Guild Wars 2

I agree with Lawrence. I’d like to see fights last longer than the amount of time it takes a party to burst down bosses with fgs, even ice bow for that matter. Not to say that it doesn’t take skill and coordination to pull off a clean fgs, but there is at least one record run out there that can rely on the fgs burst with sloppy play and no support. For that type of playstyle to represent optimal and efficiency? I dunno, but I’m definitely not a fan.

Speaking strictly in terms of Dungeons of course. High-level FotM I feel the risk/reward is fine.

1st image used as inspiration.

Medium Asura

Helm: Sneakthief Mask
Shoulders: none
Chest: Protean Coat
Gloves: Prowler Gloves
Legs: Viper’s Leggings
Boots: Ascalonian Sentry Boots (one of the few boots that covers all toes w/o cutting them off the asura)

Colors:
if GW2 shaders are set to Low or Med – Abyss Dye for everything
if GW2 shaders are set to high – Pitch Dye for helm, Abyss Dye for everything else

nice very useful tip ty

oh no, i meant the actual sword 4 skill. it should spawn a clone on sucessful block unfortunately destroying a phantasm. but when you used it no clone spawned and you kept all your phantasms. a neat trick i’d like to learn

edit: just saw your edit now, it happened multiple times, one of which @ 1:34

it adds flavor

Sublimatio.6981:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUJjqgahvks

i tried it on mesmer yesterday. its fun to see it few times, but when pugs really start doing it as 100% current strategy it kinda breaks my heart

Could you explain how you manage to avoid spawning a clone when blocking with sword4? That seems more interesting

Bring back Alphard’s insta-party-down 0 cast time Big Ol Bomb. That was definitely fun when it was there. I was very sad when they “fixed” it.

Also, add instant-party-down attacks with similar cast/wind-up times to the final bosses of all the dungeons. Yes even asura sized bosses.

That should make the whole party pay attention to boss tells.

The reason ele gets aggro a lot of times is because of it’s low HP

omg desade is a guy?!? o.O

There are no girls in the internet.

Nice work! That was very enjoyable to watch. Uncat Champs FotM50 is the new lupi.

I thought that spot was a good one, most of the grenades were blocked by the overhanging ledge.

Medium Human Female

Head: Sneakthief Mask
Shoulders: None
Chest: Strider’s Tunic
Gloves: Noble Gloves
Legs: Strider’s Leggings
Boots: Whisper’s Secret Boots

Dye: Abyss Dye, (Brass Dye optional), Midnight Ice Dye (Boots only)

Pic#1 is all Abyss Dye (Boots – Midnight Ice Dye) with the helm shown. Only the gloves have Abyss Dye with Brass Dye accent. The Whisper’s Secret Boots has a goldish/brass color accents that can’t be changed, so the accent on the gloves will help balance things out.

Pic#2-4 is includes the Brass Dye accent on all peices (Chest, Gloves, Legs, Boots) w/o helmet shown, since most who are fashion savvy tend to like looking at their hair.

Pic#5 the last pic is a hi-res pic of the ninja in action…. exactly.

nice work doods, i liked the cc at the clowncar. mesmer gs op

You get revealed if you step within 300 range of any mob.

how much gold is 90 box usually?

I always see that box farm on lfg, is it that good? seems like a waste of time.

When my own version of the (hold down right-click + add target sight overlay thingy) fail me, omg it was like i didn’t know how to play the game. Finally figured out later on that I had to load it as admin. Dungeons were a nightmare, I call it the dark ages.

It was noted in the OP that the pictures submitted was going to be for her desktop background. So I posted pics that I would use.

This is a nice surprise, ty Lilith

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Tom Yzf.5872:

Oh? Who’s this? =p

https://i.imgur.com/KLmiWFt.jpg

Buahaha cheating!

I obviously can’t choose my own screen but you know, very clever!

lol had to try, you did say we can steal other screenies

well I cleaned it up anyway incase you decide to ever use it as a desktop

https://i.imgur.com/sNP2tE0.jpg

some good info:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2dhrpa/dungeon_encounters_with_projectiles_that_cannot/

Oh? Who’s this? =p

https://i.imgur.com/KLmiWFt.jpg

haha wow, what a neat trick

Wow, if true this does indeed help when pugging. How did you time the reflect? Does it have to be before Ooze gets evades, or can you reflect it during the evade as it transitions into the split?

Tom Yzf.5872:

Let me know if you want the original.

