Guild Wars 2

1. That is not a DPS build lol

2. The warrior is most likely running healing power, probably clerics, based on his damage to you and the amount he’s healing.

3. Healing signet is stupid.

4. Honestly, you miss half your attacks and the ones that do hit aren’t bursty.

Also, if you’re mixing zerk/valk gear with PTV, you can optimize your stats a little better by using zerk weapons with some pieces of PTV armor and other min/max things.

Taldren.7523:

- RTL reverted and an apology from ANet for being hypicrits.

Honestly, 15s was an entirely too low cd. The issue is not the lack of mobility for ele’s, it’s that other classes have too much.

Taldren.7523:

- Scepter Fire 1, Fire 2, and Water 2 to be ~twice as fast as they are now.

Dragon’s tooth is ok for how hard it hits, but water 2 is next to useless.

Taldren.7523:

- Lighting Flash’s cooldown reduced by 10 seconds to match Mesmers.

Annoying, yes, but mesmer’s blink can’t crit for 4k. ^.-

Taldren.7523:

- Elementalists should be allowed to slot a secondary weapon set and be able to swap out of combat at will.

You mean, like opening your inventory and weapon swapping? confused

silvermember.8941:

While you are at it, go ahead and post a picture of Dragon’s tooth hitting anything other than a mob.

Umm…Dragon’s tooth isn’t really supposed to be a “surprise!” kind of skill. It’s useful for using on ressers, chokepoints, and siege, but otherwise it’s rather situational.

That said, a nice dragon’s tooth earthquake lightning flash is always lols.

Blob Wars 2 – The Saga Continued

Zackie.8923:

Kyskythyn.6471:

Just another day of Blob Wars 2

is this a “just before kitten happens” picture?

Maybe for that thief behind me who got obliterated 2s later. Hehehe

Just another day of Blob Wars 2

Caffynated.5713:

106k damage in 3.5 seconds. That’s .45 seconds longer than casting lava font and 2 fireballs. Not exactly a lifetime.

Do this in WvW and someone might actually be impressed.

Raif.9507:

Lucky string of crits? Thats nuts. What are your stats and did you have full bloodlust/25 stacks of might and vuln on target because thats insane…

I’ve got 92% crit damage/3400 attack and I know it can go higher to 110% crit damage, but wtf…

At that time I had no stacks, but minor bloodlust, empower allies and 18 stacks of might, which would put me at about about 4.5k attack and 121% crit dmg. ^^

TimIsOnTheInternet.5946:

Kyskythyn.6471:

Ele’s have damage, it just takes a little more effort to survive in offensive gear than say, warriors and thieves.

Whaaaaat is going on in that screenshot?

I was taking a camp and got a nice string of crits. My point is that ele’s have the capability to deal massive damage, it’s just more people are comfortable playing a more bunker type build because it is far easier to survive in.

Ele’s have damage, it just takes a little more effort to survive in offensive gear than say, warriors and thieves.

I usually don’t mind a little 3vX action, but this is a bit much…

Buffy.9246:

CD quit spawn camping our side. Nothing lower a server can do when Ioj side is ALL green. I have no respect for cd after fighting them these couple of weeks now since they are really bad in wvw…

There are multiple exits to the spawn point for a reason…

Our little 2/3 man got beat up by a few roam/dO (?). Good group comp and openers won the day.

Apologies to the [CORE] thief who waved at me. I didn’t see it til after I blinked on you. D:

Flames are flying in this thread and not just in LA bank.

Visirale.6097:

I assume you bailed on DR because it was a sinking ship, hopped to a higher tier, and now you’re upset because IOJ is beating you again.

We left DR because we are a small group roaming guild and there were very few good fights as the T8 maps are mostly empty and often the only enemies we could fight were doors and guards. :/
So far we’ve found this group of servers much better. Although there is obviously more zerging here with the increased amount of players, it also means that there are more groups to harass and fight.
As for IoJ, I think you guys have come a long way from our fights a few months ago with DR. Pugs will be pugs, but I’ve seen a couple groups with some good sense and coordination. Keep it up!

