Guild Wars 2

Don’t bother with that build. Check out the info on metabattle.com. It’ll help get you started in the right direction.

Malchior.1928:

Shhh ! before this gets nerfd

It was already nerfed. Norn stealth then dash used to be incredible, then they nerfed the speed of the dash and now it’s just ok. Such a shame norn necro looks so lame or else I would have kept him.

Well technically Necro wins out in WvW and hard counters the Engi in sPvP. I myself struggled between these two, and picked Necro. With all the expansion changes coming, just play what you enjoy the most and you’ll never regret it. What is best at something now won’t always be best at it later.

I love power necro, first character I ever made at launch. Seems to get more and more popular every day. Hoping to see it get better and better.

Not good enough.

I wish people would ask more. Fishing is great.

Ah didn’t realize a thread already existed on this, most likely due to it being 7 months old. I’ll have to remember to google next time. Anyways, guess I’ll if it’s fixed when I log on tonight.

Charr Storyline, Sins of the Father, bugged on Follow the Trail. You cannot speak to Fibharr Ygosson anymore, meaning at level 20 I can now no longer progress any farther with my story. :/

Ok, I surrender to the SwAg.

Main character name : Zhao Felbane
Account name : Shaogin.2679
Favorite game mode: PvP (though I enjoy all game modes)
Server : Gate of Madness
Number of Necromancers : 2

Muesli.9104:

-Do special discounts which can only be bought with real money. But do not restrict items this way. Example: You can buy an infinite mining tool for a discount of 5€ but you wont be able to buy this with gold.

Well actually you can pay for the gems with gold, so technically you can buy with gold.

-Again do not put nice skins into the game via the black lion chest. It is NOT rewarding and I believe you want to keep your players.

I don’t mind locking certain skins behind bl chests at all. Feels exciting getting a full ticket to get a cool skin. Even makes some feel more exclusive.

-Hiding the Living Story behind gems is kittened. It’s like a dlc, which is cancer to the gaming industry.

It’s free if you simply log in to the game anytime during the duration of the episode.

-Add a series of quest which reward a permanent 25% movespeed buff while out of combat and replace those skills for something useful.

No thanks. Some professions are meant to be faster or have this convenience while others are not. Everyone can’t have it all.

-Make the precursor hunt challenging, NOT grinding. Like beating a jumping puzzle in a certain time.

They seem to be already doing this.

Other than that, I don’t see anything wrong with your other requests. Nothing that will effect the way other players enjoy the game at least.

You guys better record this! I expect to see youtube videos.

I think pulsing stability wouldn’t be overpowered at all. It would be a very nice change.

Random Weird Guy.3528:

Anton.1769:

OP you right 100%, but I will sugest you try fresh-air Ele! It’s even more faceroll then mes&rang! Semi afk while ownage all map!

Sounds more like you mean turret engi to me.

Congratualtions on being the first post in this thread to bring up turret engi!!!!

Atherakhia.4086:

Resistance is a far better option because it doesn’t actually prevent application of condis (right?).

Assuming it replaces current effects like berserker stance, I think it’ll be good. Plus with it now being corruptable, it’ll be even better. Didn’t make sense to make someone condi clear than use another cooldown to prevent application.

This is better for the game overall.

My bets are all on Berserker Stance being changed to use Resistance. Gonna be awesome.

Kal Spiro.9745:

BrunoBRS.5178:

Kal Spiro.9745:

BrunoBRS.5178:

can i talk to you about our lord and savior Stability?

Except they’re changing stability across the board to not be as completely effective.

thus putting it more in line with things like resistance, which also don’t grant you complete immunity.

That depends on how much access you have to resistance, doesn’kitten Just like stability did. If you can get your resistance to be longer than the conditions on you, it is complete immunity,.

Thankfully from what we’ve seen so far resistance is mostly short duration, but from the looks of it, a good Revenant could probably stack enough of it through Mallyk to basically negate all comers.

A Revenant in Mallyk also stacks condis on himself as well, meaning one good boon corrupt and he is in a world of hurt. Let’s not panic about Resistance just yet.

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

Shaogin.2679:

Such a shame. Necromancers start a forum guild and tag it with SwAg. My characters shall never run around with such a ridiculous tag.

