Guild Wars 2

It’s never too early for theorycraft

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Enrif.7359:

or you kite the boss, dodge roll, CC.

Breakbar on a ranged boss. Also I’m sure there is a breakbar in that phase, so you need to cc+survive, or wipe.

It’s probably going to be red. Atm that’s not revenant but a class with no name (try mouse hover it)

Shield has basically a 4s invuln for pve and 4k heal, and sword has a 3s dodge. I’m not sure that staff is better.

I personally like the idea of glint being able to swap from dps mode to tank mode. Also another invuln on healing

Coldtart.4785:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Invulnerability#Profession_skills

You also need to cc. No dodge (except DD), no invuln

Quarktastic.1027:

If people can solo scale 50 fractals in full zerker/sinister gear, I doubt raids will cause the zerker meta to change.

Very few people can do it, in very specific fractals and with very specific builds. Also taking ages.

Kormeg.2469:

Kidel.2057:

How do you call something that does cc to not take damage?
How do you call something that does cc to drain break bars and doesn’t take lethal damage meanwhile?

I call both forms of tanking.

And that’s just your definition.

Mine says that a tank is someone that forces enemies to attack them instead of their teammates, so said mates can focus on dps.

And I dont see that happening.

Guild Wars 2 doesnt have a normal hate system, except AI reactions to different threat levels and types. (see last gdc for more info about this)

However if all the other players are forced to leave the platform and you’re the only one that can face the boss, then here you have your tank definition.

Enrif.7359:

I call it control or support.

as a tank you take the hits and survive thanks to high health/armor/evasion, and steady healing in coming

I agree. That’s why the “only 2 players remaining” is important. You probably need a tank build to survive.

How do you call something that does cc to not take damage?
How do you call something that does cc to drain break bars and doesn’t take lethal damage meanwhile?

I call both forms of tanking.

However f2p is a little bit an exaggeration. That’s more like a free trial. The amount of restrictions is insane compared to a normal f2p.

I’m not saying this should change. I’d like even more restrictions.

I’m pretty sure he said you need 2 players keeping cc on the boss while the others glide away. Am I wrong?
However with similar gimmicks coming into place I can definitely see a change in the full zerker meta.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/No-more-full-zerker-meta/first

So what will be our CC-HighSurvivability (+power/condi?) build?

With raid boss requiring 2 tanks to keep him occupied, does it mean that the meta is confirmed to change? That tanks will come to GW2? Colin said (again) that they want you to change role with any class and modify your traits according to what the raid needs and he also said that 2 players will constantly need to cc the boss and survive.

Add the daredevil cc and high evasion to the picture.

protip: you can’t
Get ascended one, it’s the same stat-wise, you just spend more to change stats on it.

Please don’t make Revenant armor a legendary one, I want that skin soon ahah

SkyShroud.2865:

and now we have lots of free acounts flooding wvw and increase the pop size

they need lv 60 to access wvw.

John Smith.4610:

Don’t worry, the economy will be ok. We put a lot of effort into keeping it protected.

Thanks you John Smith, if that’s your real name!
However whisper restrictions are probably too low, and there are no restrictions to party invites (and party chat, of course) AT ALL.

Possible RMT exploit. I can’t spam whispers, but I can actually spam party invites and use party chat.

Ardenwolfe.8590:

Oh hell. Thanks Kidel.

You’re welcome.

A mix of zerker+valk up to 52% crit chance. Rune of rage.

Bandit.8279:

Kidel.2057:

So a whole spec for traps and a longbow that is not even a great improvement from the usual scepter+offhand. And they don’t even have good sinergy, traps are melee and longbow is ranged.

Funny how I don’t read about “synergy issues” in ranger trap threads.

Ranger is a core class. It has ranged and melee options. Dragonhunter adds a ranged weapon and melee skills.

WindGodGirl.6405:

More elite specializations are all but confirmed.

this whole system has been designed to allow multiple elite specs in the future, and it’s also confirmed in the blog post where elite specs are introduced for the first time.

The only question is “when”.

Cynz.9437:

Kidel.2057:

It’s either dps or survivability. You can’t have both at max, you’re forced to do hybrid builds to have both and give up a bit of them. The concept is perfect.

Or do you actually think that bunker Guardians do dps?

Daredevil is an evasion tank if you spec into dodges. You can also spec into damage however. Not going to survive much more then now, but you still have stealth and 1 more dodge.

… and then we have dd eles, engis and mesmers…. which throw your concept out of window

except none of them can do damage and conditions while dodging, or run fast enough to cap multiple points.
This thing can blink to points as a thief and also keep them as a bunker.
Plus stealthed assassinations with the elite skill and group support with staff and daggers.

It’s going to be a must in pve and probably a little bit OP in pve. Even Karl took almost no damage from Svanir and he claimed to be winning a lot against Roy.

All the new specs are tied to the story.

Taimi training to add inscriptions to metals -> Forge
Braham finding Eir’s bow -> Avenger
Marjory with her sister’s soul in her sword -> Reaper
Rytlock finding a connection to Glint -> Herald
Canach enraged by racism and such -> Berserker

Rox, Kasmeer and Caithe are probably getting their elite specs too by something story-related (maybe Marjory dies and Kasmeer turns time back like in the old Superman movie lol).

So of course there is no really a place for rifle in the current elite spec rotation. Maybe next.

Sure, cool, guy leeches the whole raid then drops an ascended weapon and links it in map chat.

Way to go!

