Guild Wars 2

well took 1 month to get my charged…then another month to stock those for the ascended armor >.>….

But to tell the truth i didn t mind them dropping from presents.

P.S. on another side and thinking about it….i remember the flamekissed armor incident….

And seeing how nice the community was back then i d like a similar solution to people getting easy charged quartz that required me 2 months to craft

Mireles Lore.5942:

LordByron.8369:

Just a tip..

Playing the tp means you are profiting other players.

Aside being unethical (imho but its a long debate), its NOT a viable solution for players.

If all players started to flip the TP, we would just obtain a 30% loss for everyone.

In the current situation you just have few players profiting at other players cost (+ 30% loss totaly on other players).

that is why i hate TP so much.
The damage is way worse than the benefit for the Whole community…but few players at least are rich without Killing a mob….

Its also the ONLY form of FORCED pvp in this game.

Thats cute, you always recognize the people that have no understanding of economics, markets, and the necessity of trade because they are the ones that pull numbers out of thin air to validate their baseless opinions.

The trade post in this game actually redistributes wealth from people that farm alot or buy gems to trade for gold, as most of these players have the mentality of they must have the latest and greatest as soon as it can be obtained. Alot of money can be made off of players such at the OP that wanted their armor ASAP.
.

You should just check reviews on gw2 economy on the internet by people with “proper understanding”.

Because its not as you say..

1st part with ascended….
Players have to get the best armor asap….
What about being locked out of your faorite part of the game until you get it?
(dunno if you can suggets me a cheap way to get 70 AR…..)

What about the manipulation of demand by people joining to drain resources from the tp and create a false lack of?
(you know its illegal in real economy?)
Do we want to talk about sigil of generosity for example?

But MOSTLY do we want to talk about how farming is continuosly nerfed and how TP flipping that generates enormous amount of moneys (more than 100X comparing to a farmer) is untouched?

Or about the effect having on rare items AND GEMS being available easily to flippers and out of reach of any other player not using real moneys?
(permanent contracts, rare skins etc……).

Do we want to discuss how many flippers bought dozens precursor to resell them (increased 400% in price in one week …see minstrel for example and it wasn t redesigned at all)

You can try to deny it but we see how stuff work…
Your income is at real players cost + 30% taxes and ALSO you have no real risk…..unless you made real huge mistakes (see gossamer…..that was really easy to see).

MeGaZlo.9516:

But we found that Kasmeer is naked all the time and, more than that, this is actually "no problem" for Marjory. And she said it with a some suspicious tone … Makes you wonder about their relationship … O_o

kitten leecher -.- naked in istances…not even PVT….
At least we know Marjory isn t an elistist (or maybe she didn t have the second vote to kick her).

well on the other side if it helps to have a useless trait redesigned….

I use celestial >.> in pve… (scepter focus).

mostly in fotm 40+:
Cliffside
Molten (expecially molten)
Mai trinn
Aetherblade
If pugs are really bad at shaman

or arah pugs at lupicus if ranged

Its more an alt set….but its extremely effective at recovering hopeless situations.
For ascended i plan to go in this order:

Zerk mesmer => celestial ele => zerk ele.

State of elementalist:

D/D needs some love totally…since it have been overnerfed for a Whole year.

To make firegrab work you need to understand how lag works, anet can t do much about it.

Celestial since i need it for WWW and also i need a non-zerk alt or those few pve situations needing it.

Nike Porphyrogenita.8137:

I don’t want to explain because your responses are often irrational and there is no point in arguing with a brick wall. Guardians are vastly dimishing returns after the 1st and you would be better served with literally any class before adding a second Guardian.

To tell the truth is more the fact you totally refuse ANY counterargument to whatever you say…

Possibly to preserve and promote your fame on the forum…situation that makes the dungeon forum and some profession forum just the land of 3-4 players.

That is the reason why dungeon section is just about 4-5 posters suggesting newbies to pug fotm in full melee with a mesmer…..

You can get a White torch for what is used for

Jeremlloyd.6837:

I know the iZerker is AoE I’m normally using it at the start of the fight and quickly equip the focus or OH sword back before the iZerker attack. And usually, we just LoS the dredges so I don’t even need it

the only way to LoS dredge is behind other dredges >.>
at certain levels…..

Btw izerk + iwarden is what you want when you need aoes…

florence.1674:

LordByron.8369:

Earth 3 is not a viable option against thieves..
Not to mention its a skill that was infact NERFED and used to be another movement skill.

Finally i just remember that RTL nerf is due to spiritwatch making your Whole theory totally baseless……(and it was already if applied to www)

In short, if you don’t spvp, you don’t have a voice in this game when it comes to class balance?

Exactly….
Look at my sig….

The week before RTL nerf ANET said:

ELE is slightly too effective in PvP, bleeding in WWW and adamantly uneffective in PvE….

