Guild Wars 2

First they should ad an LFG/Squad tool, so you can invite/look for other players who would play the RAID content; finding players is more challenging than the bosses are to beat. (don’t say there is one of those, then you really can’t think, and you need a b sl@p).
For example you beat Vale Guardian, second phase comes, but your friends/guild/pugs don’t have time to do it, or can’t do it…, only in a few days, or even worse never (lack of dps)..then what?!, there are hundreds of players, who didn’t even beat Vale Guardian…
So the dev’s who sad the RAID content will be cleared only by a few, I think this is the answer why we can’t!
It is a fact that lots of players/guilds form a group of 10-12 players, and then never let/invite anyone else … I have 3 guilds, 1 of them doesn’t even reply back when I ask for invite to RAID, they just simply say we are going to do it, oh look I got only this…the 2nd is very good, I play with them 1-2 a week on RAID content, but we need more dps here, so we can wait 2-4 weeks, before everyone has good dps.. 3th guild, I’ve only joined to see if they are doing RAID or not…
RAID content, in the moment, is very badly designed. (See up, that’s why)
Please forget the leaderboards, and fix this problem!

I will stay 1 more week to find some good group/groups for Raids, that plays every day( I have one group, made by my guild, but for me it isn’t enough..) or I will buy another game that I personally like, and play that!
I only like RAID and WvW. WvW is getting empty, RAID is to hard for lots of people, or don’t understand that it needs lots of dps ( lots of people bring 1600-1900 toughness builds into Raid , and try to explain that to them…)
In LFG system when I find 3-4 player for group, we wait 5-10 min, when I find again 3 players, then suddenly 3 player disappears from the group/squad ( they could have found a full group and went Raiding ).
WvW is badly designed in this expansion…
Looking for groups/players to do Raid is more challenging then the bosses them self.
So one more week, or I’m gone, I will play only seasons, or come back when finally there is a good change.. because I can’t tolerate anymore this mentality of a nets.
Or maybe I will be lucky, buy a good game that I will not leave, and never come back.

I will do something… I will stay 1 more week to find some good group for Raids, that plays every day( I have one group, made by my guild, but for me it isn’t enough..) or I will buy another game that I personally like, and play that!
I only like RAID and WvW. WvW is getting empty, RAID is to hard for lots of people, or don’t understand that it needs lots of dps ( lots of people bring 1600-1900 toughness builds into Raid , and try to explain that to them…)
In LFG system when I find 3-4 player for group, we wait 5-10 min, when I find again 3 players, then suddenly 3 player disappears from the group/squad ( they could have found a full group and went Raiding ).
WvW is badly designed in this expansion…
Looking for groups/players to do Raid is more challenging then the bosses them self.
So one more week, or I’m gone, I will play only seasons, or come back when finally there is a good change.. because I can’t tolerate anymore this mentality of a nets.
Or maybe I will be lucky, buy a good game that I will not leave, and never come back.

I’ve just made a guild, named [RAID], just for players who want to raid! It is brand new, I’m the single person in it. The reason why I made it is simple, to find the fastest way to do raiding! No Guild Hall, No gold/stuff required to join, after join!

The requirement to join:
1. Have TS ( You don’t need to talk, only listen). I have to mention here that I have the same issue, can’t talk, only listen on it, it is fair to you guys if you know it! (I have a plug-in problem, I can’t use my microphone).

2. Zerker gear: weapons/trinkets full ascended is a must, ascended armor isn’t! Who is zerker means 1000 toughness, max 1100 toughness!

3. Condi gear: weapons/trinkets full ascended is a must, ascended armor isn’t! Who is condi means 1000 toughness, max 1100 toughness!

4. Tanks : weapons/trinkets full ascended is a must, ascended armor isn’t! Who is zerker/condi tank means 1150-1200 toughness, max 1300 toughness!

5. Healers: Mainly Druids with full zerker/condi gear! (who thinks it is good healer too with other profession just write down why, with explanations, I will consider it..)

*6. Optional: Have TS server, were we can meet up( I have one or two, from my other guilds server, many empty rooms)

I don’t have commander tag, it is a plus point if you have! ( If really needed I can buy it, but I really don’t want to …)
Players who will join are not obligated to play with me every time..that means if the group is already done (10 players), they can play without me! I will try to find about 50 players, I will be happier if +50 would join!

