Guild Wars 2

Ps. If even if the pure axe build is the new optimal build that doesnt make it the best warrior build for casual dungeons or fractals. For example in fractals you probably wont always have 25 might so a 30/25 warrior would be much better + they have more versatility and better solo ability with that build. The difference between the builds isnt so large that 30/25 is no longer on option. The only time you should be worried about completely being 100% optimal is in a proper speedrun when going for a record. Rest of the time just go for something which is effective in the kind of group you are playing with.

Still have no idea why people dont just clear the scavengers and oozes first in a casual run. Completely avoids the risk of this bug. And it really doesnt increase the time more than about 20 seconds max.

The self bleeds are not an issue. I went thru my entire lupi solo with self bleeds.

38…. nothing!
30…. nothing!
20…. nothing!

Woo!

Well thats funny because i almost phase skipped with no undead sigil and 30/30 today. Only exotic gear. Pretty casual 22k reflects.

Im leaning towards 30/30/0/0/10 power as the probable new meta. I need to check if the 50 precision is worth more than 50 ferocity though.

My mesmers new fashionable look.

Hybrid was never good for dps in the first place.

Yep will be updating at some point this week. I need time to check things though.

All it does is stop cof/ta farm which they already fixed when they added the daily end reward. :P

Only daily end rewards were capped at once per day. Boss chests inside dungeons are now capped at 1 per day. Which is kind of silly seeing as they already had terrible loot.

Attack never meant anything. They removed it because it only caused confusion.

My prediction about stacking sigils being exploitable was correct. Only downside is you can no longer double stack.

lol

Maybe they replaced the ac troll with the hotw troll. Someone go confirm it for me.

@Lilith

I would actually buy the Dredge mini pack if they implemented that.

They both have their advantages and disadvantages in wvw. I dont like the random nature of dhuumfire and if im fighting multiple opponents CtD is going to be better. Plus they could cleanse it.

I suspect its not going to be worth it to take dhuumfire after the patch. But it doesnt concern me as I always run CtD anyway.

Im probably going to start using 30/30/0/0/10 power with the new curses grandmaster for wvw roaming. Should be some pretty nasty burst if your oponent stacks those boons. Dark path to strip, then proc spinal shivers. Gonna have some nice boon control and power burst on squishier targets.

I know and im saying that because your response completely ignored the point that thats how those bosses are designed and how they are supposed to work.

So you agree with us then?

The ooze has nothing to do with stacking. Thats just a safe spot. Using a safe spot is exploiting. All the other examples are different.

All the others are simply stack spots so players can burn the boss faster with fgs/ww. There is no exploiting of mechanics because those bosses are designed to only use certain attacks in melee and certain attacks when ranged. Most bosses work like this. By your logic no matter what you do you are exploiting because you will bypass either a ranged or melee attack at all times. When in reality its how the bosses are designed and how they are supposed to work.

Weve been asking for more reliable finishers for months. Anet dont seem to care and seem to have no problem with leaving necro as the bottom tier class for pve.

Axe 3, warhorn 4 and dagger 5 are all commonly suggested blasts. Focus 4 and dagger 4 could be projectile finishers.

I recommend recording with msi afterburner and then using virtualdub to compress using the Xvid MPEG-4 Codec. My original recordings are all very jittery but once i compress them with vdub the smoothness improves and the quality is kept.

You can find tutorials on how to setup afterburner video recording on youtube.

The positives are that despite necro being the bottom class in pve it is still perfectly viable and can pull its weight in casual runs.

Plus its a monstrously good class in WvW. And pretty fun.

As far as I can tell the standard build for groups will still be 30/25/0/0/15 even after the patch. Runes may change so I will be updating my guide once I know for sure how much will change.

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Dalanor.5387:

Lilith Ajit.6173:

guanlongwucaii.3162:

arguing with him is like arguing with a certain famous english poet, or the two incoherent idiots (our beloved minion master fanboy and the warrior fanboy), or any other number of idiots in these forums.

burning guardians come to mind.

What’s depressing is that in the past week I pugged with 2 separate guardians who used the burning build quite proudly…

I just don’t know anymore guuuyssss

I knew it that the dark side of elitism will devour you slowly!
Don’t resist!
-evil laugh-

~shudders~

I can’t even think of a good RP reason for a burn guardian.

My holy fire will cleanse your soul!

Can you read?

I said those are things necro can provide to help pull their weight. Yes necro has good access to cc for removing defiant but many necros tend to use fear and spread mobs out which is bad. Weakness can be done better by warriors and thieves or by using a consumable. Most mobs dont have boons to corrupt. Vuln can be done better by ele, thief and engi. Necro does have the best access to chill but thats not the most useful or widely used control condition in high end pve.

Necros are fairly decent for fractals but the lack of group buffing is what makes them selfish and is the reason i rarely take mine over the ele (which can do everything necro can do and more).

