Guild Wars 2

bumping! we need more fun fights and coverage for silver league, help us reach our destination yo!

bumping for the old company

we got boons? nah it’s just a joke!

Mullberry, Gold, Shiver Sky and Abyss

WhiteRose.6934:

Lonewolf Kai.3682:

grave of hearts.7830:

Bhawb.7408:

If you get killed in a zerg by being stunned at 900 range, you can’t blame anyone but yourself.

Also i am still waiting for you to turn around and question anet on why guardians can have 500 more condition dmg than a necromancer and a synergy setup bumping it to a total of 4k con dmg (can go past the 4k if a condition is met)while class mechanic enhances siege.

Please tell me this is a joke.

I can’t really tell honestly. Let’s just smile and nod.

I was bored enough to put together something that might be what resembles the build he was describing

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vUEQNAW7fl0ApSoFCxZIEENhY94fQoCq6R8oPeIWhKC-z0BBIhERz0CBhkOyZoFRjtGsIasKZER1KlYBAQAm5MTmlZwzduzduzdOzcmzcmzcmlCYSpRA-w

super viable I am sure.

if you want to use apothecary you dont have to go beyond 1k healing power. 900-1000 is healthy enough for shout builds the rest can be invested in dire/setteler.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vIAQNAscTjMdUFaBIOewJaAB9ALqCB8UIJSPEjwYNA-zECBYiCi0CIk3AUHRMNtIaslNFRjVPjIqWfEjMAmrB-w

I dont think you’d kill anyone who got a good head on their shoulders and for sure not killing any condition necromancer with this but oh well at least allies around will love you…wasn’t hard to make a full regen warrior

replace with healing shouts if you want some burst healing instead or want to zerg with something like this

immobilize and chill are a major threat and cant clear them reliably with HT alone so…Rocket Boots all the way unless I can pick my fights then EG is obviously better

What is optimal amount of healing power to go for when using Inspiring Battle Standard and/or Vigorous Shouts to go along with S/S LB condition builds?

If you are still on the look out for a server and a guild to join then you may consider Ring Of Fire an EU international server. Our community has a mature fun players base with many kinds of nationalities, most notably UK, Italy, Netherlands and many central/western European countries. We mostly got no queues except on reset. We are currently on tier 8 this week and should be moving up in match up tier by next week’s match up. We can offer you the use of our Teamspeak, Server’s Community Forum, a helpful and fun community and lots of lootbags! We offer weekly WvW training on TeamSpeak usually for siege placement, basics, what classes like Gaurdian and Elementalists could offer the team and how to use them effectively, etc. These training events are usually hosted by a few members of our WvW guilds who could also offer you build advise and the builds run by their guilds for classes they deploy.

check out our server forum if you wish to chat or check for guilds actively recruiting and apply using their application or talking to them in game. You may also guest to Ring of Fire if you wish to seek out guilds actively recruiting but not available on the forum if you’d like.
http://rof-community.enjin.com

If you decide to join our server then I would personally recommend the guilds Coordinated Chaos [CC] and Wrath and Revenge [WAR] for a pure WvW experience not that our other guilds are lacking or anything at all. I’d like to note that CC has a lot of UK players if you are looking for something more familiar.
If you wish ask further questions or to contact a guild representative, here is a few people you may message in game.

CC: Yes I Cap.538 Steeroth.9684
WAR: jakovliv.8567 adween.3812

Hule.8794 could also help alot with questions regarding our server and guilds if you need much more detail.

I hope I was able to offer some help and good luck to you wherever you choose to go.

Convince someone somewhere else to make fear count as an interrupt so it works for perplexity runes if you want confusion so much…we need torment access not confusion. oh hey get hit by a necromancer’s Tainted Shackles then laugh it off until mesmers/warriors/thieves feed you their own version and dare you to move around as much. yeah so much for conditions that fit well with a class’s theme.

Blade.3456:

My patience is growing very thin…

November Announcement, we are now late Feb.
Please sort this out, I see no gain for Anet/GW2 by delaying this update.

