As an aside to this issue, can NPCs rez dead players?
Ive often seen NPCs rezzing other dead NPCs , but never a player.
Would be cool if they could especially if you die somewhere and there are NPCs around who will run to your aid.
This has bothered me since release of the game. Oh I can res the npc but they are to above me to res me? Those npcs sure dont have gratitude. Its why i dont even res there ungrateful faces.
Meh its apparently a really low drop rate lol. I this point fractals is almost being abandoned. barely people doing them as the reward/time investment is a joke. Hey anet I love the 1 gold I get after completing the hardest content. If you do get a tonic u make sure to treasure it XD
I like the idea, but maybe instead of a whisper, when you press shift, it will send a notification saying a player is on their way? Just a thought. Love the idea
I like either idea, very nice, I sometimes had incidents like this, only for the poor guy/girl to port. But in silverwaste it has been getting toxic due to many dead afkers. so many people there tend to not res anymore.
P.S. I want end-game fractal armor skin. Ideally, the look would be unique for each profession/gender.
And then you woke up, sweating…
Ah the dreams, hopefully guys we get some kind of improvement in fractals. The weapon skins I dont have are only the spear, speargun, focus and SWORD! I hvae everything else but oh well. Considering that these weapon skins are rarer than legendaries. I actually just got the tonic last week. Man was that a feeling.
hmmm, actually I see your point. I never notice that even though I main a Guard, ele and thief. I know my thief has a unique sound and effects when dodging But My ele and guard both have the same animation for rolls.
Good idea, I like it! might be hard for the team right now to do, but maybe in the future.
I kind of imagine him doing something like Archer or Gilgamesh from Fate and literally fighting with thousands of weapons. (That we stupidly gave to him) Snaps his fingers and it starts raining swords. 50 stacks of bleeds on EVERYONE.
I would say, the boss damage and skills is determined by the weapons and amount thrown in the toilet that day? That would be fun all the weapons rain down on your team and have bleeds every where. With a small chance of getting the weapons back?
Oh I agree to this. Sure make his boss battle hard with random boons on him or something, while I enjoy every swing of my sword to his face. Also in order to damage him you have to toss green and blue items at him XD
I hate mai trin, but only because pugs seem to have problems with her. jade maw is so easy. molton duo is so easy. we need new ones, honestly..
dhuum, urgoz, and that demon from the deep?
Yeah, now try doing molten duo with a pug that can’t optimize.
I’ll take mai trin any day over molten duo with a pug. Molten duo gets exponentially harder the longer the fight lags so bad dps will hurt you far more.
Not to mention the stupid invisible aoe circles of death that hit you from nowhere.
Anet needs to fix that invis aoe/sunken. What happens is he shoots the aoe underneath floor, so no animation is present but the effects are still there. Happened to me today on my 50. Also bad pugs with terrible Phiw builds ugh…. make you lose faith in Tyria XD
Sorry OP its about 1 in 3 your just unlucky. Sadly with my group we prefer her over maw for one reason the time. molten dou for sure is the fastest boss. with an ele using focus builds u can use obsidian flesh to tank her in lightning field to strip her shield.
There is no problem with berserker gear, with might stacking, reflecting, dodging, condi cleansing. We just don’t get new instances so we are getting bored.
This is precisely the problem.
DPS zerkers or what ever the young kids call it now is not the problem its the old player base that has memorized and truly mastered the game. It takes two or even one good party member to carry a bad pug in a dungeons not fractal (cliffside/dredge). Hopefully xpac delivers what we veterans need. Something new and refreshing. I’m willing to bet 1000 gold once xpac comes out some new scrub will demand a nerf because its to challenging.
Personally I don’t see PS as horrible. What I hate is how mandatory it’s going to be after the LH and general non-staff ele builds nerf, giving you no other option than PS in longer fights. PS will also no longer suffer a personal dmg nerf after the trait changes, meaning you don’t sacrifice a lot for group support anymore.
As a side note, I will say that you shouldn’t be so sure that non-staff Ele builds will be gutted quite like the preview suggested. I’ve been working with them on this, and I think they’re going to dial back those nerfs to keep Scepter builds relevant. I’m pretty confident Ice Bow is still going to get the shaft (I’m trying hard to make sure it doesn’t get nerfed as bad as FGS was).
I understand icebow nerfs but not my lightning hammer. To none ele people, scepter ele hits like a soggy noodle.
