IMO…this CD should be cut in half and the duration doubled…plus adding stability.
so 12s of protection, stability and life force generation every 30s?
… not counting boon duration or spectral recharge bonus
that would be horribly OP; see http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Armor_of_Earth
You two clearly missed the point of my post. It’s not that I am having a hard time playing in Fractals, it’s that the drop rate for the vials/globs/shards is horrible, and those items are required for some infusions, without which I will be perpetually stuck in the lower level fractals.
Ascended rings do not come with Agony resistance by default, you have to infuse them to get any AR at all. So I only have 10 AR, not 15. And it’s not that I need 45 AR for 10-19, it’s that eventually there will be a need for me to have that much AR, but I cannot get that much AR to progress without those darn vials/globs/shards.
Yes, I’m aware that until they add more recipes to infuse the rest of the ascended equipment, the mist stuff doesn’t have much use. You’ve been fortunate enough to get so many of those to drop for you. I have gotten NONE in over a month. THAT is the issue I’m presenting. Please fully understand the issue I’m presenting before you post a reply, you’ve been no help so far
any rings from 26+ dailies are infused anyway
i havent been fractalling for long; but already i have more than i can use
please tell me you arent trying to farm vials? at 20+ you get shards; which can be downgraded (its 2.3 shards per infuse (well; 2 shards 1 glob))
ranger is currently my favourite character (and highest amount of time played in pve (though not dungeons)/wvw/pvp out of all my chars); but pet damage was ridiculously OP in BM bunker builds and did need toning down
… but then they screwed the pooch because they nerfed every build; not just BM bunker
that greatsword loooks devilishly necrotic… I wish that there is a staff with that kind of design…
I’m still waiting for a bloody staff.
its a one handed sword http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Stygian_Blade
not a GS
… but yeh; i would like it if they’d make every kind of weapon available in each style (i mean; what the hell are you supposed to match eidolon with? there is no other one handed foe fire weapon)
You guys want a automatic toggle, whenever the game get’s “heavier” to turn itself down?
That does not work. Simply because everyone has different hardware.
Some run 5ghz CPUs with TriSLI titans.
Others play on a dual core Pentium 4 with a 8800gts.
You’re gonna have to stick with the manual settings change which isn’t a big deal as it’s literally like 5 clicks.
an optional setting ‘template’ that the game automatically switches to when in wvw; i honestly do not see how that would be a problem
honestly though; i dont have a problem with the camera angle (though the weapon sheathed running animation has cost me a few jumps); but some charr/norn players like to use tonics in JPs; that might help?
1. spirits
2. why didnt they take the DPS lost from pets (last patch) and increase ranger damage scaling?
3.why was quickness on pet swap changed to a higher tier after quickness was blanket nerfed? didnt really seem like it was… warranted (?)
Ghost Eater was a pretty long boring fight too… everyone knew it, complaints were made, now look at it. Went from a path that everyone did, to one that no one does. So yeah if you want to see HOTW’s killed off for good, by all means… proceeeed. :p
huh? ghost eater could be bursted down very quickly before revamp; what are you talking about?
Ghost eater can still be bursted down. With a non-idiotic party, you only need 1 trap to kill it.
i havent done AC since it was revamped; so know very little about the new mechanics; but im still confused as to what ilr was referring to
engi or thief imo (although theyre the only classes that i havent gotten to 80 yet… which is odd now that i think about it)
engi because of the juggling
thief because the resource management
im amazed at the first answer; ranger and thief are ridiculously good at open world pve… it must be the event farmers answering?
i voted:
mesmer
ranger
balanced (LB ranger with piecring arrows can put a lot of hurt on a zerg and tag a ton; and i love charging in with swoop>entangle>LR back to my zerg whilst watching those i entangled get melted… then theres the long duration water field with regen and cleansing; almost put thief… but then i realised good thieves can abuse zergs for C+D fodder, SR groups for stealth attacks and blast finisher spam in water/fire/lightning fields)
balanced (couldnt think of anything but staff ele)
warrior
In what world are Rangers good in PvE? I want to live there, because I really want to like Rangers, but Anet is determined to make it a non-existent class in this game. Their dps is substantially lower than every other class in the game. It’s even lower than an Engineer’s which is very low to begin with.
no; ranger actually has high dps when you factor in the pet (or did… not sure how bad this last patch hit) which makes them amazing in open world pve (except for event farming) as well as providing other perks (aggro magnet; meaning you can easily grab a chest/node/SP guarded by a champ or something)
im more than aware of that; but theres a hell of a lot of dyes and was hoping someone could help me speed up the process (or… do it for me – not lazy at all xD)
im amazed at the first answer; ranger and thief are ridiculously good at open world pve… it must be the event farmers answering?
