Guild Wars 2

Is there an option to play a Ranger without a pet? I really don’t like pets but i do like bows and Ranger playstyle:) I only use birds because they are the smallest of all pets, but i am not sure if they are good for anything …
Necromancer has so many options to play without pets, while Ranger is left with zero options …
Now i’m looking for the smallest pet in the game:P

Is there a place where p/p Thief can really shine? Pve, Wvw, PvP? Or at least p/d? I really like the animations and style of double pistols Also i like to be a range thief, if possible. SB damage seems really low so i’m wondering about pistols …
Or do you more recommend me p/p Engineer?

Thank you very much for all your replies:) Looks like i need to focus more on offensive playstyle.

I am a bit confused about Toughness: sometimes i just get destroyed by some skilled players, from 100% health to 0 in 6 or 7 seconds before i realize what the hell has happened to me lol, no matter if i have zero or 1200 Toughness. So looks like that Toughness doesn’t help my survivability at all. Is it completely useless stat or what?

I am a returning player btw. I played Warrior in PVP and was doing (tanking) well about 2 years ago. I was able to survive for quite a long time 1vs1 and kill opponents slowly, but now it seems that Warriors have zero defense. I can get much better results on my Necromancer. At least i can stay alive much longer.
I don’t have HoT yet, but i hope this is not the case?

What have they done to Toughness and more defensive oriented Amulets? I can’t find those Amulets with Toughness and vitality any more … How can a Thief or some other Warrior sometimes completely destroy me in a matter of seconds? I have no idea how to react on such a huge burst. That’s why i take 1200 Toughness to help me survive longer but it doesn’t help at all.
Sorry for english …

Thanks for your replies, guys. I forgot to mention that i don’t have HoT yet. I’m gonna buy it next week. And looks like that without HoT there is no profession who can perform well in PvP?

What do you think is the strongest solo prof at this moment for spvp? I don’t have much time to play this game with friends and premade groups, and i’m also not that skillful player:), so i would like to join pvp only as a solo queue, occasionally, and i am wondering what prof would suit that kind of playstyle?
I mean being strong by my own, not rely on others too much. So what i’m looking for is good survivability and damage part if possible. I have been away from this game for more than a year and i have no clue what’s going on
Ty for your time and sorry for english …

Yes, please, add more Amulets! At least add some with more than 3 stats. We only have three Amulets with 3+ stats and one of them is Celestial.

GS + Mace/shield is super easy. Toughness, Precision and Power.
Condi Sw/Warhorn or shield + LB, Shoutbow, is also very simple but less effective.

Warrior or Necromancer are both easy and very effective while Thief and Elementalis both require skill. Engieneer, depends of build, could be one of the hardest class in the game but if you play it with only one kit it’s not that hard but less effective.

To start with i recommend Warrior with Knight amulet for better defensiveness, GS + Mace/Shield or GS + Hammer. You can also be very effective as GS + LB.
Necromancer is probably the king of surviving, if you are pretty new to the game.
If you don’t want to be one shoted stay away from Thief

Darjian.6527:

Hello Hello,

I am fully aware that the longbow is a far better option in terms of range warrior but my love for muskets in fantasy wins over reason.

LB is not a better option than Rifle, atleast not, if you play both weapons with power builds. Condi builds and Traited LB have much better AA than Rifle and that is it, while Rifle can “shine” as a single target power weapon.

Rifle is still a beter ranged option than LB, if you play non condi builds … Power LB i don’t do any dmg. I’m forced to take Rifle over LB for WvW, if i need a ranged weapon.

I mean is there any class who can beat LB Ranger in open world?

The damage really is a bit too high sinc last big patch. If you are new to the game and you insist of playing a Thief, go with more defensive than offensive stats and traits, like Vitality, Toughness or Healing and Power. You can take Celestial Amulet, best one for begginers. Don’t forget to use Stealth as much as you can to avoid dmg. Your dmg won’t be great but you will survive longer.
Avoid Sword. Take D/P + SB or if you want to have easy time try double pistol and try to not stay in melee range, because melee attacks hit harder than ranged ones.

Better advice: start with a Warrior, Ranger or Necromancer. Thief only has 12k base health, while Warrior and Necro both have 18k and rAnger 15k or something like this.

As a Thief your job is to Blind and Weaken your opponents to avoid big hits …

GS? I would say Axe/Mace (Axe) …Hmm, ok then. What about the worst one? Rifle or LB?

Could someone rank weapons/weapon sets from the best single target dmg to worst?
Something like:
1. Axe/Axe(Mace)?
2. GS?
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7. LB?

