Anbringehr-Human Guardian
My Build The Legendary Defender
I personally prefer people I can have fun with. Regardless of how fast you complete the dungeon, or how efficient you are.
Stop trying to min/max this game.
Exactly ainianu. I personally think this thread should be closed and completely unreadable before people start tainting the masses with delusions of grandeur.
There are already LFM’s that require people to post thier stats before they join a party. Its pretty rediculous. I mean, I personally have no issues because Im not a bad player, but creating meters, will create bad player names, and then these people will be ostrasized and no one will want to team with them because they have a bad reputation.
How is this at all fair to the person in question? So what If he is dragging down performance. What if he has a really positive attitude? Or if he’s a great guy to be teamed with, he’s funny, charismatic, but he completely sucks at video games?
Greatest player in the world isnt kitten when it comes to having a bad attitude.
I agree Terra. 100%, i mis typed when i said guide, what i should have said was “Our guilds way” to doing SE Path 1.
We have tried any other method and tried to fix our builds ,and swap gear. We are nowhere near bad players, and were sure as hell not the best, but the only way we’ve gotten past it, flawlessly, multiple upon multiple times now, is by using that setup.
We can get past it with other characters, but 4/5 of us die, or we have to jump into the lava to reset mobs. The only way we actually “DO” the dungeon, the “Right” way, is with that setup. Which shouldnt be “right” at all, because requiring certain classes to finish a dungeon should be a no-no
I want numbers. I want caclutated numbers that show just how much they drag a parties performance down. Please. You all “say” that you’ve “Had personal experiences”.
But oh wait, they wont give us numbers. Because that isnt what guild wars 2 is about. Stop trying to Min/Max the freakin game and have fun with it.
Just think, every time that guy in “MF” gear goes down. Its Experience whenever you res him.
Im surprised. Truly surprised.
You want gear management system, to where you can view other peoples gear? You dont want to be mean, but at the same time you want to scrutinize players for wearing certain pieces of gear.
You want more effective dungeons? Then find a group you enjoy playing with. Form a static group. Because you are expecting WAY too much out of pugs. Thats whats so great about pugs. You never know what your going to get.
This is just another way for people to judge other players, which i do not think is very smart in the long run. You wont find me personally running with magic find gear, but you wont find me judging others because they are either.
You will never be able to judge a players performance, you will never be able to gauge whether or not they are contributing much to the party. what you will be able to tell, is that, they are a player, of a wonderful game. Like you. If you want to seperate that fact, you can, but you will not be well-liked by the community.
Again, refer to my post here
and here
and here
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Maulkior —> Charr Guardian
9/10 on Bahn the Reaver. 10/10 For costume
@Barricade. Its not Unwillingness to take criticisms, Its just that this build has done all the high level and high tier content, whatever needs to be done to change the build will be done by me, for me. Because this game is all about playstyle, there is no “Optimal” build, some are obviously better than others, but then again, so are players.
Skill is a major factor in this game, as is map awareness, and the ability to pay attention.
The build is solid, and teams really appreciate having a dedicated support. I wish i screenshotted all the times that people have said that the dungeon was made extremely easier by me.
This is merely a guideline on how to build a supportive/tanky style guardian.
I’ve really reconsidered taking the 5 points out of zeal and moving it to virtues, but I rarely use concecrations. I never have to reflect/protect allies because im too busy keeping them buffed up and at full hit points .
I’ve gotten the rotation down to where I can keep protection on allies for 36 seconds straight. with only a 4 second delay till the next 10 3/4 duration of protection. Regeneration buffs I can get on allies for almost full minute.
Charr Guardian.
Because: Charr.
I second this statement.
You play, however you want to play . That is the beauty of guild wars 2. There is no min/max. There is nothing that is the best. There is what you enjoy. Find that, and you will find true fun in guild wars.
@ lyer. Magic find gear can be found on exotics as well.
No. I think the game should remain how it is. Find people you enjoy teaming with, and add them to friends list. Otherwise, leave the teamplay element of the game alone. We do not need to have the LFM pools tainted by elitism.
