Guild Wars 2

I lol when I see someone arguing thief isnt op. “What?! 9k + per hit with unlimited reset and hits nobody can see to stop is op? Quit whining you’re wrong because I cant play a fair class!” <—- Thats all I hear. Roll a class another class and fight some thieves and then lets talk.

Players take no damage while on siege only siege damage. Cc effects still work. Ie. Fear knockdown. Siege hp 50% increase. Because u dont kill it unless ur blobbing anyways. And walls dont los ac fire from inside. Allowing more siege placement possibilities. But lower ac max targets.

Trait for medis and this skill becomes amaziny. Fury 28 second cd and another 2k heal on top.

redslion.9675:

Jackmo.3428:

Warriors are for ppl who arent good enough to guardian. They arent op.

I don’t know, I don’t feel med guardian is that hard either. Once you get used to having less health (while having slightly better sustain) and move a bit slower, you are good to go.

After a bit of practice, I don’t have many problems going as guardian. At first I needed some time to figure out what was worth using and what wasn’t, but this goes for every class, even for warrior.

Still took you some practice. I hopped onmy 16 uplvl warr and went into wvw and did well. Wound up downing a few 80’S

Warriors are for ppl who arent good enough to guardian. They arent op. They do guardia better than guardian does. More heals higher hits more boons higher hp. They are guardians without any of the weaknesses.

Does it bother anyone else that theres such a big downtime between cancelling ds and when utilities become available? The second or two it takes for them to reappear has cost me more than a few close fights.

10 30 30 0 0. Full zerker. Save yourselves, JI, power signet. Medi heal sword focus hammer. Youll burst 10k on sword 3. And same on focus 6 if u dont get hit. + around 3k per AA hit. Once that is all on cd switchand finish with hammer 2. Boom 30k damage in 5 seconds

I run that along with condi cleanse on staff. There is no better way to clear condis

0 0 30 20 20 contemplation of purity stand your ground and save yourselves. Resolve removes 3 coupled with renewed focus is very useful and run soldiers runes. And make sure to use signet of renewal for heals. + 10 second condi removal trait in zeal. Goodbye condis forever.

Thats a 100% uptime on fury build with heals on medis too. The new medi heal is awesome for this build too since it grants fury, heals an extra 2k, iis the fastest cd and youll be doing a ton of damage for more heals.

Full knights is imo the way to go. Use PVT trinks if you hit your 40 crit with armor or cavalier if u dont. A 0 30 30 10 0 meditation build works best for high dps roaming and surviveability in my experience.

I think the AA should receive a small damage bonus when it hits fewer than 5 targets. 3% increase per target under 5 for a 15% total bonus to damage if u only strike one target. No heal AA too fast. Maybea larger heal on #2 bomb. Also I love the idea of protection on 5. Fits staff builds perfectly.

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jihm.2315:

as a class that cant damage properly, and as a heavy wearer we should of being at least mid tier at HP.

Stopped reading there. Guards have more DPS than warriors when they’re on equal footing (Warrior not using banners or both being under the effect of banners etc)

wanna know why thats not true ? because a full zerker warrior will hit over 10k AND STILL maintain surviveability. Guards and warrs are not on equal footing. no matter how they’re geared. Silly dismissal.

^^ that may have turned into an Anti warr rant

I wonder about this too. They say its because we have so many heals but i see warriors outhealing me in WvW with 30k HP. It forces me to play twice as well as the warrior im facing just to put him in any danger. Dont get me wrong.. i have 24kHP in a full PVT perma retal build. I can hurt things… but my damage is lower.. my healing is lower my health is lower and my mobility is lower than a warriors. Anyone who says guardian dps is higher than a warriors has obviously never fought one.. because thats false. Unless i want to run full berserker gear in PvP and have 11k hp with no healing im not going to hit harder than 2-3k on a warrior with my most powerful skills. I know this.. I’ve fought hundreds of warriors. I’m not saying we need a buff or nerf.. just saying this is how it is. We are an inherently weaker class than Warrior. In groups we shine but so do warriors. I’m rambling now.
In closing.. Warriors are for people who arent good enough to play guardian.

No friendly fire. Enemy collision would be fine. That would give defined battle lines and awesome strategy.

FIRSTLY I shouldnt have to use a different weapon if I enjoy hammer. All options should be viable or why have them. So use a different weapon is a useless argument. Second arlette is right why do I have to waste a utility slot on a gap closer I dont need just to make a move useful in trapping. (Which is what row is intended for. Keeping your opponent in melee range.)

I dont have an 80 warrior. However I can tell you that geared full zerker and specced right, your max hit with a guard is around 10k with 2-3k auto attack hits regularly. But you will be absolute glass.