Few day after… “here, have the most significant nerf this game ever seen affecting WWW, PVE and PvP…..oh but in few months we will consider buffing staff…”

Also they said they only balance skills around pvp…sometimes they consider FEW splits for WWW but usually is too expensive…

They prefer to balance PvE around pve mechanics (bosses etc), and WWW is meant to be unbalanced…

Balancing is 100% pvp…and even there…..
Just before PAX anet was still discussing how to nerf ele…. (and even when D/D was destroyed they kept nerfing it see bountiful power).

PAX saved our FGS probably.

This is my anti thieves roaming build for WWW >.>
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQJAoYhImkbnx5wjEAEFm4yogIiCPUeMTO2A-j0DBYfBkEBkIAI5TQM7BL9BJBCtMMiVXJr8KoqaLqWXDT9CwaGwgGSKAmEGB-w

Obviously thieves have many free of jail skills….there is a reason why even anet admitted you can t kill a decent thief in www…..

If you want even more you should go fresh air burst…..at least you will be able to kill them before they can escape.

Jeremlloyd.6837:

shameless.4728:

y i do play Pve most and i use gs and s/s but i was wondering for higher fractal level should i change something in my gear?and which of those should i pick :S

You should consider getting a focus (for the extra projectile reflection when traited), and play mostly S/F – S/S. Try to not use the GS or only when all your group is ranging (i.e. Legendary Imbued Shaman, except for the shield/grub phase, Legendary Archdiviner, Old Tom if you don’t know how to melee it). But you should consider that melee gives the best DPS in the game.

remember GS is AoE >.>

Just in case you happens by “few” dredges…

Maybe but yet its not the easiest dungeon as it should be, while before it was perfect to introduce players to dungeons.

After the change the first unexperienced friendly dungeon its at level 75 ._.

Xyonon.3987:

Wow … I mean … wow … am I the only one who played an asia grinder once? It’s awesome that you have to work hard for laurels. I like the system.

I did …. lineage 2, granado espada, and many F2p also…

if you look at how much time is needed to equip a character from 0 to full ascended they will pale in comparison…

And then you see this game has STATS tied to EQUIP and to change build you need more than 1 set

This is AS grinding AS any korean mmorpg….just, rather than releasing all ascended pieces at one time, they release few at a time.

The sad part is RTL nerf just got the opposite result.

You can still use RTL to escape…. you can t afford using it to engage…..

May i suggest you to try the feathered set if you like the dwayna backpack?
You can get it for few silvers <.<

Why nobody is answering this issue?
:(

i play only light armor characters and i need 3 armors…….4 months seems too much.

i opened 1500 or more (i m not rich i just had 20.000 dungeon tokens i converted to gold)….
and i didn t get anything…

RNG is risky…

Sirendor.1394:

Not sure if I’m supposed to laugh or cry now. You must be one of those 1% rich players.

totally not…you can see me frequently asking for TP flipping nerf ….the most broken aspect of the game….

And i know some players that profit it a lot with many legendaries, T3 and thousands golds having issues to complete cof1 <.<

what about celestial stats?

(the infusion slot is potentially another 30 stats)

Zera Allimatti.2541:

fractals is only a huge part of the game if you dont like PvP or W3. There are plenty of W3 players who dont care much for fractals. Fractals is just one part of the game. There’s no need to try to make it sound like Fractals is all there is to GW2.

If it was for me i’d only play fotm and www <.<

But i could say that instabilities make fotm not harder but boring ….

Just a tip..

Playing the tp means you are profiting other players.

Aside being unethical (imho but its a long debate), its NOT a viable solution for players.

If all players started to flip the TP, we would just obtain a 30% loss for everyone.

In the current situation you just have few players profiting at other players cost (+ 30% loss totaly on other players).

that is why i hate TP so much.
The damage is way worse than the benefit for the Whole community…but few players at least are rich without Killing a mob….

Its also the ONLY form of FORCED pvp in this game.

i think you missed the “PVE” part.

3 people prepared in advance….thus doesnt need to FEED the “market parasites”…

For once that people lose something on the tp due to an obvious mistake you are even complaining

“hardcore fractal runners”?

fractal is a huge part of the game…..

Fotm 33, 41, 43 may be hard (and totally unbalanced)…fotm 50 is all but “hardcore”.

Can anyone help me?
I’d need a stat comparison between celestial light armor pieces and the ascended wupwup (celestial).

But i can t find ascended armor on gw2 db
Having the 6 pieces stat for the ascended light woud be enough so i can plan wich stats to craft.

TY

totally going:

10/20/0/25/15
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQJAsNIJOzg5LH9BsTqgqLpA38G

Unless you use sword/pistol X/focus…in that case you would think to go 0/30/0/25/15

Its also 30 AR ._. that s quite a lot.

