Guild Wars 2

Gotta Love rifle warrior.

Hmmm I tried the build and here are my problems with it:
1)The Crit chance: When your attacks crit yes they hurt a lot, but the crit chance is fairly low making this not happen enough
2) The mace attacks are just flat out too slow, if Anet maybe buffed the speed (Which they should), this build would be much more viable
3) I just feel too squishy with it, normally I run 0/25/30/0/15 with hammer and axe/shield, and as of now I just think that’s better
I’ll consider this build again once Anet buffs the mace attack speed, until then though, I just don’t feel it’s viable. Good job nonetheless though! It’d be perfect except for the general problems with the mace on warrior (mainhand, the offhand skills are fine).

Anyone else having an issue where the game won’t let you join a team when you connect to a match? It’s happened to me a few times today, and I tried going into different games, but in the end I just have to restart the game. Anyone else having the same/ or a similar issue?

Daishi.6027:

It’s like when everyone was a phant mesmer easy mode 1v1 wins.

Don’t worry more than 2 isn’t very viable for tPvP since they bring nothing to team fights other than being fodder.

I mean you’re definitely right I guess but it’s still infinitely annoying to have 3 condi rangers spamming 1 at you at the same time

Asomal.6453:

Do you not know? If you reroll ranger right now, you get a free warrior as your pet! Don’t miss that opportunity mate!

Haha- indeed.

Spam dem autoattacks!
But seriously, what’s with the ranger craze. All the guys freaking do is infinitely evade and spam their auto-attacks, and I swear like every game I go into there’s at least 4 of them if not more

Ragnarawk.8697:

Quake’s build is fairly standard. Full-on glass cannon isn’t for everyone though. You can either try Knight’s or Valkyrie armor to help with defense. Most would say go for the Knight’s for the precision. However, with the change to Signet of Fury, it’s possible to cover your precision needs, and gain a lot of critical damage. I myself prefer an all-around build that does good damage (not best), has some survival built in, and flexible utilities. Here is a build utilizing Soldier Runes for Vitality stacking, and extra support. It will output some nice damage, and not die to a strong gust of wind.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/warrior/?8.0|4.1g.h2|0.0.0.0.0.0|1p.7x.1p.7x.1p.7x.1p.7x.1p.7x.1p.7x|1g.67.1g.67.1g.67.1g.67.1g.67.1g.67|a5.u57b.0.0.u56b|39.1|5y.69.6b.6d.6m|e

PS-Always remember your foods and stones! :p

Amen.

I do just fine in spvp as a warrior running 0/25/30/0/10 with hammer and axe/shield
Great burst damage, and the constant CC basically screws everyone over

10/30/0/0/30 is what I run with full zerkers gear
Mainly in WvW though, as it’s a much better environment for rifle warrior. Depending on the person (upleveled or not), your killshot can hit really high, I hit a 18k on a guy this last week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLTzyn6CGHw
The video is a tad old, but come’s with a build to so I’d go watch it.
Some people run condition rifle but I don’t quite like it myself.
*keep in mind though that you must stay in the back of ergs, and any battle at all times, otherwise you’ll die faster than you could imagine.

I swear to god like every spvp game I go into there’s always at least 3 rangers going condition damage just spamming the autoattack and 2. Havn’t seen an actual good ranger in a while though (They’re definitely out there though, and quite annoying xD)

Haha- that’s the question!

You guys are right I think, it would ruin those who use condition rifle builds, and I don’t really want that. Just our of curiosity whats the damage from bleeding shot at level 80 with a condition build?

Dolan.3071:

9-18k Killshot? This is PvP we’re talking about, not WvW, be serious.

First step is dropping the Greatsword, it’s a brilliant PvE machine but that’s where it belongs, PvE. The rifle actually deals brilliant ranged damage, rifle #3 can wipe off half a berserkers health if they’re not careful. I use Axe/Shield to maximise damage, but I do see a few people running around with sword/shield, but I could never give up Eviscerate and the immobilise on #3 with the Leg Specialist trait – Adds a one second immobilise to all cripple attacks, also affecting the Rifle #2 skill.

As mentioned above getting CC’d is a pain. We have subpar healing and defensive abilities, so if we’re not keeping up a relentless assault 100% of the time we are losing. For utilities I use Endure Pain/Balanced Stance/and….. Bolas…. Don’t laugh just yet, use them well and they will serve you well.
If you use them later on in battle people will hopefully have already burned their cleanse and you can sit them still for 5 seconds, works very well against thieves. Run behind them to attack so they can’t retaliate (can’t spin around when immobed.) Also if the thief vanishes early into the immobilise, they are more then likely still there, keep attacking.

My bad, I only use rifle warrior in WvW as the damage is so much higher than what you can get in spvp. I would personally just never use rifle in spvp to be honest, maybe I’m just used to the WvW damage probably just me.

hmmm I mean I definitely see your point, as bleeding shot provides constant dps whereas the LB’s is only on 2,5 and the special, but I mean, it still seems to me that the LB is more meant to be condition damage based. I mean I still love going crit rifle as pulling off those 10k+ killshots with the piercing trait is absolutely hilarious, and I guess the sheer damage from volley with the crits compensate for the condition damage on bleeding shot. I guess changing the basic attack to not include the bleed and do more damage from the start might make the idea of the rifle warrior op; I mean the regular attacks on crits for me hit around 3k sometimes more depending on the person. Makes some sense now I guess, thanks.

I’ve kind of been thinking about the rifle basic attacks for warrior and its bleed effect. To me at least, it makes more sense for the LB basic attacks to apply bleeds based on the fact that the LB in general has many more burn and DoT skills and is more based upon condition damage. The rifle’s damage on the other hand comes from volley and killshot which provide damage upfront, without being at all condition damage based. Also it limits the damage a rifle build can do, as those who go rifle usually don’t build condition damage.So do others also maybe think that the rifle basic attack shouldn’t have bleed, and instead have more upfront damage? Just fyi I am NOT complaining that the warrior sucks etc, don’t flame please.

I find that build really fun myself, mainly because of the 9-18k killshots
On top of that I can’t really say anything except just find what you enjoy. People have called me stupid etc. before for using rifle on warrior, but they’ll usually shut up once they see me 1-3 hit a thief or so. So yeah, just find what you like and stick with it, sorry I can’t really be of that much help x.x

Just curious to see the highest crits you all have hit on other players.

For those of you who say that kill shot maxes out at 12k watch this mayhem. I laugh every time.

Sweet thanks, so far all these tips have helped a lot.

I’ve recently started playing thief and absolutely love it, but I’m having some difficulty 1v1 ing mesmers. Any hints/tips? I’m generally roaming in spvp as 25/30/0/5/10 and D/D. Any help appreciated