I know what the S stands for in spvp hanzo :p . But rewards is the incentive that keeps me playing. If there is nothing to earn out of playing it(as playing the same game modes and maps over and over gets boring). There is no reason for me to stick around. The current gear rewards are much too steep, and i dont wana put that much time into earning them. Unless many agree with me this isnt goign to change, so no worries. Im sure the current pvp will stay the same for you. Ill just stick to pve where there are more things to do. and the gear i want i can actually get, without playing fooorever.
I think that new game modes would also make it way more entertaining. They should add both better rewards and new modes. Competitive missions in gw1 were really fun. id like to see them make a comeback in gw2.
I prefer that the stats stay the same so nobody has a big advantage over someone else. But i do think the rewards are not worth it atm. After i got to rank 20 i barely touch spvp anymore as it takes forever to gain just one rank past 20. And im not a bad player(not claiming to be a super good one either),but ive gotten the top score many times in hotjoin. Usually nets me 250-380 points but even with glory booster popped its just way to much grind for the next tier of armor. I would love to see a way to earn pve rewards for playing spvp! Similar to GW1 and how you could get zkeys with balthazaar faction, and then sell them for pve money. It would make the grind for the next tier bearable. I also think this would bring more pve players into spvp as well, instead they are completely seperated right now.
Psh. We don’t want flashy. Give me dark, grim, and frostbitten.
by flashy i mean more effects and more to see, for nec ofc i want it to be dark and evil >:} how about mark of blood becomes an explosion of blood that u can actually see. Reapers mark can create a big spectral skull in the middle when triggered! chilblains and putrid hav decent effects alrdy but more elevated ice spikes would be kool! My ideas might be a little over the top but you get the picture haha
Pfft, our survival skills are pretty “meh”.
-minions give good regen, but don’t scale with Healing power and wow is it frustrating to have minions just SIT THERE while you try and get their ai to come back from the twilight zone.(that 2 attack thing works, maybe 50% of the time. i mean wow do they just bug out in pvp. Sometimes I can only get half of them to attack). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yWgn_Pwa2s
If you haven’t alrdy, you should post that vid in a new topic. More people need to see their terrible ai! and while ranger pets are waay better i do wish they reacted instantly instead of taking time on f2 skills and usually 1 second before they attack.
Don’t take away my unholy feast :P. I love the aoe cripple for when I need to run away!!!
Axe/Focus = Minion heaven slows and the auto attack is a double hit which activates your minions immediately.
I just got my magic find gear adn was runnign minions today, killing karka. There AI doesnt activate good even with axe. Everytime i started a fight with a karka there was pretty much a garaunteed 2-4 minions just standing there for a long time before they decided to finally attack. Flesh golem attacked the least >.>. with his ability on recharge i couldnt wake him up to start fighting. The poor lost and confused minions =/
Auto attack twice at the start of the fight 99 percent of the time it will force them all to attack immediately. The only time it doesn’t is if you are taking damage from another source before you start auto attacking it confuses them. haha.
I was doing it in wvwvw reliably, and in Malchor’s leap.
The key is Auto Attack twice first.
There was times i was just sitting there auto attacking . The only way i could get them all to attack was by running right up next to the karka. but even then they still took a couple of seconds to start. I’ll test it out your way tho.
Don’t take away my unholy feast :P. I love the aoe cripple for when I need to run away!!!
Axe/Focus = Minion heaven slows and the auto attack is a double hit which activates your minions immediately.
I just got my magic find gear adn was runnign minions today, killing karka. There AI doesnt activate good even with axe. Everytime i started a fight with a karka there was pretty much a garaunteed 2-4 minions just standing there for a long time before they decided to finally attack. Flesh golem attacked the least >.>. with his ability on recharge i couldnt wake him up to start fighting. The poor lost and confused minions =/
well I got kicked from 3 different potential Arah parties before the dungeon began for not being a guardian/warrior/mesmer, so take that as you will.
Ive done a million arah runs with my necro. u found the uptight groups ftl.
I dont use minions in dungeons, they are not all bad but i personally dont like them there. I am gunna buy some magic find gear for my nec so i can farm with minions tho, since their stats dont change except based on lvl it would b the perfect magic find farmer!
