Guild Wars 2

Minions AI issues >>
- They don’t always attack our target.
- They don’t switch targets when we do.
- They don’t quit combat when we do.
- They shouldn’t attack unless we do even if they were hit. ( This issue forces us to enter combat mode when we don’t want to )

All of these issues are fixed , hail Anet !
We are meta now
With Rise! Reaper’s skill , we will be gods

All of these issues are fixed , hail Anet !
We are meta now

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Minionmancers-are-saved/first#post5414089
Gonna try it in 10 mins

I hope that it’s fixed once and for all

Are there other minions AI issues ?
Is there any answer from the developers ?

Let’s keep bumping the topic till we get a dev’s reply.

I just saw the movie few hours ago

We need a developers confirmation about whether the minions AI will be fixed on HoT release. I heard that there will be general AI changes on the release ,but what about the minions one ?
Minions AI issues >>
- They don’t always attack our target.
- They don’t switch targets when we do.
- They don’t quit combat when we do.
- They shouldn’t attack unless we do even if they were hit. ( This issue forces us to enter combat mode when we don’t want to )

Nothing beats a charr necro
The skull along with flaming tail are amazing.
Don’t mind my little undead chicken

Reaper and berserker will be sworn enemies
Corrupt or MM reaper( with Rise! and corrupt minions traits ) will melt zerker with his own flames
They are really the opposite , zerker is one of my favorite specs along with the reaper.

NeXeD.3042:

necrofail143

So optimistic

What Greatsword skin did Anet use while representing the Reaper ? ( The dark/Black one )

Do facets affect me as well as allies ?
What about Shared Empowerment ?

Bhawb.7408:

Soldier is only worth running if you are new to the build and don’t know how to survive bursts. After that the massive sustain increase with healing power outpaces the initial 8k HP, you’ll heal for more than that every fight, easily.

Focus OH is another noob trap, you’ll never hit Focus 5 on a decent player, and WH is amazing in a ton of ways.

I checked both my HP and LF after swapping soldier with cleric gear , I lost 10K HP and 7K LF . I don’t think that the increasing in healing power which poorly affects Vampiric Presense and Transfusion outpaces 17K total HP !
As for Focus 4th skill can apply 12 stacks of Vulnerability to a single target which increase minions damage by 14% along with healing them. Ripping the boons of vets and champs is good as well. WH is useless in PVE when compared with focus.
Is spite 3,2,2 better than soul reaping 3,2,1 for MM ? Close to Death affects minions , right ?

Bhawb.7408:

This is the base of every good MM build, at least until Reaper hits. D/WH is mandatory because Immobilize is OP, and Dark Pact paired with Bone Fiend’s Rigor Mortis is an eleven second immobilize delivered in 3 batches, five hits total, which makes it near impossible to deal with if you layer it correctly. Flesh Wurm is a stun break, and a strong one, plus the shadowstep of Necrotic Traversal allows you to get out of bad situations, or even better rotate quickly between points along with Locust Swarm’s swiftness. Wail of Doom allows you to interrupt basically everything that can be interrupted, and if you need it Life Siphon is a massive heal in Clerics gear.

Clerics gear is used because you are a minion master, not a necromancer who takes minions but doesn’t really care about them. It more than doubles Transfusion’s healing, 32% boost to Life Siphon, and a small boost to siphoning, plus whatever it does for your heal. It will also apply to almost every trait you take in Blood Magic. Remember, with your minions up you have up to 100 extra toughness, 4-5 conditions removed every 10s, 4-5 conditions transferred every 10s to the enemy, and around 150 healing per second from procs, on top of around 2k DPS from the minions. If you go Soldier gear, you end up losing out on all those benefits a huge amount of the time, for the benefit of higher HP and power, neither of which are needed.

Won’t This build be better for a PvE MM ? http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRIQNAW4djM0QTN2WDe1A7NOmGqZLfBVgcAKgAgeC3QKA-TByFwAEuoC0U+ZS9nBPpAg7PcR3DAlgaN/RKgtGWB-e
More HP = more LF ( LF = 80% health ) , staff is the only AOE weapon we have + it has great support ( Land marks then switch to D/F ) , focus is a must for applying vulnerability , regeneration and ripping boons. Sigil of water\frailty are amazing specially with the staff AOE attacks and the fast dagger ones.

There you go
http://de.gw2skills.net/editor/?vRIQNAW4djM0QTN2WDe1A7NOmGqZLfBVgcAKgAgeC3QKA-TByFwAEuoC0U+ZS9nBPpAg7PcR3DAlgaN/RKgtGWB-e

I heard that Reaper Shroud is the strongest Reaper’s skills at the moment. As being a MM necro ( won’t change it for any thing ) I think that specially to MM , Staff/GS would be the best combination along with Soldier ( PVT ) gear.
As for traits , I belive that the best ones would be Blood 333 , Death 111 & Reaper 331.
I have a question here , how did you manage to spawn horrors while having the other six minions at once ? Did you use rise! then switch back to bone minions ?

