Guild Wars 2

Silberfisch.3046:

If we’ve learned anything from one of the two contestants for the master race spot in GW2 it is that shiniez are of the utmost importance!
(I you are confused: I’m talking about Skritt of course.)

I can safely say that the “Skritt Burglar” is safely On TC, and in Chains of duty [RPcd]… and I just left her in charge of my bank…..

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draconx.3102:

You can get trivially small amounts of dragonite from the alliance bags, at least. I did the event twice yesterday, got a whole 2 dragonite ore from one of the bonus chests and a jaw-dropping 3 more from ~200 bags.

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I am sorry to hear that, I have been pulling down about 5 dragonite and emphy each pass in. Its still trivial in comparison to say doing the world event train but at least its in one place.

Ohh and Lillith, Dracon is right, its the alliance loot bags that drop that have the goodies in it.
Its been kind of nice as those loot bags have been almost exclusively (for me at least) things like the spinal blades of course. But Cotton and linen scraps. and just generally all tiers of mats you conveniently use for the ascended crafting.

For me,

Leveling my Mesmer was the most painful and tedious process. However Once I reached 80 the world opened up.

Mesmer can be a VERY technical class and capable of amazing things.

personally, the most effective way I leveled was “illusion Army”. I would do everything I could to pull out as many Phantasms that I could as often as possible and not shatter them. Let them do my work for me.

Sword/focus
Greatsword.

Sword will offer you your basic damage and a nice evade concept via sword 2, Sword 3 is a convenient distraction and offers some condi damage for you

Focus allows you some control and some Quickness buffing as Mesmer are painfully slow. And the Warden (focus 5) is a damaging illusion with some AoE capabilities.

Greatsword will allow you to be at range and the 2 skill is on a fast cool down and will bounce for added hits. The Berzerker on 4 is a damaging warden and has some good Aoe. Use the 5 skill sparingly if you are around other people. if solo, fire away

Trait points into Precision are a good thing as you go along but in lower levels see about the traits that will allow you to increase phantasms life, and or damage.

Have faith with it. If you don’t like it, don’t delete it, just put it down for awhile and come back to it later. Again Mesmer is an amazing thing at high levels. and once you get there you can rebuild and experiment with things to find where it is you want to be and what it is you want to do.

the Elonian leather, Deldrimor steel, and Damask are all Ascended level crafting items.

benefit to it all is those items are available on the TP, however you will still need a crafting level of 500 to make the " gift of blades "

the cost comes in something to the tune of

damask is going for 15 gold last I saw,
Deldrimor steel is going for 3 per I think.
Elonian leather is going for 4 or so.

It is very obtainable by anyone. it just takes a bit of time. You can farm out for gold and level your crafting. You can do what I did and not spend a dime on my crafting and level it by what I found in the world just playing around and running dungeons.

Nuts and bolts. The exotic level piece is good and the stats are able to be selected. if nothing else it allows you to make a exotic back piece with your chosen stats and you can skin them if you don’t like the look.

If you want the Ascended version. its going to take some more work.

(( attaches string to Iris)))

TAKE ME WITH YOU!

(sob) I love my guild we do lots of stuff, but dungeons is not one of them. or more accurately ONE path a night is good for them.

need more dungeon… DFSSFFSRGTFDR!

cost of ascended comes from the crafting professions.

specifically for the “gift of blades”

tailor is 15 bolts of damask
Leatherworker is 15 elonian leather
Armoursmithing is 15 deldrimor ingots.

so yes, tailor is incredibly expensive.

but that is for the ascended. I got mine to exotic level and well on my way to a second for nothing really, already had a bunch of the mats to use.

save your relics now, the New LIons arch raid has the heirlooms currency stuff what not. for obi shards.

and dragonite.
and Emphy

in ONE PLACE!

ohh joy
:)

this has been great. the whole map is littered with stuff to do.

If you want a zerg ball. you got it.
Small group hero stuff. you got it.
Solo roaming. to save the kids? got that too.
Loot variants are outstanding. emphy shards. AND dragonite in one place? how is this a bad thing

VERY WELL DONE!

now if you will excuse me I have things to kill

this

is

AWESOME

(( tips hat ))

Zerg combat, Small group/dungeon team encounters, Solo roaming. this has everything. scaling is VERY well done. this is wonderfully done.

Zorby.8236:

Making it required to have certain professions for running certain content to max out the profit of loot drops sounds like a bad idea.

it is an “in addition too” regular loot drops.

OP, as an off the top of the head idea I can see where it might be an interesting dynamic. Could be fun. if nothing else that you get a small bonus drop for even just the armor tier you wear. little things. but if anything, a even slightly better drop rate of ANYTHING would not be amiss. Even if it was class specific.

