Guild Wars 2

feb 27 in eu

do you know that illusions inherit your stats, except vitality? now you know.

Empowering Illusions (Domination III, 10-pt trait)
Phantasmal Strength (Inspiration 25-pt trait)
dunno how they stack, tho even if they gave 100% damage, you would still be doing more with your (1).
you can test how they stack in mists.

Compounding Power (Illusions III, 10-pt trait)
this trait doesn’t make any sense as it improves your damage, not sure if illusions indirectly get it from you.

they reset after each new game build/maintenance.
same for ranger pet names

don’t use nicknames

3 months old thread (:

nice.

OP probably plays full zerker nowadays. because having everyone with knight/cleric gear, and saying ‘high dps’ would be considered trolling at the very least.

Stoutster.2918, imo your question should have been in new thread, somewhere in players helping players or smth.

anyway group build is easy, make sure you can keep 20+ might stacks constantly (a lot ways to contribute to that). everything else depends on players’ skill and knowledge about dungeon encounters. warriors and guardians might be easier to learn to play. have fun exploring.

indigo + redemption

celestial + blood + indigo

abyss + white gold + redemption

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bag

e.g. @ 400lvl you can do 20 slot bags:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_Holding

i think you need medical attention

cof1 farming runz with zerker warrior? ;>

not as profitable as market flipping, but works for grinders

http://dulfy.net/2013/01/16/gw2-useful-and-fun-consumables-guide/

if you don’t want button pressing, pick warrior.

P.S. make you you have backup button 2

Cowrex.9564:

I want to get the light armored Dredge set. I forgot which dungeon do you get it from though.

sorrows embrace

if you want to be unique, try mid/low level karma gear. dungeon armors are overused.

run to last boss with 80. switch to lowbie alts. profit. seems legit.

next suggestion?

did you try “show/hide bags” option in inventory?

easily done with exp from crafting

well… duh.. if you hate it that much… don’t die?

no you will not.

curious if Bacon.2360 didn’t know that, or was just trolling

achievement unlocked

my norns sure do

then you sir, deserve back luck brian award

missleading title. fractals are fractals and dungeons are dungeons.

melee attacks do more damage, and are favored in more experienced groups.

beginners favor ranged attacks.

KrisHQ.4719:

And even if you can manage a dungeon with 5 melee players, it still does not change the fact that being ranged would’ve been easier (safer).

i’m a lot more safe in melee range, because of weapon/skill choices i made. even when i’m the only melee guy in pug group. (brag) that’s why i get so much praise.

i would take experienced 35lvl over 80lvl beginner to AC anyday. and we would have a lot epic time together killing all the things!

Karizee.8076:

Easy to learn.
Difficult to master.

^this

Namu.5712:

Skillful play is rewarded in pvp…. it is however stupidly easy to pve in this game and it isn’t very rewarding or required to have much skill… just spam your buttons and roll out the way of an attack and stay out of circles…. pve wise combat lacks depth… pvp wise I think its pretty good.

disagree about pve. example – if you are in dungeon, and something unexpected happens – someone screws up, lag/disc. you can choose to get out of situation w/o resetting stuff which is typical reaction from most players.

UnderdogSMO.9428:

Tosha Daydreamer.9251:

http://youtu.be/jVL4st0blGU

A nice video about depth vs complexity in games.

i would say GW2 is has plenty of depth, it just isn’t overly complex. but some people love there math. shrug

agree, GW2 have depth, not everyone has ability to see it.

@ OP have you ever done something that others thought is impossible with your class/build/gear. no? then what kitten master are you

Moddo.7105:

I would put first 5 points into Illusions to get minor trait Illusionists Celerity"Illusion-summoning skills recharge 20% faster"

bad advice. it works only on summoning skills in utility slots. don’t affect summoning skills on weapon skills.

about gs/staff as ranged option.

in general gs is no good if you alone, as mobs will run close enough and you will have reduced damage. there are exceptions like slow moving ones – veteran oaks.

staff is no good for single targets (because its waste of aoe and overkill), and i really don’t consider ir ranged weapon, as its most effective when you and victim both stand in chaos storm.. which makes you in melee range.

tl;dr imo ranged mesmer is bad idea, atleast gs/staff one.

Tken.1986:

Either 1st portal past 60sec into cd or 2nd portal 10 sec duration ended.