If the canon phase was removed an idea I had was having all of Horicks brothers come down and fight the team. similar to the golems of the raving asura. To ad some challenge they would have stability for 5 stacks? So guards and mesmers cant pull till its been stripped. I like this idea because everyone here that has died during canon phase wants to punch the brothers in the face hard.
Or try to kill them in a lighting field created by Horick? That may be a hassle though….hmmm
Dang it my Torch, I better put it down since this is a positive post. Yes most of the dungeon runners are nice people. I stay clear from the super elitist you see there dumb AP requirements LOL. whoever taught that was a good way to measure skill is in need of some help.
Master all paths of dungeons and take some of you guildies through it. Be that guy that the guild will always be asking for help. Makes you feel fuzzy inside like a Charr. XD
i remember back when fotm proved skills.
every one worked their way up
you want to do the highest level you have to grind through low level, know what you are doing and get the AR trinkets.
and it was a enjoyment to do high level fotm with people who are also high level.
which kept me doing fotm.
now every farmers and their moms can do lv50
people with full AR and eternity can’t dodge a single incoming skill, i felt like a professional nurse which is not enjoyable.
please fix this
I’m sorry I dont understand your complaint? Do you mean rich people doing fractal 50 are terrible? Or do you want to block people from joining levels above there personal level? I believe its the later in which case I do agree. I have recently seen a influx of new players trying 50 for the first time. 49 fractals is nothing compared to a 50.
Just create a LFG for only skilled players with whatever else you require.
You cant be elitist in a PUG LoL, thats the danger of PUGS man. If your really elite you should have a team that does High level fractals daily. I think King is recruiting right now if you wanna try them or other fractal guilds.
Because I got tired of it quick. There was little incentives to do WvW a lot. Actually you kinda fall behind from the PVE people because they amass huge stockpiles of mats and gold. Unless you get lucky with a bag in WvW and a pre drops. Skill is kinda meh even commanding gets boring after a while. The investment with little return as a commander is not worth it.
Sadly those transfers are rare. Maybe around the WvW season comes but that might be a while. I havent seen the free transfer since a 2 years ago If I remember correctly. That was more in regards when they tried to figure balance with WvW populations.
For infusions until you reach the upper 30’s I would save them. If you have full ascended armor you can slot the 5 versatile agony infusions you get from the fractal vendor. plus the ascended trinkets/weapon you will be above 65 ar. Thats enough up to the 49. The only time you will need 70 is at 50. You probably havent got a infused ring drop so dont worry but when you do and hopefully its a decent ring you can slot both a versatile and A regular agony resistance. Again do not craft agony infusions above 8 its a waste of gold.
I would give you my three teq hoard for a decent pre cursor. Sad for me all I get is the teq hoard drop. I only use the skins for my necro, the theme doesn’t fit many classes.
I agree it should be fixed, however I can’t help but point out the side issue with this. Mai trin simply is much tougher than the other 2 end fractals. I think the imbalance in difficulty with the random system can be quite frustrating. Get lucky and you blast the hell out of the duo, or sleep your way through Jade maw, but get mai trin and if your group isn’t good you bang your head on it over and over.
That said, I LOVE Mai Trin and don’t want a nerf, I just think that random nature of fractals causes this issue. I get the benefits of that random nature, seeing different things, and being forced to play different fractals, but when you have a mediocre group and end up at the final one after 45 mins then spend another 45 mins banging your head on Mai… well, is that fun?
So, I’m not supporting the bug, I’m just saying I think they need to take this other issue into consideration and address it as well. Otherwise people will just learn the other Mai Trin exploit…;)
Lol there are four ways currently but I am sure two are allowed because when I played with an anet dev on a fractal 50 he didnt ban us. So using stealth on canon phase is ok. Although the other two are 100% no.
To add some constructive criticism pugs are people that learn from videos and random post online. They at least took the effort to learn a little to not get kicked. sadly they dont have the opportunity to learn the proper way to run fractals.
But this is actually anets fault for not having a tutorials of how to effectively beat Mai. If it bothers you guys that much make your own groups with a specific set of rules. Stay away from randoms and dont expect much. Or be the better player and try to teach. If not then dont do fractals its not like the rewards are better than the 100s of other things you can do in the game
Just right click on the cross swords at the top left corner and select enter pvp. dnt accept the match invite and you can practice on the dummies around the que area. Ele is pretty tough to learn but if you stick to it and learn it you will be wanted in every dungeon. Staff is easy to learn with high dps. I personally use, dual daggers. and dagger/focus.
