Guild Wars 2

My main complain about staff is auto attack – it sucks hairy meaty dumplings
If it is changed to a green laser beam so it immediately /or at least very fast/ hits whole range… and its damage is buffed a bit – I would be happy.

IMO Cavalier is very bad choice.
If you really feel need for being more resilient then go Valkyrie – it is much better as Life force pool scales with HP/vitality – you can get up to 31k HP & 25k Life force with this build and still have 100% crit chance…. (it is not my idea – to give credit – see Brazil’s video on YT about this build – it is very nice).

On the other side – I run full Zerker equip and still feel more resilient then my WAR in full Zerker – so I do not really have the need for extra high HP pool.
Also Valkyrie gear is pretty much one trick pony – it will work only for your Necro – Zerker is reusable on other classes without additional cost.

Ok so I have took few pictures of Ryou too

… AN will come with second elite spec for Mesmer which will be solo oriented with strong personal DPS.
Mesmer was my first toon to hit 80. I always liked it a lot. But as mostly solo PVE player I simply cannot enjoy it if I know my other toons cut through mobs much faster and easier

I have returned to the GW after almost a year long hiatus last week and was deciding which way to go too.
At the end – as mainly open world PvE player – power build won it for me.
I genuinely think power build is more universal in most situation…. but I also really wanted to use GS as it is my most favorite weapon in GW2… especially on Asura

thanx it is quite similar to what I have come with:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQJARWnc0AV2gtbCmbC0biFcBLuKuFLjQDgAQLgqL0GeWA-TxRBABPcBAuS5HN7PAwDAwMlg4pDgS1fAA-e

Tested it yesterday (not complete – have just first trait in Reaper tree yet) and having a blast

I am returning to GW2 after almost a year out. Played quite a lot but burned out and did not even got HoT until yesterday.
Now I have spent some time looking around and found following:
- my old main WAR …. I do not enjoy now… Berserker specialization simply does not do it for me
- my even older main MES – still very bad in what I like (see below)
So I have decided to get a new main… after some thinking, reading and watching videos I have decided Reaper is what I like most.

As for now I am just running around in old Tyria getting HP (my necro was leveled through WvW back then so lev 80 but 0 map progress…:) so I can actually use Reaper spec before moving on.

Now on topic: I have enough ascended materials to craft 1 armor set. My original thought was – ok I will craft Zojja set, use GS and gor Reaper/SoulReaping/Spite…. but then I have seen some videos where Valkyre is suggested – and it makes sense…. but after that I have seen some condi build with Viper set&Scepter and it seems to work really good too… nad seems to be current “meta”

So what set/build I should go for? I am mostly solo player – 70% open world PvE, 20% WvW zerg/roaming, 10% fractals was my track record before.

Don’t worry. 100’s elitists is not enough money compared to 1000’s of casuals.
Building tough/HC content which only fraction of population can enjoy is not economical.
It is always the same – datadisc arrives, tough content is served, few guilds can flex on the world/server 1st’s … and then the patches will come… till everyone can do it.

Thx this is good to hear!
What is more viable – power (I like GS in general, but am bit afraid of animation speed on necro) or condi (scepter/x + dhuumfire)?

My first toon in GW2 was necro… I have left him for good at lev 20 or so to play may war&mesmer and it was not a mistake – I hated original shroud and visuals of summons are no go for me.

However now I am thinking about coming back to GW and buying HoT – how is reaper?
I solo a lot so I need good personal DPS and survivability but also want to group sometimes and still have in memory LFG chat with “looking for dps no ranger/necro”.

So how is necro today?

Thank you for this thread – I am thinking about buying HoT and starting to play again and this is quite helpful.

While I can agree that AN is getting greedier lately – it is still money garb based on COSMETIC ITEMS.
There is absolutely nothing forcing anyone to have some huge shiny sparkling wand of squirting in the hand.
Be happy for that, as there is no PtW item in the game shop and all their business is run by peoples desire for shiny things.

