Guild Wars 2

Well, I’ve been wanting to play more CS:GO and BF lately. Guess this is my chance. I’ll be back at reset, or unless Anet listens to the community. Maybe OS will have more duelers this week??

Without WvW I would have left this game in the dust a long time ago. Like many of you, I only really leave WvW to pay for my WvW needs or to be social with my guild. It’s not exactly excruciating to PVE in this game, I have great guildies to join with, but I’m definitely wishing I was in WvW after 15 minutes of it. I’d say I’m a 95% WvWer. I’d probably play a lot more sPvP if I wasn’t sitting in the lobby waiting in a queue longer than the match. But that’s another story.

Though it’s annoying for all the reasons you all stated, I have to agree with GoogleBrandon that’s it’s a fair tradeoff, especially considering it’s a good extra stunbreak too I guess. I rarely use it myself tbh. But If my mates asked for me to use it cause they’re a say Engi w/very meager condi clear, I wouldn’t revolt.

Yes, please! Especially since I love the unblockable/lf on marks so much. This is the one I’m constantly switching back and fourth with in WvW (depending on what I’m facing of course). But for the most part I’m running with UB. Gotta have something to make up for screwing with our beloved Spectral Walk and CoCo!!

oZii.2864:

Urukami.4796:

Azure.8670:

Perplexity runes? Garbage.

I gotta get me some

Never let people’s opinion stop you from using what runes you want to use.

Especially if they cost you 10-12g a piece. You shouldn’t have to justify your purchases in a game unless it’s to your wife.

Made me laugh, thanks! I’m not married, but my gf seems to think we are

gavyne.6847:

I agree, although I would settle with simply being able to see the cooldowns of my 6-0 skills.

Yes, this…I don’t think it’s asking for too much just to see the CDs.

CoCo even un-traited, sadly, is the best option for Necro in WvW. Unless maybe you have Warrior and/or other condi clear support with you during combat. Condi’s are having their day in the sun atm. Especially burning. Burning is so op now that I haven’t heard a single complaint about plex in a week almost

This is a few months old for an April Fools joke…This skill was perfect as it was. Maybe reduce the cast time a little bit, it’s so easily interrupted.

I really try to reserve judgement till I can try something new, but honestly, isn’t it customary to kiss someone before you “poke” them??? Our heal skill will become part of players burst rotation. Pve is so faceroll, it probably won’t matter on that mode as much.

I think eventually things come around no matter what, but if the community pulls together, without a bunch refusing to change a little bit(eg. builds, tactics, communication like TS, defending), or no concerted effort to recruit new and/or experienced players it’ll be a tough road. First step is get everyone who doesn’t want to lose on TS. The thing a dying server needs most is TS to be able to coordinate everything that’s going on. w/o it, you’re even more at a disadvantage. And then there’s the comedere you can build. Which can be priceless. There’s really no excuse if your computer isn’t broken. Headsets are cheap. I wish you guys luck, hopefully there’s a bunch of stubborn ppl to stick it out.

Oscuro hit the nail in the head with his post. Was waiting for someone to mention the other exits and WPs. Those are all great ideas. Use a good roaming profession though, so you can get away if you get zerged when taking things back. Thief is perfect for it. What I used when my server was dead last NA. Takes camps and towers and gets away every time. Oscuro’s last paragraph should be a T-shirt. I’d add “Don’t be a scrub” at the end though

Thorfinnr Sleggja.1209:

Henge of Denravi(HoD) server does a Theme Night every Thursday in WvW. We have done Mesmer, Necro MM, Guardian/Warrior(Heavy Hitter Night), Ranger, as well as other themes like Naked Zerg, Asura Night, and Arrows of Death(Bows all around including Ele Bows). Always fun, and the more people the more fun it is…lots of madness…win some/lose some…but the thing is…its fun. That’s what its all about…having fun.

This Thursday is Minute Man Night…all Firearms of any kind…:) We always welcome everyone to join in even if they don’t have a way to play the Theme.

