Guild Wars 2

I’m now going to make a build called “Elephant necro”

but you can swim with lead weights on? just need some muscles. Oh wait, muscles = easy mode, my bad.

waiting for the 3R2N video

http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_popcorncat.gif

I think it would be interesting to see out of the 792 possible 5 man compositions, how many of those can comfortably kill this boss in melee

how much of an elitist am I if I disagree with myself?

does SSD actually help? I asked around at launch but the responses I got were mixed

is that why I always had to mash my interact button 50 times to pick up a crystal?

seriously I thought the sword/sword warrior was just using savage leap to get through the husks in the beginning.

Dolan.3071:

all I expect from a PuG is to stack where we stack, and not ruin any pulls with unnecessary knock backs.

you leave my fear necro alone

new meta: kick dolan to sell his slot

iirc the team is indeed different. Didn’t some key people leave during development for being unhappy about the direction the game was going?

BUT YOU ALREADY GOT YOUR $60 WORTH OUT OF DA GAME!!! WHATMOREDYOUWAN!!??!!!

OP didn’t mention he has issues with the path itself. It looks like he just have problems getting people doing it.
We (oceanic LOD’s) used to pug TAFU everyday in oceanic timezones but now we have enough people to make full teams. I’ll see if we can shoot OP an invite if we ever need people, assuming he’s active in our timezones.

have you tried gw2lfg.com?

Everything about ascended gear is fine because you don’t have to have it.

amirite?

next time record it on video so we can all see it

OP should have time gated his post to one word per day.

It shows you have no respect for the guys who used their blood and sweat to put those trash mobs in dungeons.

cesmode.4257:

-Ascended gear is meant for fractals. You need Agony Resist to withstand the lazy mechanic the devs throw at us in fractals. Dont need ascended anywhere else in game. Funny, because fractals are quite abandoned right now. Same maps since November. I rarely see anyone looking for a fractal group anymore. Everyone is off doing invasions or some other dumb LS achievement.

I don’t understand why they can’t just give fractal bosses %hp based damage attacks and leave the gear tiers alone. Oh wait they specifically made new tier to trivialize their new content.

As for OP’s question: I guess they just want people with BiS gear have a sense of accomplishment. Whether this is going to work or not… we’ll see.

It is at the point where I struggle to even call that a filter

I like this patch. I can see myself focusing more on work now. TY anet for giving my life back.

but my staff ele in 0/010/30/30 full clerics with dwayna runes is 100% viable in dungeons. I will make sure anyone who disagrees with me get infracted.

Dub.1273:

Wukunlin.8461:

yes and no. There is a wp for P1 that is bugged and shows up in other paths instead.

How often should i say that it’s a different waypoint that pops up in the other paths?

3 times a week. 4 when the stars align.

yes and no. There is a wp for P1 that is bugged and shows up in other paths instead.

Rigel.3092:

Wukunlin.8461:

As for squishy builds in fractals, my personal experience is at 38/48 even full PVT get downed in a few hits so might as well go full glass cannon and kill the mobs before they kill us.

This is incorrect, but of course, must be the PvE meta thinking behind justifying the logic of using all zerker gear or going full glass cannon – kill first or be killed mentality. Accordingly, if you have PvE peeps/guardians running around in PVT gear and getting downed in a few hits, they need to either re-roll a new profession or L2P their current profession and build (and get some agony resistance to boot). I run full PVT in WvW and even getting focus-fired, do not go down in a “few hits.”

L2Read

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

Wukunlin, I chose you!

