Guild Wars 2

Can you target him with single target and hit him if so pribally not an exploit. If only aoe works i would say report it.

AllAmerDB.2840:

No, but gear is required to move further in content. This game doesn’t really require that. I’ve done all dungeons. Nothing special. Easy.

Thats actually wrong. Gear is not required to move further in content. You can make content harder without requiring better gear. It forces you to improve your skill level. As for doing all the dungeons. Have you done every single explore mode?

Anyone that likes the idea of hp being able to take a hit and some power to improve there base line damage would like vigil armor. Now granted for people who dont want that theres other things. But frankly you dont have to wear plate to find the use in the vigil gear. I actually know a few mages who wouldent mind it given it caters to there play style of being right in the middle of everything.

AllAmerDB.2840:

No, what I mean end game in achieving better gear to move forward in content. I have all crafted Berserker gear and can pretty much solo anything. Dynamic events no one ever fails. ITs fairly easy. Why do the events when the gear after the temple events doesn’t even look good and its minimal upgrade?
I will admit leveling is fun, so I will just level all characters to 80. Thats it. And maybe some WvW and PvP. The PVe is lacking substantially.

Thats your problem then. You referring to gear progression not end game. This game does not have gear progression. It has true progression. Theres a little thing in your hero sheet call achievements. Do those things. That is your progression. That is TRUE progression. You never out level your content so there no point for the whole shiny carrot mentality.

Fine 80 Beserker’s Greatsword – Weapon Strength : 759-839, +135 Power, +97 Precision, +7% Critical Damage
Masterwork 80 Berserker’s Mithril Greatsword – Weapon Strength : 819-906, +147 Power, +105 Precision, +8% Critical Damage
Rare Berserker’s Krait Slayer – Weapon Strength : 882-975, +158 Power, +113 Precision, +8% Critical Damage
Exotic Berserker’s Pearl Broadsword – Weapon Strength : 995-1100, +179 Power, +128 Precision, +9% Critical Damage

Ok going to go ahead and apologize here for those breakdowns. Just to show something here. Weapons have one of the largest differences between the different levels of any items in the game. Two-handed ones like this greatsword even more so than others. This being said. Till you get to exotic theres really very little change, (Referring in comparison to what you would see in other games). Infact if we take the exotic out the biggest jump comes from fine to masterwork in terms of total gain. Now Looking at the exotic the stat increase from fine. Weapon Power : 23.73%, Power : 24.59%, Precision :24.22%, Critical Damage : 22.23%. Now that all said and down is on fine to exotic. Not even a 25% increase. My guess as its to late to go threw each and every piece of gear my guess is that the ’s will be simular. So over all at best you might see 25 boost from what most would use as there worst set to there best set. In the world of mmorpg’s thats nothing as a lot of games i have seen litterally do more than double between the different levels of gear.

Ok so you can actually make the armor satchel sets in the forge? Every time i have tried using guides the 4th item is always missing from the items that i can select.

Ya arrows only. If you have a caster best to focus fire it first as its going to be the biggest thorn in your side.

The problem right now is you cant sell crafted gear for any profit due to the fact it is litterally only a few points better than just normal old blue and green drops. As such this keeps them at vender trash prices while the mats needed to make them are anything but. If the mats followed the same trend the gear does then crafters would be in a much better spot. But when you buy mats and are lucky to get half the cost back from the final product theres just no room for crafters. Hopefully something will change in the market but it will pribally take a market reset or a really long time before such happens.

Tureilim.5209:

They’re saying he and his buddies give their loot to eachother if it’s useless to them. He’s having issues in the fact that if a leather jerkin drops, he has two people who could use it, and would like a fair way to decide who can get it.

Ah thats simple. Flip a coin :P or make them guess a number.

Kiryana.5167:

The thing I notice, as melee, you can really tell who doesn’t stack toughness. If I start smacking a target and don’t see big numbers I just flash/teleport to the next target. People really undervalue toughness in PvP.

WvW or SPvP? Ask because i dident realize there was toughness in SPvP. All the sets i’ve seen that should have it always replace it with vitality.

Thing is nothing stops you from using whatever combo you want. If a 6 piece doesent work for YOU then YOU dont have to use it. Something that works very well for one person may be junk for another. So if you play better doing it one way they give you that option otherwise they wouldent give you any of the bonuses without haveing the full set equiped.

In my experience if i use a higher level tool in a low level area i tend to crit more on my harvesting. Where with copper picks for example i get 3 ore i’ve had multiple times using my steel picks where i get 5 ore per node and i’ve had up to 17 from a rich node.

Choch.8349:

Roll – Ability to random roll in chat. We do guild runs, and want to distribute unwanted gear to players that can use it, for instance we have 2 engi’s, and one coat, they would typically roll for it.