^this happens way too much.

you can place personal waypoint to mark rendezvous point in swamp for all 3 carriers, but then you gotta pray they arrive there before 60s timer runs out.

i wish there was some timer showing how much time i have left to open other end.

maybe kill something instead of skipping. i heard legend that it helps to get loot.

gear won’t save you if you get hit a lot. more experienced players would handle bunch of mobs naked at that level.

but gear helps. btw do you have bloodlust sigil in your weapon yet? good for low levels.
are you using food? (like might buff chance after each kill, etc) sharpening stones?
those are cheap option to increase damage, and exp gain.

like people above mentioned, its all about not getting hit. not its not about dodging, you cannot dodge continuously, and should only used to avoid ‘big attacks’. other means to avoid damage, is to move behind monster while it’s casting his slow frontal attack, or move out of attacks range. also you can ‘disable’ monsters with your skills, like knocking them away.

cheap way of ‘solving’ you cannot handle 2 mobs problem, would be using ranged weapons/swapping to melee weapons in close range. unfortunately this won’t give you much experience of dealing with monsters in melee range.

hard way would be – practice.

ignore those ‘builds’ n stuff people are throwing at you, because those are mostly for 80lvl or close to it characters, when you can use a lot traits.

advice – sigil, food, sharpening stones; melee of your choice + ranged weapon – preferably longbow because of fire field+blast combos – (area might). if you don’t know what combos are and why they are awesome, then just ask

no you are not. i’m sure there are players who think alike.

not me tho.

i don’t like to stand in places bosses cannot reach, as it makes the fights feel fake. and if you fake playing dungeons, why play them at all.
you might say rewards. but are they really?

i say that journey is more important then destination. and the moment players stop caring about playing itself, but care only the ‘end result’ – rewards, they burn out.

because in the end of the day only the fun you had matters.

definitely mesmer

Mr eX.3420:

You definitely can’t dodge-roll from one platform to another—you will fall straight down. If you think it’s possible, post a video to prove it. Equating “find the right places to stand” with working around red circles not appearing is just ridiculous.

sorry for terrible quality both video and audio, my first attempt after all. but it proves that you can dodge between some platforms.

EDIT: turns out you can choose video quality on youtube. on 1920×1200 looks fine :}

EDIT2: can someone please pm me some nub-friendly video editing tool names, so that i can avoid uploading crap on youtube in future.

Mr eX.3420:

You definitely can’t dodge-roll from one platform to another—you will fall straight down. If you think it’s possible, post a video to prove it. Equating “find the right places to stand” with working around red circles not appearing is just ridiculous.

do i get a cookie if i go though all that trouble? by trouble i mean making video and finding out how to upload it part. never done any videos before.
because rolling between platforms that are nearly touching each other, or from elevated one to lower one is not rocket science.

starter areas like queensdale are zerged by alts and 80lvls for dailies. i haven’t noticed big difference compared to doing DEs in higher lvl areas. in starter ones its just a lot easier… and you get similar exp (or maybe even same?) as in higher level areas. because exp scales with your level not the area (might be wrong about this one).

P.S. exploring different maps gives more exp then just doing DE’s in same map over and over again.

^ its 100%, except some projectiles which are 20%.

if something you wanted didn’t trigger, then you either missed field, missed timing, or hit different field that you expected.

find a hut, settle down and relax. you seem tired from your journeys sir.

on another topic. attain enlightenment yourself.

Mr eX.3420:

1. You cannot dodge-roll to avoid the attack because you will fall off the platform, period. The game mechanic all players are supposed to use to avoid attacks is not viable on those tiny platforms.

2. The AoE red circle is bigger than most of the platforms, making it very difficult or outright impossible to see depending on where you are standing.

3. Not all professions can give themselves or the party sufficient evasion, stability, aegis, or reflection/absorption to negate all the attacks. For instance, necros can do none of those things except for self-stability which is tied to a grandmaster trait or elite transformations—try doing a jumping puzzle in Lich Form sometime (hint: you don’t have feet.) Furthermore, the attack is so frequent that eventually even a guardian will have all skills on cooldown.

4. The reduced movement speed you have in combat makes jumping to the next/previous platform to avoid the attack more difficult. This is exacerbated by the fact the harpies have a cripple attack and seem to like hitting you with it while you’re in mid-air. I love jumping puzzles (completed Mad King’s Clocktower 8 times) and I still find this tricky—I can’t imagine how frustrating it must be to jump puzzle haters.

