Guild Wars 2

Olba.5376:

Not going to happen.

Together with Skull Crack, those two would give you 4 seconds of stun. That’s more than enough to switch over to GS and Frenzy+HB a target to death.

Currently you could argue that Frenzy+HB is balanced because it’s easy to avoid, but add in an alternative way to force people to use a stunbreak, and it becomes an overpowered combo.

And we already have tons of complaints about Hundred Blades.

By using two skills with a stun, you basically lose some time when using the 2nd one. Then you lose a fraction more when changing to GS. I don’t think people would go through the trouble to “force” themself to use a 2nd weapon set (mace+shield) to set up their frenzy+HB, while giving up one utility skill for bull’s charge will give you the same result.

Right now, when i use shield bash, i can see the stun icon on the enemy flicker, 1 blink and it’s gone already.

The shield bash warrior has has a stun duration of 1 second. This 1 second is in many PvE situations insignificant. Simply because often, the time it takes for mobs to strike you is over 1 second. So why bother stunning for 1 second? Only use it has is to interrupt, but the skill is normally used in melee range. I’d think it would be nice if it gave a little more protection then 1 second.

Most skills among all classes that have stun in it, are 2 seconds. Perhaps it would be nice to increase the duration for shield bash to 2 seconds, so the skill is worth using for protective means, something a shield is meant for.

The shield looks great, it’s one of the few very detailed legendaries. The blue glow and the air that blurs around the shield is really nice, but that’s only the shield. Flameseeker prophecies, but also some other legendaries lack effects like footsteps. Scepter, mace and shortbow don’t have footsteps either, while the offhand torch rodgort has lava footsteps.

So ya, the shield, but also other legendaries need some work. Hopefully Anet has plans to improve some legendaries.

xCrusadentx.2784:

Retsuko.2035:

Instead of new legendary skins (which would be nice though), i’d rather see some improvements on some of the current legendary skins and effects. It seems that they’ve put too much energy into some, and a lot less in others.

Some legendaries do not have the image of one. Focus for example is purely a skin without effects or sounds.

A lot of the legendaries have footsteps in the shape of ice, fire or sky etc. I’d like to see footsteps for all legendaries, since that is a very basic trademark of a legendary. You pay a lot and play a lot to get one, it’s a shame that you’d get rewarded with just a skin to be honest. Certain effects that give the legendary status should be universal for all legendaries.

Same goes for offhand legendaries. When you’re wielding the torch legendary (offhand only) it gives you fire or lava footsteps. But wielding the shield legendary gives you nothing. Little runes (new krytan alphabet?) lighting up on the ground with every step would make many more people want the shield for example.

So ya, instead of more skins, i’d love to see legendaries improved and given some equal love from designers, especially if it comes to footsteps and other effects.

Slight problem: You’re an ele, and you have an incinerator and an improved minstrel. If they both have footsteps… That sort creates a graphical issue, as you can’t have both footsteps at the same time. I agree on that effects need to be improved, but all having footsteps might not work exactly. Unless they make it so each footstep (left and right) shows both of them seperated.

Not sure how they solved this problem, but the torch is an offhand weapon, and it gives you lava footsteps. It has a bug though with the frostfang where one footstep isn’t seen or something?

Footsteps is a legendary weapon trademark, and it’s a shame that not all legendaries have the footsteps. All legendaries deserve to have it to be honest. The torch, which is an offhand weapon has one as well. So there is no reason to neglect the other main and off hand weapons with this feature.

For the flameseeker prophecies i think it would be really neat if it had footsteps in the shape of runes of the new krytan alphabet subtly lighting up from the ground.

Instead of new legendary skins (which would be nice though), i’d rather see some improvements on some of the current legendary skins and effects. It seems that they’ve put too much energy into some, and a lot less in others.

Some legendaries do not have the image of one. Focus for example is purely a skin without effects or sounds.