i voted:
mesmer
ranger
balanced (LB ranger with piecring arrows can put a lot of hurt on a zerg and tag a ton; and i love charging in with swoop>entangle>LR back to my zerg whilst watching those i entangled get melted… then theres the long duration water field with regen and cleansing; almost put thief… but then i realised good thieves can abuse zergs for C+D fodder, SR groups for stealth attacks and blast finisher spam in water/fire/lightning fields)
balanced (couldnt think of anything at a serious disadvantage but staff ele.. which could easily swap to a diff weapon when not zerging)
warrior
low agony resist isnt a problem as long as you can dodge and have people who can res you at maw
- ive had quite a few smooth runs with people who get killed by maw every time he agonies everyone
most people i talk to get their monthly done within the first 10 days of the month
suggestion (dont make it harder; would punish extremely casual players); make it repeatable but with altered rewards
- same amount of karma jugs
- guild influence item
- some kind of exp item for alts (?… maybe not? idk… running out of alts to level; but it is a massive pain in the kitten
- no laurels
- no mystic coins (? – it would probably cause the price to dip substantially… but maybe if more uses for mystic coins were to be introduced)
Ok, this is not new, ranger regen needs a nerf a huge one, how can a guy stand and be focused receiving attacks and just regenerates throw them, its not fair its so OP, its like a joke, how can a ranger have more sustain than a warrior?, how is that possible and not only that, now that conditions are OP they can just kill you with condis while you try to lower his hp that just keeps regenerating no matter how much damage you do to the ranger, he will just regenerate it.
This is the recipe to make that effect:
“troll unguent” that is the skill that needs to be toned down that and traits with regeneration and healing power grants you an inmortal ranger.
Now add a couple of runes for condi damage and a shamans amulet and you have an inmortal ranger that will kill everybodie with conditions.
no
troll unguent is HoT, which means that they’re still at risk of burst
-can be cast 4 times in 100s = 8.5k*4=34k health
heal as one (has a higher healing coefficient afaik)
-can be cast 5 times in 100s = 6.5k*5=32.5k health
ether renewel (mesmer) 5.5k (+600 for each clone… can easily have two active) every 20s
those are the only healing skills that only heal; thus the only ones comparable
this is what im planning for my thief and engi; i think they look pretty good
- for some reason im previewing the predator on my thief 0.o
- probably end up going for different shoulders/mask on my engi (the shoulders dont dye well; and id prefer a full face mask; but cant preview the subterfuge thief hood in pvp locker)
- probably slot in some cultural armour on my thief
- probably different dyes
thares the problem; why cant the ranger switch to the superior melee option? thats like having a guard who only uses scepter; its stupid
- your pet will be getting buffs anyway (unless you’re using a ranged pet as well? in which case… you’re playing really really wrong)
- you could rapid fire and walk into buff range when you see the ele pop ring of fire
Ghost Eater was a pretty long boring fight too… everyone knew it, complaints were made, now look at it. Went from a path that everyone did, to one that no one does. So yeah if you want to see HOTW’s killed off for good, by all means… proceeeed. :p
huh? ghost eater could be bursted down very quickly before revamp; what are you talking about?
that grid sounds like it could be messy… id much prefer everything underwater to be a targetted or player based aoe (nade style)
id like to see three things added
weapon variety is needed (every same class plays extremely similar underwater)
traits need… work
either
- making different underwater traits
- making everything work underwater (flamethrower traited engi? well traited necro?… wasted traits underwater)
I’m not on board with recipes being exclusive to the gem store, especially in RNG containers. This oversteps the “it’s only vanity” argument as far as I’m concerned.
*note that i got a recipe from buying rich coffers before
tbh p1 hotw doesn’t actually have a large hp pool but the protection and the regen helps make it a lot bigger.
but nobody bothers destroying those totems since the retal once spawns so fast
… and suddenly im glad i made my ele human
… theres a pretty funny similar animation bug with a few skills used by running chars (which keep the weapon sheathed)
it could be interesting
… i kind of like having to strategically ‘place’ them on certain enemies… but idk how icelerity nerf affects phant builds
… and theres a few odd circumstances where they do change target… like ice shaman; when he teleports up; my phants start attacking the ice walls… when he teleports down they resume attacking him
why is there a preview equipment image link?
- the basic weapons makes me think its spvp locker
-- if it is spvp; i doubt youd have the nightmare stuff but still be rocking basic weapons
--- so whats the point of it being there?
… and hate seeing the human cultural tier all over the place
(many asuras wear t3 light)
(SM lord has t3 shoulders)
(the ‘low res’ soldier models for norn -and human- in wvw use t1 helm)
