Guild Wars 2

OP on the forums basically means “X beat me cause I suck kitten at this game. Nerf X so I can feel better about myself without learning how to play.”

You can continue to nerf “OP” things, but that doesn’t do a thing for stupid entitled players.

All depends on your build. I’d say rangers are in a little better spot now, they’re not locked into just a spirit build. Not like they’re pubstomping every game, but it’s viable. I’ve actually started bringing my ranger into ranked sPvP, and I find it pretty fun.

You see a lot of bad rangers due the influx of PvE players. Turns out, Bearbow doesn’t work in sPvP either. Might work in hotjoin, but that’s hotjoin.

I actually had someone complaining about me tonight in one of my matches, so I think I did something right. My ranger was good enough to make him rage.

Edit: Despite my name, I don’t run bearbow. Anywhere. Though I’ve been kicked instantly from dungeon parties cause of it, so there’s a laugh.

Using full ascended berserker’s, I have around 2400 power, and 220% for crit damage, including traits and all that. Plus 100% crit with fury. My AAs hit for around 1.8k to 2.5k, without any might buffs.

Keep in mind that while those might not be high numbers, Ranger Sword AA is the fastest sword AA chain in the game, so a lot of the DPS comes from the “per second”.

Well, keep in mind this is a very odd build, there’s no real synergy…

Anyway, Mace/Shield is used for mainly one thing: stuns. Skullcrack has such a huge wide up, but most people use shield bash to get close and get a small stun before the big 4 second one. So either dodge, or just use a stunbreak.

I don’t see the problem though, he has nothing to follow up the stun. Rifle has Killshot, but it’s pointless since Skullcrack takes adrenaline as well. I don’t understand what’s killing you. The bleeds from rifle? Mace AA is so slow and…

Edit: Oh, is this in WvW? Then he’s probably running Runes of Perplexity plus Distracting Strikes (http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Distracting_Strikes) which stack. So the confusion is probably killing you. Every time you use an ability, you take damage. Clear the conditions before you kill yourself.

He has a lot of CC with Skullcrack, Pommel Smash, Shield Bash, Rifle Butt, and probably Stomp/Kick for utilities. And as an Ele, he can probably easily read your actions, so he can interrupt them pretty quickly, stacking a lot of confusion on you.

Same thing here, but I think it’s just a tooltip bug. I’ve used it to break stuns, even when it has the CC cooldown timer.

Either load them with conditions, or outplay and spike them with that sweet burst damage. Just takes time and practice, like learning to fight against a mesmer. Gotta have a lot of patience.

It’s always a good idea to roll a class that gives you trouble, so you can see its weaknesses from the inside. A Sword thief usually relies on in-combat mobility and a lot of escapes. But their defenses are poor, so it only takes one mistake for them to lose.

More like:

Warriors – Recently nerfed, still make people cry
Thieves – Also recently nerfed, still make people cry
Mesmers – Actually requires skill to beat
Necromancers – MM with the summoned unit damage bug was dumb, terrormancer is a little over the top, but condi spam is still the meta.
Engineers – LOL, you wanna cap that point? Nope.
Elementalist – Actually viable now, the burst is unbelievably good. Even more fun to play against now, truly a test of 1v1 skill. Dodge their burst, start the countdown in your head. By far my favorite class to 1v1 against.
Ranger – Meh, Spirits are okay. Power/Sniper is hilarious though, not as effective.

Guardian – Forgotten, still bunkering.

If anything, it’s Engis/Necros that need to be taken down a bit, but instead of nerfing, why don’t we buff everyone instead? More fun to one shot each other than to run around smacking them with wet noodles.

I would love to slot Defiant Stance over HS, it’s just not as effective though. It’s basically Abbadon ult from Dota, so I think it should be insta-cast and break stuns, but it should give a very big visual indicator, like the warrior glows bright blue or something. This way you use it actively to absorb a big hit coming your way, and then you can punish scrubs that leave auto attack on.

Actually, Abbadon still has that stupid autocast feature (so many times where a creep procced it) so I guess more like Accursed from HoN…

Roe.3679:

I think what OP is suggesting is that there should be more activity and give and take for some of the warrior abilities.

I wish that the I vulnerabilities they had gave some drawbacks, kind of like how rangers (I think) have quickness but take 50% more damage during that period. Just something to make it require a little more thought, I think, would be a positive.

Actually, that IS a warrior skill. Frenzy = quickness with 25% extra damage taken. The Ranger one, is quickness with 50% less health healed during the duration.

Just because warrior is an “easier” class to play, doesn’t mean that it should be weaker by nature. Making something weaker because it has a lower skill cap isn’t balance.

I always get flamed by my teammates for not running hambow. And when I do, I get flamed by the other team. :’(

Too bad it’s one of the only viable builds in this meta. Maybe once we get other modes apart from capture point we can see the fun stuff. Tried out a sniper build with another warrior in TDM. Our thief kept us invis while we took shots. Gimmicky, but it was fun.