A lot of the legendaries have footsteps in the shape of ice, fire or sky etc. I’d like to see footsteps for all legendaries, since that is a very basic trademark of a legendary. You pay a lot and play a lot to get one, it’s a shame that you’d get rewarded with just a skin to be honest. Certain effects that give the legendary status should be universal for all legendaries.

Same goes for offhand legendaries. When you’re wielding the torch legendary (offhand only) it gives you fire or lava footsteps. But wielding the shield legendary gives you nothing. Little runes (new krytan alphabet?) lighting up on the ground with every step would make many more people want the shield for example.

So ya, instead of more skins, i’d love to see legendaries improved and given some equal love from designers, especially if it comes to footsteps and other effects.

Vitality is far from useless when i think of all those times i was low on HP during a battle and survived :P

capuchinseven.8395:

Retsuko.2035:

What exactly makes the greatsword mobile? If i think of mobile, i think of the sword.

Mobile Strikes is what makes it so mobile, both movement attacks break CC.

When i think of mobile, i think of skills like leap on sword every 8 seconds, and the ability to attack and freely move at the same time.

Put an axe in your main hand and you do the most potential damage possible while freely moving around the area. A greatsword needs 100blades to do the most potential damage since it’s auto attack is as slow as a mace’s. But GS nails you to the ground, I can’t call that mobile.

Every weapon has it’s ups and downs, and obviously they are all either situational or specific to the role you want to play. I won’t say that greatsword’s damage isn’t great, but the axe is pretty much on par with the damage. So why people say that greatsword is by far the best is quite silly in my book.

What exactly makes the greatsword mobile? If i think of mobile, i think of the sword.

You should do what makes you happy.

But i’ll be honest and say that if you want a rifle warrior, you’re better of with an engineer or even ranger which can also use gs or swords. Sure, rifle isn’t terrible damage, but it sure is a lot less compared to let’s say axes or gs. I can say this because i do use a rifle, but only as 2nd set for when i need that range damage. But i always prefer melee damage, and my melee damage is simply better.

Lots of interesting replies.

Ive been using axe/shield lately instead of sword/shield. And also changed my build into a more defensive one (15 strength, 25 defense, 30 tactics and very happy with this setup), while maintaining the same or better damage with axe. So for pve i really like to use my axe. But i also been thinking of using a sword in wvw. One of the reasons that kept me from using a sword, is because i dont like the sword burst much. However, i also use rifle as my 2nd weapon set. And to be honest, in wvw, id much rather use kill shot instead of eviscerate. I like the burst from axe, but perhaps i should save that for pve only?

Best way to test is by using it actively in wvw, and switch around between axe and sword i guess.

One thing is sure, the special recipes from the mystic forge make much better looking swords than axes :P

I’ve had experience with both, but i wonder what other people think of the ups and downs of both weapons for main hand use.

I like the sword for it’s mobility with it’s leap, and the axe i like because of it’s straight forward damage and eviscerate. Sword lacks a decent burst, but sword comes with bleed, leap and a criple.

For a while the price on lodestones and cores have been rapidly increasing, some more than others. This makes acquiring the lodestones tougher and tougher, especially if you need 100, or even 250 lodestones to make a weapon of your liking. It’s at a point where casual players are almost unable to acquire such weapons because of the high costs and the rareness of the lodestones.

It causes inbalance between weapons and legendaries. For example, the legendaries that do not need lodestones as ingredient are much cheaper compared to legendaries who does. The greatsword sunrise is 1200g, the flameseeker shield is 900g, but the warhorn howler is only about 500g, or the quip pistol is 600g to make beside all the karma and skill points etc.
Some non legendaries are amazingly expensive as well due to the lodestone prizes. Like the volcanus which is a really good looking greatsword, but the cost is now about 500g ? it’s like the cost of a legendary.