Take your time learning about the weapon and utilities. The attunement rotation is the most important thing to learn. Get used to might stacking rotations for your self as it is the life blood of the ele. Dagger/focus is easy to stack might, I just practiced in lions arch stacking might on my self till I could successfully reach atleast 12 might.
LoL I was trying to solo CM p1 and was rudely surprised. I was so kittened! So I dont care about pvp that much as I use a more non stealth build but for dungeon speed runs this is crazy. Whats the point of my thief if I cant stealth? Its why I made the class. Dont tell me dps because My ele and warrior has better group dps support. Anet better fix this. The stealth haters sure are happy today.
well right now the only bosses that require set up are teq, triple trouble and Vine wrath. Yes teq is easy now but remember its still a coordinated event that requires competent people on turrets, defense teams on boats/hills and a zerg team. Triple trouble man thats a hard fight. Even on organize groups it can fail due to mistakes on burn phases. Vine wrath can fail to if people use the zerg mentality such as not defending the sieges or manning the mortars/arrow carts. Most people dont even know they can heal and stealth the sieges in the Vinewrath event.
Seriously. I know right? These influx of new players complaining on the forums about time gating or the ridiculous amount of mats for crafting ascended/legendary is surreal. Its END GAME GEAR! If I took the time to make it so shall you. Stop being entitled brats.
Some people like to be efficient. -> They play meta builds.
Other people like showing off their gear, RP or want to watch tv while running dungeons. -> these play a wide variety of builds
There is an anti ‘zerk’ meta post on the forums every day. Since only a minority posts on the forums we can assume there are enough people that don’t want to play the meta, while still wanting to run a dungeon, to form multiple 5 man parties. So maybe you should use the tools given to you in game or add the people that make these posts on the forums to your friends list and form a dungeon group with them. That way everybody will be happy.
Although it’s true that people can brute force the fights in lower level dungeons in berserker gear, this is harldy the case in arah and high lvl fotm. Playing in berserker gear in those dungeons is actually harder and does require some skill and knowledge about the game.
I have watched the nemesis video and it contains a bunch of misinformation.
I dont know why people put nemesis in high regards, I am not for the meta but when I see his videos so much misinformation and a lot of self congratulating. I get it Necros are viable in dungeons and exploits/glitches are bad. But Zerker gear is top for a reason. It requires skill to use. Dont believe me go run zerkers in FOTM 50, because My whole team does and we seem to do fine. We don’t use exploits as a personal goal. our times are not speed clears but are still fast.
Everyday nerf zerkers, remove zerkers, ban zerkers. We know why these are posted because people dont read the LFG when entering a party. They get kicked and want to vent somewhere. Just make your own team and post on the lfg want you want. Also dont use other MMOS as examples because they all have exploits that people use to clear things in a efficient manner. It all comes down to time=loot. Now go out there and enjoy the freaking game. Or play a completely different game.
Yes well obviously I’m not going to bother now that I know it’s true. Doesn’t it bother anyone else that the game is like this? You paid for a game, after seeing all those cool armor and weapon sets, just to learn that in order to have them you have to play it to an unhealthy level, and then, play it even farther to, what looks like, an obsessive disorder.
To be honest what else would you spend your gold on if not on a legendary. Op you clearly are either trolling or something with this post. Dont say other MMOs dont do something similar because they do. You dont have to have a legendary as many have stated, hell I have two and I actually played since launch. I played All aspects of the game from WVW, Spvp, and PVE dungeons/fractals. I only play about 4 hours a day but was able to make two legendary. ITS A GOAL/TIME SINK. There are so many cool skins you can craft.
This type of threads have been flooding the forums due to many new players influx demanding BIS gear right now. The entitlement is ridiculous. When Hot comes out you can maybe get your legendary but im sure many will complain of the difficulty to get one. dont feel sympathy for anyone demanding legendary be easy because what is the point? you have it, now what? everyone and their mothers will have it as well. Hell I see a complaint post on how to many people have legendary now LOL
Sadly I was also kinda meh about the dragon hunter. When I made my Guard two years ago I was all ready for my sword and shield combo only to realize how much the shield sucked. The reflects was great but why knockback? remove the knockback and use like the stun or knockdown. This is more in line with PVE but PvP wise were they probably were thinking was the knockback was good for point holding nope it is not. It sucks because the CD is to long. I probably wont be using the specialization in dungeons but WVW might be useful.
Man Op even admitted to not liking speed clears because it doesn’t suite his style but wants to clear the dungeon in the same time frame with the gold reward, ugh what? Troll much? anyways pure dps is here to stay even when HOT comes out because the dungeons wont be changed anytime soon.
