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Proud to be a Sylvari [spoilers]

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2hander Axe vs Polearm vs land Spear

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Axe.

(bleep) my Sylvari says [spoilers]

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#Belong 2DragonNow

Sylvari elementalist green fire.

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The green tint might just be the Silverwastes atmosphere. There is a a lot of green floating in the air, to make it feel “planty” this is most predominate around a fort when the Mordem take it.

As for Sylvari having red eyes, by default, sylvari models will spawn in with Red eyes and White glow. You’ll see this if your game didn’t load them right. Which happens oftentimes. I also see it most when hopping in and out of water. Something with the rapid head gear changing I think.

But, it’s all gameplay and glitches. Sorry to kill your dreams.

Trahearne is still in Fort Trinity

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Just throwing that out there to the Devs, more or less.
Letting them know

[Spoilers] What if they took their time?

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As we know the Pact got kittened up. They took all their ships ad just shot at the jungle, and then got destroyed for it. Whereas with Zhatian they wared across Orr in all fronts killing his champions, stopping supply and scouts, and turning off his temples. To the point that Zhatian was actually quite vulnerable. as such he wasn’t such a threat to the Pact.

Whereas, the Pact basically rushed off to fight Mord expecting to beat him with massive firepower. Do you think Zhaitan would have destroyed us in a same way if we didn’t campaign against him?
Would Mord have been as easy if we took time to weaken him first?

[Spoilers] Where do RPers stand in this?

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Most Sylvari are probably just gonna continue as is, they know they aren’t evil and that enough for them. The problems occur when other races don’t trust them.

My Condition Minion Master build

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Always glad to have the legend that is Bawb in my thread.

I thought about Consume Conditions as it really is so amazing, but I opted for the BF because I enjoy it’s constent healing and slight damage, and body block. As when it dies its death nova is pretty useful. This was one of the things I opted for as I decided to forsake a lot of defensive utilities to be more aggressive, for better or worse.

I might actually go rabid over carrion, I always forget that toughness is really good with necro, and the precision would be nice popping the extra bleeds. I didn’t really consider trying to go for healing power and I, once again, rather go for damage, and I felt without the vampiric master trait (i think that’s what it’s called) I wasn’t going to get as much sustain as a now MM

On the sigils, I think it’s more or less I personally don’t really like on swap things. I enjoyedthe occasional heal for the minions or team when mine pop. And without CC, I wanted other ways to remove conditions outside weapon skills.

I’m definitely gonna take your advice on the flesh wurm. More I think of it, the better it sounds.

Sorry for any spelling errors or grammar things :P

My Condition Minion Master build

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This is for SPvP and so far it’s quite fun and works well!
Just wanted to shrare it with anyone who might wanna try a silly build
The Sigils are more or less to help keep the melee minions alive, and to get rid of some of your conditions. You got 2 left over trait points to throw where ever you want. I’m not putting to much effort in this post, cause it’s more or less, just me throwing a build into the forums.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fRAQNAW7YjM00UbXNu1weTighS6Q4EKhoTgA4cB-TZxCwAQeIAAuAAU3fQzRAQbZAA

Re: Zhaitan's Necromancy and minions

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1. I think they are just normal dragons, made undead. I vaguely read that there are dragons, in some other content. Not sure though.

2. If there was no life on Tyria, then why need minions? He would probably just sit around and eat magic with not a care, and as his corruption spread he would eat more and more. Until he physically moved around, within his own spot. Also, keep on mind, he has wraiths, and spectral things, he can probably just manifest his corruption into a being and have it grab stuff. Things could probably just drop off him and go to work, like when he raises the little heads on the final battle.

2.5. Not dying to a horde of undead is tricky, but at the same time, his corruption can raise the dead, so graveyards just burst open, and should he or a minion, or even an artifact be strong and close enough, you can go straight from living to corrupted. In that case, you immediately take a rotten form and serve. Also ties into answer 2.

The Pact weapons should NOT be Black lion

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They are beautiful, as well as fairly important to the story, as they belong to The Pact. So we will see them far more with that considered, and putting them up from tickets basically means, if you dont get them now, you will probably never get them. In a month when they shoot up to five tickets, no one is gonna spend 5 of those things on a single skin. It’s hard enough getting one ticket, let alone five.
I just don’t think such a beautiful skin, should be subjected to such a short lifespan, especially weapons of “The Pact”

Rate the size of the Elder Dragons in order

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I would imagine “Bubbles” to be the biggest. The ocean tends to let things, grow as big as they want, as long as they can still eat and stuff. And since the dragons eat magic, it really doesn’t have anything stopping it from basically being the ocean floor.

