Guild Wars 2

We don’t know when, but they’ve said they are planning to bring it back with new zones and new weapon skins.

Broadicea.8294:

-Don’t knock your golem into someone else, mmmkay

no deal

first time I did this in a lowish dps pug her health hovered around 50 for a few spark runs as well, I though we hit the pug people are talking about. But eventually the mesmer’s TW came off cd and we got it to 40-45. Then we just slowly chipped away each spark run and eventually killed her. I’m amazed we didnt run out of tears.

Try save all your burst in one single push and see if that can take you through the platoon (if there is one)

thief is good at roaming and picking off stragglers, mesmers good for transporting and TWing golems (not bad for roaming either), whichever you find most fun in WvW. I know barely anything about necro unfortunately

Most hammer skins in this game are smaller than most of the GS blades in this game. Am I the only person disturbed by this? Look at the modnir hammer, wtf is that?

for some odd reason I had more trouble with the human than the norn

how long did it take you guys to run your sparks?

Nikaido.3457:

Banish has a couple uses but I can’t think of any in fractals though.

It’s just too bad that most skins look bad.. sigh. Give us better hammers anet!

I use banish a lot in high level snow fractals to smack the aggro’ed elementals near our fire.
I agree on the skins, as a hammer skin collecter: why the hell are most hammer heads smaller than (or appears to be) mace heads!? I want big chunks of stuff to slam into people’s faces.

I didn’t have that much trouble with my ele, but when I tried lvl my mesmer in pve.. oh. my. god. That was painful. lvling my thief was almost as bad until I found out blackpowder

I thought the “Orr began to heal” thing started with that cleansing ritual done by the salad dude?

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

The point being that all classes can do high damage. Period.

but isn’t OP asking about which class can deal the highest damage? and I think what haviz meant was, every class can maximize their damage output but warrior are best at maximizing the whole team’s damage output at the same time. Since this is posted in the dungeon section, it was probably assumed that OP was asking which class can contribute most dps in a dungeon run.

I’m not sure if this is new or something but recently I’ve stumbled upon events that would only make sense for the character I was playing at the time. for example, a couple of weeks ago my WAR who is a member of the vigil was mapping in bloodtide coast. I randomly heard “You should’ve died with Forgal!” and then an event pop up named something like “Avenge forgal by killing the risen commander.” Which is just a vet I need to kill.

Just then my guard which is a member of the whispers also got attacked by a vet but: (see attached screenshot)

I find this a nice touch of the game, making my personal story relating to open world event.

that “reason” for not putting cantha in GW2 is like, the stupidest thing I’ve heard on the internet ever.

fwiw, I’m asian

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

I’m not saying he’s off topic. I’m saying he’s changing the subject. The topic is still DPS.

my brain

Delay.6908:

Wukunlin.8461:

inb4 ranger groups

*and 1 warrior, for the banners to boost ranger DPS, cant forget that.

nah they need banners to boost their own dps cos GS does no damage other than 100b

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

what laharl said basically

inb4 ranger groups

Basically they are forcing people to range and drag the boring fight out >_>

A lot of the negativity about rangers from the dungeon crowd is actually more to do with the players than the actual class. There are just too many ranger players who:
-are so used to having their pet tank for them and doesn’t understand the dodge mechanics
-stand away from everyone else using their single target longbow when the rest of the group is killing packs of trash
-use point blank shot at anything moving close to them and knocking mobs out of teammates’ aoes.

Obviously that doesn’t apply to all ranger players. A ranger player that has good understanding of the game’s mechanics is much more enjoyable to play with than the typical pug ranger. I would say much more useful to the team than those brainless GS camping warriors, definitely better than those guardians who autoattack with staff all day or mesmers autoattack with their GS all day in melee range.

But when assuming equal player skills/knowledge, the GW2 holy PVE trinity are just better in general. Actually some speedrun groups are even considering dropping mesmers.

rangers are definitely viable in pvp.

In pve however, there isn’t much they do that can’t be done better by anyone else. Since melee damage is (generally) much greater than ranged damage, the awesome longbow range is almost useless in pve. A lot of the problem lies with pets and spirits almost always dead, not to mention pet damage was recently nerfed for pvp reasons.