5. The punishment for falling is simply a time-penalty (Bandage out of downed state, run back,) which I believe Robert has said he does not like and is not something he intentionally designs for.

1. false. yes you can. some adjacent platforms are big enough to dodge roll from one to another. a.k.a. find right places to stand
2. false. if standing on edge of a platform you will see red circle on the next platform. so you can see it if you want. a.k.a. find right places to stand
3. agree. you go on cooldowns sooner or later.
4. agree. but somehow we deal with it.
5. agree. but from my point of view any mistake in game is time penalty. and even more so for jumping puzzles.

don’t think there is. cannot imagine playing this game without mouse. turning alone would be painful.

why would you want aoe at target location? it would miss moving targets.
there are aoe effects like mesmers feedback that have no targeting and works at target location. i find it highly disadvantageous. because i need to carefully select target. likewise with ground targeting aoes i can just point mouse in that direction and cast it (with smartcast on, a.k.a. fast ground targeting somewhere in options).

you mean to say players bought lowest level whites, which are more expensive then slightly higher level blues(which are in the marker at +1c vendor price) to complete their monthly achievement? i find that highly unlikely, unless they don’t know how to use sort by price feature.

nothing to do with 500 salvage. low range gear is being bought and resold for higher price for a while now.
why it works? because alts, and because players usually just salvage or dump those low level items to vendor. and because high level players rerolling alts can afford paying that ‘sell order’ price, without waiting for buy orders.

its good, but only if you don’t get downed. because if you do – you lose stacks.

i would sell it if i were you. but it’s your call.

most groups care only about fire field and blast finisher combos, for might stacks. to the point that they get angry if you cover said fire fields with other fields.

as a mesmer i spend a lot time in my ethereal fields which are very defensive because of chaos armor leap/blast combos.

if you have warrior in party you can always grab his banner for free blast finisher (5).

1. field in game imo is warriors longbows fire field. because of its kitten area of effect ,10 second duration and 10s cooldown (assuming you can fill full adrenaline in 10s).

yes, if you keep the ghastly skin.

keep in mind that running with ac gear, depending on your class, will make people assume you are with PVT stats. and you might be discriminated.

as far as i know, its a lifetime crafter achievement. if you know what i mean.

from my experience:
1) solo you need to contribute enough damage to get loot;
2) in party its enough to hit once, and if party contributes enough damage you get loot.

in group events when there are a lot people nearby its very hard to deal enough damage solo as trasmobs/champs die too fast, while in party its a lot easier.

did p1 yesterday. 3 youngelings in party got knocked into lava early-midfight, remaining 2 of us shrugged, laughed and finished off Nokk. everyone had some nice laugh after.

there are 2 obviously safe places to stand – the bridges connected to Nokk’s platform. have fun killing him.

in Evolved Devourer battle, if you stand in wrong place when shield goes up – you will be knocked into lava

so… uhm. why do you want those safety nets? it’s more fun to see someone get crisped

careful what you wish for. you just might get it, like the increased butter price =)

bye.. gotta go back to game flip some more butterz.

bye.. gotta go back to game flip some more butterz.P.S. btw happy to see more and more people in metrica province to collect vanilla beans and do dailies. fire elemental my favorite lowbie boss <3

i remember having one underwater headthingy w/o breathing aparatus. looked like circled. i think it was from karma vendor in frostgorge sound. so you can transmute to it, if you don’t like the mask looks. well at least light armor one.

vendor:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/guild-wars-2/Help_Qualdup_train_Orsippus_trainees_for_the_Quaggan_Games

more choices might be nice for those who play a lot, but no matter how many, it won’t prevent them from choosing same #2 spam. and also, what you are suggesting would make game less friendly for new players.

now that Doomguard.5094 mentioned the run + pickup bug
and you mentioned cliffside fractal. is it possible, that you lose control and fall off only when you try to pick up hammer without stopping? that would explain it. as it’s known bug – interacting with objects while running. picking weapon/banner, building siege etc… cannot stop for the duration of ‘action’ even if it failed to happen.

ehehe well at least its more or less visible because of the light compared to some other ninja legendary (minstrel)

seems more like a problem with keyboard, or connection lag.