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Alrighty, it has been a while since I last played on my ele, and this is what my current gear/setup looks like, and I was just wondering, is it still viable for roaming/WvW, or would I be better off to replace armour/weapons/trinkets/runes/sigils/traits?

Thanks for any advice!

it becomes account bound when you transmute to a white, however, you have to be on the same race the cultural armour is from to use it.

Able to do anything with this one? I could get something with a higher resolution if needed, or move to a different location/background,

Anyway, cheers if you would like to =p

Waiting for sticky,

All is Vain!

It currently takes something around 1000 days, mining all the nodes, every day, to make back the cost of buying this. (if you do buy it, enjoy your few silver (6s?) each day!)

It is not convenient, and doesn’t even fill the daily gatherer

I, personally, would rather pick a random waypoint over in a may I haven’t been to in a while and spend 5-10 minutes running around and mining/chopping/harvesting everything I see.

Alrighty, see you all in a few years =p I look forward to the day I get to see it, haha

Just a thought,

Has anyone reached rank 80 yet? or seen this finisher/have a video of the finisher? because I haven’t and I am really curious to see what it actually looks like, as I remember watching a video of the rank 70 phoenix finisher around 5 months ago and thinking that one looked pretty nice.

Its clearly flat, make sure to charge it up next time!

Update: logging out and back in, i was put into the “new tc” my guess is that, even though people had patched, they were still in the pre-patch server, and the post-patch server opened up at a later time.

I’m really not sure what to call this, however, TC currently has 2 servers on the lonars pass map, not one full+overflows.

Currently, (from my party) we have 2 people (myself and a guild mate) in one Non-Overflow lonars pass, and another 2 people (2 other guild mates) in a “Tarnished Coast lonars pass” which isn’t ours.

Any idea what’s going on? I really am curious, as it seems most people are being put in the “Newer TC server” for the map, and neiher side are able to right click and “join” into the other.

Performance issues? Bullkitten it’s just another nerf to something that didn’t need to be nerfed.

Yeah, I would very much like to see some buffs to make a number of currently “useless/never used” traits useful, I would be happy to see a new range of builds and play styles to come around, it would make it a lot more interesting in my opinion.

I would also prefer that all of our current bugs (not only for Mesmer, but for all classes and the game itself) to be fixed properly before continuing with any balancing, (Also, just stop with the living story, its pointless, send them back and re-make the dungeon team and fix our dungeons! Permanent content > Bi-weekly trash churnouts Another Also, redo the personal story and actually make it “Personal” and re-do Arah story mode, it was a large disappointment) (Sorry, I ended up going a bit off topic it seems, but my point remains valid)

The On-Death traits for clones are not over powered and should not be changed.

That is all.

I have no trouble at all in most of my fractal 49 groups (pugs) as a berserker guardian (10,30,0,5,25), and I contribute easily the same, if not more (taking damage into consideration) to each group. Sure, every now and then I end up finding a group that just doesn’t synergise well, but even then, I, myself, usually do fine (can’t say the same when the rest of the group in their PTV dies and leaves me all alone down in the deepz)

I don’t see the “DPS” meta changing anytime soon for PvE (Berserker will still be king)(Rework the AI and PvE already?) I don’t see “Support” playing any real important role in PvE anytime soon, and unfortunately I don’t see “Conditions” being equal or even close to DPS anytime soon in PvE.

I just thought I might chime in here;

The BOTM for this month has finished, and the scores will/should be tallied up, and a winner announced within the next few days (I assume)

It was a shame Alissah hadn’t been around (Reasons unknown) and because of that Skcamow, as far as I could tell, was unable to fill in properly, and neither have scores/summaries/thoughts about the builds. (I assume)

Thank-you to everyone who entered builds, tested and helped to refine said builds, voted on their favourite builds, and everyone else out there who took the time to have a look at this months BOTM, and Sorry for all of the delays, some lacking communication, and any inconveniences this month!

