Guild Wars 2

DavidH.7380:

Ha,ha, ha… noobs!

(Makes sticky note to remind self to research combo field mechanics and Orr temples.)

:)

Hi,

Glad you are enjoying WvW.

1 & 2 – The rewards suck but you will have to live with that. Roamers and scouts are by far the poorest players in the game because we don’t get any meaningful rewards. Scouts have to pay for upgrades and roamers pay more for food than they earn back by flipping small objectives. According to a dev, defending will be made worthwile in the new expansion. I guess we will have to wait and see.

3 – That really depends on which server you’re on. Getting on your server VoIP helps a lot.

5 – That is not uncommon in RvR games. In DAoC, we often did relic raids during the night. Same with elder scrolls online. I think the only solution would be to make three match ups per day that last 8 hours each.

The term isn’t offensive at all, no matter what context. It’s not 2005 anymore.

/shrug

Crafting, WvW, Orr temples and their mechanics, inventory management (I didn’t know you could deposit all the materials

Gizmo.9178:

You have my bow

And my axe!

Marmatt.8590:

As for WvW dev’s (instead of me) coming into the forum’s, they are most likely busy with HoT which is why they have enlisted me. I am not a “be all end all” WvW guru, i am here to help bring common concerns directly to Arenanet in order to help communication become smoother and more effective.

In bold for the slow people in here. Stop raging for no whatsoever reason. Give the man a chance.

Death Scythe.9738:

What about the “new” Rifle/GS build ?

It’s nice for some WvW funzies but other than that it’s still meh.

Ok, here my 2 coppers:

- Ditch the rune of speed. You are already using warrior’s sprint and movement speeds do not stack. Get melandru or hoelbrak runes. I prefer the latter, because of the extra damage and -condi duration. Both are excellent runes for the warrior, they synergize with dogged march + condition food and thus worth the money.
- Don’t use bull’s charge. Bulls charge in its current state is still buggy and can completely miss targets. I know it sounds funny but throw bola is a better option at the moment. GS/Hammer works also well with 3 stances.
- Sigils: Intelligence sigil on the hammer is a must have. You have a lot of hard hitting single hit abilities on this weapon, #2 #3 #4 #5 and the hammerstun. Having guaranteed crits on a backbreaker is crucial and can hit up to 5k damage. The second sigil I’d use is doom, energy or battle. The latter has been nerfed. That is up to you.

There are a couple more things which I’d change but I don’t want to destroy your build.

This is what I currently use with great success: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQJARSjMd0FaVImhwJagfgC9t3C7gxAYAUmG5OA-TVCFABIcIAA4BAclSQkU+9o6PCcBASTXQL7PkwRAIAACwNvZ28mBG6QH6QH6Q7m38m38m3sMAMLA-w

Utilites swapped depending on what I face. Whirlwind hits like a train because of air and fire sigils. Rush is fixed (thank you Lord) and with merciless hammer + guaranteed crits, you are like kool aid man on crack. Despite the nerfs, I find merciless hammer still to be invaluable.

Edit A couple rotations:
GS4>GS3>swap>H3>Hammerstun>H5>H2>Swap
GS4>GS5>swap>H4>H5>Swap>GS2
GS4>GS3 next to your foe(Swap mid cast)>H4>H5>H2>Hammerstun>Swap

Please post your build Ragnarox.

Having berserker stance and endure pain against a d/p thief can be extremely helpful. GS/axe shield is nice for this match up because you have a block, evade and hard hitting attacks. With GS/Hammer its harder to win. Good thieves will blind you frequently while you are wielding the hammer, this is when you should pop the zerker stance to smack them.

As far as condi shatter mesmer is concerned, it’s important to not get hit by the scepter #2. You can use GS#3 here to whirlwind through, trigger the block and evade the torment application. Avoid chaos storm, dont hit the mesmer when chaos armor is up and save dodges for the shatters. Signet of stamina and zerker stance are very helpful here. Be aware that good mesmers will kill you, no matter if condition or power. The profession itself counters warriors quite hard.