Zhaitan is as big, as how much flesh he heaped on himself I would think.

Primordus can’t reasonable get too big as long as he is underground and moving about.

Kralk is about the size of a mountain if I remember, and chances are he won’t grow much.

Jormag would be as big as he wants, but that is limited to what the shiverpeaks let him grow to, “safely”

Mord, I just assumed he is the second biggest as he has been growing under the whole continent. As some of his tendrils have reached past the Shiverpeaks into Ascoleon. While this means his reach is long, you can assume he can just as easily grow to be bigger. But as with Jormag, he won’t grow biggger than the Jungle allows.

Just my two cents.

Does playing PU make me a scuumbag?

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Mesmers gotta do, what a mesmers gotta do

The deep voice... Spoilers

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Thank me later.

The deep voice... Spoilers

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It’s Trahearne.

What? Did you think he couldn’t take this story too?

rapid fire shouldn't track through stealth

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It should Not track through stealth. In no way is that fair.
Every class has a few ways to avoid damage, thieves have dodges and stealth, stealth gets to be offensive because it doesn’t actual negate damage, and to take that away, is like lwtting rapid fire ignore a warriors stances, or a guardians protection. The ranger’s main defense is never getting hit through, massive range, a knock back, a stealth, and some damage mitigation. Thieves can only deal with closing the gap, they can’t hit a backstab and have a certain hit threw your stealth, they don’t get stability, and they normally can’t push through your pets health to get to yours.

Long story short, it does not deserve to track through stealth, nor does it deserve any compensation, the long bow is all around amazing, and will still function great, even without stealth tracking. If your having troubling with a thief, reveal him, then shoot. I would rather an active counter to the stealth rather than passive.

This comes from a Necromancer, who also plays every class fairly often. (Engi excluded)

Is such safety and range fair??

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The whole warrior running at the ranger was an example.
You can substitute any class, the point was to showcase the tools at the rangers disposable. I could have said necromancer or theif to achieve the same effect. I only said warrior because it’s more melee based.

Is such safety and range fair??

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Before I get into my post, I want to clarify, I’m not calling anything OP, I ain’t complaining about losing to a Ranger, none of that stuff. I am, however complaining about the longbow, if you mist say L2P, by all means do, but please leave an actual response afterwards. I do really appreciate your opinions on the matter

So into it, Rangers got high range, which is warranted, it’s their thing. But, does it feel “fair” to have such high range, coupled with stealth and a knock back? You all must understand the frustration that comes with, being pelted by arrows from so far away, only to be denied the chance to retaliate. Suppose I am playing a melee class, we shall say warrior. I am happily defending a point, and I am hit by a rapid fire. I dodge and run to ranger. I am crippled by a hail of arrows. I continue to run forward, I am knocked backwards. I run more and the ranger stealths and appears farther away. I finally reach the ranger and I can do no damage to him(I do not remember the trait that transfers damage). I go down because the ranger was able to do enough damage before I could do anything.

Now this example would be the perfect argument for a “noob” as in ran in a straightline and did everything wrong. But it serves only to showcase the small handful of tricks rangers have to eliminate threats without much risk. I understand, blinks and reflects anddodges and stuns are must best friend, so I state once more this is just a showcase example.

Now the question is,Do you, the rangers, believe it is fair, for Rangers to have the safety of range, and escapes, while also doing heavy damage?

I apologize for the fact I’m very very bad at stating an argument, or general grammar. So I apologize.

QUICK NOTE! The scenario with the warrior running was to showcase the tools at the rangers disposal. The class running forward is irrelevant. I could have said theif or Necro and have the same effect. I said warrior because they are primarily melee and common.
(I know how to deal with rangers, across all my classes, hence why that is not part of questions

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Does playing PU make me a scuumbag?

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The sad part is, this was ment to have fun, but not like this….not like this.

Trick-or-Treat Bags. Open or Sell?

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Now, I don’t pay much attention to the TP, so keep that in mind

The cost of bags will only go down the longer the event is out. But they will spike after the event, like June, July, mid summer. That’s when they tend to cost more, but less buyers. So if you want to sell, sell now, or wait half a year.
If your feeling lucky, open then and hope for something you can sell out of that. Even use the candy corn to get cobs and sell those. A day before Halloween the cobs sold for 15 gold about. The trick is holding on to things.

Is engi. Actually OP or is just me?

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They may not be OP, but I will always say, if an Engi wants to do something and they build for it, nothing will beat them at it.
If an Engi builds to run around bombing you with CC, they will do it better than any class, but most other aspects of the class, will suffer for it.
As a whole class not OP, but when they get into a position to do their specific job, they do that one thing, in an Overpowering manner.