I hope to see you all up and ready for next months BOTM (if continued in February, or perhaps waiting until March) and until then, do enjoy yourselves!

I do find it amusing that it took around 6 months for these nerfs to happen (around 6 months since I remember PU-On Death builds to become “popular” I guess), if they were really overpowered and needed to be Properly balanced, why leave it for so long? it’s blatantly obvious that they are relatively fine, and these changes are just un-warranted.

Perhaps if other aspects of Mesmer gameplay and traits were buffed to compensate, and open up a wider range of build diversity, rather then just illogically nerfing things all over the place and giving less diversity, the game and class would be in a better spot.

I name all my pets “Happy” namely due to the fact my ranger is named “Natsu D” Fairy Tail anyone? =p

Honestly, I don’t see this as being such a hindrance to my Blackwater build, I will still keep most of my condition pressure and damage, it might be a bit annoying, but go figure, I guess all anet can do is nerf things that don’t need to be nerfed, instead of properly balancing classes across the game.

What concerns this is the implications for other builds, namely shatter specs, which, are already being used less and less (from what I have seen) and the vigor nerf is pretty bad as well, completely un-necessary (the guardian vigor nerf even more so, they already at the bottom in the hp pool, the vigor was some of the only pieces evening it out)

I use 10/30/0/5/25 gs/sf when I feel like doing more damage in a more organised group,

I take 15/15/0/20/20 hammer/staff when I’m pugging or just want to cheese my fractal 49’s

If berserker gear becomes useless in PvE (It will most likely still be king) I will be sending support a rather long letter, basically demanding my 200+ laurels and 800g+ which has been spent on ascended berserker gear :’(

All nerfing berserker gear will do is punish better players, not make other gear more viable.

Shouldn’t you be buffing up the other gear sets to be on-par with berserker gear? we all know conditions and support need a lot of love for PvE, however, nerfing berserker gear is NOT the answer.

Shatterlock
7/10
My impressions:

• Overall, a higher skill based take on a typical shatter build, combining in interrupts to lockdown/disable your opponents, however, when looking at it from a shatter point of view, I found that the clone generation was slightly lower than I would have liked, and a lot of the time, leaving me unable to keep up the pressure. However, once the shatters get going, combined with the interrupts the performance greatly improved.
• Lacking in PvE situations due to the nature of the build and the nature of PvE, somewhat effective in a WvW situation, in smaller groups/solo playing, and losing a lot of its effectiveness in larger scale fights. This build, however, when played properly will do quite well in the PvP area, being a solid edition to teams, and also doing reasonably well in hot-joining.

The Holy Hell Advanced Scout
7/10
My impressions:

• Overall, an interesting take on a PU stealth build, the boon duration is an interesting addition to the build, and while offering a high amount of defence, the offensive capabilities are also quite solid. I will not that I found the focus highly lacking, only being useful for the swiftness, and the phantasm is still less than favourable to use save for fodder.
• Lacking in PvE situation due to the nature of the build and the nature of PvE, mostly effective in a WvW roaming/havoc situation, and provides a high level of mobility, where the prismatic builds really shine, however, still losing effectiveness in large scale fighting. For PvP, this build is slightly less than optimal to use, where the PU and stealth are immensely useful in WvW, they very quickly become worthless in many PvP situations, as you will lose your capture points, and although you may win the battle, you would most likely lose the war.

Phantasmic Interruptions
8/10
My impressions:

• Overall, an interesting phantasm build that incorporates a high amount of lockdown/disable, offering solid phantasm damage whilst your opponent is shut down and unable to avoid the damage. As with all lockdown builds, a higher level of skill is needed to play effectively, and proper timing is required to receive the maximum benefits of the interrupts.
• Sub-optimal in PvE, however, more viable then the other builds because of the phantasms and their damage, even without being able to properly utilise the interrupts. For WvW, this build is a solid choice for roaming and havoc groups, however, like the other builds, quickly loses effectiveness in large scale fighting. In PvP setting, I found that the lockdowns, combined with the phantasms offered great potential in an organised group, and also in a hot-join setting, but slightly lacking on the mobility side of things, however the shutdown potential balances that out.

