Guild Wars 2

It depends what kind of DPS Guard you play. You can either run shouts or meditations, and both have a few variations. The full zerk guard is 20/20/30/0/0, and this particular build will die extremely easily while delivering the most amount of damage. I run 0/0/30/20/20 zerk meditation and have been for the past 2300 games. The survivability of this build is much greater than the 20/20/30 counterpart, and the damage is still really high when you setup burst properly.

Ele has more mobility and it might feel more fluid to some people, but it’s all about what you like. Personally, I found zerker necro and zerker guard to be the most fun out of all the classes I tried – give them a shot!

Edit: also, another cool thing about guardian is that you can run virtually every single weapon combo with these builds.

I attest to this. Chieftain kicked me for 7k earlier and I have 2383 armor. Wtf?

I saw an 11k strike in dueling arenas, this was vs a zerker ele. Can this please be addressed?

Add a queue system

I thought I would be able to access it some other time once I sold it. So now I can’t get one at all? What can I do about this?

Justin ODell.9517:

How long ago did this happen?

It happened to me 4 times today. And when it happened my brother got redirected as well at the exact same time, though he was in an entirely different game.

Justin ODell.9517:

Nabbo.2845:

But courtyard is excluded from that?

Correct. Courtyard is not part of the standard custom arena configuration.

May I ask why?

Justin ODell.9517:

Teutos.8620:

Last time I clicked “Play Now” I got onto a custom arena, but I think one with the same settings as the hot-join servers from ArenaNet.

That’s by design. Our hot-join servers are really just custom arenas that we run. All that is required to be picked up by the “Play Now” feature is to use the standard config.

But courtyard is excluded from that?

I made a post about wanting to have a burst of speed on weapon swap and a couple people responded by saying “mobility is fine if you have a sword” and “it would break pve”

It seems many don’t play the same class at times..

I find Hammer/Staff + Greatsword/Trident to be the best combo. Also, I run 6x Judge’s Intervention as opposed to 3x medis and 3x shouts.

We’re in – The Ebon Banner

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I think Condi Guards will bring a lot more to the table than anyone, ever. The new traits they brought out finally unlock new builds that will allow for Guardians to dominate the condition meta – the day has FINALLY come!!

Well, it looks like they listened to you!

Everybody who logs in tomorrow gets 5 free charges :o)

silvermember.8941:

ellesee.8297:

Hello frands! Vee Wee here #1 Engi NA and world first rank 80!

If you had trouble killing a useless decap Engi with both Warrior AND Thief, then maybe you should work on your Warrior and Thief skills! Thanks for reading!

Wahoo! Bye frands!

I need more frands in my life.

the feels

They nerfed the regen, Lyssa runes, pin-down cast time has been increased and made more visual, arcing shot (or w/e it’s called) on longbow has been decreased in damage, hammer will do less damage on stunned foes. So, yeah, it has been nerfed and hopefully the buffs to other classes will help make it not so godly.

I play on 1920×1080 and I have never had this issue. What resolution do you play on?

Ring of Warding works wonders with Judge’s Intervention, especially against light-armored targets because you can hit really hard with Mighty Blow (lockdown on target + burst). I run a Medi build with 0/0/30/20/20. IX in Honor (20% recharge reduced on 2-handers) makes for a great double 2-hander combination with Hammer and Greatsword (or staff if you’d like).

Soon enough runes of the Traveler will be out for PvP which should make the leap on hammer extend just a bit more, as well as you being able to get in people’s face more easily – Runes of Speed are too much of a reduction in damage to be worth it IMO, though in some situations they prove to be helpful. I feel that the 1-handed weapons cannot get close to how much AoE damage the Hammer delivers, which is why I always return to it after testing other combos. Keep trying it – it’s worth it.

So I have to use a sword if I wish to actually land my attacks? And yes I’m talking about PvP more than anything. I mean, I don’t see how haste would overpower DPS Guards in PvE.

I run Hammer/GS in tPvP just for the sheer amount of AoE damage this combo can land on point, though it can be difficult to actually run up to someone’s face in order to attack (i.e. in larger nodes especially).

I run a medi zerker in both PvP and WvW. The traits are:
0/0/30(I,X,XII)/20(VI,IV)/20(I or II, IV)

It’s a build that delivers a ton of damage, especially with Two Handed Mastery in Honor. If you couple that with what I run (GS/Hammer), you’ll be able to lock-down on enemies and sustain high amounts of DPS. Couple that with Traveler runes in WvW (and soon PvP) to make up for the lack of mobility and you’ll have a grand time!