Cleaned it up a bit. I like this version a lot better.

https://i.imgur.com/Zrn3WZN.jpg

I have a suggestion. Require teams to include a window of the time counter from time.gov in their stream. This way, spectators will have an accurate measurement of which team is in the lead for that dungeon. This should also help commentators as well.

Perhaps set this up in your DnT’s Friday fight nights to see how much it could contribute?

Let me know if you want the original.

edit: the bottom is the old pic, check out the cleaner version here

Hmm, seems fishy. Are you sure your team didn’t stealth and the 2 oozes disappeared behind a wall? That seems more likely.

I can see how some would think mesmer would be preferable over engi from a non-dps perspective in a PUG environment. P3 is a good example. Crusher/Hunter, the reflect and 3 insta-condi cleanses + null field is helpful. Magecrusher, perma reflects and many sources of cc for defiant. Feedback is very noob friendly at lupi.

With all that said though, I’d rather bring/play with an engi.

:D

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Cavendish.2168:

you guys are filthy elitists talking about your meta pizza builds. I make pizza how i want, and that means vegan cheese, no meat, only veggies. Also none of my toppings are stacked together.

This sounds like efficient min/max’ing and optimal eating to me. I think it is you sir, who is the elitist.

spoj.9672:

Tom Yzf.5872:

IvanTheGrey.2941:

Tom Yzf.5872:

spoj.9672:

maha.7902:

I’m pretty sure like every class besides ranger and necro has it easy for that last skip if you come properly prepared.

Its faceroll on a ranger.

Necro has to blow a 180 second cooldown skill.

Both death shroud traits will give you 3s stability on 7s cooldown. if you need more about 4s stability by putting 6 in death magic. More than enough to easily skip

Probably need to purposefully get in combat to proc some energy sigils though

Oooooo… thanks for this info!! Will help me when I teach necros how to skip that last run!!

NP, another tip is to bring Well of power for emergency stunbreak. It has 1s stability so if you get caught by technicians w/o stab DS on cd, you have time to Plague after you break the stun to escape.

Good tips. You can also blind with well of darkness so deadeyes miss you. I guessed traiting DS would work but never tested it because the last time i did p2 on necro without a thief was before the feature patch. lel

Even so necro is probably the hardest class to do the skip on. Simply because of how slow you are and you are pretty much guaranteed to be put in combat and forced to use cooldowns etc.

No argument here, necro is Hardmode when pugging/solo’ing.

IvanTheGrey.2941:

Tom Yzf.5872:

spoj.9672:

maha.7902:

I’m pretty sure like every class besides ranger and necro has it easy for that last skip if you come properly prepared.

Its faceroll on a ranger.

Necro has to blow a 180 second cooldown skill.

Both death shroud traits will give you 3s stability on 7s cooldown. if you need more about 4s stability by putting 6 in death magic. More than enough to easily skip

Probably need to purposefully get in combat to proc some energy sigils though

Oooooo… thanks for this info!! Will help me when I teach necros how to skip that last run!!

NP, another tip is to bring Well of power for emergency stunbreak. It has 1s stability so if you get caught by technicians w/o stab DS on cd, you have time to Plague after you break the stun to escape.

Wow swifty, I didn’t think anyone would’ve gotten me beat :p

Mostly pugging:

spoj.9672:

maha.7902:

I’m pretty sure like every class besides ranger and necro has it easy for that last skip if you come properly prepared.

Its faceroll on a ranger.

Necro has to blow a 180 second cooldown skill.

Both death shroud traits will give you 3s stability on 7s cooldown. if you need more about 4s stability by putting 6 in death magic. More than enough to easily skip

Probably need to purposefully get in combat to proc some energy sigils though

Yes it is out of melee range for a warr, but if you’re on nade engi or scepter guard it doesn’t matter.

both warden and temporal curtain can reflect bolt, the latter being a little harder to position.

I only ever join tar groups just to fight lupi.

NovaanVerdiano.6174:

I assume if his necrid bolts can hit you even in melee range, you’d run out of defensive options way too fast.

Or encourage the practice of 100% reflect uptime… whalecum back mesmers!!!