If its the gold you want for the shinies then eat the bullet and learn play zerker to speed clear. You just want the legendary s and expensive stuff OP then get the gold. Pure laziness is what I see. I bet he tried to join a zerker speed clear group and was kicked because he didnt meet the criteria. Just stay away from the elitist and they stay away from PTV/Condi full clears group, all is happy
Yes this. I don’t know why but this one resonates with me. Doesn’t sound too Necromancer-like though…
There is nothing more necromancer like than watching everyone else having fun in dungeons and game play while you sit out…
… And strangely enjoying it.
Oh I thought that was the Leech. My bad.
Lol I feel so unwanted in dungeons and fractals a lot when I play my necro. But when I’m on my Ele or Guard everyone seems happy. At this point I’m not even excited for our specialization because if they dont fix our class, whats the point
Dont believe the hype, You will be sorely disappointed. Just wait and if the core problems are still not address as one poster said its just sprinkles of flowers on poop. I am getting tired being in the not wanted for dungeon/fractal run. PvP has been meh and WvW we shine but only for wells…
Its your toon, you are the one staring at it for 100s of hours so be confident. I personally like more clothing on my female toons. Tired of all the slooty armors. I go full cloth a bit more realistic. Dont worry about others approval. Also I think she looks decent. could use more flair in dyes.
Honestly I’d rather get a fractal merchant than a weapon chest. Sure chest is better than the rng right now, but its still rng. I have a friend who does 39’s with me every so often. He rarely does fractals and in the last 5 fractals we’ve done he’s gotten skins (in the span of 2 weeks). That’s the total number of skins i’ve gotten over the last 3-4 months of daily 50s and its more than my friend who’s close to quitting fractals with 1 and a half months of 20s and 30s with no skin, no asc boxes, and no useful rings.
Having a guaranteed way of getting rewards is way better than anything rng imo. It allows people with bad luck to still get items they want and actually enjoy the content, knowing they will eventually get what they want.
Sadly today I completed my fractal 50 and got nothing….40 minutes of the hardest content and nothing( the gold reward at end is a joke). Its been a 2 week since my last actual good reward an infused red ring but I already have six so meh. Good luck to all the fractal runners
You’ll eventually start looting some when you climb up the leaderboard.
Hahahaha OMG that was a good laugh. Now if you excuse me good sir I wll cry in the corner now because no fractal chest will come. HOT no new dungeon or fractals. They forgot about us, its all about that new players/easy PVE mode
I main an ele (Not a Pro) and will tell you its a bit of a learning curve. Depends on your play style most new ele players will start out with staff. Eles have amazing dps if not the highest. Your problem is the attunements, your gonna have to learn how to rotate. Luckily staff is easy. Also keep in mind your only level 14 your traits are locked so you dont have the modifiers that increase your damage. At these levels learn about the rotations and utilities.
I like to use glyph of storms always handy for the vulnerability. A simple rotation I used to do with staff was on earth use eruption, then switch to water use ice spike, then go to fire lava font. Heres a nice combo for speed buff cast eruption first then switch to air and place static field you will gain a speed buff stack windborne speed and you’ll be running for a long time.
Again I am no pro just giving you some simple suggestions so you dont get frustrated with the class. Good luck on your adventures
Or hope it drops for you, a few days at silverwaste will drop you some ascended chest.
Ahahahaha…….. yes….yes it will…IF you are lucky….i have farmed enough bandit crests to buy all but one of the new armor skins…sent 3 weeks out their farming gold..doing chest runs.. you know what i got? not a single ascended or even exotic drop. But that is off topic.
On topic: No, ascended is fine, im crafting it..very slowly, why? i dont get good drops, but you know what? i dont have a problem with that really, its a shame i cant get the one skin i want in the game of course. But when i make a piece of ascended armor i feel like ive actually earned it. I dont buy the materials, i get them by doing things in game.
I also dont feel robbed, or cheated, or like im underpowered compared to someone with ascended.
Edit: plus the skins look ugly, so im in no great hurry to craft them…its mainly the chest i get for finishing 3 full sets thats actually making me do them. If the stats are a problem for you, craft them. the mats are pretty easy to come across, and this is coming from someone who will probably end up kiting out 12 or more characters in ascended armor, weapons and full sets of trinkets…
Lol I did say Hope, see op like this guy, there is no rush to get ascended. The skins are horrid and I honestly I just transmuted mine to a mix and match set. Save you gold for the upcoming legendaries. Hopefully you don’t complain about those to.