Merry Mantras
6/10
My impressions:

• Overall, whilst being an interesting idea, mantras are severely lacking in most aspects of the game. Acceptable amounts of damage, however, the charge-up times are too long to be properly viable, and once the initial charges are out, you start losing a lot of your defensive capabilities and quickly start losing effectiveness.
• I found this build less than optimal in PvE, due to the weapon choices, and lack of utility, and trying to charge mantras in PvE, like any other area of the game, will get you killed. In a WvW setting, providing average damage, it does, as expected of a mantra build, provide a less then optimal situation. As for PvP, the build suffers just as much as in PvE and WvW, the mantras take too long to charge, and leave you wide open and defenceless, you are also inherently squishy without the defences offered from other builds, leaving you providing less damage and contributing less to the team.

Just letting you guys know ill post up my impressions, notes and scores for each of the builds sometime tomorrow morning (my time) (around 16 hours from now)(I don’t have enough time right now to do it)

Transmute the appearance of the leftpaw greatsword onto a “white” level greatsword.

Put the now account-bound “white” level greatsword with the leftpaw name into the bank. (it will be white-rarity, however, it will keep the ascended name colour)

Swap characters and withdraw the leftpaw greatsword onto the character you want to keep it on.

Use a transmutation splitter on the leftpaw geatsword, giving you the ascended greatsword back (now soulbound)

Hey there folks, I was just curious,

The trait tells me I should be getting 10 seconds of fury on weapon swap in combat,

In actual game play I get 5 seconds.

Is this intended, or a bug, or perhaps a typo?

I have to chime in, I can usually stay above 90% with scholar runes/berserker gear around 70-80% of the time in my fractal 49/50 runs ( the other 20-30% being lower where I screw up ), unless its just a bunch of trash mobs where avoidance of damage is a kitten pain and doesn’t matter as much.

@ Tan,

1. I already have all the other classes at 80, and I want to play a ranger.
2. I’m not going to do dungeons and a lot of pve as I already have map completion twice, and a full ascended guardian for any/all pve/dungeons/fractals. I am going all glass because I like big numbers, and the max-range longbow intrigues me.
3. All I see if some bad advice telling me to quit before I have started, and that I can’t do what I want in wvw.

@ Everybody else, thanks for all the tips and such, I have a pretty good idea what I’m going to do when I hit 80 in a week or so =p

Full celestial is bad, the overall stat loss is too much, and you end up with very little power and a noticeable loss in damage (and yes, condition damage from the celestial adds nothing for a guardian, as your only real damaging condition is burning, and that stacks terribly and will be of almost zero use)

I cant recall exactly, but I believe the only beneficial pieces were chest? and perhaps some accessories, just remember, you will always get better overall stats in the end mix-matching other armour pieces.

Personally, I like to take clerics armour/weapons, and a mix of half cleric/half soldier trinkets (boon duration runes, energy sigils, oh, and dodgeroll healing spamming is amazing with 1k+ healing power) when I zerg It up in WvW with my guardian, as I can manage with the lower health and utilising the healing power to keep myself alive, as apposed to taking mostly soldiers and having a lot more health, but being less able to keep myself healed up.

Cheers for the advice, I do plan to change to 30/30/x after getting used to playing properly with a slightly more survivable build (protection and 200 toughness etc)

I can’t wait until I level my ranger to 80 where the run really begins =p

After having a look at all your suggestions, I have put This together,

30/20/20/0/0
ii,viii,x
iv,x
iv,x

healing spring, signet of the hunt, quickening zephyr, frost spirit, rampage as one

longbow/Greatsword
force/battle sigils
all berserker
spider pets
superior runes of the ranger

The plan will be to run around and maximum range longbow people, and swap to Greatsword if they get too close, and probably die =p (I will most likely be running with a couple of other people so less chance of them getting too close)

Cheers for the help guys!

