Guild Wars 2

Kincaidia.3192:

There has been gospel truth from Anet directly that MF only affects what loot is on a corpse when it is killed.

Source please. im looking around for it.. i’ll post my source if i find it before i get a response.

thanks

Grifter.3684:

I could care less about an event, i just want them to focus on fixing things wrong with the classes , lost shores was so horrible and laggy i just gave up on it all together , and as for lost shores map , i can say i have spent maybe at most 5 minutes there , just long enough to see how worthless the map was. Here’s an idea , spend more time fixing skills that are broken and fixing bugs , GW2 needs something , i don’t know what it is but i have been bored every since i completed maps and all events and dungeons , only reason i am still playing is the friends i have in the guild , or i would have quit along time ago due to insane boredom..

Lost shores map useless? You must not like doing jumping puzzles, killing karka (karka shells 10s each +that karka trinket that you can have 2 of and other drops) and getting your tier 6 crafting mats. The island is great for those things. but other than that.. events are for new content.. which is something else to do to make you less bored. perhaps you could care about them.
The blogs anet puts out that covers all the plans they have for gw2 is no small list either. they talk about bugs and how they are working on them ontop of everything else.

SteepledHat.1345:

Keeping your skills up is all well in good, but there’s no reason to atm. I mean, if you don’t like SPvP there’s basically no alternative to compete. WvW is a place where almost everyone just runs if they encounter a fair fight. But this merrygoround point control format is boring. It doesn’t reward you enough for actually fighting players and puts far too much emphasis on moving quickly from point to point. I’d like a format that focuses on killing players not dodging them to get to the point asap.

yeah… thats why i mentioned the updates i would like to see.. my favorite type of pvp is the 10v10 elimination. something extremely gratifying about killing off the other group with good teamwork and skill.

in PVP… i am ok with it currently. the things i want is basicly what everyone else seems to want though. more variation in game mode. (team death match, survival(1 life), free for all, capture the flag(like the winterday minigame.. that was super fun)) a ranking so you can see – oh, this person is the best in the server … by whatever means “best”.. and a structured level system so that high level(skilled) people would fight other people of the same status. be it based off k/d or w/l ratio or.. whatever. would add a lot to this pvp.

other than that.. good reason to stay in pvp is to keep you skills up against other players.. you can go out and kill the same creatures 1000 times… the exact same way but killing people is always surprising and usually different.. all the different play styles and builds keeps it interesting. I played LoL for a while… there was only one game mode.. go destroy the enemy base.on the same map.for a month….. sure the objective got boring.. so i switch up my character.. play against other people… change up my items… or my job… like jungler or what not..
the same thing should be applied to this pvp right now for the players if you really like pvp and want to keep it interesting.

here is my bunker build.
(need to copy and paste for some reason.. i get “bad link”….)
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgUQNAW7flwzaqXVzmGZ9IhJF9G5nUwcpj6x2te1B;T4Ag2Cro+y8l4L7TuvkftWYww5j9HPGmfA
it plays a lot into blindness and confusion.. but when i face ele’s or gaurdians it seems useless but they still cannot kill me. any other class it seems to kill very fast… perhaps because it is a unique mesmer build like yours.
i have tons of fun with it. yours also looks fun..might need to try it outthat health regen is crazy, i used to run with dwayna runes but never did the traits you do. dropped them for nightmare runes for that extra damage on classes that cannot cure conditions.
anyway.. if you have something to improve on or comment about on my build i would love to hear it.

bad link ^? copy and paste link seems to work though.

ok here is my more current build .. need to cope and paste i guess.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgUQNAW7flwzaqXVzmGZ9IhJF9G5nUwcpj6x2te1B;T4Ag2Cro+y8l4L7TuvkftWYww5j9HPGmfA

ok so. I finally ran into a “high” skilled elementalist(atleast in my opinion).. we just did 1v1 for 5 minutes and neither of us died.. finally used moa morph on him and he ran away.. lol. so… i guess my build cannot -kill- a ele with such skill.. but you can definitely hold him off till back up arrives.

My confusion was useless on him.. and his attacks were useless on me. feedback did the most damage though. was playing in and out of the bubble as much as possible.

other than that i killed some thiefs, some rangers, some engineers.. easy ele… did 10 minute battle with a bunker gaurdian… Really fun build for me.

sorry it may not be much help for killing a ele but… its better than dying everytime you meet them.