I really need to know this. Ty

Kill Shot is ok. It is much harder to hit a running opponent with Combustive Shot or get a full benefit of it on your LB.
With Kill Shot you at least have a chance to hit someone, while LB burst skill … You can just walk away from it, not even need to doge it. Hopefuly Berserk will solve this issue on LB.

online.1278:

since this weapon set only attack single target, what is your intend and purpose? Maybe dueling?

What? Both weapons hit multiple (three) targets.

Hi! Do you ever use Hundred Blades in PvP? So easily interrupted, dodged, you can’t move for 3.5 seconds … Any sugesstion when and where is the right time to use this ability if ever or this is a pve only skill?

But the AA dmg won’t change with increased range … Same damage, but from 300 or 450 range …

Why do we need to activate Berserk every 15 seconds to get acess to Primal Burst? Can’t we have it as a passive way?

Sabre.8627:

Staff is good because it’s a 2h weapon which means more damage if you go into death shroud while wielding it, you don’t get that with axe/dagger since they took the flat damage buff trait off axe.

I didn’t know that! Tnx for info! So Staff in death shroud means more dmg than one handed in ds? Why tooltip doesn’t show that?

Do you think it could work for PvP and pve? One set with Dagger main hand onother one with Axe to maximize my damage? I don’t get much benefits from my Staff, so i’m thinking to replace it with Axe instead to increase dmg, but i’m not sure if this is a good idea Anyone can share some builds and tips?

What about Dagger/Wh + Staff, Wells, Power build?

It doesn’t suit with other Dagger abilities. I would like to see the range increased to 240 or 300. 600 would be appreciated It doesn’t make sense that aa on dagger is the only melee ability necros have.

Thank you

Hi! I’m new to the Guardian and i have a question about Greatsword’s Whirling Wrath. Tooltip says it’s 600 range but whatever i do i just can’t hit anything, if i’m not standing within melee range (130). So what is this 600 range meant for? Reflecting Projectiles?

Also i have another question about Virtue of Courage passive effect? How often it acctivates Aegis? Tooltip again doesn’t says anything about it, except every few seconds. That could be every 5 secs or every 60 secs … I need more specific answer.

Ups, my bad. I’ve just checked classic GW2 build editor page and there is no elite spec for Revenant added yet.

I see that all other professions will have access to sixth, elite spec, with exception of Revenant? Why no Elite spec for Revenant?

Kapranos.2941:

Thief needs quick reactions and playing fast.

Hmm, that depends of your build and weapons. If i go D/P + Sb or P/D it is very simple playstyle: D/P #3, + autoattack, #2 when target is below 50% health, Stealth, Steal … I mean it’s a lot of fun but dmg is a bit low. But i feel like i’m unkillable: Weakness and Blindness on my target almost all the time, + great healing and condition removal. I can heal for each initiative spend.

Any idea of Reaper weapon choices? Greatsword for sure, then what? Dagger or Axe? Or even Staff, maybe?
I think i will go GS + Dagger.

I sometimes use celestial for my Warrior and Guardian. So it’s not only ele, necro thing. I’m sure that condi Mesmer can use it as well.

I just can’t decide which one should i go for, mostly for PvP and WvW. I already have lvl 80 Warrior, Elementalist (will be deleted soon, too complicated) and Necromancer. I enjoy Warrior and Necro and hate being Ele: doesn’t suit my playstyle.

Now i would like to try Thief or Guardian, but i don’t know what are procs and cons of these too professions.
I created both of them, lvl 2, and sent them to Mists. As a Guardian my dmg is just insane even if i don’t know what i’m doing lol, while Thief dmg, surprisingly, seems very very low. Like that i need three or four times longer to kill anything …
I would like to go with something which is easier, because i’m more of a casual player. That’s why i can’t stand on Elementalist which is disgustingly hard and boring to play with millions of keybinds, like that i need 20 fingers and every 2 seconds new Attunement lol.
Thief and Guardian both looks much easier. Help me pick up the one which is easier.
Sorry for english …

Hi! I have some questions about Scepter usage in higher levels.
I’m leveling my Necro (lvl 37 right now) with Scepter/Dagger + Staff condition gear and mobs die surprisingly fast I have tried all weapons and i must say that Scepter is the best leveling weapon: great aoe and great burst + great help from Staff #2 and #3. Dagger is ok too, but dmg is not that high for solo killing multiple mobs and it requieres melee range and i don’t find much synergy with Staff.

And how is Scepter at lvl 80 PvP, WvW and dungeons? I see almost every necros are runing Power Daggers for Dungeons. But what about PvP and WvW: is Scepter of any good there? I really like Scepter + Staff.
Sorry for english …

What about condi Warrior: any better?

