i use hallowed ground in harpy and maw fractals; an i also mainly use a hammer which means might stacks
- it also has a bigger benefit for AH builds than SYG
i also use res signet occasionally; but it has an awful cast time
Or dynamic events either apprarently where there’s now HUNDREDS of these mobs.
i noticed that the vast majority of the mobs at lyssa fight didnt drop loot earlier today, and the champs/vets health was ridiculously scaled… so i went and semi af(wow i have to put some words here because the censor sucks)ked at the edge of the platform
- brilliant work anet
Stick with the Rifle and if you ever want a shield just equip a Tool Kit. Only get shield if you want to build bunker.
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or mainly use a kit and value p/s utility (2 sigils, poison, blind+others already mentioned above) over rifles (immob… leap finisher… single target knockback)
i think the drop rate for the ’free’ coffers is actually pretty good (not... good... but... good... decent... alright) considering you can get extremely large quantities for little cost
... the rich coffers suck though...
Every 100% of MF that you have only elevates you’re loot chances by .01% so...........yeah.
incorrect; as i understand it
(hypothetically) a mob has a 50% chance to drop a blue when killed by a player with 0% magic find
the same mob is killed by a player with 100% magic find; this gives you twice the chance(another 50% of 50%; not 50%+50%) to obtain the blue; so 50%+50*50% = 75% for the mob to drop the blue
... this increase becomes less noticable at lower percentages
25% chance to drop means 25%+25%*25% = 31(ish)%
10% chance to drop means 10%+10%*10%=... 11% - did i work that out right?
the 50% chance at blue mob is killed by a player with 200% MF
50%+50%*50%+50%*50%*50% = 87.5%
25% = 33(ish)%
10% = 11(.1)%
... which makes stacking magic find (if it works as i understand it works) to extremely high levels for rare drops stupid (especially as the stat loss impacts your killing speed)
except thats an inexact parral… wow my spelling sucks; because to ‘win the lottery’ (aka; get a skin), they still need to have put in the same effort as the person who ‘became a millionaire through hard work’ (aka; get to frac20+)
I wouldn’t call someone that does frac20+ a hard worker…
As for the bad parallel: yes, it wasn’t ideal, but look at it this way:
You’ve got two normal guys. Both work a day job and work hard hoping to make it in life. Then you have 1 lazy stoner who flips burgers.
Every week, all three of them enter a contest to win money. The hard working guys have a slightly higher chance to win than the stoner, but they work a little bit higher for it too.
One day, both the stoner and one of the hard working guys wins. Who is most admirable? The guy that didn’t win, the stoner, or the hard working guy that did win?
None of them, because it was all based on stupid luck.
i think rising dusk described it pretty well
Prestige is in the eye of the beholder. If you think of your own acquisition of the item as a farce, then it will be and you won’t care about it. I got many of my skins after countless runs of 48, and there were a lot of speedbumps and learning experiences along the way, and I remember the days I got them fondly because I was so elated. Those skins mean a lot to me, and there is prestige associated with them to me. I look at them and remember the journey to get them. That’s, ultimately, what matters. I couldn’t give a puppy what anyone else thinks when they see them.
i personally believe wrestling rng into submission is a prestige worthy feat
(which my jealousy at someone on my teams aquisition of a fractal dagger a few days ago seems to reinforce… or something… my name and stuff…)
youll still clearly see the visual (and hear the audio) effects
… and its a back item; so its more visible (i only have trouble noting what asuras are using if its a pistol/dagger)
… but i dont have a legendary so… no pic =[
rangers are also very strong underwater (as others have stated)
… i dont think eles get enough/any recognition for underwater combat; but imo they’re pretty good too (massive CC chain(air float, earth sink, water sink, air cage stun, whirlpool pull, fire cripple, water chill), aoes, blinds and water 2/3/5 do tons of damage
as much as id love a ticket (i still want a fractal shield, pistol, rifle, scepter, focus, staff*2 and dagger*2)… i wouldnt like to see this implemented… the randomness adds an extra layer of prestige
Who would you say is more prestigious, the guy that worked his kitten off, started his own company and became a millionaire through hard work, or the guy that won the lottery?
except thats an inexact parral… wow my spelling sucks; because to ‘win the lottery’ (aka; get a skin), they still need to have put in the same effort as the person who ‘became a millionaire through hard work’ (aka; get to frac20+)
Remember though, you can’t use two on swap sigils as an ele and get both bonuses. You will only get one of the two every 9 seconds not both, it’s random on which you will get but I found that the one in your main hand will process more. Get a on crit or on kill for the other weapon.
mainhand rolls before offhand; although with on swaps it would mean mainhand activates; goes on cd and prevents offhand activating
1) With so many gear compositions, how do people even play around with builds without doing massive amounts of PvE? I am broke just buying my first set…
2) If I am forced into dungeons, I assume my spec would be considered terrible due to having a “hybrid” focus?
