Guild Wars 2

From a human perspective in gw1 saying the gods made the bloodstone would make sense to them because they didn’t know it existed. The gods did use it to bind magic and seal it with king doric blood they just didn’t metion it was something that already existed. So idk if it so much a recton as a wider view of the while story

Because its still weaker than almost every other class condi spec

I understand that anet is going for more of a burn spec but let’s be real here. Warriors are all about bleeding. That is their bread and butter condi. We can’t get enough burn stacks to really be a threat and bleed just doesn’t doo enough damage. If the could buff our bleeds somehow then we could get away with burn/bleed warrior but as it stands they we fall short of other condi specs

Warrior rifle is a worse version on ranger LB

Burning arrow is just out of place. That one trait can actually make a condi build work but there is nothing else in the trait line to go with it

Nimarrodd.7823:

So, PvE opinion: Rifle still crap post buff? Leaning towards yes.

In a power build in pve rifle is probably a better option even with LB utility but it’s still situational at best

Thief is so much better at decapping and providing quick backup due to speed and stealth

Run sinister stats

The f1 skills tend to be strong in at least 1 aspect of the game. As was mentioned they r not flashy but they r effective

Gamgee.8612:

Valik Shin.9027:

Gs/ axe-shield is probably the strongest burst build for war right now

And what is weird is that it has been since release. In one form or another.

It’s because it is the 2 strongest burst wepons for warrior if u disregard rifle. Add a stun to set up the brush and ur all set. Problem is its tougher to play than something like gs/hammer burst or hambow so people don’t play it too much

I’m not convicted that fighting the dragons with magic is suicide. Maybe there is some bit of lore I’m missing here but let’s go with what we actually see. The dragons consume magic for sure but it seams that they consume looses magic or magic that isn’t tied to something else. We can assume that the dragon themselfs use magic in some degree yet they don’t consume each other or their minions. We fought zhiatan with air ships powered by assuran tech which is largely magic based and he didn’t consume it. We fought the mouth of zhiatan (which consumes magic items ) with magic and we’re able to defeat it. The dragons were unable to consume the bloodstone. Zhiatan was unable to do anything against the orb that stops his corruption. Maybe the dragon can ONLY consume free magics. Then it comes down to how well can they consume it. If they can consume all free magic in the area quickly then y didn’t zhiatan do that and stop us from attacking Orr with large amounts of magic users?

Gs/ axe-shield is probably the strongest burst build for war right now

Rifle has needed a buff. While it is slightly more damage as it stands, the utility of lb made it far better than rifle

ok so let get some things strait here. If we r talking about open world then warrior probaly is the best class but its open world. Its brainless enen on glass ele so it doesn’t matter how good something is there. In dungeons wars r brought for support along with gaurds. ele and thief r dps. in wvw warrior r nothing more than cc and banner bot for zerg play. pvp? warrior is not in a great spot there.

So as we all know there r some pretty bad warrior traits (well all classes have bad traits but let focus on warriors ) so I’ve picked the ones I most think need reworked, moved or outright scrapped and replaced.

Axe mastery: it’s not overly strong to begin with but against bersekr’s power it’s useless for dps builds . Even distracting strikes can be used in certain builds but axe mastery has no up side to taking it. Perhaps a damage buff for axe skill or maybe moving it to a different spot but as is its bad

Unsupecting foe: I suppose in a cc build with low crit chance it’s ok but the fact it’s only stunned foes makes it kinda weak. Against disabled foe would be a big improvement but would probably still be a niche trait at best

Adrenal health : direct conflict with burst skills. I think the health should be gained in use of a burst skill rather than as a regen type heal

Rousing resilience : might be ok with head butt and new stun break but unlikely when compared with last stand and cleansing ire

Quick Breathing : undo the nerf

Burning Arrows : amazing skill for condi war but seams out of place in tactics trait line. Should be moved to another trait line

Crack shot: rifle is weak.

Vengeful return: very gimmicky. Not worth taking over warriors sprint. Not sure how to rework this one

Inspiring banners: out of place and banner range is kinda small for them to be useful

This is just my suggestions. I would love to get some feed back. Maybe if we all speak out about what we want we might get some of it.