As some have stated it might be an issue bringing back old content. Instead update old content make it a different style. Moa racing as example the lion arch was destroyed but there are many moas. Cant we have it at divinity reach or something. Sabs might be an issue of compatibility as its been a year it was a different instance so I probably has old codes that doesn’t recognize the many updates that has come since it close.
Lol rangers….. 2 eles, war, guard and thief beats 5 rangers any day. But to your question ranged fight 5 staff eles beats rangers because of the might stacks. /icebows before they get completely nerf to fire axe
Why are there so many new players that demand ascended be downed or removed. Ascended s only used in High level fractals nothing else. So what about the small percentage boost we are all the same stat wise when in pve zones. Stay at your exotic gear op you are ok in that area. If your jelly at ascended then spend the time to make it like everyone else. Or hope it drops for you, a few days at silverwaste will drop you some ascended chest.
Ok this has been a good afternoon read. Honestly I see these threads all the time. Would you like my thief to not be able to stealth as well? becuase the op seems to possibly want full clear of dungeons. One giant octagon with nothing in the middle and endless mobs come at you. till boss spawns is what I am getting from this ops post. Because a dungeon will always have walls lol. Make your own LFG and post no stacking.
Man I can only imagine if no stacking full clear people get there way, would people still do dungeons if it took hours to get 1 gold. silverwaste, drytop and every southsun would be jam packed with players. Dungeons empty just like fractals barely anyone plays because the rewards are not that great
Just make your own group. Honestly especially in your case as a necro its hard. I understand, I used to run necro but finally gave up (see necro forum). I run ele and guard all dungeon groups look for them. Honestly just make your own group it will be filled and you can post what you expect from people. Like only casuals, no stacking, full clear (LOL) good luck
No offense OP but why are you stressing on ascended gear? There is only one area of the game were its necessary, fractal 50 unless you can afford to make 10+ infusion on trinkets. Let me tell you fractals 50 doesn’t give any better reward than silver waste or any other dungeon. Its actually worst lol.
Just enjoy your exotic gear. The reward track idea is nice but Anet needs a way to keep the mouse entertained in the maze.
How would you suggest the reward track to be completed? By doing world events? By beating champs? By playing a certain number of hours?
If you say by amount of hours played anything below a thousand hours is unacceptable to veteran players. Because the gold cost alone to craft to 500 is crazy. Not counting the items itself. I made my light and heavy ascended gear and felt happy about it.
I took my time. exotic gear drops like candy ascended was meant for a long haul.
Meh, is my feeling my necro was my toon since launch and I use him for WvW only. The changes were not that surprising to me nor did it get me excited. But we will see if they can fix our death shroud issue or pet AI.
All I can say is great sword better be awesome. XD
But in all seriousness guys if your having a hard time in PVE (Dungeons/fractals) or PVP best roll another character for now. It helps with the heart ache.
You mean we don’t run 50s for those sweet sweet empyreal fragments? There should be a reward to top tier endgame content? Good one guys.
I think I’ll go do a 50 right now to get some uninfused rings to decorate my fragments.
LOL been a year now of doing fractals daily still waiting for my sword skin drop. I really enjoy doing fractals 50 and getting just the fragments and small amount of gold.
I have over 338 pristine fractal relics, what the hell em I supposed to do with these?! I already have an alt full of rings. also can we please put them in our wallet wasting bank slot is annoying.
Underwater is horrid because you lose a lot of your utilities. I am so angry when Im on my guardan and cant use reflects underwater or at least shield of avenger. On my ele my elite skills and aoe utilities are gone. The elite skill i can use underwater is terrible. Dont even get me started on the aggro problem.
If you think underwater is fine talk to me when you are doing map completion in ORR because that sunken ship is a good example why underwater combat is broken and ignored.
I only use my necro for WvW and nothing else. I can honestly tell you we are not versitle. Versitle is the Engi and Ele class. They have access to many skills/utilities. Now the main issues you seem to ignore is on Spvp your are the focus in many fights.
Thats the real issue for Necros we only have little bit of stun breaks and damage negation/reflects. I rather be on my guard and have a lot of condi clears and blocks, then a high hp sponge.
Death shroud is terrible in pvp as you cant recharge it as easily compared to pve. Players are not stupid to just stand there while you recharge. They really is no way to balance it in pvp.
Dungeons we are in a sad state, we dont help our team with buffs nor are we wanted. But what ever thats what guilds are for.
I dont have high hopes anymore for necros even with the HOT exspansion. Since we were just glossed over. But I keep mine since I had it since launch. But Necros are still fun to play.
