I was so hoping for a better run speed ability. >_< Sigh…still tied down to the focus.
Okay, thanks! I’ll give this a try.
Thanks for the reply. The link won’t work, have a new one?
Anyone here have a good farming build for Orr events? Or should I stick with my Thief for it? I find I can tag a lot of mobs on my thief, but it’s so boring after a while. My Mesmer is my “main” anyway. I have 2 sets of gear; power/toughness/vit, and power/prec/crit with a few power/prec/toughness (all trinkets are berserker’s, though.) Thanks in advance!
Okay, thanks for the advice everyone. I’ll use D/P until I get a sword. I was using sword while leveling, but I figured it was only good for farming-good to know it’s still useful in dungeons. I’ll try these builds out in an easy dungeon like AC and see which I like best.
Also, I am more interested in a pure damage build, not so much in conditions. I’ll do a condition build if it’s worth it, though.
Hello, I recently hit level 80 on my Thief, and I am looking for a build. I need to find one that isn’t out of date. I am in full exotics, but can change things around if need be. My gear is a mix of knight’s and valkryie, and I am using all berserker trinkets. I would like to use D/D and SB if I could, but I’m open to suggestions. I do mostly dungeons and farm Orr, with some WvW mixed in. Thanks in advance!
I’m the same way. I do have a Sylvari Necro and a Human Guardian, but my Mesmer, Thief, Warrior, and Ranger are all Norn women.
What are some of you in the 20+ Fractals using as your build? I am bored with shatter, but is that the only real viable build for Fractals? My Mesmer is on Fractals 21 currently, and I want a change of pace, but I want to be viable to my group.
No idea, but I’ll bump it for you.
My Norn Mesmer, Vibrant Violet.
She is wearing the HoM chest and shoes, and the rest is karma armor. Dyes are hot pink and icing (for now, I often change it!)
I have been looking through the forums, but what WvW builds work well currently? I am looking for something good in 1v1, but also a force to be reckoned with in zergs. Thanks!
Your character is cute!
Worst class in the game.
I’ve leveled the warrior, ranger, engineer, guardian, and necromancer to 80, and the necro is just can’t compete with the other classes.
Any mesmer spec’d for conditions puts us to shame. I love how they say that they can’t remove conditions.. and then you see that they remove a condition every time they heal, and that they have a phantasm that removes conditions, casts regen, and strips boons..and on and on… they deal with conditions a thousand times better than we do.
Bottom line…
Necros have tricks, that can be of use when the moons align in just the right way, but largely go unused. The other classes have skills that they make use of without even noticing.
…and their skills are way better than our tricks.
I am only using some of your post, since I can’t attest to the rest, but this is wrong. I also have a mesmer, and I can tell you that they do not do more condition damage then a necromancer. Confusion builds really only have a place outside of PvE. I wouldn’t say mesmers can remove conditions better then necromancers, it depends on the build of each class. If neither are traited for conditional removal, necro wins hands down. Consume Conditions is amazing. Mesmers have to trait if they want their heal to remove ONE condition.
As far as damage, I can’t say who does more, because once again, it depends on how you’re traited. Right now, my mesmer is traited for more support, while my necro is using a hybrid build. My necro is my farming character, because she can kill things so easily and come out at full health. Karka don’t stand a chance against her (conditions ftw). I’ve had guildies asking me about my necros build and gear, because they are impressed when we are all farming together or running dungeons (thanks for the build, Nemesis!)
Yes, necros have issues. I won’t deny that. However, there are ways to work around them currently. Gear and build properly, and you’ll see a huge difference. Comparing necros to other classes isn’t going to do anything.
Like said above, Nemesis has a good build for it. If you seriously want to use axe, check out his thread.
Dude its sooo easy to beat up a thief… Just cripple, imobilize, chill, put conditions on him, whatever, they dont have that much defense anyway
Yeah, until they remove all those conditions and stealth again….
Are you using the correct transmute stone? The level 80 one, that is. If not, that could be the issue.
Also, thank you for the build, Nemesis! I look forward to getting better gear and trying this in fractals!
meh..Good build.
but everytime i see one of these threads it always ends the same…i go into it think oh wow this might be something, then its the same everytime…using some unique, no longer obtainable or end end end game gear…i play WvWvW 95% of my play time, there is not a chance of me obtaining some of the items such as karkas, frac rings and such, so id be really glad if somebody made a build once a while that doesnt involve pointless PvE grind, but that fail from anet for the most part-yes i get WvWvW is suppose to be a gold sink, but when PvE/PvP rewards are so far off….im sorry something is F’d up.
I don’t know what you expect, if you want to be good, you have to put work into it. This isn’t World of Gimmecraft. This build is actually really nice. I made full Rampager’s gear and Chrysocola jewels, only invested about 3g for stuff I didn’t already have. For a full set of each, that’s cheap. Had weapons already from tokens. They aren’t ideal for this build, but they work until I get the ones I want. Even without having all this “end game” he has, I am still doing a ton better then I was. I am destroying stuff in PvE. Have yet to try it in WvW.
Sweet, thanks, I am going to give this build a try!
It’s all really unfortunate, as I wanted to love my necro at the beginning. She was my first 80. I so badly wanted to use axe/dagger, but sadly, the axe still hits like a wet paper towel. Are we just forever stuck as having condition builds be our only option?
