Guild Wars 2

im reading this and thinking “how the KRAHP are you people getting bursts higher then the highest obtainable health pool!?”

then i realized youre all talking about PvE or WvW, where health pools are deeper and numbers are higher (and you might hit someone with low lvl gear :P) lol

Dempsey.8760:

But my shield blocks every hit :/ Don’t get me wrong I love the GS but in any pvp axe/shield will just win.

oh and anyone to just stand there and take every hit is effected by an illness not related to the game.

thats why you have a second weapon set, so you get off the massive burst the axe just cant reach, then switch to something else more sustainable and/or defensible.

also, you cant block a 100B with shield 5 if youre knocked down first (cause any half decent 100B warrior would knock anyone down first), youd need a stun breaker before hand, in which case a quick dodge is better then wasting your shield 5.

Dokuroizo.5348:

1. What are builds to consider, and contrary to those what builds should be avoided.
2. What is the role of the sPvP warrior?
3.How succesful do you guys who play sPvP find yourself.
4. How is the learning curves for Warriors in sPvP.

1. mainly the 100B glass canon burst spec, its really the only warrior spec that makes any significant difference in a team match. however its near to useless in paid tourneys, almost everyone has multiple ways of avoiding your burst completely.

you could also opt for a similar spec but with axe in your main hand, deals good burst as well. then ofc the hammer warrior can be a pain for enemies, especially when youve got healing shouts on top of all your CC. the only issue with that is youre VERY susceptible to blind, since you have long CDs and everything is a single hit.

on a subpar lvl theres the rifle warrior which does good in 8v8 random matches where its easy to hide behind crowds, but 5v5 and tourneys theyre quite useless, easy to kill and easy to avoid their damage. on that same lvl are bleed warriors, only efefctive against anyone dumb enough to have zero condition removals or at least a partner who can do it for them.

2. depends on the build.

100B burst warrior: roam between your nodes and jump in for massive burst to help your bunkers/support thne get out before youre focused down. (roughly the same for axe warriors)

hammer: stay on nodes and provide massive CC to help bunkers/support (and if youre also a shout spec, which you can easily do as a hammer warr, then use those to provide support as well).

any other spec: try to do as much damage and pray your opponents are also using subpar builds or are new to the game.

3. depends on the group comp. classes and builds dont determine the highest ranking teams (except you basically need a mesmer… figures :/), team communication and coordinated movements do.

4. depends on the builds again. its an incredibly small curve to learn 100B burst, the only thing newbies to the spec will do is try blowing everything right away to get quick kills, until they eventually cross the curve and realize how dumb that is. (and again roughly the same for axe).

hammer warriors are a bit tougher only cause youre so easy to kite, but the wide aoe arc of most their attacks helps in large groups, making your role easier to play.

anything else has a small curve only cause they have such a low peek.

that sounds like a pretty solid build for PvE and maybe even in WvW for the AoE damage.

but as for sPvP……. dont even bother….. LB is COMPLETELY useless in sPvP, providing only short amounts of decent condition with almost no direct damage, and after the sword nerf in the betas playing sword/bleed warrior specs has become incredibly subpar, the direct damage once again is close to non existent and since youre only applying bleeds (doesnt matter how fast) its incredibly easy for the majority of classes to simply drop it.

so PvE and WvW, sounds good. but sPvP, not even close to viable.

so does the amount of times you get stuck in the loading screen seem to be increasing?

at first it was the occasional “auto lose” in sPvP, then it turned into a screwed up match every 3-4 games for me, then it started happening in WvW and now today i started getting it in LA.

i was told it was only happening in sPvP when youd open the score board before respawning. welp i have not opened the scoreboard once today and ive gotten the loading bug 4 times in 2 hours.

WHEN WILL THIS GAME BREAKING BUG BE FIXED!?

so anyone else feel like these massive zerg fests of scrubs are almost completely worthless?

cause i mean you CANT go in with a group and just “go around them” and stuff cause you get split up from your group in randoms! you always get stuck with another zerg running circles around the other zerg or a group of new players or players who are just BAD and feed the other zerg points.

its as if winning no longer means anything and EVERYONE who actually does win are simply in there to farm glory, making sPvP “farm or tourney.” i dont claim to speak for everyone but as for myself that seems like a waste of what could have been a good time :/

unless you just feel like running in a zerg and hitting “111111111111” and winning ofc, plenty of glory that way. (or trebbing the ALWAYS present zerg of the other team in khylo, i admit that is fun lol)

idk, i just feel like they should allow groups to stay in the same freakin group when they enter a random instead of forcing them to fight each other and beside rando scrubs. it would also solve the “always present zerg” thing as well, cause in an actual team zergs are great and easy ways to get wins and points.

P.S. thieves are excluded cause they just stealth past the zerg and take all the points or they can one shot the numerous amount of glass scrubs in randoms, meaning they win either way lol

900 toughness is worthless.

