Guild Wars 2

Absurd.2947:

Odokuro.5049:

If only there was something you could buy in WvW that would allow you to reveal a Thief when it’s triggered and safeguard yourself from getting hit by his/her traps, ect…

Or certain skills/abilities that would grant you a way of clearing harmful conditions or not being able to be tripped/knock downed…

Or a way to break a Thieves stealth by standing in something he/she uses to gain stealth, hmmm….

But none of that exists, so yeah, broken class, OP, needs nerf, pls fix nao…

ikr? Popping a stealth trap everytime I stop running outside ouf a tower/keep, while switching specs to have reveal, extra condi removal, extra stunbreaks and whatnot, just to have means of defending myself against ONE build is absolutely fine. Absolutely, these people need to up their game, an obvious l2p case.

It’s almost if Ghost Thieves are the only ones to make use of:

1. Conditions
2. CC
3. Stealth

If only there was something you could buy in WvW that would allow you to reveal a Thief when it’s triggered and safeguard yourself from getting hit by his/her traps, ect…

Or certain skills/abilities that would grant you a way of clearing harmful conditions or not being able to be tripped/knock downed…

Or a way to break a Thieves stealth by standing in something he/she uses to gain stealth, hmmm….

But none of that exists, so yeah, broken class, OP, needs nerf, pls fix nao…

I’ll never understand why people need such a LARGE carrot dangled infront of them to have, “Fun”…

Rangerdeity.5847:

Blades Of Fatalis.1279:

best way to destroy arrow carts:
Step 1: grab a guardian.
Step 2: Grab condi gear
Step 3: Apply guardian runes to condi gear
Step 4: stand in arrow cart fire and pop blocks.
Proceed to watch arrow cart melt.

100% not the point of this post. the point of this post is that if an ele is able to get in range of your siege the siege is toast. also this guardian rune nonsense should not be a thing.

PS:you dont need a guardian to do it all classes have blocks

But not every class has, “Inflict X Condition” when blocking.

Looking for the appropriate build for the, “Never leaves stealth once”, “Trap/Condi spammer”, build.

Yes I know it’s stupidly easy to use
Yes I know it may make me fall asleep using it
Yes I know people will more than likely report me for, “Hacking”.

But, I want be that guy who people HATE seeing in WvW, and who better to do that, then a build that allows you to stay in stealth 24/7 even in combat, while delivering pain/bombs onto targets, ect.

Thanks!

When naming characters what I tend to do is have their name relate to their race/class, except for humans because their names are pretty generic.

So for a Sylvari Necro I would go for something such as:
(Poisonous plant) + whatever color you’ve made their skin (Look up a synonym for it, so it’s not like, “White Poison Ivy” or whatever lol.

Seed.5467:

I can fully understand you. It happens to our server also. The only viable solution is that the guild who claimed an objective, should uncheck the “Public Activation” box. That would mean only the guild that claimed the objective can activate the “Tactivators”.

Regards

Seed

I feel like your head is in the right place, but, to me, this would only spawn, “Troll” guilds that would go around claiming important things, only to grief and use the tactivators when they are not needed.

So I take it after today’s patch, Warriors are in an even greater spot, because the changes look amazing, am I right?

Alright cool, I will make sure to look at metabattle as well as these builds posted here, thanks!

Weo weo.6378:

Odokuro.5049:

Is there a recommended Condi build, or?

I like the idea of the Mace or 1Handed Sword + Shield w/ Longbow?

For which game mode?

WvW (Solo/Small-Group)
PvE (Fractals/OWorld)
sPvP (General)

Weo weo.6378:

You’ve come back to a golden time for warrior my friend. Just fingers crossed the upcoming patch doesn’t nerf the class to the ground.

Condition or power right now are both very strong in PVE and WvW (arguably power is better in the latter for the general wvw playstyles both small scale and zerg, but condition destroys in PVE content.)

In Spvp, it’s a fair mix between carrion longbow+mace shield and your cookie cutting Zerker GS+Axe or mace/ shield. I personally think condition is better but you can make that judgement yourself.

Is there a recommended Condi build, or?

I like the idea of the Mace or 1Handed Sword + Shield w/ Longbow?

Hey all!