Again. Making it to where you can see peoples stats is not a method of guild wars. If you ever played guild wars 1. You would understand this. There was a way to post builds, and such. To see whatever attributes you had. But that is no longer an option. You have to just judge accordingly.
Making judging public would ostracize some people. And discrimination based on gear, how would that make this game any different than WoW?
Besides better combat, better situational awareness abilities, better teamwork and teamplay elements of course.
Or not. Because what if someone wearing magic find gear is actually good? Does this mean that you can judge a players skill just by how much magic find they do and do not have?
I do not see how this makes dungeons fair.
And do you know if such people are wearing magic find gear? Maybe they are just having a bad day. There are more than 1 variables in this calculation senor.
“Save yourself” isnt OP in sPvP
DPS LFG (Looking For Group)
:)
(Sorry, i know thats a low blow for guardians) :P
Our dedicated dungeon group finishes dungeons relatively quickly, we did AC1-3, and SE 1-3. Generally, this is all we have time for, but when we finished a little early, we decided to go do CoF Path 1 because its the easiest and fastest one.
So we finished it, but only recieved 20 or 25 tokens at the end of the run. Now, this was AFTER the reset, because it was nearly midnight when we finished it.
Is there a deminishing return on how many dungeons you can do a day? Just wondering. I’ve seen several other posts and I’m starting to wonder if its like loot-tables in Orr and Karma gain.
LOVED the video. Excellent teamwork man. +1
Just because somebody dis-agrees with you does not make them a “hater”.
Your attitudes are the reason why so many MOBA’s arnt playable. And the reason why gaming communities deteriorate.
How is it mis-using? I never insulted anyone, never called them bad, never said anything mean to them. I just stated the obvious.
LOL. That comment was in regard to what i posted. LOL.
Should check out my Legendary Defender
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Legendary-Defender/first#post654532
Merciful intervention works as intended.
Guardians are like a vacuum cleaner, they suck, and they blow, and you just dread them coming out of the closet.
Bumping the guild thread, just wanting to say thanks for all the events, and all the teamwork we do, really makes me happy to be in this guild.
Thanks guys for your support and messages.
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This Build Is really good at tanking/supporting. Believe me, I’ve tried it and tested it personally.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Legendary-Defender/first#post654532
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[Sources]
Regeneration Sources
(With the Ascolonian armor set, the boon duration bonuses are increased tremendously, without having to sacrifice trait points into spec’ing “Virtues”)
[Moderate amounts of retaliation]
[Massive amounts of Protection]
[Grants Aegis]
[Grants Burning/Might]
[Grants massive amounts of might]
[Massive Amounts of Healing]
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Utility skills I Use
Signet of Resolve
Hold The Line
Stand Your Ground
Merciful Intevention This SKILL Is Currently WORTHLESS
Battle Roar
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Trait Bonuses
Bonuses for Symbols
Attribute Bonuses
% Duration Increase/CDR/% DMG Increase
Automatic Bonuses/Abilities at % HP
50% HP*- Gain Aegis
[Trait Breakdown]
Valor
Purity
Superior Aria
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Mace/Shield Vs. Mace/Focus
Thank you all for the support, and the PM’s. I just wanted to Address a question that has been asked several times in the PM’s.
Why do you use Mace/Shield Vs. Mace/Focus?.
First. Lets talk about Mace/Focus before I talk about Mace/Shield.
Benefits to Mace/Focus
A 45 Second CD for Shield of Wrath
And a Blind attack That can either jump from foes to allies and grant allies regeneration
These all seem like great benefits for using a Focus versus a Shield. So now lets talk about the cons
The Cons of using A Focus
Lets talk about the shield.
Benefits of using a shield
Slighty More Defensive Options
Cons of using a shield
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Not sure why people are complaining about skipping stuff here. Have you guys honestly never ran past mobs to catch a skill point / way point or w/e in Orr?
Don’t answer. I’m 100% sure everyone in this game has. But then again people tend to become hypocrites when people accomplish something they are not capable / willing to accomplish themselves.
To OP: Nice work. It has been done multiple times (and faster) before, but I agree, with the current state of dungeons it’s much more exciting to reduce your party size and try to shoot for some good times, just like what people did in GW1.
