zojja’s weapons.

Congratulate to all the winners!

Inb4 Mesmer’s reflect is OP Condi war solo Lupi for 5:30’’. You are welcome!

Disclaimer: Neither the class nor build is OP. The player is simply godly. Check out his other solo/duo records, including a 5-man team SEVEN kitten SECOND record. All is vain.

Keltach.8049:

I recently ran a dungeon for Arah and saw something very disturbing. I’ve never played an mmo where you skip almost every single trash mob just to get to the end boss faster. I’ve also never seen an mmo where you can reflect the boss’s giant downing aoe and for that to be considered “knowing how to play.” Also I’ve never see an mmo where speed clearing is the NORMAL way of playing through the games dungeon content. I’m aware this game isn’t like any other mmo. The new trinity, the active mitigation, and the freedom to play any way you want are great. How ever, that last one is completely killed off currently in the dungeon scene, even if you run with a guild group, but I’ll get into that later. The main issue I personally have with how dungeons work currently is that you just skip the entire instance just to kill the bosses then leave. Then on top of that, we find the “sweat spot” so that we take the least amount of damage and the least amount of movement to capitalize on melee dps, since it is currently the highest dps in the game. The new holy trinity that GW2 introduced has now been completely killed off by this style of play. Now it’s just the straight line of burst dps via berserker gear. We can no longer play how we want if we want to do dungeons, we HAVE to play the way a select group of players have decided to be the best way. In my guild I’ve personally seen people ask for “zerker and exped only” players to run with them. Any new coming player will see that and possibly get turned off from dungeoning since it’s so constricting in how you play. I’m not saying nerf the gear set, I’m saying make the other play styles just as useful. This ties back in to what’s wrong with the dungeon scene currently, skipping almost all of the instance destroys any need for support build and control builds, making them primarily a pvp only play style. As well as almost all gear sets being only useful for WvW content. The only way I can see this being fixed is if they make major boss attacks, like Lupi’s aoe ability in phase 2, not reflect-able and to make it so that you cant just skip the mass majority of the instance (insert: lmao). It will open up room in groups for other play styles rather than “just run past this mob, then we stack here and burst the boss down.” Perhaps even make some mobs able to see stealth targets so that thieves don’t become the new “meta” class to play.

Bingo! :>

LightningBlaze.4913:

LF was,is and I believe will always be my favorite utility since beta. There are still so many uses with this utility. I can list hem.
- To use in conjuction with weapon skill combos
- To catch someone
- To gain distance while escaping from zerg.
- To reach higher grounds without going around, climbing or running towards it.
- To deal damage
- To stomp thieves when they use their down kill.
- To go behind your opponent and confuse him where you are.
- To avoid further damage when you are stunned

Please elaborate

Dear MotherKitten,

Firstly, I think Max has been playing with ele around long enough to understand the class in PvE better than you. I won’t be bothered to explain why Fresh Air is the core trait of the PvE D/F build. If you ask a little bit more nicely then hopefully either Master Zelyhn or Mistress Dekeyz will answer you. Secondly, Fresh Air is utterly useless for any Scepter/X Lightning Hammer builds. This point alone proves your lack of knowledge in the PvE meta. Better stay humble next time?

Nuithari, which maps are in the favor of your build and which are not? And what is your usual role in a match? Lucky me, I haven’t had a chance to play against you so far :p

Today, I’ve learnt a bit more. Thank you very much guys!

So there was a bit of talk about how effective engi is in the dungeon speed run and the suggested comp for Arah p2 is to let engi replace the thief and et cetera Arah path 2 Guangway

If you ignore the terribad mesmer, engi seems good except for:
- The stealth combo used for skipping has long cd and duration is really short.
- Their blast finisher is a finisher that can CC mob unintentionally.
- They are too slow at stacking vuln in a short fight.
- Their DPS isn’t on par with a second ele with conjured weapons.

Engi isn’t the greatest in PvE and had no place in the meta dungeon speedrun.

