Guild Wars 2

Ele-warr-engi(deleted ~lv30)-necro(deleted~lv15)-thief

I tried ranger and mesmer in the mists lobby but even there couldnt get into them, I don’t like pet classes or ones where I rely on an artificial intelligence. Guard was strong but I can’t play a “holy” themed character no matter how good it is.

I will most likely try engi again some day but for now I’m satisfied having one of each armor tier at 80 geared and am just going to ascend my ele.

How much would you pay for an ascended weapon?

Op needs to man up and go full zerker.

If not made to work like kits, conjures should allow you to “consume” them for temporary boons with ~75% uptime if you don’t use all the charges.

spalt.6938:

“Bifrost’s projectile animation now affects Meteor Shower.”

Yes! Only i’d make it for healing rain because science.

ArmageddonAsh.6430:

I would go for a mix of Zerker and Vit gear, you WILL need Vit or you will be burst down easily, i have 17k health on mine and still burst down with ease :/

Vit protects you from melting to conditions, toughness protects you from shattering to burst.

OP: my advice is to gear offensively and trait defensively but if you take scepter you must take fresh air.

It takes something like 21 precision to increase crit chance by 1% so unless you are almost to the next percent it doesnt make sense to invest in precision.

I’m a lazy genius, I predicted this but didn’t take advantage of it.

Coldin.2840:

Dragonite seems….relatively easy. Since they drop from the frequently repeating world bosses and temples in large quantities, it won’t be too difficult to collect 100.

You actually need 500 for a single weapon. I don’t do world bosses much anymore because of overflows on tarnished coast, hopefully the fix they implement for that will make them fun again along with the revamps like Tequatl.

Qualx Halfbeard.3412:

Solo.9027:

I like that the rainbow hides the attack until it hits.

It’s actively bad for people to be able to hide an attack telegraph in WvW.

No, you see it coming just fine for dodging purposes but you can’t predict if it will cause a condition or which condition or what other skills will follow. A lot of people complain about ele telegraphing too much just by virtue of the attunement icon on our buff bar, this is a minor alleviation to those concerns, especially paired with lingering elements.

LordByron.8369:

could i question an economy in wich cutting a tree that won t attack back gets you more profit than fractal 79?

economy is fine only if you don t look at the game, oterwyse its just a mess.

Yeah, T6 trees on your map are basically “push a button and gain 30+ silver” but even low tier stuff can make nice coin since its so plentiful. Gummo trees can give like 5-10s each and theyre everywhere. It makes 1g dungeon rewards even more laughable.

These prices won’t last but I don’t see them dropping too far especially during SAB.

BlackBeard.2873:

I am contemplating taking 6x superior runes of the traveler. No more need for swiftness, opens up another util slot as they have a built-in signet of air. They also have great stats on them and give some boon duration. Only way it could be better is if the condi duration was -10% condi duration to self. THESE ARE REALLY GOOD!

Also, these are going to blow up in price b/c they replace 1x divinity.

I think its kittened that this rune set is better than practically every passive movement speed trait we have. I wish we just got a passive 25% buff from a minor trait in air, we already get outran by nearly every class.

On the question of if they are better than alternatives… compared to my ruby orbs i’d lose ~144 net stat points from power/precision but only gain ~120 spread thinly over somewhat useless categories of heal/condi/tough/vit. Now I’m not saying those are useless categories in general but adding a measly 30 stats each to them is useless.. and paying upwards of 5g x 6 versus practically free orbs(I am a jewelcrafter) its no contest.

I guess they could be palatable in a 2/2/2 configuration just for boon duration but that playstyle doesnt really interest me anymore.

zencow.3651:

I personally like it the way it is currently over the gazillion fireballs I’ve chucked and especially love the bouncing rainbow chain lightning. It makes Gust and Shock-wave pretty much identical to the auto-attacks and thus impossible to dodge.

This^

I like that the rainbow hides the attack until it hits. I only wish the projectile was a bit bigger, I got accustomed to chucking huge fireballs but the rainbow is only as big as water or stoning’s projectiles.

Also, I wish when we attack with no target in home cities that the projectile arc was still visible to show off. I can only show it off if I stand on a ledge…

Nike.2631:

ANY chest out on the landscape will give a few, and they will do so for EACH 80th level character that drops by once per day.