In response to your last statement. That just seems as though you dont know guard/ele/thief/warrior/mesmer very well. As they can all provide more meaningful utility than necro. I would know, i play all these classes in high level pve. Necro is my main but im fully aware of its position compared to the other classes and I wont allow myself to be fooled just because its my favourite class.

I could of maintained my scholar rune bonus better by using my heal a few extra times. Different runes could of been an option aswell. Plus focus 4 bugs on lupi and seems to fail to bounce a lot. If I can get it to bounce more I would get more vuln and more regen to help maintain my hp. Also untargeting lupi while casting BiP is probably something I should of done.

Dub holds the record for necro (http://youtu.be/fryNu0KS8iQ). Condi just destroys lupi in phase 1 and 2 so its very hard to beat with berserker. Berserker has the advantage in phase 3 though.

Yeah you generally only use at the end of a fight or if you desperately need a dodge. Using combustive shot for a fire field is nice though.

Also in cliffside fractal when doing the arm seals you should spam combustive shot on the side your group is stacking at. This will immediately pull the group as they spawn and stop them healing the seal.

Its not a proper record as condi is still faster. But I wanted to get a relatively smooth berserker kill before the patch (ignore me tanking a kick like a scrub). Sub 8 minutes is possible but sadly I wont have time before the patch to redo it. Enjoy.

http://youtu.be/Nk2NNMxp3t4

I will probably get round to beating the condi necro record at some point after the patch, although dont hold your breath. Condi necro bores me to death.

See you in linksville! :<

Necro is unwanted in pve due to its selfish nature. After the patch it will have more healing but necro already had decent group healing. And healing is not needed/bad to focus on in pve.

The things necro should provide in pve to pull their weight are cc, chill, weakness and vuln. Blinds and condition removal can also help. All these things can be covered by other classes for less sacrifice which is why necro is pretty much never wanted in pve. It can work nicely but its the least useful class of the lot. And if you are picking a party composition you would never take necro if you had free choice.

Necro isnt terrible. But it is the worst class in pve and it has problems in certain aspects of pvp and wvw. I wouldnt recommend rolling one for pve thats for sure.

Its according to the lupi compilation thread rules. Prebuffing and pushing to wall is allowed. And all the latest records have taken advantage of that.

Id post this in the balance section. And i agree. Flesh wurm summon should be faster. You can run to the same spot with swiftness in the same it takes you to summon flesh wurm. Still wouldnt be as good as an instant blink so it wouldnt improve necros mobility much but it would help a little.

Yeah you use to be able to do a lvl higher than anyone in the party by getting someone to come to the same overflow as you when you opened. Then they could leave and it wouldnt revert back.

Currently it switches to the highest remaining PRL in the party on instance change. So if you got someone to open 50 at the start, if they are outside of fractals or not in the party and everyone else in the party is below 50 the fractal will reset to the highest remaining PRL and i believe the host also switches (havent confirmed this). Its annoying because it means while leveling you need to make sure your host/highest opener is inside and not repairing when switching to the next fractal. Thankfully we only experienced this once because fractals are account bound xD.

Also theres the issue of host switching without you being aware of it and then the new host switches character and destroys the instance. Its a flawed system, there should be someway to identify who is the host at all times.

Overall gs doesnt need a buff. The f1 needs changing though. If it had a shorter cast time without a root then it would be ok for getting fury.

Well thats where the problem lies. His post wasnt insulting unless you are the most easily insulted person on the planet in which case even saying hello to you would be considered an insult. I guess we interpret posts differently.

But you’ve just confirmed my point by admitting you were trying to be rude to me by implying something based on an assumption with no real evidence. The difference between you and him is that you were intentionally being rude and he was simply stating his opinion which some people may take offense from. You cant please everyone with an opinion so i dont consider opinionated posts as “insulting posts”.

Its a really bad filter and its been discussed to death. I know players with 13k+ AP that have never set foot in a dungeon. I also know new players with less than 2k AP who are already running meta builds, learning fast and doing well.

People are free to filter however they like. Its a silly requirement but theres nothing wrong with it. People who dont read requirements are the real problem with the lfg system at the moment.

Im well aware Star Ace’s posts look reasonable. Ive seen his replies a number of times now. Its just cleverly disguised.

You might claim to be against intolerance but you seem to be very biased. Sometimes your posts really irritate me because you call someone out for being rude when they really werent just so you can have another go. Atleast thats what it seems like. And its always a meta or zerk player.

No offense to you. But you genuinely come off as very biased and anti meta in my eyes simply because of who you consistantly respond to and how you mention something which is completely reasonable but it implies they do the opposite (this is rude whether you intend it to be or not).

Example:

If you think it’s OK to mock others for not doing things your way, be my guest, but that’s where true toxicity lies.