If you want my “heavy armor mesmer” look.. you gonna have to find the pieces yourself
mask is the standard one though.. from story choosing.

^me too. pvp is pure bliss with my mesmer (seperate build for pve/dungeons that i also enjoy in wvw.)

• weapons- staff(leeching)/scepter(corruption)+torch(energy)
• skills- mirror, feedback, arcane thievery, timewarp
• traits- 0/0/20 V, X/20 IV, VII/30 V, VIII, IX
• Armor-Runes of nightmare x 5 and .. rune with +25 vit..

the idea is pure evasion(atleast how i play it).. let the confusion take them.. it may be a slow kill on some people.. but you can evade forever..

which other class can apply a constant confusion 1-10 stacks for an entire battle?

cesmode.4257:

My point is, while you can quickly generate 3 clones, fire off some abilities and shatter, probably destroying one mob…WAY faster than you can with a condition build, in most other scenarios condition builds are just as viable. I really wonder why people hate on condition mesmers/staff mesmers. I simply love it. I largely feel unkillable, and the mobs die almost as quickly. True, one of the huge drawbacks is the vulnerability application. But like I said previously, use that to your advantage. Drop an iWarden in there with a chaos storm on top of him(and likely on the mobs DPSing them). That iWarden will stay alive for at least two rotations of his ability. The iWarden takes full advantage of the vulnerability applications your WoC applies.

ouuh yeah, you play like me… i am usually the longest to live on the battle field in any situation… wvw, dungeons, or pve. I even use the scepter/focus… unless i reallly need more aoe. but i do not know if that is technically a condition mesmer.

I find the easiest way to kill a ele is to make them kill themselves.

Im not at your level pvp though soo.. ._. maybe worth a try.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgUQNAW7flwzaqXVzmGa9IhJFBH5nUAdpj6x1ru1B;T4AgyCpo+y8l4L7TuvkftWYwxhj9HPGmfA

The thing i like about legendary weapons is how hard they are to get. I saw some legendary weapons and though “wow, that is a cool skin.. i want one” I also saw how much is required to get one.. and decided to collect everything myself.. not buy a thing. Since i enjoy playing the game, running dungeons, collecting ingredients, killing stuff.. and all that.. with the goal of a legendary and casual gaming.. i now have hours and hours … and hours of game play to keep me playing I am against making legendary weapons any easier to get, the rarity is one of the things that makes it special.. bought or not. If you actually have made enough money to ‘buy’ a legendary.. good for you I think. I have never had very much gold because I don’t know how to play the market. it does take some… smarts/thought. I much rather go play the game.
I am interested in seeing what this scavenger hunt will bring though ^^.

If i did hardcore grinding to get the legendary (the most epic looking of all weapons) in a few weeks… what then would keep me playing this game? after i get my legendary what do i do.. make another one? HAH..(maybe if there is a second one cool enough to get) run around and show it off.. WvW, PvP….. get bored.. quit game/wait for new content.

All the other MMO’s i have played.. (a lot, mostly f2p) i always end up quitting after a month or 2 cause i am bored. GW2 has never ceased to impress me. everything mentioned that is positive i also agree with. I bought the game for WvWvW it looked so awesome. I didn’t get into WvWvW until i had 600 hours of gameplay… simply because I was so engrossed in everything else this game had to offer. Favorite thing is the artwork. I love the artwork of this entire game. simply beautiful.

I also like how the censored words have been changed to “kitten”^_^

@Iksen — .. lol.

oh man.. a fighter/monk type person that fought with bo staffs/ fists .. bows.. emm maybe daggers for more choice would be so awesome. I love classes that can punch/kick/grab/throw/stomp Would absolutely love to see that as a next class if there is one.

I hate fighting warriors that know how to use a hammer. i do not have enough stun breaks to live so long. I never have issues with GS warriors. pvp or wvw.. maybe i have not met a good warrior.. or maybe the GS just isnt good at killing mesmers/me. So you are a “OP” warrior built specifically for GS but you can’t hit me.. sounds pretty useless.
this is why i don’t use GS on my warrior.

But i guess there is no build that can top all builds.