That sounds like a blast! I’d think about throwing an alt account on HOD just for Thursdays. Nice how you don’t mind others joining. I bet it’s fun just to run around following you guys, seeing the results. And I imagine it makes it hilarious and fun for the opposing servers also. I’d be curious to see how each profession zerg did against other zergs in similar size ect. Though the variables, terrain, player skill on that class ect. make in beyond hard to determine, but I’m still curious. Have fun on your Minute Man night! I think that’s so awesome.

I just saw an all Quaggan zerg on Reddit posted today. I’ve not seen that many running around WvW before.

Uh oh, watch out, Shaz will make you famous! Next ban vid will make it on 60 Minutes or Dateline…

/crosses fingers

I’ve seen a few vids of large MM Necro zergs. Funny stuff. I’d get maybe 3 fps around all those minions though…

Sigh, yeah, gotta love when half your server is allergic to TS. This game needs built in voip. Same old over there in Gandara, E? You can always come back home

KrHome.1920:

“Corrupt Boon” and “Staff 4” (this skill is extremely strong if used in the right moment) after he coni bombed you to send the conditions back to him. Then kill him in a few seconds with the Dagger.

Exactly. If they have a shield, they’re condi. Don’t waste Staff 4. It’s very nice to give them back Fire, Confusion and Bleeds ect. Engi has very little condi clear, and most is tied to their heal.

I use d/wh also. I like to save BW to daze on their heal attempts after a good damage spike. And always remember, you can get away from Supply Crate turrets easily, and aoe them down or just stay off them. If you were condi(and I’m not saying go condi)you would faceroll and win. Gl HF

To find roamers, watch the map, look for camps being flipped by enemies. Usually you can guess by seeing if the camps are being taken in a clockwise/counter clockwise fashion. Wait at the next camp. Also, some ppl hang out on the Borderlands Bloodlust ruins. Watch for them being camped. They will have the color of an opposing server if someone is/just was on the capture point. Or hang around the camps close to the spawn areas of opposing servers. Also, have you tried Obsidian Sanctum arena? Especially Thursday/Friday before reset, you can sometimes find plenty of players to duel with if that’s what you want. Another thing you can try is to ask in chat if anyone is havoking and join a small party. Make some friends.

Before leaving FC, is there a TS or Forum for the server you can ask other servermates? If there’s no one on during your time zone ever, I’d think about a transfer also. Keep in mind, long queue times in the top tiers are real. I hope it works out on FC for you though. GL HF

T raw.4658:

Due to anets complete disdain for the game mode. Their whole botching of the GvG scene was/is the greatest folly in the history of gw2.

WvW had the potential to be the best MMO PvP out but they blew it.

Man, that’s such a sad statement. Because it’s 100% correct.

I can see that being the problem, since it(for me)only happens on Champs, and there’s usually a lot of allies around. Though I’ve not experienced this in large WvW groups. The fact it’s still a bug all this time with all the threads and reports is just sad. This thread is almost a yr old!

Lunacy Solacio.6514:

Well I’m sorry you weren’t clearer then, but what you described first was not like what is here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/Eotm-Invisible-Hacker-kill-my-zerg/5095678

Still not understanding how you could block someone you can’t see… Which in turn told me that they were getting revealed for a few seconds for you to have that chance, which would mean they are just cloaking off of people, occasionally attacking, and repeating. If it’s more of like in that video, then I’d agree, you have someone cheating by using a 3rd party application to hack the client.

Ugh, I know his English isn’t perfect, but it’s quite easy to understand for the most part. He said he could see the spell animations of the invis person, just not the actual character model(which isn’t true stealth and is a huge red flag). And if you know someone is stealthed around you, killing your allies, you can still use your block expecting incoming damage. Or maybe he’s a Guardian with aegis? And the fact he said the person was ganking multiple players with no stealth debuff, it’s obvious it’s a bug or a client hack.

Dawdler.8521:

JDjitsu.7895:

More dumbing down of WvW…

Maybe its dumbing down WvW… but for individual players its a huuuuuuuuuuuge reduction in the gold spent on WvW, which equal better profits. Which WvW is in dire need of.