Until someone reflected the shots. Then it was pretty hilarious.

Cleansing Ire only works if you hit something with your burst. So blind is supposed to be a counter. But don’t worry, there’s the OP new Brawler’s Recovery GM trait to handle that.

The patch notes clearly said that lower level creatures were rescaled. Newer characters get traits much later, so this is meant to balance it.

Works fine for me, I’d rather one shot trash mobs than waste time fighting them if I’m running through a map for completion. People complained about the zerker meta in PvE, lowering the health sponge helps that out a bit.

Works on eviscerate, but it has the same problem with quickness and any leap skill, where because it’s faster, you travel less. Sword leap is affected by this too. I do notice a difference in speed, but the distance is nerfed, which I guess balances the trait out. Very nice trait though, I like it a lot.

Testing out a S/S + Axe/Mace in hotjoin, actually kinda throws people off guard. Lacks CC that I’m used to from hammer though. Even without any condi equipment, just the 300 from the trait line gives enough to make the sword conditions tick for a little. General gameplay involves whittling them down to 50%, spike them with a final thrust, and switch to Axe with buffed Sigil of Int for a crit on eviscerate. Double spike. The speed boost on flurry is really nice too, when you have a teammate that can capitalize on that 4 sec immobilize.

Not as effective as hambow, but I wanted to try something different.

MotherKitten.6795:

Does anyone ever ping zerker gear and then wear something else?

I do this all the time. I have a set of ascended zerker gear in my invisible bag for pinging. And no one notices the difference.

Have you seen the upcoming changes? A lot of nerfs coming to longbow, but it’s okay. Hope you’re prepared to cry, cause warriors are getting the most OP GM trait ever: Brawler’s Recovery.

That’s right, 30 (6 I guess after patch) trait points to remove blind on weapon swap. REMOVES BLIND. Better get those tissues ready. No other class can do that.

Bye bye Unsuspecting Foe, hello Death from Above.

I just made a topic about it in the bugs forum, but I can’t be the first one…

It doesn’t do any good to report bugs in this forum.

I’m honestly surprised this hasn’t been fixed yet, but with the upcoming “balance” to hammer for warriors, I figure this would be a good time to fix it.

The issue: When casting Earthshaker on uneven terrain (i.e. a slope), you land in the air at the height of the highest point in the aoe. This often results in not hitting or affecting enemies below you.

Expected: Earthshaker lands you on the ground, stunning and damaging enemies in the aoe, no matter the height.

Please don’t turn this into a discussion about warrior balance; we have plenty of other threads for that.

You do realize that ANet stated that they want Warrior sustain to be regen based right?

Anyway, I’ll bite. Duel me. You can go whatever class you want. I won’t even impose any restrictions on you. Whisper me whenever you find me online,, we can set up a time.

Bailey.6892:

Jeffrey Vaughn.1793:

It’s not a bug.

Just poor design. I also hate these issues, invisible walls are just lazy solutions.

We asked for a more “living” world, we got one, and people STILL complain. I love updates like this; subtle, undocumented, but big enough for speculation.

Just a FYI, Tarnished Coast is the “unofficial RP” server. Doesn’t mean you have to have an interest in roleplaying though. I don’t, but I wouldn’t leave TC ever. Probably one of the nicest servers.

If you ever need help, just call out in map chat. Someone will help you. Whether you need help exploring, with an enemy, or just questions about game mechanics, people will answer. Benefits of a friendly server.

Why do you need a dev response?

Anyway, are you missing this one? http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chantry_of_Secrets

The way the formula works, there is no DR on armor. However, 3200 armor is pretty much good enough. The only “DR” is how that toughness could be a different stat.

Personally, after I hit 3000 armor, I just start stacking vitality over toughness.

Looks like the standard Commander Sword/Warhorn + Longbow Warrior build. There was no sound in the video, so I can’t tell if she was using shouts.

It’s built for mobility and survival so you can yell at your zerg in VoIP. Lots of condition removal from Cleansing Ire + Longbow burst and Warhorn, even more with Soldier runes and shouts. Very hard to kill, but if you noticed, it barely tickled you for damage.

yungwizud.1827:

Durzlla.6295:

yungwizud.1827:

Durzlla.6295:

Just gonna put this out there… he’s a mesmer, for all we know he was just sitting in the background casting his illusions on us and making us fight air, or probably more fitting, another nightmare court member.

He’s pretty high up in rank last i checked, i doubt he’d throw himself away so carelessly…. i hope….

this is good news! Mesmer’s always find a way to wriggle out but nevertheless we must take fact and evidence into consideration. A body is left behind after the fight…. but we dont know how long for. consistency with this is most illusions shatter after being structurally compromised. this doesnt stop cadyern from casting an illusion that copies him with a “act of dying” while the real sylvari escapes into the jungle.