Edit: As you can see I dedicated the 40pts outside of Valor mainly for defensive purposes. It allows for near perma-retaliation as well as condi cleansers and protection.

Harbinger.8637:

It’s called Zealot’s Speed because it originally was the Symbol of Swiftness, however they changed it to Wrath after the beta.

But yes I’d like it to be something along those lines. Gain five seconds of swiftness on weapon swap.

I played Paladin in WoW and they had a similar way to get in people’s faces as the one I just proposed: it was a 50% speed increase for 5 seconds triggered by a spell on an 8 second cooldown and it really helped the class actually deliver damage.

Not having to stand in something and just gaining a burst of speed would definitely be a quality change – and it wouldn’t be op since only DPS specs could make any real use out of it. Everyone complains about overall Guardian mobility, I think this would be a way to help fix it in combat.

What if Zealot’s Speed in Zeal was changed to something along the lines of:

Zealot’s Speed:

Grants 2 seconds of Haste on Weapon Swap. 8 second cooldown

—

Thoughts? Then it’d make sense to call it Zealot’s Speed!

Guardian became my most played class just 3 days ago

Balkanwarrior.5132:

. . . in 5 years we will get another gamemode and this game will be #1 esport with 50million viewers on twitch

Yes I can’t wait!!!

Because it’s bad

Try 14/14/14/14/14 full signet Condi Guard, make sure you use Rampager’s and scepter/torch + scepter/shield

Look up Soldier’s Hambow for Warriors. Morbidly overpowered and silly easy to play!

You have to keep in mind that ultimately the decisions regarding PvP are implemented by an isolated group – the replies we receive in the forums are not of people who actually work on these changes, they merely discuss them with players and I guess (?) they refer them to specific teams.

Having said this, you should also take a look at the April Feature patch for PvP to get a sense of the distance between what is needed for the game to thrive and what the developers believe is the right way. The population in PvP dwindles (dies) and they attempt to refresh it by giving us PvE rewards, a few trait changes, a locker and a mega server? And it’s considered GW2’s first major feature patch? wat

These are great changes and the meta will shift but at the end of the day it’s still the same kitten thing we’ve been playing for 2 years and it will be this way for more months to come. I play PvP because I enjoy being pitted against other teams of comparable skill in various game modes; all the peripherals don’t mean much for PvPers.

Don’t be fooled, our words won’t affect any real outcome of the game in spite of the hundreds of quality threads addressing its various flaws.

As this guy put it earlier:

My point is two past years A.Net put too much time on “Girls’ stuff”.
We play online games because we wanna fight to/with each other communicate with each other and the core is Human Interaction
We wanted more challenge,competition,passion that make us feel like a MAN !

It happened to us in the middle of a match and when we saw a Golem we completely lost it – and nearly lost mid.

#qq

It would make sense since you can’t use jewels to mix it up in power/toughness amulets

Evan Lesh.3295:

We can’t support GW1 style observer mode and recordings yet due to the fact we use Havok. The simulations are not deterministic so we have to figure out a way around that first. Basically, its way harder to do in GW2 than GW1.

If you make it possible we’ll each send you a batch of cookies – that’s a lot of cookies!

Did you forget the water in Forest of Niflhel?

Congrats!!! 15chars

Tower Guard.5263:

I’m slow and suck at range, but I keep lumbering along.

And I was foolish enough to think that DPS Guards were going to get more mobility baked in

the sober ninja.6539:

Crit damage changes will hit warriors pretty hard IMO.

Crit damage will hit all dps power classes, don’t you think?

Realist.5812:

silentnight warrior.2714:

There is going to be lots of changes with the rework of sigil/runes, ferocity implementation and some balance changes. They should see what is going to be stronger/weaker after all changes and after that they should balance around that.

The problem then becomes, how long until THAT balance patch? As a precedent, we’re already long overdue.

Exactly the issue here. Had they set a better precedent, you wouldn’t see 90% of the complaints on the forums.

Josh Davis.6015:

So, here’s a question (purely for discussion):

If you had to choose one, would you prefer RANKED Solo Arena, or UNRANKED Team Arena? I’d imagine unranked team arena would still allow you to queue up by yourself or with 1-4 friends much like the rated version does now.