If u mean cancel casting like its used in other games gw2 doesnt do that very well.

Like I said. I don’t want open world dueling. Just easier access to 1 on 1 fights with my friends. There’s no valid reason not to add it.

I see no logical reason for dueling to not Be implemented right away. It’s just a huge part missing from a game with such a dedication to pvp.
I’m not saying open world dueling while I’m in Orr. But obsidium sanctum arena? Why is that even there if not for duels and small fights. And there’s a huge part of the mists spvp staging area with no use but beating on some useless npcs. Why not add a duel feature there instead of forcing people to join a private battleground and probably be interrupted eventually.

The way I see it theres just no excuse that such a vital part of a PvP game goes ignored.
Also any argument that the community is the reason we cant have duels is invalid. Anyone who thinks that obviously hasn’t met the community.

Best to just forget we have spirit weapons… They won’t be fixed for a long time.

Kitten I’ve been found. Lol yeah it needs to feel more fluid, theres a feeling of start and stop with it.

Totally agree with the triple med Dps builds. Run 10/30/30/0/0 and trait for 1h sword and crit and improved meditations. Run sword/shield sceptre/focus with all knights. Then its just a game of keeping the pressure on. I’ve actually managed to 1v2 two mesmers and come out on top with this build. (One was uplvl but don’t tell anyone)

I like the RoW while moving more. That would still make it avoidable but easier to use on chase. And yeah glaciel heart improvement would be perfect. Greatsword gets a boost why not hammer.

I’m posting this from my phone so bear with me. Also keep in mind this post is from a wvw standpoint.
Why the hammer is great
First let’s get into why the hammer is the best melee weapon for a Guardian to use. Massive mighty blow hits, aoe retal, an area barrier and a slow but effective snare. These high points make the hammer nearly invaluable in a tower capping or zerg setting. The air barrier can effectively split a zerg down the middle or block a cap point while mighty blow deals the most reliable big hits a guardian can dish out every 4 seconds. A well implemented banish can remove an enemy from a fight completely. And the benefit of an aoe retal is obvious in a wvw setting. Overall the hammer is the most reliable and effective weapon a guardian can use in wvw besides a staff.

Now let’s discuss the bad points
Hammer auto 3rd is the arguable the most difficult and telegraphed hit for a guardian to land. It’s only real use will be seen in tight quarters fighting. a Think a shorter cast time would make this a far more usefull and rele move. We already have the least mobility in the game why do we have skills that require us to stay on target for extended time to hit also?

Banish is hugely telegraphed and not generally very useful in that it only affects one target and essentially gives them a reset unless you boot them off a cliff or into a nearby wall. If this were turned into a frontal cone aoe it would make this skill a legitimate option for cc in a zerg fight. Decrease the knockback range and increase the number of targets by two. This imo would be the best fix to hammer they could make and the rest wouldn’t be necessary.

As for out aoe barrier the cast time renders it almost useless as a trap unless combined with ji. While its still good for breaking up a zerg I think removal of the casting time is necessary.

Also a 10 or 20 percent damage buff to mighty blow would be amazing though probably op.

In closing I don’t necessarily think all of these should be added because they would obviously make the hammer so op as to be a grief issue but I think any one or two of those changes would turn the hammer from necessary but frustrating tool to invaluable weapon to guardians looking for control.

Good point about the loading. I’m from a bottom tier server and overcrowding isn’t an issue for us at all so I didn’t even think about it.

Bumping my own thread because thats alot to type

Seems that way.

So why did DH decide to start playing all of a sudden ?

Im surprised noone is more interested in this.

Since the game is funded almost solely through gem store purchases I think there could be a few more enticing things in the store for players to purchase.

The store already has multiple cosmetic items such as armor skins and actual character cosmetics like hair changes or body type changes, but i feel like its missing some things.

Exclusive emotes could be a really entertaining thing to add in. I know many players would enjoy having some extra flashy emotes they could perform with their characters while in groups or just hanging out with friends.

Of course emotes aren’t the only thing missing. I feel like character customization could go so much further.

Maybe Glowing Eyes or Subtle Player auras. Or even different animations for certain moves. For guardians perhaps instead of fire all their flame moves could have Light animations. And Necros could have different Pet skins they could purchase. Engineers could have specialized turrets. Just a few spur of the moment examples. From my experience in other games I’ve played one thing stands out above any other aspects of an MMO. The lengths players will go to in order to stand out and feel unique are immense. So this is definitely something I would enjoy seeing at some point in the game.

Like I said these are just examples. I would love to see more ideas on character personalization.