Guild Wars 2

kwlam.3495:

Depends on the PvE situation really and your team possibly. I have tried epidemic on a non-condition specced necro and it was fuuunnnn =P

That’s the best part of that skill, you don’t even need to be condition specced to use Epidemic. You’re just spreading around what’s already there. And whether the conditions on a target are burn, bleed, torment or weakness, vuln, and chill, spreading them will help everyone.

Another awful thing about Ret with grenades: You have 1 target selected. Target is 1100 range. You see the boons. No Ret. You let loose a barrage of grenades, your toolbelt is unleashed, poison grenades tumble through the sky, fiery pain is imminent….and then your target pops an aoe Ret. You now have nearly a dozen grenades in the air about to crash into an evil grin. They hit. Your target staggers, coughs, heals, looks through the dust….at your corpse.

Long range, slow moving, multi-hit, aoe attacks = death

That’s all as I thought. Thx.

Does this hold true in dungeons too? Or is MM not a good idea in dungeons?

Retaliation just needs to return a % of the damage caused.

If it’s too high (50%), then it is an effective deterrent against all attacks, slow spikes and fast jabs. The problem lies then in the massive graveyard that will result constant zerg-wide retaliation vs constant zerg-wide retaliation.

If it’s too low though, then nobody will care and will just attack through it. Which I’m more ok with because then it acts like a DoT attack rather than a shut-down skill. It’d be almost like a DoT shield. Maybe give like necro a trait to boost % of ret dmg returned for condition-based builds. Not Guardians tho!! Only clothies.

I’d like to see this happen. I had such high hopes for the asura golem suit and it’s rubbish. So slow, and engi are supposed to be a dynamic profession.

- Gear suit floating around us but not lose our 1-9 abilities so that we gain the boons but can still be us (sorta like ranger elite RaO).
OR
- Change the skills a la necro’s Lich form but make them strong and fluid like the necro’s Lich. The asura golem is (as has been mentioned) clunky and slow and awkward so don’t base it off that design. I’d like to see us still being able to jump and dodge even in this form.

Yea I used to be so perplexed at how I’ve got so many more bow and sword kills than pistol or rifle when my Engi is my main….and then I learned that tid-bit of info. How disappointing huh? My weapon sigils proc when I swap kits but my weapons don’t count when killing skelk. Ok….

Lol there are 2 threads discussing the problems with Engi & Legendaries and yours has 3!! Way to rock em out man! Great post.

Knox.8962:

Base kit damage on weapon damage would only make rifles “mandatory” for power builds, as 15% base damage for a condition build can be overcome by the sigil.

I don’t think this is any worse than being compelled to go P/x for the extra sigil today.

Run a power build, use the power weapon seems straightforward enough.

You don’t see zerker Scepter/focus necros for the same reason.

The difference is that those necros are using their weapons, as opposed to just having them equipped in the background. We’re talking about being forced to bring a utility weapon solely to boost the power of our actual damage-dealing kit. So I can’t bring P/S for an extra blast finisher with my FT build?

I just cried a little….

It’s funny cuz I read the thread title, thought of HBC playing Bellatrix, then opened the thread….and hey there she is!

When the invasions first started I kept hearing players complaining about all the ugly shoulders in their bank that they’ll never use. I happen to like them and want them, but they never drop from those boxes for me. I thought they had a high drop rate. Admittedly, I gambled and instead of taking the gear pieces to build my own, I went for the RNG boxes. That’s on me. But how many invasions should I expect to have gone thru before I got them?

To add to what Leablo said: At the end of Scarlet’s Playhouse Anise and Jennah apologize to Logan for all the misdirection. The Speech was simply a ruse to flush out Scarlet.

If she hadn’t been interupted it would have been funny to watch Jennah flounder…“Thanks for gathering here to celebrate me for 10 yrs!! Yea…..thanks! um…..that’s all I wrote cuz I was expecting to get cut off but uh….yea….Logan has funny toes!!!” <exit stage left>

- I know it’s only a 1s duration but a block/reflect on an 8s cooldown is really short quick. And 1s duration is hard to utilize, especially for those with lag/latency issues.
- A #5 skill with a 15s cooldown seems short too, though I do like the boon punishment.
- Is the #1 autoattack a 3s channel? And it applies 10s of bleedx3 and confusionx3? That’s way too OP. You’ll be maintaining 9 stacks of bleed and confusion with unbuffed autoattack alone.
- The kit has to be called Wierding Module (Dune)

So to sum up, the options are:

- increase kit base damage from exotic to that of ascended (basically a free ascended wep when using a kit)
- base kit damage on weapon (effectively requiring rifles for all kit-heavy builds)
- leave kit damage unchanged (reducing the effectiveness of kits when compared to non-engis with ascended weps)

Option 1 seems the only logical choice. Whether I’ve got a rare or exotic rifle equipped now, my FT kit has the same base damage. Why should it be any different when ascended is available?