I don’t think that these weapons should really go down in price, exclusiveness is one of the things that make them great. But i find there is some sort of inbalance between the costs of legendaries based on which weapon you’re going for. Why should an offhand weapon like the flameseeker shield cost 900g while a pistol only costs about 600g on mats.
The prize of lodestones keep rising, and aslong this keeps going up, the difference in costs among legendaries is going to increase.

I think something has to be done on the lodestone price to prevent it from going even higher. Maybe increase the droprate, or add it among the token sellers for 300 tokens or something?

Neither of those builds.

Any build works for leveling as long you know how to play a warrior.

I’ve changed builds quite a bit, but eventually decided on Axe/Shield. Good dps and defense ability.

9 out of 10 berserker warriors are crappy and die a lot. You do a lot of damage, and if you know what you’re doing, you won’t have to die. My warrior is not GS, and sure GS can be fun, but what i like about my warrior is that i can compensate my groups failing if needed.

Sure, you don’t die first, but if your group wipes, how much can you do? I’ve been in situations before where my PUG was just fail and wiped completely, but i kept it going by staying alive instead of dying as last. Situations where GS wouldn’t have helped.

Every build comes with ups and downs.

It’s bugged on sanctum of rall. And even when it’s not bugged, will there be enough people to complete the quest chain ?

Chazcon.1867:

Playing this is making me realize there is a reason I have played a tank since before there was a ‘tank’, starting in Asheron’s Call in 2001. A heavy armor, defensive/protective sword character just fits my personality and playstyle so well.

Despite how different (for me) and interesting this is to play, it’s just SO kitten squishy… it’s very frustrating to not have that extra measure of avoidance and mitigation that I’m used to. I have a Guardian tank that I really enjoy, it’s bliss when i log back on to him.

No matter which build, if you neglect defense, you’ll be squishy and die easy. If you’re not a very mobile/fast reaction player, then i can see why you feel safe with a guardian.

And i’d like to remind you, there are more builds then purely bleed (without defense) and a shout build for warrior.

Hi!

I have a level 80 warrior and elementalist and a lvl 20+ ranger and I’m looking for a middle to large faction (100 to 200 members) with a focus on PvE, WvW and dungeons. I would like the guild to be very active, social, organized and mature minded.

I’m from Europe, so my timezone is mostly around european time, but I’m open to any international / US guild from any server/region. I’m especially active around 9pm-12pm CET (3pm- 6pm EST, 12am- 3pm PST).

Please leave me a message or contact me ingame with information on your guild

I’m interested in joining lucky stars

Gab Superstar.4059:

I’m not going to argue that signets is the best build for dungeons. I will however argue that thousands of warriors could perform better with a signet build than thousands of warriors could perform with other builds. You make it sound like it totally sucks and should never see the light of day. It obviously doesn’t suck.

It really depends on the build you have. But it’s true that signets help the warrior, but that doesn’t mean that 5 signets is better compared to other very useful skills among them. But we’re talking about dungeon runs here, and signets does not help anyone but the warrior which is the problem. Take the signet of fury. I like this signet a lot myself, but in a dungeon run, why use this signet of fury when the banner that gives precision adds the same amount of crit as the signet? A somewhat decent warrior should know this, and the banner is useful for everyone in your party, not just yourself. Signet of rage is what i always have, except in dungeon run. I like the elite banner more since it benefits everyone. You’re not the only person in your squad, and we may be massive damage dealers, but giving buffs to everyone benefits the entire party.

My impression of a signet build is that it’s used by those warriors who are too lazy to figure out the merits from other skills or are too insecure about how well they would do without signets. Sure i acknowledge that signets are useful, but so are other skills. You make it sound like a signet build would be the best way to go to perform best, but that’s bullcrap. There are a lot of useful skills that help me kill much quicker. I love frenzy and FGJ is a must, either solo or in a party. And signet of rage i use when i solo. But not for the passive gain, but the active one.

Gab Superstar.4059:

And Berserkers armor IS the best armor for dungeons. If you are not going glass cannon what’s the point of using your warrior in the first place? The only reason you would bring a warrior is for the absurd damage they can put out, anything else other classes can do much, much better.

