Guild Wars 2

Jayne.9251:

That would be all fair and well … And completely logical if we didn’t see aberrations on our own BL …. Like SoR players escorting and defending BG yaks into newly claimed keeps …. Or witnessing three BG players WITH two SoR players go cap a supply camp and turn it green, all over the map.

Say whaaaaaat? So some SoR players, were defending a BG Yak from … TC? LOL! I’m not saying it didn’t happen as I wasn’t there, but man, it’s hard to believe. Are you sure you weren’t hitting ye ole bourbon bottle a little too hard that night?

I also have a hard time buying that SoR would intentionally throw a match as most of their guys are packed with server pride, but I guess there could have been a small faction that was quietly trying to make it happen.

Jayne.9251:

Liquid.9672:

Jayne.9251:

I say this completely selfishly, but I kind of hope SBI comes in third — only to keep them with us for at least another week. The matchups this week have reinvigorated us all — SoR, TC and SBI. It’s been a ton of fun.

Even if SBI wins the match (or even future matches) you’ll probably have them for at least a few more weeks. This week, BG will likely gain rating even if they take third, and SBI will lose rating even they win. You can thank the rating system, but I think you’re safe from those nasty BG guys for a good 3 or 4 weeks. Oh wait, I’m one of those nasty BG guys!

Aw I didn’t mean it that way. It was just that getting nightcapped every night was getting a little tiring. If all things were equal, I’d love to see you guys back in this tier, but as it stands now, it’s pretty lopsided and makes for some not fun WvW for everyone involved, even you guys.

I didn’t take your post negatively at all Jayne, and I completely understand.

Jayne.9251:

I say this completely selfishly, but I kind of hope SBI comes in third — only to keep them with us for at least another week. The matchups this week have reinvigorated us all — SoR, TC and SBI. It’s been a ton of fun.

Even if SBI wins the match (or even future matches) you’ll probably have them for at least a few more weeks. This week, BG will likely gain rating even if they take third, and SBI will lose rating even they win. You can thank the rating system, but I think you’re safe from those nasty BG guys for a good 3 or 4 weeks. Oh wait, I’m one of those nasty BG guys!

Did anything change? Yes. Weapon sigils now work with kits and to compensate grenade #1 damage was nerfed by 30%

Did they fix the multiple engineer bugs, and buff us? Nope.

Is Engineer still the weakest class? That’s debatable. In my personal opinion the answer is “yes, or close to it” if looking at the game broadly across the aspects of combat and game content. My Engi can farm Orr DE loot like a beast though!

IomegadriveOne.5291:

lol so basically they are a bandwagon guild. If they wanted to have fun they should have transferred to a server without the presence that they have. Instead they transfer to a server roflstomping others in their tier? They also apparently didn’t get the memo. All guilds were told to stand down the last few weeks we were in T1 last time because we were being blatantly 2v1’d by JQ and SBI at the time. I am not talking about some of the time, I am talking about 24/7 2v1 with screenshots to prove it. DiE os a bandwagon guild if it isn’t obvious. Just replace BG with SoS if SoS ever gets knocked from T1.

I play on BG, and have no love lost for [DiE], but they are not a bandwagon guild. They are an elitist hardcore PvP guild that expects a high level of coordination and performance from their server team mates. They moved to SoS mainly because they saw this environment on the server, and partially because their former TA buds, PRX, was already there. I don’t buy their “well SoS was the un-official Oceanic server” rationalization though. It may have been the icing on the cake but I’m certain it had nothing to do with the server choice.

nofo.8469:

So basically like before, except worse.

Welcome back.

LOL! This gave me a good chuckle. Thank you sir.

Tala.7638:

Please, can we not get moderated here? I personally have been having a ton of excitement this week. HB is a great foe. And other BG guilds have showed well. The dynamics of this game are as they are. Please try to accept it. This is T1 WvW3 for a reason. And also, from the rumor mill, maybe a PRX move will fill some gaps in coverage that BG is having. Either way, it is what is, this a great game, and we should work on strengthening our entire community. I know ppl need to stroke their kittens, but get over that. Keep this thread positive. It has been a fun weekend, and I am looking forward to a lot more fun this week. This kinda stuff is why we play MMOs, let US not forget that.
EDIT: Smokee’s video was great. If Kurthos or some other Aoi member, or someone from the SoS community had made such a great video, I would’ve applauded it, so I do not know why people are not giving Smokee props for making a solid inspirational piece for HIS server, and sending a message to JQ and SoS that HB and BG were going to bring it…which they have. So Smokee, great job man. And your guild has spoken with their tactics and field presence. Please keep it up.

