Guild Wars 2

You`re not an engi without monocle. Go get monocle now! (Noble Mask any lvl)

I was thinking of getting the COF parts too but it ruins the whole cyborg theme I got going now.

Greiger.7092:

Wait medium armor that isn’t a trenchcoat? My ranger must have this!

30 gold but worth it.

Wow I’m wearing leggings? I didn’t know that, I could never see them before… And it seems charr chest armor is trying to be just as skimpy on the females as the human is.

there is only ONE other armor that isn`t a skirt, you buy it from one of the hearts in Kessex Hills and looks like the early Marksman Jerkin that you got from story if you remember it.

However it`s not very good looking and has a part you can`t dye that always ruined the look.

zargnath.9524:

Aye, the T3 cultural chest piece. I was truly surprised when I found out it wasn’t a robe like the others. Also, congratulations on a cool charr.

EDIT: Which shoulder pads are you using and where did you get them. They lok really nice and non oversized and clippy.

The shoulders are hidden because with such a tight fit most of them look standing in thin air, but if you really must have shoulders there are a few that work; some of the low level ones and I noticed the COF ones fit perfectly, I might get it.

The sun was going down in those so the metal parts looked a bit weird.
Here`s another:

Impossible you say? Well here he is:

yes the weapon damage is not used for kits damage, but the other stats the weapon gives are, so you will do more damage with kits with a better weapon;

you might not think 20-30 power and 10-20 of other points are a big deal but they are, pvp is won or lost by subtle differences, the best player/build is never A LOT better than the worst, just slightly better, but he always wins, I think that`s how the game is designed

they can`t move or dodge the initial burst, all those skills are either instant or semi-homing, the only thing they can do is reflect but for some reason nobody ever did that to me, I guess they don`t expect me to open with a burst

if you`re not even 80 yet I don`t know how it will work for you

I have every single item including trinkets exotic berserker so my crits are probably much bigger than what you can get

ya, 10 stacks of vulnerability is pretty good that`s the one skill I never changed in any pvp, and it also activates chain lightning at 1200 range so you`re not even losing an attack by applying vulnerability instead of a rocket or something.

the link you put for your build is not working so I can`t see what you have now.

here`s what I do, and I can honestly say I never lost a battle 1 on 1 in WvW, I often meet scouts or people trying to hide behind enemy lines and none of them have killed me, at best they managed to get away without getting killed by me.

the build I use is chain lightning full berserker gear, dunno if it`s like others floating around I didn`t copy those, but I`m sure u can figure out how to do it
one discharge does about as much dmg as a normal hit/crit so keep that in mind

when I meet someone he eats the following:
- activate goggles, immune to blind and gets me at 85% crit
-10 stacks of vulnerability + lightning from tool belt goggles skill
- rifle turret tool belt (again about same dmg as normal hit/crit) + lightning (rifle turret because it has 10 sec cd on tool belt)
- tool belt hidden ram + lightning that also slows them

now, all these are about 5 rifle shots worth of dmg with 10 vulnerab on them that also leaves them slowed, all this in half a second

if all these crit, and they usually do, they are usually lower than 50% if tanky or well geared (if glass cannon or bad gear they can be lower that 25%);

in 2 more secs I get 2 more file shots and almost every time with these many hits my Quickness Sigil procs and rifle becomes machine gun for 5 secs, so anything dies if I get that proc
If not, well you have net shot, knockback from hidden ram etc. and you haven`t even used your elite skill stun yet, and the combo will be back up in just over 20 secs but they usually run at this point and get chased down by swiftness on crit trait and the cripple when lower than 25% trait

the most important part is that most of them panic when they drop hp so fast, even if they would have a chance if they kept fighting; the biggest trouble I had is with full stealth thieves who use like 3 stealths per fight but if you read their actions a bit you beat them easily, I really love predicting where they run in stealth and drop my elite turret drop stun on them without seeing them

well the burning debuff is already on the mob with a certain intensity so that doesn`t change.

there is however another interesting thing about conditions, if you put let`s say 6 stacks of bleeding on a target at 100 intensity/dmg and then switch to another weap with bleed at higher intensity and put 2 more stacks with 200 dmg, all the stacks become of the highest dmg.

hope u understood what I meant

Absolutely AWFUL article full of short-sighted views and just flat out stupidity.

From the so called article:

“- Roles are horribly underexplained and unclear” => everything is unclear when you`re stupid dear article writer

“- Dynamic events don’t work in their role as quest replacements” => maybe because their role IS NOT to replace quests ? how dumb is this guy rly?

“-Crafting is a freaking mess” => again, everything is a mess when you`re stupid dear article writer

Ok I give up, too much to quote and it`s not worth my time.

