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I can’t unsee the mental image now.

Rangers seriously need PvE love. A story.

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He was indeed.

Rangers seriously need PvE love. A story.

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The irony is lost on people I guess where Guang was one of the first to post a DPS Fire Staff Ele build. Oh well.

Tempest & Warhorn confirmed – Feedback [merged]

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<3

Tempest & Warhorn confirmed – Feedback [merged]

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Finally someone says what I’ve been thinking. It’s true. Ele has the reverse problem of Rangers. Ele is a powerful class viable in all 3 game modes at the top tier (a big part of sPvP comps, run in multiples in PvE speedclear, and a staple in WvW GvG), and yet Eles remain constantly pessimistic and feel like they’re doing badly. Heck, lately, there’s a thread debating whether or not the Ele is in a “good place now” (spoiler: it’s the best class in the game overall given its high tier in all 3 game modes, so yes, it is in a good place). It’s absolutely crazy. Ele is extremely powerful but the common Ele seems to be under the delusion that ANet hates them or something.

Rangers seriously need PvE love. A story.

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Guang, your build looks pretty cool. In a long lasting fight how would you say it stacks up against the Berserker builds that players generally run? I kinda want to try this myself.

Do people really get kicked for their builds?

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This is something that’s baffled me for a while. I’ve been playing GW2 since launch, and played in PUGs with all 8 of the classes. And not once in those years have I ever been kicked for playing a Necromancer or Ranger or whatever. I’ve never been kicked for wearing the wrong type of gear (mainly because people cannot check my gear anyway, and it’s easy to lie if I wanted to).

One rule I do have is to follow the requirements of the LFG. If the group only asks for a certain comp or gear or builds and I don’t want to follow the requirements of that LFG, I simply don’t join that group. And there is always another group ready to play that doesn’t have those requirements.

I play on NA, and these days, I’m fortunate enough that I have friends to do dungeons with. But on those random times I want to run something in a PUG and just feel like playing Necro, I’ve yet to ever get kicked for playing it. Or any other unpopular class.

I guess I just want to know other people’s experiences, mainly because it differs so radically from my own. I see these posts from players crying about how they can’t play what they want. However, I’ve seen plenty of players playing in what’s clearly a non-DPS setup (a Staff Camping Guard, a Bearbow Ranger, etc.), and not get kicked. Admittedly, my experience from launch to now is only one perspective and hardly indicative of the entire gaming population’s experience, which is why I turn to the forums and ask you all, have you or someone you known, experienced getting kicked from dungeons due to your build?

Rangers seriously need PvE love. A story.

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Speaking as an Ele main, I think the bigger problem is that Ele is just so utterly over the top these days. I actually think the Ele needs to be brought a bit down, rather than the Ranger brought up.

D/D Ele need help and tips!

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Warrior PvE buff

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It kinda amazes me how little people care about the overall health and balance of the game, and more about simply making whatever they play as strong as possible.

Elementalist team is a good idea?

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Ele is probably the strongest class overall in the game in the monent. It’s not uncommon to see PvE Speedrun guilds stack Eles, and for sPvP teams to run double Ele comps. Eles also synergize with each other really well.

Basically, you probably chose the best class to stack. In fact, people do it already. It’s probably the best class right now, so it’s not strange to do so. You’ll be totally fine.

DF blinding ashes burn alternative to DD ele

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Erm, this is the meta build. But with Focus instead of OH Dagger, which is perfectly fine and functional. I guess my critique is… everyone’s already playing it?

Please allow players to re-copy their banks

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Did you try deleting your Rev and remaking to see if another bank copy is made?

Yes, and it does not work. It only copies on the first initial creation of a Revenant. After that, all subsequent Revenants use the same copy.

Please allow players to re-copy their banks

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I need access to a new copy of my bank for my beta character. I want to test the Revenant in Fractals. To do so, you need Ascended Gear in order to have Agony Resistance. When I found this out, I went and put my Ascended gear in the bank. However, it seems that the bank copy is only once, upon initial creation of the Revenant.

Fractals is the main thing I play in this game. I already have all the Ascended gear in the bank ready to go. All I’m asking is to be able to use it on my Revenant for the weekend, to be able to test it out there and see what it can do, for myself.

Wanted to point out this thread

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https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Community-Effort-Prevent-selling-of-FoTM

This guy is trying to get the community to harass FOTM sellers, for whatever reason.

Help me choose plz

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For dungeons:

I don’t know who told you that Eles were “maybe” viable. They’re the best dps class in dungeons.

Thieves are pretty fantastic as well. High DPS and great utility. Stealth is very strong.

Engineers are great. Great DPS and good general utility.

