Too many, I’m torn between a lot of armors but I would have to say… Necro Elite Luxon. It’s just too awesome to pass up.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Necromancer_Elite_Luxon_armor
I said it first ;p mine looked so good in bright orange with Dragon Guantlets!
I even one a best armor contest among my Guild Alliance
This has been going on for over a month now.
Unfortunately, it’s not just tied to PvP or CCs, but it also just happens randomly from time to time. It happens in pvp , dungeons, and the open world when dodging, WPing, or being CCed. Sometimes you’ll be rooted completely and ALL skills, WPing, etc will fail. Other times a movement skill or tele will break it. Sometimes none of those work, but using an emote like /dance for a few seconds will set you free. The reason I say “unfortunately” is because in my experience this bug is WILDLY random and has happened to me multiple times as well as party members. It doesn’t seem possible to recreate it. It doesn’t seem to be any kind of communication issue either.
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@Orpheal
The amount of different types of sigils must stay so because they cannot remove current content, not at least without giving us compensation. Let’s say tomorrow they decided to remove all sigils from everyone’s weapons and inventories so people can buy new sigils because certain sigil types dont exist anymore. Everyone would be raging.
It is already borderline that they are changing the stats Runes, specially after people spent so much gold on their current Runesets. This is called Bait and Switch, the Runeset is advertised as something before you buy it, then changes to something else due to whatever crazy nerf patch decides to hit.
The minimum here is that people get to keep their current Runesets and Sigils, even though changed, while looking at new stuff. You cannot remove things from people’s inventories.
He’s talking about weapon sigils which have nothing to do with armor rune sets. Furthermore, he’s right about the 30ish useless sigils that don’t have much room in the game tbh.
The only place a can really see the Slayer sigils getting any use is for particular min/max setups for dungeon speed clears. This could easily be remedied by attaching them to the ‘Slayer’ Achievements and/or FINALLY fixing potions to take their place.
The ‘Condi’ sigils are nearly worthless except a few niche builds that might use them to get a ‘tick’ rounded up but the loss of them wouldn’t make or break anything IMO.
The delayed ‘on kill’ sigils are probably the single most useless upgrade in the game IMO and demonstrate a completely flawed execution of a, seemingly, neat idea. Tbh I’d rather take a garnet pebble than to rely on proccing one of these at a beneficial moment. I doubt anyone other than maybe a (stubborn
) minionmancer would miss any of these.
Combining the other four mentioned could be pretty op tbh but they could still be much better balanced IMO. A random chance to get a random short duration boon sounds silly in any build even if it is ‘Luck’. The just did an overhaul of random things like this didn’t they (engis)?
I don’t think naming combinations is the answer though. Tbh I don’t even see why they’re adding a second sigil slot in the first place. Two-handed weapons already have an inherent 10% damage boost as well as, generally, better skill synergy over their one-handed counterparts. At this loss of damage and synergy, the one-handed weapons get a second sigil and a bit more skill variety over the two-handed weapons. It has always seemed balanced to me.
If a second sigil is added to two-handed weapons, I can just imagine a ‘two-handed only’ meta coming down the pipeline. This will be used in tandem with the new zerker gear to almost nullify the Ferocity changes and only push min/maxers further into a
‘two-handed, melee, zerker only’ meta which will maintain our current problems. It will also alienate other gear sets AND weapons. Greatsword of Force and Perception anyone? I can already imagine the speculators licking their chops as the dollar signs flash across their squinted, beady eyes! I guess we’ll see what comes out in the wash and calculate our buffs/nerfs a few months down the road. We have all the adventure of an MMO WITH the fun of a rollercoaster here at GW2!
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You thought THIEVES were a pain before
Something said in this thread has gotten me to thinking. What if pets… had levels?
Let’s say that when you get a pet, it starts at level 1, and it gains EXP if it’s out while you’re kill things. It can go up in level, getting small boosts to stats and size, until it hits level 20 and is “fully trained”. Maybe even an extra attack, or a better version of a current attack/skill, at some points.
