Guild Wars 2

So is Mace of Justice worth to get ?
For cleric build
http://tinyurl.com/osugavl

Eidola.9148:

AncientYs.8613:

so i assume that they can be dropped multiple times thus allowing one to have the wings on multiple characters? if that is the case it would be very awesome ^^

Yes… and no.

The shattered wings are from the achievement, which is once per account, thus only one pair of wings per account can be had.

The non-shattered wings can be bought for 100 Jorbreakers (which cost a total of 100,000 Zhaitaffy), or can come from Dragon Coffers (Rich and Normal) and very rarely from world drops.

In order to get it from the coffers , should I spam left-click on many of them at once , or it’s okay if I open each coffer as soon as I get it ?

Hi guys , I really hope ( I’m sure that every one does too ) that you separate F actions , suck as looting , reviving and talking.
We have a big problem while looting in dungeons , zergs or WvW as we revive / talk to some one instead of looting which gets us killed !!
My idea is to give us an option to set a different button for each of them which will make it a lot easier.

I heard that we can get it as drop , I checked the wiki , it says " Very rarely as a drop from any creature "

For the players who got it as a drop , which mob did you get it from ?

Hi guys , I’m confused about the required achievements and the counted one to get the shattered wings.

Do I need 8 or 10 achievements to get it ?
What are the counted achievements to get it ?

I heard that it starts every 2 hours ( at dawn > in-game time ).
In order to get the achievement , should I stand their for the entire time ??
How long does it last ?

FlamingFoxx.1305:

I like the combat how it is. It’s a good mixture of tab target and action based combat.
In games like Tera you loose out on a lot of social elements and it becomes really frustrating every time you want to use a UI element.
GW2 enables you to fight and type at the same time very easily and is still actiony enough to be really really fun.

I agree with every word

So pure is always better than hybrid ?

Hi guys , I just wondering which one is better in general ?
To be pure tank , dps , healer or to mix them all ( Hybrid ) ?

All these combat mechanics are in Tera , GW2 won’t have it ( at least soon ).
I believe that GW2 combat is better , If you want to be able to cast many skills at once , use MMO mouse ( Razer Naga ).

In general which is better for upgrading armors ?
Do gems give more stats than runes ? Are runes better just for their bonuses ?
Which one do you use in most cases ?

But why will I waste precision/critical damage just for 1 skill ?
When all my minions die via AOE , I will need toughness .
Should I go for Carrion ? What about Rapid ?

Hi guys this is my build > http://tinyurl.com/bjne78d PvE
Right now , I got soldier gear ( for power and toughness ).
My only fast-hit skill is dagger chain skill so I don’t think that I will need precision , the same goes for critical damage.
As I’m a MM I should focus on toughness along with one of these > power ( dagger ) or condition damage ( staff ) , which one is better for me ?

I’m using dagger to siphon health and as it got the strongest auto attack , focus to stack vulnerablity on my foes ( increasing my minions damage ) , is there any better off-hand than focus ?

Instead of " transferred 50% of the healing the master receives to the minions " , it will be better to heal them as well without decreasing the master received healing.

I prefer that Anet changes the skill so it bounces between foes instead of going straight.

Allowing them to regenerate out of combat ( like ranger pets ) will decrease this problem. We need a way to heal them all the time ( can’t via mark of blood as it forces you to use staff all the time and the trait is a waste ) as rangers do via troll and swapping pets .

Andele.1306:

Chesire.9043:

MM Necro’s are already powerful. Pets with (who’s damage isn’t altered by our stats) would be come near perma with high healing and perma regeneration. It would be slightly ridiculous. A few of them already hit like trucks.

Kinda true, they are powerful (just like phantasam mesmers), but (unlike them) minions are just as stupid as NPCSs in 99% of existing games, as in wall moonwalkers.