The only thing I dont like is perhaps that the upgrades are automatic. IMO they should at least be triggered by players and be in a tree based upgrade tier (ie walls OR gates OR 10x guards). But overall it sounds good, guess we cant have everything.

I totally understand the issue with spending gold on upgrades. I feel everyone’s pain on that subject. And making it so finally a player can profit from WvW is the one good thing in this thread. I just think it’s not even close to an optimal way to do that. I, like most if not all “WvWers” have to grind PVE/PvP just to pay for WvW upgrades and food/oil. So that’s a big plus!

Like I mentioned before, along with someone else above, why not Karma and or Badges for upgrades? I’m not typically a nay-sayer, but this seems to give an unfair advantage for the server who has more “night-time” players. Even a small amount more can make a big difference. The weaker night-time servers are going to have a lot more time just working on getting their BLs and EB corners back when they start logging back in to fully upgraded everything. Which gives quite a ppt advantage over time obviously. In most cases you can use skill to counter other server’s advantages, but this won’t have a counter other than recruiting or ppl putting in serious overtime. Hopefully this will be re-worked.

More dumbing down of WvW… Like stated above, why not just use Karma or Badges for upgrade currency. This change just gives a huge advantage to the server with a better night crew and scouts. Even if you took away white swords it’s a big advantage.

With the expense of upgrades before, added with dummies forgetting to start or keep upgrades moving, sometimes not all the stuff taken in the night will be fully upgraded. Now it probably almost always will be. And the fact it took away your ability to choose a certain upgrade depending on situation, ugh, just bad all around.

Boo.. I used Vamp with SD Engi build. It was sweet while it lasted though. Never used them on my Necro though. I’ve always used Pack Runes for my Necro. Well, for power heavy builds that is. But man, my Engi is gonna miss those Vamp runes.

Haven’t they reset them in the past for WvW tournies? Seems I remember getting to re-allocate for the last one at least…Should be about time, it’s been 7-8 months since the last one. I’d be cool with a reset every 30 days or something. Or pay for a reset with badges and have a timer of at least 24hrs. But I’d imagine they’re going to reset them for HoT, or one of the updates preceding it. The way it is now though, teaches players not to go clicking things all willy nilly w/o at least some research. That can be a good thing.

Sigilscrye.1459:

. Lets face it, the tool kit is the most useless kit we have and it could use a serious overhaul.

You mean useful, right? Figured you’d want to edit that And yeah, I’d take a buff to TK, but then it would be OP and then get the nerf hammer. But I think some more self condi cleanse on EG is what I’d wish for over any overhaul on TK.

This turret damage nerf seems a bit much though. And I’ve never ran a turret build. Just Healing Turret and Crate. But having bleeds and damaging affects on them is just crap. I can understand non damaging conditions like chill, blind, weakness ect. It adds some counter-play w/o going overboard.

Kitiara.2706:

Atherakhia.4086:

Immob is the root of the problem. That’s where the ‘fix’ needs to be aimed.

I agree with this. Its the stacking and pulsing immob that is the root of this problem, absolutely. Sharing venom with necro wells is, IMO, working fine. But the immob is crap and there is just not enough ways out of it. You can get out of one, but when you get stacks and stacks pulsing, you are screwed.

Just make it so immob has dimishing returns, problem fixed without fully nerfing.

That was pretty much what I was going to post…Immob is probably the big problem here. Diminishing returns isn’t a bad idea for immob. I think the venom wells are being used as intended. The hammer train shouldn’t be hardly affected by the venomwells, if at all…Right? If so, then a good ranged dps should be hard to catch with them. This 100% sounds like a l2p issue. I don’t mean that in an elitist way. That’s how most with experience see it. Practice countering, and you’ll make the other player waste CD’s and even their whole build if played right. It’s like that with a lot of the builds out there being used for wvw/pvp.

I’ve been hearing from more than a few friends on different NA and EU servers the last couple months about wvw hackers taking whole maps in under and hour. And it’s ALWAYS a mez and thief. Or just a single thief dropping from the sky and can backstab without the stealth debuff, and if you kill them, they can drop right back out of the sky in seconds. I’m lucky enough to only come across what I know for sure was hacking probably 5 times.