LOL. you act like this game is difficult. There are a number of dungeons out there that would be far more credible to do than AC. This dungeon has been SOLO’d for christs sake. It is not that difficult, and 2 manning it is extremely easy. Its just losing its credibility when you skip parts of the dungeon. Like the LT Kholer.
The reason you will never see our guild 2 man this is because A: Its way more fun with more people, and B, it goes by extremely faster. If 2 people can zerg it like this, imagine if you have 5 of them, how much faster it would be. You act like they actually accomplished something monumental.
I dont see how Arah gear is considered “end game” dungeon set. It has the exact same stats as any other 80 exotic.
Yeah, and skipping half the dungeon while your at it. The same thing could be accomplished with 5. only faster if people skip the dungeon like you did.
So glad this is what guild wars 2 has become. senseless zerging through quests.
How to defeat a thief?
Well. Here is how I do it.
Thief comes running at me.
I scream like a newly reamed cub at the Fahrar. I Run. Run. Keep running. All while being backstabbed.
I keep healing myself. and despite the thiefs efforts. I live, and He has grown tired of plink plinking me with his puny daggers.
I just dont see how your able to kill the adds quick enough from path 1. We have extremely good dps, and even then, we couldnt take them all out before another group showed up 4 seconds later, for boss 2’s adds that come into boss 1’s room.
And i personally do not agree with allowing us to see other peoples gear. I dont care about how anyone else plays but me. And that is all that should matter to EVERYONE. Dont worry about others. Worry about yourself.
If you pay attention , and know other class skills/traits , you know whether or not someone is being productive. Just like in guild wars 1. Each skill had its own unique sound or activation. and If you were good enough, you could close your eyes, and listen to whats going on ,and you would know just what skill was being used, besides the ranger/ritualist spirits of course. they have the same sounds.
Guild wars 1 never had a meter. Yet people were still able to judge based on builds and performance.
Guild wars 2 should run the same way.
Reducing the cooldowns would make them overpowered. Sorry, but i cannot agree with this statement, and I’m a dedicated guardian as well.
We are “flashy”. We are “easily swarmed”.
I think we are perfect just the way we are, the only thing I would like to have changed, is zealots defense on a sword should be mobile. We should be able to move while doing it.
At lv 80 it heals 25 per second. I have 1676 healing power, and It still only heals me for 25.
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@ ArchTheFallen. I wouldnt know, I’ve never picked up a greatsword. Ever. Except to test zealous blade. I played my guardian with the Mace/Shield + Staff combo all the way to 80. I’ve never used anything else. I’ve already found what i love.
@Dan Why would you nerf this? Its for PvE. So a guardian is durable, nerf them? Isnt that what they are supposed to be? Durable?
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Good question. Without proper number crunchers/meters we will never know. good way to test is Spvp and take the lv 1 weapons that dont change in damage.
I use Abyss dye/ white/ Cobalt on my guardian.
Yes strifey please do, we just attempted to do it last night again with a different group make up, and we failed horribly. the only way we can get past it is with our current group make up.
2 guardians
warrior
mesmer
thief.
Weapon Stats updated in Second Post.
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here is my gaudian, color scheme is blue white and black
I was being serious about checking your GW2 folder. have any files been changed recently. I found a corrupted file in mine and had to reinstall guild wars 2 in order to fix it.
A lot of abilities are condition based. I personally play a ton of ranger shortbow, which has an auto-attack that is glorious (even after the nerf). My other skills are very situational on the short bow: A cripple to slow down a chaser, a poison spread to lower healing over multiple enemies, a daze, and a dodge/swiftness. There no sense in blowing all those things, and just through smart positioning and auto-attacking, I can put out bunches of condi-DPS.
I don’t imagine we’ll implement something that allows you to observe another player’s “work-rate” because with all the different ways to make and play a character, it would be difficult to measure and quantify someone’s input in a factual way. It’s not about the numbers you make as an individual, but the team-play and coordination as a group.
THANK YOU ROBERT!!!! now can you spread that throughout all these posts please! Teamplay and coordination is key!
Check your gw2 folder for gremlins.
You were warned to avoid water AND not to feed them after midnight!
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