I love minions very much . Even with all minions bugs at the moment , I still believe that MM is the best build in GW2. I always wanted a specific weapon for MM , modifying axe and adding torch that summons flaming minions would be amazing !

Reminds me of GW1 MM ( One man army )
I bet it took a lot of effort to keep the horrors alive for 90 seconds

Is there any way to force my minions to attack my target instead of a foe that attacked me/them before 10 seconds ? ( actives won’t work if the distance between the desired and the other foe is more than the actives range )

Whenever I use a minion active skill , it does it without getting in range first which waste Golem, Shadow & Bone actives. All other summons get in range before using their actives. Anet really need to fix this bug. Is it related to the AI bug ?

starlinvf.1358:

Sounds like it would only work in PvE, where everything is one big AOE attack. So I rate this 0.5 out of 1, for being half an idea.

More than half of our skills/utilities are AOE ! . It would be useful in PvP/WvW as well.

Silverkey.2078:

It is actually something I thought of. Very useful in PvE, not sure about PvP since a big part of the job is not necessarily dodge AOEs but just avoid being inside them. I don’t think it will be OP especially since they would probably adjust their HP somewhat to rebalance it.
On one hand, I don’t think Anet likes pet class/builds because they are brainless, but on the other hand, if you start to be in charge of their survival more than is currently possible, that makes it less brainless.

Exactly what I was thinking , many players say that any build which is focused on summons is brainless. Well I think that it require more tactics than any other build especially when the summons have sequence utilities. Focusing on both you and your summons is obviously not brainless !

I believe that it will be fair to give all our summons invulnerability/distortion whenever we evade. If we can evade any AOE , why wouldn’t they ?! . Illusions/spirits/spirit weapons/minions/pets/Fellow thieves and the elite summons should get it. Don’t say it will be OP as it’s our right to have this as a baseline.

I think that it will be fair to give all our summons ( for necro = minions ) invulnerability/distortion whenever we evade. If we can evade any AOE , why wouldn’t our minions ?! . Illusions/spirits/spirit weapons/minions/pets/Fellow thieves and the elite summons should also get it. Don’t say it will be OP as it’s our right to have this as a baseline.

TheBlackLeech.9360:

The Demonic Spirit.3157:

Papish.5806:

fellblade is a Hall of Monuments skin, not black lion chest.

I know as I was talking in general , I have been playing gw1 since 2008 and got 30 HoM points. But fellblade effects are not worth it

yeah…. sadly it looked much better in gw1 imo…. plus you could dye weapons….

, I wondered what skin did he preview ( in the preview window ) ? It’s not gw1 fellblade but something else.

TheBlackLeech.9360:

hello there

In TP , it costs 5000 G

Papish.5806:

fellblade is a Hall of Monuments skin, not black lion chest.

I know as I was talking in general , I have been playing gw1 since 2008 and got 30 HoM points. But fellblade effects are not worth it

TheBlackLeech.9360:

oh and lets not forget the fellblade

Black chest skins are too expensive ( got around 120 G atm ), I thought about fellblade, but its effects are too small to be considered

I think that it’s one of the best skins for the Reaper , what do you think ?

This is my PvE build http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=Vp;4g20U095NN-Z0;9;403G;0036247048;4LZ0;0N0-udbTudbTfpGScF;1Fb-V1-60B1G2LZR4JF1ZV8NXDucYDu;9;9;9;9;9;5579f

- What is the best healing skill for zerkers ?
- Is it worth it to get signet of fire for its passive ?
- What is the best elite skill for zerker ?
- What are your thought about my skills/traits ?

Is Written in Stone still bugged ? I think that the other two grandmaster traits are useless in PVE as mobs don’t have critical hits and most of their attacks are not condtion ones.
What is the best healing skill for a zerker in PVE ?

Which builds are stronger in general ? Being hybrid or focusing on three stats ( zerker/condi ) ?

Bhawb.7408:

Soldier builds don’t have enough healing power to make healing minions worth it, 400 heal is absolutely meaningless when it doesn’t stack with other heals, and PVT MM won’t be getting good heals. So the most important thing is to stay alive and deal damage. The whole point of PVT is to be selfish, so yes obviously the selfish choice is best.

And in a soldier build you should have both axe and dagger, so that is irrelevant.

Well , but as you know, MM should also keep their minions alive as much as possible , that’s what sigil of water is for. Staff is much better than axe to keep them alive.

Bhawb.7408:

You have more than enough CC that the 2 seconds of chill doesn’t come close to comparing to an extra dodge or 926 healing + damage.

The total hard-CC chain of an MM is:
12.5s of immobilize
1s knockdown
1.5-2.5s fear
2-3s daze
For a total of 17-19 seconds of hard CC

On top of that Locust Swarm is more than 100% cripple uptime, Dark Path is 33% chill uptime, Chillblains is 25% chill uptime, Flesh Golem is 83% cripple uptime, Unholy Feast is 33% cripple uptime.