I didn’t really think about it but i do salvage everything… i dont even sell rares or exotics. i had something like 80 gears in my invintory once too… 5 silver? lol. as a mesmer though time warp can turn the in a battle.. it only lasts 6 seconds or something too. 3 min cd i think. mass invisibility is also awesome. the other ones i have never found useful though. i don’t know about other classes so much.

you must talk a whole lot then.. lol. I talk a lot and spam chat with LFG and i never get surpressed :P

but anyway. i like your ideas better now. thanks for further explaining.

I do dungeon runs and pve. -blender does less damage than the auto attack axe. but you can move and the whirling axe can be very usefull against swarms of enemy. I do need to try axe mace though, somehow has avoided me. same with the sword.. I like the GS less and less but it still has its uses.
oh and i just remembered 33% chance bleed on crit.. with crit 50-75% and the 10+? hits with whirly axe is usefull too.

well, to think about it, you can but the digital deluxe edition from the store for 2000 gems.. you don’t get any super content update though.. Perhaps they may eventually sell the expansion for gems?

I had i few ideas for mounts. only get mounts after 100% map completion? i mean, you do get that awesome star and “been there done that” title and the required item for a legendary.. what if you got an “egg” or something that you had to raise yourself too. chance of becoming a random mount-like a moa.. I mean after exploring that whole map i think i might find an egg of a moa and decide to raise it.. lol. Wouldnt care if mounts were purely cosmetic or if they gave you 100% speed increase.. The broom stick for the witch is awesome! Mini’s are awesome too.
No combat on mounts… no WVW or PVP… purely a cosmetic fun thing to do after doing everything else. I know for sure i would actually be super motivated to get my map completion done if i could get a mount from it.. like a super fluffy giant kitty to ride on

I dunno if i was referred here for over discussed topics or what.. so just say what i think anyway

I have never had a issue with group size, but sometimes i think bigger groups would be more fun. anything with the money in the game just sounds to me like “i don’t want to work for items” some people LOVE working for items. Decreased skill recharge on elites?? some one is not using elites properly. LFG chat would be nice. more emote would be nice. I didnt play gw1 so i can’t compare to the former glory of that, but compared to the other MMO’s ive played these events are amazing. for gathering I just use ori tools on everything. don’t “up -enter-” be creative with your chat and you don’t get suppressed. The added things to BLT:dyes would be nice but- there is a good reason some of your suggested stuffs are not in the BLT “pay to win” there is a revive orb though.

so much to respond to but i’ll just stop there.. lol.

ok.. how about dual axe long bow? long bow pin down-dual axe throw axe, adrenaline, dual strike whirl attack. with my crit/power build dual axe does more DPS to single target than GS. Maybe i am just imagining it too.. but does GS 100 blade hit 5 enemy only? i know whirling axe hits… everything.

my response comes from 10 hours of gameplay with weapons sets more or less depending on how much fun i thought it was.. made a appropriate attribute build and went at it. on my mesmer i use scepter/focus + staff usually, but often use the great sword, and sword.
need lots of AOE moves? mesmer GS+sword/focus. focus a target at distance? GS+scepter/pistol. Kite forever? Staff+scepter/torch. having fun just thinking about it.

warrior I see the same deal.. not much experience with the other GS wielding classes but i think they all follow that concept (please correct me if i am wrong.)

450ish hours on mesmer
60ish hours on warrior

there has already been a lot of updates i would say. i am impressed by the events they have done already for such a newly released mmo, so much stuff so fast is hard for people to keep up with.. they are really doin good out there. The fact that they have plans and are working on them is good enough for me.

yeah, thats the stuff i was looking for. thanks Kyosji

I find that Great sword is not OP at all for anyone. Its mostly about player skill and only partially stats. If you don’t like getting killed by great swords, find out how to counter them. On my characters I carry all weapons for the class.. certain things just work better in than others in different scenarios.
i really do enjoy doing Crit/power warrior with Axe’s though, maybe secondary GS unless i know ill need some range, then i like the rifle. Definitely a weapon swap button for a reason.

lol. they have said expansion coming for January and February and they said free.. just hope all is as it says. Personally I have never spent an extra dollar on any other MMO… but GW2 is so fun i don’t think i would mind paying… 20 dollars for a expansion maybe..

will we even have to buy it or will it be a free expansion like the lost shores?