I would say get the back piece and or ascended rings etc.
the shards I personally don’t have a problem getting and karma is easy to come by.
My guild does an “Orrian Cleanse” every week and we take Balth as part of it. I have more karma than I know what to do with in many cases so getting shards that way is not hard for me.

But, again that is me, and my opinion

Jaya is crazy!!!

I will run some lower levels with you Squared. I need more relics and AR infusions for all of my “people”. That and an unhealthy obsession with the idea of getting a shiny capacitor for all of them…..

its a date!

:)

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why pug guys?

Ropechef.6192
“Chef”
NA server,
Usually on about 2 hours after reset.
Have All classes, currently Warrior, Guard, Mes, Necro, Thief, Ranger are all geared out. and in Meta. Have enough AR for up to level 30 Fractals, (ima workin on it)

hit me up for a run. I am always down for one barring me being in one already

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Will-the-new-update-stop-skipping/first#post1205684

Nokaru.7831:

Your answer about skipping from a year ago.

Hrouda is wise as always.

I think I am gonna just book mark this link and post it every time I see one of these threads.

Condition Necromancers are lackluster in Dungeons Ledddawe. And PvE in general.

Necromancers are in a tricky place right now concerning dungeons. They are an inherited selfish class in that they Lack group support. *NOTE I said support NOT healing. Support being, "might, fury, Blasting, etc.

However They are ALOT of fun, and if you have a group of people you run with regularly you can tweak your Necro to fit within the group and what you all want to be able to do.

You will not be running “record” runs any time soon. and be VERY wary of how you place you wells if there is an elementalist in the party. When properly supported you will do decent damage. And you can provide some fair usefulness if you are aware of how the other classes in your group function.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Guide-DPS-Necro-for-PvE/page/2#post3566027

start here.
I LOVE playing my necromancer. but, in my personal mentality, you have to earn the right to play it in pick up groups. By knowing how everything works and what you are capable of and what THEY are capable of.

over 24 hours old and it hasn’t been moved to the dungeon subforum?

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I think it is just kind of what you are looking for in it all.

GW2 is the first MMO that I got actually involved in. I spent time running amok and just trying to experience the world as I could. Like you I have a limited time I can really actually play. so I try to make the most of it when I do.

I don’t know if it makes that much of a difference in the grand scheme. But as I have been playing and watching the game grow and change. And as I adapted along with it. I have Done the Arah story path many many times. back before the LFG tool was even a thought really. and you would sit around in the map of the dungeon and either advertise for yourself or join up with people that were running. IN some ways the tool has taken away some of the social aspect. but encouraged it in others. I have made some fun friends Via that thing.

Do I wish that more of the game was soloable? it is tough to say. perhaps yes maybe there needs to be a separate instance that is the personal story version just like everything up to that point has been. and the “story” version of the dungeon can be tied into the variants that the rest of the dungeon’s are. Being more akin to destinies edge.

None the less. I am probably rambling and not making any sense anyway. I truly do wish you the best of luck in your adventures. I know that the folks at Arena Net do really try to make it work for as many as they can. For me it has been the search for those little challenges. and things to do in the grand scheme of things.

I think I am gonna go see about that champion Abom in cursed shore… after I get some sleep of course. (waves)

It was me that posted the link. and no it is not me in the vid.

none the less. I will be the absolute FIRST to admit I cannot do even a small portion of what people like Wethsopu, (the warrior in the vid) can do. I posted it as merely a “it CAN be done”. it will take work and thought and lots of failed attempts.

… Sorry for the sidetrack. I guess I just meant to really just say that the game IS solo able. or at least possible to be. For myself, I enjoy the challenge and the prospect of the challenge.

there is only a handful of things in the game that you are not able to do solo. CoF gate, CoE lazer trap. 2 or 3 of the world bosses.

Outside of that. 99 percent of the game is solo able. the question is… are YOU capable of doing it?

Good Luck! ( I do mean that, I am slowly working my way around in content myself to see if (I) can solo it.

excluding the very first door.

Arah story can be done solo. Much like 99 percent of the rest of the game.

Although we are talking about Wethsopu here…..

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Ropechef.6192:

Lilith Ajit.6173:

As for RPing in dungeons, as I’m the only person I know who actually does RP in dungeons, you can bet that I did not appreciate those words, but as the regulars here respect that I play how I want, and that is! looking darn good and making a good story, to boot!

Hey Asura lady,

I got a whole guild of people that RP in dungeons…

I tend to do it all. Fast runs, Full clear runs, either way, I enjoy it. I would love to do more “fast/technical” runs. but my timetable for being able to play is slightly off from the rest of the world it seems, Pity.

