Guild Wars 2

Some people are saying the damage was reduced on FT too despite it not being in the notes, although I haven’t tested it personally.

(it’s still trash)

Yes, you will run 143% faster will all of the buffs.

Lmao if you think necro is getting buffed.

i am a girl too.

I just tried the same thing with warrior and got similar results.

EmptyMH/EmptyOH: 1:18
ForceMH/EmptyOH: 1:15
ForceMH/AccurOH: 1:14
AccurMH/ForceOH: 1:07
EmptyMH/ForceOH: 1:14

I just tested this in the mists with a necro. No traits other than 30pts in soul reaping, equipped with 2x steady daggers and divinity/berserker.

I swapped out the same daggers with different combinations of the force/accuracy sigils. With auto-attack only, the heavy training dummy took the following times to kill.

EmptyMH/EmptyOH: 1:18
ForceMH/EmptyOH: 1:14
ForceMH/AccurOH: 1:14
AccurMH/ForceOH: 1:06
EmptyMH/ForceOH: 1:13

Barring any serious errors in timing, it looks like the force sigil works in either the MH or OH, while the accuracy sigil only works for the weapon skills associated with that item. I didn’t test DS/utilities, but that seems ‘broken enough’ to warrant a look. I, too, was under the impression that a dev had confirmed the accuracy sigils to be working.

Habib Loew.6239:

An NPC commander

There are already enough bots in this game.

8/10 great work

Gluttony fix just missed the deadline to make it into this patch, no other changes.

When did 5k become a lot of damage? I guess if you have 1700 armor (or was it defense? or maybe toughness?) then that would seem like a lot.

Cosmic Teapot.9162:

Mckeone.9804:

As of this morning, the fire aura from fire field + D3 does not trigger on-aura traits.

It does it is just really buggy. It might take 20 tries but it will eventually trigger.

Great, now they’ll never fix it.

Grevender.9235:

Personally, I only found some problem triggering Fire Aura before the last patch (it failed most of times, but still triggered at times): now it’s working beautifully and am having no troubles at all

I just tested it, and while other sources might be working fine, the Fire+Leap combo is still broken. It gives the aura but doesn’t grant fury or swiftness.

I saw a ranger get a trash mob down to 1/2 health once. They could probably use a few swings from the ole’ nerf bat while it’s warmed up.

This is a good use of developer time. +1 /signed and liked and subscribed.

Modkip.7681:

Nilgoow.1037:

They don’t even address their battlesuperiors as ‘sir’, and talk about bob ross when orders are being given.

I see absolutely nothing wrong with either of these “issues”.

Maguuma didn’t float it’s way down to the crap-tier WvW bracket by goofing around and whatnot. It took a lot of hard work from the elite command elements of Maguuma to ensure that we fight at least 1 dead server every match.

I’m not going to sit around while trolls like you say trolly things like ’we’re just having a good time’ to disguise the fact that you’re insubordinates. My guild, [ACM], a family friendly PvE/PvX/WvW guild, deserves better than to be forced into the sPvP channel because you goofballs are goofballing around.

Word to the wise: my guild members spent 100g to buy me your respect. If you can’t appreciate the gravity of the situation then by all means be prepared to be bitterly talked about from a different mumble channel.

OMG Maguuma battlecomms are full of children who are trying to have fun in WVW. They have absolutely NO RESPECT for battlecommanders in battlecomms. They don’t even address their battlesuperiors as ‘sir’, and talk about bob ross when orders are being given.

It says the link is dead.

Didn’t want to necro this thread, but has there been any word on this or further testing done by the dev team?

Dancing Dagger’s damage in PvE is pretty measly now. Is it true that the damage was due to the bouncing bug that, most notoriously, affected Blade Trail as well?

Steelo.4597:

Greatsword Warrior.

I want to be able to roam. check.

I want to be tough enough to stand up to whatever and put out DPS enough to kill whatever. check

Swiftness close to perma would be a necessity. check

Being able to gtfo of dodge would be a requirement or my repair bill would suck. check

Being able to melt a Thief’s face would be a bonus. check

Even bigger bonus would be something unique and unexpected. sorry there..

Greatsword warrior is terrible.

Every single person is a greatsword warrior.

I just ran into the saddest thing outside of ebay’s spawn.

http://i.imgur.com/ZzsyQ.jpg

Playing an MMO and farming badges off of an afk account while everyone else has fun fighting each other. As they say on reddit, forever alone.

My dearest apologies to the [sky] thief that got steamrolled by the CD zerg mid-emote. I suppose that in the end, it was worth a /laugh.

touche

Class/Gear/Resist? Hard to tell if we want you without details.

Edit: Also Fractal level.

It’s amazing how well crystal desert is doing given the extent of server issues they’re having. Half of the people I fight get disconnected before I can even stomp them. I hope you don’t have long queues.

I just leveled both Chef and Artificer from 0-400 and only received around 9-10 levels worth of XP from each of them despite having both a 10% Artisan boost and a Crafting Booster from the cash shop active.

I’m either extremely unlucky, or there is an issue with the boosts or the base XP given from crafting.

Has anyone else noticed anything similar? I’ve leveled all of the crafting professions to PL alts, some several times, and haven’t noticed anything like this before, so it may be a problem introduced in one of the more recent patches.