That’s also another possibility! And he may be more on par with Faolin with illusions who, as we saw, was able to create them to be closer to shades where they didn’t actually shatter and she was able to “rez” them if you don’t bat her away.

taking evidence from characters of tyria, the short stories and the long novels we see that scholar’s have many many many more spells than the ones we have for players. a great example is Mocha, the asuran mesmer from sea of sorrows. she has the ability to whisper in someones ear from hundreds of metres away but player mesmers cannot! we can obviously expect more skill additions in the future but its good to remember that there is this kind of scholastic void of discovering skills for each profession. we dont know everything we can do with each aspect of magic.

Pretty sure everyone can do that. /whisper

The difference is, these people DID drop that $20.

They never said anything about removing fractals. If they did, it would probably be the long ones, like Dredge.

But they talked about reworking the long ones and also adding a logarithm so that you don’t get 3 long fractals in a row. Can’t remember the thread it was in, but it was a red post.

sankarea.3521:

That explains why i got 10g 24s.
But a better explanation would have been nice instead of this useless sentence.

“I just got refunded 10 gold, so I’m gonna whine about how it was refunded.”

It’s not like ANet had to refund that money. They could have just said, “Bottles of Elonian Wine now cost more.”

Remember when Bottles of Elonian Wine were the wrong price? Did you buy any? This is your compensation.

Aerinndis.2730:

You can sell the wigs (and the other items found) on TP – they do add up to a bit of change if you got a lot of them even if you sell them at 1 or 2 copper each.

Pretty sure you’ll lose money. Listing fee and all that.

JVJD.4912:

haha i remember using flurry in spvp on a thief. When it was channeling he/she dazed me and down i went, after that i never used the sword in spvp

You’re not supposed to channel it. Just use it for the immobilize. Only the rather lackluster damage is channeled. The instant you hit someone with it, they’re immobilized.

Olba.5376:

Burst skills.

For me, burst skills are the reason why no other class just feels good. Sure, other classes have high damage skills or sudden bursts, such as Backstab on Thief, but it’s just not the same.

It actually affects the way I play my warrior to begin with. I don’t like using a GS because you don’t get to use the burst skill (not such an issue with 100b in PvE). Similarly, I tend to end up going from sword/shield back to axe/shield because for a non-condition spec, Flurry doesn’t have much use.

Honestly, getting a kill with Eviscerate is awesome. Even more so when it’s a Thief that gets killed in stealth.

I LOVE getting kills with Eviscerate. Only thing better is when the target dies from everyone else in my party and I fly off the cliff to my death…

Do people even read the forums before they post? There’s a thread about this literally an inch below.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/warrior/11-2k-backstab-on-a-3-3k-armor-warrior

Back on topic, thieves are the class that is capable of OHKOing anybody. Keep in mind that in return, they can basically only take like 2-3 autoattacks back. I’ve had thieves come and spike me for 10k, only to get downed after two flails of my hammer.

OP, I don’t think any of these guys actually read your post. They just thought of it as another “QQ, event is too hard”. If they would spend the time to read, they’d see that you’re asking for a work around potential griefers/afkers.

On topic, I like the idea of those changes. In theory, nothing really changes other than eliminating the possibility of someone incompetent hopping on a turret. Being on a turret isn’t hard or challenging; it’s just that people don’t want to work or take the time to learn.

Assigning an NPC to a turret isn’t nerfing it. Being on a turret is the easiest thing. Is 2 off CD? Then I better use it. Oh no, a giant red circle of poison and death. Better use 3. Is 4/5 off CD? Better use it. In fact, it makes it harder, because you can’t tell the NPCs where/when to cleanse/buff.

No, I’m saying the chest piece 2nd option IS the belt.

I seem to have the same problem every so often. Even when they’re right in front of me. Do you have the longbow trait, Stronger Bowstrings? I have mine traited, even though I know it’s bugged. Could be another bug from that trait.

This is actually a really cool idea. Makes warriors the “master of weapons” now. Of course, some people already complain that we have too many weapon sets…

Excursion.9752:

One question I have is what is a good number to have protecting each set of Turrets?

Ideally, you want a full 5 man party on each turret. 1 guy on the turret, with the other 4 protecting him. You might even wanna designate one guy to be the backup turret and another to be the rezzer if the current turret guy gets downed.

People protecting should focus on the FINGERS and then the mobs. Zerker gear actually works here.

And people on turrets should also watch the ground around them. Cleansing poison around yourself on the turret can do a lot for everyone. Every second that someone is not on the turret is a waste.

Look at your belt. It’s red.

Buttercup.5871:

Wanze.8410:

Khisanth.2948:

(so that means more ectos being salvaged for dark matter).