You CAN participate in late game pve with your ranger but there are simply much better alternatives to do that.

Yeah I have over 30 of those… not sure how many how them will be anywhere out of the bankslot any time soon

Serenity.6149:

Guys… what you don’t realize is that achievement points are serious business to those who care. I used to lord over my girlfriend that I had more AP than her, and every day I logged in and saw I had more AP, I felt better about myself. Fast forward to the change, which allowed my girlfriend to leapfrog me in AP. I know this is stupid, but now that she has more AP, I feel like less of a man and it has definitely affected my performance in, well, you know. Please change it back; e-(holy filters)-peen is a lot more real than you think.

I actually thought you were serious LOL

lunyboy.8672:

Molch.2078:

Thief
Dungeon Build 15/15/10/30/0

I think I found the issue in your signature.

And please stop asking for dungeon nerfs, they are already easy enough.

Yeah, let’s call out someone playing a profession other than yours (or one of the other OP professions) because they don’t have the game breaking mechanics to make this run “easy.”

Why don’t we try to help people who want this engagement to go easier with actual tips, since the subtitle of this section of the forum is “Players helping players,” not “players insulting other players based on their builds or profession.”

And all the +1s, no wonder people don’t bother asking for help from this forum more than once, when the stock answer is “L2P nub.” This is not the first post about the infinite spider spawn on this path, so before you criticize, perhaps you should research a bit.

To the OP: Dulfy has a fantastic guide for F/U path that specifically calls for a thief (or mes of course) to stealth the party through a certain section:

http://guildwars2hub.com/guides/basics/twilight-arbor-explorable-guide-lets-go-forward

and make sure you are potted up with the nightmare court slaying potion, and for extra DPS use the sigil of dreams/sigil of night combo.

The infinite spider spawn isn’t directly addressed in any guide that I have read so far, but if you stay together and can get a refuge off, it may just reset them a bit.

1. That reply talked about OP’s build, not profession
2. The subtitle of this section of the forum is “Talk over dungeon strategy, thoughts, groups, and more.” Players helping players is the other subforum
3. Yes, this is not the first thread about the infinite spawns in this path, and if you actually read those threads, people have shown strategies that successfully completed the path.
4. The guide you linked is written on 31st of October last year. The infinite spawn is added recently.

this is so much more annoying than necessary. Either overshooting by 50% or coming up way short. Why not just make it the same as rifle jump shot so we actually, ya know, land in the spot we clicked on. I thought it has something to do with my smart casting but it clearly isn’t,

unless you got multiple alts multiple fotm dailies everyday, getting the trinkets would take pretty long as well. Not to mention the guild comms for the accessories will be at least 4 weeks.

500 points looks like a lot but it translate to what… an extra chest?

pretty sure you just need the recipe for inscription and insignia and then make the final product through the discovery panel like everything else.

yeah, I know a large wvw guild leader who’s been leading since launch has less than 1.8k AP

lol GG dude.

I bought over 200 rares at almost 30s to salvage right before they added guaranteed rares to world boss chests. I bought transmutation crystal right before they went on sale. I was very annoyed at these things at the time but now they are more of a laugh than anything

have you every used an engi lolthrower on an enemy right in front of you sitting still and discover all hits except for 1 or 2 misses?

Two professions has been brought up in the replies. One of them is the legit answer, then other one is 100% troll answer. Can you tell which is which?

btw, people hate thieves because most thief players are bad and they don’t bring much to the group.

Moz.8264:

I asked what else is there to do in this game and you say the game isn’t for me, what?

you must be relatively new to these forums

Did you just say this game doesn’t need more testing before releases?

No. No no no no no no no. No. No.

http://www.sectalk.com/board/public/imported_images/i.lolzer.com/no-no-no-HELL-NO.gif

No.

No.

that pretty much summed it all up

Anymras.5729:

BoyLer.9732:

off: ATM engie needs more basic weapons (1 handed mace, bow maybe, warhorn, torch…) not new weapon kits.