The the phantasms got too short cd ( traited > -40% ) and it starts after summoning them , while minions got long cd ( even when traited ) and the cd starts after their death . Minions skills should be affected from minion master trait ( at least ) .
Phantasms also hit like truck

I think that Focus is better than both

I have Transfusion http://tinyurl.com/bjne78d , but it doesn’t grant perma regen and it’s 40cd !!

I’m a soldier MM http://tinyurl.com/bjne78d
If I wan’t to get perma regeneration to my minions , I must use the staff all the time or waste a trait on ( Mark of Evasion ) which has 10 seconds cd.

Can’t Anet change Vampiric Master trait so it will be " Minions siphon health to heal themselves and their master " ? So we don’t be forced to re-summon our minions after each battle.

Is med kit still better than the turret even after all these patches ?
Or med kit is better for mobility and turret is better on camping( bunker ) ?
Just to know , I’m zerker > http://tinyurl.com/ac2zh5v

Thanks guys , I will get exotic armors to my 80es characters
I maxed out 3/4 characters in low level zones specially Gendarran Field

So you are saying that my 4 80es characters ( got level 70 fine gear ) will be good in -70 zones and dungeons , right ?
Or I should give them full exotic gears ?

I got same questions myself and I need true answers , as for your last question >>

Skiy.1640:

Additionally, does gear scale upwards? Does a lvl 20 with full BIS gear for his level have better stats than a lvl 80 without full exotics in WvW?

No it doesn’t as your level won’t be 80 in WvW , it means that if your level is 20 , it will be 20 in WvW.
The only things that give you level 80 is PvP/mists or living stories.

So for cleric build , I can use either than hounds or tome of courage , the tome can save my life via full heal.

http://tinyurl.com/osugavl > cleric build.
I don’t use the virtues as I keep their passive , which elite is better for soloing , tome of courage/wrath , mistfire wolf or hounds of balthazar ?

You can try this one http://tinyurl.com/p9c8e2q
You will have -40% cd on all your weapons

kiba.2768:

i ran with sword for almost 1000 hours so i’m used to the mobility and projectile negation it offers. the speed of attacks is also appealing to me over mace, however, i agree with you that mace is much better as a team-oriented support guardian.

in regards to staff, i just keep 1 in my bag. no reason not to. i prefer gs for the all around utility it offers. might stacking on auto(70% boon duration), small burst(if you land all of gs2), a gap closer with blind, retal and cc. as a bonus, when you come across a player with stability or a creature with defiance, use gs5, but don’t trigger pull. extra dmg ticks never hurt. i rarely ever see another guardian do this…is it that overlooked?

as for your build comparison…it’s more complicated than just absolute resolution versus altruistic healing. to keep it short, the use of ah in your build will outheal the passive in mine. you are dispensing boons like crazy, which is great for your team.

the builds are focused on 2 different things, however. i maintain that condi removal is one of my highest priorities, while your build focuses(from what i see) on spreading boons and self heals from ah.

one thing i see as a weakness is the 10 in radiance. the precision is wasted and using a trait for one utility is a waste IMO, unless you are using other sigs. i prefer shelter as the 2s block is invaluable.

here’s something for you to consider….will you be taking that much dmg that you will need that huge stream of healing from ah? or are you focused on mitigating dmg for yourself and your team, in which case, bigger heals are more important for the attacks you can’t avoid? because i see a problem of overhealing in general when people go full support with guardian. you can’t go full bunker and utilize small heals over time because you’re mitigating attacks and whatever sacrifices you made in other stats for those small heals is wasted. just my 2 copper.

i use shield for pushing people off cliffs/bridges in wvw or negating stomps. in pve it is less important, but again, i’m used to it when paired with sword. sh5 can be a great on demand projectile denial, but f5 also offers that. the extra heal from sh5 is a bonus if i miss the projectile denial. focus is great for team play in pve. i would stick to it if i were a new guardian, but…well old habits die hard

Okay , I found out that shield is better for pve cleric build than focus .
Are you saying that vengeful is better than -20% signet cd ( got if for condition removal and healing ) ?