From what i have seen everyone gets there own loot rewards with nothing being shared by the group. Kinda takes the need out of the whole /roll option.

The point of crafting is for the legendary gear sets at 80. While yes you use the forge for them the items that go into it to make them are made by crafters. Sure you could buy the items but then again why not just make them and save some cash you can put toward something else. Not to mention if you keep your craft skill with your level your gears never really hindering you. At the moment though short of 400 crafting items your not really going to be making bank off of crafted items till the market improves as the mats if you buy anything tends to go for more than what you get from the finished product.

Guardians if i remember right have the lowest starting hp pool of any class in the game. Dont remember where i read that but from my experience it seems to be true. Even mages of equal level in vit gear have more hp than my guard in full vit.

Theres two different ones. The character one obviously is character only. BUT the account one is all characters combined.

It really comes down to what do you need. For me as a guardian i personally am aiming for full solder. Reason being i draw tons of conditions onto my self and have very little in the way of removing them so the 6 piece bonus of shouts remove condition is very nice for me given i have 3 shouts i use. Not to mention the vit and toughness is very nice as well.

Fericity.3421:

Endgame is important, though. It’s bad when devs forget that. Yeah you can have the best 1-80, but once it’s over with?
Not everyone wants to do all that again. They want to use the characters they put effort into.

So having quality endgame is very important for any thriving mmo. I don’t want to hit 80 and have the game say ‘haha, well, it was a nice ride right? Nothing left to do except pvp, might as well start a new character!’, I want there to be more things to do.

Open up your hero page. Go down to achievements. OH look SO many things to do. Welcome to end game.

Could always just craft your gear. In order to get the mats you could actually explore a massive part of the map and who knows you might find hidden things that you might enjoy.

Thats actually really good to know. Thanks for posting this.

It scales your character to keep you competative with all content. In truth i’ve found my gear becomes weaker than if i was proper level for the area but then again in a lower level area where the gear may have had only 1 or two stats on it my 3 stat gear kinda offsets it. The fact i also have more points into my traits and skills makes me more powerful as well which i feel is why my gears hit harder to kinda offset the different that those extra points make. And yes the difference is actually noticeable. For me as a guardian anyways.

Qelris.6901:

SiNoS.2147:

I did not even realize you could make it go boom. But i’ve spam cast it multiple times and never once got it to do it. Broken skill maybe? Also noticed resently it doesent seem to bounce arrows back at rangers for me. Maybe we could get an answer from someone at ANet?

Edit: Just read the description and appears it doesent bounce arrows. Could have swore it use to though.

It has been absorb ever since I made my Guardian, which is about 5 days ago if I remember correctly.

Eh i might be thinking of a beta build. Or a simular skill.

I did not even realize you could make it go boom. But i’ve spam cast it multiple times and never once got it to do it. Broken skill maybe? Also noticed resently it doesent seem to bounce arrows back at rangers for me. Maybe we could get an answer from someone at ANet?

Edit: Just read the description and appears it doesent bounce arrows. Could have swore it use to though.

It might update on your next death or something. I know i looked at mine after a death and at some point it went up over 80000 exp.

I use it at two different time. One is annoying rangers who i cant get to or that are raining arrows down on my nearly wiped party. Normally it will save us and give them time to eather stabilize or start there heals. The other time is to interrupt mobs that are getting ready to hit me with something nasty. Ill also use it to run as you can pop it then instantly turn and run which cancels out the channeling of it giving you a little bit of a gap if you do it right.

Doc Robot.5073:

Okay, I haven’t done any dungeon content yet, so don’t hold me to this, but…

I’m under the impression that the “story” mode (you do this first, I assume?) is the relatively easy intro to the dungeon, and that the “explorable” mode is meant to be extremely challenging content.

Is there some sort of guide or video out there yet that can help? Would it actually help, or is the explorable dungeon stuff as “skill and twitch” heavy as I hear it is?

For those that played gw1 explorable mode is basically hard mode. I hear as long as you have a well rounded group of players it is hard but this massive repair bill run doesent happen. Mainly if your dieing that much you should pribally realize you shouldent be there yet or with that group.

Edit: As i forgot to add. The dungeons are for the Armor appearance you get from the tokens and the raw difficulty of finishing it. If that isent for you. Simply dont do them.

Guardian here. So many different roles i can build into. A close second is a tie between thief and ele. Working on a dual pistal lifesteal thief with massive crit. That build should be fun to play around with. And well ele’s are just aoe beasts.