Actually that’s because initially it was a personal bank guild. I’ve had it for over 6 months and it already has a lot of upgrades. After some discussion with a friend I thought the name “Sweet Agony” was a rather appropriate name for a Necromancer guild. In retrospect the tag could have been better but it was done for comedic effect and I still find it funny personally.

Still, have a sense of humor, huh? (;

Would probably have a greater comedic effect if not for the fact it is completely over-used in the most ridiculous ways possible. Nothing against the guild, and I love the idea, but that tag, just can’t do it. >.<

Yes and Yes. Erm….more words….cool.

Such a shame. Necromancers start a forum guild and tag it with SwAg. My characters shall never run around with such a ridiculous tag.

First thing, when using you Healing Turret, place it, overcharge it, then pick it right back up. You are losing alot of healing by leaving it out like that.

Flamethrower and Bomb kit are both great until you the GM trait Grenadier, at which point I’d recommend the Grenade Kit.

At your level, I’d recommend Rifle/Healing Turret/Bomb Kit/Flamethrower/Elixir S setup. I’m suprised you haven’t tried Elixir S yet, the tool belt skill will stealth you if you are being focused and the utility skill breaks stun and makes you invulnerable for a short time.

It better be Charr. >.<

Sounds great. Let me know when this happens so I can organize a 40-man Engineer Hammer train to jump in the middle.

glogy.1854:

I read this topic and i wont open another, so i ask you guys here. Got similiar dilema as OP. I would like to play some heavy condition profession or class who is best in that. In every MMO i liked DOT-s M8 from guild told me to go with engi, but didnt got answer why, pros and cons. My dilema is Necro or Engi. Mostly WvW – solo roam or small groups but condition build. I got power build at my Thief and Ele, and dont find them good enough to invest gear for condi. Necro and Engi are top as i read, but one of them are probably better in aspects i want to invest time – WvW(small groups, zerg if necessery) and sPvP – condi build mostly, but from time any because i can change it often i pvp. So? Engi or Necro? You probably got experience with those two profession so i ask you for help so i can level my next alt cross fingers for engi be objective

For power builds I prefer my Necro but for condition builds I prefer Engi. But I’m a bit biased, because I could never really quite get the hang of terrormancer. I always felt like it took too long to build up enough conditions on enemies with terrormancer and never really felt like I was putting out much burst condi damage. On the other hand with Engi, I feel like I can lay on and maintain a wide spread of conditions in no time at all and deal some heavy burn damage. And it gets even better in WvW thanks to perplexity runes and confusion damage added to the burning.

And then of course there is the superior disengage options on the Engineer compared to the Necromancer. Also love having stealth in WvW, and being able to pull people off towers and keeps with Magnet Pull.

Oh what I would give for Mortar to be a legitimate elite worth taking. >.<

Have to agree with Vee Wee on the utilities. Slick Shoes is incredible for both escaping and setting up your combos. With the recent shave on Might, I’ve been using Pack Runes with Doom sigil and loving it. Not sure which I prefer most for second sigil yet though.

Well to start, let’s take a look at this build you are running.

Charr armor in general has issues, but many of us have found great looks for them. Maybe check some of threads that already exist showcasing Charr Engineer armor?

I’ll have to post mine later when I’m home. But I like where this thread is going, strictly Charr Engineer screenshots.

I’m hoping with HoT they give us the option to hide kit backpacks. It’s the simplest and most effective solution.

True, Might did need to be shaved down and grats to them for doing it. But the core problem was the amulet that they left completely untouched.

SobeSoul.6910:

Even when I explain it’s always followed by, “I win so many games this way…”

My MMR is fine. I have frands with very high MMR who still get matched up with these same players.

Technically you and your friends have no way at all of knowing what your mmr is. So you can’t really make the claim that your or your friend’s mmr is high or fine or anything.

Yup. Might stacking was always a thing. Cele in it’s current form was not. They nerfed the wrong thing.

Gotta love it when your teammates feel the need to help you cap a completely unguarded point. >. <

Stark.1350:

3-4k from rocket turret is complete BS.

^^This here. Post screenshots or complete BS.