Wukunlin.8461:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-F-U-I-dont-even
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-F-F-Up-need-nerfs
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-F-U-literally-OP-tree
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-F-U-boss-needs-some-love
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Strife-here-doing-TA-F-U
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-Spider-Tree-Boss
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Twilight-Arbor-F-U-IMPOSSIBRU
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Twilight-Arbor-Forward-Up-Bugged
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-F-U-needs-spider-despawn
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Twilight-Arbour-F-U-bugged
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/I-just-tried-TA-F-U
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-Fw-Up
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-Spider-Queen-Boss-Tree
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Twilight-Arbor-Fw-Up-Boss-OP
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-F-U-Needs-Nerf
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Twilight-Arbor-F-U-Boss-1
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-Path-3-Forward-and-Up-Final-Boss
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/nerf-TA-F-U-1
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-F-U-last-boss-as-thief
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-F-U-path
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-F-U-naked-edition
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Nerf-TA-F-U
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-Where-did-all-the-spiders-come-from
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Please-FIX-the-dungeon-Boss-Encounters
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Twilight-Arbor-F-U-boss-solo
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-F-U-naked-edition
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-path-fwd-up
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-F-U-Final-Boss-Question-Problem
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Nice-TA-path3-kitten-up-there
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-F-U-spiders-change
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Issue-with-Twilight-Arbor-last-path
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Twilight-Arbor-EXP-Forward-Up
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/What-s-up-with-all-the-ta-f-u-qq
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/ANET-please-fix-TA-Forward-Up
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Twilight-Arbor-bugged
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Please-nerf-Twilight-Arbor-p3-Tree
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-F-U-Only-rewards-1-gold/first#post2594499
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Fix-the-Twilight-Arbor-Forward-Up-Path
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Little-help-pls
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Twilight-Arbor-FW-UP-is-impossible
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/TA-Exp-F-U-Need-help
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Twilight-Arbor-FW-UP

In order to defeat the last boss of TA F/U, the best way to solo carry a horrible pug is to use a guardian and use this OP build, you will literally be able to roll your face on the keyboard and the boss will die along with all spiders.

It is sad that we have to use a broken ridiculously overbuffed set up to deal with this equally broken encounter but until anet fixes it it is the only way for us get the rewards we deserve.

In all seriousness, if you want to use the reflect and burst method, tilt your camera to almost bird eye view because a lot of people have trouble seeing where exactly the rectangular strip of WoR is on the ground when you have a billion spiders in your field of vision

The Mexican Cookie.3690:

I speed clear life

get it

I use exploits irl, come at me

considering anet spent all that effort to make spirit weapons killable I doubt they will revert the change.

I am surprised that you haven’t mentioned mesmer phantasms. One of the main reasons why sustained dps from mesmer is so horrible in PVE is because maintaining 3 throughout a fight is almost impossible.

How about a special inventory slot that stays on the screen for easy access to minis/consumables?

Knote.2904:

It is ironic, you’d think it’s casual content but it hurts casuals the most, and it’s not difficult or interesting enough to be hardcore content.

agreed

I let them sit there until I feel like using them one day.

VoxShatterfall.5470:

Allowing completion players like you or I to get what we want after 100 hours of grind, without a gate, is like allowing a child access to any sweet they want all at once. While I think most completion players are able to put a halt on the game so they don’t burn out, I think some are just like me who feel good with completion and will stop at almost nothing for it. Time gating is the ONLY way to help manage this compulsive behavior, outside of professional help.

Reminds me of the GW1:
“You have been playing for x hours. Please take a break.”

edit: I still hate time gating

LMFAO

10/30/0/0/30 if you can manage your dodges and maintain aegis for unscathed contender, otherwise: 10/30/0/5/25

Silver.4798:

@ Wukunlin, I don’t really like the 5 in virtues either, but since I’ll be popping VoJ every time I kill an enemy anyway, might as well get something out of it right? It’s an interesting idea though, I take it you want 25 in virtues for power of the virtuous. If I pop all my boons thats about 8% damage increase for 5s or so, that’s fairly significant. The main issue I have is, how do you deal with conditions though? Taking Absolute resolution removes 3 conditions on VoR activation but it’ll be on a 48s cooldown… The reason why I went into the PoV traits is because of the condi cleanse basically on demand with hold the line on 28s cooldown and stand your ground on a 24s cooldown.

Also lose selfless daring from the honor traitline, which is a significant amount of heal per dodge roll, and given i proc vigor on crit that’s a LOT of dodges and healing I’m missing out on

EDIT: I’m sure there are guys that run very low toughness/vit but I don’t know if you guys also run zealous blade. This is a very skill dependent question, but for you guys who run low tough/vit and rely on dodging and blinds, do you feel you have enough survivability to roll through fractals and such?