I, personally, love my Naga, having all my skills at my thumb almost completely frees up my left hand, with only needing it to move around, jump, loot and open up menus.

The sensitivity can also be adjusted from 100 to 5600 dpi as well as the frequency and acceleration, allowing you to give the mouse the movement you feel best.

As well as the mappable 15 buttons, you can also program macro’s into the mouse (Although Macro’s are frowned upon here, being limited to 1 action/click or something terrible like that)

I also use this mouse for several FPS games I play, I mostly use the buttons on the side for swapping weapons, etc, again, freeing up a lot of my left hand.

I doubt I could go back to ever using a regular mouse for playing any game again, the Naga is just too convenient.

-There are also other MMO gaming mouses around (I would still give my Naga the #1 spot, but I’m probably biased as hell =p), you should at least have a look at a wide range of them, perhaps see if you can find them in a local store to see how they feel in your hand and move.

Rawrawrr.7195:

Love this thread and people doing Fire Emblem-style armor sets.

Here’s my Norn Guardian Ztankjh, with and w/o helmet :

Bloody Hell that mace is huge!

You can re-trait as many times are you want at the class trainers, found in all race cities/lions arch.

Warrior provides a superior amount of damage and larger amount of control, while offering some offensive support and on-demand ressing. (Most likely using soldiers/knights gear)

• Hammer Warrior has the most control out of the two classes.
• Warrior has superior vitality(almost twice as much) and offers a more tanky class(subjective and varies)
• Banners provide offensive support but lack when the group moves away from the bonus(can carry them with the group) (warbanner also on-demand ress’s)
• Shouts can offer healing/condition clearing depending on traits/runes.

Guardian provides the defensive support, while offering a smaller amount of control/damage.(most likely using Clerics or soldiers gear)

• hammer/staff guardian offers less control and damage then the warrior, however, will provide larger support (aoe healing,aoe protection,lightfields(clensing/retaliation)large amounts of aoe might.
• traits can provide with Aoe might, Heavy Aoe condition clensing, Aoe blind/might spamming, Aoe blocks
• large amounts of reflection (wall/shield/shield of the avenger)
• Tome elite can offer VERY hefty Aoe healing, including a full heal.
• Aoe Stability, and through hallowed ground, a larger amount.
• two long-lasting fire fields, great for blasting might.

Overall, I favour my guardian over my warrior, I find that I offer a bit more to my Zerg and survive a bit better (plus, I do love the AoE wave auto attack from staff, more loot bags)

Ok, so I’m pretty new to ranger, (level 20) and my goal is to be using a LB with maximum range and glasscannonness for damage in WvW.

I don’t intend to do much PvE other then levelling, and 0 dungeon/fractal content,

I would, however, like to here which traits you guys would recommend, I am already thinking 20/20 at the top for maximum LB range and increased damage/reduced recharge, but where would you guys put the last 30 points? (assuming once I’m level 80 and all)

Also, which runes/sigils would you recommend using? I am thinking something like perception stacks and building up to 25, then swapping to a force, or perhaps fire/air, and using something like scholar runes, but I’m really not sure,

I would appreciate the input, Thanks!

Nice video, made me un-shelve my thief from its year long hibernation, I am curious as to what sigils you use, I currently have a force/accuracy/air mix, would it be worth changing them?

I have around 250g right now sitting around begging to be spent on bits and pieces, (I kinda wanna change my warriors gender and name, re-gear with new armour and weapon skins, etc etc) and I always give in to the “Spur of the moment” purchases, so when I feel like buying something, I usually just go with it =p

Overall, since the start of the game, adding up everything I have ever purchased/made/spent, I would probably be sitting around 2-2.5k gold, but I don’t regret spending any of it, as at some point, that’s exactly what I wanted.

The buyer was clearly the Nigerian Prince!