Been away from GW2 for a while now, been playing other things.

Anyways, need advice on a, “Returning class”, and I feel Warrior might be it.

For the most part I will be using him/her for WvW (Solo/Small-Group) along with sPvP, I’ll dabble into PvE such as Fractals, and farming a spot like Silverwaste Events/Chests ect.

Was wondering what are some good builds that would perform well? I would like to try out the Condi Berserker build, but, don’t know if that would function throughout the different areas.

Thanks in advance to those who reply!

Choppy.4183:

Odokuro.5049:

If it’s RED it’s DEAD, don’t waste queue-slots in WvW if your not going to help your side win that week. You want to get better on a solo scale? Then go and roam, find other roamers, see how you fair vs. them. Want to see if your guild is better than the other guild? Go to the OS or heck, those things in your guild hall, I think they’re called, “Arenas” I could be wrong…

What’s a queue slot? I seem to have a vague memory of something like that, but… it’s been so long.

That said, if you want to think in terms of queue slots, a dueler on your side is taking up at least one slot from one of the opposing teams as well. Depending on the circumstances, a single dueler can also take greater number of opponents out of the fight than people doing what you think they should be doing instead.

For example, if two people on your side are dueling with 5-10 enemy spectators, that’s 7-12 enemies not taking your stuff and killing your doods for the price of two of your guys. That’s a serious bargain for your side, and everyone is doing what they want to do.

I see what your saying, but, what about the several or more people from your guild or your server who need to get into a certain map to bring up the numbers, because a dozen or so of your server is just standing there looking at a couple people duel.

I have no problem with people dueling or wanting to improve ect. However I would like to know your opinion on why WvW exists? What is it’s intended purpose, given what it takes to win during the week?

If it’s RED it’s DEAD, don’t waste queue-slots in WvW if your not going to help your side win that week. You want to get better on a solo scale? Then go and roam, find other roamers, see how you fair vs. them. Want to see if your guild is better than the other guild? Go to the OS or heck, those things in your guild hall, I think they’re called, “Arenas” I could be wrong…

Well I want to be a Hero, rush in and save people in WvW, just want to be able to turn the tides on the enemy and be able to be that, “Superman” or whatever.

So I was thinking Guardian or Ranger or something, that can help people win and protect them and ensure a victory.

Hey, I have been away from this game for several months now, and have decided to come back and play it once again. I am looking for advice as to what class to dive back into the game again as, and if anyone could offer advice on builds…

First off, I plan to spend most of my time in WvW, solo roaming or small group/havoc play. I also tend to like to do Fractals mostly dailies or trying to advance in levels, ect. When I used to play, I had a liking for Condition builds, and high single burst builds like thiefs, ect.

I was wondering what classes seems to be strong right now, that I could tome up and gear up and be a part of WvW, ect. as, without feeling like I am wasting my time on a weak or “Non-meta” class.

Thanks!

Hello, lol.

I need some advice, currently I have an Asuran Power-Reaper, and he is very fun. I was looking to expand on my one character with another preferably Medium or Heavy Armor.

I don’t stick to one area of play, such as PvE or WvW or whatever, so being a class that performs well and is seen as one of those usual, go-to classes for Fractals/Raids, ect.

I prefer Power builds because I’m far too hasty to wait around for conditions to do the work for me, ect.

Thanks!

I feel like the share amount of Immob that a Druid can pump out is a little bit asinine, Immob on so many things, procing so many times, it’s annoying.

Yay, more complaining about something, so trivial, as siege, GG. Siege is easily destroyed, and if not, the person using it, is. A un-manned piece of siege is no threat to you. Roll up on a Tower/Keep, destroy ALL siege first, there you go, fixed your problem.

I just don’t understand people and there incessant need to make things easier and easier.

Hopefully more things, Power related will be more viable soon with the patch coming up, love to see comparable Power builds come up.

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Druid_-_Shout_Trooper_Roamer

Maybe something like that, I too have ran into them in WvW while roaming or small-group play.