Stealth.6971:

Ya, I understand why they did it but it still sucks when you’re playing solo and there’s noone to back you up. I’m new to guild wars and have no idea where to find the best armour for an elementalist class. Just trying to get through the first few missions to get out of the starter area, but I keep getting swarmed with too many enemies at once which are tighly packed together so I can’t lure just one at a time. Since I get brought down to their level 1v5 is just not possible. How do you make decent money early on to buy gear? I get nothing useful early on.

Ok so for my ele i found it super easy to mow aoe threw mobs using a staff. On my server mighty staffs at level 1 go for 12 copper. 1 drop pays for it if you vender trash it. That gives you power which increases damage. If you really want also look into possible armor. At level 5 i would look into crafting your own armor and weapons keep them up to date as that will help you a ton.

Guardians have a lot more healing than people give them credit if they spec for it. Give me a staff and out of my 9 normal choices (- the elite as well you want to use tome of courage which in its self is massive healing for 20 seconds) 7 are heals. If you use your traits you can turn virture of resolve into a passive regen for those around you as well. One thing that ele does better is condition removal. Just cant beat healing rain.

Open the tp. Go to My transactions. Set it to items im buying. Cancel your bid. Then go to a nearby tp and pick up your cash and or goods.

Ok i stand corrected appears they just updated there sight and do infact now have a oem gtx660.

Cleanthes.4795:

It’s an Alienware X51. I’m buying from the site, and there are only so many options available, and there is no option to install a SSD. But I read SSD only makes your PC boot up faster and has nothing to do with the performance of gaming? And the GPU is not an GTX 660 Ti, it’s a non-Ti

Might want to double check everything then given nvidia has not launched a gtx 660 yet. Be it standalown or company based. Only the gtx 660ti. The gtx 660 is rumored to launch later this month. Link to the site your buying from if you dont mind. I would like to see what there calling the gtx660.

You would be on max settings pribally 50 to 75 fps. I give that range because lets face it when under heavy load in like wvw its going to drop. That being said. If you dont need the massive hdd i would opt for a ssd as it will improve your performance with faster hdd access and loading. Beleave it or not does make a difference. Everything else looks fine although might want to make sure the cpu wont bottleneck your gtx 660ti. Dont think it will being its an ivybridge, but dont know intel cpu’s well enough to say one way or another.

Aristar.4095:

just so you know, “SE” is usually sh**ty edition. You can find a regular GTX 460 for like $80 on eBay, which are much better. But if you have the money I’d recommend a GTX 670 or GTX 660Ti they’re like 215%-230% the performance of a 460. Unless you’re happy with low/med settings, the 460 will be fine.

I run the game on High to Max settings in the 45 to 60 fps range with a gts 450… Unless hes got something bottle necking his computer theres no reason he couldent get the same results.

Khailyn.6248:

while generally the shortbow is more flexible than the pistol both work out well. pistol is very much single target until you can get recochet (bullets bounce between targets). Utility skills such as needle trap and tripwire also help a lot for kiting.

Isent ricochet a 5% ability? Or does it like crits happen much more often than it says?

Banewrath.5107:

I am lvl 80 as well and am a little let down with the class. I expected something more solid. I have decent gear but there are too many stats to juggle to try and balance yourself out because you will never find a decent medium. I have 15k hp and some of ther risen bosses can drop me in a second with attacks that quad for over 4k a shot or so. I have about a 50/50 mix of cleric and beserker type gear and I can`t take more then 2-3 enemies most of the time because my increased healing power cannot compete with mobs raking me for over 3k a shot over and over with long cooldowns on defensive abilites.

I originally wanted to play as a tank, but now at shrine battles I use my staff and focus on healing others because nobody else does it and if I do wind up tanking i spend more coin repairing my gear in a session then I make so it`s pointless.

No offense to you but sounds to me like your a victim of the same thing i find myself at times. While you play the way the game is intended doing a little bit of everything to the best of your ability to support those around you everyone else sounds like there in the mind set of im a dps screw everyone else. I know that if i dont have the other classes doing more than just dps i dont last long. In truth those fights are normally the ones where i see half or more of the people dead on the ground crying about how no ones healing. This is at level 50. I can only imagine how much worse it might be at 80. I have a feeling you also revive downed players when you can. So my advice is stick to your guns. And hope that some day that crowd wakes up and realizes they can do so much more than just dps.