Until next Tuesday (9/3) exotic armor & weapons are max. You can get them by running dungeons for tokens or WvW for badges and turn them in to the appropriate vendors for gear. Also, there are a couple armor sets available in Orr from temple vendors in exchange for karma.

As a fresh 80, depending on what you did whilst leveling, it’s entirely possible to have enough dungeon & WvW badges and karma to purchase full exotics. Also, there are a number of exotics on the TP right now for pretty cheap.

On 9/3 Ascended weapons will be released. It will be acquired via crafting so if you’ve got artificer, huntsman, or weaponsmith to 400 you’re on track. Level it then to 500 and you can make (time-gated) ascended weapons.

As far as I know, no ascended armor will be released on 9/3.

There are no diminshing returns on stats. At level 80, you will get the same resultant crit chance increase going from 200 -> 300 precision as you will going from 800 -> 900 precision.

For a particular build & rotation, it’s possible that there is a sweet spot for something like crit chance, where it’s more advantageous to stack power over prec for instance. But there is certainly no optimal number right now.

Generally, I think people shoot for 50% crit chance. It’s a good number that makes figuring procs out easy.

Well crap, just read the wiki on vigor

Guess I shoulda read that first. Endurance regen cap….bah!

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I was messing around and came up with a framework for a possible build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqel0pyanwSdF17IxoHdGAbGki6eXRKyfjB-jABBEDg0HAFhDRrCKsxAUF-e

Juggernaut FT with Sigils of Stamina and Energy. +55% Might duration, +35% boon duration. can build completely glass cannon due to endless dodging and the might stacking should be easy. Potentially great for WvW roaming since you can constantly dodge every attack at will but still attack when you want. It’s all theorycrafting at this point.

Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew: 100% chance to gain might when you dodge. +40% to your Endurance refill rate. +10 Experience from kills.

Adrenal Implant (Tools XII): +50% Endurance Regeneration

Invigorating Speed (Alchemy I): When you gain swiftness, you also gain 5 seconds of vigor. (Cooldown: 5 seconds)

I just discovered this soup recipe. If the endurance regen from the soup and AI trait stacks, that’s 90% increased endurance regen + 100% uptime vigor.

Also, 1 stack of might for 5sec per dodge with no ICD. No ICD isn’t surprising, considering that most professions can’t dodge as often as we can. Coupled with an HGH might stacking or Juggernaut FT build, this could have the potential for near endless dodging + might stacking. And since Alchemy trait line has +boon duration, we’re gonna have +10-30% bonn duration from traits alone.

Discuss the potential…..

Blast finisher at point of use. Use to might stack in fire fields or heal burst in water fields.
Escape. It’s got like a 1200 range so use it for roaming or for a big escape.
Toolbet hits hard with an even harder hitting burn. At close range it’s one of our best offensive toolbelt.

Conan.8046:

No my gripe with Static discharge is that it is a crutch. You blow utility skills for no tactical advantage but just to do decent damage. Cast time is not an issue brainless waste of skills is.

Why call it a crutch, without SD most rifle power builds are simply useless. Its a one trick pony. The weapon itself should do the damage not some utility trait that encourages you to just blow everything at once.

I would call it a crutch in the sense that’s it’s really the only way Engis can deal decent single target damage (read: not Ret fodder). But it’s a gimmick too. I see it in the same vein as HGH builds blowing all their elixirs to stack might rather than using them for their designed purpose.

SD needs to be fixed to shoot the charge at our target regardless of whether the toolbelt skill is targeted or not. That, in my opinion is more of a bug fix to make SD work properly. It also would broaden the SD builds.

That aside, what we really need is another single-target power option altogether. Hopefully, with the new weapons and skills Anet has promised in future patches we’ll get just that. Maybe even a true melee option too.