I hope your hacker gets caught, I empathize with you guys. It’s one thing to see a person hack here or there, but to have whole maps taken from a couple cheaters and it keep going on after making kitten ing videos of them….ugh demoralizing would be an understatement. Why is it not easy for them to get banned? Are people spending cash on gems to transfer away from this? Let it keep on going for a couple months…Could this be some crazy conspiracy theory we’ll end up seeing on Fox News? Maybe Alex Jones can dig into this for us?

Boysenberry.1869:

I feel a 1v1 matchup every week would be incredibly boring. It would take away what suspense and strategy still remain in WvW. All you’d have to do is build a larger blob and run over the opposing blob knowing that there is no third blob that can run amok elsewhere. There would still be an imbalance. One server will have more players and more coverage and that server would still crush the lesser server.

^Pretty much hit the nail on the head there on that idea. Unless there was a total rework on the whole mode. Which would be crazy amounts of work for Anet.
There are a lot of great ideas in a great many threads in all gw2 WvW sub-forums on ways to help all the major problems with WvW. Some wouldn’t take a lot of work. Most ideas are just frustrated players on a server with mostly pve & pvp players and kind of want a “free” equalizer without trying to put work in on their end like recruiting in various ways or there’s Others who “buy” whole WvW guilds(which doesn’t help this whole unbalanced issue OP is concerned about). Maybe HoT has some surprises to shake things up a bit I keed I keed.

Bhawb.7408:

Curses is strictly for condis currently because you can’t afford to literally waste a GM tier trait to pick up a few nice power build traits when there are really attractive power options in other tiers (Spite/BM/SR is way better than wasting a GM in curses).

If they fix that then it is fine.

Going 4 into curses for spectral attunement for spectral based WvW power builds can be worth a GM. Works in pvp also. Especially in the right hands..I wouldn’t pve or gvg/zerg with more than 2 for FR though for a power build, but who uses condi for pve?

Also, I’m a fan of WH on both condi and power builds. I change for different situations or how I feel atm. I’m trying not to guess or cross my fingers on possible changes for my two favorite professions(Engi&Necro), but I love a few of the ideas on merging certain traits instead of switching a bunch around. In a perfect world my Necro would get a toolkit, and my Engi would get a condi transfer; )

Hexin.5603:

I’m giving the OP a +1 on this. Even though the video didn’t load up (likely issue on my end) .

People who detach from the main force to provide intel / scout / defend, keep upgrades rolling, and speed up yaks when needed are the ones who can make a 1 min cap turn to a 5 min cap. Giving time for the force to come defend. Big props to those who do the dirty work. It’s not glorious but it definitely makes a noticeable difference.

Yeah, it’s a thankless job for the most part. One good thing personally is that you can get some great fights out there hopping around upgrading, checking on swords ect. away from the zerg. We just lost 3-4 of our best scouts/defensive minded players. I missed them the first day they left. I’m sure all the “vets” have also. Zerglings don’t really notice much but what’s going on around the pin… +1 to this thread!

Hexin.5603:

Closed raids should run tagless. Keeps the scrubs and rally bots away.

I willing to bet OP’s server has tag colors designated like almost all others if not every other server. I’d guess OP didn’t know. That’s why I think it’s very important to be a part of the community you joined and use the website if they have one, and be on TS. Think OP’s level of anger over this is a little much. I understand that taking up spots during prime on a high pop server would make a couple PPTers mad, but I think it was mentioned that the other server has the same amount not playing the PPT game. And you do get points for killing other players….

Take pride in your server, be a good server m8 and wish them luck, or learn something and watch. They 100% have a right to only fight in WvW, there’s no rules against it at all. And they have a right to “ask” that they be left to do their thing(hopefully not like a kitten, but because you can’t tell inflection in mapchat, most take it the wrong way). Unless they’re taking or defending objectives, but obviously that’s not gvging.