I did not know this, thanks. Seems like the only real challenging one is dragonite.

I’m putting off finishing my scepter until lfg tool comes out. I have yet to have gotten any dragonite(attempted once but balthazar failed) but have done some JP and WvW for empyreal mostly because that stuff is soloable/passive. I was done with bloodstones with just a few champion bags saved from doing my monthly over the holiday weekend.

Scrambles.2604:

silvermember.8941:

Theoretically, yes.

But in reality more like sokka if you PvP or do anything non AI related.

Congrats, you managed to squeeze some QQ out of the most innocuous of threads.

Ele forums tears were unaffected by the water magic nerfs.

Harvesting is probably the only thing alting rewards anymore. Let the altoholics have their bone.

One thing I really like about rainbow blasts as an ele is that you can’t tell what my attack will do to you until it hits. It used to be very obvious because of the huge fireball or bolt of electricity bouncing around, now its almost like an added distraction.

the 250-500 stack expander must be coming next patch, followed by a sale on bank tabs

Probably for people like me who have a legendary for one weapon but still want best stats for their other weapons without going through all the same hard work again. The way salvage drops everywhere I think it’ll just happen compared to having to make a concerted effort for each part of a legendary.

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

Leave now before your soul turns as black as mine.

Ironically I had to do that to some powergamer friends I made when the game was still new-ish. They kept telling me how good I was but when I introduced them to a friend who plays casually they kitten all over him in PM’s. I had to stop playing with them, they were great players but horrible people. Now I either solo or join randoms.

Quick question, did the daily also get reset?

I honestly can’t wait to try out my rainbow blast ele.

OMG just this morning I woke up early to play before work and finished the last 10 or so champions for my monthly just in case this happened! I love when sloppy code benefits me!

This is not the first time this has happened, FYI.

azurrei.5691:

Probably not – you will most likely have a choice of the other temple stat combo’s only. If you want “cheap” berserker gear, buy the named level 80 MF exotic drops off the TP (as berserker is one of the stat combo’s for drop gear) or craft an explorer’s set.

I did that for weapons and got my other gear with badges and made my own jewelry. I’m just being cheap and lazy, anyway no server seems to have the temple open so its a moot point. Thanks for your replies.

Wayfarer’s has magic find, can we swap that to berserker’s after magic find is removed from armor tomorrow?

P.S Wayfarer’s is the stuff sold at Melandru’s temple vendor.

Strang.8170:

Solo.9027:

With persisting flames you can give consistent group fury on top of might stacks so there really is no reason to aura share anymore. Whenever I run 30 water(not often) I just take cleansing water, even after the nerfs it got.

Because they removed the bonuses from actual auras…right?

Well, they did half the bonus from shocking aura+zephyr’s boon. That was really the last time I used auras regularly.

The actual auras are pretty lackluster anyway, outside of magnetic aura. The others don’t really encourage strategy because people generally just keep them on cooldown spamming them for swiftness.

Racial skills are supposed to be worse, its by design. Also, +1 to Ether Renewal.

With persisting flames you can give consistent group fury on top of might stacks so there really is no reason to aura share anymore. Whenever I run 30 water(not often) I just take cleansing water, even after the nerfs it got.

The difference is you can choose the ~300 power(berserker) or 15% crit chance(assassin).

Just swap in rampagers in your builder until it gets updated to see how much precision it would add. Personally, I’m not going to bother.

KOPPER.1458:

Also your minimum wage is really low. That is a little sad.

Thats federal minimum, and I agree its an embarrasment to this country but thats just the way it is.

I’m just showing that people who farm stuff they don’t enjoy are really wasting their time. If it makes you happy by all means knock yourself out.

bulk sales are a good way to waste a listing fee

Vol.5241:

When we had anchorage I was making 40g on week days. Made 100G on a Sunday
Now with invasions I’m at least 10G on weekdays, though I never sell my ectos so it could be higher.
Weekdays I farm for about 4 hours.