I use Teldo’s build for roaming and mid-line in zerg: 6/0/0/6/2, Bomb kit, Elixir B (or Toolkit), Elixir gun. Giver Pistol/Shield, sigil of Doom/Geomancy. Runes of Balthazar.

Is OP refering to PvE, WvW or sPvP? Because in PvE with +60 prec food, berserker armor, persisting flame, Lightning hammer and signet of fire, the ele always has more than100% crit chance. Berserker will always be the best choice for ele. The difference is even more obvious with FGS.

LordByron.8369:

Engi trying to put condition happens sometimes..
Ether renewal takes care of them and once MS hit, you don t need tornado no more.
Mesmer GS is the real annoyance (they can keep pressure), you can deal with everything else.

I always apply crippled first (elixir gun), then cover it with a lot of bleeding from auto attack, then poison. If the ele realizes he is getting focused and chooses to use ether renewal, I’ll apply confusion and cover it with bleeding and cripple again (not to forget torment on crit). Most of the ele I’ve seen at this point will mist form and run to the back of their zerg, which is playing exactly what I want. They stop dishing out CC, water field and DPS pressure. Those who ignores the initial threat and continue doing DPS will most likely receive a lot of love from me.

I don t agree also on water 5.
Since nerf it became really bad, better just go 6 in fire or something else.

We tend to have a lot of buff before rushing into the objectives, which means 5-6% more damage for the opening hit. The big damage of meteor shower helps to break the enemy frontline and forces them to back up a bit.

I agree that 6 in Air and Tempest Defense probably works best in most of my scenario due to my low crit chance and the extra modification is nice to have. I mostly select Tempest Defense over anything else for when I get focused by hammer warrior. I would take the damage but the warrior will get stunned if he doesn’t have any stability.

I camp in Fire auto attack at all times when I don’t need other CC/support skills. Lava font has short CD, combining with Blasting Staff, it is good to put pressure on a choke point. And of course, I wouldn’t go too much to offense if the guild group with whom I played didn’t have 3-4 dedicated ele already. (I’m not on their roster and was told to feel free to play whatever, aww yiss!!!)

Stat wise, Celestial + Strength rune would be a strong contender for both staff play and DD roaming play, but I can’t really advise new (and non dedicated) players to throw a huge amount of gold out of windows for this new meta. Meanwhile, the basic formula of DPS is still the same in both PvE and WvW; getting enough Power, decent crit chance, throwing some damage modifiers and fitting toughness/vitality here and there for a bit of survival. Knight would be a great stat to mix, but I’ll miss my 16k HP dearly which helps a lot against Arrow Carts. Anyhow, against an unorganized zerg, I still play with my full berserker set + scholar runes with classic 6/2/2/2/2 :’>

Darox.8069:

Dalanor.5387:

Darox.8069:

Most pugs struggle with dodges. What if the new meta for pugs revolved around chilling all foes = 66% more cooldown = 66% less dodge required ?

Does this even work on mobs and bosses?

That’s the beauty with this game, you have tooltips, dev comments, and what really happens. It’s three games in one!

Second this. Chill works beautifully against Arch Diviner in a pug setting. This is also why I vehemently refuse to play Fractal level 38.

Also, it may be a myth but when you chill Lupi, he kicks more and spawn less locusts. I cant vouch for the claim though.

deSade.9437:

TheKillerAngel.3596:

What else comes to mind?

Pugs.

You called?

Thank you, thank you very much! It’s all good if all the engi’s skills don’t have the kitten TIMER!

Even without a thief, a guardian with sanctuary can help the group with the suicidal bombing, then rinse and repeat.

Mesmer has so many CC. >.>

This is what I usually take to the fights:

• In the Lord’s Room
  For defense: 0/4/0/6/4 against heavy condi pressure.
  or 0/6/0/4/4 against hammer train pressure.
  For Assault: 5/2/0/5/2 for a killing spree or 4/2/2/4/2 for a collision (put III in Earth to counteract any imminent pressure)

• In the open field:
  If the opponent is unorganized then any of these builds above works. Recently I’ve been enjoying a lot of guild raid and against a very well organized guild group, it doesn’t hurt to take a classical approach of 0/0/2/6/6. With this build, I only do decent damage but have higher survivability to keep up with the commander while constantly keeping up the pressure onto the enemy frontliners.

