Guild Wars 2

Nothing is sweeter than the tears of the vanquished!

Cele all the way.

You’ll have high precision and high ferocity so its a good fit for longbow.

I played celestial longbow trapper for a while but the lack of stunbreaks killed it for me.

Also I don’t think it does as much damage as zerk lb or condi survival.

As poor as the OPs argument was I have to agree.

They should focus on fixing the leaderboard, and getting more people playing.

And yes the budget for the WTS probably comes from somewhere else, like marketing. Well guess what, budgets can be moved!

If they really want GW2 to compete with the likes of LoL they have to go F2P. That is the only way they will get those sorts of numbers.

I think a PvP only F2P version has to happen. And we will all be better off for it.

Your probably not applying enough conditions, and/or using the wrong amulet.

Can’t help you without more information.

4/5/0/5/0 is the GS meta.

And when I say meta I mean it is the build calculated to do the highest damage.

Predators onslaught is a waste unless your party is providing perma cc’s.

You drop that to pick up hunters tactics and bountiful hunter.

Also you don’t need sotf if you have furious grip.

I really don’t understand your problem with dry top. I get keys from sw and pvp. Every time I’ve got about 10 I go to dry top during a sandstorm (second half of the hour).

I run from chest to chest, ignoring events, till I run out of keys. Then I leave.

Why is that so hard?

Your build is all over the place.

You have ok condition damage but no condition application.

You have marksmanship/longbow traits but no power, precision, or ferocity.

Untraited signets. One condition removal. Undead runes with no toughness.

And so on…

Start by fixing your gear.

If you want use longbow go full zerker.

If you want conditions use dire with shortbow or axe/ dagger and sword/torch.

If you want hybrid use celestial, and the same weapons as above.

I don’t care. Just don’t match me with people who double cap home, attack npcs, and rush far with a guardian.

I think a big part of using LR is that it helps give you distance.

LR → Hornets Sting → Monarch’s Leap

Is fantastic for staying alive.

As pointed out you are being kicked for being ranged and not melee.

If you do the same thing with ele or any other class, expect to get kicked.

Substance E.4852:

Tragic Positive.9356:

I was actually thinking…
Rangers are now becoming the new meta PvE class.
For Perma 25 Vulnerability stacks via Remorseless and RaO in addition to Frost Spotter. I don’t think I’m needing predator’s onslaught anytime soon.

I don’t even need a Greatsword for that. I’ll get my 10% through Strider’s Defense. And I was thinking that with Warhorn and pet swap trait the 2 blast finishers will fit just nice.

A potential 47.5% damage buff to 1h sword when flanking, with full endurance, and frost spirit will be very nice indeed.

I count 50%:

Steady Focus: 10%
Predators Onslaught: 10%
Hunter’s Tactics: 10%
Strider’s Defense: 10%
Peak Strength: 10%

Then Spotter and Frost Spirit

So thats 20% more damage that sword will have over GS, along with higher damage and faster attack speed.

Wondrouswall.7169:

I don’t think people are underestimating the new Remorseless, it’s more like the potential it provides are underwhelming in a group setting in PVE.

Yeh the things letting down GS in pve are aa damage and animation time. Neither of those appear to be changing yet.

That is clearly ventari

Yeh the only difference is 5 targets vs 3, same as it is now.

But there aren’t many open world instances where you need that 5-man maul.

Then it will still be way below sword/axe

I went celestial, longbow, traps:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fNAQNBjYDbkRlyVbXxbFqWD0HUrXgAYsZXBjQJ46KA-TpBFwACuAANOCA12fYxBBAaZAAPAAA

Seems you can go full offense in stronghold.

Maul isn’t going to be any easier to connect.

Getting it to connect twice is just never going to happen…

Considering that the weapons in the collection cost about 800g, paying 80 for the unlock doesn’t seem like such a big deal.

What annoys me is the pathetic rewards for completing the collection…like most collections.