Decklan.7540:

I don’t post my suggestions for anything other than very slight quality of life changes on this forum anymore, so I cannot answer your question with a confirm or deny, and adding some more instant cast abilities to our toolbelt is as minor as they come.

I’m sorry if I am being vague, but there are certain people on this message board who berate and dissect every word I type then gang up on me with their legions of guildmates/followers so I keep most of my ideas to myself now.

Can you believe Decklan? He just said “certain people” like he’s…..nah I’m kidding. lol I don’t even know who you’re talking about. Don’t feel like you aren’t allowed to post on the forums. That’s what they’re for. But if you’ve caught flak in the past, maybe reread your words before you post them to make sure you aren’t being _ (fill in the blank). If you are, rewrite it. If not, post it. Everyone’s ideas should be welcome. Just don’t flame, troll, or be an kitten .

Does she have her own account or is it a character on yours? Because if you’re sharing an account, the rewards are account bound so you can do the stuff with your character and hand her the tonic.

Else, focus on the CC dailies. They can be easier.

Asura have better animations, have better story, look better with hobosacks, have better racials

Human have better looking gear (armor & weps)

It also means you aren’t stun breaking from DS, you’re stun breaking from normal mode (and into DS), meaning where you have access to your 7-9 skills. The idea, I thought, was to stun break from within DS and still be in it.

Kraag made a lot of great points. DS as a profession mechanic shouldn’t lock you out of stun breaks, but he’s right, it’s like a freebie just being a necro. Of course, no other profession mechanic (maybe Ranger) is so dependent on your playing to be able to use (Ranger pets can die). And 1v1 you probably aren’t generating the kind of LF necessary to be able to use it more than once anyway.

Thinking about DS#3 as a stun break seems a bit too strong though. Break stun + fear = potential tide-turner.

Bhawb.7408:

I think they could add a trait that makes DS a stun break on entry with a decent ICD to balance. I’d much prefer it over adding it onto a skill, especially when the skill in question has a 15s CD, which is way too short for an actual stun breaker.

But that means you’d have to be out of DS in the first place for it to act as a stun break, where we have access to our utility bar anyway. Better to make it a stun break on leaving DS with an ICD, but that still puts us right back to not having a stun break whilst in DS.

Can someone explain to me how axe boosts DS? This is the 2nd time I’ve read that.

Decklan.7540:

However, it does lead to a slight problem. Most people would run analyze, suprise shot, and soothing mist (elixir gun toolbelt) in that case though, as it would give another stun break in addition to being instant cast.

True, but EG’s toolbelt has a comparatively long 40s cooldown and doesn’t heal, just grants regen. So what they gain in stunbreak they lose in SD burst. Not to mention that if Soothing Mist is used as part of the burst, they’re out a stun break. It’s a give & take that I think is balanced.

I’m inexperienced with necro. I haven’t hit 80 quite yet and sometimes I pick traits and gems because I don’t know what would be better and because I don’t have any practical application yet to draw upon to know if it’s needed. Like bringing too many/not enough LF generators.

I figured with no access to vigor and with dagger and DS being close range weapons I’d want swiftness as much as possible to stay in range.

Man I used to loot keys all the time back in the days of headstart. Since like Oct though I think I’ve gotten 2.

My Guardian is hung up on a shelf in Rata Sum, watching his brethren venture out into the world in search of adventure. He is sad. But he is boring to play so he can suck it.

Yea I meant Lich. I updated my last post with my newest build version.

@Mystogan: Yep, I have dagger/dagger in 1 set so I figured that + my heal would suffice for cond removal. Wasn’t sure what else to use instead of SoU. Enduranace Sigil is because I’ve heard that lack of vigor is one of the biggest problems for necros. Thought this would help with survivability. Esp cuz I main an engi and am used to lotsa endurance. I like golem elite too but I thought it’d die too easily in dungeons or WvW so Plague would be a beast every few mins.

@Zikory: Good call on the Fury. I’ll change that. I’ll test out the 30 in Spite vs Curses. That makes sense. Biggest issue was that I didn’t know how much LF I’d be getting. Things like SoU, Spectral Armor/Walk, Axe#2, Vital Persistence, & Reaper’s Precision all return LF and I didn’t know how much I’d need to maintain decent DS uptime. I didn’t want to go too lite on them and then be constantly stuck using my axes.