kiba.2768:

first pic: gs(energy)
second pic: sword(force)/shield(energy) or scepter(life)
third pic: traits

unbuffed stats, numbers should be self explanatory.
armor is full clerics with 2x water and 4x altruism.
trinkets are full clerics with soldier back.
weapons are full ptv.

this has gotten me through wvw and all pve content successfully. i used to run the ahem build, but it got so boring so fast. once i started pvping, i switched over to full clerics and it somehow leaked over into my pvx/wvw.

my previous iteration was:
0
0
30(iv, ix, xi)
30(ii, ix, xi)
10(vi)

i gave up 10 in valor because i didn’t make use of xi all too often even though i was moderately dispensing boons. once i switched over to ix in virtues, i noticed how powerful the passive regen became. in addition to almost double the passive regen, i now had even more condi removal(maybe overkill, but i find you can never have enough condi removal, especially in wvw or dungeons) and an extra heal in sanc with the option to rez almost uninterrupted. as a bonus, you can swap out the last utility with wor or hallowed ground for more stability or purging flames for more dps and condi removal as you desire.

this isn’t the highest dps build out there, but it’s how i like to play and frankly, hardly downing or dying in fotm 48, any dungeon, frontline wvw(sanc for breaking up z stacks) works for me.

as a final note, i’ve come to realize that in wvw, having huge hp with huge toughness doesn’t mean anything. what’s more important IMO is having high toughness with on demand condi removal. nothing spells death more than being crippled/immob when you’re on the frontlines

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if you’re running dungeons or small group rampaging in wvw, bring a staff. clerics(energy)

Hi bro , I think for cleric , you should switch sword for mace , and gs for staff.
-Do you say that Absolute Resolution heals more than Altruistic Healing specially with this build > http://tinyurl.com/nfd4x54 ?
-Which off-hand weapons is better for cleric , Focus or shield ( with reasons )?

Blade training will just give me +50 precesion as 4/5 of swords skill have -20% ( illusions )
Both spear and triedent got 3/skills with -20% cd

I got you point , thanks
Will get greatsword and dual swords, but why did you get Divinity runes ? wouldn’t be better if you get scholer or fighter runes ?
http://tinyurl.com/o8pteyr

Thanks for your great build , I shall give it a try
Do you think that +9% defense is better than perma regen via Phantasmal healing trait ?
What is Blink skills for ? I will be more powerful when attacking from long range ! Shouldn’t I replace it with Mirror images as they will inflict bleeding( can shatter too ) ?
According to this build > http://tinyurl.com/q2duyqu
I checked the wiki , mentra of recovery heals more than ether feast by 3000>>
ether cd = 20 , healing with 3 illusions > 7558
mentra cd = 10 , healing > 5288 >> 5288*2( as its cd is half ether’s one ) = 10576

Ansau.7326:

Don’t be mad for my post, but, for what I’ve seen, you still do the same mistake.

You want to run a build that can do a little bit of everything, even if they don’t work well together, and these type of builds normally are weak.

You want to have a lot of damage, with a lot of toughness, you want to rely on mantras, you want to shatter, but at the same time you upgrade your phantasms, you want to heal through mantras, but you have 1 more activation…

Then, another mistake you do is to make changes just to say you changed something, but you don’t consider if they’re good for your build (can you explain me why you choose to use scepter in pve and in a build without condition damage?)

What I recommend you is to focus on less things. 1 or 2 maximum. Then, make the build around these things, but don’t upgrade these aspects too much (don’t put full berserker gear, as you did, if you want damage). Finally, balance the aspects that are worst, but always only if the don’t affect the main aspects of your build, so if you decide to go shatter, forget about upgrading your phantasms.

The perfect build is not the one that can do lots of things, niether is the one that is the best in one aspect. The perfect one is a well balanced build, one that provides good amount of the aspect you focused, and also implements the rest of the stuff that synergize, so you can take profit from as much aspects as the build offers.