How the heck did you get so many legendaries? play 24/7?lol
actually no I did not play 24/7. my total game hours were about 1300 when I got the fifth one and I didn’t even dedicate everymoment to making em while I was playing. I just used my time well when I did work torwards them and managed to get lucky in the forge while it was good and I had a lot of lucky moments in the tp. (I sticked up on t mats for future legendaries the day b4 the bot ban the the market skyrocket by some stroke of luck and basically quadrupled my gold)
Nice lol. its still crazy to see since even gettign 1 legendary is too much for me…
just stating my opinion, scepter scales bad with power cause its a condition based weapon. you might as well take out 1 target at a time than use baby aoe scepter hits with zerker gear :P
Though what I’m saying is that even though Sceptre is a primarily condition weapon, it still does decent damage in full zerker gear. Considering other alternatives for AoE situations (Staff, Axe retaliation tanking and single targeting things down) I found it to be the superior way of dealing with multiple targets (3+)
Because while you may think “Oh it’s a condition weapon, it scales poorly with power” it actually packs quite a bit of punch, combine that with the fact that bleed has horrible scaling (5% of your condition damage stat…) and you get a fairly decent AoE weapon that can put out huge burst on a single target (Feast of Corruption + Zerker Gear + a bunch of conditions = large crits) and even the “Weak” #1 chain crits for about 1k without very good zerker gear (Dagger #1 will out do it but has no AoE and no bleeds to take into account)
Heck, power builds often run with Staff for AoE and that’s not a great power weapon either (Though it’s #1 is better with power, you lose out on a second sigil and shorter cooldown abilites as you’re probably not going to pick up staff traits in a zerker build)
I agree. Scepter skills 1 & 2 are a balanced mix of direct & condition dmg (roughly 40%/60%), and scepter 3 is direct damage (albeit improved by conditions on target).
So it doesn’t quite fit to call a scepter a condition weapon. It’s really both.
Ill take back my idea that its condition based. I went ahead and equiped beserker gear and tested it out. The dps starts out faster in beserker gear but ends faster in condition gear from just auto-attacking(obvious but just saying). I would favor staff over scepter in a beserker build tho, if you need aoe/range. But before i was acting like scepter was terrible in power build. Its not as bad as i made it out to be ^__^
just stating my opinion, scepter scales bad with power cause its a condition based weapon. you might as well take out 1 target at a time than use baby aoe scepter hits with zerker gear :P
If your going zerker gear scepter isnt a good idea. Its more condition based. Go with dagger/warhorn or dagger/dagger with alt axe/focus
I’m aware of that, I just wanted an off-set that provided some AoE, which Axe/X and Dagger/X don’t provide.
That said, sceptre doesn’t do too badly in zerker gear (#1 crits for about 800-1k and #3 I’ve seen crit for up to 2k)
If your going powermancer your best aoe comes from well skill utilities and not weapon skills, you could use staff but i find it a lot more effective in condition builds. Same with scepter.
Def not in favor of a 30 sec cooldown on epidemic. With its current cooldown most of the bleeds you spread are gone by the time epidemic recharges. Which is perfect since u can bust it out again. I dont think its OP either since conditions can be removed easily. The damage done from spread bleeds slowly gets weaker dps as the bleeds end, since it is spread at current duration(unless you hav a ton of condi duration). You can expect an immediate drop in dps soon after the bleeds are spread since usually about 3 bleeds end right off the bat(at least most of the time for my setup). I say leave it as is. I really want to see some changes to other utilities so they would b on par with bip and epidemic :]
I think the ultimate build is a shatter build. A phantasm build may actually have a hgher sustained DPS, if you could keep the phantasms alive, but im not positive. They are both excellent specs for high damage
I wear ALL zerker gear with the exception of a few of my accessories i use the Beryls or Emeralds for some added toughness/vit. I have about 17k health and maybe 200 extra toughness.
The basics are 20/20/0/0/30 making sure you get the self shatter in the illusion tree and create clone on dodge. I run Desperate Decoy and Mirror Image for even more clonemaking. Pretty much just keep breaking out more clones and using F1/F2 shatters. I use a GS and sword/pistol so depending on if i can get close in a fight ill do a lot of swapping for even more clone dumping
those are the current traits im running right now :], aside from self shatter(if i want to stay at range is this still important?). And the same utilities as well. Im confused about how cry of frustration comes into play with beserker gear tho? Will only hav 300 cd? Also i was gunna run GS with scepter/focus. Scepter so i dont have to get in close range and focus for the swiftness! Thnx for ur input, im gunna work on getting beserker set.
Thnx for the support build too. But yes atm i am gunna go for dps, and in the future ill have a second gearset for support.