If you’re looking for a silver league quality server on EU, I’d vouch for FSP.

well kinda hard to find a good fit for both daggers for both game modes but…
main hand dagger use a stacking sigil- bloodlust/perception or if in doubt roll force
off hand dagger use an on swap sigil- energy works

I personally like watching content you put out and would not mind watching more given that you are willing to provide :p

I enjoyed watching the last 2 games the most. can never enjoy slacking on trebs and keeping the hammer in check xD

Flumek.9043:

Now for what you can do. This works only with shadow, bone fiend and golem minions. I suggest going for 2 only since for all 3 u need to b fast and 10% LF is not worth risking being stuck with a utility u dont need.

1) put shadow minion on ur #7 slot

2) wait for 10s countdown before game start

3)press 7 to sumon minion

4) press the arrow above #7 to swap utility. this will “kill” the minion and give you 10% LF

5) the select 2nd minion
6) summon him

7) Final: select the utilty u want.

You and all other necros around u now have 20% LF. Dont rely on others since 9/10 necros dont do this, unlike 9/10 eles who do try to make up their existence with the 1min swiftness

Edit: Is this onetime 20% LF OP? yes, its broken, I kill 3 wariors and any planet or star alligned with my lifeblasts.

as the above poster stated use minions at the start of a match to help you and fellow friendly necromancers. this is an excellent tip that not many necromancers care to utilize

kitten it stop necro-ing my hopes up

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQRAnd4YjMaV6Zaib07JEoH5St4MRFGGqHuz68hA-jEDBYLER04MYEEQEFIUFY0HhmKAI9hIjNRCqMsIas6aYKXER1CBMaBA-w

last time I played power necro I ran something like this…having a blast with the engi atm so I might be a bit out of touch.

close please

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nirvana.8245:

Account bound WXP.

bump for the community I have grown to enjoy being a part of even more <3

Join Ring Of Fire and help make a difference!

Yes

if they re-evaluate their PPT system, do something about bandwagoning and coverage war, do something about excessive treb wars on EB, help motivate people to leave higher stacked servers and join a lower tier server with faulty “high/very high” population like Underworld which needs some serious help btw and finally introduce account bound wxp way before the season starts

okay none of this is gonna be looked at or even heard but you never know…

“I do it all because I’m evil

And I do it all for free

Your tears are all the pay I’ll ever need!"

why not try runes of strength?

I think you just inspired me to try it out in wvw but I’d go with 20 20 0 30 0 :p

seems i’m the only one who runs sigil of doom here xD

Spicyhash.7605:

Something about this puts a sour taste in my mouth. This person is not necessarily a dev and even if they were, they might not be a pro eSporTzz 69420 0wnage master. That guild is for all ANet employees – for all we know it could be a customer support guy who plays on his free time or whatever. If you had actually fought a skilled dev (i.e. Powerrr or groucho), your post would be more along the lines of: omg why r devs allowed in wvw plz nerf

/lazy

but agreed.

if you need quick life force then just summon your minions and kill them off by switching the skill while they are running around…this should at least help you and fellow necromancers around you a bit

that is quite surprising, it shouldnt be…tbh if u find a wvw community to be bad then dont touch yoloq the community they’re worse than dungeon elitist jerks.

I actually find my server’s wvw community to be quite pleasant and it might be what actually keeps me playing wvw.

the safety of walls is just an illusion for the time being

Too bad this is one of the major reasons why servers like Blacktide, Underworld and Ring of Fire can’t recruit WvW people so well even though quite alot of good players reside there…perhaps measurement of WvW performance as cost derive should replace costs based on population.

Close please….just do it.

This thread no longer serves its original purpose.

Take this to the balance sub-forum perhaps?

I absolutely love the terrain and environment. heck I even saw our own EB commanders running their own thing there. It is a great way to enjoy WvW when your original match up is a total mess especially when up against PPT servers where small groups and zergs twice your size run away and hide behind trebs and walls.

Thanks for the new map

Kraag Deadsoul.2789:

Hey, given that a guardian can potentially out-siphon us, they may as well look the part, right?