Amazing post. Thank you Tala.

What’s funny is BG crushed the off-peak hours in T2, and many on SoR called them night cappers. Shows the contrast in coverage between the top two tiers nicely I think.

Looks like there are two servers left that have the coverage for T1. Grats guys!

No servers do an intentional 2v1. It just doesn’t happen. Any perception of it is probably just SoS and JQ wanting to show the new kid what’s up. Getting hit more often than by the 2 other servers can and will always happen. I play on BG, and I say deal with it.

Nothing has been confirmed at this point. Anet is definitely working on something though.

Jedbacca.6297:

I’m envious of all of you, I can’t wait to get back in the swing of things tomorrow

Dude. You were in Vegas. If anyone should be envious its the rest of us.

etrigan.4213:

Hey Mike/ArenaNet,

Can you go in to how Dolyak points work? It scoring a random 1-4 points per Dolyak kill/delivery.

Is it truly random or is it decided by something we are not seeing on the backend?

Oh yeah I forgot about this. I’d love an explanation on what provides points outside of the scoring tick intervals and how much.

Doing great! Enjoying my Elementalist. So many ways to build and play the class that are all very effective and useful to a group. I may not be back.

Kintari.4172:

The build you linked is high damage on paper, but low survivability and over-reliant on staying in fire attunement.

Go 0/10/0/30/30 with a couple of traits swapped in (notably Bolt to the Heart and Blasting Staff), grab a superior sigil of battle for your staff, and rune for boon duration and might duration.

You will have better damage, better support ability, better boon uptime, and most importantly, you will actually benefit from swapping attunements instead of being ‘penalized’ by it, so you will be able to execute the full range of AE damage + control combos that exist.

Give it a try and see what you think. In my opinion it outshines a Fire XII build in every way, even including raw damage output, since you are better at keeping people in AE damage areas, and can stay in longer due to more survivability. Give the Fire XII build a try too, just don’t dump a lot of gold gearing for it because you may very well be disappointed.

Thanks for the input on the build. I’ve considered a build similar to what you listed, specifically along the lines of a 10/10/0/30/20 staff build, but decided to try this route first and see how I like it.

I also heavily considered going this route: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6AqOVsaizY&list=UUSg9n14zRvCIgGrXynP5eWQ&index=4

… but it’s just too support based for where I want to play my Ele for the time being. In time I’m sure I’ll find my sweet spot.

EDIT – Oh I forgot to ask you. Would you still keep the Berserker’s stats for the staff and accessories for the build you suggested or would you use something else, assuming I keep the 6/6 P/V/T set?

Also, thanks for the comments on Runes thus far. I didn’t realize that Divinity runes are basically 50g for the set so that’s out, and Scholar ain’t cheap either. Strength is reasonably priced though. Maybe it’s best to focus on Boon/Might duration like you suggested. I could keep 2 Monk runes from the AC set, add 2x Sup Rune of Water and 2x of the cheapest Might duration rune.

kuora.5402:

Predator.7321:

Farewell SoR, had fun with like 10 matchs? gl against your new opponent

I think you might have misspelt your guild name in your sig.

Nope that’s right. Unless I’m missing some inside joke which is entirely possible.

On topic, good luck in your match this week guys!

orchid.4726:

Also, does anyone know how the wvw ratings are calculated?? I mean, precisely.

From Anet’s original post about it …

Deviation and Volitility are used by the Glicko 2 rating system (http://www.glicko.net/glicko.html). They’re not absolutely necessary for understanding the ratings but I know there are some folks out there who will like to have them.

Details have been requested so here’s the rest of what you need to understand how we’re using Glicko 2. These are fairly specific details so feel free to ignore them if you don’t get excited by math
Assume the shards are sA, sB, and sC. In order to handle a 3 way battle we treat each match as having two battles for each shard. So when calculating the new rating for sA the two battles are sA vs. sB and sA vs. sC. Likewise for sB and sC. Naturally, we do all the calculations before updating any of the data.
We use a Tau of 0.6 and a k of 1.0
In standard Glicko 2 scores are represented as 0.0 for a loss, 0.5 for a draw, and 1.0 for a win. We use a slightly modified version that takes into account score differential. I’ll explain how using the sA vs. sB battle as an example. To calculate the glicko score for sA in the sA vs. sB matchup we do the following:
sAPercent = sAScore / (sAScore + sBScore)
sAGlickoScore = (sin((sAPercent – 0.5) * Pi) + 1) * 0.5
where sAScore and sBScore are the raw scores from the end of the match.
That last transform is easiest to visualize as a graph . Other than that it’s all standard Glicko 2.
Have fun doing the math!