A theif is going to have a hard time initiating the first strike on me in spvp. When i am capturing points i always lay down most of my marks very spread out so they cant dodge roll them all. Whoever is coming to fight me is almost 4sure going to get hit by two of them. It also lets me know when they are trying to sneak up on me in stealth. usually by the time someone tries to stop me from capturing most of my marks are recharged as well :] IMO Mesmers are much worse to face than theif.
Hey, so mesmer is my final character i need to buy exotic gear for and im trying to figure what the best set up for mes is. I’ve ran with many mesmers in arah that do insane damage so im assuming their running beserker gear? They were also shatter mesmers and managed to bust out almost or sometimes just as much damage as a beserker theif! So can anyone help me or give me tips for gear and traits? superior sigils/runes? Will be much appreciated!
Those are the 2 professions i have trouble with as well, although mesmer is much worse to face imo. Switch ur ultilities around to best deal with the situation. If i see a guard or ele i switch bip for corrupt boon. It has worked very well for me. CC them as much as u can too.
Like bhawb said about rabid. Its good to get ur crit chance to at least 50%, then use superior sigil of earth. You will have around a 30% chance to stack an xtra bleed every hit(with 2 sec cooldown). + the one second bleed u get for landing a critical. With no one else using bleeds i have gotten over 20 stacks :]. Although i use Rare veggie pizza to make all the bleeds last longer.
I find signet of the locust amazing in the lupi fight. That 25% speed boost can save you a lot of endurance since you can just walk out of the way of most attacks(u can still do it anyway but much easier to do with the signet). I also use signet of undeath to get your life force to go up faster. Since my biggest issue is dodging the random balls he shoots out(with no red circles) i soak those up with DS and save dodges that way as well. Last utilities are Bip for the long bleeds and plague form for another bubble escape. I pretty much stay in scepter/dagger the whole fight, even in phase one i ask the group to get in 900 range so it goes faster. I only switch to staff when im low on health so i can stay at a far range to give me more time to react or i sometimes run up to lupi and get some regen(as long as i dont hav aggroe).
But as others hav said i also stay by the wall and lose aggroe to get my health bak sumtimes too.
Theifs remove only 1 condition in stealth every 3 seconds. Conditionmancers apply more than just bleed. Theres about 4 other conditions you can use to cover your bleed. If that is the theifs only form of condition removal it wont help him much.
90% of thieves run Hide in Shadows as their heal. It removes all damage over time effects. Bleeds, poison, and burning all at once regardless of any other conditions on the thief. Because of the way condition removal prioritizes, you cannot “cover” your bleeds against a thief. Heal skills that remove conditions will also always remove the condition before the heal, so poison doesn’t cause 33% less healing.
>.< cant believe i missed that smh.. i dont play theif much so i assumed it just did healing.
Greatest: Condition control and management! Hands down, it trumps everything else cuz its so awesome.
Weakness: Starting with 0 life force =[, stunbreakers have long cooldowns, on the slow side when it comes to killing speed.
Power necro isn’t bad, what is bad is that you are trying to use melee in these situations. Staff hits very hard in a power build, and 4/5 staff skills work very well with power, it’s not a ‘condition only’ weapon.
Chillblains does some decent damage, but is used for it’s chill, Putrid can do some insane damage if it crits, and having an AoE fear is hardly useless. The only skill I would avoid using is Blood Mark, as you can rip out higher numbers with just your auto attack.
Going conditonmancer isn’t going to make it any easier. You’ll just apply some conditions and then have the thief cleanse them going into stealth anyways. What’s the difference?
Staff auto is so easy to dodge you barely have to try. So basically ur staff damage is putrid mark with its long recharge? o.0
Theifs remove only 1 condition in stealth every 3 seconds. Conditionmancers apply more than just bleed. Theres about 4 other conditions you can use to cover your bleed. If that is the theifs only form of condition removal it wont help him much.
I just want to have a minion factory like GW1. Every class can inflict conditions, that’s boring. Minion Masters were the kitten, they need to revamp death magic and minions.
Aside from u using the word “kitten”. I’m with u on that! GW1 mm was so fun.
if your going to spam LFG in LA makes sure you do it in map chat. Months ago i used to spam in say chat and it didnt get me anywhere lol. Using map chat you should be able to find dungeon groups.
gw2lfg.com is still better tho.
Actually i think it would make more sense if aggroe was on low hp and low defense people. Mobs and bosses can down the weaker defense players faster. But i guess anet is making the game easier for us by having them target tankier players.
