Guild Wars 2

trap condition build…with trapper expertise and trap potency trait
aoe aoe aoe …use your root and aoe them with your trap + torch

make sure you have 1300+ condition damage

I think its because of old players started to coming back to play again.. I quit gw 2 like 2 months ago, but me and my friends started playing it again recently to spvp and casually do fotm.. I even started to thinking about leveling my ranger to 80.

that’s the beauty of b2p.

I played AION, rift and swtor. and Imo gw 2 pvp is better than any of those games however i do hate the fact that heart of the mist feels like is a different game except maybe for dyes..

It almost felt like that this game pvp has so much potential, but the devs didn’t seem to take their opportunity on improving this game. Most people end up leaving and even selling their account because they are tired of waiting..

On the positive side, its a good thing that this game is b2p so i can always come back and take a break.

ah ok so your one of the gm..hm interesting

Rangers are bad before the dec 14th patch.. They do somewhat decent now i actually get at least 15 kills on spvp on my ranger and 20+ on a good day, but they are still far from being considered good due to couple bugs, no high damage burst and longbow being terrible.

Condition damage ranger and tank ranger are superb atm though.

I’m a thief player, but after the December patch I logged back in to see ranger and I’ve notice some major dps increase due to my pet keep hitting my target. So this is good, but i think what ranger lack is in power/damage build..I just can’t find a good way to put berserker amulet with this class.

My suggestion would be to rework the longbow and make it more like a sniper type of weapon with burst damage abilities like warrior killshot.

I want longbow to have something like warrior killshot…

I played that server years ago, but i don’t think i know you.. maybe

I think that the guild wars 2 pvp can be much more fun if we are able to use more than 3 utility skills, maybe 6 – 8 utilities ?
I understand that they are trying to make the combat and build much more depth with only 3 skills to pick from, but i felt like having only 3 utility skills is just doing the opposite of what they are trying to do.
Because some skills are just plain useless and with only 3 options to choose from, there is no way those useless skills going to be viable or used, which is why you see a lot of class use similar utilities over and over.

Cool story happen. my main is a thief and after the dec 14th patch i tried to roll a ranger and then the day come when my jaguar pet stealth killing a bs thief in spvp by himself.

100 % agreed with this.
IMO if they use dm instead of conquest when they release the game i think more people would’ve stayed.. conquest is just too complicated and too dependant on team mate.

1v1 2 v 2 and 3 v 3 dm is way more fun to watch than 5 v 5 or 8 v 8 conquest. I’m pretty sure that the spvp community will grow if they add dm to the game.

The OP wants something like final fantasy VII – X
where the main character is not a hero by definition..

@alcopaul no because you don’t get any rewards that benefit your guild and character.

I think the downscale system, limited utilities and all wep skills that you can get at very early lvls are the reason why you barely notice any progress.

this is not aion, but it would be cool to explore tyria from air.

the thing about wvw is that it goes by server not guild.. i think if rank gvg and duel is implemented, it would give people more motivation to progress instead of just playing the game for spvp

this game needs gvg, duels and ranking system.. i create a thread earlier to discuss about how gvg and duels going to effect the game if its implemented, but i guess no one interested ;P

are we getting these anytime soon ?
and what do you guys think about adding these 2 in game ? I want to hear some opinions because i would love to have gvg and duels for both spvp and pve in game.

bunkers are still killable, but the problem is that it would take at least 30 second and sometimes even a minute to kill 1 in a 1 v 1 fight or even 2 v 1 fight. By the time you killed the bunker, his team would already have 50 70 more points than your team and that is even if you get to kill him before his team comes in.

Imo the build itself is balanced, but the objective mode is the reason why bunker build seems to be overpowered or maybe i should say " must have " type of build . If there’s a 1 v1 mode or maybe even deathmatch, then i think bunker build won’t even make or break the game.

Im all in for more game modes and more maps !

@soysauce why don’t you try use mesmer and do a 1 v 1 competition like this. Or maybe 1 v 1 the op

i think pistol auto atk need more atk speed

@ ddrake I won the fight.. simply bc my d/p build set counter his necro and thief
his thief is using a d/d condition death blossom build.
d/p rely a lot upon stealth so going 30/30 is a no no

so far 8 out of 10 match im always the top scorer in tpvp..

I agree while d/d db build is much better in group combat. D/p offer a much more flexible hybrid build and its a killer in 1 v 1. d/p advantage in group fight is that if a d/p thief get focused they have the ability to get out of combat and get back in with almost full hp healed. no matter what happen D/D thief will always die easily when get focused on, but d/p thief has much more greater chance to survive while being focused on and get back to the fight when ignored and that’s what I love about it.

Not to mention that it has 4 combo field that you can work on and the extra toughness and healing alone pretty much counters glass cannon and condition build classes.