You can apply for the invite here to, write down your name (character), profession, zerker/condi/tank/healer, or send a mail message to LordOtto ingame!

P.S. Note that I will be at my job in these weekend, so I will be slow with the recruiting.. in the next week I will have more time!

Thank you! Otto

Hello,
I’m looking for a guild who is dedicated to only raid.. I’m playing almost every day, I have DH and Reaper full zerker (DH weapons/ trinkets full ascended +2 armor ascended; Reaper weapons/trinkets full ascended, armor full exotic).
I have experience, TS.
(If I don’t find guilds I will make my own guild for this..)

I am using my mouse 10% of the time… I’ve put the skill set on the “Numpad numbers”…from 0 to 9 … it is so easy to play like that..

I had the same idea, 3 condi and the healer on green circle, but nobody listen to me…
and more question, phase 3: again 4 people on green, and if need call 1 backup?
Healer was druid and used zerker gear, or other gear?
( If possible, what professions were used? Here I just care to see if the dps really maters or not… )
Thank you!

warbignime.4610 you are so confused… look at the forums, 50% of people don’t like HoT, due to time gating, grinding, 80-90% of people don’t like WvW, or already quit.
I like to raid, I don’t like the timer on raid, you have to abuse TS to defeat the raid bosses… anyone who beats Raid Bosses without TS pls put a video on y0utub3! I think I will see one video in half a year or one year! That hard is the raiding content! It should be done without abusing other things… if it is such a good game, why do we always need TS to defeat world bosses, do meta events…?!
Don’t tell me that Teq and DS are world bosses and meta events and don’t require TS, then look at TD needs TS, Raid content needs it to (2 example already)
When you require TS, if not —> you fail 100%, then it is the proof that something is wrong there…

To think that every player will buy gems to go to T1 servers…. I don’t think so…Lots of players will do it, leave T3, and maybe T2 to, then T2-T3 WvW servers would/will be a graveyard, and you all know what it means… those who are left behind will quit the game.. Opening T1 servers to transfer is a short time solution, accelerating the not that long time, before lots of players quit the game, or some go to do raids.. ( I, personally, do for daily: PvP, then Teq, Daily Fractals —> very boring after a while, and sometimes raids..sometimes because I can’t find people, only guild mates, who are only playing at night time, and sometimes is already full…)

I’ve been trying to beat Vale Guardian many times, 1st phase we did it in 5,00~5,30 minutes (please tell how do you get to 6,30 min…).
My team used this strategy, 5 player focus on vale guardian, 5 on green, when needed; we successfully dodged blue teleportation, and used mushrooms…phase 2 about 4,00-4,30 min clear, we kill 6 ppl blue guard, 3 red guard, then 7 ppl kill green guard.
Phase 3 we circle with vale guardian, then we have to cc him, when suddenly the green circle appears, but only 2 of us are concentrating on that, every time, no mater in what team I am at,( in phase 3 there is a rotation, and after a time they forgot the green circle…)
But the question is time…they see the timer is low, and they loose it… so please give me some tips how to be better and get the phase 1 done in max 2 min..
I have to tell you, we used 5 ppl on green circle, because somehow there are team mates who get downed in phase one… and should we use 5 people in phase 3 to go to green circle?!
( The DPS is pretty good, I don’t see the main source of problem, I have mid range auto attack about 6k and every 6 seconds 23-25k dmg, with greatsword 23-28k dmg, auto attack about 6-8k dmg)