2k toughness is a beast.

maybe try alternating and play against the same person, cause for me on my guardian with 2k toughness a glass canon thiefs burst will definitely do a lot of damage but far from one shot me, where as my 900 toughness warrior can be downed by thieves in 2-3 hits if theyre also glass canon.

toughness does make a difference, end of story.

Apathy.6430:

I didn’t look at all.

what i meant was by you saying “any servers NOT dead?” it appears you jumped to the conclusion that all of them are very quickly, and as you can see by this thread most are not.

simply dont be as cynical next time, most servers are still going strong.

“any servers not dead?”

you didnt look very hard did you!?

im on fort aspenwood and we’re pretty good in WvW, have lots of PvE dungeon groups all the time (not so much during the day, eastern time that is), leveling is still fu cause in almost every region there are plenty of people around, and sPvP is still kicking (and yes i know its cross server, but our HotM is pretty full compared to a lot of servers ive heard, so i felt like i should add it lol).

im not saying FA is the most populated or anything, but its definitely far from dead.

nofo.8469:

Basically you have a choice between JQ, SBI and BG.

ummmmm…. what?

thats almost completely false, btw. those are three populated servers fer sure, but not the only ones by a long shot.

bad info is bad.

Mrkraken.6791:

Basic Format:
1. When did you begin playing? (post bw’s)
2. how many hours total do you have? (/age)
3. What’s your most gold banked so far?
4. Do you have a max level character (s)? (number if more than one)
5. List 1-3 areas / zones / events / tp; where you spend most of your time for income.
6. Do you mainly use MF or not?
7. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a mob? If so, how many and total?
8. Have you ever got an exotic weapon from a chest? If so, how many and total?
9. What’s the most number of rare weapons you have looted in one day or 8hrs time?
10. How many rare or exotic weapons do you “expect” to loot in one hour of time?
11. How many lodestones have you looted total so far? (all types)
12. Do you craft? If so, do you have a 400 crafter? if so, how many?
13. Do you sell your looted crafting mats? (specify optional)
14. Do you feel your return, (in terms of items, completion, income, etc) for your time, has been worth it?
15. In ONE word, what needs improved most; from your perspective?

1. post bws? immediately after betas lol so right at launch.
2. no idea, havent looked. i play a couple or so hours every other night, roughly, so you do the math lol
3. ive had a total of 17 gold at one point……. yay for sPvPers! :P
4. yes, one warrior.
5. i guess heart of the mists, since i dont farm for gold and just deal with being broke (since gold isnt necessary for sPvP).
6. i dont actually know what you mean by “MF.”
7. nope.
8. nope.
9. uh, ive made like 14 or so exotics in one day in the heart of the mists, dont know if that counts, cause you cant get rares in sPvP.
10. depends if i like the look of my current gear or not.
11. none.
12. actually i do craft, but my armorsmithing is only 325 or so (again not needed for sPvP), and i have barely touched weaponsmithing.
13. yeah, why not?
14. yeah, killing players to get stuff to break down to make better stuff is worth it.
15. …… makeitsosPvPerscanmakeatleastalittlebitofgold…… thats one word…. >.>

P.S. this servey doesnt really take sPvPers into account does it -.-

SirMirex.8543:

Okay, I would like to actually enjoy WvW for the past couple weeks but I can’t… the same results always occur.

Fort Aspenwood vs Tarnished Coast vs Yak’s Bend

Could anyone actually give me any explanation on how the draws work? I’m sure going up against the same opoonents three times in a row IS NOT supposed to happen.

well except for the fact that all three servers get around the same score for the majority of the “match.”

sure TC usually pulls ahead but perhaps going up one will be ruinous for YB and FA and going down one might not be fair to those “below” us on the scale (no disrespect to those ranked lower then us intended), leaving TC as the best match up possible atm.

idk, but thinking it through and coming up with a possible reason to me seems like a better way to figure it out then QQing on the forums.

Arkengel RaF.9672:

So we know that Zojja is from the College of Synergetics. What college was Snaff from?

if i remember correctly from the books snaff was the one who paved the way for the current understanding of synergetics through his work with golems.

so im pretty sure hes from the college of synergetics lol

what is the point of this thread?

“he called me a name on the internet! DX”

if ANYTHING calling a player a name thats “offensive” to your player race by game lore is simply a way of having fun with you. my friends call me “kitty,” “fur ball,” “tony the tiger,” and so on cause im a charr and its rather humorous, for me i mean, ill respond with “meow” half the time.

lighten up OP, its not offensive to YOU and its not meant to be offensive.

most likely.