AngelofAwe.4972:

SiNoS.2147:

The difference is that the pvp knight set has vit while the pve has toughness. If your 100% knight your missing a TON of vit. I personally am going to go cleric for my armor, knight for weapon, and Emerald for everything else most likely. I know cleric yuck it gives healing power but i have a ton of healing abilities in my tanky role i have set my self up with. While im not sure as to the crit rating ill have should be decent and my guess is 18k to 20k hp. But i’ve yet to be able to test it as sadly im only 51.

there is no “pvp knight set”, at least i don’t have any. it’s just heavy and i have dolyak runes on it. the real difference is the knight amulet that gives a TON of vitality.

i tried to see how much of a difference healing would make. (by going to mists and wear a +500 healing amulet)
the result was disappointing, the lower heals increased maybe 50% (1500 to 2200 etc), the main heal just went from 8000 to 9000.
+500 healing power is about what you can get from your gear at lvl 80.

In pvp your “Set stats” Is the amulet. As for pvp play vs pve play. Thats 2 very different worlds. Skill’s i use in pvp are very different than i use in pve. As are the stats i build for.

AngelofAwe.4972:

I’ve been lvl 80 for a while now and reset my traits quite a few times. basically i’m not TOO happy with the class atm, i expected them to be very tanky while dealing little damage…like a paladin.

however at lvl 80 and in full exotic armor my lvl 80 guild mate (warrior) has the same attack as me, MORE crit, MORE armor and MORE hp with way worse gear.

my latest reset was to full defense. i’m running a greatsword with knight exotic set and superior rune of the dolyak which gives me these stats:

2600 atk
38% crit
3200 armor
15250 hp

the 3 first are good but i completely lack hp….in pvp with my gear there i have about the same attack and crit but 2800 armor and 23000 hp. that works really well and i can sometimes beat enemies 1v2 with my greatsword.

The difference is that the pvp knight set has vit while the pve has toughness. If your 100% knight your missing a TON of vit. I personally am going to go cleric for my armor, knight for weapon, and Emerald for everything else most likely. I know cleric yuck it gives healing power but i have a ton of healing abilities in my tanky role i have set my self up with. While im not sure as to the crit rating ill have should be decent and my guess is 18k to 20k hp. But i’ve yet to be able to test it as sadly im only 51.

For greatsword only focus into zeal. As for the other 40 points depends on what your slot skills are.

Are you ele’s taking into consideration the thousands of burning damage you put on mobs aoe? Ele’s burn stuff faster than about anything i have ever seen.

Afraid i dont. I’ve heard its random for that weapon.

Well for guardians pve and wvw weapon builds are different. Most i see in pve use x and shield or greatsword. I personally use a sword and shield for the on call block skill and fast teleport ability. While in wvw i want something ranged and a greatsword as im not as worried about the teleport to opponites as with a greatsword i can just drag them to me with the skill 5. As for your 7-9 slot skills what do you use?

I duo with an ele. Im a tanky guardian. The ele will outlast me in a fight. Does twice my damage (Ok may not do twice my damage but still more than me) and normally has as much or more hp than me. They arnt weak. You just cant build a glass cannon and stand still.

Edit: I also know that hes always watching everything around us. If he over agro’s he runs to me knowing that while hes right ontop of me i have a lot of group support skills to prolong his life. And hes not afraid to swap elements.

If you like wvw i would go greatsword as its just imo the best of the guardian weapons and a ranged weapon. Staff if you like the ability to heal scepter and some offhand if you want to go a different route. As for the traits what do you like to do?

I do well. I have killed off groups of mobs to get to a group of players to revive them that were just killed by said mobs solo. (Mainly talking about the risen over by Lychcroft Mere waypoint where you get swamped by that krait spawns.) Over all i would say im very very hard to kill compaired to other classes.

I beleave its crafted using the mystic forge. You might have better luck buying it off the market though… Might be cheaper as well.

I personally love my guardian. I play Support tank/Support healer roles. I focus on power, toughness, and vitality. At 55 im going to be using cleric gear for my weapons and armor and something with vitality and power for my jewelery. Ill also carry a staff and scepter so i can play the healer role should it be needed.

The difference between rare and mastercrafted is not great if the items are both the same level. At level 50 i crafted my own rare weapon but the green that i could craft was literally just a few points off and in my eyes if your buying gear not worth the 20 to 30 silver difference you would have to pay.

Ok so a few questions.
1: Are you a glass cannon? If so yes your going to die a ton.
2: If not 1 is your gear up to your level?
3: Do you use your dodge correctly or are you just using it whenever its up?

CureForLiving.5360:

Lubrication.8734:

I piled toughness onto my necro and thought I was tanky, until a champion spider my level one hit me! lol

Necros are still cloth wearers in the end. I’ve found that dual-daggers, the aoe healing and life stealing tends to get me through some of the tougher fights. Granted I’ve yet to hit max level so for all I know level 80 champion spiders really are scary. But in general with the dodge system the idea is to not get hit, no matter the profession.

I can tell you as a guard decked out in toughness a champion of equal level is scary to tank and will one shot you at times.