Updated: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQEQRAoY3djMaF7pbibM8JEoHvXt4MRFQGqHlz68hA-jAzAYrBRTfgJRgEhAl9IiWTggVwoVJDSbIsqFMVJRUt3oIa1CBMaBA-e

I actually use Goggles’ Analyze with my SD build.

The simplest solution would be to make the Static Discharge hit your target no matter the toolbelt skill. In other words, you use your mines (untargeted) and the SD still shoots out at your current target. This would let SD work on every utility.

Reducing cooldowns would obviously help SD, but I don’t see Anet redesigning so many skills based soleley on a single Master trait.

My hope is that when they add new weapons/kits/utilities they give us power-based single target options. Something we’re completely reliant on SD for at the moment.

Sabull.5670:

Your argumentation is from point of view of what is highest DPS. In spirit of what gear should I use for CoF1. Which is berserker obviously.
I’m not writing from that perspective at all. I’m taking concideration the general survivability and thinking about a hard small scale wvw roaming situation, guess I could have been more specific on that. Where good burn and poison coverage makes biggest part of the work.

I would not recommend all out celestial either for PvE unless you want to play around with bomb healing or something.

And rifle rotations are extremely relevant for going full out berserker with flamethrower as FT power part simply is not enough to warrant that. Flamejet not good enough. That’s what makes it work.

I’ve ran similar style with full berserker too and it’s great but I prefer condi.
Anyway I don’t wanna argue about pvp preferences.

Argumentation…nice, i like it.

Anyway, the initial question was power vs. condition and, as Phineas stated, it’s a power weapon, not condition. If you want the utility of poison (namely healing reduction) you don’t need to build for +cond dmg. FT works great (trait-wise) with EG, so use EG for poison & weakness sure. But don’t go pow/cond hybrid cuz it gives no benefit.

Are you planning on killling with conditions? Which in particular? Proc bleeds, EG poison, and FT field burns aren’t gonna cut it. You need powwa!!! lol

As for gear, yea Zerk for dungeons. PvP is all about your personal survivability preferences.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQEQRAoY3djMaR7pbibMcKkpCZDUh3LSByoMUPcn15DB-jwyAYrBRTfgJRgEhAl9KiGbRLIVwoVJDraBTVSEV7NKiWtQAjWAA-e

I’ll be 80 soon. How’s this build look for power/DS in PvE? Might venture into WvW with this too, but I have almost no WvW experience so I’m sure SoU will need to be swapped out for something. Is SoU necessary given my build?

Rozbuska.5263:

Everytime you swap from weapon to kit, also sigils/runes what have some efect “on healing skill” activate while swap on MedKit.

Remember this ^

It’s incredibly useful being able to proc all “on heal” effects by simply swapping into medkit. No cooldown on kit swaps means things like 6x Altruism Runes’ proc of fury & mightx3 is limited only by its own ICD.

SuperJugy.3192:

… I chose Riffle Turret, Battering Ram and Toolkit because they are the shortest cooldown toolbelt skills that do direct damage. I also chose toolkit to have something to do after the burst is gone. Like pulling with magnet and prybar; or shield my kitten…

I like Goggles, ToolKit, and either Rocket Boots or Rifle Turret. Pop goggles, then the SD toolbelt rotation. Goggles gives you a stun break, fury, and immunity to blindness for the duration of your burst. Plus the toolbelt stacks 10x vuln on your target, making everything else hit that much harder.

I prefer RB over RT because of the burn, but use RT when range is necessary. I’ll get to why that’s important later.

SuperJugy.3192:

As for the traits; well obviously I need Static Discharge. I got Hair Trigger since I only have one toolkit and I don’t want to find myself with all skills in cooldown, but depending on how it feels I might change it for something else.

I got some traits in inventions to give me survivability.

And the 3 other traits I thought they would do good synergy. Modified Ammunition does more damage the more conditions I have up. Since rifle has very little conditions I picked Precise Sights and Inciendary Powder together with Sharpshooter minor trait to help me get some conditions. And since these last 3 traits are on crit proc, then my accessories and sigil help me get some precision.

You’re going to want 30pts in Tools for any SD build. The strength lies in using that burst as often as possible so reduce that toolbelt CD as much as possible. Speedy Kits keeps you mobile, SD obviously, and your choice for the 3rd. I like Adrenal Implant.

