yea but all the other classes are getting huge buffs too so technically we’re not going to be op
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
what’s the difference, they both have a lot of shiny colors
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
I got a build that duels pretty much any class. I only lose to hunters because I’m a noob and I have targeting problems so their stealth + their pet + their kiting screws me over (and I still do extremely well against them)
not gonna waste telling you specifics because it’s going to be useless when that expansion thing comes out. I do go 20660 and I got zerks and eagle rune so my damage is still really nice. gs + sword foci
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
I hope they make it strong just not too strong that everyone will start playing this class. I like this class because it can be played with a similar playstyle as a warrior, and isn’t nearly as popular as the warrior. more unique. hate playing something that everyone else plays
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
They gave us trait which increase vitality by 300. But only if you go heavy into vitality line. It’s some kind of compensation by them but it is really bad….
kidding me the vitality line is great
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
hahahaha I’m so happy I got a tanky as kitten guard with a butt load of damage. if you guys stopped looking up guides and actually tried making your own builds you’d see just how insane this class can get
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
What are the sweet spots for each stat in WvW? I found mine for sPvP but it’s so hard to build in WvW and the stats for everyone are just so different so I don’t know what to do. I’m thinking
I have no experience in WvW so these may not make sense but for the experienced does this look possible/good? This is what I have for sPvP and it works great
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
This is my biggest problem in PvP especially against turret engis and hunters. I keep attacking the AIs and it screws me up. Do you guys manually click on the person you want to target or do you have a key to use?
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
I just wwtched a vid with a p/d condi thief and it looked soooo funny he just clicked 1 and 2 and kited while the cinditions ate up the enemy. I just want to know what the most cheesy, dishonorable, anger inducing thief build out there is.
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
is there a way I can complete a dungeon while giving the exp for my level 50? When ever I do an AC path with my 80 then switch to my 50 right when the dungeon ends all he gets is the exp but not the daily 1.5 gold
Wiat to get the daily bonus chest on the main (happens right when the boss dies usually) then swap. If you have kitten you should be fine. However some people load slowly, in this case swap before you kill the boss so you’re in there and you’ll get both, the second option though generally is considered rude unless you’re with freinds who don’t mind, in the first case ask someone to hold the cutscene btw, it’ll extend the time to swap (doesn’t finish till the cutscene does) again you’ll have to hope your group is nice, but it’s an option.
And well, those are your two options.
I did do the second one where I swap right before the boss dies but all I get is the exp and not the chest that gives the daily gold. I heard about the cutscene one but when I asked I got kicked from one group so I can’t depend on other people
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
is there a way I can complete a dungeon while giving the exp for my level 50? When ever I do an AC path with my 80 then switch to my 50 right when the dungeon ends all he gets is the exp but not the daily 1.5 gold
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
for pve you get atleast 10 points in zeal and radiance then throw the other 4 points in what ever you want but for pvp you get VERY little in zeal and radiance and put 6 points in valor and 2 or more in virtues. why is it so different?? they don’t even resemble each other even though they are both dps builds
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
Well not every class will be adjusted to what you just want, that makes no sense. This game has to appeal to everyone.
Want a cute quirky little thing? Asura.
Want manly man or just a big kitten woman? Norn
Want an animal? Charr. Although I wish they made them cooler because in the character creation screen where you see silhoutes they looked SO much more bad kitten . I feel like they don’t get enough love. They look the best as engineers tho
Want a good looking and aesthetic person? Human.
Want something similar to a human, but much more unique and not as focused on looking like a pretty boy/girl? Sylvari.
Different people want different things
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
I’m level 34 and I’m just frustrated playing this class in dungeons. I’m constantly looking at my skill bar at the cool downs and I don’t know when I’m supposed to use my virtues, especially the shield, I just use it when I feel like it’s been a long time since I last used it =.=
My other character is a thief and I’m reaaaally good with mobility and staying alive through evades and all my damages but for this class which I expected to be easier is WAY harder
All I want to know is when you guys felt fluid with the class. I know it takes 1000 hours blahblahblah to master a class but I know it doesn’t take that long to actually feel comfortable with a class. I forgot when I got comfortable with my thief so that’s why I need to ask
It all depends on the person, really. I first loved the class when I was able to summon spirit weapons. They usually did all the tanking for me and I could dish out a lot of damage too. I pretty much soared through PvE till about lvl 70 or so but that’s just the roaming aspect of it. I haven’t ran dungeons in some time so I don’t have much to say about that :P I usually brought a lot of support while also dishing out decent damage. As for F3 I would see whether or not a big hit was coming, especially an aoe hit. If not then I wouldn’t use it at all. A lot of your virtues are passive until you’re in a “holy kitten ” scenario
you know what I realized, I didn’t actually love what I was playing. I like gaurdians and their concept, but it was the weapons I didn’t love, more specifical the sword and scepter stuff. I switched to hammer and I’m just messing kitten up everything feels way more natural because it fits my playstyle PERFECTLY going ham mode with gs and hammer. What differentiates this game so much from other mmos is how weapons work, like even if you’re playing a tank in this game the weapons drastically affect how you play which I didn’t realize till now.
