so ima keep bumping this till i get an answer and now it keeps crashing in LA constantly. lets go some 1 its been literally a day.. >.> seriously need help here. i didnt pay for the game for it to keep doing this -_-
uhh atm im using The locust signet for speed because i pretty much have no access to swiftness yet and when i unlock my third slot ill definitly use a well or 2 wells and take off signet of spite I mean honestly when i was using S/D staff set up.. i was hitting pretty hard with the scepter. blus it adds bleeds and poison so it was ok it was when i started lvling i guess ur stats decrease with each lvl u go up untill u get new gears ? is when i started to to see diminishing returns for the scepter but ima try it out again when i get new gears in a lvl to see the damage because before i was hitting about 200+ auto attacks it hits pretty hard plus i use bloodlust sigil aswell.
Only asking a quick question as to what builds and weapon sets you guys used for lvling mostly im at 19 atm and using D/D and A/F and i mean i like the damage that it puts out but i feel really really squishy because im in such a close ranger to some champs that it does put me in danger alot. So i was thinking about going with Staff S/D set up. idk what traits should i even start off with either lol.
Hardly see any thieves in tpvp anymore. Rank 43. Unless they are all in hotjoin playing deathmatch? Well that’s where I see all the thief players normally.
And in hotjoin everyone literally runs rabid/shaman ammy + some type of condition build. The lack of s/d thieves running around means my 30 water ele does whatever he pleases 90% of the time.
Does anyone else see a disturbing lack of thief and mesmer players in tourney play?
i see thiefs and mesmers all the time in tpvp idk what ur talking about you probably have been playing teams who dont play that class thats probably why.. and plus i am a mesmer and a thief.. literally my most 2 played classes all with over 1k+ games there is nothing wrong with the classes you just have to find the right build that suits ur playstyle and with that said not many people can find that right build i know it took me about 6 months.
Cant log into my character at all.. it crashed once in queensdale now its constantly crashing everytime i try to load my character IF anyone can help me out or some support would greatly appreciate it aswell as how do i activate the client repair aswell.
same happened to me aswell cant log in at all to any characters. Anet really needs to stop adding new things and focus on balancing. instead this is getting rediculous and i better not be dishonored out of pvp because this b.s happened while loading the map aswell. -_-
well my F keys bring up another window so basically i click. about it.. and like i said meh i do verry well in pvp regardless of that . i mean if u do well.. its w.e it shouldnt really matter much. I see alot of people thinking its bad but i find it actually easier than binding to another key imo.
i wonder why everyone thinks clicking skills is a bad thing like since i cant keybind some of my skills how i want it because i dont have all those fancy gaming mouses and stuff i have to click them and i do just fine in pvp aswell. i dont see how bad it could be :S
Alrighty ive tried the build so far in tpvp for about 8 matches i won 3 of them due to the other 5 being 4v5 .. yea sad days for pvp. but anyway this build actually. it works fairly well i think i might use this like from now on besides phantasms lol. You get soooooo much chaos armor its ridiculous man i had one warrior literally tried to 1v1 me like 6 times and he ran away every single time lmao. and yea instead of flame blast sigil i use battle it really helps with the damage and the random condition spike isnt to bad either at all. So far i have not ran into any problems.. except for the heartseeker spamming thiefs > like we all know. they hit 4ks+ on me even at full hp.. (what are u doing anet)
And i went heads up with a terrormancer totaly destroys that build of theirs lol they pretty much cant handle all the conditions and rupts you put on them aswell as the more conditons on ur foe the more iwarlock hits so that helps aswell.
In all ill give this build a good review i have yet to go against a perma stun warrior so i wanna test that next with my guildie later in a 1v1. but in all it has verry good support especially when ur running with a 1h sword warrior for the leaps he gets chaos armor aswell my friend john like had an orgasm from all the chaos armor he had lol.
yea and about your comment over staff and GS i think staff is actually better for your build as you can get chaos armor from the leap fairly often than what u can with the GS i dont think GS even has a leap on it lmao.. but anyway yea ill give it a go. Oh yea if i were you i would try battle sigils on each 1 sword and the staff more might stacks i think its better than the flame blast imo and since ull be switching between both pretty much.
hmm ill try it in tpvp if you like.. i mean tpvp to me.. really doesnt require you to be fully team spec out.. aslong as you know what ur doing and what ur job is.. i dont think anyone would have a problem with you running this build. But ill give it a go for you and see if its actually worth it :o
P.S> i always run centaur runes aswell.. anet needs to add them travel runes to freakin pvp man lol but yea i cant live without swiftness trust me ur not the only one
And it looks pretty viable to me tbh.. but i wanna see how it stands because i like using zerker amulet more than soldiers but if i have to then so be it :S i hate getting insta gibbed by thiefs lol
I think when a pvp game is reduced to skillessly spamming a single button at a person or a series of circles on the ground its pretty skilless.