As it fell off the bottom of page 2 a few days back,

I had a look at;
StickerHappy’s Phantasmic Interruptions
Bunda’s The Shmantra-er
Dekk’s Merry Mantras
I did a bit of digging around our build lists and recent builds posted around, and from my own terrible memory of what I have seen posted around (I find myself at least taking a look at pretty much every build that gets posted here) and as far as I could tell, these builds originality are fine and should be good to go.

@Handin, I would like to request that you hold off and wait until the next BOTM contest to submit your build, we already have 10 in the running right now, and its going to leave us strapped for time to have them all tested appropriately.

If you really do want to submit your build for THIS months contest, have a talk with keenlam and the other ORB members. I, Personally, believe you should wait. However if the others agree, there shouldn’t be too much of a problem.

Travellers will be 100x more useful then centaur, as centaur runes offer nothing to the build other then swiftness at the cost of wasting your heal (hell, Id go as far as to say travelers were at least equal to perplexity, depending if you wanted faster out of combat movement, or more confusion and condition pressure). At least travellers offer condition duration, condition damage and a bit of all round stats as opposed to centaurs useless other bonus.

Power is next to useless in this build.

As for both sigils, after one activates it will put the other one on cool down, effectively, you would only get the bonus from the purity on the main hand.

Other then me forgetting about this,

Pyro is the winner with the “un-named” emblem, Congratz!

I shall now go in-game and update our emblem!

I would just like to add that mirror images is somewhat un-necessary as you should already have a very high uptime of 2/3 clones. Veil would be a better option if you wanted to utilise prismatic understanding more, you could also take null field/mantra/arcane thievery for more condition removal, which I see as lacking here, as roaming around solo is really painful without any good cleansing.

I would also like to add that phantasmal fury is a kind of wasted trait slot, as the fury really isn’t necessary for your phantasms with that high of a crit chance already and would be better replaced by another trait (I recommend retaliatory shield, because with the amount of blocks you will be getting, the retaliation will really stack up, and this adds another source of damage)

Bountiful interruption is also somewhat wasted here, as the only interrupt you have is a small RNG chance on chaos storm (40 second cd untraited) and even if it did proc the daze, it is a fair chance you wont get the interrupt. illusionary defence, mirror of anguish and chaotic dampening would all be better choices for you.

Just a thought, have you looked at sigil of doom? with a high condition duration you could keep up a large amount of poison, which would damage your opponents and also reduce their heals(very nice against warriors who have signets)

I had a look at;
StickerHappy’s Phantasmic Interruptions
Bunda’s The Shmantra-er
Dekk’s Merry Mantras
I did a bit of digging around our build lists and recent builds posted around, and from my own terrible memory of what I have seen posted around (I find myself at least taking a look at pretty much every build that gets posted here) and as far as I could tell, these builds originality are fine and should be good to go.

If I happened to have missed any older build and the originality assessment was incorrect, I do apologise, I am a bit tired right now :’(

The only time I see this being used is recovering +8 AR infusions or higher from rings/back pieces.

I just have to recommend the Naga, I love mine, and I cant see myself playing very well without it.

I finished my armour set a few days back because I couldn’t be bothered waiting,

I’ll make back the extra cost just selling the damask every day for a few weeks.

Whisperblade is something like 180g ish to create, and its a mystic forge recipe.
ascended weapons are around 60g? each to create, and maybe a 50-100g loss to get to 500 weapon smith.

I haven’t noticed any difference at all.

Yeah, on TC I find great success with people doing events all day, and if there are few people late at night, I just tag up and bug map chat until people come =p

Yesterday, I went from 63 dragonite to 483 over about 4/5 hours. Now imagine doing that for a week. Not a bad effort since I have to wait a week to get enough laurels to end up using them =p

PS: I actually have 3 characters capable of going to every event that rewards dragonite, I do all the events I can on one character and swap to the next and do some events there until I get bored or just run out of time.

^ that, I would gladly trade 5 bloodstone ingots for 1 dragonite ingot/emp star, (I have a lovely 180 bloodstone ingots left which are a compete waste and will never get used.

Yeah, I actually kind of like the way the wings look =p

One of my Better screenshots