3) I am on Blackgate, and I did my last 2 levels in the Eternal Battleground. It was a ridiculous zerg-fest. Do the other 3 battlegrounds typically have more small group and solo encounters?
4) What is the best way to gear for PvP? DAOC (pre-TOA) will always be king here. I got to level 50, paid a crafter to make me decent gear and an enchanter to put buffs on it. It didn’t break the bank and I never needed to worry about gear again (until TOA that is). I could focus on PvP and not the gear grind. I assume gear is going to be a grind in this game?
5) Can I do all this and look like the Engineer from the character creation screen? I loved that armor and haven’t found it in-game yet. I assume if I do obtain that set I can transmog my PvP gear…
Basically I just want to play an all-around Engineer that can win some 1v1s and supply some decent support in WvW, and not have to always worry about gear if I decide to change specs. I am afraid I am not going to like the answer here as what I am picking up on it seems like this game is very grindy. Which is disappointing for PvP focused players.
1. you can test most build in the heart of the mists before committing to them in pve (though there are a few skill/stat differences; the basics are the same); dungeons are probably the best way to gear; but yeh… quite a big time investment (especially if the prefix you’re looking for is only from underpopulated dungeons)
2. most dungeons are raw DPS tests; sadly shaman doesnt really fit with that; hybrids can work fine; but you need decent power/crit rate/crit damage to be useful – also; you lack a stunbreaker and your cleanses arent easily accessible (both of which can be very important in certain encounters)
3… in my experience the BLs have a lower population than EB; but its still a bit of a zerg v zerg scenario
4. spvp gives you free gear to respec at will; the only progression is cosmetic (unlocking new skins every 10 ranks)… in wvw youd have to go through the usual pve regear methods (dungeon/buying/crafting/getting lucky)
5. armour sets shown on the character creation screen are obtainable; they’re often either a crafted set (for example; every race warr wears barbaric armour – an armoursmith set) or a cultural set (such as… i believe every guardian is wearing a cult set)… though theres a few anomalies; such as sylvari thief; which if i recall correctly is wearing AC armour
- if you mention what race your engi is then i could tell you what set they wear on char creation and where to obtain it
i use sword+focus/staff (since izerker is bugged)
warlocks hit ridiculously hard when a boss is loaded up with conditions (which happens with most comps)
chaos storm aegis is great, and has saved quite a few people in dungeon runs when theyve gotten downed near a boss (or blocking captain…ascalon…guys first agony blast; so you still have a few NPCs up)
Things that doesn’t look human
Sylvari(Heavy Armor) – they’ve got waist problem too and shoulders
Norns(Medium,Heavy Armor) – their legs just doesn’t look right
as much as id love a ticket (i still want a fractal shield, pistol, rifle, scepter, focus, staff*2 and dagger*2)… i wouldnt like to see this implemented… the randomness adds an extra layer of prestige
- i was lucky enough to get my hammer (which is awesome) on one of my first 20+ runs…. also got a trident at some point… but meh
- farming 20-28 on two character each day for the skins i want
iwarlock is pretty good against enemies loaded up with conditions (8/9k crits); which makes it amazing in pve boss fights… in pvp… i suppose it would work best when supported by a nader engi or something (dont pvp much)
I use the crafted Rascal coat transmuted onto some exotic crafted armor with pitch dye, mahogany dye, and starry night dye for the neck scarf. Sorry no photo at the moment, though if you go to the Engineer forum and look at the steampunk thread on the page I have a shot there.
my mesmer
- first picture is quite old
- second picture is newer (new dye scheme and weapons); whilst playing around with animations (sta kitten idle animation with a sword)
t1 helm
cof shoulders (like they’re visible)
t3 chest (stupid that we cant dye the glowing bit seperately)
cof gloves (still need to find a rep for these)
t2 legs
t1 shoes (only shoes that hide the side toes)
im planning to go after something like this on my engi
…. probably with different dyes though; celestial and abyss is overdone
…. maybe with different helm/shoulders
…. maybe id do it on my thief (kitten YOU HOBOSACKS)
Loot Bag system, is very well, and dont need any changes here.
no… no it isnt
its detrimental to team play having someone (or yourself) run around picking up loot in the middle of a fight; but its also hard to begrudge them that; because its a failure of a system
-also; why is this in engi forums? seems more wvw orientated?
alot of animations are repeated… (thief) withdraw, and (ranger) lightning reflex utilise the same character animations; its the effects (blue glow of withdraw; lightning crack on LR) that make them different; i dont really think its a problem
… also; those dummies suck with ‘ground hover’ moves (projectiles that hover along the ground; if you try shooting it over a gap it will just drop down); you’ll find it hard to test stuff like guardian s#3 or iwarlock due to it
as my signature states; i have 6… well… 5 now; lvl 80s; so i know how to actually level
but i derped and didnt check the front page before posting; seems like bomb kit is a good way for lazy levels; run around aggro a ton of mobs then just spam them to death (using a rock -or something- to LoS ranged mobs into a group)
i think engi is going to be my next char to level (despite having deleted and remade my necro); i know what build i want at 80; but whats the easiest; most hasslefree method/build to level?