I am tired of condition spam. As soon as you take them off they are reapplied in mere seconds.
Please fix.
Any class with a big health pool and a strong condition build is pretty much godmode.
Its no surprise to me Peters is well known for playing a Necromancer. Its just too funny.
This is a stupid, senseless rant.
This game has been all about spam since release and Peters is not well known for playing a Necromancer at all. He’s playing it in this period just to figure out how to tune it properly, before the June patch, none has seen him playing Necro except maybe one time.
I see you’re playing guardian. Do you really think that guardian isn’t all about boon spam either?
b-but I run meditations with 3 passive condi removals every 10s with sigil of purity and smite condi/full cleanse
(yet I still lose to condi spam)
One of the few guardians who actually admitted to it. i thank you sir.. yes guardians die to conditions so easily its pretty ridiculous to the point where it doesnt even matter how much condition removal you have.. once ur out.. your done.. for good lol.. plus they can convert ur boons back into conditions themselves and put signet of spite on you for the finisher.. basically conditions really need to be toned down like.. alot.. because as of right now its kind of overboard in pvp atm to the point where its making people rage quit out games or just afk. I mean even on my necro i literally go after guardians first because i know i can kill them without my health ever dropping below 15k .
Was messing with signet of domination? Improved condition and when you hit it you get 3 second stun, thought of this build you tried out.
Used this with pistol for 5 seconds of stun, it was kind of OP 1v1.
I was using a phantasm build at the moment, I may try this build, but why wouldn’t you put that signet in?
Because signet of inspiration is actually good for tpvp to share all the boons you get with your team and aswell as supply you with your own boons in itself i kinda like it because sometimes.. that aegis proc saves my kitten more times than not and signet of dom would be good if you didnt want to share boons with ur team you could swap it out for a more selfless roaming build but.. hey thats up to you :o
it was on the forest of nifhel or w.e its called. at mid she killed all 3 of us with 1 guardian backing her up and no the game was verry much close we lose 501-489 and i dont really remember the username as i wasnt really planning to go back to my ele untill they did a few buffs and yea she probably was deep into water and arcane is a must have idk maybe i was just amazed at what that build literally did to us we had a verry hard time keeping up.
Ok now i know what everyone is going to say thakittens not viable.. so on and so on but i just want to ask has anyone seen a good staff ele build for pvp floating around lately about 2 days ago i ran into such an ele in solo que and tbh.. this staff ele is really really and i MEAN REALLY good.. like.. it took 3 people to bring her down.. and im not even kidding here. so i wanted to check up with you guys first and ask because i would like to test this out.. if only i could see that ele again man i would ask her. I played 3 games so far with her 2 days ago and we just got pummled like we were nothing but scrap paper and she would literally wipe conditions off like it was nothing.. so my necro had like 0 effect on her.
I was expecting a lot more about his opinion on the current meta. From a viewer perspective, this was only informative if you have no current knowledge of how the game works right now.
Appreciate the effort though; good luck with your channel!
Well if you pvp alot.. you should already know that this meta right now is nothing but Condition spamming and Perma Stun regeneration warriors.. i mean thats pretty much it.. theres nothing really much to say about it at all because this meta needs to change and asap and anet already commented that they are going to be toning down conditions alot. because atm.. even with alot of condition removal it will never be enough because you will run out soon enough and drop to the floor like ur stats dont even matter :S.
i really dont see how guardian is OP in anyway… everytime im on my necro.. and im in tpvp… i literally go after ALL guardians first.. because i know i can kill them without my health ever dropping below 15k… HOW is guardian OP in anyway shape or form lol… i just dont get that.. and tbh.. ive seen an MM necro tank and survive 4 players… while the guardian on there team dropped to just 2.. so.. yea i dont even see that class as OP atm.. maybe when this condi meta goes down a bit.. but even still. they are just a balanced class for now.. no where near Op..