Im pretty sure its something to do with toughness, Just ran p3 arah today with about 200-300 more toughness than i usually do. Lupi never stopped aggroe on me until i was dead. Before i boosted toughness he didnt target me much.
gunna do it again tomorrow and see if he keeps targeting me.
It applies HM mode as well. If your referring to FOW, UW, DOA speed runs those were set runs where u basically had to use pvx setup with any profession u play. Factions last missions and NF last missions(aside form bosses shiro, abbadon) you could use minions just fine. Fire islands last missions is where they did bad.
Its not a drain on ur team if ur keeping 11 minions up and they take all the damage for the party. Then the monk only has to heal nec for botm sacrifice, id say that makes things a lot easier on ur monk.
Seriously.. bhawb u r so wrong. In Pve areas where there were corpses i could regularly keep up 11 minions with masochism and candy corn buff. The minions could survive through almost anything, if they were taking spike damage i could spam botm while the monk healed me. With half of my army being bone fiends the MM had good dps as well. Boss battles (like shiro, lich, abadon) were not good for minions. But then you just switch to spoil victor or SS
and pvp i agree they sucked balls
Thing is, OMNIBUS – DS may decrease with time, but one can trait for both slower decrease and more Life Force. Base full-out DS Life Force starts – iirc – at your Health
amount. Besides the timed decrease, it is effectively a second set of Health. I will agree with your comment on utilities/elites/weapon skills, however.
I also agree with you and burjis about learning how to kill a class by playing it. I have an alt of each Profession, for that reason … just need to get all of the silly buggers to 80, first. Or I could get more into PvP.
If it was truely a second health bar we could use all of our skills and heal it like a health bar with our heal skill/regen(life transfer is a different skill that can be dodged). It still decreases regardless of the trait, you still have to build up your life force before you can even use it while Health bar starts out full…
I’ll refrain from posting about DS again though, kinda went off topic.
I noticed a lot of people keep saying necro has a second health bar. Its not a second health bar! You lose all your weapon skills and ultilities while in death shroud, they get replaced with other skills. It drains slowly unlike your real health bar, and you have to build it up so its not always available. It is useful for soaking up damage but saying its a second health bar is giving it waay too much credit.(not that death shroud is bad)
btw i really like burjis advice. Practicing fighting a mesmer would probably help you(and me) deal with beating them better. My friend mains a mesmer so ill probably ask her to practice with me! :]
I agree and disagree. Mesmer does take skill to play. You can really see the difference between a good and bad mesmer when you face them(really obvious). But when there is a skilled person playing mesmer, they are most definitly overpowered! The bad ones i can beat easily but the good ones i feel completely helpless against. Usually the good ones will stun you at least twice( even when i use a stunbreaker im not safe!). While the clones run in and go burst! and then the phantasms go burst!(with maybe another daze or stun thrown in there + all their other skill damage) and if you are not alrdy dead you will be in the next 10 secs(or less). While dealing hardly any damage to them cause i was either stunned, trying to survive, or trying to figure out which one is the real mesmer(it gets pretty tricky when they stealth).
It sux having no control in a fight… and i haven’t gotten that feeling facing any other class but mes! Then again i could be wrong since i do play nec. Not having very good stability options can lead to a lot of unwanted stun lol.
But yea..
Just my opinion based on my battles with mesmers. Hopefully i dont get a million l2plays for my post ;o
i would like a better looking drake pet(more dragonlike), the current ones look kinda lame imo, just overgrown lizards. except maybe ice drake is just ok.
I like how your char looks in TA armor, never really been a fan of arah light armor unless its a mixed combo with just 1 or 2 pieces. There is always transmutation stones if you like another set!
Hey, i’m looking for advice on which sigils would be useful for axe/warhorn. On my longbow i have perception sigil to get more crits. My crit chance without perception is built up to 44%. So i was thinking about using a proc on crit sigil, but none of them seemed too appealing for my build. I chose not to use condition damage and left that to my necro. So earth sigil is out. Help?
my power is at 1931/crit damage 46%
utilities are search and rescue, signet of renewal and signet of the hunt. elite is rampage as one.
This for PVE btw!
i use rabid gear and conditions as well.My Best advice is to use flesh golem when you can. But n areas where golem will b killed instantly pop blood is power for might stacks wenever you can. Use it right before entering lich form and death shroud to boost for ok damage. Then rebuild your life force up again with staff auto, repeat..blah, blah blah