Rangers are OK in dungeons with their unique buffs. It’s just that the Sword auto-attack is annoying.

Warriors are amazing in dungeons right now with high damage and banners.

Guardian and Mesmer fulfill similar roles with their reflects. It’s good to have one or the other in places with lots of projectiles.

Really, it’s just Necros who are in such a bad state >_>;

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Jade Maw Classification

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Erm, if a patch note from the game itself referred to Jade Maw as a kraken, then it seems that the debate is settled then, right? Wouldn’t the words of the game itself trump speculation?

looking for Dung/Fractal Advice for D/D

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Run Dagger/Focus! OH Dagger has much less utility than Focus. But Dagger/Focus lets you use the MH Dagger’s kit with a lot of cool defensive utility from Focus.

Why don't people listen in arah?

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To the OP, just find a good group. Ask the people here, find a guild… just stop trying to PUG Arah.

Corrupt Boon Bug

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Cross post this to the bug forums as well.

58% Crit chance

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Then as long as you’re running a build like one in that video and wearing full Berserker gear (with good runes and sigils, of course), then you should be good!

58% Crit chance

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If this is for PvE, you should basically aspire to have full Berserker gear and good damage-oriented traits. That’s what’s important for your build.

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First off, no one here is obligated to help you with anything. People here post on a whim, and you take of it what you will.

Second, what exactly was lost? Like, what was your original build before? Because I’m not even sure what it is you’re trying to recreate.

Third, stats were simply moved further into gear. While in sPvP, for sure, this was a loss, for WvW and PvE where one can customize stats, it’s hardly an issue. Consider that you gained roughly 70 Vitality with the patch (since base stats were brought to 1000 from 926), and that you could make up the rest of that vitality and healing, if you wanted to, in the form of gear changes. Since your gear was made, overall, about 30% stronger, you can afford to change some of your Zealot’s gear to other stats in order to achieve similar stats as you did before. Celestial, Soldier, Sentinel, and Magi’s could be some possible gear replacements.

Most of all, though, I’m curious as to what exactly you lost. While it’s true Air Magic lost a bit of its power for some builds, overall, many of the Elementalist trait lines have been buffed significantly. So I genuinely want to know what was lost, and what you are trying to recreate, so that I can give my best possible advice for as to what you could do to achieve satisfactory results.

Is sigil of bloodlust worth it?

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There is no last-hitting in GW2, just so you know.

Tagging in GW2 works as such:

  • The amount of loot you get from a mob is based on how much damage you and your party do to that mob.
  • However, notwithstanding the statement above, you as an individual must do at least one (1) damage to the mob to receive any loot.

Is that actually true?

Pretty sure it’s:

1.) You must do at least X amount of damage to receive any loot, but you will not receive better/more loot for doing more damage than the minimum required.

If you only do a very small amount of damage, you will get much worse loot, but the threshold is fairly low, so most of the time, for decent builds, this isn’t noticeable. Your party members’ damage, however, is taken into account as if it were your own damage, but you yourself must still tag the mob in order to receive credit.

I need a good pvp ele build :o

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Sorry, for some reason I thought you said PvE Ele.

Here is what I think is good for PvP Ele. I believe I saw something similar to this run during the last ESL PvP tournament on Sunday by the Abjured:

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-o3c;0J0B2kU0-5sMkY0n-7N;1y4;602G;0238236146;4T-1;3IBl3IBl30H

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Is sigil of bloodlust worth it?

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There is no last-hitting in GW2, just so you know.

Tagging in GW2 works as such:

  • The amount of loot you get from a mob is based on how much damage you and your party do to that mob.
  • However, notwithstanding the statement above, you as an individual must do at least one (1) damage to the mob to receive any loot.

Closed

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Why not just wear some Vitality and or Healing gear? Celestial, Soldier, Cleric, Sentinel even?

If I have to relearn my entire play style...

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Bye

Getting good parties?

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To be honest, this actually might be your best bet, OP. Asking people on the dungeon forums for help, in general, to run dungeons, might actually be a decent way for you to get a few volunteers who want to help.

Why are there so many tryhards?

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I have been playing Necro for a few days now and have yet to get kicked from a party. Been doing some PUG FOTM 40/50 runs and CM runs. Maybe I’m just lucky, though. I’ll report back if I do get kicked.

I need a good pvp ele build :o

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The three good Ele builds in PvE:

Honk Honk!

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I look forward to Warhorn

I think arah should be nerfed

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Why not go to that dungeon guild that teaches new players stickied on the dungeon forums. I think they can help you learn how to skip stuff.

Thoughts on Staff Ele Build

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If you want more damage modifiers and don’t plan to move around in attunements, why not go Water for the damage modifier from Aquamancer’s Training?