I think it’s awesome to see player organized gvgs in this game, there’s actually a 10v10 tourney going down in NA bronze tier right now. Organized by one person(hats off to Zeeb Rah). The more ppl gvg, the more it shows Anet that there needs to be arenas of some type in this game. There are already arenas all throughout Tyria, they wouldn’t even have to make new areas for it. Or stats or leaderboards to start out with, just the ability to fight and not bother other players. Be mad at Anet for dragging their feet to implement a non WvW map gvg mode, not the guilds who are trying to have a good time.

Yeah, lag is beyond bad in wvw. Lots of ppl rage quitting wvw the last few day. Tonight was the worst I’ve seen. Many threads about this the last few days, where’s the wvw liaison? He quit cause of the lag also?

Lag is beyond bad. We lost a huge portion of our players within 2 hrs after reset. This is so obviously a game issue. Seems there’s a huge lack of testing in all modes before many patches. It’s starting to make it look like the ppl saying Anet doesnt care about wvw are on to something there. And its In all wvw maps, not just certain ones. I mean, look at the posts, and the number of posts and threads about this issue….can’t use the autoexcuse that its ppl’s hardware or connection on this one. Use some of that gemshop loot to pay for overtime

Speedy kits, toolbelt super speed from Slick Shoes and Rocket Boots makes you jump very very far with the boots…Also, there is Power Shoes trait for +25% movement speed.

A little trick if you don’t have speedy kits in your build and no enemies are around is to equip Medkit, use medkit 5 for swiftness(and fury), switch back to healing turret. Also, if you happen to have a “on healing skill use” in your build, just equipping the medkit will proc it.

I’ve heard about this so much lately from quite a few other servers. I’ve seen YT videos of the same hackers and trolls over pretty long periods of time, and they’re still out there playing. That really seems crazy to me. I can’t think of one non-indie/browser type game that doesn’t take this very serious. And I’m talking about the ones with video proof of hax and trolls. Takes a minute to find quite a few obvious hackers, and most are still not banned(if you read their recent comments).

Maybe a “map vote” of some sort would work to get rid of troll siege and get the supply to go to the closest supply area or along those lines? I’m quite sure there has to be an easy fix to this. This also would help for eg. when a commander puts down a certain amount of rams at a gate, and then someone who doesn’t know better throws down another ram not knowing the commander knew they had just enough supply to get though 2 gates. You could just start a map vote to take it down and get the supply back if happened in a certain amount of time from it’s construction. It’s good to brainstorm these problems instead of saying they won’t work w/o a thought or idea on an easy way to stop siege trolling ect.

And then all we have to do is cross our fingers and hope Anet is above using suggestions of their customers. I imagine most of them try to, and do think a lot of ideas coming from us are good ones, but the designers and programmers have people they answer to, even Anet as a company has people they answer to, and their vision could be quite different than most of us players. All we can do is keep voicing these types of things. There’s some amazing threads here with lists of well thought out ideas. Hopefully it isn’t just the forum mods and a couple devs who dissect these forums and the other top notch GW2 forums out there.

For PvP this can work, looks like it works for Jeb. I love me some slick shoes in PvP..I myself would switch the Torment out for energy with this build, but if you know all the other classes really well and know what abilities to dodge, torment, doom, hydromancy or geomancy work great. Cleansing is nice when you don’t have EG for the extra condi clear..good to have in inventory if having problems with condi necro/condi heavy classes on the other team. I like doom when facing regen Ranger or Warrior when I’m not using nades or pistol(even with pistol sometimes). Torment if not, cause its aoe in the usual tight spaces of PvP, and you can never have too few condis, especially to cover the strong ones like fire, confusion, blind ect.

Thanks for sharing, Jebro. You have a good YT channel. Keep up the good work.

To level, I think EOTM is about as fast as it gets. PVP is pretty fast also, but imo EOTM is great because you also get wxp along with reg. xp. Make sure to have food and util food for the xp bonus. Maybe try FT/nades/elixer S. Have speedy kits in your build to get to the zerg, power build with PTV works fine. Just follow the pin and tag away on everything red. You’ll be leveling VERY fast. I got my last 20 levels on my latest 80 in a day. Buy new gear every 15-20 lvls or so. Don’t waste time buying gear every few levels, it’s a big waste of time. Give it a try. Dung take time to find ppl, and lots aren’t good and many just leave part way. Unless you have guildies who wanna run dung over and over. At least with EOTM you can kill real ppl, NPC killing is bleh…

Yeah m8, you totally reported the wrong player. Need glasses?