MajorShock.4023:

So I ask you this if the Asura created a military force would any race be able to stop them? Or would the Asuran War Machine steam roll over all of Tyria. Taking out Elder Dragons and alliances, in a 1 on 1 war was to erupt who would be victorious?

i think the charr would handily beat the asura. i mean they also have all their machines or war and mass destruction, but the charr are more akin to war and the tactics and strategies used in war.

if it came down to just pure fire power, firing back and forth at each other, then the asura might be able to gain the edge, but in a full scale war i dont think they could stand up to the war machine that is the charr.

and dont forget, the charr present in tyria only consist of the iron legion and small pieces/regiments of blood and ash, and that alone rivals the other races in numbers and size. if there was a 1v1 race war between the asura and charr dont doubt that blood and ash would join them in full force, which would most likely tip the scales even further.

that being said the asura could definitely beat the sylvari and norn in a 1v1 war, neither have the forces or strongholds necessary. same for the humans, sorta. the only reason the humans in ebonhawke ended up holding out to the charr as long as they did was cause some asura built gates between divinitys reaach and ebonhawke, once again allowing supplies and munitions to get through the charr blockade. without the asura the humans would have completely lost ascalon, so in a war against the asura the humans wont be getting help like that obviously (especially in a 1v1), so i think the asura would manage to get the edge on them as well.

over all my ratings of military strength/likeliness of victory in 1v1s is:

1. charr
2. asura
3. human
4. sylvari
5. norn

Sandra Martino.3870:

if you mained a necro vicarious you wouldnt come storm in here and proclaim bullkitten.

again, glad you provided a good example of what it is im saying thats incorrect then why that is.

cause to me it seems a lot of you are crying just to cry. i like my necro and i think the skills offered to a necro are good and yes, BALANCED, with most the other classes.

in PvE my staff/wells build works perfectly fine if not above par, and in PvP i can beat most people 1v1 with my power dagger build.

sorry some of you suck too bad to make full use of this slightly more complex class.

warhorn has good buffs and a lot of utility, but keeping that axe off hand allows for fast adrenaline build up and the ability to apply some more bleeding (with the trait to apply bleeding on crit). but both work, its a preference thing really.

and yea when in a dungeon groups dont use signets, their passive buffs are only decent and their activations are mediocre, plus only help you and not the whole team, theyre good for lvling and thats about it. also i think the page glitched and youve got reduced shout recharge by 20% twice, which is impossible lol just to make sure, you should definitely have healing shouts in the 30 slot, but im pretty certain you do and the page just screwed up XP

but other then that youre on the right track, id say just stick to that until you get to max then ask for advice, cause then runes and sigils might actually matter lol

i dont think necros are overpowered, underpowered, strong, or weak in s/tpvp.

a power damage necro can do a lot of burst dps and apply a lot of CC, a condition necro is almost unrivaled in condition damage, and bunker necros (with good DS use ofc) can be as good as the other bunkers.

but like others have said they do have their own short comings (like every class does), which can be xploited by good players (like they can do to any class), which leaves necros on par with the rest, overall.

Dante.3754:

As far as damage goes spvp is all about the burst, which we also lack. If we can get people by themselves conditions can wreck but they are a lot rarer than in tpvp.

condition necros arent the only viable damaging tpvp spec for tourneys ya know lol try a power dagger build, most people shy away cause theyre like “wut nuh critz!?” without realizing or testing it to see its potential for themselves. but it is very good and has decent mobility if you go the warhorn route.

Dredlord.8076:

if you’re gonna call someone out for not knowing about a class you better kittening know it yourself…

warrior can apply bleeds much faster than a necro on demand and at range if they so desire.

now tuck your tail between your legs and head back to the warrior forum and learn about your class

oh well gee, thank you for providing all that solid proof to back up your point!

and btw no they cant, minus the burst ability ofc, but if youre counting that then you might as well count the necros abilities to instantly apply any number of conditions using their utilities. again, like i said and you ignored, necros dont need more bleed time cause removing bleeds is harder when youve got 3-5 more conditons on you, where as with the warrior its easy to simply remove or convert just bleeding.

but thats just common sense, something a lot of people seem to be lacking it would seem, mr dredlord.

and fyi, i main a necro. but ty for assuming everything, just makes you look like a fool, which im obviously alright with lol

RockonHarder.7235:

i understand that the racials tend to be weaker versions of other abilities. But for a Norn a weaker ability is better then none at all. Example underwater norns lose access to all elites but 1. plague form is all we get underwater.

I’m only really familair with char and norn elites. since all my 80’s currently come from those races.

the char elites are better then the norn elites IMO specially for a necro. of course alot are still not accessible underwater.

how are the charr racials better?

an aoe rocket strike that does mediocre damage and has an incredibly long CD, a “charrzooka” that also does only moderate damage when it actually hits your targets, and the ability to summon two allies that die within seconds in any large scale PvE fight or boss fight, all the while once again only doing moderate damage.

and i dont think any of those are usable underwater either. necros are just kinda kittened underwater in general (i.e. no wells or elite besides plague).

i have a charr warrior and a charr thief, and i dont think on either of them did i even consider using their racial elites. and yes i did test the thief elte “thieves guild” and the charr elite “warband” to see which was better, and not only did the thieves do more damage but they lived longer.

so, again, the norn is not kittened or at any disadvantage in any way what so ever as a necro when compared to the other races.