The question was MOST options. Warrior is the last class he should play for that. Guardian and Thief don`t have many options either. Seriously, don`t listen to these people.

Elementalist, Engineer and Mesmer (in no particular order) have the most options always.

karka “brutally difficult” ?
“I’d rather have my gums scraped than fight karka in Southsun” ?
“Public perception is that Karka are hard to kill.” ?

No offense but where are you getting these ideas ?
I use my rifle as an engi and I don`t even bother dodging their attack and they die faster than reflecting.

really? so nobody is mentioning:

“which way to the outhouse?”

it`s really sad I have to turn off my speakers when I go to LA.
also, I would like to play necro or mesmer but sry can`t stand necro staff and mesmer greatsword sounds.

This is a pretty good idea.

3-5 completely random picked hearts per day will make you move around more and I`m sure once you`re at a heart, why not do the event near it for some karma right? This way more people everywhere in the world map.

This is a very very good idea! I miss some of the old areas but going there now is just a waste of time, make it worth it.

wow, one skill challenge where you need more than one player to do it.

big deal

if you really must complain trust me there are dozens of legitimate reasons, find one of those instead

leveling is already extremely entertaining

would you like a nice small room full of respawnable mobs to kill for 10-20 hours to get max level?

sorry but I can`t respect people who don`t enjoy exploring the beautiful world Anet has created for them.

the play-style you probably want is the boring one

This game needs more CPU than GPU and SSD does not make a big difference.

The the OP:
I hate how people keep getting tricked into buying bad video cards just because they put 2Gb of memory on them. However, the game should run fine, at least for normal PvE; WvW or huge events in Orr I can`t be sure about but I`m guessing u`ll see some FPS drops.

karma.8763:

KICKER.3874:

I made an exotic set and got with all buffs and food possible 218% MF. that`s the highest possible in the game.

The difference is somewhat noticeable on the quality of drops but very very little. Btw MF doesn`t work on dungeon chests.

Do you have both MF ascended rings? if not you dont have the highest.

ok genius with both ascended rings u get 6 more MF.

the only thing I forgot to add is guild banner so I can actually get 228 and max possible in the game is 6 more on top.

the point was that even with over 200% MF the drops were just barely noticeable, if at all, but dmg dropped by a lot. people who use MF are getting carried by others, both in dungeons and in farm groups

I made an exotic set and got with all buffs and food possible 218% MF. that`s the highest possible in the game.

The difference is somewhat noticeable on the quality of drops but very very little. Btw MF doesn`t work on dungeon chests.

ah lol should have looked at GT 610 specs, 64-bit is awful

yep, everything is bad, just buy all new when u can

I`m actually surprised the game even runs on what u have, I`m guessing you never went to a big WvW fight or late game Orr events, pretty sure you won`t get more than 1-2 FPS there

I don`t think there`s anything you can do to boost performance

your video card should be fine in a new system but everything else is outdated for new games

blue and red doesn`t color everything anymore, I stay in my own colors now

Lankybrit.4598:

I really don’t see the point. These are just using up space. I think I’ll just delete them.

What a useless reward for completing a map. Why can’t they give some more crafting mats instead?

Oh well.

Cheers.

I myself am really happy they are in the game.

If you just rush to 80 and don`t care about anything until then you`re definitely enjoying the game less than others, just take you time and have fun.

Yay for bandits thougher than Dragons!

If you think knockbacks are bad try fighting bandit champs with perma blind on you and them being perma stealthed Happened in Brisban Area

GregT.4702:

I’ve been playing MMOs for, what, ten years now? And I’ve been reading casual/hardcore threads for ten years.

Look, there’s no point in pleasing casual players because they’re not committed to the game, might leave at any momnet, and in any case they just want to get all the epic rewards without actually having to acquire skills or finish content.

And, honestly, hardcore players are just terrible, terrible people, and they’re lucky that they’re barely tolerated to play this game instead of being put in jail, where they can whine about how lenient parole systems are ruining the challenge of the custodial experience.

It may be that Arenanet are secretly breeding magical loot pixies that will shower tolerance dust over both casual and hardcore alike and bring about a new golden age where everyone is happy. That is possible.

But more likely you should just accept that this is a basically insoluble problem of MMO design, that casuals keep playing MMOs despite whining about not being catered to, that hardcores keep playing MMOs despite whining about not being catered to, and that the world goes on turning and we’re all having fun regardless.

Exactly.
And both sides are equally lame.

This game actually has it all, stupid fractal grind for the so called “hardcore” and a huge world to explore for the “casuals” with easy ways to get 99% of the items in the game.

But what are they doing ?
The casuals cry they`re left behind and can`t grind, something they don`t want to do anyway, and the hardcore cry there`s not enough things to grind and forget to have fun in the world. So stupid.