I think i’ve never seen an ele with 30 in fire in my life
30 in fire is actually pretty commin with a S/F build tbh you get way more survivability and if not more burst plus more access to burning than S/D.
anyway i think ele right now really. shouldnt have gotten nerfed down cuz atm everyone is running S/D burst glass cannon ele builds and its not really helping the team out imo.. its a more selfish roaming build. but i blame anet for that one thinking back as they said ‘ele is one of the more balanced classes’ yea.. w.e u say.. if its so balanced why is everyone taking up the same glass cannon build now >.>
I really like the idea of implementing these runes or something similar to s/tpvp.
It just gives the professisons with lesser mobility a way to actually get some. (necros, mesmers, guardians) without changing the idea of the profession too much.
zzz idk why guardians and necros are even on that list.. you have plenty of ways to get swiftness uptime for a while. so i dont see why they would even need it. the only class i think that would even remotely need swiftness is definitly mesmers for sure.. number 1 class that would definitly benefit from these runes because there access to swiftness is literally the last on the list compared to all classes.
yea this really gives a better insight on guardian the class itself aswell as much needed info about how strong the condition meta is to be forcing a class into 1 build alone its kinda ridiculous. I think anet really needs to take some time and check out the class forums for threads like this one.
And tbh i think once conditions go down guardians will be in the right spot alone without much needed buffs its just atm. mostly any class has little to no trouble taking out a guardian even good guardians cant hang long with all the condition spam thats going on its like everyone is running full conditions at this point i mean thats got to say something in itself like its the only build left for some classes or just more bandwagon on the condition train because they got buffed.
Since ive always wanted to play a guardian i guess ill give his build a shot honestly ive been looking for builds but can never find a good one that works in this meta.
welp anyway.. rank really dont mean jack in pvp right now at all.. so u cant pull the rank crap on anyone. uve played a little over 50 games ive played over 1k games and i can tell u as a full time pvper. that rank dont mean squat so dont come on here bragging about ur lucky wins in solo que.
Anyway lets move on. i rather they not add any of those gear choices in pvp simply because of how much more OP classes will get than they already are in pvp atm. the only thing they should even remotely be doing in pvp is balancing classes out and fixes class bugs. thats number 1 on the list or it should be number 1 because im tired of my main classes always getting kitten while others constantly receive buffs every single patch its ridiculous.
Deathmatch will just be hell tbh.. its not even worth thinking about.. i know some crazy kitten player will even put together of a 1 team class like say.. mesmers or a full team of warriors and just kitten .. so that little matchup isnt even on the radar.
hate to break it for you, but this game is made for casuals, same in pve and wvw.
its easy to get started and play.
if you want extreme e sport, maybe try something that is not an mmo next time, not a casual mmo at least.
I’m pretty simple actually — I want it to be challenging and rewarding (ie: fun), and for the Devs to view players as capable human beings able to grow their skills with time. We have, on some classes, way too much emphasis on passive effects and by the sound of it, a total disconnect between actually wanting the same skill cap between all classes. I want the ranger to be more active for heavens sake, if for nothing but getting some real discussion on these sPvP forums.
i believe that there’s active builds for rangers, you might say that it is not viable, but you can also say that it is challenging.
tbh there arnt many builds that work in this meta.. Spirit ranger build work perfectly in this meta and in every way it had a counter.. you just have to play smart.. but anyway offtopic..
it is challenging yes. but.. in this meta right now.. i can almost for sure.. tell you that.. a good condi necro will melt ur face off. its just fact atm.. even on my necro i can go heads up.. with people.. and watch them literally suffer.. from like every condi in the game and they melt like butter. while im still over 18k health.. thats just rediculous lol.
Many may argue that.. oh well spirit build is still viable so on and so on but.. from my stand point it really isnt worth taking spirits anymore when u can take a better utility basically cuz taking spirits at this point leaves you wide open to getting murdered for what 20-25 seconds of no utilitys ? lol its definitly not worth the risk.. i rather play signet ranger or trapper ranger period point blank. i rather be useful than not be useful imo.