NikeEU.7690:

Valik Shin.9027:

Purple Miku.7032:

Rygg while you’re right about vuln and blind being important, you’re doing yourself a disservice to claim that “stacking might is irrelevant if you do not keep an eye on also stacking vuln.”

Those two are different totally different things that just increase output. Both of them are relevant, and neither of them require one another to make proper use of.

Other than that I agree with you.

Vulnerability is far more important than might. I don’t know the exact math bu I’d bet that 10-15 vuln is equal to 25 stacks of might on the whole party.

25 Might and 25 vuln are roughly equal. 300 power is roughly 10% damage. 300 Power = 10 Might. 10 vuln = 10% damage.

Vuln is only worth putting more thought into because its harder to achieve than Might. If BOTH your Might and your Vuln suck, fixing either is an equal priority to the other.

Doesn’t seam right but I ran the numbers and u r correct. Thank u for the info

Meyer.9627:

Valik Shin.9027:

It doesn’t really help. U might and I say might take 1 extra hit from a boss before going down.

In my opinion even that 1 hit is quite good to be able to take. I use to say that you deal more damage alive than dead even if you have less offensive stats ^^

Or just dodge

It’s bad in pvp cause people will just stop attacking and then u have nothing to show for it. In dungeons most people use their heal to pre stack might so there r better options for that

Purple Miku.7032:

Rygg while you’re right about vuln and blind being important, you’re doing yourself a disservice to claim that “stacking might is irrelevant if you do not keep an eye on also stacking vuln.”

Those two are different totally different things that just increase output. Both of them are relevant, and neither of them require one another to make proper use of.

Other than that I agree with you.

Vulnerability is far more important than might. I don’t know the exact math bu I’d bet that 10-15 vuln is equal to 25 stacks of might on the whole party.

So y not bring the other classes up? Warriors r brought for support only not dps. Dps is just a bonus. If u nerf wars to bring it in line with other classes u will teams of 4 ele a 1 gaurdian

Please tell me u r trolling. Thief is way higher on dps than warrior so is ele. Gardians have just as much or even more support. I don’t know to many people that run more than 1 warrior in a group because there r better options once the might stacking is taken care of.

U have to force them out of their rotations. The build relies on certain skills linking together. If u can hit them with hammer 4,5 or f1 then u can get a burst in on them

It doesn’t really help. U might and I say might take 1 extra hit from a boss before going down.

Matt Stacey.7415:

No, not “How do I set all my skills to signets and then press 11111111111” I mean, how do so many of you play signet warrior? Warrior is mindless enough, how do you not fall asleep at your keyboard playing something so boring?

I actually have a signet condi build and u do not spam 1. U actually use ur signets

The only place I ever made it half way work was in LB f1

The problem is that toughness has very bad scaling. The more u have the more u need to gain for a noticeable damage reduction. Plus it has bo effect on condi damage

lighter.2708:

Come, ill destroy your warrior with my signet necro while i faceroll on my keyboard.
lighter.5631 add me.

Only reason signet necro beats a good war is cause u can rip our stability off instantly and the chain cc us to death

Yeah u should run phalanx warrior in almost every situation in dungeons and fractals. Exception being if u have someone else stacking might or r unable to melee for some reason. But even in those situations if the other might stacker isn’t a warrior it’s probably a dps loss for them to be might stacking.

So what if abbadon was actually trying to save tyria from the elder dragons. He gave magic to the humans so they would have a way to fight the elder dragons. He infused the marganites with massive power the have a army to fight the dragons. He also had a hand in defeating the mursaat (who betrayed the other races against the last dragon rising). The release of the titans could have been an effort to build a powerful army. The actions of factions could have been for the same reason. NF could have been a final attempt for him to help save the world by releasing himself to fight the dragons with his armies. I know that some of the things that happened probably helped the dragons ,like the sinking of Orr , but maybe that was more the fault of other people. Maybe abbadon couldn’t directly interact and just had to guide people in the general direction with no control over what they ultimately did with the power he lead them to.

The mursaat hide by phasing into another plan of existence or going into the mist depending on which npc or lore book u go by. I’m will to bet they did this because the dragons can’t enter the mist, on their own at least. If they could they probaly would. The magic in the mist in far greater than what is in world of tyria. It is also possible that they don’t know of the mist but I found it doubtful they wouldn’t at least be able to sense the power through the various portals around

If ur going gs I would assume u r in dps gear in which case the lb trait is not worth taking

Yeah its like there is a delay on the skill

The triats r only good in pvp and WvW with a condi or hybrid spec. Neither of which r very good on war right now.