Yesterday I had the best experience with my guild, getting to phase 2 at about 5,30 minutes, we got trough phase 2 at about 4 minutes and something, phase 3 was good, but then the blue teleporting things from vale guardian landed on green “lightning circle”, and we failed. I have to mention this happens a lot of time… so sometimes the tank lures the vale guardian away from the team… but often the green circle spawns were he/it wants to…
My only suggestion is to make this change, " green circle should not interfere with the blue teleportation things" … it feels like it is a bug… no mater what you do, you get downed…
Other than that, suggestions, my opinion: DH with traps (cc, and all skills to be traps, even elite, you can do 23k dmg, even 27, full zerk)
Reaper : you can use axe with focus ( lots of dmg, 23k average, and vuln stacking all the time, and you can go green circle with axe; focus has boon strip; full zerk
Greatsword is pretty good to, 22-28k dmg when >50%, it can go up to 32-38k under <50%, I saw it on youtube, the 32-38k; and there is the reaper stage, when health is low, might stacking, and if you put the trait on attack 15% faster when in reaper shroud it has pretty good dmg to)
I’ve played with both professions, this DH build needs lots of concentration, if you do it good, dodges most important, you will die last in raids, you will deal lots of dmg and insane cc. Reaper is better for those who are unsure, yet, about their potential/skills, axe gives very good dps, and support, because you always are at the green circle and while doing huge dmg from there…
I never was blamed for my build if we failed, they’ve said it is pretty ok/good…

I give +1, because somebody is really trying to save wvw, and gives some point of view how it could be done, I don’t even think that anet is thinking about wvw, they will in a few months, when it will be to late, the ppl gone will play other pc games, coming out just right now. F@llout4, Th3 D!v!sion
WvW must be saved…
Diku has an idea, it is good, bad?!, anet should think for them self, not us for them…
I think wvw -ers were the true veterans, if they leave, many will leave to, only raids will sustain the population, until it is so hard for many ppl, they will go play another game.
‘cause we all know, that every person likes to play the hardest content released, but raid is commanding ppl to use full zerker gear (this means everything put on power, precission, ferocity, even the thank only +150 toughness, and a zerk druid, +3 full condi, if not, you fail the timer, you loose every time, no mater how good you are, dps really maters here…so anet is messuring our true valor in who has more dps and full condi set). How you explain to all your friends, raid mates don’t bring shields, don’t bring lots of skills with survivebility, because we need only might, cc +180 power signets in their skill utility, and then explain to them, that for 4-6 hours be 100% good at what you are doing?! This is elitism, I’ve become myself one…and still can’t do the raid, because the ppl who like play their own play stile, or they just can’t do it without lots of survivability.. that equals with time loss…
Yes, I had to write all this down, to tell that I’m thinking of leaving Gw2, I can’t find elite players, can’t find normal players in wvw, so why to play?
(And if I’m lucky to find a good group to raid, they understand the facts, think logic, what about the rest of people?! I will not play with them to teach them.. no elite player will, because the real life time…so if you are not raiding atm, after a month by now, you will be left out , because you know nothing… it is so easy to see youtube, and copy, here it is not true… 10 to coordinate, with ts to, it is not simple, everyone has his bright idea..even me! that’s the true)
In WvW there were no problems, everyone rolled what he wanted, did what he wanted, it was simple, fun, sometimes challenging, it was everything…

I’ve done HoT PvE for some HP and AP, and the only PvE remaining for me is DS meta(untill I get full mastery), Raids (it is new, and to get fast ascended armors), Fractals (kkhhmm dungeon, for ascneded things also)… and every night I try to play on WvW, but only a few players are online, not to mention, untill night, I can see nobody…. so at night 00:00 a.m. (my timeline +2h) I can play with more people, because they are only then showing up, for max 2 hours…
I was playing WvW since launch, back then you couldn’t even get into any map, so much ppl were in it… but now…
WvW will be dead in a few months… ( Instead/with PvP Anet should organise WvW events to, I think WvW “was” the best thing in GW2, but every good thing has its end)
And the people who will leave WvW will go for raids, or just quit, so long lots of people/money … I will go for Raids (When I will get 161 mastery points, there is no more interest to do anything else; I’m at lvl 69 mastery atm, will be +80 in max 2-3 days).

“Unless you are support or tanking aggro, any stats that is not berserkers, sinisters or vipers WILL prevent you from having a successful raid. The only mechanics to learn is to be punished for not bringing enough DPS.
Period.”
Very true. Somebody just wrote that he did 12-14k dmg every time and 97% after 6 min.. your answer is here above. That’s why a gear check and TS is a must!
( In my opinion, the players who are using other armors, weapons, for example “soldier”, they lack of confidence, that they are not so good, that they can die easy, so they compensate it like this, using soldier armor/weapon. (or something similar)
Those who are not using full berserkers, sinisters or vipers are just wasting the raid groups time.
For example, a full glass Reaper can do 20-28k dmg, sometimes 32k dmg on vale guardian, with greatsword can do 20-22k dmg. DH with Longbow can do 14-18k dmg, with greatsword same, sometimes more with both of them. Do not forget the traps, lots of CC, and lots of DMG with them.