As a little side note, when I play engi during a guild raid, I take pleasure spotting the enemy ele and spamming bleeding, poison and confusion on them while they are casting Meteor Shower. Those unaware ele, especially in their tornado form, would drop down really fast and their withdrawal from the field means a great advantage of our frontliners against their own.

The screenshot was damage applied to enemies with the 0/6/0/4/4 build before Rune of Rangers and Sigil of Strength were added to the build and without Tornado bonus. It is possible to keep up around 10 to 15 stacks of might during the fight.

Sanderinoa.8065:

.__. I was hoping you would’ve forgotten about that

Can someone please give me an ele crashcourse? I need to have this solo done before Saturday

Dub?

4 more and we can celebrate!

I avoid checking up any thing new the day the patch hits. There are always some weird lag/delay/freeze going on which are completely unrelated to my connection. After doing some crystal jumps and getting frozen in mid air, I told myself the gauntlet is not ready for me to visit yet.

Sanderinoa.8065:

Iris Ng.9845:

Make an ele and solo him as new challenge then.

Sure gimme your ele

Sure, you know where to get her. Last I remember, you couldn’t handle her kinkiness sensuality.

Make an ele and solo him as new challenge then.

Solo players are sexy. ’Nuff said.

Yes plox :x
Censor the part from Alphy onward or pixelate my character throughout the run please.

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Bootsy.6458:

I am a new player, but a gaming vet. I am very thankful we have elite players who post up guides and videos on gearing, speed runs so I can study up on trash runs and boss animations, and generally commentary on class rankings and party composition.

Because its not actually any fun to spend 2 hours in a dungeon with a bunch of clueless semi anonymous apes with marginal critical thinking and learning capacity. Ar least by running proper gearing choices and build, with a few select utilities I can feedback some big damage, port them past the jumping puzzle deathtrap and then provide approx 50% of the dps for the bosses – meaning it only takes 35 mins in LFG.

Thank you so called elitists for the resources you provide, to those of us who are paying attention but don’t have a ton of time to theorycraft/test/publish.

^^ I second this notion.

Thanks Wethospu, Dub, Sandy, Sam, Colesy, Cookie, Gabe, Jerem, and all those others I’ve forgotten who have taught me to be a better player than the sorry sentinel ele running 0/0/10/30/30 I used to be.

Good call <3

I want to thank Lilith, laharl, colesy, swifty, Nikaido, Anierna, Sandy, Dub, Sam, Nat, Jerem and many other dear friends in DnT, Daily Dungeons, Team Bible, rT and SC/Define who have welcome me to this community and nurtured me to be a better and more fashionable players. I won’t forget the contribution of figures like Dekeyz, Zelyhn and Wethospu who have shared their wisdom, in the form of guides, to the up and coming dungeon runners. Last but not least, a shout out to all the dungeon forum frequenters who have made my daily visit to this place enjoyable.

wave wave

Please don’t upload it. I beg you :’(

laharl.8435:

Wow, good job Miku!

Welcome back, teach!

don’t want to come back there for a while, nor plan to bite any leech offer from Sandy.

In all seriousness, I doubt a guard can handle the Baron when the golems are up all at once.

Emanuel.9781:

maha.7902:

got this commission for my mesmer :p

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18721945/maha--shaded-sketch--FINAL.jpg

Pic related

ROFL-then look at colesy’s reply LMAO…

This contest has and is going far. I’m loving all the entries. Good luck and have a blast!

Awesome job, Miku!

Now Sandy, go and blow him out of the water (pun intended).

Thank you Sam, for your invaluable service!

Edit: lel @ Lilith.