Should I be mad ?! No , I’m very greatful
You are right , but I’m confused as I want to maximize my AOE as much as possible.
I don’t want to die much , can u give me a good build that increase AOE and healing ( without utilities that have very long cooldown ) ? I got scepter to create as many clones as possible for shattering , pistol and sword phantasms as they are the strongest.

JustCurious >> You have increase the Virtue of Resolve healing but you didn’t take the most important trait for healing/boons build which is Altruistic Healing.

I have made some changes > http://tinyurl.com/oegv3nh
With boons duration/healing power runes.

Ok guys , in order to deal the maximum damage I changed my weapon sets to dual swords and scepter/pistol.
With zerker gear > http://tinyurl.com/nvpw6ud

But Sanctuary has a very long cd which makes it useless. Do we have any other healing/blocking utilities ? Or should I get " Stand your ground " ?
Healing signet got the most healing and healing power effectiveness.
I will get mace/focus and staff , but what about scepter/torch as they got the strongest skills we have ?
Do you advise me to get any writ PersistenceMerciful traits ?

Hi guys , I have changed my gear to a cleric ( PvE ).
All I care about is healing/defense.All traited weapons > staff , hammer , mace/focus or mace/shield > what are the best defensive weapon sets ?
As for utilities > Healing signet , Hold the line , save youselves , X ( need your advice about it ) and tome of courage.
I will use sigil of life and rune of the water , got AH and shout cd traits.

I changed my gear into cleric > http://tinyurl.com/nupd2le

foofad.5162:

So use a sword. You get another blind for extra CC, you’ll do twice the damage, and ultimately need less healing. Mace is an abysmal damage weapon due to the lack of any cleaving on its third autoattack swing. It hits one target reasonably hard, and that’s it. Writ of the Merciful isn’t a very good trait anyway, you’d be better off with Pure of Voice since you’ve got shouts. This will allow you to run Shelter instead of Signet of Resolve since you won’t need the condition clearing from it anymore. Use Shelter strategically as another block.

Judge’s Intervention is likewise not a very good utility for PVE, I’d swap it out for Bane Signet when you don’t need to tank and Judgement when you do. You should also use that slot for Wall of Reflection when you’re up against lots of projectiles.

According to wiki , signet of reslove heals 2x than shelter does , Symbol of faith ( hits 360? ) deals more damage than Zealot defense does ( hits just infront of you). Judge’s Intervention deals 3x more damage than Bane signet.
Any I don’t have any symbol traits !!! http://tinyurl.com/qd7fz3e

Obtena > I got your point , but Hammer will get me killed as I won’t be able to use the 2 mace healing skills and I will lose the 15% critical chance from Right Hand Strenght trait.
Besides , Using hammer won’t let me to use focus ( heal/blind and 3blocks/damage )

I saw all these builds , but ……
As for healing skill > mentra of restoration has the biggest healing ( when traited ).
Some build don’t have Mirror Images which is the most important skill , mentra of pain ( traited ) is the strongest utility we have ( will heal us too XD ).
Signet of Illusions keeps my phantams alive , as I use Mirror images > clone > shatter > 3 phantams ( they have short cd ) ( keep playing till the shatter is ready ) > clones …etc

Hi I made some changes on traits as they were a mess XD
http://tinyurl.com/qd7fz3e >> PVE
I will keep the mace as it heals me via chain attacks and symbol.

So ? any ideas ?

Pyroatheist.9031:

The Demonic Spirit.3157:

Thank you all for your help.
http://tinyurl.com/or9e8nn
I made some changes on gear. As for phantasms and shattering , I create 3 clones > shatter , phantasms to attack.

I’m going to be honest with you here, your traits are absolute garbage.

You’re taking 30 points into domination for just your heal and 1 utility it seems, but by going 30 points into domination, you’re actually lowering your aoe heal/second by making it take longer to spam MoP.