The problem is that Sorrow’s Embrace medium armors are utter crap compared to their heavy and light variants. Very difficult to do anything steampunkish. Only thing close I could ever do was a royal guard variant of it on a Dishonored style.
The best piece of the Sorrow’s Embrace set, IMHO, is the shoulders.
As a Ranger, I really do not find it too hard to find a party. There are a couple of genuine kitten hole players who insist souly on Guardians and Warriors. I’d say about 80-90% of the time I am on the of the last players alive in my party and able to finish a boss off with little to no trouble while ressing people at the same time. (usually everyone else is warrior/guardian meat bags)
The biggest problems that newbie rangers have that really get them turned away by larger parties are the following:
-Not knowing when to switch your pet to Guard
-Not knowing when to stow your pet *
-Not knowing how to kite
Stowing your pet is a glitchy kitten function at times due to the lack of care the devs have put into testing it….
i think you missed;
-not knowing when to melee
-not knowing when not to PBS
-not knowing not to use a bear
mobility
– any class with a run signet (ranger/thief/ele/necro) or high swiftness up time ( so… basically; anything but mesmer) channel uninterrupted
- ranger – pet distraction
- guardian – aegis and sanctuary
- ele – mist form and arcane shield
- thief – stealth
im going for map completion on my ranger and ele atm (but i find it hard to motivate myself to go and do the sub70 areas)
gold find isnt as useful as magic find outside of dungeons imo (though the only source of either that you should be recieving in a dungeon is omnom noms)
i like 5 runes of the noble and one rune of the pirate; the power helps kill stuff faster
Thanks everyone!^^
I asked because sometimes it may happen than the ressing one is a guardian using blocks. Hammer does no good in these cases. And doesn’t fit in my build. Hundred blades won’t damage him, but it will sure damage the downed enemy.
a guardian wont be able to block all your attacks whilst ressing… all theyd have access to is aegis (at max… it would be 3?); with the new signet of might active you could hit through that or have a necro buddy fear them
… stability res… thats when you go full dps on the resser
trasnfer to ranger (though the immob is very short anyway)/consume condition/convert condition> move out straight away (by dodge if you want to be absolutely sure)
dark path/flesh wurm/spectral walk (if caught whilst still in it) to TP out
DS4/dagger to destroy roots
… entangle is actually a very weak elite; but becomes effective against inexperienced players who dont know how to get out and/or walk back into the roots after getting out
back in beta where i could play D/D with a staff on switch <3
… 40 skills would be OP
… would like an out of combat weapon swap though (so i dont have to keep opening inven>finding staff>equipping each time i need range
i can barely stand the current world bosses… they’re horribly boring; i find dungeons more fun
3 dungeon paths =
~200 tokens
- 200/30 = 6+ rares
- OR exo (gloves/boots/helm)
27s at end
10+s from most bosses
chance at loot/lodestone/core from each chest
seems pretty balanced to me
Anet troll.
No, this isn’t balanced, you rarely get cores from the chests, maybe if your lucky you’ll get 1, if you run CoF all day you might get a lodestone but they aren’t worth anything, and the blues and greens you get aren’t worth squat either, but the manditory rare for auto attacking a dragon for 2-3 mins is, not to mention the chance at a precursor.
Yes, this is totally balanced. LMAO… I won’t even go into how unbalanced fractal loot is, 40+ fractal loot is garbage. whoever does the dungeon programming in this game should be tied to the back of a truck and dragged down a gravel road…
ROFL
why is CoF farming so popular? because its very profitable
why are molten lodestones (and especially cores) worth crap all? because people spam cof like crazy, compare this to TA or CoE which both have expensive lodestones; thus are nice drops to augment earnings
precursors drop anywhere
low chance at exo from dragon chests too (the only thing that makes it worth it is the guaranteed rare+)
blues/greens drop from dragon chests too?
dragon farming is for people who like their RNG and mindlessly auto attacking, dungeon farming is for those who like guaranteed rewards (a definite amount of rares/an exo with a specific prefix/straight up gold)
^Well the thing is I’m perfectly happy with exotics as it is.
I would rather upgrade the tier of all gear together, so it’s easier to figure out stats. Odd I know, but I just prefer it that way – feels “neater” (yeah you might have guessed the aquabreather situation bothers me… )
As such laurels have no use for me at the moment, so just hoarding them in case they are used for purchasing further ascended gear.
If not I’ll just blow them on trinkets.
ah; that makes sense
i suppose its kind of like; i have t3 salad cultural on my ranger… except for the leggings; which are TA… and hardly noticable… and bugs the hell out of me… but have too many alts to spare the gold to buy something that isnt noticable
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