Levian.6742:

I’ve never once encountered a situation where I’ve done all the hearts/POI’s/vistas and DE’s and the next area in the zone is too high of a level

im the complete opposite lol

2/5 of my toons are sylvari, necro and guardian, and its the only starting zone ive had lvling issues in. and no in the moving onto the next area and being too low thing (since thats never happened to me, cause if you really do everything its impossible to be too low, someone made a thread on guru a while back doing the math of the xp in each area and in every area youd end up half a lvl higher then the minimum recommended for the next area, and that was if you didnt do the story).

my issue was that the story points were too close together, id have to lvl all around the point and get farther away just so i could get into it at a decent lvl. i never played human but asura, charr, and norn never gave me that issue.

EDIT: but dont get me wrong, i love the sylvari, one of the coolest looking races ive seen ina while lol

Kellie.3687:

Heya, on my Warrior I am trying to figure out what one will bring me the most value over all. With my current build I have 27.6k health I am using Solider on all Armor slots and Weapon slots.

However as a Warrior I have 22k health with out gear on, What I am curious to know, is Knight offers more toughness, and with that more armor meaning I would take less damage using Knight gear than Solider, but have a smaller health pool.

What one is going to net me the most survivability? I am not sure how much extra armor I am going to gain by taking Knight, but would the extra damage reduction make up for the loss of 5-6k health?

This is all a question from a PvE Dungeon running perspective, as I do the pulls for my group and often take the vast majority of the groups damage keeping most if not all of the live targets on me.

Thanks in advance for any ideas, or information.

in my opinion it depends. you running with shouts? if so then stick to soldiers runes, the ability to remove and extra condition with a shout is hard to live without after youve played it for a while lol

but if youre doing anything other then shouts then knights would work just as well if not better.

Cosmos.1628:

ive just been complaining in the engineer forums that we are underpowered compared to most professions especially compared to warriors! Other professions need to be more powerful or warriors need to be nerfed by at least 40% damage!

great, make the already tourney useless rifle warrior do 40% less damage, so they cant kill anything and remain one of the easiest class/spec combos to kill!

balance, from the point of view of a different class, at its finest.

oflow.2157:

@Vicarious: Your argument is also horrendous. You cherry picked my post. Saying you can beat other warriors as a warrior isnt proving anything but my point.

cherry picked? you mean like taking one of the very last things from a post and saying “well since yous aid that one thing everything else yous aid is wrong?” kinda like what you just did, for example.

at least i responded to all your points.

and i said that cause killing a 100B glass canon on my guardian and necro is simply a trivial matter and i assumed youd say as much if i used them as examples.

oh, and glass canon warriors, the ones doing 16k+ damage once every 60 seconds or so, they dont have 24k health, or theyre not glass canon specs, thus wont be doing that much damage unless buffed while your debuffed and playing a glass canon yourself. in that case most classes can do the same if not more to you as well.

and none of your links actually proves anything, just more people (who are rank 11 “by accident simply through goofing around,” as the one said) whining about what they think is an imbalance but in reality on their own lack of skill.

RockonHarder.7235:

Now i’m not totally familair with all the racials. but as i understand it Sylari get a AoE immobilized which is stupid strong compared to what the Norn get.

that sort of helps, as in it helps me know that someone has been feeding you dated information.

yes the sylvari racial used to be that, but it got nerfed HARD before launch even, now only rooting one target for a shorter amount of time with no additional damage from the roots. basically no one uses it anymore, theres no point in wasting a utility slot for it.

but like i previously said, all the racial skills are worse versions of other class skills, there are no disadvantages or advantages of being any race over another, period.

yeah so there are no racial disadvantages in this game, so idk what the OP is talking about :/

plus the racial skills just a worse version of other class skills with unique graphics and shouts and what not.

the amount of one sided bias with no experience in the specs of the other classes youre complaining about is ridiculous…..

like for example, saw someone say that warriors getting 50% more bleed time compared to necros 20% more bleed is unfair? ok first off think of how it is applied, necro can do at range and faster while also applying poison, the warrior swings slower then a scepter, must stay on target in melee, and thats the only condition they can apply.

so yeah thats fair, stop whining.

then ofc the misunderstanding of the necro skill itself! reapers mark, if someone triggers it while youre rezzing then EVERYONE gets feared in the area, the other two are shields that stop ranged attacks, cause you stomp at range all the time…..

you should actually know what skills youre whining about before actually posting it on the forums ya know.

oflow.2157:

you’re all overlooking the fact that a warrior has better regen thru signets than other classes have thru heals and warrior’s a supposedly melee heavy class but can out damage even the ranged classes with their ranged weapons when not even specced into a ranged spec.