I agree with you Engine is in good state ATM, no need any buff or nerf. Though, I just add to the list as one of the class that need skill to play.
ah i see maybe i never really had to learn much tbh took a couple of tpvp games but i got the hang of it truely i guess it really depends on the player. (BTW been playing SD roamer build in tpvp AND WINNING) build is OP. j.s.. dont turn ur back on me lol…
I think we need to stop lobbying so hard for balance changes. One year into the game, nearly every OP/cheese spec is the result of a weak spec getting buffed up at the request of players.
In other words, let’s start trimming the edges, not trying to instantly fix everything. We’re all lobbying for changes that we think will make our favorite profession really good but not quite OP, and the problem is we’re just not as precise in our estimation as we think we are.
you still forgetting that anet were the ones.. that promised they would fix alot of whats broken.. and they still have yet to do so. i know the game hasnt been on for a long long time but its been out for quite a while. and instead they keep releasing more and more content. with little to no fixes to alot of class bugs.. and i mean there is ALOT of class bugs that are still here.
Take for example.. when one of the devs said they was making some major changes to spirit rangers. and will compensate for the loss of that build we rangers still have yet to even receive what that dev said they was going to do. or will they give it a buff next patch ? idk. but i really dont have my hopes up at all. cuz at this point anet has pretty much lost my trust in anything they say.
hmm engi to me seems fairly balanced imo.. you guys have some seriously strong builds. to run off with so i wouldnt think they would need a buff really.. but ive only been playing engi for like 2 weeks so i wouldnt really know offhand myself the only complaints ive seen on you guys forums are mostly about legendarys.. and having to run around with hobo packs on.. thats mostly what ive seen lol.
Most professions really dont have a high skillcap.. like tbh.. some are fairly simple to get i would say the only 2 that even remotely has a decent skillcap is ele and mesmer at this point.. Maybe guardian.. but it would depend on ur build so to speak.
What anet has done was basically. nerf everything.. or mostly everything people in spvp have complained about. most nerfs were called for and most was not. but its not really the pvpers that are suffering the most its the pvers because anet refuses. to split nerfs on skills between pve and pvp. yet.. they split some skills.. between them both so why not all ? like i really dont get the way the make choices. and honestly they have really made some bad choices of the last few months which really put people off from the game. Like to the point of overnerfing.. the most nerfed classes in the game.. i mean lets be honest here u barely see many eles and rangers at this point. because the class is extremely underpowered.
Now alot of you may disagree but.. all ele has left is full on glass cannon builds or a support staff build.. thats it.. and Rangers now have traps. and signet builds left. these 2 classes were nerfed time and time again some nerfs that wasnt even called for.. and had barely any purpose.. but to feed the complaints.
I just wish anet would actually visit these 2 class forums and actually. read the kitten suggestions they have been making to help the class rise up a bit. because tbh alot of the suggestions they have are actually reasonable and should be worth looking into.
You start with leavers and folks that dont care, happened to me. Higher rating you get it does not happen anymore
the hell are u talking about the solo que matchmaking is totally random. regardless of ur rank.. lol.. you could be rank 63. and paired with rank 1s it doesnt matter you guys really need to get ur facts stright.
i find it funny he is the only warrior.. mind u stun locking warrior.. who has a problem with rangers.. lmao.. i find this verry hilarious in every way possible.. of all classes ur having a problem with ranger ? then you have to be extremely bad at playing warrior.. -_- im a stunlocking warrior and the only class i even remotely have trouble with are necros.. lol…
Its funny when im on my necro going heads up with an ele. and all i have to do is sit in one spot and auto attack with my scepter to send them running away.
yea.. eles need a major buff.. seriously lol…ive literally fear chained an ele to death and she couldnt do jack about.. and thought i was hacking..lol. atm ele is at the bottom of the food chain. All ele builds atm.. are full glass cannons.. there is like no more build diversity with the constant nerfs they had. Even at this point tomorrow im deleting my ele. its honestly a waste of a character slot.. when i can make a better class. its truely. sad. but its w.e
You haven’t tried all builds then. I have not met a necro that beat me in a 1 on 1 fight in pvp. Though, most people I come across have copy paste builds. My favourite type of foe. Copy Paste D/Ds … defeated. Copy Paste condition necros defeated. Spirit Rangers … I suck against spirit rangers though haven’t fought any since patch.