To make a guide that covers all the mechanics of any class would take way to much time. My advise is to find someone that really understands the class and hang out with them for a while.

Problem with clerics is that toughness scaling is bad. In terms of effective health ( health pool + armor) ur better off with vitality. Against power builds it close but against condi vitality is far superior to toughness

Shout bow is easy but not super strong hard to 1v1 after the Stat change. It’s really a team fight build. Gs/hammer is a good build but not as easy unless ur just gonna go rampage then run away which makes the build kinda kitten if that how u run it

Hammer /mace shield. 1 daze, 3 stuns, 1 cripple, 1 knockdown, 1 knockback. Plus weakness and 2 blocks

Sifu.9745:

Darjian.6527:

Hello Hello,

I am fully aware that the longbow is a far better option in terms of range warrior but my love for muskets in fantasy wins over reason.

LB is not a better option than Rifle, atleast not, if you play both weapons with power builds. Condi builds and Traited LB have much better AA than Rifle and that is it, while Rifle can “shine” as a single target power weapon.

I would make the arrangements that lb is still beer than rifle in 1v1 even with a power build. The utility of lb is so good. Auto attack has double crit proc chance, immob , blind , fire field and blast finisher. In a group fight where u can get lost in the crowd then maybe a killshot build is a bit better but overall I still say lb is the better weapon

As was mentioned axe 5 isn’t strong in most cases. For cleaving downs and if u happen to get in a combo field it can be strong but it not worth it compared to the other weapon. Which kinda bring up another point. While some off hands r ok none r great. Unless u want to trait shield no one say I want that off hand and has to decide which main hand to take it at he other way around

Almost all the primal burst r worst than the standard ones. Sword is strong for condi and mace is solid but rest are weak at least in pvp

As was said sword is a hybrid weapon which is at its best with something like rabid or sinister which gives u both power and condi damage. To run rifle with it is a bad pairing. Rifle is pure damage weapon condi gives u nothing with it.

When a god is killed the amount of energy released is incredible. Kormir was given a “gift” from the gods that allowed her to absorb the power of abadon.

On another note (please correct me if I’m wrong here) I think Kormir was actually dead and it was her sprit that follows us in the realm of torment.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJAQNAR3ejMdQVI2FCOeAnIGKCqbMWgfW7ioPLsB4BCAA-TpBFwACOCAOeAAl2fo9FAoaZAAHEAA

Almost have to run discipline for the rifle trait. Also gives u heighten focus for quickness killshot or burst mastery for higher damage kill shot.

need to either set it up with a stun/daze/knockdown . with quickness u can get a full channel off . also really good for cleaving downs

Livia could be alive. She is a very powerful necromancer who has already been shown to live longer than usual

Elixirs r more alchemy which is science not magic

I’ve ran a lot of dungeons and seen a ton of pro runners come through my guild so here’s what I have seen with the level 80 dungeons

Arah is nt worth the hassle to most people unless they r bored or what a challenge. The time and effort required isn’t worth it to most dungeon runners

Coe. Yes Pl best loot dungeon in game always worth running but most people avoid cause it can be a pain to get into it cause it gets locked. Plus the bosses drop pretty quick save a couple

Cof. Get locked some times which is a slight turn off but even being level 80 u can still blow those bosses up quickly

I could see these being viable but I would r week them some personally.

1st build I think u should take blood reaction. I know u would loose survivability but this to me looks like a burst build which means having extra ferocity would be nice

2nd build I like. I would also try it more condi with carrion for a tankier spec that can let the condi set in

3rd build I don’t like berserker cause it seams more condi based but it might work ok

4th build would be good for 1v1 especially in the hands of a skilled player that’s is good with interrupts. Might try it with carrion.

Just my suggestions but won’t really know untill we can try them out

Kill shot is a perfect example of high risk high reward. Unless traited it isn’t a for sure crit and u have to be very glassy to have get those high damage numbers. Yes it can be powerful but it’s not any worse than a backstab thief if u factor in that u at least have a chance to see the warrior