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Air Trait line FAIL

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One With Air is a VERY strong trait. Super Speed gives you max movement speed while in combat, unlike Swiftness.

conjured melee weapons?

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It’s very very strong, but:
-You need to hope PUGs won’t steal your other Lightning Hammer
-In open world, you won’t always have the hammer ready and available. So you’ll want a normal weapon to use.

In PvE, for DPS, it’ll all Berserker gear.

Here is a Hammer build: http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Elementalist_-_S/F_LH

Given that, for leveling and open world, I still think Dagger/Dagger DPS-focused Elementalist is the way to go.

conjured melee weapons?

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I know where you’re coming from, but honestly, outside of a specialized Lightning Hammer build in dungeons, running around with Conjures is kinda awful. On the other hand, attacking everything with your Air 1 attack is pretty strong and satisfying.

conjured melee weapons?

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Dagger/X Elementalist is actually what you’re looking for.

These aren’t updated for the recent patch but they’re a good start:

PvE Berserker Dagger/Focus: http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Elementalist_-_D/F

PvP Celestial Dagger/Dagger: http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Elementalist_-_Dagger/Dagger

Dagger Ele is a Close-Ranged Elementalist that can specialize in team buffing and strong sustained DPS.

(Also, yes, for someone finally seeing Ele as a Shaman instead of a Mage, for once!)

All my hero points defaulted to Earth!

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Nope. In fact, this game doesn’t even have Healers or Tanks like other Trinity MMOs. By the time you get to level 80, you have access to 5 trait lines, can specialize fully in three of them, and take whatever mixture of stuff you want.

Fire’s Embrace?

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Add an Aura-Gain Effect to Written in Stone

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Since ANet wanted to condense all Skill-Type traits into a single trait as much as possible, they ended up removing Fire’s Embrace (gain a Fire Aura when you use a Signet).

My suggestion is this – add the effect of Aura-Gain to Written in Stone (the Earth Grandmaster Signet trait that now currently exists, which grants Signet CDR and retains the passive of Signets even when they are activated). There are a few ways you could do this. It could be something like:

  • “Gain an aura based on your attunement when you activate a Signet”.
  • “Gain an aura based on the Signet when you activate its active.”
  • “Gain a Magnetic Aura when you activate a Signet.”

I think any of these would be a really great way to make Signet builds viable.

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All my hero points defaulted to Earth!

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Just do Hero Challenges and level and you’ll get enough points to use another trait line.

Was damage bugged (and fixed)?

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Did anyone, right after playing with the new balance patch, notice damage seemed way lower? And then thereafter, the game was patched, and damage went back to normal?

staff ele pve dungoens

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Take Bountiful Power instead of Elemental Surge. Huge DPS boost.

Stone Splinters?

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Yes, but we gain an extra GM Trait and Elemental Attunement as Minor in Arcana. It more than makes up for it (you can take Elemental Contingency for more boons).

Stone Splinters?

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They did it to focus the trait lines.

Earth and Water had their DPS increasing traits removed because they are supposed to be primarily Defensive lines.

Instead, Arcana, which is a hybrid line, was given Bountiful Power as a GM trait, for another DPS increasing trait. PvE Ele will now take Fire + Air + Arcana for maximum damage.

Also, no, you weren’t the only one to use it. It was common in all of the max-DPS Ele builds in PvE. But again, Arcana’s Bountiful Power is what we now take instead if we want to go full damage. And the benefit of this is that Eles will now have access to all of the Arcana stuff (like Elemental Attunement, Renewing Stamina, Final Shielding) in a max DPS build.

Classic DnD specs

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Pretty sure it’ll just be this:

http://dulfy.net/gw2traits#build=AgAE9AJkBaQ~

The interaction of Soothing Ice + Elemental Shielding will make it the best bunker spec.

Diamond Skin and Geomancer’s Training just seem like the most relevant traits in Earth. Rock Solid could replace Geomancer’s Training in that build.

Since Elemental Contingency is now a Minor Trait, we now take Elemental Contingency + Evasive Arcana as the Major traits. Renewing Stamina remains the standard choice at that tier.

Cleansing Water plus Cleansing Wave for maximum condi clear.

Basically, what Eles have been running since forever, plus more power creep.

My favorite part of this patch...

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Was how Consume Conditions now inflicts a condition on the player who uses it.

And if you trait for Corruption Skills, it’ll now inflict even more conditions on you.

Fantastic.

Will Vulnerability stack to 1500?

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Forgive me if I misunderstand or if this was already explained, but is Vulnerability really going to stack to 1500? So against world bosses, will everyone really be doing possibly up to 1500% more damage on all of their attacks?

Are traits 6/6/6 with this update?

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6/6/6