Banzie.5248:

NA is great a a group, Only one to impress me alone though so far is the ele that can survive full zerker in wvw and that engi.

You are too kind ^^

skeet.1390:

To the [NA] either D/D or S/D ele last night…Good god you hit like a truck. My poor mesmer still doesn’t know what hit it.

You too ^.-

Crimson Magdelana.9024:

If people from three servers are standing around watching 2 people from 2 of those servers fight…that’s a great sign. Pretty much a “Ok it’s a fight club keep it moving”. Except the “Oh great NA is ganking me from behind as I tried to just pass on through” happens.

Or better yet “ok here’s a duel spot, oh he bowed at me let me return the bow and go at it. K he’s down OMG WHY ARE ALL THE PPL ATTACKING ME ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WERE JUST WATCHING!!!1!!”.

You tracking yet? It doesn’t matter what situation the location is in. It’s simply a matter of the three servers behaving in a manner not expected by anyone who’s just there to wvw. Fight club / Duel bros know the scene when they see it.

When people not involved and pretending to be spectators jump in and stomp the people actually fighting….that’s sad. And guess what…..NA does it.

Anet does too….cept maybe that was just the SBI dev who tried to tell us we were breaking the rules…and then we stomped him out again. You got Anet bros in the guild? That might explain it.

In that case I was not there and have no idea what you’re talking about. See you on the battlefield <3

Crimson Magdelana.9024:

Fact of the matter is, I’m not the only person to stroll across a duel…or an obvious dueling area and partake or choose to pass through only to be ganked by NA players (the guild). Whether respecting the possible 1v1 situation or actually getting in on the action, NA players habitually jump in and gank anyone and everyone and it has very well been noted by the IoJ Fight Club/1v1 Community.

We wiped a fight club last night because of it. And I promise you if I find another one full of NA ppl I’ll just assume it’s some people that want to die and respond accordingly.

You can pretend to be a 1v1/Fight Club bunch if you want, but your actions have spoken louder than anything on these forums.

How am I to tell the difference between a random 1v1 and a duel if you fight in the middle of a contested area?

Crimson Magdelana.9024:

So srsly does the NA guild always watch 1v1’s then jump in to stomp anyone and everyone, every time? Because you’ve interrupted my 1v1’s two nights in a row. If you want to pretend to be a kittening fight club….be one. Don’t be some scrubs, running in for free stomps every time. And I know kitten well I’m not the only one to see it. Was just in a great fight with a Ranger, mutually downed each other….BAM NA Spectators run in for free stomps.

Bad business.

If someone runs past your little fight club ordeals at the ruins or where ever and chooses to pass through, it’s because they know what you’re doing and respect it. If you aggro said passer-through expect a fight…no matter how disrespectful that is towards a player respecting your little 1v1 get together. But when said aggro’d player drops one of you and you all jump in (second night in a row) you’re then just a bunch of kittenheads. Plain and simple.

If you’re referring to the fight I think you are, not many people duel on top of the sentry point. We deliberately hold fight club and similar events behind the windmill of south camp because it is an out of the way place of no importance.

Banzie.5248:

Yes, but how do you insta stake on down or are you just going full blown DPS on our dead kitten lol. Swear I see a stake each time.

I don’t have haste or anything so it’s possible you lagged. :/

sephiroth.4217:

is it the ele with speed stomps? get downed and the stomp is instant?

Edit: I never seen the tag but for me it might have been lag, it just appeared as I got stomped by a click on the run.

I run a full zerk ele in our small man, so i kill people…rather quickly. ^.-

Good times fighting [AR] too, you guys are well coordinated.

Nova Stiker.8396:

Elementalist glass cannon is way to slow, so easily stopped and has little to no means of survivability.
It has no place in competitive PvP and almost no use in PvE.

It is not viable. Simple as that.

Perhaps if some ele’s tried something other than 0/0/0/30/30 bunker, they would see that bunker support is not the only role ele’s can fulfill.

It’s a high damage AoE cone, what more do you want?

Kaleban.9834:

Ele’s extremely poor burst

Yup. No burst whatsoever.

THE Dentist.5960:

Wow what a kittenty patch!