I have 2 guilds, I’m sometimes invited, sometimes the raid is full, and there is no problem…
(I’m DH, and I will have a Reaper to)
The ppl who are not invited are using TS, have more guilds?! Join 5 guild, you will get into 1 raid.
If you are using TS the commander will explain what to do, because you are to lame to even watch videos how to win in a raid battle, and what to do.
Ppl don’t know what to do, don’t want to use TS often, then they are frustrated/angry on their guild members…
Ppl use wrong gears, or they lie about it, so a gear check is a must, don’t like it?!..kick!
Ppl who have the zerk, condi gear, and it is acceptable (not full asncended armor, but at least weapons) should have a chance to go in a raid with guild mates… 3-4 tries, if ppl see that “you” are not good, then kick, 9 ppl are wasting time on “you”, so “you” could have your fun, they shouldn’t because of “you”?! If you are kicked, try other guilds, you can be in lots of guilds!
The most important, don’t take it personally, there are ppl who will not play along with some professions, roles. Example, I will not play with simple Ranger, Thief, Med Guard, I will try to kick them out, or I will leave squad. I will not play with those, who think that in raid tank armors/weapons are good, they are just slowing the group down..don’t forget the time it self must be beaten. (1 druid, 3 condi, 4 zerker is a must, the other 2 should be +1 condi + 1 zerker).
I don’t care what others say, this is my opinion, I will play like this, I have the team for this, and I can find or join other members/guilds who think like this, because this is the fun for me.

Engineer/Scrapper is a good tank, with max condi stats and Druid heals him.
Everyone should focus on 1 druid, 3 condi (preff engineer), 2 Chrono with boon reaping to, 1 Herald, 1 Reaper Full Zerk DPS. These are 8 players, the rest 2 must be full zerk: (Options)
-you could choose 1 DH (King in CC, against green guardian is good; provides lots of blocking with F3, when soemeone is downed he heals—> puts out a shield what generates a knockback, so it’s verry usefull)
- you could choose another Reaper ( I’ve seen video with 20-28k dmg against vale guardian, sometimes 32k dmg )
- you could choose another Herald

Remember, these professions against Vale Guardian are very good, but 10 ppl need TS for coordination, or somehow you pull it out without it ..!?

I’m personally against Ranger, Thief, Med Guardian ( I was using Med Guard first time, it is good, but DH is way better here.. I’ve tried both ). I’ve seen what a Ranger and a Thief can do in a raid, but, at least my opinion, other professions are way better. (And yes, I will not play in raids with them.. I will simply leave the squad).
I don’t know about Warrior and Elementalist ( or their elite specialization, never played with them in a raid…)

The 3 condi players should focus every time on the green circle (lightning), so that the full DPS classes can kitten the vale guardian, not waste time ( you need min 4 players on green circle )..sometimes there is a lot of waste of time, yelling on TS that “green circle” and 8-9 ppl run to it, forgetting to kite the guardian…

Ascended armors are not a must, Ascended weapon/accessory/backpack/ring/amulet is a must…
TS and gear check is a must! ( On TS we were 8 ppl, the other 2 run in the game like what is happening, like a lost child. Gear check is a must, because lots of ppl lie, that’s the truth, lie about he is full condi, or full zerk)
Don’t forget, you have to beat the timer, you will not beat it if you have tank builds

(I’ve gotten to phase 3 in +1 hour with 8 ppl being on TS, almost got to phase 4)

I’m a main Guardian/Dh user. The first time I’ve enetered the raids was like this:

0: See some videos about raids to know what will happen, how you suppose to deal with it.
1: Get into a raid with those who use TS
2: DH is good against Green Guardian (to survive here use more time dodging, Longbow with Mace/Focus, if you are good use Greatsword—> more dps, traps for skills, and elite skill Monk’s focus, verry usefull to survive, and provides virtues again)
3: DPS is a must for DH, so you must learn when to dodge, when and were to press F2( the best time to use it when jumping to lightning field(the green circle), more members there..and they don’t get in downed state there—> because of you healling them)
4. DH is a CC king, use F1 and traps (with daze) when it’s needed, in 2 sec the CC bar is down
5. Anybody who wants to play Guardain/DH as main must not forget, that learning it is verry long time run ( I have +2-3 year experience WvW, PvP, PvE ) and still learning DH … once you learned it, you become pro, you will not need to be a tank, you will run full zerk and kitten everything
6. Lots of ppl are sceptical against Guardian/DH, but every time you should see the person playing it, it’s the same on every profession.. I’ve seen a video that in raids Reaper was the best DPS class, did 20-28k dmg constantly, sometimes 32k dmg.
7. In case that the majority will be against DH I’m making myself a Reaper ( lvl 80, and 70HP to go to full Reaper )
It is better to have 2 professions than one, you have more chance to get into a raid… in your 400 group member guild you will have more chance that your guild wants you in raids.

And the big question, why do I have to buy free mastery points?! (Tyria mastery points)
How do you get all masterys done in Tyria if S2 prevents it, because you don’t have it..?!
And I will be forced to buy with gold—>gems the S2, only to have all masterys in Tyria?!

I have the gold, have the gems. (It’s a mather of rightness)
“GW2 Core is free for everyone, not just HoT players btw.” The meaning of the “free” content you don’t understand, go make yourself an e-mail account, play freely the content ( I’ve done that), you will see the difference in “free” playing, while who bought HoT can really play the the Gw2 original without restrictions. ( So don’t ever post to me..! )
I’ve payed for Gw2 original, I’ve payed for HoT, I’ve been hacked to, in the time of S2, and a lot of time passed ‘till I got my account back…
And you are saying 2-3 weeks were enough..what about tones of ppl who were in vacation, bussiness? 2-3-4-5 weeks are nothing in MMO’s, so s..t up!
I didn’t say I will not buy the S2, I’ve said my oppinion wath should be fair! ( Don’t sell it anymore or give it to us free )

Anet sayed that you buy only one time the game, after that you play the game for free… so why is S2 sold for gems…that’s a different game, not gw2 or HoT?! I’m missing something out?!
My oppinion: Don’t sell anymore S2, or it should be free! (GW2 original is free now for HoT players) End of story!

“Shield of Courage has a tooltip error and it indeed blocks all frontal damage not just projectiles.” —> I’ve never experienced this, you might have a good bug…
What I have experienced with Shield of Courage is that when I us F3 key it doesn’t respond, even when I’m alone, not fighting. My problem is that it is not an instant cast, it’s like I have to wait half a second to cast it, I’m not lying, and I don’t have lag problems I can assure you. ( I have a Charr character, he says something after pressing F3 key, only after that I get the boon aegis and after that the projectile shiled that it is providing. Sometimes I have to press the F3 key 3-4 times and wait half a second to get it… it is verry lame. (In simple Guardian mode I don’t have any problem with the virtues)
The other big issue is The Virtue of Resolve, when I “Leap” ( I’m in mid air ) sometimes I get blown away, dazed … and the timer goes over 20 sec cooldown… —> and I didn’t get any healing, dmg done to opponent, condition removed…

I use Med Guard with Sword/Focus and Scepter/Torch. Full zerk everything. I rarely die. When you are against champs you brake their bars then use melee weapons—> bars up, go in midrange, learn to dodge.
In every map I had to see how are the mobs attacking/reacting, after that is easy to play/survive. ( I have +2 year exp in WvW and PvP )
(I die sometimes when I revive a downed player in metas, because of the snipers or champs/legendarys, but that should be normal) Honestly, if a “sniper, champ, legendary” can’t kill you, than the fun is over..that’s my opinion.
In my oppinion this 4 HoT maps have normal difficulty, and Tyria maps are easy/very easy maps.
The one thing bothered me, that I often got lost in these maps… but after exploring, doing events, I’m getting used to it…( I still need 3-4 week to know them all verry good )