So I’m just about done getting my gear together for my lvl 80 alt Ele that I will be running exclusively in WvW soon. At least for now, I’ll be running Staff focused on DPS, with P/V/T on the 6 gear slots and Zerkers for the Staff and Accessories. I’ve decided on the Sigil of Fire on the staff for now, with Bloodlust on another staff to get the stacks up then swap. Here is the build I settled on ….

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http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=VlZ;3R0VV0z4cN-Z0;9;4T9-9J56B5;35;047T

So my final quandry is on which Runes to use.

I was thinking of Scholar, as the 10% damage bonus when above 90% health stacked with the 10% bonus from Vital Striking sounds really good, especially when dropping AEs from range. Not to mention the static Power and Crit Damage bonuses. But I don’t know how realistic it is to be above 90% health often enough to offset a more consistent damage source. The initial BOOM sounds pretty fun though.

I was also looking at Strength, as the Might related bonuses seem to work well with the 30 pt Fire trait and other ways for Eles to generate Might.

Then there’s Divinity of course, or just plain ole stats via Orbs and Crests.

So, what do you all recommend?

Hypno.2649:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQFAWhEmObpR3QlEAkCoEeQADJIKYRRxM7A;TsAg0CnoyxkjIHbOuck5MI4AxcBA

16s Might buff upon fire cast, 20% quicker fire spells
(with food, Str. rune set)

That is the exact staff build I settled on for WvW. I decided to run P/V/T for the 6 clothing slots with Zerker staff and full Zerker accessories. I’m willing to give up some damage to gain some breathing room against unexpected burst and splash damage.

These guys are right. Run support if you want, but know that a Guardian half your level with half the gear does it better. Equally geared, an Elementalist arguably does it better too. In my eyes, an Engineer offers the most in WvW with grenade spam to stack vulns, do some damage and provide area denial and in small scale skirmishing groups where the Engi focuses on CC. This is one of the reasons I was angry about the Grenade damage nerf. It greatly reduced one of only a couple effective roles an Engi fills in WvW.

sceptus.9415:

Last time posting for me in this thread since tomorrow is reset. Good game to all SoR and BG. It has been challenging. It has been fun. Always both and never neither.

P.S. I like the Tempest Wolves. They have good strategy and are highly organized. I just thought it would be nice to give credit where credit is due. Finally, there is a thief from TW who runs a circuit in the BLs to keep certain areas contested. To you sir, I say good job and may you rot in hell for your skills. Seriously – good job you little asuran word filtered for good sportsmanship.

That’s the mark of a great WvW guild, and a great team player. While the bulk of the server is off collecting karma and loot bags, this guy is keeping swords crossed over your way points and thinking your holdings are being hit. Although I’m sure he ganks players for a loot bag here and there every chance he gets.

Good stuff TW … although Indo can go take a hike.

Kidding!

It’s been fun SoR, forum drama and all. After two months I think it goes without saying that we could use a break from each other. But whether it’s in T1, T2 or anywhere else, something tells me we’ll be seeing each other again. The grand reunion. Good luck in your upcoming week and future matches.

mifbifgiggle.6713:

I’m almost positive that the build still has lots of room for improvement, because no careful planning went into the gear besides general guidelines, and i am constantly changing traits.

Ahh gotcha thanks. It was already nerfed back in BWE 3, so I kinda doubt it would get nerfed again. Then again, knowing Anet, anything is on the table at all times.

Obsidian.1328:

Meh, hardly. It wasn’t happening before this week really, but it’s fairly common knowledge right now. Ask around a bit.

Hehe. Sorry Obsidian, but it is a bit funny. Whenever I see accusations of intentional and collaborated 2v1s, it always gives me a clue how much experience the accuser has in WvW. Not more than a month ago, you thought there were map completion points in the jumping puzzles. So … I’m pretty sure you just haven’t participated in WvW enough to understand the difference between how things can appear, based on observed actions of your opponents, and what’s really going on.

I recently leveled an Elementalist to 80 the old fashioned way, and I found D/D to be the best weapon setup for leveling, and I tried all the options a bit. Check out the D/D guide in this forum for traits, and since you’ll be in melee range a lot, you’ll want to try to keep some Vitality and Toughness on your gear where you can without sacrificing Power too much. Try to find a good balance.

