Guild Wars 2

Iris Ng.9845:

Let’s just focus on AC, because everyone knows it’s an exploit. For Arah p2, there are people out there who do it legitimately, speaking from my experience.

I know that Iris dw

Miku Lawrence.6329:

RedCobra.7693:

Miku Lawrence.6329:

They do not kick and sell (well most don’t). It’s just so easy to take a thief-Shadow Arrow)/mesmer (Blink)/elementalist (Lightning flash), [Edit, didn’t see video] bug through the floor to kill the boss underwater… that kicking people is not necessary (I bet not even effecient, it’s quicker to skip about 55% of the path).

on arah p4?

On ACp1… That’s what the thread is about no?

Well you can do the same with Arah p2, that’s why there’s so many p2 sellers and the price is so cheap…

XD

spoj.9672:

Redball.7236:

It’s not even that bad xD, don’t know why someone doesn’t just post it here.

Post it then please. I have yet to be pm’d. :<

Yeah same

Need a pm as well!

As said in the OP, you can contact Jerem The Illusion (me) to get more informations

You can also check this thread: Dungeon Mentors and pm a mentor for help / advices

That’ll be interesting

If I don’t use 10/30/0/20/10 or 30/30/0/0/10 (if no reflection needed) i’d rather use 15/30/0/25/0 for more DPS + vuln on daze

Xyonon.3987:

Short range the scepter hits better than the GS, long range vice versa ofc. The scepter has a better phantasm (pistol / swordie) for single target and the GS for aoe. There is also the Staff for survivability and bossfight with conditions.

In general: Go melee if you can, if you are forced to go range:

Greatsword for AoE or long range dps where phantasms can’t survive or meatshields are there. Single target and block at shrot the scepter it is (short range = allies = boons)! And for mobility and 4+ conditions on the enemy: Staff.

For example fire and frost duo boss fotm: Staff + GS, mainly GS, Staff to escape. Dwayna is staff = 20k crits. And another example for the scepter is in CM that guy with the knockdowngun (can’t be reflected, but meatshield with clones n’ block).

greez!

For the Molten Duo Bosses, you can go full melee if you can keep reflection, have a guardian to give aegis at the right time and know how to jump

As for CM P3 Sure Shot Seamus, you can just go behind him and stay melee, his knockdown attack is very slow.

I’ll show you some soon Ena

Hi Brando, there’s currently 2 known “pro” PvE guild on EU that are recruiting: rT and HC.

If you think you’re good enough to join them you can apply.

Here is the recruitment post of these guild:

Define [HC]

Retaliate [rT]

Do not hesitate to apply. Even if your application is rejected once, you can still apply and be accepted in the future.

I agree with maxinion, Scholar Runes are better than Ruby Orbs.

Scholar:
+165 power
+8% crit damage for our phantasm
+10% dmg when health > 90%

Ruby orbs:
+120 power
+84 precision
+12% crit damage

So you have more precision, which is quite useless in a group situation since you almost always 90+ critical chance, depending of your perception stacks (your phanstasm got the same stats as you and with phantasmal fury they also have 90+% crit chance). So you gain 4% crit damage and lose 45 power with ruby orbs, and most important thing, you lose your +10% damage boost when health > 90%. (That implies 30 points in dueling)

tPvP can be fun from time to time, but well you can win by playing badly (but with good communitation)

It looks very nice

Good job

There was one?

Wethospu.6437:

This community is getting ridiculous.

I solo 3 maps on fractal scale 10 and end up with Mai Trin. I practice it enough to solo it quite reliably. Then I invite pugs to give them free daily. We go in and most of them day within 30 seconds. Eventually they all end up dead (facetanking) and Mai is about at 60%. Someone tells me to wipe and then they kick me because I didn’t respond.

What a shame

That feature is called “Add Friend”.

Just make a friendlist with all the good / decent players you met while pugging to avoid getting bad pugs

These changes seems nice

Also Cookie, I think one of HC’s leaders contacted most of the speed running guilds to organise a meeting about the rules (@Sandy, not sure you were contacted yet since you didn’t come online yesterday). I think this is a good idea and you should attend as well since you hold the record website.

About FGS, as I previously said, the only exploit I see with it is the Fiery Rush + Blink which bug out the animation. I have no problem using it against a wall.