This hurts me…

Rawr.5930:

Most likely will turn into a gankers paradise.

using conditions for wvw, full rabid for max bleed stacks and burn procs, full dire for max condition damage per tick and tankyness or dire armor with rabid weapons and accessories as deemed necessary. I dont recommend carrion or rampager since you wont be able to resist bursts and cc chains as good as with dire and rabid

Valentin.2073:

Oslaf Beinir.5842:

maybe you should consider using another class to solve this issue, power rangers and staff eles are prime targets for thieves in wvw. Use classes that can get them out of their refuge and chase a short distance. for example; mesmers with blink, focus and/or GS, Med guards with GS x/Sh, standard condi engi p/sh bomb/grenade tool kits and rocket boots. even with such choices they can and will be able to out run you if they use shadow step and shortbow if they feel too threatened and it is time to go before it is too late. The Abundance of stealth and mobility is their class’s distinctive traits and specialty and while I do not agree with the design and its major flows in the wvw scene, nerfing thieves some more in the wrong spots might take away from their only viable role in wvw and turn them into walking loot bags just like solo staff eles. that is all to it. if they decide to run and disengage consider it your win and walk away quick until devs consider adressing the issue on their own terms. Though as long as the issue in not in pvp dont expect much. until then spam aoe and stealth traps or get a build/class change.

well, so you just want these thieves to continue abusing stealth? this issue needs to be addressed. spvp gets regular balance update. anet just needs to at least take a look at how class balance is going on in wvw once in a while. a thief’s easy-mode mechanic in wvw is getting a bit too old.

I never said that I enjoy or wish for thieves to continue abusing stealth and teleports. I do agree that the issue needs to be addressed but sadly it is doubtful that an adequate solution will be presented any time soon so complaining is the only thing people like you could do. l’m sorry that you are not satisfied with your wvw experience due to thieves’ ability to overwhelm you with stealthing and disengaging at will. However, WvW is a completely different play field from PvP. It does not get the same level of attention as S/Tpvp and in fact the balance patches were almost always dedicated to pvp because the devs believe that wvw environment is too hard to balance so they dont. In WvW every class has a role and thieves fullfil only one role effectively thanks to their “cheesy” and “spammable” class mechanics. Do I enjoy playing against it? No, I dont. If I find a thief that I cant kill in 60 seconds I’ll either call for help to resolve the issue and move along to my objective or leave the fight since it is a waste of time and effort where I could be helping my team out else where. While I really wish Anet to do something about it, judging from their previous balance decisions I don’t want them overnerfing thief to the ground especially when the balance updates are not in their favor. I personally have no idea how to solve this issue and don’t like how a decent thief players will rarely lose, they either win or run. since you too have a Thief based on your previous posts, why don’t you offer your suggestions on how to address the issue in the balance subforum for more attention?

Thanks for the laugh OP.

maybe you should consider using another class to solve this issue, power rangers and staff eles are prime targets for thieves in wvw. Use classes that can get them out of their refuge and chase a short distance. for example; mesmers with blink, focus and/or GS, Med guards with GS x/Sh, standard condi engi p/sh bomb/grenade tool kits and rocket boots. even with such choices they can and will be able to out run you if they use shadow step and shortbow if they feel too threatened and it is time to go before it is too late. The Abundance of stealth and mobility is their class’s distinctive traits and specialty and while I do not agree with the design and its major flows in the wvw scene, nerfing thieves some more in the wrong spots might take away from their only viable role in wvw and turn them into walking loot bags just like solo staff eles. that is all to it. if they decide to run and disengage consider it your win and walk away quick until devs consider adressing the issue on their own terms. Though as long as the issue in not in pvp dont expect much. until then spam aoe and stealth traps or get a build/class change.

poked? I thought we only get hammered to the ground! xD

really whoever says this makes dumbfire skillful is wrong it will just stress our ability to use DS defensively and timily and our limited life force pool. too much is placed upon deathshroud and it is a deplete-able resource. this will force the frequent use of DS as an offensive tool and also bind the internal cooldown of the trait to DS cooldown+cast time of LifeBlast+slow projectile travel time. this makes the actual cool down more than 10 seconds. in addition it carries the risk of being reflected back to your face and the risk of being caught off guard with no defense of DS to help us. condi necros weapons are terrible at life force generation which will also bring the possibility of using the defensive specrtal skills as an offensive tool for life force generation…so defense is where again? really all this does not even make this kittenty trait worthy of a grandmaster trait. even if they move it to master trait it will still be terrible and you gotta wonder if they push it down they will have to push something up to grandmaster which will screw other builds that dont go 30 into spite. if moving the burning proc to specific skills is what they want then they got far better options. attaching the burning proc to specific main hand weapon skills is far better. and nope near to death does not excuse moving dumbfire to LB.

