Guild Wars 2

I am sure the OP will understand the gist of my post :>

I agree with what people said above, it is very tempting to just roll warrior or guardian and be easily one of the ‘best’. But it ultimately depends on what you want from the game and your boredom threshold. I tried a warrior.. and it was pretty amazing.. I just hundred blades everything and it dies. I was like “WOW.. this is amazing..” for like.. the first 14 or so levels.. then I just got bored…

Now I am leveling an elementalist. Sure, they aren’t really THE BEST.. but at least at the end of the day I won’t find myself pressing one button and being bored..

SO YEAH.. basically.. you have to decide if you just want to do damage efficiently and easily or with a bit more.. finesse?

No reason to intentionally ruin cooperative players efforts to get everyone a chance at the champs. While swearing at people isn’t the right away to go about voicing your protest.. I can understand why it annoys people. I see lots of people riding the train helping each other out. They drop portals, link waypoints, put on commander tags and generally try to help even noobies get a tag on every champ.

@Gamemaster

WELL.. now I wan to be a mesmer because.. Loki<3

For Dungeons/Fractals and WvW? :>

I’d probably play a phantasm Mes and a staff Ele respectively

Thank you!

Thanks for all your feedback guys I may indeed try warrior.. have to adjust to being melee though!

So currently I play / main a Necro.. but I have heard repeatedly that we’re not very good for dungeons.. etc.. so I was thinking of rolling a class JUST for dungeons/fractals.

Anyone have some suggestions on which class is the most useful to groups?

Thank you _
Shy

Are spirit builds viable in dungeons/fractals? :o

Pretty! Looks exactly like the logo!

OKAY.. so if I just decided to uh.. use Longbow anyways… which weapon would pair best with it? GS? Any suggestions on how to spec? I’d like to provide banners for.. some semi support..

Why is PvE longbow garbage? o.O

Hey everyone!

I am hoping to get some help with a spec / gear for a warrior that can use a longbow and be viable in Dungeons, Fractals and WvW.

Thank you!

Shy

I just wish guardians had a more satisfying ranged weapon option. Scepter is pretty meh, imo.

Hmm okay thanks I’ll give it a try. What do you guys use as weapons in WvW? Just curious.

Which weapons do you generally use on your guardians? Is staff only swapped in before fights?

Is guardian much more supportive than warrior?

Can someone give me advice about which class / spec is best to provide some utility / support in fractals?

I played a little bit of WvW this morning and BG was fighting SoR and JQ.. not sure if the ‘truce’ was off or what, but just stating what I saw.

I guess people don’t like how JQ paid people to transfer over for WvW.

I find it difficult to ‘get into’ guild wars 2 combat.. simply because I’m used to play a healer, which for some reason feels a lot more engaging than pure DPS… or DPS with a few utility skills thrown in there.

Coming from Vindictus and SWTOR.. I just don’t find the combat as enticing.. not sure why exactly. Anyways, the game itself is beautiful and the Living Events are a neat touch so I’m still here

I like to do both WvW and PvE so something that would work for both would be awesome :>

I defffiniiiteellly prefer being ranged!

Surviving is always nice.. sometimes I go a bit crazy with life transfusion and running into piles of people.

I am sort of indifferent on the burst department.

I like both! Maybe conditions though more so.

Hellooo everyone. So I hit 80 yesterday night.. and now I am a bit lost as to what kind of gear I should be buying and where I should be buying it from…

I do have some laurels and other misc currencies saved up.. halp!

I like how females carry them sooo… I hope they keep it the way it is. I don’t think they look particularly weak or anything.

Hey y’all :>

I was wondering if someone could help me find a decent build that I can use in both PvE (dungeons) and WvW! I really enjoy using staff.. so that’s the only thing I’m firm on in terms of builds or weapon choice.

Thank you kindly!
Shy

I think Thief fits the bill here. They are predominantly melee with SB tacked on for when you absolutely need ranged/ a blast finisher. They’re good for roaming solo in PvP because you can make a stealthy get away. They’re also faiiirrrlllly survivable if played well, though you have to be good at using your dodges and other evasive moves well.

Warrior has 2 ‘real’ ranged weapons, though! Whereas Guardians have… yeah.. scepter.. >.>;

What sort of build do you use on your staff Mes? And have you done any fractals?