If you’re gonna report, which you should, absolutely report the right player so not to waste dev’s time so their time is well spent trying to catch the real cheaters…This makes me wonder how much wasted time is spent watching ppl who aren’t even cheating.

Don’t give up so soon. Granted, kit engi isn’t for everyone, and Aussie lag won’t help, but it’s a nasty class to deal with accept for condi necro. Watch lots of vids/streams, and practice for a few hundred hrs. Being used to turret build isn’t helping. But play what build that’s fun for you. Why change if you were doing so well at turret bunker?

party buddy.4956:

Why am I getting a 2008 market crash vibe from this thread, specifically “the banks are too big to fail” and we need to break up the banks or allow the smaller ones to go bust… #occupythemysts

I’m glad I wasn’t taking a drink of anything when I read that! I would have spit it out laughing. /bow
#occupythemysts !!!111

Orenwolf…players like you are the unsung heroes of wvw. I love roaming. Too bad you can’t use TS though, it makes it much easier to report info. And it’s easier to be “properly” descriptive. But, hey, not everyone plays under the perfect settings. TS just makes it feel more like a community. And you always have a better idea of what’s going on all over. I’m not busting balls though, contribute they way you can, at least you’re contributing, a VERY underrated contribution at that.

My suggestion to you(mostly what XTD mentioned above) would be to run a world boss train here and there, or find a good gold making method to supplement your wvw-ing. It’s pretty much what I do. My gold making trick isn’t as profitable as it was, but I can make an easy 30g an hr. under the right circumstances. YT gold making vids, you’ll find something. Sorry, I won’t tell my method to non-guildies. GL HF!

There definitely needs to be a fix for this. A lot of those cases are new players not knowing what they’re doing. But I know quite a few are trololo-ing. But also, say you claim a tower in the am while you have +5, then your server holds it so long your guild’s +5 runs out later at night.

Another suggestion to add to what joneirikb added would be, if you don’t have +5, you can’t claim. Or how about when someone logs into wvw for the first time, they have to watch a couple minute un-skipable video on how wvw is primarily played. I think that might also help players be a bit more comfortable entering the best game mode in GW2.

Maskaganda.2043:

this is the elixir+rifle build I used in wvw till last patch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGszbH25qL0

2/4/2/6/0 battle+fire, runes of strength, zerker armor, knights trinkets

I haven’t played this build much since the patch tho, the few times I played it still seemed to work fine but sigil of battle took a huge hit so I might (hah!) just swap it by something else like air, bloodlust or leeching.

Doom isn’t a bad pick either. -33% of your enemy’s healing ability is undervalued by many. Against regen it’s an even better pick imo. I use it when roaming/small party. Unless I have nades on my bar. Then I use Air. Engi is so versatile, I have weapons with diff sigils for every occasion.

Arantheal.7396:

Timiok.1048:

JDjitsu.7895:

http://www.wolfineer.com/pve/ Wolfineer’s PVE page… Dulfy is a good resource usually, but if I remember correctly, it’s not that in depth when it comes to builds. Kinda bleh, unless it’s changed in the last couple months…

But since the OP said people are surprisingly easy to hit with nades, I assumed he meant PVP or WvW.

Apologies, I did mean to say that people are easy to hit in wvw/spvp.
Also, you guys make it seem easy to level characters, I play my thief all the time,and he is still level 60(ish). What am I doing wrong?

Welp, you play spvp only, for starters.
I guess you’re fine on your thief, since you know it already, but playing a new class, without any expirience from PvE how it works, earns you nothing mutch, and toom-farming is painfully slow.

Tipps to make it easier for you:
- read the wiki about engi. the entirety of it.
I did it, many people here did it as well, I believe.

- test stuff in PvE
Run circles on the maps (doing map-completion in that process doesn’t hurt) and try out the combos you’ve learned about from us, the wiki or other guides. Once they start to feel familiar, and you get confident to pull them off in stress as well, jump into pvp, wreck people, farm tooms and level up.

