Guild Wars 2

Underwater: Frozen Abyss
Land: Glyph of Storms

Necro changes didn’t affect me, I run Siphon/Well Traits (gasp!)

nearlight.3064:

1. mesmer (every build got buffed. condition, GS shatter, kittening mantra, you name it).

As someone who enjoys Mantra mesmer, I welcomed that change. The change to Triumphant Distortion was a solid one too. Clones receiving 1 second of Distortion upon creation is nice.

Just a fun little debate. Obviously it’s all opinion and perspective. Let’s be respectful of others view points.

My thoughts:

1) Guardian
2) Ranger (NOTE: Guardian and Ranger in my opinion both received generous updates, was hard to pick a 1 and 2
3) Mesmer (mostly cuz Torment Autos)
4) Thief
5) Engineer
6) Necromancer
7) Warrior
8) Elementalist (Elite skills harshly punished, but Glyphs may be more fun now)

Again, these are my opinions, so don’t flame me or call me stupid or discuss my mothers sex life because your opinion differs from mine.

Heal As One would make more sense benefitting from Pet related traits. Troll Unguent or maybe Healing Spring would make more sense as Survival.

In this first screenshot, as the time shows 13:57, so just after the first spawns. Notice we have four people, with one Champion Risen Thrall.

The 2nd screenshot shows 13:52, a different angle. Closest people are the turrets, and I was never sure if the people standing there are close enough to scale.

Screenshot 3 shows the second spawns, with 12:27 left. This time there are five people here, the 4th screenshot will be a few seconds after, a different angle, showing no one running through.

So far, the first four screenshots so a group of 4 with a Champion spawn, and a group of 5 with a Champion spawn.

The 5th screenshot is at 7:55, just after spawn number 5 (spawns number 3 and 4 had no champions, so it wasn’t really helpful to this discussion). If you notice, there are seven people here. There is no Champion spawn.

Based mostly on the last screenshot, and somewhat on the first two, this is the frustration I’ve dealt with. I have no idea why it bothers me so much, but here is the “proof” I said I would provide. If this is inconclusive enough for you, please reply in kind and offer up evidence of your side. Until then, I still think spawns are random.

Andred you’re right. I should have done that from the beginning. I apologize for not. Tomorrow I will screenshot every mob that spawns, I will be sure to do my best to screenshot quickly and as many angles as I can get to show the number of people around. I still have a firm belief that I am correct, but if I find that I prove myself wrong then its a lesson well learned and I will be glad I finally decided to post this.

Show me evidence of that then please. Take a screenshot of the spawns and the number of people around at the time, I will do the same. I honestly disagree with you guys based on my experiences. Spawns are at 14:00 then every 90 seconds after. I have seen random champion spawns, with various amounts of people around. I’ve led Tequatl fights, and I always say I don’t care how many people are at each location, and I NEVER receive complaints of Champion spawns when they over stack the boats. They have all told me its within normal amounts, a spawn here and there, or sometimes not at all. I personally think its just a metric for Commanders and guilds to control people. But until I have visual evidence, or maybe an ArenaNet Employee come in here and tell me that it is based on numbers, also explaining why if I have ten+ people near the spawn at the time without Champion spawns, I will admit to the mistake.

I have never seen any correlation of number of people around, and Champions spawning. As I said with numbers as many as 10, possibly more with some passing through turrets or w/e, I’ve seen zero Champion spawns. I’m just looking for evidence to support peoples claims of “more people = Champions”.

I think it should be a mini Shadow Refuge.
Compare it to Uncatchable (Leave behind caltrops when you dodge.) The caltrops you leave behind when dodging are in a much smaller radius, and last only 2 or 3 seconds, compared to the utility skill. Maybe Last Refuge can just pop a Shadow Refuge that has a smaller radius, lasts 2 seconds, and heals.

It wouldn’t solve the problem of instant Revealed if you happen to be attacking when it triggers, but it can supply a heal of some sort.

Tequatl

Specifically the boat teams. People always want 5, no more, no less. Why? Most say “having any more will spawn Champions”. But I have seen as many as 10 people at a boat defense spot a few times within the last month, and it didn’t have any Champion spawns. I’ve also had as few as a party of 3, that had Champions spawn. Why do people say that Champions will spawn if there are too many people here? Is there any evidence to support the claim? I would love to see it because while I am 95% certain I am correct in saying number of people does not matter, and that spawns are indeed random, if I can be proven wrong I will accept it. I get tired of explaining to people that say " oh we need more/less because reasons".

Sword 2
Signet of Agility
Shadow Step
Shadow’s Embrace

Take your pick.

Leolas.6273:

Why didnt u improve ur condi cleanse?

Sword 2 removes 1
Your heal removes 3, either Burning/Bleeding/Poison, or Cripple/Chilled/Immobilize
Your Signet of Agility removes 1, and affects allies
Your Shadow Step removes 3

Thieves, from what I understand, have some of the most reliable active condition removal in the game. Unless I’m the only person in the entire game that uses these skills…

ualgh.1832:

nice keybinds

nice heal

nice utility skills

nice hp

nice eotm

Whats wrong with the keybinds…? Look normal to me..

Engin- wait…

As someone who doesnt play much Mesmer, I am asking out of ignorance. Why SHOULD swapping with nothing, if the clone is destroyed, be possible? I never understood why I was able to for a long time.