Thanks for your input ^^

But not for PvE really right? Since Beserker gear is king.. and I believe (generally) phantasm builds are best for PvE? The iWarlock isn’t very strong.. as far as I know.

Thanks, I’ll keep Ele in mind..

I am sort of deliberating between Necro and Ele now :/ But I heard Necro condis are pretty MEH in PvE…

Which class would you recommend for someone who would like a character that can do well in PvE/WvW and tPvP.. all while using a staff as one of the primary weapons.

I have a small love affair with bifrost.. and I could use some advice!

I tried mesmer.. but I didn’t really like the staff abilities very much.. and then there’s Ele which doesn’t really do well in tPvP.. halp.

Wait so it the patch not requiring down time? or do they just like.. yolo.. pull the plug without notice…

Am I blind? Does anyone see what time the actual patch will be introduced today?

Sorry if I am just a giant kitten .

Thanks <3

Pretty Stez! I like the new hair you gave her!

I give you a 7.5/10! I think he looks very unique and not too.. hmm.. arrogant.. like a lot of male characters in this game. Nice job

I would really love to see this kind of event. When I came back to GW2 from SWTOR I was sad that I was going to miss the event they were holding for this same charity. I don’t know very many people on my server, Blackgate, but if you need help organizing anything let me know!

Good luck

Necro then. Just put your conditions on people via epidemic and watch the dmg numbers roll in.

I always played a healer or tank in WoW/Rift/SWTOR/Aion… Warhammer.. every game up until guild wars 2.. AND.. it does take some getting used to. The biggest difficulty for me in this game was settling on a class. I noticed that I didn’t really have a preferred ‘style’ of DPS, since I had never really played a DPS class before. However, once I figured out a class I began enjoying myself more.

As far as story goes.. I don’t think it is THAT amazing.. but with Living Story content coming out regularly there is at least new content to look forward to fairly often – usually that has some kind of backstory.

All and all, I really feel like GW2 is a good buy. I mean, with no subfee.. you can pick it up and play it whenever you want and not feel too bad if you find another game that catches your interest for awhile. So.. if you don’t have anything else you’re itching to play right now, I’d say definitely give it a go!

Anyone know of a viable Mes build, for dungeons, that utilizes staff as one of its weapons?

Thanks

So staff as not really viable for Mesmers in PvE? :/

Ahhh.. it’s difficult to decide. My only complaint really about Mesmers in WvW is that they don’t have a 25% movement speed signet so I have trouble keeping up with groups sometimes (might just me my bad).

Is staff Mes viable? >.>;

I am having trouble picking between these two classes…

I prefer ranged abilities.. (particularly staff for both characters).. and I enjoy both WvW and PvE.. please give me advice on which would be better accepted into groups.

Thanks _
Shy

Well thank you for the replies guys.. I’ll have to see what I can pull together :o

My only problem with spirit rangers is that their spirits die very easily from AOE.. :/

So.. just checking.. Guardian is probably a better bet than say Engi? :o

What weapons would you say are best for this DPS/support Guard you’re talking about? I prefeeerrrrr not to melee… but I realize melee tends to out dps ranged.. for obvious difficulty reasons. Is scepter a decent pve weapon for guards? or are you better off with like staff + a 2hander…

Well.. I guess I’d like to be not focused so much on dmg numbers but on providing condi removal or important buffs (like banner warriors/spirit rangers).. I know healing isn’t really a role per se, but I know some classes have access to nice/appreciated water fields.. so I guess that’s sort of what I had in mind. Some melding of all those (or some of them) into a class.. but a class I can take to PvE, WvW, sPvP and still not be a hindrance.

Just curious.. is there any class that can spec towards support and be wanted for sPvP/WvW and PvE?
Also.. which class is your preferred ‘support’ in each of those situations..
Thank you..
/conflicted
/class ADD..
/halp

My problem with staff ele is.. they seem to be really unwanted in dungeon groups :/ Not sure why, but there you go.

How do spirit rangers measure up? :o

Have a support-ish oriented Guardian or Mesmer for PvE/WvW..

Thanks :< I’m conflicted.

Well I guess you could just say which class in general you think best fits this. I know a lot of people think guardian is the most support-y class.. but it doesn’t seem like it actually supports more than anyone else…