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

Now I remember why I stopped visiting the discussion pages.

Does this discussion make you uncomfortable?

Totally agree. Even though some of the female models have thinner frames the boobs are still way too big. It makes them look like a porn star from the 80s…

And that’s not a good thing.

Get some nomad gear.

I think its way too early to call a meta for stronghold.

Even if people stop playing now they will still come back for the expansion.

So maybe its time we all just went outside for a little while.

Agree they need to do this, and soon.

I’d love a southsun kasmeer. Nothing like a semi naked woman following you into battle!

Yeh i’d like it if it gave the required amount too. Atm I’ve got 5 fossils in the bank but only 500 geodes.

Khisanth.2948:

mercury ranique.2170:

Cause you don’t port just before it lands. The burst doesn’t have any casting time. The animation is there to show you what happens, but the damage is done as soon as the animations started (the moment the warrior hits the skill).

Just checked this in Heart of the Mist. That is not true. The damage is at the end of the animation. Even while standing inside the test target the damage is not instant.

Yeh the exact opposite is true. Eviscerate is meant to have a tell so that you can avoid it.

OP must be lag. You can see your ping if you hit f11

krojack.4920:

stof.9341:

Try that : http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Stun_break

That list makes me laugh. 2 abilities for a Ranger vs. 4+ for every other class. LOL @ 6 for a Thief.

You don’t read so good do you?

Rangers have 4 stunbreaks, 1 auto stunbreak, and long stability uptime.

They already changed it so that you just get the rewards for logging in. The dailies are just meant to be for achievement points.

But seriously who cares about that?

It should be a unique event each day with a unique currency, and unique skins at the end.

Not armour, its the Balthazar outfit.

I’ve had terrible matchmaking today.

I’m really just…lost for words. How can it perform so badly?

Is the population just non-existent at the moment? That is the only explanation I can think of…

The rewards simply aren’t enticing.

I would suggest the dailies are tied to events that give a unique currency.

Currency is then used to buy unique skins, etc…

superpoopinater.7305:

As has been said the Warrior is easy to pick and and run with, but not so easy if you plan on mastering it, there are pit-falls that are very hard to overcome, and you hit that ‘skill-ceiling’ wall hard.
Considering you enjoy in-your-face type combat, like Renekton, I’d think you’ll enjoy playing Warrior, there are a fair amount of builds, some easier to use than others, with different strengths and weaknesses and even entirely different strategies/styles, as there are with all professions. There is always something so extremely satisfying about slamming into someone with your hammer, becoming the bull with Rampage, or charging an enemy zerg, setting up some combos or kills with Earthshaker, chasing or escaping with GS Rush and Whirlwind, and, if you spec for it, obliterating someone with a good Killshot.

PvE is pretty basic, GS is almost a must with the DPS on Hundred Blades, then you can mix it up with the secondary set, I like longbow personally. Banners, signets, and maybe a shout or two takes up your utility, and it’s fairly straight forward.
I’d definitely recommend giving it a try, very in-your-face, active, and aggressive, I don’t think you’d get even remotely bored of it in SPvP and WvW.

GS in pve is for stacking might actually. Axe has the highest DPS.

superpoopinater.7305:

As has been said the Warrior is easy to pick and and run with, but not so easy if you plan on mastering it, there are pit-falls that are very hard to overcome, and you hit that ‘skill-ceiling’ wall hard.
Considering you enjoy in-your-face type combat, like Renekton, I’d think you’ll enjoy playing Warrior, there are a fair amount of builds, some easier to use than others, with different strengths and weaknesses and even entirely different strategies/styles, as there are with all professions. There is always something so extremely satisfying about slamming into someone with your hammer, becoming the bull with Rampage, or charging an enemy zerg, setting up some combos or kills with Earthshaker, chasing or escaping with GS Rush and Whirlwind, and, if you spec for it, obliterating someone with a good Killshot.