I want my backstab with1200 range

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I want my necro minions to work, with my target is within 1200 range

PvE Minion Master traits?

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Thanks guys, I just like to switch i up now and then, and I wanna make sure my old bread and butter aint moldy :P

Does playing PU make me a scuumbag?

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This is in the spirit of fun, so post with a similar spirit Make someone laugh

Does playing PU make me a scuumbag?

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The question is, when do I moa and stealth, to rustle the most jimmies

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If PU alone might make me a scumbag. What will tip me over the edge? Condition PU with veil and torch and decoy and mass invis?

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I don’t do it for the easy fights or lack if skill. I do it cuz the build feels fun.
I used to play shatter and it just felt kinda boring.

But even when I put the traits into making those phantasms hit like a truck I feel dirty and I hear laughter, coming from deep underground.

PvE Minion Master traits?

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I normally played MM, but im just checking in to see if there is anything better than the
4/0/6/4/0
Just staying in the flow of things

Should Dagger 2 work like DS 4?

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AoE, in 1v1 about the same, but more people = more heal?

[PvP] Thief vs Guard: 0 chance

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I mainly play Necro these days, but there was a time when I played Mesmer, Thief, and guardian.
Now when I played thief, fighting a guardian was literally the most fun thing I could do. Their attacks are slow enough to be able to actually react to each one, and if I messed up, I got rocked. It felt like it was my skill vs them, and I love it.
Over all classes, fighting guardians is my favorite. They just feel fair to fight.

Teach me to play Condition Necro

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I’m clueless and looking for other build or even general play styles.

The Swarm!

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I think I saw this with the sharks in south sun, I never go there so it seemed weird for like 6 of them so clumped.

Can I get thoughts/tips on my build?

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The build is 4/6/0/2/2
I used to play Shatter, but I just couldnt get the burst I wanted out of it, while being confusing to the enemy. So I started looking threw the traits and slapped this in.
Main goal was to “try” to make a build where I could bring out hard hitting Phatasms and forget about them, while focusing on myself in the fight.

Playing it works well, I only shatter when I need the quick burst or the daze or distortion. Other than that I leave everything out to confuse people .

Might be a type of PU, but I don’t wanna go back to that. Regardless, let me know what you guys have to say or think about it. What can make it better, why t might be bad. Or even sudgest other builds that fulfill the playstyle im looking for

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAsaRlknpMttpxRNcrRSqxcqnQ1XkcgAK9Jh0NA-TpRBwAROEAUOCAE3fYxDAgcZAAnAAA

Thanks everyone

[OMFG] Official Mesmer Forum Guild

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IGN: Arouros Arcaedus
Server: Tarnished Coast
Role: Scholar
Play time: Evenings, after 5 mostly
PLay style: PvE, little SPvP, once day WvW :P

enraged necro

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I feel this would be better if it could be a “toggle”
Turn on Rage: drain 10% of LF each second
Taking damage(Or absorbing a CC ability) grants 5% LF, on a 2 second CD

I would feel more comfortable with it being like that.

For clarity I play a MM necro, so I know what its like to be a pin ball, with Zero stun breaks

How do I beat you as a Mesmer?

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Thank you all for your help.
Seems what I need to do it be faster with burst, have more control over the fights, more stun breaks or daze/stuns. And overall more skill, seeing as the fight is in the theives favor.

Why doesnt Sword #3

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Seems legit….

How do I beat you as a Mesmer?

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I got sigil of the privater(parrot thing)
Weapons, Sword and pistol/ Staff(used to use greatsword, but staff works better)
Build is 4/4/0/0/6,
Utilitys are, Ether feast, bink, mirror images, arcane thievery, and mass invis or moa.

How do I beat you as a Mesmer?

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Hello Thieves,
I’m slowly learning Mesmer, and on of the biggest problems I have in PvP is thieves. I understand I am squishy and you guys burst. So I ask, what do you suggest to do? I have a hard time predicting when a theif is gonna stab me in the back so I kinda wildly dodge and move. So how do Mesmers tend to beat you?

P.S. I try to play a shatter build, so it’s power based.

Why doesnt Sword #3

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Just spawn a clone that does a low damage Savage Leap(Warrior Sword 2).
I don’t normally see that attack fail.

While I’m at it, why doesn’t it check for range at the end of the cast, like every other spell?