Although, I did switch to Staff at lvl 50 as I planned to play Staff in WvW and I wanted to practice the playstyle for the last 30 levels. I’d imaging D/D only gets better for those levels though as you add more traits.

I assume you’re Jackiepro? Did you hang up your Engineer?

Godmoney.2048:

LOL, Ruin is on BG now? SOS is screwed. I use to be in RUIN on Warhammer. There is no stopping Archaos. Archaos takes RVR/WVW so seriously it’s borderline insane.

LOL, I can’t wait to see the forum drama coming from SOS as Ruin literally rolls over them like a blanket of locusts.

RUIN will blot out the sun.

Archaos is a kitten and all but he is good at running a WvW guild that really has no other equal.

Once again, RUIN today in GW2 is a tiny fraction of their former population. Archaos ain’t around, and you’ll be lucky to see 5 RUIN on a WvW map most nights.

mifbifgiggle.6713:

Are we seriously going to say that engis are weak in 1v1s now? I thought it was just the lack of large-scale wvw power that people were complaining about.

I win, literally, statistically, 95%+ of the 1v1s I do. the only player i ever met who could consistently beat mhe was this thief who used the leap-back heal, a trap that summons a thief, and some other stuff that you barely ever see thieves use (first for me). I can beat ANY glass cannon (nothing to gloat about, they’re horrible), and i only lost to 1 guardian, a few mesmers (also good at 1v1s), no eles, no warriors, no thieves besides the one aforementioned, 1 REALLY GOOD ranger, who i later beat twice, and no necros (surprised? not difficult if you have 2-3 condition removals (i have 8+) and can keep up the pressure).

The important point of this post is that I’m not even good at the game. I click all my skills, i dodge at all the wrong times, i always end up with the enemy behind me, and i just generally suck. The build does all the work. Engineers may be bad at some things, but 1v1s are not one of them.

I’d like to mention that as i type this i am encountering 1v1s. The game sound is on, and i am “afk” in the EB JP. twice during this post i killed people.

I’ve been doing this every day for a few weeks, and i just keep racking up the kills. i think i might have spent 15s on repairs (1.3s each?) so far. Engis are meant for 1v1s. Stop arguing that engis are weak with your unsupported claims. There are a few builds that are completely viable in this game.

Mind sharing the build and gear setup you run in WvW?

I don’t know how you guys can run Kit Refinement. The BOOOOM every 5 seconds when I hit my Med Kit for Swiftness drove me nuts. Just running from the bank to the TP was BOOM … BOOM … BOOM!

Edit – Oh i did discover that if you jump and hit the Med Kit in the air it triggers Swiftness but not Kit Refinement .. thus no BOOM. Still, I wasn’t going to jump every 5 seconds either.

Ah well.

AmphibianX.7042:

http://www.gw2guilds.org/movers/us

according to this, RUIN just transfer to BG, I dont know if you’re all familiar with RUIN but thats close to a 1000 players going to BG. I can already see it in the score so far, never before have I seen BG dominate T2 this much just after 3-4 days.

if this is true, then maaan! BG is a monster of a server. gonna be interesting to see this battle for top spot.

Yeah RUIN officially transferred to BG about a month ago, and they have nothing near the numbers they had at release. They have about 5 players on WvW maps on any given night (from my perspective anyways). So what you’re seeing in the score this week has nothing to do with them. If I were to guess, I’d say this week’s score has more to do with SoR relaxing a good bit, and BG making a push to make sure they make T1 next week. In other words, one side is more motivated to play than the other, not counting the obvious coverage differences, but that’s been a factor for two months.

AmphibianX.7042:

http://www.gw2guilds.org/movers/us

according to this, RUIN just transfer to BG, I dont know if you’re all familiar with RUIN but thats close to a 1000 players going to BG. I can already see it in the score so far, never before have I seen BG dominate T2 this much just after 3-4 days.

if this is true, then maaan! BG is a monster of a server. gonna be interesting to see this battle for top spot.

Yeah RUIN officially transferred to BG about a month ago, and they have nothing near the numbers they had at release. They have about 5 players on WvW maps on any given night (from my perspective anyways). So what you’re seeing in the score this week has nothing to do with them. If I were to guess, I’d say this week’s score has more to do with SoR relaxing a good bit, and BG making a push to make sure they make T1 next week. In other words, one side is more motivated to play than the other, not counting the obvious coverage differences, but that’s been a factor for two months.