What I do, is I use my CCs on their pet, and save my heavy hitting combos for them.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRQQNBIhZ6kjGobTs2GwcTgeTsgLYUph2wzKuK2FLjQXtAQLA-TFTBABacEAIa/hrUGsxhAgiTAQXK9i4AKon+mHOQBA8AAoU9H0UC+NYAYIEBRExMzMTjIiIkCIwxAA-w

Changed a few things up, mainly gear, and my #7 and #8 utilities will be changed to, Well of Corruption and Well of Suffering when joined into a Zerg.

Reason I went for 2500 Armor is so that I don’t have to rely on having to go into RS so often to avoid damage, ect.

Looking for something that excels at quickly engaging and disengaging the enemy, preferably lots of evades/escapes, this would be used mainly for roaming/small-group WvW.

Krysard.1364:

Depending on your trait choice you can build up to 100% crit chance from nothing. You should try to hit nearly 2500 power on non-PvP builds, in PvP due to fixed stats you cannot get as high.

And what about Armor/Crit Dmg %?

I’m mostly asking this for WvW, I was thinking atleast 2200 armor and 190% Crit DMG. You think this is ok?

Hey all, I was wondering what are acceptable (Bare effective minimums) for stats, for a Power based Reaper in general?

Such as Power/Armor/Crit Chance/Crit Damage ect. I have noticed that I am in need of raising my Armor by a bit, so I was wondering how much I can sacrifice of one thing or the other so as not to make me out to be in a crap position.

Thanks!

The Reaper’s Greatsword is not-so-great. The abilities and the damage it does need some refinement, not, “Huge” changes, but certainly ones that encourage more people to use it.

GS #1: This needs a slight tweak to either damage or attack speed, swinging the sword feels sluggish, like you’ve been swinging it for ages and it’s finally gotten to your character and your just swinging it back and forth with low-energy.
GS #2: Can we say, “Small radius”? You basically have to be toe-to-toe with someone for them to even stand a chance of getting hit, the wind up again is slow for this attack, that it needs a larger range, because beyond using it when your target is low, it really has no use pre-50%.
GS #3: This skill on the GS I feel is the closest one to being, “Ok”, it gives a good application of Vuln, and seems to be the only other useful ability other than, #5.
GS #4: Very slow, the pulses take forever, and most people will be out of it before it’s third pulse, maybe even before due to so many condi-cleanses or ways to get rid of cripple. I feel like maybe the first pulse could inflict a immob, then cripple/chill. Or a defensive boost to the Reaper, such as, “While inside the ring, gain 33% increased movement speed.”
GS #5: Another “Fine” skill, although at times it feels a bit hit-or-miss for me, it either grabs people right, or places them behind me for some reason.

All-in-all, the abilities of the GS, need reduced CD, increased speed/damage or range. Nothing too crazy, but enough so that it becomes less of a, “Niche” weapon, and more of a valuable option, besides the usual, Dagger/Warhorn + Staff…

Alright so what I gathered from the responses is that, “Zerg Busting” is still viable and your able to do it.

Now what about proper classes?

Hey all, did some reading, watched some videos, and people tend to think that the ol, “15 vs 30+” zerg busting is dead, due to massive stability applications, ect. Do you all think it’s dead? If not, do you all have any, “Go-to” classes/builds that would be recommended for that sort of play?

Reason I ask, is that my guild and I don’t just want to be another one of those, “Guild groups” in WvW, and want to concentrate on being able to bust up larger groups then ours, atleast 2x our size.

Thanks, and have a happy 4th of July!!!

Jim Hunter.6821:

There are power builds for every profession…..

You really need to figure out what it is you want before asking for advice.

Yes yes, power builds for every profession…. I know that, not completely stupid here…

What I want is a class that’s, “Power Build”, competes well with Condi builds, and has ways of blocking/transfering/cleansing conditions.

And before you say, “Well every class has ways of doing that”, I know that too….

So if you have advice, about a class, give it, if not, and you feel like beating around the bush, then don’t reply to my topic.

I need advice on a class that can play as POWER, and do well in WvW, I spend most of my WvW time doing it all, Roaming/Group/Zerg, not really helpful to help narrow down a class for me, but I know I don’t want to play as a Condi, because it just feels, “Blah”, when Conditions do all the work, ect.

I’ve been struggling with finding a good/solid Reaper build for Ranked play, I usually play with my guildies, but I still haven’t found one that doesn’t get bursted down or does enough damage if I go the tanky route.