I enjoy the gw2 combat system, and even now I still enjoy dungeons. What keeps it fresh for me is that I solo on every class, and I pug regularly on every class. On occasion I run tours or dungeons with some your guilds when you guys need a 5th, and it is fun being able to blast through all the paths effortlessly. But I feel that if that was all I did it would quickly become a grind (note that for me dungeons are not a grind.. yet anyway) and I would get burnt out so fast. Sometimes when ppl on my friendslist ask me if to join for tour, i usually tell’em something like “sure, if you don’t mind me bringing my mesmer/necro” Sometimes they don’t care but, if they do I don’t mind, why bother making a premade when someone is bringing a useless class lol.

Playing in pugs and not expecting speedy runs definitely changes up the daily routine. I enjoy the higher chances of fail and thinking up of ways to carry. Not to say that things don’t get frustrating from time to time, but it comes with the territory.

So I’m still going strong.

I’m curious though, what is everyone’s Hobby Dungeon Explorer number? That would be interesting to see along with your responses.

I see no problem with the current defiance mechanic. Coordinate with your team to strip it. If you can’t do that, get on a class that has tons of cc and do it yourself.

Wurm change was on May 20th, and Malrona was changed on June 3rd

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-May-20-2014/first#post4054065

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2780ff/unlisted_dungeon_changes/

Wurm change was done before the spider change in separate patches. The malrona/spider change was also done when anet decided to make changes to a lot of other dungeon encounters, so I’m pretty sure that change was very intentional.

spoj.9672:

Most people cant even dodge grubs. They probably wouldnt have dps gear either.

It would be really stupid for anet to change a boss which has been considered challenging and well designed for the last 2 years.

Same type of argument could be made about Malrona. She was in no way a pug killer, but every time I pug (and I do mean every time) none of the pugs bother paying attention to the poison mechanic. I would almost get cleansed as soon as it was applied. By no means do pugs bring meta setup to TA all the time, so the boss is generally never 1shot.

Yet, we get a nerf to projectiles out of thin air after the ranger vid. I wouldn’t bet on anet not making another knee-jerk decision on altering lupi bc of this.

ed:grammer

She glows when she charges up for her Venom Spray. Icebow 5 has a lond windup, so ppl usually time the attack to hit her once she LOS, but if you don’t have ele, you can wait for that glow to interrupt it. Non-projectile interrupts like fear or mesmer mantra works best since the little spiders sometimes body block.

haha I hear ya, I’ve been pugging a lot with my engi lately and the delayed blasts and delayed firefields make the experience extra special

Would you really be surprised if that was the direction that anet takes with lupi? I wouldn’t. After the malrona/champ spider changes (which was definitely a knee-jerk reaction to the ranger one-shot vid), many predicted that lupi would eventually be on the chopping block. If anything, this vid will solidify it.

gg reflects, you will be missed.

edit: although i like that idea about lupi running away from wall. too hard for anet, much easier to uncheck the reflect button.

^ It is a game within the game. Accurately determine when the current light field will end and try to place the firefield before the next light field appears. Alternatively, you can place the fire field over the light, and as soon as the light ends while your fire persists go blast crazy. ’tis the true test of skill

Obtena.7952:

Tom Yzf.5872:

Obtena.7952:

Tom Yzf.5872:

Noticing you signature I’m starting to see why you keep making up things stirring up drama. Just because people say and prove that your burning guardian build sucks in meta PvE, doesn’t mean you have to take your angst out on the people that want nothing to do with you.

Oh look, I’ve hooked a big one boys. That burning build link is good bait.

So you are being a troll. How sad.

Perhaps if people stuck to the topic and the discussion at hand instead of making assumptions about someone’s signature, they wouldn’t need to get trolled.

Respond to this if you wish, but knowing you are troll makes it much easier to wash my hand of this “discussion,” so this is my last time responding to you.

You make no effort to say anything about what I posted other than to point out that you trolled me. You contribute to the negativity in this subforum while fooling yourself into thinking otherwise. However, by any small chance that you genuinely feel that there is a problem with people reading the LFG, take a deeper look into yourself to understand why you are so misinformed, as there can be no real discussion when you fool yourself into believing whatever you want.

Obtena.7952:

Tom Yzf.5872:

Noticing you signature I’m starting to see why you keep making up things stirring up drama. Just because people say and prove that your burning guardian build sucks in meta PvE, doesn’t mean you have to take your angst out on the people that want nothing to do with you.

Oh look, I’ve hooked a big one boys. That burning build link is good bait.

So you are being a troll. How sad.

Rainshine.5493:

=/ I thought this was an actual debate. Well now I feel a bit silly for wasting my time.

You and me both.