Cele eles… akaCryptic explained it quite well. Offensive rotation of d/d is usually fire>earth>water>…

Nice video

I agree, lots of crybabies in the warrior forum lately.

In PVE the warrior is still very useful with its banners, not top dps, but still decent.
In WvW it’s the 2nd most important profession for zerging, a melee train cannot work without worker and destroyer warriors. For roaming you can use at least 4 different viable builds.
It still has a place in PvP as well with shoutbow and the meta will change anyway once we get stronghold.

pdavis.8031:

To stomp as a medi-guard, when the player is downed, get close and press “F” (or whatever you assigned the action butten to) when it says in red letters “Finish”. This will play an animation of your character stabbing the downed victim with a flag and play another animation based on your finisher selected.

:P

Is this supposed to be funny?

Open world pvp is fun, but it doesn’t fit into this game.

Sorry OP.

Wintersnight.3061:

all in all, ROM is Messi level.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

shadowfanatik.5160:

personally I’m kind of hoping Mordremoth ends up being so big we kill him from the inside out, kind of like the giant worm from GoW2 only with less chainsaws and a more epic conclusion

Maybe turn his physical body into a dungeon

That would be kittening awesome. I loved that part.

The only problem is PEGI 12.

Build wars 2 Kappa

You always needed 10 of them…

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Tempered_Spinal_Blades

The stats on the warrior are pretty good. If your friend really wants to run hammer, I would recommend to put the Intelligence sigil on the hammer. Hammer is a slow weapon and it benefits from the int sigil because it has 3 hard hitting attacks, #2 + #5 + F1.

I don’t really see the point in using bulls charge with his weapon combo. It is still buggy and mainly used for hundred blades.

As far as the guardian is concerned, I would ditch hallowed ground for save yourselves or purging flames. SY is one of the strongest utility skills in the game and purging flames removes 3 conditions upon entering, where as for hallowed ground you have to stay inside the circle to get the full benefit. GS/staff is great.

I miss the Pistol Whip spamming haha. It was OP as kitten.

Good times.

Ignore Darkness. (Look at his post history)

jbrother.1340:

Give it a rest.

There are people including myself that have gotten hardly any as drops since the launch of this game.

I have gotten exactly 1 yes that is right 1.

I have played this game since it was in beta.

RNG was favoring you now it is just acting like it does for everyone else mostly. Deal with it.

Your rage is irrelevant. Your friends are just as small a subset of data as my data is yet what your is valid?

I hardly get crap for drops in this game and if that is the reason you play this game it has been like this from day one. The RNG is just a poor excuse of a lazy company, like most of their content.

I call bullkitten

Holl.3109:

DAGGER/FOCUS FOR LYFE!!!
Favorite weapon set in da game.

Learn it. Love it.

Dark Pact > WoSuffering > RTouch > 2x dagger AA with 6/2/0/0/6 = pure awesomeness aka. Kill (#)-(#)

One trick pony.

Bryzy.2719:

Also, drunk WvW is the best WvW. Nothing like a bit of alcohol to help ease the monotony of those un-updated environments :P

Truer words were never spoken.

Around 5 k hours, but not playing anymore.

2 in the toilet and 1 carcharias (or wtfever the name for spear precursor is) in Silverwastes.

TomoHawkx.8139:

Kraljevo.2801:

Nice little fights, but seriously, who on earth still uses ruby orbs?

Pack, Strength, Hoelbrak, Pirate, Ogre, Eagle, all these are better than ruby orbs.

As I said in the description I’m waiting till I can buy a full set of scholar, ruby orbs are just a cheap place holder.

Oh I see.

Full berserker is not for you, then. If you can’t handle it then DO NOT use it. Simple as that.

Get some soldier or knight pieces until you are confident enough. Or use toolkit for the extra block.

The only profession that should be having problems against a decent power ranger is a necromancer. (Lack of gap closers & openers and lack of stability)

Nice little fights, but seriously, who on earth still uses ruby orbs?

Pack, Strength, Hoelbrak, Pirate, Ogre, Eagle, all these are better than ruby orbs.