I like siphon heals allies, because Blood Magic is about support. Omly problem for me is i use and enjoy Vampiric Rituals so losing it would be sad

I never understood the appeal for Canach, since Anise bought his billet he’s said very stupid things, talking about bombing the party, and killing everyone. He was a poor villian and a worse hero.

The characters i like are Caithe and Eir, rest of the Edge are whiny and unforgiving. I also like Jennah Rox and Kasmeer and Trahearne.

My theory is that Caithe’s secret we learned during the Twilight Arbor Aetherpath, is this:

Of course I would hate for it to be true, but I figured the theory isn’t bad

Elementalist Conjure Weapons

Well Shanks, they DID say when announce the change to Fiery Rush to stop immediately when a teleport skill is used, that they wanted to fix using it into a wall as well. It was in one of the Ready Up episodes. So maybe this next update will be the time for that.

Ive used Vampiric Wells since launch and i love it. In pve, your Wail of Doom is an aoe stun (daze, but in pve daze = stun) to keep enemies in it. Its not the most damage, but i like the sustain from it in extended fights in PvE. Its a good substitute for lack of Vigor.

Girlfriend made this, it’s Princess Anna!

Ive seen random non guild instances complete it… x.x

Oh I see, I will give it another shot then

Doing Foefire Cleansing for achievements, and like my title suggests, I am confused on how to get Strike’s Over. It says “Avoid the power-strike attack without leaving the room”. Well first, I did not leave the room as I obtained the other two achievements for the instance. Also, Duke Barradin did not hit me at all. And the achievement icon stayed on my effects monitor the entire fight, until I finished, and the other two triggered. Was I supposed to do something specific in order to get it?

Lordrosicky.5813:

Because when it came out all the “top” teams got wrecked on it fairly often. So they QQed about it and anet removed it to try and suck up to about 15 players. This was about 12-18 months ago or something. Can’t even remember who the top teams were then. Almost nobody who still plays probably.

This explains why my team beat one of the best team at the time on it a year ago.

Had Powerr, Supcutie and Lil Dragon Blinx on it.

That being said, Spirit Watch is my favorite map.

I like these, some are weak, some seem okay. But the idea is basically that they are more powerful Utilities. The only thing is, the skills that interact with boons/conditions, Stun and daze are not conditions, just as Haste is not a boon.

I feel that when the time to engage Mordremoth approaches, one or two episodes before the final fight will be gathering up Pact resources and and Destiny’s Edge. I do not think they are gone entirely, they can’t be.

To save Tyria

Myself personally, I killed all mobs, talked to all seven NPCs. After the seventh one, they all started walking. Still no achievement.

Ive said for a while, get a boss that deals one hit damage. Cannot be evaded, blocked, and by passes invulnerability. Needs to be interrupted. Defiant makes this more tricky.

Wilma is the Flinstones… do you mean Daphne?

I think what he may mean, is that some servers may have people that are being less effected/not effected at all by the attack. I, for instance have not felt any of the lag people are talking about. I can play just like normal and everything.

I just think its too early to ask questions like this. We do not know enough to have answers.

There’s more than 1 Pale Tree? o.o

Ranger, Guardian, Elementalist out damage a Warrior… :x

I do only because what is “#1 engy na” based on. Other than that, VeeWee could be deserving of a vote

When the game first came out and most didn’t understand Defiance, I learned quickly that you could only stun it if it had zero Defiant. With every boss I encountered, I always thought that defiance was supposed to have strategic use. By that I mean the boss had some sort of attack that, if allowed to use, would instantly kill every one, regardless of dodge, blocks, immunity, etc, unless it had zero defiant stacks and could be interrupted. I was always afraid of that when doing dungeons for the first time. It never happened, and all this time I’ve talked about it with friends about how it should have been a mechanic to be used like that. Most considered it a good idea, add a little extra to certain bosses.

Canach hasn’t been around since last year. I figured he was long done with and we won’t see anymore. He was a boring character anyway he wouldn’t bring much to the group.

Cantha or Elona

The two Factions became unified under the emperor, and he cut Cantha off
Nightfall was stopped and Elona is now under Palawa Joko’s control.

Thief, Dagger/Pistol. Pistol 5 on her if/when evades are down and you can’t get behind her in time.

Its a good thing they aren’t Destiny’s Edge then. Unrelated entirely. Taimi is the only one that kinda came outta the blue, maybe Kasmeer too. They are just characters that can be anywhere since the main 5 do Personal Story. When the assault on Modremoth happens, we will see Destiny’s Edge.

8/10! I think there’s just too much Black for my tastes.

Just recently used a makeover kit for the look, kicking myself for the hair, I didn’t make it dark enough brown.

Why don’t people use them as soon as they get? I never have more than 20

Ive been doing this for nearly a year, why is this a thread? At least why now? Turn your body, push button :p

I have noticed I could swap after it was destroyed, I just never understood why. It doesn’t seem to make sense, but maybe I could just be inexperienced.

Very constructive and insightful Wilco. Why not offer what you feel is OP so they can see another perspective. As for me, I feel similarly to them, I have trouble against some builds, but dominate others.

Screwing around once on my Necro in sPvP I used Banshee’s Wail (Curses VIII), Sigil of Paralyzation on Warhorn, and Runes of Lyssa. Wail of Doom’s daze by default is two seconds, with the trait, it’s three. Adding the Sigil and Runes, it goes to four.

I got 7th, got a Mistforged