You need 6000 golds to get those without an armor.

the buff to fgs cast is very welcome at least lets hope there isn t any hidden nerf

i did pug at 67 with 2 thieves 1 mesmer 1 necro and 1 war ._. we got the worst fractals possible at that time…..

does it count?

If you don t want to explain tdon t use excuses…..just keep this in mind:

Discussion:
This is good because…..

Statement
This is good.

P.S. for Aegis ….sometimes you get focused and run out of evasions OR stunbreak…that is when Aegis will save your party or even saves you preemptively saving your evades.

Nike Porphyrogenita.8137:

6. I see people saying 3w/2g is an ideal party comp for fractals. I disagree. 2w/1g/1m/1* is superior. There is no time, especially now that we are hardcapped at 50, where a second guardian is more useful than anything else. I would rather have a Thief or Ele in that last slot over a second Guard in any circumstance.

What can do an ele that a guardian can t do better?
Guard has
-burst healing
-AEGIS <(total lifesaver when a single player get focused)
-DPS
-offensive buffs
-the best CROWD CONTROL for PVE (binding blade, immobilize, line of warding and lot more)
-reflect uptime with 0 risk (mesmer is way more Tricky and risky to achieve)
-might if needed

Can you tell me what an ele is supposed to play to achieve HALF of that?
You want DPS? nice….0 survivability and in fotm you really die to a sneeze (do you remember the lvl 80 archdiviner melee Group? XD with the ele downed 6 times and the Others meleeing with no problems).

You want support? nice, still worse than guardian AND paired with awful dps.

Ele is good for easy content in zerk or to carry bad pugs in stages like mai trinn, molten, aetherblade or volcanic….you can t keep them alive or do any damage but you won t die and if you are good you can ress them all.

well sorta…referring to old staff gameplay, getting again blast finishers and glyph of renewal (another great double standard compared to warriors).

Diogo…. i won t waste an answer now…

We will see how many ele will run it in 1 month…

Its too situational for a GM trait…its imho as situational as falling damage trait.

Look at immobilize/chill skills DAMAGE…….its just useless..will maybe be good for some pve exploit.

P.S. also i don t expect people to go 30 earth and 20-30 water….and be effective

diamond skin is the most situational trait ever i wouldn t even spend 5 trait point on it.

Nikkinella.8254:

I’d really like to get a dev response on this. When can we expect a revert on RTL? Admit you made a mistake and fix it already!

When staff will be OP (=barely viable for anet) the cycle of nerfs/buffs will restart.

Staff was once nerfed to get where it is now and ddagger was buffed…..Now is getting some nerfs reverted and some buffs….

Frigid.6027:

I still find it funny people complain about permastealth. Stand in that RED circle and watch how much fun they have heartseeking through it. Drop aoes around you and see how long that squishy thief hangs around you.

How come its okay for mesmers to have just as much stealth and zerk clones doing who knows how much damage to you while they are still stealthed? Why can necros chain fear you and condi bomb you to death before you can do anything? Why can warriors (list too long)? etc.

tl;dr
-all classes have op builds, 95% of people play them
-l2p or go join the blob and spam 1

I ll give you few tips to improve your thief play.
1) you can evade
2) you should not SR at 10% HP
3) you can use SR as a bait.

Did you read the part about being predictable and bad?

Harper.4173:

Also if you’ve done fractals so much you should know that before the " Fractured " patch a mesmer was a MUST have if you wanted your run to go as fast as it could go.

My main fotm character is a mesmer
mesmer never have been a must….

Its just better to have another guardian….luckily there are few skilled guardians and many more skilled mesmers (no idea why)….

People wanted mesmers for the mimic swamp trick (legit), for dredge and for uncategorized glitch.

Now uncategorized is gone, dredge have been modified so mesmer portal/stealth is no more sufficient…thus people just go for guardians.

In PVE 2 classes do everything.
ANY others is viable but subpar.
Guard is still the mandatory “cleric” (but full zerk dps).

maybe because you are not discerning masked GEOGRAPHIC lag.

Example…
A warrior hammer stuns you DURING an evade….how is it possible? geographic lag
You get hit by an aoe but way before you would expect….. again geographic lag.

The best would be the infamous sniper rifle or shotgun test you can easily do in FPS games…..(COD, HALO etc etc….) but in gw2 you can’t headshot etc…

The game try to render what you are doing in real time and also “guess” what people on screen will do.

You apply a condition to a target but it appears only some istants later….

The only way to understand there is lag is when the program corrects wrong guesses or apply istant variations.

Consider that the SEA is not cabled.
Thus from eu to US and vice-versa you have to cross oceanic network “backbones” that usually add 50-100 millisecond lag (100-200 on a ping) themselves that then may be multiplied for a number depending on how netcode works.