Look, Svenghali, I give you props for not using a metabuild. I have to, however, agree with Silkysmooth, Hunter and Tricare. Nobody likes to watch a fully stacked guardian kill incompetent scrubs. It’s not 2013 anymore.

I can’t blame you, the majority of WvW players is getting worse every day. Most quit the game, transfer to T1 or hop on the Spvp train.

Nevertheless, try to get better footage.

Oh and by the way, rank does not mean anything.

Players that run and don’t fight back are no threat and no challenge. Not gonna waste my already limited time chasing them.

However, if PPK is back, I will chase them like Kool Aid man on crack.

Scoobaniec.9561:

Simon.3794:

if they add runes like use physical skill remove condition i bet it would be more fun

Or moved this trait to adept..

That would be cool.

If you are drunk play the first build that Burr mentioned. Preferably with a naked norn and a moustache. Fun is guaranteed.

I use a slight variation with pack runes and with offhand mace instead of shield for the extra lulz.

Geiir.7603:

zone.1073:

If anything, courtyard is a truer test of pvp skills than all of the other maps. While the conquest maps offer a lot of strategy through node and objective control, success on courtyard relies heavily on pure pvp tactics and knowledge. It’s a full-on phalanx vs phalanx, where the most competent PvPers win – not the best back-cappers, split-pushers, PvE mob farmers.

Wrong.

I entered with a pre-made. When courtyard popped we all swapped to shadow arts p/d condition thieves with ricochet. We decided to troll the crap out of the opposing team (their entire team chose courtyard). We spent the first 14 minutes just running around, shadowstepping, stealthing with all our stealth skills and shadow refuge. The last minute we all focused one target and got a kill. One. Single. Kill. We won. Such skill.

Yeah, right. I think you forgot that the timer of Courtyard is 8 minutes, not 15.

Shadow Arts XI scrubs. It’s not a “worst encounter”, but its sure as hell annoying to fight. Thank god there aren’t many around anymore.

megaten.8029:

Why do we not have the ability to save our builds and our equipment sets? Its such a pain changing builds and changing your equipment.

They are aware of this. I am pretty sure we’ll get it one day, don’t worry.

TymX.8017:

The thing is, when I said sw/to ax/da ranger, I was thinking something like Gladomers build, and not the trapper.

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fNMQRAnY8fjEqUzaLL+rQ1aABhaVA0uGu3Ww9QcDfdFrkC-TRiAABJ8AA6Z/hE1PAwBB4U1f44IAIpSwKOBAip8LAACwMLzysMDO6RP6RP6RbmzcmzcmzsUAwMNC-e

That’s the common condi survival build, yes. Usable in PvP and WvW, with slight variations. The rune choice on Gladomer’s build is questionable but each to his own I guess.

I really don’t understand the balance logic behind this skill.

Reduced the casting time by 22%. The overall time that the stone takes to shatter remains the same.

LOL

Anyone that is remotely competent can kittening walk out of this circle. I understand that skills like dragon’s tooth take some time to land, because it hits like a truck. Shatterstone, however, has a huge telegraph and hits like a wet noodle…….

For solo roaming and duels a condi survival ranger with a/d s/t is really, really hard to beat. So many evades, good protection uptime, good condi cleanse and the torch just got little buffs. Shatter mesmer with its insane bursts is also great for solo roaming, but facing heavy bunker condition specs can be a nightmare.

For group roaming it doesn’t really matter, as long as you have someone to cleanse the conditions and someone who deals the damage. Having group stealth is a nice bonus, too.

Mimimi…

First of all, WvW is NOT balanced. Everyone has inflated stats (power, ferocity) due to the PVE gear, thus leading to massive crits. Get over it. You were a glass cannon, he was a glass cannon. In pvp an eviscerate will never hit this hard because of the standardized stats.

Secondly, as a ranger you have so many ways to kite eviscerate warriors. You have tons of soft and hard CC, evades, blocks, etc.. A ranger really should not be losing to warriors anymore.

Sorry mate, you are just bu – tt – hurt and lack the ability to adapt.