Edit: can’t spell or punctuate Today, going good.
Ive tried every ele build there is.. its just not as fun anymore by any means.. if u have fun on your ele. hey thats you but 90% of the ele forums.. all agree that they need some serious love.. and i cant stress that enough. alot of eles even up and quit there mains just to make a freakin stun warrior or guardian.. now if that doesnt speak for itself. idk what else does..
and why are we still talking about spirit rangers.. ive seen only 2 since the nerf.. and today they never even logged on at all. and they were some pretty hardcore pvpers. aswell lol. that build is torn to shreds.. back to traps.>
Its funny when im on my necro going heads up with an ele. and all i have to do is sit in one spot and auto attack with my scepter to send them running away.
yea.. eles need a major buff.. seriously lol…ive literally fear chained an ele to death and she couldnt do jack about.. and thought i was hacking..lol. atm ele is at the bottom of the food chain. All ele builds atm.. are full glass cannons.. there is like no more build diversity with the constant nerfs they had. Even at this point tomorrow im deleting my ele. its honestly a waste of a character slot.. when i can make a better class. its truely. sad. but its w.e
now i cant bring up gw2 at all now it crashes asoon as i press play.. amazing.. really wish support would give us some feedback man this is getting rediculous.
With this build i made you can make a thief or any melee class who tries to get trigger happy on you regret that decision i literally murdered a guardian on skyhammer with this build because he thought he could tank my damage and retaliation. verry not smart move on his part he went down in about 5 seconds. it was funny.
Just pop signet of the wild and do whirling defense. on squishy targets it hits a little over 9k damage and on bunkers ive hit about a 6k crit before with retaliation so its fairly effective. mostly a Signet Axe build greatsword is for ur getaway and long block duration aswell.
OH P.S i forgot to add. while doing the whirling defense skill you can use signet of the stone because it has no cast time aswell during whirling defense cast so ur basically immune to physical damage for 6s great great signet use. You can also switch out bleeding on crits for pets prowess for ur raven and wolf everytime they crit 30% more damage thats one hell of a damage boost for them and makes raven pretty OP on squishies
title says all pretty much everytime i click play a character. it starts to load then crash crash crasha and more crash anyone else having this problem?
I havnt had a problem.. in about a month now this crap starts up..
has anyone else been able to bank this in ur pvp locker at all ive tried constantly and its not letting me even tho there is a slot for it aswell so basically ull have to exit HOTM to put it in ur regular bank.. and keep switching there. if some 1 could check on this for me would be greatly appreciated cuz this would be a pain if i had to keep doing that everytime i wanna change characters
Well this is basically what im planning on for tpvp now here. ur heal is ur choice but i think the signets are on point. with that u need and mostly i choose signet of the wild for the stability to safely stomp people thats an 8 sec stability right there its pretty long
pretty sure he means spvp and tpvp i guess doesnt really matter both pvp im running a trapper atm.. i would like to see a good signet build if there is one
-Storm Spirit, Frost Spirit, Sun Spirit, Stone Spirit, and Spirit of Nature will now begin their recharge when the spirit dies instead of when the spirit is summoned.
-Storm Spirit, Frost Spirit, Sun Spirit, and Stone Spirit: Recharge has been reduced from 60 seconds to 25 seconds.
-Spirit of Nature: Recharge has been reduced from 240 seconds to 180 seconds.
Previously you were able to pre-cast spirits before a fight so that when they would die you could instantly re-summon them. This made it feel like there was little to no counter play. Players could take the time to AOE them down simply to have to deal with another set of spirits. These changes were made so that there is a time window where the ranger will be without spirits once they die. Since the spirits now die after their duration, we had to reduce the recharge to compensate. In fights where they are dying often, the shorter recharge is a buff.
Solar Flare: Fixed a bug so this skill no longer applies a duplicate infinite duration blind.
This was a simple bug fix removing unintended functionality.
I understand the knockdown thing (although that could be the hardest nerf out of the 2) BUT I thought the timing the spirits was one of the few things spirit rangers had to actually plan out.
I mean that’s removing the potential for good gameplay is what that nerf is. Now if people still play spirits it will be even more mindless and less beneficial :/
How does this change remove the potential for good game play? Before a spirit ranger could go into a fight with spirits already out and off recharge allowing them to instantly re-summon them once they died. There is no counter play to that.