Hi I have been gone for 3months+ and thinking about buying HoT to have something to play through xmass
My long term main was War and I do not like his elite spec (on paper) however chronomancer seems quite cool to me and Mesmer is my second most played class.
Should I choose it? I play mainly solo PvE /70%/ with occasional WvW & Dungeon to not get bored. I always liked s condi builds but my Memser was mainly GS/something type (love GS).

So is Mesmer good choice or should I go for different class (friend of mine is suggesting necro).

Thx

I will probably buy HoT in week or two – I have played GW2 for quite a long time but burned out 2 or 3 months back, however need some game to play through Christmas and even though there is LOT of negativity about HoT in the air it still seems to be my main candidate for at least 2 weeks of Christmas fun
Anyway – during my time in GW I have played mainly War and Mesmer. However I do have also lev 80 Necro, Engi & Guard… and also enough tomes to have 2 other 80 if I want to. I have also materials ready for set of ascended armor&weapons of my choice. And my question is – what to play according to these:

- 70% time solo open world
- 20% WvWvW
- 10% Dungeons/Fractals
- like GS visuals a lot (actually my only legendary is GS)
- loved conditions even though I have not played these for a looong time – my first class when GW2 came out was staff Mesmer
- want to be top dps
- in MMORPG I generally prefer ranged chars – but was not playing it in GW as it was not competitive
- one build – one eqiup set – not willing to switch these
- perma run speed without recasting

Especially last 2 points are mandatory for me… and rest would be nice to have but I can manage

So what would you suggest me to try?

TY

TheRandomGuy.7246:

It is not a gemstore item so probably not gonna happen.

I would really like to see them leave cashgrab policy and do this for backpiece which is visually relevant even if it is not gem item!

I do not want to get into discussion if it is “logical” for the blades to glide – tbh probably no of the gliders in game would be able to glide in real word
And Spinal Blades pack is essentially jatpack so….
And yes turning on the engines while gliding would be super cool!

Thanx.
Pain is I like the glow Lumi is producing – just would like to change it to green for my Necro to by stylish

Spinal Blades back items should IMHO work in the same way as wings backpacks – ie as a GLIDER skin…

I am asking here, because color of Lumi armor in preview window does not correspond much with reality and dyes which looks nice in preview on Lumi tends to be quite expensive…

So the question – is there a way to color Lumi armor so it is not blue?
I would like to make it dominantly green or red….

War was my main for 90% of the time.
It is my only char with full ascended set + legendary weapon.
Not going to buy HoT if his elite spec stays as it is.

bump this is really sad trait now

Linfang.1087:

Well let’s start the feedback now:

Please make offhand torch be included in the “Duel Wielding” trait.

Thanks!

feedback is based on experience
this is not a feedback

Error Code: 42:0:9001:4418

cannot log in after game kicked me out – again…

my plans for condi mesmer are as follows:

chrono/dueling/illusions
full Verata set + free Living Story jewellery
scepter+pistol
runes of Nightmare or Tormenting probably (avoid Traveler as chrono makes it not needed)

Xyonon.3987:

And then a simple condi cleanse comes or if it’s a necro – even worse … ;D

Well rock-paper-scissors as always in RPG games

Definitely planning to try Chrono/Illusions/Dueling scepter+pistol build with full glass cannon sinister gear
It is amazing how this build synergies click together…

I am planning to try full sinister chrono-condi-mancer with primary scepter/pistol secondary staff.

Also – Meteorologicus >>> Bifrost

Have AN published info about size of the expansion?
I would like to know how many new maps there will be? And what will be their combined size compared to original GW2?

How is condichronomancer looking? Is it viable? I was theorycrafting it in builder and it all “clicks together” for me better then power build where I simply always miss one trait line…

I still do not think it is a bug – compare it with Imagined Burden….

Is DD now working properly (proccing bleed)?
I have not seen anything about it in patch notes.