I’ve made a lvl 80 necro just in this month, because of the Reaper. In Pvp a good player with Reaper dominates, helps teammates (Endless chill, endless weakness). And 20-25 stack of weaknes on a Vale Guardian isn’t good?! Not to mention chill will do dmg on big bosses(like condition dmg)… so what’s the problem?! With Reaper I can do fire damage, might, weakness, with every single autohit(and it will stack)!! Not to mention the Reaper will be the last who dies in raids, and even can be a good dps- tank, using Blood magic trait!
Engi’s are great incondi, but in dps?! What if the second Vale guardian will be only DPS, the Third only condi..?! The Reaper can do both DPS and condi dmg fine!
If you don’t belive me, then why is that in Pvp betas the Reaper is the best class in my oppinion (both condi and dps).
The engineer is good in condi only or DPS only, not both!
One Reaper is a must in every raid in my oppinion!

Hello,

Today I’ve played Pvp… I’m a guardian, I do not have the HoT expansion yet, but I can give a suggestion how to improove Guardian, since I’ve played against Guardian DH, and I have to say I’m very dissapointed; with my Meditation build I could easily dominate Dragonhunters!
I have to mention that when I was facing the Reaper and Revenant builds/caracters… I was litteraly having a hard job, I had to fight them 3-5 minutes to have a little chance to get them in downed faze…in some cases I could not even get a single hit on revenant for 30 sec, so many blocks, and he heals so fast that I can’t even get his heatlh down to 60%…
( I consider myslef a good player, doing daily dungeons, fractals, wvw, 2 year experience with main guard, pvp lvl 32, wvw max level).

Now the suggestion to improove Guardian DH:

Please do real tests in pvp on 1vs1 with DH against Reaper and Revenant, and you will see that any Guardian build is not enough against them, or you will have to be an elite player and the opponents to be normal players to have a chance at winning!

1. At the momment, in my oppinion, Meditation is the elite specialization, it can be used anywere in gw2; and with struggle ( you must be a good player) it can defeat the reaper, revenant.. the DH never will be an elite skill while the Meditation build still exists; and it’s perfect/-ed, it’s that simple!
P.S. Meditation skills with Longbow … it means that you cripple yourself, if you use ranged, how can you harm the enemy with meditation skills?! It forces you to go closer to your opponent, litterally go into their face with longbow?!

2. Traps need changing, big time! Like use stability on them, speed, stun break and when you are casting them make them instant, or get a minimum 2 stability casting time! Plus traps need to make more damage!
If the traps remain the same, there will be useless.. meditation builds will rule gw2 untill then!
In the current state, I’m not even considering to use DH trait line! (When a DH will beat me or give me a hard time my current Guardian build, only then I will use DH traits!)

I have to note, that this is my oppinion, so don’t judge me, you wanted a feedback!

In my opinion, full meditation skills and specializatons on Guardian is still the best, that should be renamed elite skill…
After Gw2 Heart of thrones the best profession will be the Necromencer, belive me!
I have to level up my Necro ’till then!

Smiter’s boon “specialization” effect:Smite conditions when you use healing ability. ( 16 secund cooldown if you use monks focus, 24 sec cooldown because I use meditation healing skill, but this is not the problem).

The problem is, that when I use my healing skill, and I have a condition on me, it doesn’t dissapears, the condition remains on me!
One condition should dissapear (if you have more than one), when using healing skill/ability ( healing ability Nr. 6)

When I use Smiter’s boon on skills (not specialization, but skill) , the condition dissapears, so it is clear that this is a bug…?!

If somebody ( gamer) asks, that is this specialization is so important to you?!, I would say yes, when I use healing skill I damage enemy, and the healing skill is almoast doubled, because I use Monks focus, so yes, this specialization is the best… and fixing this bug would make a lot of difference!

I had the same thing, “couldn’t move”, only it happend on wvw, had to log out caracter!
(Guardian to)

I’m getting bugs often like this (even in Pvp, Pve)...when I use my sword’s Flashing blade or Judge’s intervention (meditation)...
Not to mention I’m getting kicked out (getting an error) a lot’s of time when there are lots of people on a map(even if I play on lowest ressolution)... My PC 3.4khz processor, AMD Radeon 7750 videocard, 4Gb RAM, any sugestions?

I’m not sure if is it a bug, or not, but today I’ve played the “protect the wounded councillors” achievemenet, and got 1 gold for it. I hope you won’t take that 1 gold from me ! It felt so good playing that mission …