AmphibianX.7042:

http://www.gw2guilds.org/movers/us

according to this, RUIN just transfer to BG, I dont know if you’re all familiar with RUIN but thats close to a 1000 players going to BG. I can already see it in the score so far, never before have I seen BG dominate T2 this much just after 3-4 days.

if this is true, then maaan! BG is a monster of a server. gonna be interesting to see this battle for top spot.

Yeah RUIN officially transferred to BG about a month ago, and they have nothing near the numbers they had at release. They have about 5 players on WvW maps on any given night (from my perspective anyways). So what you’re seeing in the score this week has nothing to do with them. If I were to guess, I’d say this week’s score has more to do with SoR relaxing a good bit, and BG making a push to make sure they make T1 next week. In other words, one side is more motivated to play than the other, not counting the obvious coverage differences, but that’s been a factor for two months.

covenn.7165:

SOR BL the last hour or so.

I just want to give a big personal thank you note to the turtle stacks of BG dropping 30 bags at a time to me. I <3 you guys so much.

I also want to give a personal shout out and thank you to those who endlessly post about how many bags they get against opposing servers smothered in a passive aggressive tone. It keeps my faith up in how much loot is available in WvW, how fun the fights are as well as how great my team is and how bad my opponents are.

Nice video! It’s encouraging to still see an Engi running a Condi/Elixir build and having success with it. It also reminds me how boring I find the playstyle. It just isn’t my cup of tea I guess. Congrats on finding success and enjoyment with it though.

MikeT.9428:

All I can say is BG you better have your game face on. With siege BPs in hand and when that WvW match resets come out guns drawn because T1 isn’t a walk in the park.

We were there for 3 weeks a couple of months ago, and even managed to take 2nd the first week, followed by getting hat handed the next two weeks. While the player make-up of the servers have most definitely changed, I’m sure the tactics, tenacity and level of participation required to compete has not. We know what it’s like, what’s required and how difficult it can be.

Thanks for the kind wishes though! I know a lot of us are looking forward to it, at least for the change of pace. After two full months I’m personally sick to death of fighting SoR, as I’m sure they are of us.

Caelib.2497:

Blackgate needs to be bullied, they’ve been nightcap bullying T-2 for the last month.

Nice. We have Caelib in here with his regular night capping whine. All we need now is covenn to cry about the scoreboard posturing and Indo to say we suck and will only make T1 if another server flops and we’ll have the SoR trifecta up in here.

Jayne.9251:

Liquid.9672:

Jayne.9251:

lol I can only i) magine what Tier 1 is like if Tier 2 is a break from the constant onslaught. Oy.

You have no idea. T1 is nuts. As it should be I guess.

So I’m guessing there’s no three-server peaceful dolyak walk parades?

That would require Dolyaks taking more than 3 steps, which is as about as far as they get in T1.

All kidding aside, it’s not that different than T2, just more round the clock action with less room to take breathers.

Jayne.9251:

lol I can only imagine what Tier 1 is like if Tier 2 is a break from the constant onslaught. Oy.

You have no idea. T1 is nuts. As it should be I guess.

Too bad gathering resources aren’t contested in WvW. Then we could PvIronOre too.

sinister.9216:

People still play this game? How are you all not completely bored yet?

A lot of players are still enjoying it, myself included. Different strokes for different folks.

I know that claiming control points after killing the Veteran Guard also provides points. I can’t remember the tick amount, but I believe it was 5 points. Also, I’ve read in several places that Dolyak kills give more points the closer they are to their destination. I have no personal proof of that though as I’m rarely paying that close attention to the scoreboard.

Mjolniir.2541:

Same match-up next week. I was kinda hoping that SBI got to chill in the Tier 2 for a bit.

Thanks to the wonderful rating system, it may not change next week either. If it does, it’s going to be close. BG will need to win by 100k+ again, and SBI will need to lose by 100k+ again. If this happens, SBI should lose somewhere around 25 to 30 rating, and BG should gain 2 to 5 points in rating. Too close to call assuming we see somewhat of a score repeat of this week.

But both SBI and SoR are tenacious, so 100k point spreads are not even close to a foregone conclusion.

Attached is a shot of the scoring the week when SoS moved up to T1 and BG moved down to T2 for reference.

Lalnuir.4957:

Grenade engineers were amazing in WvW, there really should be more of them.