Every bloody time I say this, people just start going “No we don’t, we have Kits for everything.” Personally, I agree wholeheartedly, though I’d narrow it down to Mace, Hammer, Torch and maybe Axe, as these are the most Engineer-ish (Really, I most like the Hammer, but if you ask for a lot, you might get a little).

blowtorch ftw

I think there is a guild in BG iirc, which sole purpose is to grief OS. TBH, if that is what makes the game fun for them, good for them. It just means I get a bit less badges and siege.

haviz.1340:

Chopps.5047:

Sounds like my man Hrouda gave the items team a heads up but the bug still exists. I wonder if it’s a tricky one, just low priority, or whether soulbound is truly intended. (Hrouda does level design so I doubt he can do anything about soulbound items directly)

He also gave the items team a heads up about lack of arah weapons icons few months back.

That one is understandable, they were working on the new spykits icons which were updated in the same patch they got the 60 second nerf.

while I do think doing a single fractal for dailies is inconsiderate to the rest of the group, but reporting it is kinda overreacting.

Zenith.7301:

The problem with pugs is that the likelihood that a ranger or condi necro pops up and that you don’t have a single guardian is pretty high. So you gotta do it the hard way and just circle kite spiders with ranged.

You simply can’t take a video of an organized group as proof for recommendation.

Just an hour ago I did a TA, got a ranger in the group, who I had to scold for using a bear and told him to switch to drake if survivability of the pet was his concern without gutting his damage output.

And pretty much every ranger I see never, ever, uses a kitten melee weapon. And neither do most necros or mesmers for that matter.

People are still tied to this archetypal image of caster = range, plate= melee. It makes for really crap pugs.

I’ve had the same in aetherblade where this idiotic ranger would just stand in a crate and shoot at a golem while me and the warrior were trying to melee him around and so she constantly pulled the golem to be hit by a laser.

Getting people to melee, and do so properly in this game has been such a pain for me, where I just refuse to run outside guild groups.

I agree with you but back to the title of this thread, I think we need to ask a serious question:

Does a pug-unfriendly boss fight mean it deserves a nerf?

My personal answer is no. Too many encounters have been changed unnecessarily and were probably because people complained their pug groups couldn’t do it.

yeah:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Dungeon-chest-runes-Soulbound/first#post2045150

idk… I guess asking for a different slot skill is too much for those puggies to handle. Probably a good thing that you didn’t end up spending too much time with those.

As for squishiness, you might want to equip endure pain over frenzy from time to time and take it off when you find that you can handle the dungeon without them.

45 is indeed the highest you can get atm. If you have no guardian there is the 99% trick which still works the last time I checked. bs work, even then its only the odd lvls)

CobaltSixty.1542:

Wukunlin.8461:

It’s just not a good feeling when you log on see 30/100 people online and 25 of them are not repping. A 100% rep requirement stops that. A lot of the so-called 100% rep guilds don’t find people using their personal guilds for storage and stuff, they only get alarmed when they see particular members frequently not repping.

If your guild was something people actually wanted to represent you wouldn’t have this issue.

okay

I didn’t know we are THAT special

It’s just not a good feeling when you log on see 30/100 people online and 25 of them are not repping. A 100% rep requirement stops that. A lot of the so-called 100% rep guilds don’t find people using their personal guilds for storage and stuff, they only get alarmed when they see particular members frequently not repping.

Guanglai Kangyi.4318:

warriors basically rely on HB and Whirlwind Attack to maintain good DPS.

you still haven’t figured out warriors don’t use GS throughout a fight have you?

if I get 1g for each post about this path I would’ve got another legendary by now

Can we make a poll on how many people got cancer after reading through this thread?

TW like in PWI? yeah that is one of the nicer things I remember about that game. The biggest problem I think about it is that with the particular format they had when I played it is too easy for a single guild to snowball and take everything.

So I got infracted for posting a pic full of facepalms

obal.3218:

obal.3218:

Our silly failed experiment from above
Legendary Imbued Shaman scale 48 vs 1 Guardian and Baby Rangers (Got it to half health)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKQjNymLiLw

What… what in the name of dwayna… was that

notice the name of the noob ranger from [LOD]

This has been brought probably before the official launch date, not a single word has been heard from anet staff. IMO if they think it needs fixing they would’ve done it by now at least expressed it in the planned changes in some form.