Good news is they’re running out of siege to add masteries to.

Next patch: All new wvw content: Golem Mastery!

I play a very similar build to this for wvw roaming (just replacing the XII in fire for VI in earth). I generally play S/D for open field, but use staff for tower siege/defense. The amount of damage you can put out can melt most siege and discourage small groups of defenders. In my experience, staff has higher sustained damage due to the high damage auto attacks, while S/D has more burst damage.

Had some good times roaming in DH BL and NSP BL this evening. Quality defense means more good fights for our roaming group, keep up the good work. ^_^

Gundail.7594:

…losing Bay and maybe Hills might have been beyond your control but a rally at Garrison should have been possible. Unmanned cannons, basically a skeleton crew of defenders and eight or so unmanned siege in Lord’s room during NA Prime time? Not really about being out numbered, just a lack of response or possibly morale.

Hills got hit first, so the defenders on the map were concentrated there. We had 15-20 people in hills, and fewer than that in garrison. As mentioned before, DDLG, Rega and a few other guilds were off doing guild missions at the time (heh, PvE scrubs…). Not really a matter of morale or response, more like 20v50 gg. Nevertheless, was a good siege and a good take by HoD.

Myst.5783:

Kyskythyn.6471:

Good fights in DR BL with the [HARD] and [CORE] groups this past evening. Your coordination made it difficult for our small groups to pick off stragglers.

Good luck in the next matchup, to both IoJ and GoM. ^^

Were you the S/D burst ele I ran into a few times?

If so, nice seeing another DPS ele.

My S/D ele is a human female with short red hair.
Are you the ele with the white wvw cowl? Seen you about a few times

Good fights in DR BL with the [HARD] and [CORE] groups this past evening. Your coordination made it difficult for our small groups to pick off stragglers.

Good luck in the next matchup, to both IoJ and GoM. ^^

Rob.7624:

sheer amount of golems

Are you perchance related to a Mr. James Games, retired seigemaster of DR?

dat Danelon fight…

I use runes of the forge on my support/tank build (0/0/20/30/20). It combos well with the 15 trait in soul reaping.

CrazyCanuck.4265:

Interesting amount of SF that chased 5 of us all the way from Rogues to Anz. I guess I just smell that good.

Also some fun fighting against ET tonight in EB. Nice 15 minute fight over golanta.

I like the orange swords on my body. Feeling the love, SF, feeling the love.

Does anyone know if fear being a stun affects the sigil of impact as well?

KinkyGiraffe.4123:

GJ capitalising when we’re at our weakest, now dont blame us when we get 500+ppt later tonight and increase our lead on you

If this is your weakest, I feel bad for our aussies.

KinkyGiraffe.4123:

Kyskythyn.6471:

KinkyGiraffe.4123:

Are we still the bad server DR said we were?

Clearly we underestimated IoJ’s superior tactics and skills.

You clearly have, didnt get anywhere when trying to attack us (went for fully upgraded garrison over paper gate hills…not the BRIGHTEST idea)

So you have to pick on poor FC whose playing for second now? LOL

If you want to know why you’re winning, look no further

KinkyGiraffe.4123:

Are we still the bad server DR said we were?

Clearly we underestimated IoJ’s superior tactics and skills.

Rattlehead.1476:

only time when score matters is when those players become arrogant and self-absorbed

If I may:

Crimson Magdelana.9024:

A 9k lead on ya’s and we’re not even bothering FC much.

Banzie.5248:

Only one day after reset and we got the famous “We dont care about points!” Comment lol

An old classic:

you do know we’re kicking your butt’s during YOUR prime time right now, right? Don’t underestimate our aussies either..they’re what closed the 12k gap and actually gave us a lead of 5.5k. DR is just a bitter server, there is always an excuse as to why you lose be it zergs/double team/or exploits (not valid reasons since DR has double teamed and zergstomped IoJ plenty of times; although atleast from what I’ve seen you guys have the integrity to not use exploits) still however DR and DH have a far larger WvW population then IoJ does and the reason we’re beating DR right now is proof of our superior tactics.