You have no points in dueling, so even having taken full zerker stat gear, you still have a low crit chance, low critical damage, AND really low armor. Additionally, you have 2 swords, but you neglected to get the sword cooldown trait in dueling. On top of that, you say this build does damage through phantasms, but you neglected to get even the phantasmal fury trait in dueling.

You take 5 points in chaos for no apparent reason.

You take 30 points in inspiration. You take heal on shatter, but without illusionary persona, that trait is rather weak. Additionally, your clone generation is extremely low, since you don’t have any of the traits for your weapons or deceptive evasion, and so you will not be shattering very often unless you want to shatter phantasms.

Lastly, you take 5 points in illusions, nothing wrong with that.

The problem here is that you say your goal is to get as much toughness as possible with power…and then you take nothing that gives toughness. You say your build is focused on mantras and phantasms….and then you don’t take a key phantasm trait, and you only use 2 mantras, and you take a strong shatter trait. Your traits just make no sense in general, and make even less sense when you put them alongside what you said you wanted to do with this build.

Now for general build advice, going into a tanky spec for PvE is a waste of time and money. You don’t need to do it, it’s complete overkill. I can run my immortal build in PvE, but there’s no reason to, I survive just fine in a much more damage focused setup. You seem to be confused and thinking that power=damage, when really it’s crit chance + crit power = damage, with power as a poor third. Without crit chance and power, your damage will be horrible.

This is the answer I wanted to hear , thanks for your honesty.
Can you give me a good PVE build with maximum toughness and damage ( power, crit chan/damg ) ? ( S/S and staff should be included )

Hi guys this is my build http://tinyurl.com/owp9t36 >> PVE
I want to get much healing , so I got AH and healing symbols.
I can’t use another utilities as they got too long cd.
I used to use spirit weapons build , but the update ruined it.
Any advices ?
Thanks

Osicat.4139:

@The Demonic Spirit, Not sure why you go for more hp on phantasms and phantasm dmg if you plan to shatter them, its not even a effective hybrid setup.

Healing. You invest both gearstats and traits in healing for a Pve build? You will never be in a situation where your dmg avoidance could not solve it and your normal healing would been enought.

PVT, Why you like to build power toughness and vitatlity for pve? This is not a good stat setup you can have. There is no real tanks in this game and if there was mesmers not the best ones. I see no reason to not use full berzerker stats after 1100 toughness and 16500~health, Ppl can even do fractals at higher lvl with magic find gear, and grinding aswell. Personaly I rather kill stuff fast than have magic find but tank gear I see no reason to go with pover toughnes healing vitality setup for grinding or dungeons.

/Osicat

Thank you all for your help.
http://tinyurl.com/or9e8nn
I made some changes on gear. As for phantasms and shattering , I create 3 clones > shatter , phantasms to attack.

Didn’t you see that this build is on PvE mode ?!
My question again > I heard that warlock phantasm is based on power more than condition damage , but What about zerker phantasm ? Is he better than warlock ?
Which will suit me better along with s/s , great sword or staff ?
Should I switch my gear to Knight ?

Hi guys , I maxed out necro , engineer , ranger and warrior so I want to max mesmer too.
This is my build http://tinyurl.com/ornxxpt
I want to get as much toughness as possile along with power.
My main weapons are dual swords ( flurry/block ), but I’m not sure about the other set.
My build is focused on mentras and phantasms.
I heard that warlock phantasm is based on power more than condition damage , but What about zerker phantasm ? Is he better than warlock ?
Which will suit me better along with s/s , great sword or staff ?

With some changes > http://tinyurl.com/l3mgonj
I have turned all my gear into Knight. I got the shadow trap to maximize stealth duration as it recharges my initiatives and heals me much.
Or should I mix zerker with knight ? what about healing power as I got much healing resources from ( traits and skills ) ?
Thank you all from your help

Thanks for your help bro.
I have made some changes on gear >> http://tinyurl.com/mj7stf8
Any other advices on my traits or skills ?