Not to pick on you but 40g/4hrs is like making half of minimum wage if you turned it into gems and then gold.
Currently you can make ~3.7-4g for every 100gems
80gems=$1
minimum wage is $7.25/hr before taxes which is about 21.5g
even after the average 25% cut from taxes its ~16g/hr
just sayin…

ilr.9675:

If it’s not a big deal…
then give me all of yours please. I’ll even get a Pay pal account to hold all of the Cheese you’d be willing to give up assuming you’re not a total hypocrite on this claim…

I don’t use paypal but I would be glad to snail mail you a slice.

Hours played is not representative of how much you actually play IMO. Lots of people idle in cities/HOM lobby much more compared to the amount of time spent in combat so seeing 1 death per hour played(simple deaths/age) is more like 3-5 deaths from time in actual combat.

I think it would be nice to see them implement invasion-style content specifically for Orr with a Zhaitan fight closer to the Jormag encounter and allow us to “cleanse” portions by claiming land the way you do in wvw. Then after 2 weeks just revert the map to a fully cleansed ruins for rebuilding. I think thats a living story more poeple would be interested in following instead of these minor villains we have been seeing.

TGSlasher.1458:

Leuca.5732:

We should create a thread to brainstorm alternative effects you can gain from investing in Arcana, because Arcana’s necessity will never cease until we have a fixed attunement cd. On a different note, I’ve considered removing Evasive Arcana and moving the dodge effects to minor/master traits across the lines, while increasing their effects.

Stop Drop and Roll also heals you but no condition removal (same as EA heal minus condition removal)

Take it one step further and move the cleansing wave from EA into stop drop and roll and change EA in water to proc frozen burst instead. Then move EA down to master tier and create some new trait, maybe one that reduces cooldowns globally or something. Makes 0/30/0/20/20 nearly as durable as the old bunker but less predictable because you can cleanse in any attunement, might have to increase the cooldown drastically though or decrease the healing amount.

Crystals are like 50 cents each, just skip adding cheese to your whopper for a couple days.

I’d settle for a command we can macro to change dyes or presets we could program with armors. It could be a selling point for their steelseries keyboards.

-Randomly shout attunement swap shouts IRL.
-Your non-player roommates know all your character’s attunement swap shouts but get them slightly wrong and you feel the need to correct them.
-When youre bored in a home city you cast 4 conjures as a ghetto-box-o-fun and watch people grab them and play.

There are several better looking scepters in the game. Plus this thing takes 100 charged lodestones to make. There are plenty of reasons it has been one of the bottom priced (in terms of precursors) since forever.

Considering that only a handful of exotic back pieces can be upgraded to ascended I highly doubt that armors will all get that kind of treatment. It would be nice though, I really like my current look.

I came here to post that screenshot gaspara, theres also a screenshot refering to a king toad weapon skin too:
https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/608b104-King-Toad-Wizard-Weapon.jpg

After my 1st one the only world completion I actively attempt is wvw maps and maps that award exotic gear(orr/frostgorge/fireheart). Maybe if they awarded BL keys more I would try other zones but its too much of a hassle for too little returns.

IMO the most fun pve build is 30/30/X/X/X in full berserker w/rubies+full ascended berserker. There is no reward for soloing arah bosses outside of bragging rights, at least with this build I can kill most anything else in a couple seconds and don’t need to rely on a conjure.

I was just messing around blazeridge (I think) on a level 55 when an invasion spawned on top of me, by the time it was over I was almost 58 and the next one in bloodtide coast got me to about 61. Its decent money as well, and the reward boxes give T6 which that character would normally not be able to get given its level.

I don’t like the new robot enemies though, especially with a zerg on top of them, you can’t see when they are attacking at all because theyre all tentacle-y and unpredictable. The big ones remind me of voldo from soul caliber.

The next SAB skins will be sold for 10 black lion claim tickets and 20% of your childrens gold earnings after you die.

But seriously I’d love a dagger pistol or focus, they could use themes from metroid/megaman for the pistol and some 8-bit wolverine claws for a dagger.

For someone who writes guides you are pretty uninformed, ham.

I bought my jade wall skin for 14g, which was much less than I threw away on those worthless coffers for no reward.

Now if someone would just post a winter’s dagger skin i’d have all the skins I ever even remotely liked. If not i’ll just buy it for ~500 gems iirc, if it becomes part of the anniversary sale.

Just buy the tonic, it lets you use your 1-5 skills while transformed.