I’ve noticed this problem as well. It usually works on my own character, but it does not convert burning to aegis for other allies in my well of power.

Invictus.1503:

Also keep in mind that DS has a direct relation to you vitality. So, if you want to use it to full extent, trait for it and do everything you can to increase your vitality.

Precisely. With full vit gear and some points into soul reaping, you get about double the “health” in DS.

What kind of build are you running?
I use a bunker build and don’t have any trouble with this at all, unless I’m getting focused by 15 people or something.
If you plan on using DS as a large part of your build, then you should look into getting some LF generation traits or skills.

Kraag Deadsoul.2789:

However, in a WvWvW context (which is perhaps my unstated bias in the original post), support cleanses from allies are being cast so frequently that CC gets removed quite rapidly. Coupled with other professions’ higher mobility in comparison to a necro as well as blinks, teleports, blocks, invulnerability, etc., one cleanse is often enough for the target to put enough distance on the necro to reset the fight.

Agreed. Zerg stacking/cleansing/healing in WvW is simply too easy in the current state of the game. My comment was in reference to small group WvW (<10 people) or perhaps sPvP, where ally cleanses are not as prevalent. Not to say that an enemy can’t just cleanse and blink away anyway, but it’s one step closer.

More pulls would indeed be nice and fit the description. Could use the land whirl finisher to boot.

It is quite disheartening to read so many necro posts counting off conditions because they can be cleansed. If an enemy uses a cleanse to remove my immobilize or chill, then that’s one less cleanse they’ll have off cooldown when I apply other conditions to them. To me, this argument is like saying, “Damage is useless because they can just heal.” If you build for full control, most enemies shouldn’t be escaping you easily.

You might also recall that we have boon removal skills. Spinal shivers is an incredibly powerful skill for chasing as you can not only remove swiftness, but also apply a 5 second base chill. This can give a necro time to catch up to the enemy, or apply more cc to keep them in range.

Zelthios.5902:

Bhawb.7408:

Cleave is AoE. AoE just means Area of Effect, literally that the skill has a certain area of the map that it affects. Cleave, piercing, PBAoE, ground target are all examples of AoE types.

Cleave is not an aoe it is a cleave. Cleave hits a number of targets next to your target…..AoE hits everyone inside of the radius of the ability. Doesn’t mean much in this game with the cap on aoe now but still its not an aoe.

While not the point of this thread, cleave from my understanding is hitting a cone of enemies in front of you, rather than just a single target. Dark path is not a cleave as it chills in an area around your target. And yes, cleave is an AoE as it affects an area rather than a single target.

You know there is shaman’s gear that has been in since launch, right?

If you don’t like it, don’t use it. The game is not there for you to change to your own needs.

I can help out with anything PvE or WvW related. I’ve done a fair bit of theory crafting and build testing, particularly for bunker builds. ^^

The majority of my tokens are for CM, so the rare salvaging doesn’t work for those. So I guess I will try the mystic forge and trust to luck. Thanks all for your suggestions.

What’s the best use for them? I have stacks and stacks of them in my bank, but no real use for them. Options I’ve heard so far are:

1. Buy yellows and mystic forge them
2. Buy exotics and black lion salvage
3. Even more alts!

Basically I’m looking for the best way (if there is one) to turn tokens into gold.

Classy, but I prefer diving headfirst into zergs with pain inverter myself.

KinkyGiraffe.4123:

Kiromana.9875:

43 minutes later…

Yes, gj PvDooring your stuff back whilst we hit DR’s bl

I guess I didn’t realize DH and IoJ had PvDoor competitions while DR slept :/

Miss Firesss.3704:

Has anyone else been having DC issues? I am in the middle of a great battle last night (DR trying to retake Bay in DHBL), badge farming at the breach, and I get dc’ed.

Now, I usually get dc’ed every time there is a massive battle, but this one really irked me! LOL Some other people on my server have had issues too, and I was wondering if this is server-wide or “world” wide.

Always sends ANet a message of “fffffffffff”

erryday

I dunno, something about my tiara, princess wand, and shiny pink orb just screams, “I AM DEATH INCARNATE!”

Now…about that rainbow staff….