IMHO this is quite simple:

- if it is a bug and will be fixed to work only with scepter attack (ie – will make autoattack faster) then it is a quite worthless trait even as minor – not even close to GM quality
- if it is a feature – then there is finally after all these years reason to use scepter and create build based on it

Ah ic. Well… not really happy – love GS visuals – but what can we do

Well elementalist sword also exists in the files

Actually I would break this into 2 questions:

1) What do you think will be the elite path weapon?
2) Which weapon would you like to be the elite weapon?

In my case:

1) Torch. Goes with the dragon theme. will give some flexibility to other builds.
2) Greatsword. Condition damage /burn/ medium range (600-900) GS. Would love that.

I am slowly getting ready for HoT which in my case means crafting piece of Damask a day and farming T6 for legendary (as I am planning to get precursor(s) via quest in HoT)
I am doing all the farming in my fully ascended war, but my heart is still with my first char – created on first day of GW2 – my asura mesmer.
I am not sure which kind of equip I will want to get for her though…

Variants are as follows:

1) Assassin meta – this seems to me a not great choice with coming Chronomancer capability of pretty much perma +30% crit chance

2) Zerker set – probably logical favorite – also with Eternity numnum look

3) Rabid armor+sinister jewelery – my secret favorite as I always liked DoT builds in games (EQ2 necro long time favorite) – Meteorologicus is also amazing – but as for now it does not seems to be much reliable :/

Will probably wait for HoT with craft…. but will be tough choice for me for sure.

I do understand there is a content where experienced/metabuild/metequip plays a relevant point – lets say lev 50 fractal.

But what is out of my understanding are groups like “Meta, gearcheck, 2nd ele only” for Ascalonian Catacombs P1…. I call these metatards and I am not sure if I should lough at them or feel pity… especially when I do full run with random PUG of 60+ people and after finishing ….these are still looking (not sure how many they kicked in between because they where not up to their standard)

adRocZ.2019:

Since you’re only going to be able to get one legendary per character (with this new mastery), and the amount of work put into it might be more than earning gold towards a precursor now. I plan on eventually getting as many legendaries as I can, so I’ll either have to get it dropped or by another precursor.

As I understand it, you will be able to get one of each current precursors via quest.

meta!

Asura >>> all ….. for non melee classes

this adept/master mindset is not really relevant in this new system tbh
what is pretty much only important: are 2 good traits colliding at same tier?

(maybe biased but I do not like this new system – it is limiting number of builds and moving one dumb step closer to other games /cough cough wow/ where this dumbification created one class=one build environment)

My plan is slowly farm materials and do not buy precursor at all.
HoT is behind the corner (kinda) and I can wait to do precursor quest. Also I expect price of precursor to go way down.

false
you had this more armor because of trait line not because of armor type
in patch stats got moved from trait lines to equip – ie in full zerk you got boost to dmg stats
if you do not like this swap some parts of armor to defense based set

I am looking forward to try Chronomancer/Illusions/Dueling scepter/pistol + staff build….
But from aesthetic point of view Meteorologicus & Flameseeker Prophecies FTW all the way!

shield as primary
double shield war new meta!

Not saying it is the best but this is my “solo go to” build: http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-kitten-C-b4BL-60;9;4fdh;0147046158;4ING0L;1vhrTvhrTn-FQ3-NI;3KbK6LbL6MbM6230C-2ik

I am salvaging every rare with price on TP 15% less then price of ecto because I need ectos (and believe me – you need them too

IMHO Adrenal health is very bad trait now.
It was not very good even pre-patch when adrenaline conservation was promoted.
But now when (and I love it) Berserker Power was changed in the way it promotes adrenaline USAGE this trait is worthless.

My suggestion seems to me very obvious: change this the same way as Berserker Power – ie. it will heal based on adrenaline level when burst skill is used. Then it will have synergy with rest of the traits.

RNG is RNG I was in your place week ago… after I got 3rd box it started to drop more often and I ahve seen like 5 of them till now

Asura female armor model is using male shoulders.
(No butterfly for my asura mesmer)