(Because of your super low toolbelt CD, take MedKit with 15.5s CD)

In Firearms I take Hair Trigger for shorter rifle CDs to increase control & mobility when your SD burst is down. Sitting Duck is solid: low cooldown net shot means you’re immobilizing your foe often, stacking cripple and vuln (and w/ goggles means you don’t need Precise Sights). Immob, cripple, vuln, burn (RB) with Mod Ammo = +8% dmg. Love it.

Your last 10pts put wherever you want. I like Invigorating Speed. Coupled with Adrenal I’ve got tons of dodges.

SuperJugy.3192:

The armor is basically half Soldier and half Berserker to have both offense and defense with as much power I can get.

Since I have no stun breaker and such, I went with runes of melandru to help me in those situations…

Zerk+Soldier is fine. Goggles gives you a stun break.

Perception Sigil is fine in PvE but you’ll probably die before you get 25 stacks in PvP/WvW. With your crit% so low, I’d take Accuracy. With Oil & Soup and that sigil your crit% jumps from 35% to 51%, which is where you want it.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQFAUl0pqdH5y3F17IyoHkWntZgeYX51IKqQ+B-jwxAorgQEAyeFRjtMWENW1CmqkIq2bUEtahAGtAA-e

Garambola.2461:

Evans.6347:

That still brings the question why she is dragging them along with her to witness all the battles.

She wants them to sing about her triumphs, of course.

She’s insane. This is just the sort of thing I could see her doing.

Yes, pen & paper is the obvious way to track your invasions. No brainer. Stop whining. All that.

But the point is that we shouldn’t have to do that. I don’t really mind for temporary things like the invasions and balloons. But for things like dungeon paths and diving goggles, things that you encounter along the journey from 1-80 before you might even know about achievements…they need trackers.

nelopp.6140:

I was shocked a bit when the camera zoomed to her in closing ceremony.Is this intented to create such non stereotype compared to other sylvari npc?
It feels so unnatural and weird(or disgusting by my pov) for her voice, hair, armor and face are mismatched. She doesn’t feel like a sylvari.

Maybe she’s a watchwork too! Created by a mad asuran who is jealous of Scarlet’s brilliance. He killed her and then used her form to destroy her reputation.

Wow, good observation. On top of that we have Teyo (female) being the leader of the Inquisition & Faolin (female) leader of the Nightmare Court. Both villains, but both in positions of power. Especially Faolin, who has sway over even Caithe.

Whilst playing, I thought that Anet was doing a good job of making female NPCs that had important roles in the game. They weren’t creating endless damsels in distress and their females were strong and it was refreshing.

However, it seems that they’re having a hard time creating a strong male character that isn’t a leafy pacifist. I can’t think of many male characters that are impressive. Maybe the Vigil Warmaster…and Tybalt was cool, albeit a bit goofy.

Katz.5143:

Everyone was diverted to the overland invasions due to them gating entry back into the pavilion. Most just chose to not go back. Either they are not participating at all or just stayed farming the invasions.

They’re still farming the invasions. The only reason people were in the Pavillion after they got their achievements (day 2) was for farming. And the invasion is way better for that than the Pavillion ever was. And the Pavillion was good for that.

I’m also stuck at 15/16. Do I have to do everything in the Jubilee window + dailies or can I do some of them and then supplement the rest with dailies? All I’ve got left are the 30 balloons and they’re a pain to get, especially since nobody is around to help with champs anymore. I ask because last night I did the QJ daily and it didn’t give me 16/16.

Both. Build the 25 stacks, then swap out weapons.

I like the Honor of the Waves dungeon set.

I play the game however I want. I don’t farm. If an event is fun and I want the meta-reward, I do that. Right now, the invasions are fun and I’m making some great gold.

I level alts, run a dungeon, get my daily…nothing special.

Gems → Gold, but it’s not much
Save it for something you really want

If you ever do buy gems, then this is halfway to an armor skin set.
Also halfway to an unlimited pickaxe, which they just brought back.

Sagramor.7395:

After you have Speedy Kits and Static Discharge the last pick is up to you. I happen to like the cripple on Throw Wrench, and the lower CDs on TK skills…

Wait, Power Wrench trait adds cripple to the Throw Wrench toolbelt too? I need to read better. That…changes things.