Meaning a TB glass cannon warrior can weapon swap to rifle and out damage a dps ranger, engineer, necro or elementalist when they are snared. People are saying hes exaggerating on the damage output, but most other classes besides thief and mesmer cant even hit you for 8k (which is on the low side for warrior burst), the others average more like 4-5k at best and thats being generous.

Also, compared to the other classes, their glass cannon spec isnt really very glassy with heavy armor and traits that give them extra health on top of their already high health pool and regen.

So sure it might be easier to avoid warrior abilities in a 1v1 scenario, but like people always like to say, pvp isnt balanced around 1v1 and most of the time you arent fighting the warrior 1v1 so the chances of him hitting you with HB or one of his other abilities does go up when theres other CCs etc involved.

Saying warriors are fine because thieves are also unbalanced doesnt really prove a point besides balance favors thieves and warriors.

your argument is horrendous, just fyi.

first off passive regen? a warriors regen alone is not even close to enough to sustain him against ANY sort of damage unless they can disengage and remove all conditions without using that signet (which is why its really only useful in PvE where you can distance yourself while your team does the fighting, forget it in PvP and WvW, youd need the regen from another class to get enough to stay alive). provide actual numbers and back them up, otherwise you just look like a butthurt whiner.

second, more ranged damage? are you kidding me? longbow is horrible when compared to other ranged dps from other classes (minus PvE and WvW aoe ofc, but thats a different subject), and rifle is by far the easiest to avoid and counter ranged attack method in the entire game. and if youre a ranger or engineer and your loosing to a non rifle warrior using a rifle then you are simply terrible at this game. then necro and ele you said? so speaking of self health regen, necros and eles, they got it, plus FAR more CC and conditions then a rifle warrior. there is a reason you almost NEVER see a rifle warrior in a decent tourney group.

third, isnt very glass canon? youre obviously too bad to dodge their charge and attack them then if you dont think they are squishy. i play a mace/shout warrior atm and i can dump all over glass canon specced warriors, i mean when a mace warrior can easily and quickly kill a class in heavy armor then its definitely glass.

and finally your last statement, no one was saying “warriors are fine cause thieves are unbalanced,” people were saying if pistol whip got nerfed then so should hundred blades (cause theyre idiots who dont understand one or both skills), so essentially the complete opposite of what you were claiming.

P.S. nice BS numbers there, would be nice if you could actually prove it…..

yes some classes are better then others at certain things and some classes are just easier to play well.

get used to it, ITS AN MMO, and its been like that for every MMO since the existence of MMOs.

my power/dagger/CC necro can kitten the face off of guardian bunker builds 1v1 and i can do more AoE damage in WvW, but that guardian will always perform better then me in PvE events. just a fact youll have to deal with instead of whining about.

good guide but personally i hate frenzy in PvE, the taking 50% more damage for the duration always screws me over lol

“switch to GS, run in with frenzy, start going through rotation, but infact youre dead cause the boss/large mob/whatever just one shot your glass canon kitten ”

i also run a GS/longbow PvE spec and i find im much more useful with some more survivability and more sustained melee combat. it takes me longer to get through my “rotations” yeah (which is essentially dodging when needed and using 100B when its up instead of #1 lol) but if i can get up close, hold the bosses attention, actually live/survive, and deal almost as much damage i think ive done far more then simply running in and getting off some burst before running if i somehow survive.

i also run healing shouts though, upping my and my teams survivability by a lot. but thats just my own personal preferences and playstyle.

Dignity.1389:

Anyone done the math on 5 points in discipline instead of strength, you get 5% more crit dmg that way. How does that add up incomparison to 50 more power and a % more dmg when endurance is not full?

i have not done the math, but this is how i look at it:

do you have a high crit chance?

- if the answer is yes then go for increased crit damage.

- if the answer is no then go for more power.

Jasher.6580:

19k-25k hundred blades is okay… yet they nerfed pistol whip… I’m genuinely confused. Both root the character, both are channelled attacks, yet the guy with the heavy armour and high health gets to keep that ridiculous damage.

Confused.

right, completely ignore the fact that you can spam pistol whip and each time it roots your opponents as well.

ah, common sense, wish there was more of it going around……..

and making it so the ranged weapons can combo and bullscharge actually worked properly arent much of a “buff” and more of just a needed fix. so stop whining, warriors can still one shot baddies and still suck against decent players.

Teabaker.9524:

Rifle warriors are kinda okay though.

you dont play a lot of tourneys, do you? lol

but yeah warriors have a disadvantage against mesmers and thieves, but then again so does everyone except guardian :P

Nhalx.9735:

Nevermind, not even going to bother with you. Let the numbers do the talking.