- never give up
The engineer can be frustrating from time to time, especially if you try out new kit-combos and recognize that the gameplay is so different from your previous builds that you’re back at the beginning again. Getting over exactly these moments is the only thing that splits a pro from a scrub. They keep trying and eventually master all aspects.

and a tip for general leveling:
crafting is the fastest, yet most expensive way to 80 (can be done in 1 day from 1-80)
second best option is eotm blobbing, which nullifies any learning-experience, but is a good way to farm wxp and badges, therefore giving you a headstart into wvw once you’re 80
3rd best option is map-completion and personal story.
it is the natural way to level up anyways, and mobs are perfect training dummies to try out what you’ve read about.

Yes to this. Also, dungeons and champ trains at higher levels. You can also do a dungeon with a lvl 80 toon and switch to the lowby when last boss is about burned down, or ask the ppl in your party to not skip the cinematic at the end…GOt a guildy who swears by that method. But in all honesty, the above poster’s #3 option is the way to level if you want to really learn the class, especially if you’re new to the game. I myself go EOTM during peak times with food/util buffs and any type of xp buff. Then during non peak times I do personal story/champs/events and such. I wouldn’t worry about gear but every 10-15 levels, especially going from major to superior on sigils/runes and the like. GL HF!

http://www.wolfineer.com/pve/ Wolfineer’s PVE page… Dulfy is a good resource usually, but if I remember correctly, it’s not that in depth when it comes to builds. Kinda bleh, unless it’s changed in the last couple months…

But since the OP said people are surprisingly easy to hit with nades, I assumed he meant PVP or WvW.

IMO Wolfineer has one of the best sites for Engineer resources out there. http://www.wolfineer.com I guarantee if you digest everything on his site and watch a few vids of his on YT, you’ll have no problem putting out great dps. Any suggestions I or anyone will tell you will be on that site.

I’m leveling an Engi atm, and believe (as another poster suggested) that going Zerker gear with Rifle for leveling is the way to go. When you hit 80 and have access to all the traits, then you can find out the Engie’s full potential. That’s when you can shine. It’s such a cool profession. There’s a good amount of viable builds atm. Find what suits you and go for it.

But stick with it, and if you’re good with it, you can fill about any role in any part of the game. A good Engie can give me problems on my thief in WvW and PVP. So I started leveling one to learn it, and now I’m in love. GL HF…

This last couple weeks have been a blast! Everyone stepped up. Good scouting, commanders, defense, upgrading and teamwork.

Our guild has been recruiting a nice bunch of WvW players, and you can tell other guilds are also. We’re on our way to necro-ing SoR. Rumors of a few WvW guilds transferring in the winds also.

We’ll probably have Kai moving up and BP playing w/us next week. I actually think that would be good for us. Either way, it’ll be fun.

Acotje.5689:

ProtoGunner.4953:

Aren’t they both just pretty bad and you just should use bloodlust, accuracy, force, of the night or something like this?

I’m sure he is talking about PvP as Short Bow has no place in PvE for Combat.

I prefer Fire for the AoE. Mesmer clones disagree.

Edit: this filter…

SB no place for PVE? Not true at all. Um one of the best blast finishers in the game with Cluster bomb, evade in #3, poison field, and teleport to get around the map super fast. The blast finisher alone is worth taking it.

Choosing a weapons set for any of the game modes is relative. I’m sure you’ve heard it a lot, but it matters what feels good to you. I myself use most of the weapons, it’s whatever I feel like playing at the time. S/D seems to be the most used. But I like SB- P/D hybrid with venoms myself. I rarely get beat 1v1,

Yeah Dietere, we’re enjoying the battles with you guys also. I’ve had some great duels the last week and a half with your server mates. It’s nice not to get ganked when there’s an obvious duel going on when I down someone’s party. But I main a thief, I’m used to ppl trying to gank me You Kaineng guys are like a steamroller though. And with players who act like you, I’d say a classy steamroller.