Would anyone be interested in that?
This is how pets work already. They are scaled as the Ranger levels.
We have sub-classes already…they’re called builds.
Lol…another classic one of these threads by yours truly…I don’t
know why you all take these seriously. Ranger is pretty good, it’s people
with bad builds/situational awereness that are the problem. I’ve been
in plenty of speed clears where I almost got kicked with my ranger but they saw my AP first and asked if I had something else to bring. I told them to trust me on my ranger
in a war/guard group and ended up getting huge props and sighs of relief after.
They’re a pretty crazy duo really, and pretty dynamic. “I make a pretty good team!”, isn’t just a sarcastic remark. It is a Ranger/Pet; it’s not just a ranger with a pet. When people start playing it as a duality and not as an archer with some random, passive damage/effects, Ranger/Pet will be a much more appreciated profession.
PS. Bring back Rainbow Phoenix O.o why wasn’t this in at launch? A major profession based achievement from GW1 that didn’t make it…sad
i haven’t used it but based on the ‘Candy Corn Node’ which yields about 10 pieces daily, you’d be making about ~20s a day in mats (which are currently borderline useless except for maybe upgraded to the next tier.) So this little ‘gem’ of an item should pay for itself after, roughly, 400 days of continual use. go ahead and spring for the unlimited mining pick and, after 4.5 years you will have ‘free and unlimited’/time-gated copper, silver, and gold that you can do all kinds of nifty things with like craft level 5-60 trinkets (fine print: pebbles, lumps, and nuggets sold seperately)
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The Mists is calling you….ever so faintly…..“Please, come enjoy GW2’s REAL endgame! Hone your skills and forget about grinding! Have a mojito and injoy yourself and the sunshine in this paradise of personal gaming exploration!”
OR maybe Dhumm is calling you….ever so faintly….“Go wreck the Queensdale Champ Train! It’s a lot of fun and in GW2 you can ‘play how you want’!”
OR maybe the Great Outdorrs is calling you….ever so faintly….“Bro! You’ve been playing GW for over 8 years now! Get a dog and a Frisbie!”
Challenging PvE? I’d take everyone but rangers and engineer lel
this is a rediculous and ignorant statement. Rangers and Engineers are both very powerful and useful professions. The ‘problem’ with them is a lack of understanding of how to build/use them properly AND ^^THIS^^ kind of attitude toward them. I have 8 geared 80s and am very fluent with all of the professions in both PvE and I’m r40 in PvP and I love using my Ranger in both dungeons and tPvP and VERY often get props on my toons as well as PMs for what build(s) I’m using and how to be a more effective Ranger. Rangers are absolute beasts and that’s all there is to it. They’re just not ‘warrior easy’ to pick up and play. This is very ironic when I see new people asking what prefession is a good one to start/level/play with and 90% of the time, Ranger is one of the first suggestions. Hmmmmm….weird!?! Ranger is one of the highest dps professions in the game and kit Engis can absolutely wreck dungeons. Fastest, smoothest, and most fun CoF p1 speed clear I’ve ever been a part of was a “LFG Rangers Only” run!
I would like my 1 silver 64 copper back as I came back dead. As this was ANETs fault I would like my money back. Thanks
maybe write up a claim ticket
a SINGLE skill can only reflect another SINGLE skill one time. For certain professions/skills this can be very effective and devestating knowledge!