Sabastian.7126:

lordkrall.7241:

Sabastian.7126:

they announced it on November 27. Account bound WvW ranks coming “soon”

its been over 2 months

During which time they have focused mainly on Edge of the Mists. Which they already knew back than had a very set release date (February 4th) which meant they had to put as much resources as possibly into it in order to make sure it hits its deadline.

While Account Bound ranks is nice and something I am looking forward to, it is a rather low priority issue, and more pressing matters should and will take priority over it.

no its not a low priority issue. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING MATTERS IN THE GAME RIGHT NOW.

ASK ANY serious WVWer and they will answer that ACCOUNT BOUND WVW RANKS SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE GAME SINCE DAY 1

EDGE OF THE MISTS IS A LOW PRIORTY ISSUE

NOBODY ASKED FOR IT. WHY DID ARENA NET WASTE ALL THEIR RESOURCES ON SUCH A USELESS THING.

YES MAD

I guess this has been asked many times but stressing it is a good call

Will you be implementing Account Wide WXP alongside the release of EoTM next week?

Karolis.4261:

There is nothing wrong with pvp gameplay mixed with pve.

/popcorn

Likes:
I like many things in wvw but will sitck to 3 on this

1. Roaming and small-scale

2. Reasonably large scale battles with good usage of siege for on wall defenses

3. The community which this game mode creates which is what keeps people like me playing wvw and feel invested and inclined and dedicated to help in any way to win the fights in favor ofour community. This is something that made me like WvW much more than PvP and eventually quit Spvp altogether to make more time for WvW play time.

Dislikes:
there are many but…guess i could go a bit more with small suggestions/ideas

1. Outnumbered buff is utterly utterly utterly useless. it NEEDS to improve. at its current form its presence serves no purpose to help the outnumbered team in a any way.

2. Golem Rush. if a structure’s defenses would scale according to the number of invader, golems and siege weaponry assaulting it then these golem rushes could become a bit more tolerable. a next step is limiting the number of omega golems that are OPERATIONAL to 5 max but building more is not a problem as long as they cannot be taken to battle and are stored. Alphas are not a big issue like Omegas.

3. Structure upgrades. There are no personal rewards for this server wide benefit to the few generous souls who continue to passionately upgrade and siege up a whole map all night long only for a rush to render it worthless. implement a reward in the form of wxp or whatever to help motivate people to upgrade structures. This is an issue for a lower population/coverage servers where all the hard work would be undone in the early morning-noon hours by golem rushes which cost 10% of the gold spent to upgrade a whole map. The nature of the game mode currently also promotes full offensive action instead of any form of defense because of how rewards work and that capturing is more personally rewarding than defending.

4. Siege decay. This can be maintained reliably by the strong server with higher population and coverage while the lesser ones suffer greatly from it. it needs to be tweaked.

5. Golem storage. many golems would be built only for spies/nabs/spiteful jerks to destroy them and waste the gold and supplies spent. Implement something that should allow storage of golems like a sort of a guild outpost at the spawn to store their golems given that they have to deal with refreshing on their own. Also they may given permission to certain guilds to access their own outpost to lend a hand. this is but an idea that would help many avoid the danger of spies who spoil the fun and efforts of others.

Golems>everything. with a golem rush no structure holds in an outnumbered situation

you might wish to add that with the buff gates’ health should scale up depending on how many siege weaponry are attacking them.

go with engineer it is a fun class to play. it is the last class I leveled to 80 and I personally regret not leveling it sooner. besides who does not like knocking thieves out of their shadow refuge most of the time <3

trait lines which make me an absolute face tanking machine.
yes I’d like to play defensive necromancer that does not need minions to use a whole traitline

commanding as a necromancer in wvw in both small teams and big zerg fights.
what form of support to call out and bring to the table and when to use them.
how to synergize with different professions on multiple necromancer builds which includes collaborating with fellow necromancers.

account wide WXP? well? updates on that?

I had a really good laugh! Thanks alot <3