This sentence implies that you are accusing me of thinking its ok. I know thats not what you meant to do, but it seems that way and it was an unnecessary sentence to begin with. Your posts often include these implications.

I dont believe you actually read his post Star Ace. I consistantly see you attacking meta players and accusing them of being toxic and rude when in actual fact they arent. They are expressing a valid opinion and their frustration due to players not reading their lfg posts.

I can only assume you have a have a serious vendetta against all meta players and use any slightly emotional post as a tool in which you can attack them and make it clear how much you hate these “elitist jerks”. Really it just makes you look like intolerant and ignorant. Because the toxicity goes both ways and ive seen far more non meta players being abusive, toxic and intolerant than I have meta players doing the same.

Dalanor.5387:

moiraine.2753:

Spoj The Second.7680:

moiraine.2753:

Well there are few things to consider:

• Zerker is needed for Pre-made speed clearing dungeons
• Zerker is needed in PvE Open world for better rewards because more dmg you do more loot you receive
• Zerker is NOT the worst thing in WvW

FTFY

Duno but i don’t see how a zerker can survive a blob in WvW.Arent they too squishy?

Roaming is still part of WvW.

Also good players and/or certain classes have no trouble surviving blobs in berserker. People really do overrate passive defense. In a situation where the blob would melt you it probably wouldnt make much difference what gear you had. All other situations you can avoid the majority of the damage by smart positioning.

moiraine.2753:

Well there are few things to consider:

• Zerker is needed for Pre-made speed clearing dungeons
• Zerker is needed in PvE Open world for better rewards because more dmg you do more loot you receive
• Zerker is NOT the worst thing in WvW

FTFY

Yep. To add to point 4. Armour scaling in fractals was reduced and even before that it wasnt worth using condition damage unless you were doing scale 70 dredge.

Burst aoe on power builds is enough. Its not ideal but it works. And you dont sacrifice single target dps to get it.

There is no current warrior/mesmer meta.

5 eles

Depends on the situation. With sub par might and vuln, camping gs is far superior to using axe mace.

I dont really feel gs needs a buff. Arcing slice could do with a rework though.

I dont think rng skills are a good idea. Look at engi for example.

Let me clarify what they meant on the stream.

As it stands if you complete a zone you recieve some random rewards with a chance for transmutation stones or black lion keys. If you complete a city you get a guaranteed 3 trans stones. People were concerned that with the removal of stones and new charge system that no charges would be awarded on city/map completion. The devs simply confirmed that a transmutation charge would be awarded instead of a 3 trans stones after the patch.

There is no difference in rewards for map completion. You will still have a chance for black lion keys after the patch. You will still have the same chance for keys/trans charges as before.

What runes do you use in wvw?

Im still unsure about what I will be using. At the moment ive just been using my pve armour (berserker with scholar runes) and its been fine.

Players have a lot more armour than most pve mobs so there will be difference. My necro only seems to hit about 4.5k lifeblast in wvw on most people. But then i often dont have much might or vuln.

And back to referring to spammy builds. I said the max ive ever spammed lifeblast was 3 times. That was when people were running away at 1000 range. In a regular fight ill hop into DS and unload a single lifeblast (maybe 2 on some occasions) while using either doom, wail of doom, dark pact or tainted shackles to lock them down. Even on the DS build i spend a lot of time using dagger to kill people.

This is why I will probably be scrapping deathly perception after the feature patch. In favour of a 30/30/0/0/10 or 20/30/0/0/20 power build.

Rob.6934:

I can’t believe I found someone who thinks like me that it’s not such a bad idea to use and abuse necro conditions.
I know that a bers necro can deal a nice damage, but it will be always replaced by a warrior, so what’s the point?

At the moment I’m using a full rabid equip with runes of perplexity, running a 30/30/0/0/10 build, and I love it. Especially when it comes to use a skill a the right second to interrupt a mob. Or to use epidemic to give burning, poison, chill, blind, vulnerability, weakness, bleeding and 3 stacks of confusion to the mobs around.

I know we’re not talking about 30k damage in 2 seconds, at least not on a single target, but I still think I’m more useful in fractal than any other “omg-only-bers-pro-ping-gears” who’s not able to dodge at the right time or uses the same skills on any encounter.

You dont need to be condi specced to use chill, weakness, poison, cripple, vuln and blind. Warriors have their use in fractals (very durable and op defiant stance skill bypasses every trap and high damage attack). But warriors dont have a lot of group utility that is important in fractals. They can provide plenty of cc and weakness with hammer, mace and warhorn and banners are important to have. But stacking warriors is highly inefficient. Id take a good necro over a 3rd warrior any day.

Not always true. You can take damage after dodging the barrage simply because the projectiles splash outside of the circle, sometimes really far. But yeah if you know the animations well enough you should only recieve 3 ticks of damage maximum in that situation.