Berserker may be nice damage, and i’m quite sure that you’re a GS wielder too. But other builds can be just as good as berserker. Myself use berserker accessories all over, but my armor is knight armor. My traits is 20/25/25/0/0. Meaning, i got low hp, but high toughness, combine that with decent to high power and crit, and you get a build that decently survives while doing massive damage. Sure you can focus on damage alone, but a guildy of mine with a full berserker build complained that he was too squishy. And how much damage can you do when you’re ded?

Not a bug or glitch to report. But more like a suggestion, because I find the current situation not user friendly at all.

Decided to post it here instead of the suggestion section because this is directly an ingame situation, but solely related to this forum, and I find this problem a “glitch” in a certain way.

Anyways, the current sub forum for guild recruitment is not user friendly, completely chaotic/messy, and most of all, not helpful. Sure it could have helped a few people, but what it does not give us is a good overview of what is available to us. Everyone has their preferences when it comes to joining and recruiting. Be it which server, type of game play, timezone, classes needed, etc etc. Right now, in order to find what you’re looking for, you must read through many many irrelevant posts in order to finally find (if that’s possible) what you’re looking for. It’s at a point where I believe it’s completely useless to even use this forum to look for a guild, and i’m sure that many guild leaders gave up on bumping their guild since their thread gets easily undersnowed in an hour by many others who do the exact same.

Result is, players are trying to look for a guild, while many guilds have given up on this forum, and at the same time, players looking for a guild don’t find this forum helpful in their search and give up.

My suggestion is to atleast consider to make sub forums for each server (world). I know people are not always looking for a specific server. But I’m sure most are, especially once you need to pay for server transfer.
Sub forums for each world would make it much easier for everyone to see what each world has to offer.

Thank you.

Currently using dual swords. My trait is 20/25/25/0/0. So with gear and trait, my main focus is power and precision. Sure, my bleeds do not as much as a pure condition build, but i apply bleeds much quicker and hit harder in general. I use signet of fury, FGJ, frenzy and signet of rage normally. I’d exchange my signets for banners in dungeons though.

The build works really well, even in pvp. One time in wvw (opponents were most likely not 80 yet?), 3 warriors, or atleast 2 warriors + another class attacked me, 1 vs 3. I slaughtered them all by myself. One warrior was using 100 blades on me, the other warrior had a 1h sword as well. Using frenzy on them is just awesome. One tried to run away, simply leap and use the 3rd sword skill to cripple, and slash some more until the guy dropped.

There is 1 major disadvantage, which is the defense against con damage. :P

Anyways, i don’t have much condition damage, and instead rely on my ability to keep on hitting my target. And the more crit + power you got, the more your hits count and the quicker you build up bleeds. Also useful if you want to use other weapons who don’t rely on con damage at all, like axes, or targets that don’t take condition damage.

Not saying its the best build, but it surely is a lot of fun for me. Dual swords….. Making your targets bleed like crazy is quite fun to see. Its mobile and versatile. Mixed skills that can damage at range, make you leap etc. At level 77 atm, but plan to go 20 strength, 30 arms and 20 defense. Stats like precision, condition together with traits like 50% bleed duration and 33% chance to cause bleeding on critical and sigil of earth make it really fun and viable.

Take in mind that using two weapons has the advantage of using two sigil’s. Sure, you need to pay for a sigil too, but those are cheap.

I’m in a same situation. And i’m sure a lot of others are as well.

I have full exotic gear at level 80, and low on money since i’m investing it all into different stuff at the moment. WvWvW is something I avoid right now, purely because of the repair costs it brings with it.

A game needs it’s money sinks, but this money sink is over the top. So I totally agree that a change is needed. Easiest way to change it is to change the penalty by dying to another player. Or give it a, let’s say 10% chance of damaging one of your armors instead?