Need help asap.

Tongku.5326:

Odokuro.5049:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRQQNBIhZ6kjGobTsdTwcTgeTsgLYQXtAQLIuK2FDjUph2wzC-TlRBABAcKFe4JFgn+mr2fU+ZmSQLV/5bwAwQICiIiZmZmGRERIFQEjBA-w

I will be mostly using this build in WvW (Mid-line/Small Group) and Fractals. As well as general Open-World PvE.

I believe that the Traits are pretty self explanatory as to why I chose them, but if anyone has any advice as to what to change, and why, that would be really awesome!

Thanks!

To me, it lacks a lot across all scales for WVW. For open world PVE, fractals / dungeons etc. its good. However, in WVW you will be dirt napping and in general rally botting a lot and be more of a liability in any organised / semi-organised group, rather then an asset.

While in 1v1 and very small scale, your drains will be refilling too slow to be of practically applied difference.

It lacks survivability, not enough stun breaks, no stab, not even remotely close enough condi clears / transfers. So very poor defenses.

Only thing you have is life force drains, but that is like a drop in the ocean of what is needed, it works on PVE mobs, not so much in WVW because of the time it takes to refill. Though it does help a little, you are far better relocating any invested points into anything that is more useful.

On offensive end its not good as well. All the stuff necros are good at it doesn’t have. Wells and condi transfers are ineffective in it even if you had them on the build, which you don’t. Your CC is next to non existent while you are ultra vulnreable to it. In fact, you will easily fall to other necros / reapers because they can take on your burst several times over without even using up half utilities while piling on damage and CC.

Keep in mind you can have 2 seperate builds for PVE and WVW. When you zone in, just redo your traits, which will be different in PVE land and on WVW maps. And you can get a 2nd armor set with different runes, you do not need to be full ascended, use exotics. Ascended helps a bit, especially the weapons due to base DPS increase, but it is just not a necessity.

Well if I didn’t feel like trash, I certainly do now, lol…

What is a build that works better, my guild wants me, “Frontline”, So I guess I need a build that is suitable for that role. I just don’t want to be a sponge that can’t fight back and kill other players, because it’s great and all to be able to be a, “Tank”, but when your watching your team die around you and you don’t have the, “BurstDPS” to take people down, or atleast assist, your kind of useless.

But I could be wrong, and probably am.

Waffle.3748:

Wow that’s glassy. With ‘Rise!’ it’s not so bad but you’re gonna want to swap out the runes to something like Strength or Pack. You’ll almost never get the 10% dmg bonus in WvW with all the incidental damage flying around. Have you considered Marauder armor? It’s a huge buff to your crit chance and keeps your HP high, while dropping a minor amount of power and a moderate amount of ferocity.

If you’re going to run Blighter’s Boon, I’d suggest getting some Fried Golden Dumplings since the on-crit proc really helps your sustain out a lot and keeps your Might high.

You’re going to have to compromise somewhat on damage if you want to be able to get in on people in melee range in WvW since there’s a lot of damage flying around at the moment. I’d go for ~2400 armor if you’re really looking to keep up your damage and not explode to Revenants and Berserkers walking on to you.

Something like this, maybe?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRQQNBIhZ6kjGobTsdTwcTgeTsgLYQXtAQLIuK2FDjUph2wzC-T1RBABmpE8KlfP8kCIa/BAOlC8pvxS1fCAcA8bf77v57v/+7nf+5nf+5+93f/93fLFQgjBA-w

And thanks for the advice!

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRQQNBIhZ6kjGobTsdTwcTgeTsgLYQXtAQLIuK2FDjUph2wzC-TlRBABAcKFe4JFgn+mr2fU+ZmSQLV/5bwAwQICiIiZmZmGRERIFQEjBA-w

I will be mostly using this build in WvW (Mid-line/Small Group) and Fractals. As well as general Open-World PvE.

I believe that the Traits are pretty self explanatory as to why I chose them, but if anyone has any advice as to what to change, and why, that would be really awesome!

Thanks!

What is the proper rotation, for the power reaper, using weapons such as the greatsword + dagger/warhorn? Also, am I supposed to use the greatsword or is the staff ok?