Nice “buff” man hahaha XD

Ugh.. Uhm.. Okay.. I don’t even..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing

Klonko.8341:

Kraljevo.2801:

Klonko.8341:

Kjeld.9730:

Everyone’s ranger alt in [Walk] We currently hold all 10 top spots of best ranger EU
our latest vid here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-MEnbmOerQ

Top 10 ranger loosing a pet in a fight where he stands at 1200 and pew pew? I guess you are not…

Its sad you are not including spvp player… Because those has often a better skill level than wvw roamer.

To be honest I don’t know anything about EU competitive play.

But 1 thing is sure, SARCASM is REALLY hard to understand with non-verbal component such as a forum.

Watch the video. Look at the title. Look at those scrubs dying from a 4 man ranger squad. Now look at Kjeld’s comment. Not that hard.

Good job man. Killing upscaleds and zerglings that don’t even fight back. T1 quality roaming right here. Also, I do not know why you /laugh after certain fights, but you might want to leave that out in the next video.

azizul.8469:

the so called GvG what most WvW players understand is nothing more than a keyboard facesmashing extravaganza, blob v blob.

go play GW1 and you will understand the TRUE nature of GvG, and stop calling your version of deathmatch extravaganza a GvG, call it BvB .

The word you’re looking for is clusterkitten. That’s what GvG currently is in this game. I’ve watched and participated in GvG’s in this game and it is not even remotely comparable to what we had in GW1. I hope Stronghold will bring back PvP to its former glory.

The boss fights in this game so far have been a piece of cake. I really hope that the new AI developer implements super hard mechanics in the new expansion. One can dream.

Daddicus.6128:

This battle was awful.

No, it wasn’t. It was pretty well designed and a step into the right direction. It’s all about adapting to the boss fights. If you fail the first few attempts, analyze the mechanics and swap your utility skills accordingly.

Of course, there are people that get frustrated after failing too many times, understandable. I had those moments as well while playing Devil may cry on the highest difficulty back then, but that game is much, much, much harder.

I hope you will have a better time in heart of thorns OP.

Daddicus.6128:

And then it gets worse. Recall that we took on Zhaitan with 3 pact ships and 10 heroes, along with some cannon fodder. But in end-of-battle trailer, there are dozens or hundreds of ships, all loaded with troops. Should be a piece of cake, right?

But no, Mordremoth trashes them ALL in seconds. What logical sense does that make? If Mordremoth were that much more powerful than Zhaitan, it would have killed Zhaitan itself the last time the dragons awoke. It made for a great cinematic, but totally trashed the lore.

You can’t compare Zhaitan and Mordremoth. When we first met Zhaitan in the skies, he was very weakened because of the things we have accomplished during the personal story. As far as mordremoth is concerned, Trahearne went full kitten and just attacked him straight away even though M. fights at full strength.

Juggernaut specialization + juggernaut hammer?

Count me in yo!

Klonko.8341:

Kjeld.9730:

Everyone’s ranger alt in [Walk] We currently hold all 10 top spots of best ranger EU
our latest vid here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-MEnbmOerQ

Top 10 ranger loosing a pet in a fight where he stands at 1200 and pew pew? I guess you are not…

Its sad you are not including spvp player… Because those has often a better skill level than wvw roamer.

Wyrden.4713:

Kraljevo.2801:

Thank god no. Although it would be nice to have a new lvl cap in pvp. I hate the dragon finisher. :’(

u can /rank [and a number u want 1-80 to have the finisher u wanna use]

example : /rank 60

for the shark finisher

Reading comprehension?

A new map is nice and all, but they need to focus on those fundamental changes which colin has been talking about. Defending needs to be rewarding in some way and the scoring revamped. I’m sure there’s more coming in the expansion, hopefully a new UI for commanders, but the two things I mentioned really should have priority.

Warlock, Shaman, Inquisitor?

No idea man haha. Its fun to speculate, though.

Spoj The Second.7680:

http://youtu.be/JIsgotF-AXw

Ranged GS is unlikely based on this. I think its safe to assume the GS auto attack will be pretty much what is shown in this video.

Perma Chill on autoattack, OP !

:)