We have access to 58 Runes, more than 42 weapon Sigils but only 18 Amulets?
I mean we have unique Celestial Amulet with mixture of all stats and others with only 3 or 4 stats. I don’t understand a logic behind this.
I would like to see something with 5 or 6 stats, like X condi, X Power, X Precision, X Vitality and X Toughness …
You should add at least 10 new Amulets

Thx, guys, that’s very helpful I will give this phantasm build a try.

Is there any viable PvP or WvW build which doesn’t force me to destroy all of my clones and phantasms? I would like to keep them alive as long as possible, max their dmg and make them more survivable. I would like to find a way to always have atleast two of my illusions fighting on my side. I just want to try something completely new

Sword is not the only condi weapon: Traited LB does more condi damage then sword.
But you are righr: Sw #3 has to be reworked completely or at least add some Burning or Bleeding on it and reduce physical dmg.

You need to play it defensively: Toughness, Healing Power and Condition are your stats.
Survivability is great, dmg is not bad at all.
LB (traited! to get burning on aa) + Sw + Warhorn for mobility, weakness and condi removal. You can replace Warhorn with Shield or Sword if you really want to.

What do you think about Sw/X + LB with some mixture of condition, power and precision gear for dungeons, soloing elites and open world? No Ferocity, no Vitality, no Healing power, maybe some Toughness …

Hmm, engineer hard? One of the easiest profession in the game, if you don’t equip more than one kit. Go with double pistol and elixirs + elixir gun: it can’t be easier. Try Rifle + bombs and gadgets: simple again.
If you want to complicate things, sure, you can try with Rifle + grenades + turrets lol.

Thx for infos

What is the difference between these two types of weapons besides Legendary can be sold on tp?
Does it take more effort to craft Legendary or Ascended weapon?
What about changing visual appearance trough transmutation charge? Possible for both types of weapon?

Happened to me yesterday on my mesmer 3 times in a row: The best 1 v1 build right now: Engi appears from stealth, burns you and before you realize what happened you are Moa and next second later you are dead. You can’t dodge, because you are dead in one second. And they say engineers are no good in pvp lol.

Video has been deleted: And i don’t understand what op wants to say. I really have no idea what the word “sheath” means? English is not my mother’s language.

Anyway Mesmer GS aa is completely bugged: i get some huge numbers if i just channel auto attack for 10 + seconds on a training dummy: starts with something around 900 dmg per first hit and after that every other hit i get increased numbers, something like 1280 – 2200 – 3400 – 4000 -5000 -……-12000! Lol. 12k with aa??? What are these numbers? I’m sure they are not damaging numbers, otherwise i would kill anything within seconds just with auto atttacking it.

AlphatheWhite.9351:

*I should note that corruption is on my scepter because this is also my pve setup.
Staff is far and away superior for pve, so in SW and dungeons I stack up corruption on the scepter then swap back to mainly staff play.

Sorry for being off topic but i need to ask you how do you play dungeons with Scepter + Staff? Usualy people would just laugh if they see me using condition weapons for dungeons. But i don’t enjoy any more GS + Sw/X so i am wondering is it possible to use my WvW condi gear + Staff/Scepter in pve aswell? I don’t have that much gold to buy another exotic gear with power, prec and ferocity just for dungeons …

Try condi or hybrid Warrior: LB + Sw/Sw or Warhorn (could be shield too). Shoutbow Settler or Celestial or Rabid imobilization build, they are both ok. And don’t forget to Trait your LB: you can get 1000 -1200 burning per 1,25 seconds just from LB autoatack.
I don’t find GS + LB optimal: one is power and another one hybrid, more condi weapon. To max dmg on your LB you just have to use it as condi weapon. Power LB is not that strong. Take GS + Rifle, if you insist to play GS + range weapon.

Quickness: “Skills and actions are 50% faster.”

What does that mean? That, for example, my two second casting spell will became one second cast? My autoatack will shot/hit twice as fast as without it? That’s how i understand the “skills” part. But i’m sure that i’m wrong
I have no idea what “action” could be.

Oh, well … So many options how to build your char but only ONE is optimal/recomended for Dungeons? What a great game … Why do we have different weapons then and different builds? Just for fun?
Anyway, thx for your replies, guys. I will stay on my Warrior for dungeons.

I really enjoy so much with my condi Mesmer in PvP, WvW and open world. Only place i havent entered yet are dungeons. Not sure if i should give condi a try or not for that part?
If yes, do i use Scepter/Torch only or should i swap to Staff if mobs and bosses are not moving much?