PvE is pretty basic, GS is almost a must with the DPS on Hundred Blades, then you can mix it up with the secondary set, I like longbow personally. Banners, signets, and maybe a shout or two takes up your utility, and it’s fairly straight forward.
I’d definitely recommend giving it a try, very in-your-face, active, and aggressive, I don’t think you’d get even remotely bored of it in SPvP and WvW.

GS in pve is for stacking might actually. Axe has the highest DPS.

I find the GS skills incredibly boring, especially compared to guardian or ranger GS.

But axe/mace and rifle arevawesome fun!

Celestial might stacking, regen, support ranger.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fNAQRBHhx+1JjK0yiVsgvgQ1iBwEq2JQnGAvGV3N7CMxFsqB-TJRHwAFeCAAOJAh2f4YZAA

It was strong before the might nerf but still the best ranger build for me.

What you are suggesting OP is pretty much what they have in place now.

Practice = Practice
Unranked = Non-leaderboard match (new teams)
Ranked = Leaderboard match (pro teams)

Halan.7931:

Flippers (or Auction manipulators in other games) are parasites and leeches, just as stock/FOREX traders are in real life.

In my opinion, items bought from Trading Post should automatically become account-bound, and materials should go into some special part of the bank, from which they could only be used for crafting, so they can’t be resold.

Spoken like a true poor person. Someone else is good at something I am not, so they are bad people…

I’ve had some pretty amazing comebacks in PvP. Like down 200 points already.

I thought all the people on the top of the leaderboard were solo queuers…

Come on man, this is keeping the price of 20 slot bags down…

Be quiet!

You’ll get through it, don’t worry.

I had to craft a vision crystal yesterday, and I actually had to go farm some dust!

True story.

Working as intended…

If something is rare enough that you can buy up the entire supply, then it should be expensive.

It is completely driven by supply and demand.

Dante.1763:

Crell.6401:

Weren’t they mentioned as being part of the zone-reward tracks come HoT?

They where indeed. But we will see i suppose just how many completing a zone gives.

It will still crash the price compared to now. I’d be offloading for sure.

And if I wanted them I certainly wouldn’t be buying.

RoseofGilead.8907:

I don’t know that I’d call Nicholas The Traveler a daily, as he’s in a given location for a week. Plus, while the gifts would give you a CHANCE at something good, you’re more likely to just walk away with 10 sparklers or something.

The problem with using GW1’s system of Bounties, Vanquishing, and Missions for dailies is that GW2’s maps aren’t instances. So, if say you have a bounty to go kill a specific champion in Fireheart Rise, you’ll be competing with every other player trying to get the daily; you might zone in right after the champ was killed, and then you’ll have to wait around for the next spawn.

Missions would be neat to have for dailies, but right now, Personal Story is still not repeatable. Maybe once they can/want to make PS repeatable, then that could be a neat possibility.

Vanquishing couldn’t really happen because, again, maps aren’t created for each player party entering.

OK so an exact copy of gw1 dailies might not work in the current system.

But there has to be better alternatives to the current ones. Something like the guild bounties would be better than bosses for example.

Make people work a bit Harder, but give them better rewards like guild commendations.

Specifically I mean dailies like gifts of the traveller, and zaishan bounties.

The current dailies are so non-inspiring, I mean I really don’t care if I do them or not. Even if I want the achievement points I won’t do them. I’ll go do a jumping puzzle or a collection for that.

The traveller gifts were good because they gave you a chance at unique rewards, and the zaishen dailies gave a valuable currency.

The zaishen events were also a good incentive for ppl to party up and go explore. Something else lacking today.

What do ppl think?

You have to solo every dungeon naked. Then you win the game.

Rename Dragon Huner to Ranger…

Rename Ranger to Beastmaster…

I know, I’m a genius…

Mainhand Pistol.

Specialisation = Space Marine.

I’d prefer less crap but more space would also be good.