I hope you are not salvaging your ectos to get dark matter.

Could you explain whether there is any other way? Don’t get me wrong, I’m swimming in these globs of dark matter, but I wasn’t aware there is another way to acquire them?

You get those from salvaging exotics…not ectos. Salvaging ectos results in luck for Magic Find.

Let’s see…Way back then, Eles, Mesmers, and Thieves would wreck me on my Guardian and Warrior. And then the condition meta came and Necros/Engis shut those guys down. And then CC-Burst Warrior comes along with its buddy Condi-Cleanse Guardian to make the Necros/Engis QQ.

Now what comes next? Could it be a cycle? No, that can’t happen. Especially not in a game with a variety of builds that allow players to shift the meta. I mean, I shouldn’t have to change my build to stand a chance against the guy that changed his build to counter mine. That’s just dumb. I should be able to roll with one build and stomp everyone. And if one build counters mine, that’s just OP. Nothing should ever counter whatever I run.

Skeletor.9360:

Yes I think they should be buffed more. Lets see we only get what?

1.) High default HP’s.
2.) High default toughness.
3.) Unable to be CC’ed.
4.) Unstoppable block that wastes opponents skills.
5.) Charges that connect no matter if the target is stealthed or not.
6.) Best mobility in the game. (Tied with thief and ele)
7.) Super high damage.
9.) Hey while we are damageing them lets add a charge a stun and a bunch of automatic hits.

Yes definately in need of a buff. Not OP at all.

Please tell me how to unlock more than 2 weapon sets. I would love to be like this warrior you described, slotting Greatsword/Sword+Warhorn/Hammer/Mace+Shield.

The new ascended weapons have both a sigil slot AND an infusion slot…so…

It’s safe to assume the armor will have rune slots too…? Maybe? Never know with ANet.

Josh Davis.6015:

Regarding Lyssa – Which profession/elite are you using, and is that elite affected by any traits you have selected? (Elite Supplies for Engineer, for example.)

I’ve had the same problem with Signet of Rage on Warrior, with and without Signet Mastery traited. Didn’t happen all the time, but it seemed to happen if you did another action right after activating the elite. There was always a slight delay for the buffs.

It’s quite possible to save Lord Faren solo, but it’s a little bit easier with a small group. If you get 5 people in there, chances are you’ll spawn a silver. If you’re solo, try to group them up, and then whip out the dps. 100b is perfect for this.

As for the rest of the dungeon solo, it’s also pretty easy to go through it without dying. Just run past everything. Greatsword 3 works wonders, along with stability, endure pain, and Shield 5. Take your time, pretend it’s like a stealth game. For the destroyer zone, you can run all the way to the right and drop off the cliff to get to the boss fight. (At least I think it was that zone). Try to do tricks like that.

And for boss fights, well, people above have given very good tips.

KevinfromPhoenix.7692:

Anything in particular? I am just level 18 at the moment. Is there a real reason to weapon switch? It seems lost on me.

Weapon swapping allows you to obtain another bar of skills. Different weapons are useful for different situations.

For example, the mace excels at stunning, but that’s about it. The hammer can stun too, not as long as the mace, but it offers more crowd control (CC). The greatsword and axe are dps weapons, with the axe coming out on top in terms of raw damage, but the greatsword gives mobility. The one-handed sword offers a mix of power, mobility, and condition damage.

And I haven’t even touched the offhand variants, the shield, or the ranged weapons yet. I suggest reading the wiki to learn your weapons skills.

As for a leveling build, anything really goes. You can’t really focus on it anyway, since you won’t have the levels to learn your traits. However, you should start looking towards a build that seems interesting, and try to level with that build. That way, you’ll get a taste of what if feels like. And if you don’t like it, you can always re-trait; although that takes more money the higher level you are.

I also find it pretty cool that you play with your son. My father doesn’t have the patience to learn anything this “complicated”. Heck, he just mashes Heavy Punch/Kick in Street Fighter.

Did I just…get some character depth? Niiiiiiiiiiiceeee.

I’m at work, but 115 hours or so on each Warrior/Guardian.

Point is, your suggestions are absurdly OP.

Why retaliation? What’s up with you and Guardian-esque skills? Just go play the other heavy armor class.

Eviscerate works as a gap closer. A gap closer that does a(n) kitten ton of damage. I’ve yet to see Final Thrust crit as much as an eviscerate. It’s ridiculously stupid on how much damage it does. I feel like I’m in DotA playing PA. At least it doesn’t have the cleave like a Battlefury. Axe is not inferior to sword as a power weapon.

EDIT: Had to change “an” to “a(n)” thanks to kitten filter.

I found it easier to get the perfectionist achievement solo. A group just makes the mobs harder, even more so if they don’t know what they’re doing. Insert typical PuG rant

Saving Lord Faren is easier in a group though. And at least you can easily run past all the mobs.