be careful that you’re not accidently pressing the f1 skill twice in the heat of battle
Protip: for thief this can be VERY effective when using stolen skills like whirlwind as the the double tap will active the whirlwind and the steal tele giving you the next stolen ability WHILE lauching into whirlwind as you tele too them. When traited with the daze, this can be absolutely devestating. Combine with Blinding Powder after the combo to blind and cancel any immediate retaliation as well as giving yourelf time to reposition, for a few seconds to prepare for you’re next assualt as ZERO initiative will have been used at this point, meaning damage traits bosted by highe intiative will be much more effective (ie. backstab>HS spam ). This is an incredibly effective burst and can down or severly injure multiple foes at once. You can even trait poison application to those steals as well, making recovery from that burst either waste valuable CDs, Or make finishing the kill, nearly, guarenteed. Many think a lot of mechanics are broken, but the truth is that most people don’t even know how to use their profession’s mechanics to maximum efficiency. Prefession mechanics can and should be a part of nearly any build. A prime example is terribad ‘power rangers/pets’ (yes the prefession is RANGER/PET, and NOT just RANGER who happens to have a useless companion) who try to only boost thier ranger while completely ignoring the fact that ~30%ish of their classes productivity revolves around using thier pet wisely, hence the reduction in base power for the Ranger himself. I’m not aware of any real bugs surrounding these particular mechanics other than the neglect and/or inability for people to use them efficieantly. I’m not trying to call anyone ignorant or descredit the idea that there might be some bugs, but i’m halfway through my 9th 80 and have no problems with anything like this. Sorry if I’ve come off as rude but these mechanics have SO MUCH MORE POTENTIAL than, probably, 50%+ of players are even aware of. As far as the Necro loosing health while in DS, be certain that you’re not stacked with conditions as you enter DS b/c these will still continue to tick away damage to your primary health bar. Is this a PvE, 3dubs, or PvP issue, btw? Just for a bit of reference.
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we could all use the ‘arguement’ we find all over the forums about grinding for ascended gear and say “well, you don’t have to do it”, but I guess that might rub a lot of people the wrong way when it’s something personal to them huh….pretty silly to think WvW have to wade through TONS of PvE content for ascended gear to keep up with the others there that have it, yet the PvE crowd is up in arms about having to spend maybe 2 hours (not an exxageration) in WvW maps to get their map completion. so let’s all check and see if we have 3 fingers pointing back at ourselves before this thread goes any further. cheers and good day
I’ve posted this on a suggestion thread (ie. the idea graveyard ) and I was thinking one way to make these traits a nice addition to any build is to keep the current fall damage reduction but to also make it proc when you take say 33-50% of your maximum health from a single source. This would not only make them useful against huge boss attacks or ‘evicerate warriors" (ahem ranger ) but would also keep them from proccing on useless fall damage like those that cause 200 damage in WvW etc essentially putting your trait on cooldown before you need it for that next REALLY long fall…falling 10 ft surely might hurt your leg but i don’t think it warrants blowing off a CD on a useful trait. What do you guys think of an addition like this?
Diamond Skin is kind of a pain but leeching and several other counters do exist for a Necro even though I agree that a CONTROL class that can’t control an opponent is utterly useless and requires specific builds in order to counter only one rendering the build useless in most other encounters.
How about Necro vs. Engi though:
“Man, this fight is dragging on forever…he keeps converting my damaging conditions into regen…this sucks.”
“Well, I finally whittled him down to 25% health so maybe it’s not so bad….WAIT! WTF!? He’s immune to conditions now?”
“Maybe if i just launch everthing I have at him, I can spike down this last 25% of his health…WAIT! WTF!? He used AED and has full health again!?! OMG this sucks”
“Well, I’m on full CD and I can see this isn’t really going anywhere…maybe i should just disenguage and go somewhere I can be useful…WAIT! WTF!? My profession lacks any mobility what-so-ever!?!”
“I wish this respawn timer would count down faster for me!”
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Because there’s no character progression.
If I wanted to play a straight fighting game, there are plenty of them to choose from. When I play an MMO, I expect long-term character and gear progression. If I want to play a MOBA or an FPS, I’ll go do that.
When I do PvP (and I engage in PvP in every MMO I play), I prefer open-world battles rather than e-sports. WvW is fairly well done in GW2, so that’s where I play.