I will be mostly using this necro for wvw/fractals.

Looking into making a Necro, and appearance is very important, because style-points FTW, so, I am looking for a race that the armor/weapons look good on them and the gear isn’t shrunk down like it is on an Asuran, lol.

Thanks!

P.S.> Maybe even consider racials for that ultra-rare instance where they would be used.

BG/JQ are masters of “Excuse Warfare”. where they both claim that their, “In it for the fights”. to cover up their abysmal scores week after week. Although I will hand it to them both, they are great at fighting when it’s 3:1 odds in their favor. Also, to be fair, each server has their own ways of playing WvW, and most of the time, each server hates the way that each other “Plays” in WvW.

1. Yes, Phalanx Strength is a MUST have in your build for Group PvE content, like, FOTM. Your also going to want to have the two banners that give, Power and Precision, and maybe even Battle Standard elite banner, for reviving downed party members.

2. Viper gear is quiet hard to get or make, you get the recipes from Auric Basin (Both the Inscription and the Insignia are sold by the NPCs that trade stuff for the tokens you get from doing events there.) You then make it, it is costly though, since the recipes call for Black Diamonds which the last time I looked, went for over 2G a piece. Also if you do all of the Act 4 Achievements in HoT Story, you get an Ascended Amulet that you can select the stats you want, in your case, Viper, all other trinkets could be Exotic, since, there are no other Viper ascended trinkets, and the backpiece isn’t able to be Vipers either, so, your stuck with using like a Rabid one from a Karma vendor.

3. Yes, if you plan on doing high level fractals, you are going to want to get your hands on Ascended gear, and infuse+attune your rings and backpiece, also I advise you have the Fractal mastery line maxed out, to get the most out of fractals, plus there is some neat things you get from the bonus npcs, ect.

4. Most things your going to need can be bought from the TP, or from a Karma vendors in Orr, or like I said, certain achievements.

- Side note -

If your able to only play for an hour a day, and you only typically play PvE events and FOTM, I advise you to go with the typical Berserkers stat gear or even Marauders, and run something like.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJEQNAR3ZjMdQfHW7BefAdIGKCqMI+hnX7ioPLsB4BCAA-TRSCABipEEgDKwUK/W4BEAxFQAm9HgU9nDOSA0p75bwAwIIEiIiZmZmGRERIFQgjBA-e

I only say this, is because, getting all that Viper stuff together, is going to take a toll on when you can expect to be doing something else, like playing playing, lol. With your time restraints, it might be best to go with something like the above, and gradually work at getting what you need to swap to vipers, plus, if you get ascended, you can swap the stats to vipers on the weapons/armor in the Mystic forge, following the recipe. (Item+Anthology of Heroes+5 Ecto+Viper Insig/Inscrip.) doing this however will, remove what is in the armor. (Runes/Infusions.) so be careful.

Hope this helped!!!

@TheBravery

Do you come into threads like this one, just to plug your own, thread, really? Like, I’ve seen several threads made about the state the Warrior is in, and like this one, you come in, link your thread, toot your horn, and leave, not contributing anything…

@OP

I agree, and feel the same way, Warrior is an amazing class, and very fun to play, but, I feel like ANet just, doesn’t want us to be on the same level as other classes trait/ability wise. Like you said, so many other classes/specs, get these traits where it’s like, “Ohh you blocked something, here is Regen/Protections/Retal” or “Ohh nice, did you see that Crit you just did? Yeah, well your target is also going to be inflicted with Weakness/Vulnerability/Cripple ect. all at the same time!!! Neato, right?”

Warrior traits need to be brought up to, what other classes take for granted, I’m not asking for Warriors to be made OP, but be made to be less of an eyesore, and less of a constant insult in chat like, “Ohh god, it’s a Warrior, we’re going to lose” or “Yes, a Warrior, FREE KILL” or “Atleast he/she can put down a couple banners for us REAL DPS to do all the work and carry him/her.”

Right?

I like all of them, but two which my on criticisms about them. (Falling Trait and 100B) is that every class tends to have a -DMG on fall so taking that away might be bad, but I see what you mean by replacing it with something more “Useful”, and 100B instead of “Reflecting” I would think it would be more apt to “Destroy” projectiles?