but yea virtues are still a problem since I’m still a noob :P but wait does aegies block absolutely everything? like this mechanic I never really understood, no matter what attack it is it will block the first tick of damage dealt to you? including cc from that specific attack? I thought it just blocked damage from auto attacks or something
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
I’m level 34 and I’m just frustrated playing this class in dungeons. I’m constantly looking at my skill bar at the cool downs and I don’t know when I’m supposed to use my virtues, especially the shield, I just use it when I feel like it’s been a long time since I last used it =.=
My other character is a thief and I’m reaaaally good with mobility and staying alive through evades and all my damages but for this class which I expected to be easier is WAY harder
All I want to know is when you guys felt fluid with the class. I know it takes 1000 hours blahblahblah to master a class but I know it doesn’t take that long to actually feel comfortable with a class. I forgot when I got comfortable with my thief so that’s why I need to ask
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
this is probably my biggest problem with mmos is that I don’t know how to keybind so I want to try what other people have. what do you guys have for your utility and elite and the unique skills?
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
how the kitten do you have 1k achievment points? i got my thief to level 80 like a week ago and i only have 700…
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
that was back when thieves did more damage than warriors
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
I’d go warrior but there are two things I don’t like about them.
They are the most popular class from my experience and I don’t like playing a class where there are a bunch of me running around everywhere.
Also, they are very boring and too easy. In PvE for example, you make so many mistakes but you will be fine. On Thief, if I made one mistake I was almost dead so it was more thrilling
If we’re talking the meta build (GS & Sw/F, Med Zerk) which actually has a very strong 1v1 game, then yes, you will have trouble with kiting, and mobility. For this reason, many guards choose to run rune of the traveler for wvw for that 25% movement speed. If you manage your CC, and teleports properly, you can dish out enough damage in bursts so that kiting is less of an issue for you. I like to run scepter instead of sword. The ranged pressure from scepter auto attack (which is actually fairly strong if the opponent is running in a straight line and not side stepping them) usually forces out some dodges, and the immob helps you get in some nice burst (immob + weapon swap + sigil of hydromancy proc + Binding blade/pull + whirling wrath for example).
Additionally, you could try running sigil of hydromancy if you run GS or Hammer for an extra burst damage (hits 1.2k on crit), and a few seconds of chill. Sigil of air/fire are well suited for sword due to its high attack rate, but weapons like hammer or gs where you get in some burst, but generally only get in a few hits at time work better with a non-chance on crit sigil imo. I find it to help me get in a good auto attack chain, also force a dodge roll, and MAYBE a condi cleanse!
Overall though, once you really get the hang of the class, you’ll have amazing 1v1 game. Assuming you’re fighting an equally experienced opponent, there aren’t many 1v1s you will lose, except for freaking D/D cele eles, and their cosntant regen, as well as turret engis.
If you want a build that is REALLY focused on 1v1, consider trying a condi guardian, or hybrid guardian (maybe even one that runs spirit weapons). They’re not nearly as susceptible to kiting, constantly deal a lot of damage through burning while still maintaining decent survivability with meditations/monk’s focus trait.
Ok I made my gaurdian. But when do you pick a DPS gaurdian instead of the condi or hybrid guardian? If they are better at 1v1 and dealing with kiting why pick dps guardian, do they give more buffs to teammates?
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
I would like a second character that is meaty with nice dps. Like a bruiser(jax, hecarim) in league. Dps gaurdian caught my interest because i know gaurdians are tanky so a dps gaurdian must be what im looking for but not sure. Do they have any glaring weaknesses that other classes will exploit in a duel? Im very big on duels amd skirmishes
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
Which class and build excels at dueling or 1v2? Are warriors and dps guardians good because i am constantly getting pooped on by them and id like to try one out for my second character
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
more than half of you guys who aren’t trying to make a funny costume don’t even look like assassins lol. mine is the best in this thread
Because it’s so much more interesting to try very hard to look like an assassin, and end up being a douchified copycat of some popular movie/videogame figure.
don’t speak for everyone lol maybe your imagination isn’t big enough to create a cool and unique looking assassin but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible
even if i had a tiny imagination i would still rip off a character like ezio than look like a class that isn’t the one i’m playing
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
this class is one of those classes in video games designed to make bad people cry even though it’s not as bad as the baddies think LOL. i see it happen in most games
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
If you click on a target/have a target selected, there should appear a red line under each skill on your bar that is out of range
ooooh didn’t know about that thanks
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
EX) If I hover over my steal ability, which has 900 range, is there a way for it to show like a circle around my character what 900 range is while hovering over it? Like in League if you hover over an ability it’ll give you a blue circle around your character showing the range. A lot of times I use steal when I think I’m close enough but I’m not actually then it just puts it on a 5 second cd and ruins my sneak attack
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
you noobs you get your end game accessories from fractals
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
I’m interested in how he was captured. He seems to have a weakness or something.