This is a good post an explains why sPvP in GW2 has essentially been a flop. It doesn’t affect your actual character in anyway, you may as well be playing LoL for all the good it does your characters.
the rewards of being active in PvP are not tangible in the form of new shinies to be proud of till more come out. the MOST rewarding part of PvPing is honing your skill with your profession and playing against an intelligently controlled opponent vs. terribad AI garbage. the reward of seeing that stake sticking out of your opponents back is just as, if not more, rewarding as ‘another rare to salvage’. PvP will take you out of ‘robot mode’ and build you up as a player. surely a novice karate student might practice against a wooden dummy, but the blackbelts practice against their peers always pushing themselves to get a little better. there ARE rewards in PvP, but, for the most part, they are personal rewards and not something you can ‘show off’
While I’ll agree that pvp requires skill, I feel like you’re trying to insinuate that PvE takes none at all. If this is the case, I have to whole heartedly disagree and say that that it’s a very ignorant thought. Knowing how to handle specific mobs and landing the right timings in a rather chaotic fractal run can most definitely take skill, just a different kind of skill from the one you’re more familiar with.
And yes, there are (small) personal rewards, and of course the sweet taste of victory, but you need to remember this is an MMO, not Battlefield of Duty XIV. It’s a game that promotes the idea of cosmetic rewards, and I can guarantee you that I’d play more pvp if my character didn’t look like trash. I already grinded for a legendary. I already worked for cultural armor. Why do I have to re-earn those items?
if you’ll read my original post on this thread, you’ll notice that I said that DUNGEONS AND FOTM are exceptions to the ‘PvE Rule’ and those are what I usually find myself doing outside of PvP. You also wouldn’t be calling me ignorant and being defensive for no reason. Brush up on the topic and keep pace please and thanx. Cheers
I am a keyboard user myself and thought the default settings are terrible and cumbersome so I too use my keyboard for 98% of the game and only use the mouse to quickly target, to adjust my camera for more accurate jumps and to look up or down for JPs and last for ground targeting spells as well. With that said, I have my keyboard layed out in such a way that EVERYTHING is very easy to access with my left hand while still being able to keep my right hand on the arrows for movement. Pls not for the best use of keyboard movement turn up you camera movement to maximum setting so you can quickly pan the camera. This setup, I feel, is very intuitive and very easy to get used to and maximizes keyboard effeciency. So these are the main changes:
Arrows:
up,down: forward, backward
left, right: strafe left, strafe right
Keys:
F1-F4: Profession Mechanics (I bind 6 to the F1 also for those that only use F1 ie. thief)
1: Heal
2: Elite (I use 2 for elite to avoid accidentally pressing it while hitting 4 or 6)
3-5: Utility skills
Q,W,E,R,T: these are my weapon skills in order
A,D: turn left, turn right (it’s more intuitive to leave the strafes on the arrows)
S: turn around
7: autorun
X: dodge roll (disable double tap if you use arrows to move, can be a headache)
C: target closest enemy
Z,V: cycle targets previous and next (also rt shift and right ctrl)
Tab: swap weapons
~: call targets
J: stowe weapons
all of the menus I have pretty much left where they were. As you can see, I keep my left hand at the ASDF keys and can quickly and easily execute any combat command that I need while maintaining my left fingers at their ‘comfortable home’ and keep my right hand at the movement keys. The only time my hand ever needs to leave the keyboard is for the few things I mentioned such as casting a ground targeted spell in the heat of battle. I PvP quite a bit and I find never looking down or pressing the wrong keys to be very crucial (I can play perfectly in a pitch black room.) So with that said, give it a try and I promise it will feel like this is how the game was meant to be played: EVERYTHING is at your fingertips with minimal effort to execute commands. Good Luck!
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i wonder if a ‘disable passed to pet’ trait (I forget the name) would bypass this and allow you to stay stealthed. granted in any good, i’m assuming PvP, fight that trait will be cooldown at all times so that’s not really i workaround more than curiosity. there are plenty of great sounding trats like this that misbehave and are rendered useless. go rock a thief with some ‘Hard to Catch’ or ‘Last Refuge’ and see if you don’t get the sudden urge to smash things around your generel PvPing vecinity (typing from a superglued keyboard j/k )