if I am really having problems with conditions I also take purging flames, with these two that is mostly enough to get me through solo contents. For group contents I rotate them with a mesmer’s null field. Extreme cases where you get open world mobs that spam conditions like those vets in the aetherblade JP or Scarlet, I also take smite condition or even the human racial kormir skill but they cases are rare enough for me to neglect them in my general purpose builds. It really comes down to personal preference though, I have been finding curing a whole bunch of conditions at once more useful than cleansing them one at a time.
I have never paid much attention to heal on dodge but I can see why people stick to them.
As for squishy builds in fractals, my personal experience is at 38/48 even full PVT get downed in a few hits so might as well go full glass cannon and kill the mobs before they kill us. Blind spam, protection boon, and aegis is generally enough to keep people alive. Dem dredge with their blind immunity are super annoying though…

btw, about zealous blade, I don’t like GS for reasons even I don’t know (just doesn’t feel right…) so I have never built around them, I just use them when I have to: grawl shaman, AC p2 mobs, harpy fractal etc

Amstel Steel.2058:

Mirta.5029:

You can wait and gamble with me (one of us will win lol) or you could grakittenight now.

This game is rated T for teen by the ESRB which may contain infrequent use of strong language. Or it may contain the word kitten because Anet wants to market simulated gambling and skimpy outfits to children.

Seriously I see kitten way too much and reading the forums is a game of itself in guess that word.

i still can’t figure out what those words were meant to be

Silver.4798:

For comparison’s sake, if I take all zerker gear with the same traits, and swap to a DPS oriented runes like scholar, my build is this:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQJARWlUgyCHEyKEfIFRuA7DAsSR8uH2DMC/OC-jwxAYLAMGERAiKAk8KiGbxtIasKXioaA-e

I gain about 500 attack, 22% more crit damage, but loose 500 in toughness, 300 in healing, 2k in vitality, basically I become extremely glassy at the expense of some hefty DPS… I don’t know is this a better idea?

if you think you need the tanky stats to be comfortable, by all means go for it. You can always switch to berserkers when you feel tankier than necessary and want more dps.

Could move inspired virtues to radiance for radiant fire (burning last longer) to proc fiery wrath more often. Personally I don’t really find 5 points in virtues alone worthwhile, 5 sec on these boons just doesn’t feel long enough at all.

If you want even more dps you can try 20/15/0/10/25, you keep your shout recharge, loose out on EM (another short duration might) and PoV (I don’t like holding on my shouts for condi removal o.o), but you can get consecration CD, Power of the Virtuous (much more reliable than elusive power imo), grab absolute resolution if you have problems with conditions. This is probably more dps oriented than you want though, as well as a slightly different playstyle.

speaking of which, why do we even have bags of coins? I understand the tradable ones you get form the BL chest but I don’t get why we have those soulbound ones

Soja.5918:

No, and I am tired of reiterating this point but here we go.

Karma consumables were introduced earlier in the year when daily and monthly achievements began to give tangible rewards. This was because people were having a tough time getting the substantial amount of karma that they needed to buy elements necessary to the creation of legendary weapons. The effect that boosters had on the karma consumables WAS AN UNINTENDED SIDE EFFECT of the way the gain was handled. Since Anet is giving an inherent 50% boost to the consumables at the same time that they are removing this function from the game, I can hardly sympathize with anyone kvetching about the update or caterwauling about how the karma consumables are pointless without the boosters.

I don’t think you understand what OP is saying.

ITT people think they can reason with fanboys

inb4 posts on how removing rng will make those skins loose their “prestige”

wow this thread is gold

artificial stupidity

I think they need to work on balancing downed stats across professions

I appreciate them, but I don’t know what to do with the extra identical mini’s o_o

Or just put condition cleansing utilities on your bar when you expect to get hit by serious conditions. I don’t see a need to specifically build for condition cleansing in PVE.

I am sad because I ran out of transmutation crystals.

Dub.1273:

No, i like him. He actually doesn’t die, it’s more like he plays with you and when he gets bored he takes a little break.

so those “speedkills” is basically a test on who is the most boring player?

you can find 8 orb videos of every class on youtube

Llyren.3904:

Wukunlin.8461:

but… what about the casual players?

Not sure where this is coming from in this thread.

Casual players play games and have fun. They can still learn/teach strategy and follow/lead along with playing well with others.

Bad players are the ones that can’t learn or adapt to changing situations.

This came from the typical “I am a casual player, I ain’t got time to learn or practice stuff for a game” attitude we see when we try tell people certain encounters are not as ridiculous as they think.

And yes, we do have lot’s of cross thread references here.