I’d have to give a good amount of the credit of our bolstering to Gaiscioch(and no I’m not from the guild, I’m in [ecto] not to be confused with [ECTO]mind you). They’ve become a lot more active in WvW as of late, and just in time because we’ve lost a lot of our “active WvW” guilds to a myriad of situations. There’s also been a few more of us logging in more in the AM and tagging up to attract others who might be doing dailies and come follow and learn that WvW is where it’s at. And most everyone is feeling the positive vibes lately and playing better because of it. We’re still seriously out-manned by all we go against, but as a whole, things don’t feel hopeless.

Luna.9640:

azizul.8469:

it was like that all these while, over a year, and you only just realized ?

I never had the need to check what are the dailies till now.

Funny right ?

I always completed them only by playing the game and never had the urge to check whats on the menu for today till now.

Same here. I can usually get the daily within 30 min in wvw. Probably less but never cared much tbh.

I’ve said it before, my negative experiences since moving to SoR from Mag has been minimal. I myself am quite good at ignoring negativity in video games. Those kinda ppl are like that in real life, and a rotten existence I bet that is.

Yeah, it’s not the optimal setting for “serious” WvW play, but I always end up having fun. As Synosius said, we have a small-med sized group who are quite dedicated to wvw. During the day it can be a ghost town, but I or a guildy will pop on a comm tag and take camps and within 30 min or so we have a nice little group. If more ppl during the real slow times did the same(more often) the casuals who peek into the maps and leave when they don’t see a tag would more than likely stay and join on you.

I’ve actually learned to play a lot smarter since moving to SoR(since we’re outnumbered probably 75% of the time). That, and I’ve had the luxury to play and learn with/from a couple really experienced and crafty commanders when I play in the evenings.

I’ll help any way that I can, so if anyone here from SoR wants, add me to friends, whisper me in game if you need some warm bodies. If I’m not in the middle of something, I’d be happy to join. I might even bring some guildies. Most are PVE/PVPers, but we’ve got some great wvw players. I’m fairly positive things will turn around if SoR can stay away from the infighting. If others don’t push their ideas on how wvw should be played(unless it’s a new wvw player), I think it really can turn around.

And the guilds who leave for more serious competitive play, I don’t blame them at all. Yeah, it does hurt the server, but that’s the style of game they want to play. They paid for the game just like me, who am I to say what style of play a guild is looking for? A couple of the guilds who left were part of hate towards SoR. They’re gone. hated to see MEGA leave, but they can’t be blamed for that. GL HF, don’t complain, be part of a solution if you’re gonna stay.

I’ve said it before, my negative experiences since moving to SoR from Mag has been minimal. I myself am quite good at ignoring negativity in video games. Those kinda ppl are like that in real life, and a rotten existence I bet that is.

Yeah, it’s not the optimal setting for “serious” WvW play, but I always end up having fun. As Synosius said, we have a small-med sized group who are quite dedicated to wvw. During the day it can be a ghost town, but I or a guildy will pop on a comm tag and take camps and within 30 min or so we have a nice little group. If more ppl during the real slow times did the same(more often) the casuals who peek into the maps and leave when they don’t see a tag would more than likely stay and join on you.

I’ve actually learned to play a lot smarter since moving to SoR(since we’re outnumbered probably 75% of the time). That, and I’ve had the luxury to play and learn with/from a couple really experienced and crafty commanders when I play in the evenings.

I’ll help any way that I can, so if anyone here from SoR wants, add me to friends, whisper me in game if you need some warm bodies. If I’m not in the middle of something, I’d be happy to join. I might even bring some guildies. Most are PVE/PVPers, but we’ve got some great wvw players. I’m fairly positive things will turn around if SoR can stay away from the infighting. If others don’t push their ideas on how wvw should be played(unless it’s a new wvw player), I think it really can turn around.

And the guilds who leave for more serious competitive play, I don’t blame them at all. Yeah, it does hurt the server, but that’s the style of game they want to play. They paid for the game just like me, who am I to say what style of play a guild is looking for? A couple of the guilds who left were part of hate towards SoR. They’re gone. hated to see MEGA leave, but they can’t be blamed for that. GL HF, don’t complain, be part of a solution if you’re gonna stay.