Fixed that for you. Now they’re okay, with not many alternatives to fall back on in WvW. The thing you may not realize is how hard it can be to hit people with those grenades sometimes due to the red circle indicator and travel time. The damage the #1 skill did made up for the high miss chance, but the 30% damage reduction just went too far to make Grenades as effective. Sure they buffed the damage of the other grenade skills, but now we’re dealing with cooldowns and the numerous different condition removal skills.

So in the end Grenade Engis have basically turned in Vuln stack providers, some condition spreading and a bit of area denial. And for all that I still get carpel tunnel. No thanks.

Nikked.7365:

Who else has such easy access to perma-swiftness?

I’m going to sound nitpicky here, but I far prefer the staff Elementalist perma swiftness, which is arguably more efficient to obtain (doesn’t require a specific trait), can be accomplished in several different ways, applies to nearby allies, and doesn’t require hitting a skill every 5 seconds. Non-staff Eles can accomplish it as well, albeit not quite as efficient and not as group friendly.

I would not be the least bit surprised if they add an internal cool down to Static Discharge, effectively killing it.

The problem with the Engineer right now is that the profession has to work harder than other professions to do the same thing, and often does it worse. In other words, it’s common to see worse results with more effort. Also, turrets are pretty bad overall. They just don’t provide enough benefit for stationary objects on cooldowns that are just too long.

The video linked above is about the only overly viable build in WvW right now if you want to min/max your effectiveness, which is a glass cannon static discharge build, but it’s mostly a single target burst build, and of course Thieves do that far better with far greater suvivability via steath and escape. The tool kit brings some neat utilities in WvW with a block, a magnet pull, box of nails and crowbar, but it’s still a bit gimmicky albeit neat side tools. The biggest thing for me is lack of synergy of traits and skills. The profession is just a mess from that standpoint.

I ran an Engineer since release, and primarily participated in WvW that past 3 months, and for me, the 30% Grendaes 1 skill nerf was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I had settled into a nice build with Grenades and really felt I was helping my team out on the field rather than being just a body. The nerf crushed that, and no sigils working with kits was not a sufficient trade off in my opinion.

Anyways, I’ve since rolled an Elementalist, which is the other “hybrid”, and I’ve been having a ton of fun with it. I’ll probably be running staff for AE DPS and support, but there are some fun small team and 1vX options with the D/D bunker style play.

Based on the above, here’s another idea I came up with that maximizes Glyph, Cantrip and Attunement swap boon additions to maximize the 25 pt Water trait.

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http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=VlZ;3R0VV0y4cN-Z0;9;5J-TJ;157;225A47K

I’m picking up 100 more Precision and 10% Crit Damage with 10 more points in Air, but losing 200 Power. Also, I guess you really have to plan out what attunement you’re in when you use Glyphs to maximize the number of boons up at any given time.

Heh … for wanting a build that has a primary objective of damage I sure seem to be going the long way around to get it. I guess the question is, how much of the passive bonuses of the Fire line are offset by these other tricks.

Intigo.1653:

Food for thought though, think about how many Boons you apply to yourself and realize how strong the 25 Minor Water trait is.

Hmmm this peaked my interest. I do have a rather stupid question about this though. Is a boon defined as a separate category for each boon type such as Might, Protection, Regen, etc., or does it count stacks as well? I’d have to think it doesn’t count stacks as that’d have to be OP right?

Boon management seems like it would be kind of a pain, although I guess it just happens in normal Ele play as you work combo fields, use the GoEH heal and switch attunements. Still it seems like over time, I’d only reliably have an average of 3 boons on, which would be a 6% damage increase over that average.

Are there other tricks to get more boons on reliably?

Jahn.7019:

SoR is leading PPT right now. You can’t make an opinion based on a snapshot like that. Unless, of course, you are just looking to create drama, at which point, carry on.

Naw man, creating drama is the furthest from my intentions. I was honestly curious, as it was abnormal to see SoR’s PPT that low at that time.

Wow. SoR NA guilds throwing in the towel this week? In 2 months this may be the lowest PPT I’ve seen SoR with at 9pm EST, and the first time I’ve any sort of surrender from their NA guys. I wonder if they’re intentionally trying to push BG out of the tier heh. Nah … that’s not SoR’s style. Then again, Wednesdays are historically one of BG’s strongest nights.

Xirin.8593:

As always, stay classy SoR.

To be fair, it’s one guy, not the entire server. All servers have players with certain ahem, “opinions”. Thankfully most don’t create entire threads displaying their “opinion” to the community.