THEN POST THE FRICKIN NUMBERS!

no numbers can do any talking for you when you claim killshot can do 21K+ damage on you with 3K armor and then dance around the people asking for proof instead of just showing it.

listen to the people replying to you, it is LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE for a killshot to one hit you when you have that much HP and armor.

so yeah, you are full of it, plain and simple.

Braxxus.2904:

Omg man you have no idea. It’s fun as hell and just annihilates everyone 1v1 in moments. For sheer fun factor I still love shock trooper flame thrower but that requires at least 2 engi’s running that same build to really shine. This build is just beastmode though.

addendum I doubt it would work in tourney play but I’ve given up on tournament play and the whole “esport” meta which consists of 1 build per class viability with mandatory “roles” for teams being filled by specific classes while the rest eat crow… just like what’s been wrong in every other mmo that’s tried to do competitive pvp. WvW is far more forgiving about letting you play with at least a small variety of builds and not feeling the effects of being completely sub-par.

yea it does not work in tournaments, and not cause of the meta or anything, but the 900ish toughness of that build. anyone with decent damage will burn someone with that little toughness down in a matter of seconds. thieves and mesmers are really the only exceptions to that (stealth and massive amounts of clones basically).

now general spvp might be a different story, just bombarding the always present zerg of the other team with bombs could be quite devastating lol

however didnt they nerf all grenade damage by 25% for pvp only in yesterdays patch?

Drgori.5724:

Hello, just thinking of start a new toon, and I though about a rifle build warrior, but still not sure what race is a best fit, as far racial skills…any suggestions?

anything cause all the racial skills are crap when compared to the rest of the classes skills.

just saying.

but my warrior is a charr cause they look amazing in heavy armor, then i have a female sylvari guardian cause the heavy armor is actually the most revealing of all the armor sets for women o.O yeah shun me or w/e, i like my female toons to be revealing! lol

one of the very few things i miss about TERA haha

Valdoron.7821:

Dam, I sure hope they don’t nerf the killshot, i was looking forward to rolling a GC rifle warrior just for the sole purpose of plunking off all the noobs in WvW. I dunno, I think it’s just fun watching people die. It’s the only reason I PvP after all. I mean call it “cheating” wah, wah, but what other reason is there to PvP? If you don’t like it, then roll a Warrior and do the same thing. And don’t get ugly with folks for going GC, if they enjoy high risk, high reward playstyle, then that’s up to them to decide and up to you to deal with. So deal with it.

i agree, and i deal with it by stomping glass canons in tourneys. makes me feel better after that glass canon sitting on top of a keep started pegging me for insane amounts of damage lol

Goshalaten.2415:

While playing the game I wondered whether minions helped at all? wouldn’t it be better just to use non-minion abilities?

depends, you talking sPvP, PvE, or WvW?

in sPvP it is “sorta” viable. going straight up minionmancer isnt what i mean either, but atm im running the power dagger build, with the golem, wurm, and rats as minions, and they serve as a GREAT form of dps, not too mention the wurm serves as a stun breaker. but most my damage comes from my daggers and the well of suffering ive got as a utility as well. its probably not THE best spec for sPvP, but its definitely a lot of fun lol

as for PvE and WvW, no, minion builds are quite useless. bosses kill all your minions within the first 5 seconds of combat, and in WvW theres so much AoE your minions are downed even faster still.

i was just experimenting with the traits and i thought “what if i made it so i feared a lot, fear lasted longer, did damage, and could be spammed?”

would make for a great way to hold points, would it not? but im thinking Anet linked them to avoid fear spamming, i also just havent tested it out yet lol

im a little confused, how can you really apply confusion with a sword+sword/axe+shield build besides shields #4 and bullscharge? that doesnt seem like it would do all that much confusion wise :/

and i want to thank everyone else out for their input as well. it would seem if youre not gonna go GS/frenzy or rifling glass canon you basically have to go CC. ive recently started trying mace+mace simply for the control aspect of it with some healing shouts. im still working on it but so far it aint bad, the ranged knockdown makes closing in quite easy so far lol

GoneBatty.9048:

Hmm odd, because on my full defense support Guardian, all tanky toughness, and vitality, I’ve been pegged for my entire healthbar by one of those shots. 10 k! I know, Guardians have the lowest hp pool in the game, but I’m the tankiest I can get. Maybe it was luck or the fact he hit two people as it pierced it’s way towards me, maybe it was the fact my shield wall was on cooldown, but still THAT hurts ALOT.

Then again, 14.4 k hp isn’t alot in the grand scheme of things.

Let me word it another way; the heavy armored class doesn’t need a ranged ‘’one shot kill’‘. The stealthing thief also does not need a one stab kill. The warrior doesn’t need a one shot kill that can be fired only as fast as he can recoup adrenaline. There are no ‘headshots’ in GW2.