Eu to EU latence is usually under 50 (100 on a ping).

hard to explain for me since english is not my mother Language.

P.S: australia has sea on both sides ._. so its even harder to calculate…they should try a speedtest on germany and on the state of US where server are located…that maybe would help a little.
Since most of their issues comes from geographic latence.

P.P.S. lag you get with zergs is HARDWARE/BANDWIDTH lag nothing to do with australia.

@jayne

Hardware (Server AND/OR client side) lag and geographic latence are totally diffeent issues…..

p.S. and yes btw they improved server performacnce quite a lot.

The issue isn t the smallest pool

The issue is “the only profession locked in short range fight”

Also i repeat spirit watch was the reason….
And remember they still have to nerf FGS mobility…..as they said in the past ….they are only waiting the proper time, since tha PAX débâcle wasnt the right time.

In GW2 in most istances you NEED 1 guardian, and you ’d better have 1 warrior or 2

you still wait for your “cleric”.

Try fractal without guardians…doable sure but its way more challenging if not almost impossible with pugs.

with 2 decent guardians any istance can be won almost with the monitor turned off.

I ll explain it way better..

One day “spirit watch” happened….
That is the sole and only reason for rtl nerf.

Other things you will read are mostly speculations….

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

Digivolution.8029:

How would people make more ascended gear if they only have to craft it once and switch stats? You don’t need ascended weapons to clear content besides high level fractals. The reward is better stats and you obviously know that if you’re attempting to craft it.

make 2 ascended gear of different stats.
merge together in the forge.

that ascended gear can now switch between 2 different stats.
repeat
profit

who would ever want this?
i d better keep the 2 weapons/armors with 2 different sigils/runes

if you have IPs

Test the ping and see wich is shorter.
Its wont tell you the latence amount but will be useful to see wich is better.

Harper.4173:

2)The majority of dungeons that are actually played. Because besides COF P1/P2 + AC 1/3 and SE 1/3 there are other dungeons out there. Some of them break zerker groups in half because of the way they play out. And that’s why people don’t do them.

It isn’t that the content that doesn’t favor zerker isn’t there – it is – but nobody will play it.

There is no dungeon in wich full zerk is not optimal…..

You have those. You have encounters in fractals and dungeons that require reflects and ports and stealth and whatnot.

2 guardians 3W instead of 1 guard and 4 warriors or 5 warriors……..
You don t really need stealth….and when you need you just log in your low level alt thief for those 10 seconds…and then switch back.

Condition damage is and will always be good as long as you don’t have more than 1 person doing it. A necro is always welcome.

Its good only in few situations.

You haven’t done much FOTM – so you don’t know about the new bosses – which require more than PURE DPS. Look up the new fractal bonus rounds. You will be surprised.

I have 400+ pristine relics and spent 100 i have a 1,5 bank slots of fotm skins..
3wars 2 guards are still the BEST team
As said you may need an alt low level thief to save some time….

People uses other profession only to replace the vest team comp or if they are bored just to try something new.

You don t really need anything else.
Don t know instabilities because they are so random and unbalanced that i don t consider them part of the game but just an experiment anet is doing…..

People will still play 49 or 50 all the time being the easiest.

Didn t take more than 1,5 week >.>

If you were farming less than a week.

I didn t take it because when i got to www i got bored farming doliak and instead went helping commanders or helping taking bloodlust buff for the server when we lost it.

(also i hate jumping puzzles)

Caino.7130:

Those diamond skin tears will be sweet

i bet 1 silver it will be a trash trait in less than a month and nobody will be using it…

Would you really take 30 points in EARTH for a trait strong only against a single build of a single profession?

Xillllix.3485:

is a 2% increase in precision transferred to healing (from 5% to 7%) perceivable? Can it even increase our crit chance by 1%?
Why not 10% instead of 7%? Would that be so OP that it would break the game balance like warrior hammer did for 2 months?

The numbers are a standard for all professions….

Will diamond skin take effect if you are hit by a 7k hit that inflicts bleeds? Because if it doesn’t then they have just made another bad useless trait.

I find its one of the worst trait design i ever seen in this game:

-totally counters a SINGLE build
-promotes passive playstyle
-Totally useless against anything else thus won t be used….
-requires balance via nerfing across the board, negatively impacting ANY build not using a GRANDMASTER trait extremely situational and on a suboptimal line for eles.

Imho diamond skin will be a total fiasco….

Ask yourself…would you build an ele to win against necro and lose to anything else?
That is what diamond skin will do.

Fire trait is interesting maybe…

Earth 3 is not a viable option against thieves..
Not to mention its a skill that was infact NERFED and used to be another movement skill.

Finally i just remember that RTL nerf is due to spiritwatch making your Whole theory totally baseless……(and it was already if applied to www)