This thread is legit. I am an internet notary and I certify it as such.

Grenade Kit now throws 1 grenade by default and 2 when traited with Grenadier. No sigils/stats on kits, heal output from super-elixir nerfed, increased CD and reduced duration on smoke bomb.

Doctor Fu Manchu.4203:

There was a general consensus that P/P skills sucked except for the medicore Unload, up until my video was posted. Many people were even expecting a future buff to the P/P skills. I don’t see why this has suddenly changed with the release of my video.

The consensus stands. P/P is mediocre just like your play. Also fix your recording software.

RTL will still be broken, Evasive Arcana will get an ICD on the blast finisher, water heals/condi removal will be nerfed. Minor bug fixes.

where is fight club

Teerwik.1650:

lol is this a joke, or is a mod also playing on maguuma…

Maguuma more like Modguuma.

batphone

I agree, nerf ele or I will go back to WoW.

DanH.5879:

it made me sick to see warr can do 5k+ damage with ranged 1200/1500 in pvp/spvp, even 10k+ ones,
and i do 2.5k MELEE max from pw… i feel depressed again.

I hope by ‘pw’ you don’t mean Pistol Whip. Are you 80?

~a thinly veiled ‘nerf mesmer’ thread appears~

Some of the harder hitting skills in D/D can be difficult to land if people are moving around or you’re not positioned correctly. A lot of people don’t run a lot of precision either, so lucky crits on skills like Burning Speed, Fire Grab, and Churning Earth can make a large difference in damage as well.

90% of this guy’s posts are whining about mesmers, including gems like this…

Can’t compete with kite heavy Mesmers who run around in circles infi-kiting warriors who even have traited immobilize breakers and several cripple breakers and stun breakers and can turn stealth if all other failsafes fall, or just turn you into a moa.

This video definitely needed another thread. The other 40 weren’t adequate.

Guys I shot a level 30 in blues while he was downed.

~rage ensues~

It’s telling how terribly misinformed/gullible/scrubby the GW2 community is when all it takes to spawn a dozen ‘nerf X skill’ threads is a youtube video showing mediocre play and damage.

Bug fixes aren’t necessarily separate from balance changes, and a handful of actual balance changes could absolutely wreck the class.

Portal is probably most at-risk for being nerfed/changed/removed. They’ll probably change it to follow a similar set of rules as shadowstep/teleport with regard to distance and obstruction.

Never spend trait points just for the stats. The 20 points in Dueling and 30 points in Illusions are the only real ‘mandatory’ points of a shatter build. The remainder of the points can be put wherever you like. I’m assuming that you took the GS CD trait.

As for gear, the vast majority of damage will be direct, so power and precision/crit damage are going to yield the highest damage. The decision to stack vit/tough is up to you, but you will lose damage.

I heard a scrub died in PvP confirm/deny.

A baddie dies in WvW: A short story by Loco

True story when I get moad I try to fight please buff moa abilities.

How important do you consider Condition Damage to be? I noticed that previous builds and videos seem to have more of it than the current one. Are you unhappy with the return for the points invested, or do you simply consider the other stats to be of greater importance?

Dominae.3146:

It is a tough system we have, in game. Everyone knows becoming a Commander is just a P2Command situation, therefore the little blue Dorrito doesn’t actually command much respect in-and-of-itself.

Those of us that WvW regularly will start to recognize Commander’s names, and know who we can trust (or at least who will have semi-decent plans/ideas). PuGs don’t tend to play often enough, or care, to learn names. So they either blindly follow the blue icon, or just do their own thing and tell you to kitten off.

That being said … buying the icon doesn’t really give anyone actual authority, either. You can’t be court-mashalled for ignoring some random internet dude. I’ve listened to commanders I didn’t even know that have asked nicely (“Hey could your 2 groups hit XYZ then defend it while we hit ABC?”) over ones I’ve immediately recognized but just spam chat or send tells in caps giving “direct orders”.

I agree. I don’t think I’ll ever have enough to get the icon itself, although it would definitely be useful for groups. Until something comparable is more easily obtained we’ll just have to pay attention. LOL

-Nilgoow
Grand Admiral of the First Maguuman Navy
Maguuma (US)

Littlefeather.8623:

If I get a little bit over excited in chat it is only because I am trying to convey very important messages to every one who has enough sense to listen to reason.

I get a lot of the same thing on Maguuma as far as people disobeying direct orders from commanders. We just have to try our best without them.

-Nilgoow
Supreme World Commander
Maguuma (US)

At least you got a gold medal!

LameFox.6349:

I haven’t broken 30k yet on anything significant, but I’m using pwr/vit/tgh armour and berserker jewellery. Mind even then that’s with 20-25 might stacks. I don’t think I’d want to set up to hit 40k with hundred blades, and then stand close enough to something to use hundred blades. It might look at me sternly, and I’m not sure I’d survive.

I agree that PvE is hard and that vit/tough is mandatory and not at all a crutch for bad players.

The ‘Duelist’ medium set is some sort of tight-fitting leather corset thing. A lot of thieves use it although I doubt that it’s exactly the aesthetic you had in mind for an engineer.