It was probably those hammers they may have drained his energy or something then the chains with those seals are what kept him weak
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
The giant blue guy that we save in fractals of the mist, could he beat a dragon in a fight?
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
use 56300 every other thief build does 0 damage unlike this one
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
So what’s the point of doing more difficult levels if the prizes are the same? just the extra fractal relics?
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
from 1-9, is there a difference in the levels in terms of prizes?
like will level 8 gives better drops than level 1?
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
I just made a thread asking and I asked on reddit and ppl in game and they say for laurels spend it on an ascended amulet. then you will have 20 left over so buy those heavy crafting bags and sell the materials inside. it is pretty much 1gold per 1 laurel so you’ll get 20 gold. I haven’t done this yet I’m still looking around.
idk what to do with karma tho
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
If you have the laurels to spare, get the Ascended trinkets from the laurel merchant. They have no upgrade slot, the upgrades are built into the stats.
When you buy an Ascended Amulet, make sure you get the version with a Utility infusion slot, so you can slot in a Magic Find or Karma Infusion (likely MF). The Amulet is the only piece of gear that can have a Utility slot.
I only got 47 so I’ll just buy an ascended amulet. I’ll get the rings from fractals and the earrings idk. if I can’t get earing from fractals I’ll just worry about them later I guess
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
Where do I get them? I see in the marketplace a zerker trinket is 90, 64, 64 but at the laurel merchant it’s 126, 85, 85 BUT there is no slot to upgrade those stats, just an infusion slot. Which am I supposed to buy? I’m just confused what end game trinkets are considered for PvP, I know for armor and weapons it’s anything ascended but I have no clue how the trinkets work.
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
r u kidding me i finally hit 80 and now they take stealth away? this class is garbage now. ima just play on the faceroll gaurdian instead unless they dont do this. stupid anet
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
more than half of you guys who aren’t trying to make a funny costume don’t even look like assassins lol. mine is the best in this thread
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
this game would be insanely good if it were on dx11 or 12… or anything but what ever it’s on now
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
For example if I’m wearing the hoodie, is there any mask I can wear to cover my face?
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
I don’t do crafting but I have a kitten ton of crafting materials in my bank. Should I sell them? Are there anything I’m going to need them for in the future?
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
I only have 27 laurels and idk what to do with them. I know there’s a merchant but is there anything really valuable there I should be buying and maybe trading for gold?
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
In my opinion, I would just get all berserkers, armor and trinkets. The stat will work for WvW and Pve.
Since most dungeons prefer high damage and in WvW you want to burst your enemies as fast as possible so soliders won’t help much there, unless your goal is to go tanky.
Ok but real quick, why not go with assassin’s? It gives more crit chance which I’d imagine would be way more reliable for bursting people since you have higher chance to crit
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
If I buy exotic BERSERKER armor am I set for both WvW and PvE? or should I get soldier’s as well?
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
I feel weak in dungeons (i’m level 50) so I’m doing a bunch of things and one thing is going from d/p to s/p or what ever the best weapon combo is. are those the best if I’ll be doing mostly dungeon stuff until 80?
edit: nvm this build does a kitten load of damage
why the fuk isnt this the best combo you just spam 2 and 3 over and over again and theres nothing they can do about it
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
It would mean your base damage x 1.2 × 1.06 = effective damage when those damage mods are applicable.
oh wow this is more than just adding the percents together sweet lol thanks
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
if I got a trait for +20% damage when enemy is lower than 50% hp and a rune for +6% damage for enemy lower than 50% hp would that mean +26% damage
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
yooo wtf that’s crazy strong, with 6 in crit tree and all the crit chance buffs this sigil is crazy strong. why don’t people use it it’s always the air and fire stuff
edit: oh wait it has a cooldown nvm
The option to save your life is hindered by a cool down? Does your other condition removal not have any cool down?
Frankly though, if it doesn’t happen in the expansion, it’s never gonna happen.
Believe me, every patch we wonder about why LR is being ignored. It’s been almost 3yrs and still not fixed so I’m skeptical that they will even fix it this expansion.
lol what isn’t making sense, i just said i don’t think it’s as strong as i previously thought because i thought there was no cooldown on it. I just made up another build though so I don’t need it anymore
D/D Elementalist takes no skill but is good at everything in the game.
Mesmer is unfun to play against and does everything better than thieves.
Hoping those two get gutted with nerfs
, in the first case ask someone to hold the cutscene btw, it’ll extend the time to swap (doesn’t finish till the cutscene does) again you’ll have to hope your group is nice, but it’s an option.