Thoughts?

I would like this!

I have been stalking the forums lately and I haven’t seen a single dev response in regards to how the new sigil changes will overpower warriors, once again.

Is it an uncomfortable topic that they don’t want to approach?
or
Do they believe these changes will affect classes somewhat evenly?

clint.5681:

Posting in the wrong subforum buddy

the man is desperate

Anyone? Devs? Someone help this man get on his virtuous guardian!

Is this really happening

Odeezee.7362:

Evan Lesh.3295:

Is there a way we could better visually show who you would target if you clicked while hovering character models?

i would start with effects clutter, it is really bad and impedes on the ability to actually even see the target and subsequent tells. we mentioned this during beta but yet here we are 1.5 yrs later with still nothing being done about it. /sigh

I know. That way it’d be easier to take you down in teamfights, Odee!

Evan Lesh.3295:

Nabbo.2845:

Evan Lesh.3295:

It’s an interesting idea to visually show selection areas, I can’t think of a game that has done this off the top of my head. However with any amount of overlapping characters that can be on the screen, this may not look so hot.

Is there a way we could better visually show who you would target if you clicked while hovering character models?

Simple – when the “O” goes over a player you could create a thin glow all around the target to create a distinction between the non-targeted ones. If there are multiple players within the circle, allow for tab selection between characters in the circle/approximate to the circle.

We definitely already glow targets when you hover them. I cannot describe the number of iterations of targeting we’ve gone through. It’s incredibly hard to get something that stand out in crowded fights that is still aesthetically pleasing. The two concepts are at odds

Yes, the targets do glow when you hover over them but you could make it more so with other options. You could implement various ways of targeting and make them all customizable options. I, for one, would see myself using a crosshair-based targeting system in tPvP. Perhaps create key-bindings to switch between different targeting systems in-battle?

Plus, I am 100% sure there are PvP players (surely PvE/WvW alike) that are willing to give up some aesthetics for more efficient targeting.

Deku.3129:

I don’t get it.

Crosshairs?

Evan Lesh.3295:

It’s an interesting idea to visually show selection areas, I can’t think of a game that has done this off the top of my head. However with any amount of overlapping characters that can be on the screen, this may not look so hot.

Is there a way we could better visually show who you would target if you clicked while hovering character models?

Simple – when the “O” goes over a player you could create a thin glow all around the target to create a distinction between the non-targeted ones. If there are multiple players within the circle, allow for tab selection between characters in the circle/approximate to the circle.

Chicago Jack.5647:

sorrychief.2563:

Today I saw a thief spam pistolwhip on a guardian inside his symbol of wrath, killing himself on retaliation and calling guardian OP.

Not saying it’s OP, but dps guards will not only murder thieves: They will rip out their heart and scream, “KALI MAH!” then eat it.

We’re the only dps spec that can hard-counter a thief. It’s nice for sure

Malediktus.9250:

sorrychief.2563:

Today I saw a thief spam pistolwhip on a guardian inside his symbol of wrath, killing himself on retaliation and calling guardian OP.

its OP if the guardian can just stand in one place without dodging and letting a passive boon do all the work

Retal’s already been nerfed mang

Actually, wait till you fight a condi radiance guardian post april 15 – then complain about retal.

Phaeton.9582:

That dps guard that’s been trolling all your solo qs is me, and as I’ve already said in a different post radiance GM needs to be some way of dealing with condition pressure for a viable build to come out of running into it. Who’s going to run a settlers ammy radiance guard?

I was talking about a settler’s build with my guildies. Definitely worth a try!

I hit rank 55 yesterday and I saw all these kittening awesome rewards. I can’t believe they are FINALLY getting their kitten together.

I was just thinking of having an option that would allow us to have a semi-transparent circle around the middle of the screen (coin-size, resizable;bright green/red w/e) that would allow a player to simply aim and pick the target.
Thoughts? Any better ways to improve it?

Have you actually given DPS Guard a shot? That is all I have been playing in tPvP and it’s yielded some very good results.

Though I was bummed to hear about the trait changes because they don’t pertain to medi DPS in any way. Litany of Wrath is down to 3/4 but it’s still meh – nobody will really use it. The vigor nerf sucks but now that 2-handers will have two sigils you could do an Energy sigil + any DPS one.