Suggestion: Let us use Tonics in Combat

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Animations are probably it.
Molten Berserker, krait, dredge, centaurs, hylek, ect

Imagine, trying to give them the if skills (Heart seeker, D/D 3(forgot the name )) almost anything acrobatic would look incredibly silly on almost anything bulky.

I’m honestly all for it, but sometimes it just can’t work

is mordremoth stronger than other EDs were?

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How corrupted exactly was she remains the question that probably won’t ever get answered. And why she retained some sort of personality while every other minions lose it won’t probably get looked into either.

But Scarlet wasn’t a regular sylvari. Well before she was corrupted she was gifted. Mordremoth didn’t give her any kind of special ability to help her.

I have been wondering if they made a mistake with that or not. If i remember right, during Scarlet’s death cinematic, the veins going along the side of her face were yellow. The thing about Mordremoth though is that his color of energy/corruption seems to be purple. You can see it radiating off some of his larger vines, going up the vine bridge right before it gets destroyed for the Modrum event, and it’s even on the new back piece.

I’m a bit puzzled what to make of it. Mistake or not a mistake?

Sylvari blood is a gold/yellow color.
Think of a man dying and his neck glowing red with blood
The “glow” could have to do with Sylvari being magical in nature, cuz walking plant people.

LS2 Ep 3, Rytlock > Foefire

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I dunno, it can make sense if you follow the prophecy. Originally Ascalon belonged to the charr, it wasn’t human territory, it was charr territory. So if you follow that interpretation, no human could possibly be the true heir, it would need to be a charr.

Ugh… totally wrong. Ascalon wasn’t charr territory to begin with. They conquered it from a primitive species of simian-like humanoids who lived in a greatly divided, tribal communities.

If you want the “true” heir to Ascalon, go fetch a grawl king.

The words “Greatly Divided, Tribal communities” mean they didnt have a king. They were just there, the Charr had the first kingdom of sorts, therefore they were the first to have a ruler of Ascalon. The grawl were most or less just animal natives than the rulers.

Vitality vs Toughness

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What works better for a zerker mes?

I’m certain someone has done the math a thousand times so, I don’t really need a big explination on why one is betetr than they other. Just let me know what works best and where (PvP, PvE, WvW)

Thank you so much

zaitan/dark green orb

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If your implying the green orb is Zhaitan, than who is the black orb?

Old Morgy is using the Pale Tree

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I’m surprised no one even bothered to comment on this.

Old Morgy is using the Pale Tree

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While sleeping he plops his corruption over in the dream.
This creates Nightmare, MordMoth doesn’t care, it’s the tree he wants.
" But what about the court? "
why don’t you take a moment, just sit right their, and I’ll tell you how a bunch of plants became the Court of Nightmare.

The Nightmare court is just Sylvari being bad thinking, it’s what they are ment to do, when they are actually just following a misguided opinion. One that was formed because YOLO

Now back to MothBaws, when he corrupted the tree, he put a little bit on every one of its offSPRING. Not enough to be felt of noticed, but enough to be turned on at the right time.

Now MoreGoth, while awake is after the tree, perhaps already there. Hanging on to its roots, twisting and corrupting them into vines and thorns, and sending them out into the world. Now that he is active, they are coming out, and doing Puppy….see what I did there?

" But how does the Pale Tree not know, surely she could feel it"
Perhaps the corrupted parts feel unused, or unnoticed like the Sylvari corruption.
Perhaps she just thinks they are dead vines, or she is distracted, or she just feels like her roots are stretching to the feelings of magic in the earth. Let’s fave it, she must be some type of magic sponge to create sentient life from plant.
Or maybe she is just a giant kittening tree and can’t do anything about it, no matter what her avatar looks like or says, she is still at her heart a big Tree.
“There is no way her roots are so big”
She made a race that can hold its own against every race seen so far, and just one almost destroyed everything, I think her roots can be as long as invasive as they want.

“Well Lore and Evidence and Devs all say Blah blah blah and that is opposite to what you said and…..”
WRONG AGAIN SON, NOW SIT DOWN!
This works in My head and your took time to read it therefore its on your head….so we agree.

:)
(As you can tell this is mostly joke, but at the same time a poorly thought out theory, so when you tell me I’m wrong(don’t hesitate! I like learning lore) and I know you will, just kinda keep that comical thought on mind)

Carrion vs Dire

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How do you guys feel about these?

PvP as well as PvE

Are we still the Pact's Commander?

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I feel like our little rag tag team doesn’t even know and the rest of the world forgot about us.

Remember when Truehorn told us as long as he is Marshall Tyria will repay the dept they owe us?
Seems he didn’t do that since no one knows who I am

Fix Last Refuge!

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I think I started a revolution