I haven’t played my necro in a long time. It was my first 80, but I somewhat abandoned her for another class. I do want to give my necro another try, but I need to re-acquaint myself with the class. I see axe still sucks, such a shame. I was using a condition build previously, but I am looking at possibly using something else. What is best for fractals if I decide to give it a try on my necro? Are we decent in WvW, or should I just stay out of there on a necro? Thanks guys.
Well if anyone gets one, and is kind enough and in the Wintersday spirit and wants to sell it to me for a good price, I’d be grateful.
I should have bought one when they were 99g, I am kicking myself now. I am female, so naturally, I like changing my character’s hair. In another MMO I played, I did it quite often, same with another RPG I played that had an option to change your hair (or facial features, even) whenever you wanted. This item would be perfect for me. Please make this available in the gem store, ANet. I would gladly buy it.
So they drop only from the rare Wintersday boxes, not the presents, correct?
Is this only available through the rare Wintersday boxes, or does it also drop from Black Lion Chests? Has anyone even gotten a rare Wintersday box as a drop?
Nope. Not one, and I haven’t known anyone to get one yet outside of the gem store.
I just want the permanent hair changing kit. I’m a woman, I like changing my character’s hair, this kit is so ideal for me. If they made it available in the gem store, for even 2000 gems, I’d buy it. >_<
Don’t the mystery boxes have a chance to drop in the world, too?
Fyi, the delay on first attack has been present since BWE2. It is there for balance reasons to give enemies a moment to react to the powerful summon.
That is just poor balancing. In PvE and WvWvW it is getting killed before it can attack and in all modes it is just giving enemies two chances to stop the attack when all other classes don’t have to jump through those hoops to attack.
If you want the delay to give people a chance to avoid the attack then you can’t give them a chance to avoid the summon, however that works.
Also any news on if you plan on giving Mesmers a decent AoE to throw up on keep walls like all other classes?
This. Phantasms are useless in WvW now and in dungeons like FOTM. My phantasms couldn’t even attack in FOTM, because they’d die like a second after being summoned. If the berserker would move and attack, instead of stand there, it wouldn’t die so fast, and I’d actually be contributing to the group.
Fyi, the delay on first attack has been present since BWE2. It is there for balance reasons to give enemies a moment to react to the powerful summon.
Hmm, I never noticed the delay until yesterday. They always immediately attacked upon summoning. So is this the way phantasms are going to be forever now?
Sure this was addressed, but the damage output by the phantasms is laughable now, too. This intentional or bugged as well? I mean, that’s if they even get the chance to attack before dying…
I sincerely hope this is a bug. All phantasms are just useless now.
I am keeping you from getting free sieges, and also because I’m doing something the WvW players on your server would’ve like to do to you since you’re essentially being a dead weight and taking up a queue spot that your server could’ve used to get another WvW player in.
Can you explain your psychological reasoning for doing WvW jumping puzzles at the expense of your server’s interests?
The JP is getting out of hand. I really think it should be removed, or players should be able to complete it with only players from their server. It’s causing a lot of griefing, and not only that, but players are camping the puzzle for hours instead of helping in WvW. It’s a loss of resources and bodies.
Also, you are dead weight by just staying in the puzzle instead of actually helping in WvW.
Yep, same error here. I was able to get back in, then I logged out to try to relog because things were lagging, and now I can’t get back in again. Getting an error about my firewall….
haha yea mesmers got a serious nerf. Blinding prevents phantams from being summoned… that makes since phantams are an attack… oh wait… nvm
They need to be nerfed harder. Pro mesmers can still kill you in 3~4 seconds without you having time to find the real one.
Just because you can’t handle a Mesmer doesn’t mean we need to be nerfed.
Go with a staff, and you’ll do great. Your other weapon choice is up to you, really. I would recommend sword/focus for Temporal Curtain so you can travel faster around the map, but that’s subjective. Keep your illusions up at all times, too. I would highly recommend going at least 20 into Dueling for the ability to create a clone when dodging, as it can be lifesaving. The rest are really up to you. There is no “wrong” way to level, honestly. Just find a build that suites you.
They had warnings on these forums, Facebook, Twitter, ect about how long the dungeon would be there. Before Act 4 was released, they warned the dungeon would close when that happened. Yet, people come here and complain. I have a busy life, too, but I managed to set aside time to run the dungeon. It took all of 10 minutes.
It takes more death to jump to the chest then to kill the boss and that is wrong
Are you being serious? It’s not hard to jump down to the chest at all. It’s like 3 easy jumps.
The “piwate” got a lot of candy from me.
Sooo, a tiny window to get in and see the new content on the one day when people might actually want to turn their computers off and do something else, huh…
Tiny window? It’s over 24 hours long….
Yay, the last achievement I need for the Halloween event! Thanks, ANet, for a great event!
When I completed it for the first time, I did it with four huge male Norn, and a huge male Charr also jumping. When I say huge, I mean the biggest you can make them. It did make it difficult, but not impossible. Just keep trying, or leave, and reenter, hoping to get a different instance.
Cooking is the most difficult profession to level. My advice, just grab every resource you see when leveling. Also, use the wiki to find recipes, and create them in the “discovery” tab.
Depends on the situation. If it’s a condition-heavy dungeon, I’ll use Consume Conditions for myself, and have my Well of Power available for myself and allies. If the dungeon is more non-condition damage-heavy, I use Well of Blood for myself and allies. In WvW, it’s Consume Conditions hands-down. I don’t even bother with the Blood Fiend at all.