Enaretos.8079:

Iris Ng.9845:

Everyone is guilty for lusting after bewbs, including me. It’s just my pet peeve that most guys would mix the most scandalous bombshell body with the shortest height to the most childish face and twin pig tails. Like they are modeled after the JAV stars...

If this forum wasn’t open to children I’d link ya what they are truly modeled after :>

No, thanks, Sam. Please don’t share your wisdom (-_-)

maha.7902:

ITS NOT A CHILD FACE

Q_Q

I was talking about your warrior, dude. Your mesmer looks FINE, sexy and gorg.

You can go for the moon princess look. I haven’t seen it around :p

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Iris Ng.9845:

Nothing more disturbing (and pervy) than adding those super D pillows onto a teeny tweeny girl frame. I’m certain that most will not be impressed :>

I always use the same body on my human females. Because I’m a fan of the large bazzoomas and tiny tiny waist. I shoulda been born a male. Darn it!

Everyone is guilty for lusting after bewbs, including me. It’s just my pet peeve that most guys would mix the most scandalous bombshell body with the shortest height to the most childish face and twin pig tails. Like they are modeled after the JAV stars...

In b4, hairstyles do make a different besides the body and the face.

Nothing more disturbing (and pervy) than adding those super D pillows onto a teeny tweeny girl frame. I’m certain that most will not be impressed :>

maha.7902:

She’s obviously 18+ :/ Do I need to add a disclaimer or what ?

shes obviously 5

needs big disclaimers

And this is coming from colesy. I’m pleasantly surprised. Didn’t your war have that pouty face, pigtails and look like a 13 year-old teeny girl? ;P

the pouty face is a good face! and your ele looks 5 years old too!

Must stamp [18+] on those bewbs!

To me, it’s a clear indication of some distasteful guy. Like, I want mah gurl to be sexy so she haz to wear a short skirt and show lots of cleavage. But I want her to be a mysterious beauty so let’s give her a hood and dye the clothes in a dark color, like Abyss. Oh wait, I’m a sensitive guy so it haz to be purple. And don’t forget to show off the l33tness with T3 accessories (because not everyone can afford T3!) and the Fractal Capacitor. Now let the world marvel at her beauty… Sort of.

maha.7902:

Enaretos.8079:

Scrub /15idon’tmakechildrentho

but the face makes them look like a child, SAM

And this is coming from colesy. I’m pleasantly surprised. Didn’t your war have that pouty face, pigtails and look like a 13 year-old teeny girl? ;P

^ For example, Cliffside fractals level 50, when defending against horde of cultists.

Hmmm… I’m a bit biased to the first but the second’s back is just too cute. Love that big bow <3

Which ones do you like?

Erm… my elementalist (!)

Interesting builds. I myself follow a similar build like Lord Byron, except for putting 10 points to Stone Splinter instead of Internal Fire. During raids, we follow the commander closely, and almost always within 600 range of the enemy zerg so adding that damage modifiers seems more beneficial to me. My build would be 0/30/10/20/10 with Tempest Defense to avoid being focused by warrior. Against an unorganized blobs, full zerker with scholar runes and vitality/-condi duration is really sweet. Against an organized guild zerg, I use full soldier with regen runes in a more defensive 0/30/0/30/10 (or 0/20/0/30/20) setup with extra condi cleanse on regen.

Edit: Aeromancer and aquamancer alacrity are the only reasons to pick up the staff ele for me. I mostly play as a frontliner in a zerg fight and the lack of good CC support really makes one frown.

I only use Veil, MI, Blink and Runes of Centaur, huehuehuehue… Ditch that torch!

etb.2703:

I couldn’t choose which characters to do so I entered 3 of each armor weight totaling to 9.. mainly because I like the thread idea! Count me out for the contest though if you want, I have enough sets I won’t be getting anymore for a while Ploughed through at least 100 transmutation charges since the update!

Uploaded them to imgur for the full resolution : http://imgur.com/a/dWBlq

Beautiful!!! I love every single ones of them.

^ This. We are in dire needs of many more Fashion Mentors.