When a shout healer warrior is bragging at high damage output from the shot, that’s a bit worrying.

14.4k and youre “as tanky as you can get?”

my guardian has a power greatsword/meditation build and i have 16k health…… so i KNOW if you were going for “as tanky as you can get” youd at least have more then that.

oh yeah and kill shot has only hit me for 8k AT MAX. ofc thats if i dont tele to him, blind him, pull and interrupt him, simply dodge, or put a bubble up in the 1.5 secs it takes to charge the kitten thing.

like i said before, rifle warriors are easy kills. L2P and focus him if youre having that much trouble with mr glass rifle. he’ll die in two seconds.

so i was just wondering, and havent had the time to test this yet, but are the CD for the fear induced from the traits “reaper’s protection” and “fear of death” linked?

for example, if im immobilized and my opponents get feared away but manage to return and down me in say 20 secs (before the 90 sec CD from the previous fear from reapers protection is up) will the fear thats supposed to be induced by getting downed from the trait fear of death still be applied? or will it not be due the fear from being immobilized 20 secs prior?

XXVI Red.5718:

Fiesbert.9816:

This is the build you are looking for http://tinyurl.com/d9r7e34
I won’t tell too much though, you have to figure out how to use it yourself. Its insanely powerful.

im gonna laugh so hard if thats his “invulnerable” build LOL

i run close to that same build on my necro, and it is good, but it is FAR from invincible, not to mention its useless against anyone with a decent amount of condition removal lol

gwawer.9805:

Death blossom, caltrops, stealth —--> bleeds me to death

Evasion so I can’t even hit him. Teleports around with shortbow or pistol to kite me, all while I’m crippled.

So anyone who can beat this 1v1 bleed thieves wanna share ur strats? And don’t lie…we know noone can beat them.

BTW Stealth mechanics have ruined the pvp in this game.

stealth “mechanics” havent ruined the game, its just that the render bug has temporarily made thieves overpowered in most cases, especially when in 1v1.

but back on topic, if youre simply interested in beating condition thieves run a shout warrior build with soldier runes, (and if you REALLY wanted to go overboard you could also use a warhorn and an amulet with healing power with the vigorous shout trait so each shout does a 2k heal lol).

if you dont want to completely respec then im sorry but 1v1 thieves are basically easy mode and youll have a hard time no matter what you do. but to gain an edge just use some sort of condition removal skill/ability, otherwise survive long enough for a friend to come help.

GoneBatty.9048:

Thieves have been nerfed 4 times now. Leave them alone and evaluate your wn play style before being so defeatist about your own skill.

ok dude its a FACT thieves are in the top “tier” of PvP classes, and yes even after the nerf. its why they were nerfed (well the sword was at least) and why theyre being nerfed again in tmrws scheduled patch, at least thats what rumor says. and a mace warhorn build in sPvP? theres a reason you dont see it all that often LOL

well it sure is a good thing that kill shots got such a long charge up time where you can break LoS, daze, knockdown, knock back, dodge, use any other defensive abilities you got, or simple close the distance and force the warrior to start moving.

but im speaking in more of a sPvP mind set here, where rifle warriors arent one of peoples first, or second choices in fact, when looking for tourney teams.

if youre speaking in WvW terms, well, get used to unbalanced moments, there are SO many variables to take into account when there are THAT many players, an insane amount of terrain options, difference in gear (and the ability for players to go FULL glass canon and just hang on top of towers pegging unsuspecting foes), and etc.

basically in sPvP rifle warriors are not overpowered in anyway, they are infact usually an easy kill and rangers/engineers are preferred in tourneys for ranged damage. then in WvW if youre team is having issues with one rifle warrior then you have quite a few more issues then whether rifle warriors are balanced or not.

Sherman.4631:

Vicarious.3047:

thief complaining about a warrior……..

nothing to see here, move along folks.

Sherman.4631:

So yeah the most underpowered class in the game is the most popular and YOU notice that 70% of the commander are warrior ? Warrior is freaking versatile you can do everything : Venerability, Bleed, Cripple, Knock Down, Stun, 3 stack of constant of might to everyone around, AoE knock back. You have lots of weapons choice compare to ele or engineer with like 3-4 choice, You have 2 good viable range weapon (guardian ranged weapons are a joke not yours) you are the tank class in the game with 20k base hp level 80. The only thing you need is a short partial invincibility, oh wait you already have one.

and can i give this the “i have no experience in these matters” medal of the week?

I play guardian ?

someone doesnt get the concept of “order”…….

first part was in response to the OP, which is why it was before i posted your quote. i mean not too mention basic english competency, “and” after the quote meaning it was a separate point in the post.

thief complaining about a warrior……..

nothing to see here, move along folks.