But yeah, we need some more “Passive/Defaults” and “Merging of Traits” to get us going in the right direction.

So I would be using a Staff to level up this toon, because I want to learn it from the ground up, and not use Tomes to insta-80 him.

I did plan on going a Power based build, something that has a spot in most Fractal/Raid groups, ect.

Thanks for your help!

Hey all, I have never played an Ele past say, level fifteen, due to me being used to playing easier more beefy toons, ect.

But as I’ve played this game since launch, taking breaks here and there, I was wondering, if I should give this class a go, and if anyone could offer me any advice as far as a build to get used to, that’s slightly more forgiving than most?

I do plan on using this toon as my new main, once I have it worked out and become accustomed to using it properly.

I enjoy PvE content mostly, but do tend to participate a fair bit in sPvP, and WvW too with friends and guildies.

Thanks for your time, and replies.

P.S. – Advice on wether to make this toon a Human or Sylvari, as I would prefer a race that light armor and ele weapons would look good on, thanks!

Remember to use Reaper Shroud #2, since it destroys projectiles.
Make the most out of your Life Force, and don’t stay in RS longer than you have to, to either tank a GFlame, or like I said use #2.

As far as his/her BStance/EPain, I would recommend using light cc, as in don’t use all your BIG attacks, wait it out, have him/her chase you a bit to wait out those two things, when you notice there off him/her (Pay attention to his/her character bar.) then unleash your BIG combos and you should be alright.

As a reaper you/we have it bad vs. Ranged attacks, so it’s best to trick ranged dps classes into busting out their skills, and when those abilities are on cooldown, that’s when you strike.

I like the changes to Rifle, being able to put a larger gap between my target and I is great, and as others said, jump if you don’t want to roll backwards, but I dunno why you wouldn’t since your using a RANGED weapon, and keeping a gap between yourself and whatever your attacking, is key.

I’de find WvW a lot more enjoyable if it were more rewarding for the effort you put in, as it is, being in T1, you fight the same two servers week in and week out, fight the same zergs lead by the same pin, composed of the same guilds, ect. over and over. But I digress, WvW is enjoyable on the part of the “Challenge” as your fighting real people, opposed to mobs, ect. So beating someone, as opposed to something, is what many people enjoy.

When it comes down to choosing a Race for my Ele, currently I am running as a Asura, which is neat mind you, the animations and the commentary he makes when using abilities and such, is neat, but as for the bad part, me not being able to see gear and enjoy the aesthetics from gearing up, ect.

Reason why I rolled asura was because I wanted to make one, I’ve always been interested in the race itself, and it’s animations are enjoyable to see, the one thing is, as I said, the scale at which my gear is seen on him, makes me feel just to see gear better, I’de be better off re-rolling to Silvari/Human, but don’t know if that’s enough just to see the pretty pixels, lol…

Any advice on race, and why you chose it, would be very appreciated.

As of this moment my Reaper is the MAX height Male Norn, with smallest frame, and his animations are/feel to be, slow and much more telegraphed than that of the smaller races like human/sylvari/asura.

I originally made him a Norn because of the Tattoos and being able to use the Leopard form Elite in situations where it would be useful.

But I have grown bored of the cumbersome slow walk/gate and even with a speed boost on he feels like he’s jogging, lol…

I recently got some gifts from a friend of mine, a Total Make Over kit, and a Name Change contract, and I was thinking I could either:

A. Shrink him down to the shortest height for Male Norns, and Rename him.
-OR-
B. Make another Necro of a different smaller race, and still use the kit to make him look more unique, along with using tomes to insta-80 him soon after creation…

I really am stuck, I do WvW and sPvP a good portion of my playtime, other time is in PvE related content, so animations really don’t matter there.

Any advice? Thanks!!!

You mean Revs won’t be able to AA with their hammer and Crit like a 1200 range backstab, nice!

Thank god…

It was getting ridiculous, fighting a zerg who was using three Dragon banners, now with these adjustments, perhaps more self reliance and less, banner spam…

Because gliding into Keeps/Towers, bypassing any need for Rams/Catas ect. would be game breaking?

+1 for the WvW Autolooting though, the less buttons to push the better, hehe…