If you play d/p a lot you will notice that black powder + heartseeker is like a free stealth with 3 second cool down that gives you free heal, condi removal and 3k damage..
I mean…. who doesn’t want that ?

only utility that this build need is shadow refuge and maybe shadow signet. so you have 1 free utility slot that you can choose freely depending on the situation.. and yes this set is just that flexible so you’re not limited in using all 3.

in Tpvp I see myself as a roamer/support/dps/ and even bunker maybe ?
I was defending a point and it takes 3 people about a minute to actually stop chasing me bc they were wasting their time trying to kill me around while I can spam stealth with ease and heal any dmg and condition that they gave me..

d/p set is lacking in group fight, but cluster bomb and shadow refuge always help..
Granted is not bursty like d/d, but if you like hybrid build that can 1 v1 most classes ,support well and survive 5 man focus ganks…d/p is the set you want.

Its definitely viable in tpvp and imagine if thief can hold point while in stealth..d/p thief will probably be a must have in tpvp setting.

the play style is also very different from d/d while you just use db or h/s..d/p set is very tactical and rely a lot lot more on stealth than any other weapon set to deal damage.

yea d/p need buffs lol

I’m very confident with this build. granted I dont have 100 % win rate in tpvp. but the build its not common and pretty strong when played right.

hell if I use other class I wouldn’t want to fight someone who are able to use d/p properly

sure tell me your ign and ill add you
oh ill play on US server

D/P build can beat any class except super tanky bunker guardian..I just beat a condition necro and db thief in 1 v1.
I’ve tried it and yes it works.
D/P also beat condition thief, backstabber and hs spammer by farrr, and blazer if you think d/p is the worse weapon set then you have no idea what it can do.

I was a D/D backstab thief but then I found out about this rigged d/p build.. and this increase my survivability by tons while dealing good amount of damage at the same time.

Now whenever I see a condition thief or backstabber I would just laugh my kitten off and beating them slowly.
Now I don’t have videos or anything to prove but here are some screenies

This build is too good..need nerf before anyone can exploit it !

Everyone seems to be in spvp lol..
But I agreed with this, its tedious to try to find people for events..

I expect problems too but if this is a free 2 play game that doesn’t require good pc then I wouldn’t mind. But the thing is that I paid over 100 $ to play this game just to find out that its unplayable for 3 straight days.

I also played moba games and other f2p mmo such as LoL, dota 2, c9, etc. And I have no problems running those games.

bump…I need some response about this problem. I get skill delay and then the game become unresponsive and all the sudden I just get this error.
I spend about 100 $ to play this game and now its unplayable for me because of the 10/7 patch.
its starting to bug me cause its been happening for 3 days

yea this happens to me A LOT as well..been having this bug for 3 days now.
and still no response

bump..I’ve been having the same problem and delay as well
the game is pretty much unplayable for me…been getting this problem since 10/7 patch

I have the same issue. this bug need to get fixed because the game is unplayable to me.
I mean 1 day is fine, but 2 days in a row ?

before the patch everything was fine..

ya Im experiencing the same thing.. The game is unplayable rte now, this bug really need to get fix soon.

Ever since the patch from yesterday I’ve been getting massive delay, lag and sometimes i get stuck in loading screen. The Pvp is horrid and unplayable.

Hi there.. I’ve been playing this game for 2 weeks and its been great so far until yesterday im starting to have this some sort of 2 – 4 second delay. At first I thought it was my connection so i started to refresh my website and see if there’s any delay, and it turns out that it is not because of my connection.
I even played other games to see if i get delay in other games too. And in other games i run the game just fine.

So my question .. what exactly cause this delay ? i keep getting kicked out due to connection problem yet I’m still able to play other games and browsing just fine.. This problem starting to become irritating because it happens often now., to the point that the game itself is unplayable sometimes.

Please give respond to this post.
Thank you

Hi there.. I’ve been playing this game for 2 weeks and its been great so far until yesterday im starting to have this some sort of 2 – 4 second delay. At first I thought it was my connection so i started to refresh my website and see if there’s any delay, and it turns out that it is not because of my connection.
I even played other games to see if i get delay in other games too. And in other games i run the game just fine.

So my question .. what exactly cause this delay ? i keep getting kicked out due to connection problem yet I’m still able to play other games and browsing just fine.. This problem starting to become irritating because it happens often now., to the point that the game itself is unplayable sometimes.

Please give respond to this post.
Thank you

P.S i cant even go to the website sometimes because it keep giving me 502 error..

fight stealth with stealth…

Well so far I don’t have many problems against thief.. running dual axe/ rifle build here.
for utilities I have frenzy, berserker stance and endure pain.. 25k hp 3.2k atk 2.2k toughness

so what I do when I fight a thief would be just come up to them and spam auto atk.. my axe with sigil of air can crit thieves up to 2.2k and 1 swing pretty much hurt them..if they go invis just keep swinging. Endure pain is your best friend and if you use a shield, block will be your angel. those skill will save you from pesky pistol whip, backstab and heartseeker and not to mention with endure pain on you can still use auto atk so that is pretty much free 5 hit for you if you can hit it..

Just remember that thief disadvantage would be that they have no invulnerability and way less hp than warriors so if they go invis keep spamming that auto atk button.. if they try to kite you after you beat them then go use your rifle and see whos hp going down first.

If you can catch a thief off guard with this build… then its ez — signet of rage – berserker stance – frenzy and use your 2nd skill and spam auto atk and finish it fast with evisc..

thief can’t fight a warrior head on.. reason why most warriors are losing is bc they dont use their invulnerability carefully.

I sometimes change berserker stance to fear which is also work