Shiyo.3578:

style.6173:

Before the patch:
d/d cele ele
rifle nade cele engi
shoutbow cele warrior

After the patch:
d/d cele ele
rifle nade cele engi
shoutbow cele warrior

Yes, balance at it’s finest. lol @ the balance team and anyone on the forums who thought might stacking was the issue. Hint: it is the cele amulet.

Also, if you see fewer d/d cele eles, it is because of a few of them are trying staff cele ele. Notice the cele part.

I don’t think it’s the amulet, eng’s are just like 5 classes combined into 1. Has there ever been a meta where ENG’s weren’t the best class in the entire game?

You seem to have some personal vendetta against engineers. Do you ever have any actual facts to back up any of your wild opinions?

Atherakhia.4086:

A+: Shout Warrior, D/D Cele Ele
A : Rifle Engineer.
A-: Turret Engineer.

B+: Shatter Mesmer, Thief, Medi Guard
B : Condi Necro, Bunker Guard, Staff Ele.
B-: Condi Ranger

C+: Power Necro, Scepter Ele
C : Power Ranger.

How’d I do for having no reference other than forum QQ??

Based on forum QQ, pretty good. Though shouldn’t Power Ranger be up a bit higher?

Terrorsquad.2349:

Shaogin.2679:

Terrorsquad.2349:

Shaogin.2679:

Terrorsquad.2349:

The only thing in my opinion that needs to be toned down on turret engi is the Knockdown duration and the rocket turret’s damage

You do things like this though and you start to mess with builds that may take a turret but are not full turrets, all for no legitimate reason.

What do you mean? Sorry, don’t understand :p

Well Rocket Turret already isn’t very durable. If someone were attempting to use it in a build that isn’t a turret build, having it nerfed would make the possibilities of such a build less viable. If there were legitimate reasons to nerf it then sure, but nerfing the possible use of turrets in other builds simply because people don’t like playing against full turret builds is an illogical decision.

Well, yes, but the damage is way too high
It’s the same like they did for might; might was OP on eles,engi and warrs and they nerfed it, punishing all other classes

I would be down either reduce the Knockdown duration or a damage nerf, because a bunker shouldnt be able to kill imo

1,429 every 4 seconds on a projectile that is easily dodged/reflected coming from a turret that is easily destroyed and has a 50 sec cooldown, no nerf needed. The only people that die to this are those that rush in to fight the engi while completely ignoring the turrets, and those people deserve to die to this.

I’ve only got about 20 games into ranked matches and already my matches have been better. The only downside is the wait seems to be longer.

glock.6590:

A: OP and needs Nerf? None
B: engi, ele thief, warr
C: everything else
D: None

This here, completely accurate. /thread

Terrorsquad.2349:

Shaogin.2679:

Terrorsquad.2349:

The only thing in my opinion that needs to be toned down on turret engi is the Knockdown duration and the rocket turret’s damage

You do things like this though and you start to mess with builds that may take a turret but are not full turrets, all for no legitimate reason.

What do you mean? Sorry, don’t understand :p

Well Rocket Turret already isn’t very durable. If someone were attempting to use it in a build that isn’t a turret build, having it nerfed would make the possibilities of such a build less viable. If there were legitimate reasons to nerf it then sure, but nerfing the possible use of turrets in other builds simply because people don’t like playing against full turret builds is an illogical decision.

Anet just needs to open up an official turret engi complaint thread and consolidate everything into there instead of letting these threads pop up every day.

Terrorsquad.2349:

The only thing in my opinion that needs to be toned down on turret engi is the Knockdown duration and the rocket turret’s damage

You do things like this though and you start to mess with builds that may take a turret but are not full turrets, all for no legitimate reason.

Harvest.2506:

Shaogin.2679:

There is no witch hunt and this thread has already been answered and needs no further discussion. OP asked about streams of top players, not average players who just play alot. You’ve gone around in three separate threads about your leaderboard rank and of course nobody ever cared nor asked. You seem confused as to why people insulted you, I provided insight, nothing more. Simple as that really.

1st thread was to bring attention to an issue with possible solutions, second thread (this one is related) I gave my inputs take it or leave it, third thread was a one liner. Its that simple I’d hardly call that extreme bragging you’re the only one who’s been caring so much as to elevate everything its plainly laid out in your posting history the type of person you are. I mean if you are so bent on bringing someone down for thinking they’ve played enough to give some expertise, why don’t you try walking in my shoes, but you won’t because you’re too afraid of the blacklash yourself because you’re not able to write a decent column.