Sherman.4631:

So yeah the most underpowered class in the game is the most popular and YOU notice that 70% of the commander are warrior ? Warrior is freaking versatile you can do everything : Venerability, Bleed, Cripple, Knock Down, Stun, 3 stack of constant of might to everyone around, AoE knock back. You have lots of weapons choice compare to ele or engineer with like 3-4 choice, You have 2 good viable range weapon (guardian ranged weapons are a joke not yours) you are the tank class in the game with 20k base hp level 80. The only thing you need is a short partial invincibility, oh wait you already have one.

and can i give this the “i have no experience in these matters” medal of the week?

sirnibb.4709:

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-sF-8w;0VKFM0h4kL-60;9;4JT-J-49-47B;118;2IRk3C;1sV2DsV2D5BG

“bad link”

Ok so I’m just wondering if there are any competitive warrior builds out there besides the sometimes OP, sometimes useless, and always boring 100B frenzy warrior build?

I had started as the 100B spec when the game first came out like almost everyone else, but its SO BORING! you either run in, kill your opponent in .5 seconds, or they actually know what theyre doing and you have to rely on eviscerates to win (or just bank on frenzy coming off CD in time to faceroll them with your axe #1 hits).

i then went to bleed/shout warrior, and that was GREAT, but at some point sword was nerfed and it hits like a wet noodle, so you basically do ALL your damage in bleeds, so if the people youre facing are any good theyll have plenty of ways to remove conditions.

then finally i went to zerker hammer warrior. that was fun for a while, especially in general spvp, jump into the always present zerg with ES and smash everyone to bits or just knock them all away/down repeatedly. sadly once i brought it to tourneys i found out any decent player just uses blind or something when i use ES, and ALL the burst damage comes from the massive crits against your stunned targets after an ES, effectively making me useless.

so here i am again, looking for a good warrior tourney build that ISNT a 100Bfrenzy build. im looking for a build that does at least decent damage, i dont need the super glass canon specs that deal insane burst, but i also dont want to be the wielder of the wet noodle either ofc. and my biggest issue is i need a spec with decent tougness. idc if it lacks in vitality, as a warrior 900 vitality is still like 19k health, which is perfectly fine to me, i just want toughness to avoid getting one shot by thieves and burst warriors.

any suggestions? im willing to test just about anything out besides 100B and rifle specs (i hate the rifle as a main weapon, just a preference thing, i know it can do a lot of damage i just dont care lol).

thnx in advance for any constructive responses

lvl 75 storyline the mouth is whipping me up but good" I feed Zhiatan Zhaitan makes me stronger yay"

that was one of the few i never had an issue with lol i mean i did have snarl and whatsherfacekittenybloodlegionchick as well as the asuran assassin from the whispers, which definitely helped. snarl being a ranged fighter would just shoot down the little mobs trying to feed the mouth, and he never got killed cause he somehow ended up behind a pillar so the mouths aoe skills didnt hit him lol

ok so ive been going back to my home instance every 10 lvls or so on my toons to see this “amazing variation” and “myriad of changes” that are supposed to occur based on my personal story and the choices i make, such as “special vendors” and “new buildings,” but i have yet to see anything all that unique.

i mean yeah in my charr home i have a few npcs like clement forktail, reeva, and the “blacksmith,” along with some ogres, but compared to my friend whos got clawspur, the vigil guy, and some grawl thats really the only differences. simply adding npcs from the story that i cant even interact with while in my home instance is a bit of a bummer, personally.

am i missing something? or is the home instance really just that lackluster?

i dont know what youre talking about OP…..

i got the last quest, the arah dungeon one, and was waiting for a friend of mine to catch up but go tired of waiting and decided id continue. i warped to the closest wp i had to arah and simply ran up to the gate past the mobs, saw someone saying “LFM ARAH STORY!” i whispered him “ill go, first time,” we entered the dungeon, and i killed a dragon in about 30 mins…..

whats your issue? and i dont think the event beforehand is even necessary for the story, simply to get into the dungeon like most other 70+ dungeons.

i dont get all these “its too hard” topics…..

ive got a lvl 80 warr, 40 guard, 25 necro, and 11 engi and i still have yet to have as much trouble on these story events as people are claiming.

i mean yeah some are hard and challenging, which in my opinion is good, but ive never had to retry more then 3-4 times on any story mission :/

yeah vees it just sounds like youre not playing well in that scenario.

ive never done any human stories myself but i actually watched a friend do that quest and the last part of the grizwhirl and as an ele he just stomped everything, aside form the last boss ofc which gave him some issues, being a boss and all lol

idk, he just dodged when he needed too and dropped aoe until most of them were close to dead, and switched to water to heal himself if he got stuck in chain stuns.

idk if its just for me or if everyone has this issue, but reevas dialogue isnt working. whenever she says something in one of the speech bubbles there is no voice, but in the betas there was.

i submitted this issue in game a couple times and thought id post it here as well.