Portal Master.9146:

Really too bad a buffed up Kohler isn’t a main boss of AC on one of the paths. No one seems to kill him anymore. He is the boss that taught me how to dodge and why dodging was important. Killing him for the first time felt like more of an accomplishment than killing the main boss.

Why would you skip Kholer?

Yay it’s sticky again

I guess I could join since I have a free guild slot available now ^^

Name: Jerem The Illusion
Server: Jade Sea
Playstyle: PvE (DPS Mesmer) / tPvP
Role: Teacher / Tester for PvE, Scholar for tPvP
Playtime: Evening EU during the week, a lot more during the week end

Well for Define yeah just work a bit on your fractal level, 30+ should be ok (depending on the class you apply with) but you need the AR for 40+ on your main at least

Also rT doesn’t require a Lupicus solo anymore, you should read their new recruitment post (it’s linked on my previous post)

The Mexican Cookie.3690:

NoTrigger.8396:

why do you call it exploit? its an ability of a profession and even anet said people are allowed to use it to kill tequatl.

Satire.

There is one guild that genuinely thinks it’s an exploit, and it isn’t DnT.

You should say there was one since those who think that kinda quit GW2 some months ago.

The only exploit I see with FGS is Fiery Rush + Blink / Lightning Flash coz that way the animation bugs out. I see no problem using it against a wall.

I hope a fix will come soon since i’m kinda waiting for it to do my new Mesmer DPS Test (with full ascended gear) with all the current DPS builds (30/30/0/0/10 – 10/30/0/20/10 – 0/30/0/25/15 – 10/20/0/25/15)

This one 30/30/0/0/10

But if you don’t use GS that much, i’d stick with I (Mental Torment) in Domination instead of X (GS Training)

Nice tribute Ena

Hi Danny, there’s currently 2 known “hardcore” PvE guild on EU: rT and HC.

If you think you’re good enough to join them you can apply (These guilds won’t help you with the dungeon master title, you’ll need to get it by yourself).

Here is the recruitment post of these guild:

Define [HC]

Retaliate [rT]

Do not hesitate to apply. Even if your application is rejected once, you can still apply and be accepted in the future.

For PvE, you have different builds depending of the uptime of reflection needed.

If you don’t need that much reflection:

• 30/30/0/0/10

If you do need a lot of reflection:

• 10/30/0/20/10
• 0/30/0/25/15 (if you think Illusionists Celerity is needed)

Some people also use the 10/20/0/25/15 but I personally don’t like it that much since we lose our damage modifier with the readied mantras and we have to rely a lot on phantasm to deal decent DPS.

All these builds use a Sword-Focus / Sword-Sword weapon set (you can also have a pistol).

For situations when you need to range, you should use a Greatsword.

For Sigil selection, you want one set with Superior Sigil of Perception for Perception stacking (that means 1 kill = 2 stacks) for dungeons where there’s plenty of trash to stack Perception (i.e. Arah, CoE, AC).

Also you want two main hands one with Superior Sigil of Accuracy when you don’t have Perception stacks, one with Superior Sigil of Force. For off hands you want one with Superior Sigil of the Night for night dungeons, and one for Arah (Superior Sigil of Undead Slaying) also one with Superior Sigil of Force for situations when you can’t stack Perception for a Accuracy / Force combo or Accuracy/Night (for night dungeons). For Greatsword, you want one with Superior Sigil of Accuracy and one with Superior Sigil of the Night (but you shouldn’t use GS that often anyway).

I agree with mahariel, the mantra damage modifier is a must have in dungeons and fractals. And except fractal maybe, most bosses doesn’t last more than 20s/30s (except Lupicus and maybe Alphard depending of your group) with a organised group running the DPS meta builds.

But don’t go 20 in Illusions in you don’t use pistol since phantasmal haste is currently bugged and only work with iDuelist.