I laughed at the jail part too

Quick Mouse.7635:

KICKER.3874:

So you`ll have a stack of normal ectoplasms and another stack of account bound ectoplasms ? What`s happening in the crafting window, do I have to choose if I want to use normal or account bound mats? What if I have 3 account bound and 2 normal mats for an item that needs 5 ? Is my item going to be account bound?

No thank you. Bad idea.

What do you need legendaries for anyway? Do you have every single item exotic and have nothing more to upgrade? I really doubt it.

There was no mention of making account bound crafting mats. I’m not sure where you got that idea from.

Edit: When I said the daily achievement is account-bound, I meant getting the achievement can only be done once per account per day. The crafting materials themselves would never be account bound. Anet can still limit the availability of t6 mats without having to change drop rates or introducing things that could be exploited.

Well, if you didn`t mean account bound mats that different.

But I`ll tell you something else then, by the time I had explored all the PvE map to 95% map complete I already had most of my items crafted as exotics. I think it`s actually timed that way, if you finish your maps you should also be having max items by the time you finish all of them, varying on luck of course.

So are YOU doing your maps to completion? I don`t think any casual needs nor deserves a legendary. I myself probably won`t get one any time soon and that`s fine, I`m not putting in the dedication needed so I won`t have it, it`s THAT easy.

Edit for spelling

So you`ll have a stack of normal ectoplasms and another stack of account bound ectoplasms ? What`s happening in the crafting window, do I have to choose if I want to use normal or account bound mats? What if I have 3 account bound and 2 normal mats for an item that needs 5 ? Is my item going to be account bound?

No thank you. Bad idea.

What do you need legendaries for anyway? Do you have every single item exotic and have nothing more to upgrade? I really doubt it.

You should also know that any item bought with Karma can`t be sold or salvaged, only destroyed. It was really annoying until I figured that one out.

Short Version of any leveling guide for GW2:
100% all the areas you are leveled for before going to higher level ones, don`t rush to hearts and points and do the events you find on the way.

I have to strongly disagree on the use of Flamethrower on Engineer for low levels, you won`t see its real damage until much later after gear and traits become available. I do agree on pistol and shield as probably the easiest way for new players, and another tip would be to absolutely try the Thumper Turret as a tank, easy PvE vs groups of enemies.

Btw, by 4 days to lvl 80 you mean 20 hours a day for 4 days ? I think you`re kinda exaggerating there, leveling your alt with crafting and plenty of gold available doesn`t work for new players.

It crashes if you change areas a lot.

They need to teach the game to clear RAM memory when you exit an area, but I`m not expecting it anytime soon given the amount of basic skills and traits bugs still in the game.

And YES it does happen A LOT more often lately, since the last big patch.

I`m pretty sure piercing has nothing to do with reflecting, if it`s a projectile it`s going to get reflected by a reflect skill always, if you use reflect on time.

However, I can`t speak for bugged traits or skills, sadly that happens a lot in this game. I have to make my builds depending on what`s bugged and what isn`t and that`s rly sad.

man leveling up is the best part of the game

try going to the mists through the PvP screen, then take asura gate to Lion`s Arch, then go to the other races starting areas and do those too

LOL if you think Warrior and Ranger are hard to bind try playing Engineer; you need 4 more buttons for tool belt skills

I use
W A S D – movement – A D strafe
MouseWheelClick Q E R F – for weapon skills
Ctrl Z X C – for tool belt
1 2 3 4 – for skills and elite
Shift for interact
SideMouseButton for take closest target

took some time to master but now I have no trouble and complicated Engineer combat just flows for me

edit: oh and dodge on Alt, forgot to say
btw not using WASD for movement is just silly (A and D strafe not turn, obviously)

So we can`t change stupid things just because they`re old?

We have so much customization now, it`s properly appropriate to call them characters.
Toon is stupid, mostly because it sounds detaching, all you toon defenders should just admit that.

Donari.5237:

My guess is it comes from Roger Rabbit. In that movie, the animated characters, the cartoons, are called toons in a noir slang sort of way. So since then, when playing an animated character (your MMO avatar), people have called them toons as well.

By the way, it’s a great movie and I recommend it highly.

That movie was interesting when it came out but I really doubt it was THAT popular to spawn a whole new way to call avatars in MMOs. Dunno maybe it was in other countries but I don`t see it.

Yes on some occasion I wanted to use short “char” but to avoid confusion used full “character”.

However this annoying “toon” thing is not just in this game, I was using Titan Quest forums awhile back and it was ALL they used.

WHY are you calling your characters “toons” ?

Seriously guys, it`s the most annoying thing I have ever heard!

WHY? Where did this come from?

I have a feeling it`s mainly brits using it. Is that true?

Please explain it to me, maybe it won`t annoy me as much if I know why.