Seriously, WoW has ruined mmo. GW2 is right on track: tokens and merit. You do stuff = you earn things. No luck involved (not much at least).

Stinja.9612:

Over 5000 hours on my thief

I feel you Aiki i’m just re-rolling to Rev since daredevil looks incredibly boring man. Even if i used it i wouldn’t take the staff. Potentially Perma-weakness is some cheesy game-play too power V power.

Why bother dealing with any of the typical thief life problems when you can just re-roll to a better class at this point.

All of you people who are buying into this “evade hype” seem to be forgetting about guardian circles/lines and ele lines or are just pvers.

Staff daredevil is for bunker-like builds, it’s basically an evasion tank by definition. Bunker builds do very low damage.

Currently that’s something a normal thief can’t do.

It’s either dps or survivability. You can’t have both at max, you’re forced to do hybrid builds to have both and give up a bit of them. The concept is perfect.

Or do you actually think that bunker Guardians do dps?

Daredevil is an evasion tank if you spec into dodges. You can also spec into damage however. Not going to survive much more then now, but you still have stealth and 1 more dodge.

NapTooN.6283:

Glint/Herald is Support, so it can not be in your Power DPS Build.

Sure, permanent 6 might and fury is not dps.

Triple confirmed.

random names
/charrr

slow is better then random or careless

Ardenwolfe.8590:

Dulfy’s saying it’s something call a ‘promote only’ tweet for certain people.

Yep

Valento.9852:

Killyox.3950:

least favorite =/= worst

Logic 101

While that is true, it doesn’t change the fact that tempest are still the worst elite spec so far.

worst elite spec for the best class that will continue being the best class after HoT. It’s not a big problem, you can live.

Stop breaking this game eles

is this a troll thread? Dragonhunter is a bad name, Daredevil is perfectly fine.

Seth.8906:

use Google and see… tweet can be faked
p.s.
sorry for by bad eng XD

You can’t fake the domain in the uri. Not from a direct link.

Bubi.7942:

One thing left:

Will there be content?

I can promis you a lot of content and pilu. Pic related

the fact is that with the lack of swappable utility skills, every legend should have access to condi cleanse, so I can survive conditions even on Shiro/Glint.

mrstealth.6701:

Kidel.2057:

GussJr.1643:

I don’t see it on their twitter feed either.

it’s hidden from their twitter homepage, but it’s there.

I didn’t even know twitter had tweet hiding.

Me neither!

It can be polished even after the release if needed, don’t worry. The class will be broken and fixed multiple times, even if it’s perfect before the release.

Anyway the class has been improved a lot after just 2 beta tests, and there are still 2 more at least. I’m confident.

Killyox.3950:

I did describe
how to cancel
facets to him
three word style

I knew it
good job man

NeroBoron.7285:

Crappy heal skill

things can change
Roy our boy

Oh, and by the way:

GussJr.1643:

I don’t see it on their twitter feed either.

it’s hidden from their twitter homepage, but it’s there.

Hvaran.6327:

u know what they going to announce on PAX right?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/PAX-announcement-in-a-nutshell/first#post5426818

that gave me a big laugh, thank you sir.

it’s at least 30 days earlier then expected.

good!

free game is a good thing. I just hope there are some limits, so that the game as we know it now won’t change too much.

assassination and brue force are 2 different things. It doesn’t require brute force to kill somebody who is already down, just assassin skills.

This being said, stop being fanboys. Berserker has already too many toys. I see only nerfs incoming for that spec.

Caerbanog.3410:

Kidel.2057:

Commander Kanen.6031:

Delete Dragonhunter.
Give Guardian a Spear, new Virtues skills and traits.
Call it Paragon.

No need. It’s obvious by artworks that Braham is going to be the first “longbow Guardian”. Paragon is for another time, another spec.

However Avenger seems a fitting name for Braham going to avenge Eir, hunting the dragons. No need to stress on the fact that he’s a dragon hunter, since we all are.

Avenger is perfectly fine.

You can’t use Avenger except if you want to do a cross over Marvel/DC as GW2 is already in the DC universe with Daredevil.

You know that “Avenger” and “Daredevil” are common words with a meaning, right? Or are you implying that “virtue of Justice” is a copyright infrangement for Justice League?

And Daredevil is Marvel by the way.

he said “least favourite”. I’m pretty sure it’s not worse then DH.

The fact is that tempest is not bad on its own, the problem is that Ele is too strong, can do already everything. Thay should move something from core specs to tempest.

Face this fact: even with all the specs in the game, Ele is probably still the strongest class in the game.

with berserker being sustained burst, and mesmer, theif and ele having huge burst capabilities, I don’t see much place for conditions, that are the slowest kind of sustained damege, UNLESS a specific boss gimmick requires it.

Killyox.3950:

Stinja.9612:

Cant Cancel Facets

:(

Switch Your Legend

Use Their Secondaries

Turn All On
Run Out Of
Energy And have
All Boons Then
Switch Legend And
Have 50% Energy
With No Cd
On Your Herald

OT:

Many Boons Much

Wow Very Excite

Ima Boon Bot

what the kitten

Robert Gee.9246:

From a design perspective, Mesmers are more about providing fields and less about activating them. It’s not just blast finishers, Mesmers lack reliable sources of many other finishers too. Necromancers fill a similar role. By contrast you might notice that Warriors have lots of finishers but not many fields.

We don’t always get this balance right (and I think there is a different discussion to be had about when we don’t) but I hope that clarifies what we were going for in the case of Mesmers.

oh, that’s why Berserker got like 20 fire fields?