The spirits last for a limited duration so that the ranger must make a conscious choice when to summon them or else they could go on recharge early in a fight if you use them ‘mindlessly’. This also provides a downtime window of 25 seconds once they have died that a player knows they can deal with the ranger. This works consistently with other minions now.
We are obviously watching any changes we make closely and will make adjustments if it is necessary.
Well you guys really need the tone down the condi spamming thats part of the reason why the spirit build was Op in the first place. the way conditions can be reapplied just as quick as you brush them off is utterly ridiculous by all means Spirit ranger isnt viable anymore by any means since this nerf nore have i seen any successful runs with the build. with spirit rangers even on my team.
Oh and please. for the love of god give guardians and freakin eles some buff love.. like you got to be kidding me.. calling them balanced balanced my kitten man like come on EVERY ELE ive come across EVEN VETS have switched to S/D full glass cannon builds as because its the only viable build that lets you put out damage to murder some 1 but if u come across a bunker ur pretty much useless. and guardians really need some serious attention in pvp across the boards. honestly the first character i go to fight is a guardian because i know i can murder them regardless of what build they are on and thats saying something -_-
I suggest every ranger to roll a necro now heres why
1. more burst and condi damage to ranger in all categories.
2. You can literally fear chain people off walls or cliffs and my most fav SKYHAMMER MUHA
3. Condi Burst build that has been out for a while combines. conditions and the terror effect which can pretty much murder any class who is dumb enough to go heads up with a good necro. who can chain it right.
4. And last but not least. you can be noob. and stack condis on everyone oh and my personal favorite. mark BOMBING thats my fav of all 4 lol.. and they said Spirit rangers had no skill to be good. when necro puts out less effort than they even do. even im switching now. ive had it with anet.
Wrong ranger spirits now act like every other pet summoning skill and goes on cd when the summon dies
yea but there pointless now. ima make a new build that doesnt require them. at all. with better utilitys. and constant burning uptime. time to have fun lol..
Longbow glass cannon ranger can beat a spirit ranger fairly easily. in tpvp. its kinda sad. but anyway.. its not really the spirits themselves that are making the build OP.
Notice Spirit weapons and Minions on necros. they have a cooldown when they die. Spirits on Rangers Do not. there cooldown starts asoon as they are summoned that is what is making this build OP as of right now. if they were to take that away then thats the only nerf. that would even be needed. because as of right now. when they come off cooldown. or expire.. we can simply bring them back out time and time again.. it makes no sense. why we are the only class that can do this. and they cant. because im pretty sure this same thing happened to guardians and there spirit weapons. and it got nerfed to come on cooldown when they expire.
(btw.. any power necromancer can beat a spirit ranger.. and kill all there spirits in one life siphon. aswell..) if no one even knew that.. spirit ranger. is easy to kill you just got to know how. AND.. ive been playing alot of tpvp recently. Do you guys ever dodge roll ? like really.. you know how much damage.. you can negate if u dodge roll.. cuz this is rediculous.. time and time again i see people thinking they can just .. burst me down and go heads up with me thinking im made of glass.. (well you got another thing comming if u dont dodge roll against me.)
i get this error aswell too constantly back and forth. idk whats wrong with gw2. its been giving me errors more and more even the black lion market at times give me errors.. aswell every single day.
Now idk why this is happening.. for some reason today i cant create new characters at all and keep getting this error even tho my network. and everything is fine. as you can see im typing this up. on the forums so obviously its working perfectly. yes my firewall i turned it off still get this error aswell as my virus protection too. ive tried relogging. ive tried reinstalling aswell . so if i can get some help here would greatly appreciate it
I tried spirit weapons briefly in WvW and found them wildly ineffective. They felt like the turrets of guardians, and like turrets, badly in need of a buff and a reworking.
well since they nerfed spirit weapons they are really only good in spvp. so.. i would expect as much ive made a spirit wep build for the guardian that was actually verry effective but.. when they were on cooldown.. yea.. ur nothing but a guardian without utilitys.. its pretty funny.. yet a spirit ranger.. can have theres out.. and keep bringing them out everytime their time expires.. -_- Good balance anet. good balance.
though haven’t fought any since patch.