I don’t get as much playtime as I would like, either, but when I have time, it’s dungeon time. RP walking is fun in cof, as my warrior gives 0 cats because nothing can hurt her.
We stack, and we start out in our town clothes. So since we are all female humans (my normal cof group, anyway) we look great in our hot pants and bunny ears (and quite friendly as well) before knocking the kitties out of bosses.

(note to self)
Self:
Run dungeons with Lilith more…

Lilith Ajit.6173:

As for RPing in dungeons, as I’m the only person I know who actually does RP in dungeons, you can bet that I did not appreciate those words, but as the regulars here respect that I play how I want, and that is! looking darn good and making a good story, to boot!

Hey Asura lady,

I got a whole guild of people that RP in dungeons…

I tend to do it all. Fast runs, Full clear runs, either way, I enjoy it. I would love to do more “fast/technical” runs. but my timetable for being able to play is slightly off from the rest of the world it seems, Pity.

ohh my god,

that was FANTASTIC!

Sharpclaw commentary for the win!

I have seen every class on them.

some of them even have multiple toons (gasp*)

Some run Fractal level 50, Others have legendaries. etc.

The Arena net Crew plays the game too.

Necromancer
Ranger

more or less.

D/D is your big damage single target.
S/P is your cleaving damage

Shortbow is a utility tool. (best in game in my opinion) various uses of course. getting around stacking might and or weakness. cluster bombing for world farming. etc.

build info and some good questions answered. courtesy of Nike

Jure,
I think that may be your answer. For the most part Still running the meta stuff if preferred. just Swapping some utility instead, such as Mesmer blink at Lupi vs something else. Just knowing the encounters and be able to slot things that YOU need, vs what the “team” will need.

Gaurdian : Obal’s hammer build is PuG “friendly”
Necromancer: Spoj’s DpS build is great all around, but also PuG friendly.
Warrior: …. (shrug) is Warrior.
Elementalist: seems to be Fresh Air is PuG friendly (quoting from above)
Thief: I would still run the regular.
Mesmer: 0,30,0,25,15 works for me, I just tend to slot different utilities (as been mentioned)
Engineer: I don’ t play enough to have any viable advice
Ranger: might get tricky. the only think I can think of would be to take Spotter and Frost, but maybe also Run the Axe off hand trait for personal reflection. (or at least that is what I have been doing. ) And run Sword/ Horn and axe off hand on swap.

(is babbling, and will shut up now, )

you will get pristine in all levels now regardless of personal reward level. Well one per day per tier.

and thankfully they also allowed you to change pristine to regular relics… now if we could do something with those excess rings.

PuG gaurds.

PuG

Iris is good people. has brains. more than me at least.

short version….

you and 4 of your friends enter in to the lab. you head to the big glass circle in the middle and head into the “shard” Level 1

round one, “short” something like swamp, or aquatic ruins.
round 2, “medium” something like Uncategorized or maybe Cliffside.
Round 3 “long” Cliffside shows up here as well as dredge.
round 4, the “boss” fractal " Mai Trin", " Jade Maw" or the “molten Duo”

after the completion of the 4 “shards” you will be ported back to Diessas Lab. and you have completed the “fractal” your personal reward level should have gone up to level 2, and you should have gotten a daily chest at the end of the boss shard that contains various stuff, including a pristine relic if it is your first run for the day.

When you go back, you will be allowed to open level 2, and the process repeats itself. and when you are done you should be at level 3. If you join up with a group that is say doing a level 9 and you are only at level 4. when you are done you will be up to 5 as you have “advanced” in reward level. If You go backwards and you are at level 5 and do a level 2 to help a friend out. you will still get the reward for the level (if you have not gotten it already for the day and or tier) but you will NOT have advanced in personal reward level.

Once you have made it to Level 10, you will start getting ascended rings as drops in the daily chest. and Agony will be introduced.

hope that made sense. even if it was wordy…

I wasn’t really trying to argue, just bringing up something that was said awhile ago. I have no bone in this fight, As I like the dredge fractal. and I play dungeons both with full clear groups and with fast run groups.

maybe that’s why I have such a hard time getting anything done. as I do a little bit of everything.

ohh well.

I will quote a wise man,

""
There is countless threads on this forum concerning the tactic of skipping and how it is bad and you should have to kill everything.

there is countless threads in this forum concerning the level of hate of the dredge fractal.

what people fail to realize is that point one, leads to point two.

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Ahh thanks Taku, that was the one I was looking for,

Necromancer : https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Guide-DPS-Necro-for-PvE/page/2

Elementalist: http://www.dtguilds.com/dekeyz (playlist, has three builds)

Warrior: (( Geh I cannot find the links. )) 25, 30, 0, 0, 15 ???

shout heal?