And yet your still contributed nothing to the discussion, whilist still focusing on me, you see what I did there? I’m calling you out now. Say something on what you think about steaming or GTFO.

Walking in your shoes as in………playing alot? No thanks. And there is nothing to call me out for, we are just keeping a dead thread going, there is nothing to contribute as the information has already been laid out. You seem to miss my point, not surprising. You start off your posts in each thread with “Hey I’m #1” in theads with which that information is completely irrelevant. You then receive backlash and can’t seem to understand why because then you start to retract and go into the whole “stop picking on me guyz” phase. So what I did was attempt to explain to you why you were receiving backlash from the community, at which point you have now gone on a personal vendetta against me which just tells me that you have no intentions of listening to anyone that doesn’t agree with you. So, enough said there, I literally can not explain it in any simpler terms for you. ;P

Shiyo.3578:

coglin.1867:

Shiyo.3578:

Just your daily reminder this spec ruins pug vs pug matches.

Nerf damage, buff utility and survivability on turrets. Thanks!

So, wait, the idea here is to balance the game around “pugs” now?

That sure will make tournaments interesting.

Turret eng isn’t viable in tournaments. The spec is too strong vs pugs. No one likes fighting turret eng’s.

Conclusion: No reason for the spec to be a thing. Buff turrets utility/survivability and nerf damage by a lot.

That is a horribly illogical conclusion.

There is no witch hunt and this thread has already been answered and needs no further discussion. OP asked about streams of top players, not average players who just play alot. You’ve gone around in three separate threads about your leaderboard rank and of course nobody ever cared nor asked. You seem confused as to why people insulted you, I provided insight, nothing more. Simple as that really.

As a power necro I have no issues with turret engis. This is basically a request to nerf turrets not because they are too strong, but rather because people don’t like fighting them. Kinda pointless and childish.

Saiyan.1704:

Shaogin.2679:

The most simple solution to this is queue with other players. And judging by the amount of games you’ve put in, it’s not like you don’t have the time. We all know, as you do, that leaderboards is just a grind so there was really no reason to link all that as it is irrelevant to this topic. There should never be restrictions to play ranked arenas. Instead what this shows is either you have a lower mmr than you think, or there just isn’t enough people around your mmr to queue with. In the case of the latter, placing restrictions on entering ranked queue will solve none of that.

It’s a double edged sword.
If he ques with his team only, he will no longer be #1 on the leaderboards due to lack of games. His mmr will improve however.
If he continues to play solo que to get games in, he will continue to be #1 as well as have low mmr.

Depends on what is more important to him. Recognition on a meangingless leaderboard or more interesting matches.

Harvest.2506:

Shiyo.3578:

I’m sad. Please start streaming.

I’m #2 on the ladder right now last week was #1 in NA and Europe, the reason I don’t stream is cause i don’t want to give away my buildss, and I have way too many heartbreaking loses at 400 points due to idoits in random team. that don’t know rotations or take ranked game seriously enough. no one listens or can’t win their 1v1s and i’m usally just left to bunker 2v1, even when i win I don’t get to record much action cause i’m usally guarding a point half the game in slow fights.

For the record, everyone insults you on these threads because you consistently insist on people knowing that you were #1 on leaderboards despite it having 0 relevance or contribution to the topic. Most games played =/= top player, thus the OP was not asking for your stream. Nobody cares about your “secret builds.” If you are a legitimately skilled player and want this recognization, then stream or compete in a tourney and prove it. If not, then stop trolling the forums looking for attention.

The most simple solution to this is queue with other players. And judging by the amount of games you’ve put in, it’s not like you don’t have the time. We all know, as you do, that leaderboards is just a grind so there was really no reason to link all that as it is irrelevant to this topic. There should never be restrictions to play ranked arenas. Instead what this shows is either you have a lower mmr than you think, or there just isn’t enough people around your mmr to queue with. In the case of the latter, placing restrictions on entering ranked queue will solve none of that.

IP doesn’t need a nerf, it just needs to be changed to encourage more active gameplay, and no decent engineer objects to that. Your suggestions, however, would not help anything.

It’s funny that people are taking this thread seriously in any way.