There is no need for more soft CC on top of that.

But won’t 400 AOE heal per 6 sec be better than selfish 900 heal per 10 sec ?
Frailty is the only way to inflect nearly perma vulnerability, didn’t mention axe as it’s much weaker than dagger and it doen’t cleave.

What are the best sigils for Staff/DF PVT MM ?
I’m using water and frailty to increase my minions survivability and dps. What are your thoughts ?

I think that PVT soldier gear is the best one for MM

Bhawb.7408:

I’ll definitely be Reaper/Death Magic/Blood Magic for MM. The cool thing about Reaper is that its bruiser-styled trait line (mixed damage and defense), so full-damage builds can go Spite/Soul Reaping or Blood Magic/Reaper or Curses/Soul Reaping/Reaper without having any trait line devoted to defense, yet fully defensive builds have Death Magic, Blood Magic, Soul Reaping, and Reaper to choose from, without being forced to take much/any offense.

As Bhawb said , MM should take Death/blood , I think that I will sacrifice Soul Reaping with Reaper. If I saw that Rise! is worth taking over any minion summoning skill , I will take Augury of Death , otherwise , I will take Relentless Pursuit. As for the major trait , it will be soul eater, but I’m not sure about the grandmaster one. Using Staff/GS , we won’t get many boons that will make Blighter’s Boon worth taking. As a PVT MM , I don’t think that chill damage is worth it either which results in taking Reaper’s Onslaught.

Actually , I found that grenade kit synergizes well with firearms traits. Using zerker build which is focused on nades and healing kits, my critical chance is almost 90%-100% which is op in my opinion.
http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=V_;4cPku0267Q-x0;9;4ijm;0047258037;4LZ0;0Z0-PedaPedaNoGg-A;1N_-VOVTWYXcYi3o_6Z-870HVDucYDu;9;9;9;9;9;4VW79T
I use elixir and mortar kits for their healing skills , pistols for their 3/4/5 skills. Using grenade kit most of the time makes me hit like a truck

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Rune#Notes

But it said in the wiki that runes proc on pets( minions ), won’t the same apply to sigils/consumables ?

First of all , do these sigils such as Water/Frailty and Skale Venom proc on minions hits ?
Can both water & frailty sigils proc togather on the same weapon ( staff ) or there cooldowns will interfere ?

Is it Invigoration Percision or No Quarter ? Is the IP healing worth it ?
PVE*

nearlight.3064:

Not when you have 0 condition damage. They even changed scaling so burning sucks more than it did before with 0 condition damage. Overcharged Shot, JumpShot, and Blunderbuss are really really strong skills.

But I checked the hero panel , dual pistols are way more powerful than rifle. I’m zerker with 0 condi damage .

Kako.1930:

The Demonic Spirit.3157:

Well , I used backpack regen before then I dropped it as I found it useless. As for incendiary powder , I didn’t take it ( flamethrower isn’t equipped ). I told you that I use elixir gun just for its healing ( toolbelt/5th skill and the escape 4th skill ) so it’s more useful that tool kit as I will use grenade as my main damage skill. I won’t pull any one as I will be in melee range anyways in order to get the maximum critical chance. Just to know , dual pistols deal more damage than rifle even with zerker gear.

:D After the patch burning became too powerful. Check the damage of both dual pistols and rifle skills , you will see that pistols are more powerful no matter what your gear is .

Well , I used backpack regen before then I dropped it as I found it useless. As for incendiary powder , I didn’t take it ( flamethrower isn’t equipped ). I told you that I use elixir gun just for its healing ( toolbelt/5th skill and the escape 4th skill ) so it’s more useful that tool kit as I will use grenade as my main damage skill. I won’t pull any one as I will be in melee range anyways in order to get the maximum critical chance. Just to know , dual pistols deal more damage than rifle even with zerker gear.

I find it totally useless and investing in another traits is much better. I’m a zerker and I use this build http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=V_;4cPku0267Q-x0;9;4imj;0047037258;9;9;0Fg-AY
Elixer gun main use is 4/5 th skills , mortar main use is 5th skill. I use grenade kit most of the time ( 250 radius will increase critical chance to nearly 100% )
What about you ?

If the healing numbers changed to a percentage, it won’t hurt anyone. Classes/gears with large health-pools are the main benefiters of this change. I have a necro with Soldier gear ( PVT ), I’m experiencing a low healing even with vampiric build.

I think that it would be much better if the healing was a percentage instead of numbers.
Why are we punished if we increase our vitality ? 400 heal is great for low-health classes/gear while it’s garbage when our health is 17+ k . The larger our health pool is , the lower healing we will get.
Changing the healing intro a percentage will satisfy everyone so 400 heal could be 2%.

What do you think ?

The main use of the elixir gun is the tool belt and the 5th skill.
I think that the medkit is not worth it ( as it got nerfed ) , what is the best healing skill atm ?