…. it all makes sense now?

So when you say you “checked it”, I think that was the math i was looking for.

What numbers are you looking at and how are you arranging your formula?

((learnings!))

I could be wrong in my quoting. But it was something to the effect of the idea of 3 of the pieces were berserker, and 3 of them assassin. I do not recall which was which.

With the up and coming changes though I suppose it would alter the numbers slightly and tweak what would be best for each build. When I did a basic comp for my Mesmer, a little while ago, I went with full Assassin, (mostly due to the cost at the time with intentions of getting the berserker set as I went along. ) basic numbers via Power and Precision was something to the tune of full assassin would give 5 percent more crit chance. but gives up 5 percent in power, With berserker being 5 percent more power but 5 percent less crit chance.

Mostly it was me experimenting with the idea of attempting to get as high of a crit chance “static” as I could. Given that I do a lot of Pugging and Have to more or less rely on my own buffs.

SO in the research I have come across what is being said to have as the “Optimal” or high end DPS gear set is actually a mix of Berserker and Assassin

I do not doubt this. I was actually hoping to pry a little information out of you all.

What is the formula that you are using to come to these results?
How is it that it works?
With the pending changes via crit damage to ferocity has this formula been, or going to be altered?

I ask because I would love to know and have more knowledge on the subject. That and I am working on the ascended armor finally. and wanted to make sure I got the right pieces for the right things. .

CptAurellian.9537:

Ropechef.6192:

If we want to increase the desire to have a Necromancer as a Viable “Record run” class. It needs to be a bit more unique.

I think that’s nonsense. Making all classes viable for “record runs” is neither necessary nor possible. For speed runs, I think that this would be a step in the right direction, but probably coupled with some real cleave damage.

You worded it better than I could. that is the general gist of what I was trying to say. At an extreme example.
Making Necromancer as a viable “speed run” class this suggestion is in the right vein of thought. And yes adding some level of “power melee cleave” is much desired as well.

Taking from Shawshanks idea and adding my own.

DpS buff for traited skill granting 5 percent Damage increase for party memebers. (personally I would suggest 10, it would not be to over the top but still potent enough to be taken into account.)

Make the warhorn skills a blast finisher.

Add a reflect (option?) to spectral wall. (I don’t really know if this would be a good thing or bad thing. as I see it used a lot in PvP and WvW, and I don’t know if adding a reflect would destroy its original theme? perhaps as an absorb? like Thieves Smoke Screen?)

Make Dagger cleave. (or give us a new CLEAVING power melee weapon).

shrug
running with it.

If I am reading it right, what you are suggesting is simply having the 5 percent buff go out to the rest of the party, (provided you are traited for it) just as standard.

I like the idea. But a mer 5 percent is not really going to put Necromancer into the “meta”. however it is very much a step in the right direction. If we want to increase the desire to have a Necromancer as a Viable “Record run” class. It needs to be a bit more unique.

None the less it is definitely food for though and if possible be put on the table for a possible addition. Not bad thinking Shawshank.

Really Nikaido?

RS, that was awesome. good on you…. now… do it faster hit me up if you want me to run with you

I think this is fantastic.

I would modify it slightly though. As in theory you could achieve Dungeon God via CoF 1 runs. (extreme example I know but still )

so… how about adding more lines? You already Have the “catacombs conqueror” set for when you do the DM. add some more sets to it. something like “God of the Catacombs” for 2500 runs in AC.

kinda see where I am going with that? But yes you are right Lilith, I think it would be a GREAT way to measure some horizontal progression for all of us dungeon regulars. Joas, good on you for suggesting it.

For your review Madam Ajit,

Tycke,

you win!

that, was simply awesome!

AC path three if you are referring to the Corner underneath the pillar, the only attack it negates is the falling ceiling. Rumblus’s other attacks can and will hit you. If you want the long and easy way. you can tuck up into the corner. If you want the fast and effective way you go to the floor and beat the living hell outta him.

http://www.dtguilds.com/dekeyz

She has 3 different builds for ele’s in there. there are other on here that can contribute rest assured. but I figured I would throw that out first.

Tarnished coast, Piken Square. There are your RP heavy servers.

Redefine what Role play is.

I am head of the largest? Role play guild on Tarnished Coast. We have 2 major events a week open to all comers Rp or not. We role play out in the world. we play the game and be the character we have created. Some days I am 3 foot tall asura thief, Others a 9 foot tall Norn Necromancer. Just because I don t spend time in a bar TALKING about the things I have done. doesn’t make me any less of an RPer, I go out and DO them.