Hi Zariuss, that shouldn’t be a problem but you should get one for the trial (won’t say why coz I won’t spoil what the trial is)

Yo Ena, just fill in an application on our website http://snowcrows.enjin.com/recruitment

I agree with Ryn, you should either go for 0/30/0/25/15 or 10/30/0/20/10 (if you can maintain 2 phantasm up)

Yeah but for Lupi you wouldn’t use a 30/30/0/0/10 build, you’d need 30 in Dueling + 20 in Inspiration + 10 in Illusion to maximize the reflection

So either 10/30/0/20/10 or 0/30/0/25/15 or 15/30/0/25/0 (losing Compounding Power for more vuln on daze and more phantasm DPS) that Sanderinoa used for the Mesmer record kill

Well you have access to the Mantra of Concentration for 2 stun break / 2×2s of stability

Wesnoth.1705:

This idea is good! SPREAD IT! lets mention it on every post a dev actually posted something on xD

Yeah we have to spread it as much as we can, or at least keep the suggestion on the front page until a dev post something

Well we mostly take a mesmer for the reflection so Feedback is a must, also since I’m playing with Empowered Mantra, I always have Mantra of Resolve (or Concentration), that leave 1 spot open. I mostly take another mantra to boost my DPS, Blink / Portal to skip or Null Fied if the group need heavy condition removal.

With an ele, we can take something more useful for the group or for our DPS than SoI (like a mantra)

OMG Mini lupi, I want it

See that post on the suggestion forum:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Dungeon-Boss-Arena/

That’s imo an awesome idea, even though I doubt it’ll ever happen…. Still we can keep that topic on the first page of the suggestion forum (hopefully a dev will reply)

That would be amazing

It could also add a spectator mode like sPvP so spectator could see which skills we use.

Hahaha, love it

Hey everyone,

Snow Crows [SC] is an elite PvE guild focused on speedrunning dungeons and fractals. Most of the core members of Define [HC] created it after some drama happened in our previous guild. We are currently some of the most dedicated Guild Wars 2 PvE players as we are holding several of the all-time speedclear records.

What we are currently looking for:

• Excellent knowledge in both dungeons and fractals (i.e. fractal 50, every dungeon path)
• Good knowlegde of each class
• Have at least two classes that you can play well with proper gear
• Fractal 50 and 70 AR on at least one character that isn’t Warrior
• Have a mic and willing to use TS on a daily basis.
• Excellent team play.
• Good solo play

What our guild can offer:

• Some of the best PvE players in Guild Wars 2.
• Daily dungeon tours + fractals.
• Friendly players.
• Record run attempts
• Guild missions, perma karma and magic find boosts
• TS3 server

Wanna see us play? Here’s some youtube channel for you:

• Snow Crows’s channel
• Jerem’s channel
• Some more here

If you are still reading then perhaps you still wish to apply, if so our recruitment page can be found here http://snowcrows.enjin.com/recruitment. We’re aiming for 45/50 active members.

For any additional information feel free to contact Jerem The Illusion, Thorwyn Gd, Blaze It Abe, Samantha Martinez, Leks Gone Wild or Maliciá in game for any questions what so ever.

Thaddeus.4891:

AC path 2 bug on a regular basis since the launch of the game.

For doing it at least once a week, I’ve encountered this bug once. But if I remember right, we had to get the NPC killed by a mob to unbug it.

That bug can also occur for Arah P3 if the NPC is killed right after the cutscene when he’s about to take the undead chicken in a cage (before the last boss). You can also unbug it by getting it killed by the spiders.

Yeah with better reward / the possibility to skip cutscene / less npc dialog, more people would run it

Well we can’t sell dungeon armor since it become Soulbound on Acquire… And another thing why people may buy runs is because we need like 500 token on a specific dungeon to make a legendary (Arah is for Bifrost if i’m right)

Well for the Risen Giant I used I, III and XI (3 daze mantra ready = more vuln, but I forgot to use it for the video ^^’)

No I didn’t try 25/30/0/0/15 but I don’t like IC that much ^^ And most boss fight doesn’t last enough to have get the full benefit of it ^^. For the new Alphard for exemple, I just use Signet of the Ether to chain two Warden at the start

^ Yeah I agree

Personally I’ll still run 10/30/0/20/10 (or 0/30/0/25/15) if I need reflect else I’ll stick with 30/30/0/0/10. Mantra Damage modifier is totally worth it and the Dueling trait line affect both our precision and critical damage so it’s the best trait line we have

Nice guide spoj Gonna try this build soon ^^