Guild Wars 2

Ramoth.9064:

Choppy.4183:

perko.8309:

Oh dear. Check the date of the patch notes. April 1st .. get it?
They are just posted for a laugh.

I’m pretty sure he knows that and is just adding to the joke.

But OP isn’t even funny…

Telling jokes isn’t necessarily about being funny.

It is funny and sad at the same time how people forget about Vampiric Presence, the party damage buff that necromancer already has. Fact is it’s so utterly bad it’s not even considered.

Dadnir.5038:

In PvE you can just spam the auto attack with the hammer and reach easily lvl 80. Nothing should be able to really give you any issue. In PvP… well I’m not to sure so I won’t say anything.

NB.: Mesmer leveling was my favourite. This was my first character out of 9 and I enjoyed the gameplay way more than the guardian with which I often yawn because of how it’s boringly easy.

I’d say if you play with hammer, getting bored is pretty much your own fault.

Out of the 3 heavy armor classes, I’d say guardian is the most versatile in what it can do. Guardians are more than welcome in any game mode, be it sPvP, WvW or PvE. You can pretty much build it any way you like, you can do DPS, you can tank and you can support as well. However, considering this game in general, tanking and supporting only have limited uses.

Guardians are probably the least mobile of the three, as they don’t have a permanent speed boost anywhere. I do have to point out that revenants mobility comes from Shiro and Glint, and if you drop either, you’ll cut down your mobility in half. And you can’t even access Glint until you ESpec.

And they need to stop tossing us random crap with the LW episodes. Bitterfrost Frontier is my favorite map currently but I bloody hate the fact that in order to do stuff on the map, there’s otherwise completely useless items I need in my inventory for it. 3 pieces of Svanir armor, 3 elixir ingredients + the one that’s actually useful.

And when you start counting the stuff from other episodes, you suddenly realize how much space they take and you can’t get rid of them.

I think we need all of the above, 30 slot bags, account-wide bag slot expansions, a keyring, etc.

In PvP gear does not contribute to your stats, only the amulet and rune set you pick in the PvP UI does.

A. For Open World roaming, I’d suggest a full exotic carrion set.
B. For healing in fractals, I’d suggest a full ascended zealot set.
C. For raiding, I’d suggest a full ascended berserker set. Ele doesn’t usually heal in raids.

Scroll to the bottom of the page and see the notes. If that doesn’t work, the event might be bugged on your map.

I’ll just drop this here:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJAoYn0XCNYiVYC+NAcYilPAzNueX/rEXgQwGY4AEAegA-TJhHAB2eCAsvMAAPAAe2fAA

Not sure how viable it is, as I’ve only been running it in unranked(excluding a single ranked match, which we did win). I’d call it a hybrid condi bruiser build. Earth attunement is really strong since your bleeds hurt, and you barely take any damage while in it. Only problems are actually landing those skills.

Ayrilana.1396:

Rym.1469:

Ayrilana.1396:

vicious.5683:

Ayrilana.1396:

Sun Lian.4075:

KrHome.1920:

Not a waste but balanced.

Deathly Chill in its current state (3 bleeds for 5 to 10 seconds) should also have an ICD of at least 2 seconds.

Why?

Because Necro has so many skills and utilities that apply chills which allow them to stack up a large number of stacks. It’s even more of an issue for those skills and utilities which pulse. PvE also has an issue with an ice environmental weapon which has an auto attack that allows you to get and maintain about 40 stacks of bleed.

Adding an internal cooldown would bring the trait back into balance while still allow chills to add bleed stacks.

I don’t think it’s unbalanced, maybe underpowered. Necros are still behind any other profession in the dps department.

Underpowered? You just haven’t seen it in action yet.

I will guess that you are talking from WvW perspective, while the rest talks either from PvP or PvE one.

Yes, Deathly Chill in WvW is overpowered because, as with many skills, traits and effects, WvW shares balance with PvE where DChill was recently buffed. The solution to this problem is splitting Deathly Chill balance from PvE in the same way they did split Epidemic, not internal cooldowns.

I’m talking about both WvW and PvE (not dungeons, fractals, raids). That just creates more work when a 2 sec ICD should be adequate ir they can just bring it back to a single bleed stack.

Yet that solution would further cripple necromancers in raiding, fractals and dungeons. They aren’t separate from PvE. And yes, raid balance is the most important factor because anything works in open world. Open world balance isn’t even a thing.

HeadCrowned.6834:

It should be a defensive buff to Spectral Walk. Something like that projectiles just go through you without hitting you is a nice and thematic buff I think.

Projectile denial really should be a unifying theme for all spectral skills.

Ghotistyx.6942:

I much prefer having low base and increasing the scaling. When I made my own mock up for changing the staff, I used VoR as my base for hps. Without investment, VoR heals for a literal 88hps so I felt staff should be close. With high investment, you can get into the 300s, and that seems pretty decent when combined with all the other sources of healing you can put with it. Staff 1 doesn’t take a lot of effort to drop on people, so it should be close to other, similar effects.

I originally used WoP as my point of reference(kinda evolved since then), hence the mediocre base and low scaling, but now that I think about it, VoR would suit the purpose a bit better.

However I’m left wondering if that’s enough to make a guardian healer viable in just dungeons and fractals, let alone raids. If you can find it, would you link me your thread? I’d like to compare notes.

Xanctus The Dragonslayer.2318:

I should never have made the What happend with sindrener thread. Honestly I legimately wondered what happend with his rank and that of metrix and what for ramifications it had for the rest of us. I had no intention to suggest that he died, got in an accident, left the game or something else noteworthy happend. Next time i gotta think my titles through or they become clickbait.

Don’t be remorseful, it was a very entertaining thread. You even got the devs commenting on it.

Amaimon.7823:

On the contrary, OP. Stop forcing human sex stereotypes on asura

Indeed. IMO, Asura don’t care about sexuality as they are intellectuals who quite often mock the other races for their sentimentality. Of which sexuality is the natural result of. Clothing is a representation of sexuality. (not just that I’ll admit but it’s there)

Human gender stereotypes, and the way they dress themselves, can’t be forced on the Asura.

Just bumping. Not quite ready to let this die off.

I do realize this is mostly just wishful thinking, but would still like more feedback. ^^

Azure.8926:

Symbol of Faith – Cast Time reduced to 1sec | Increase Symbol damage to 975 from 890

It would be nice if they just added a small (240-300 range) leap to it. No combo finishers, evades or anything, just to be used as a gap closer.

Azure.8926:

Protector’s Strike – Protection Increased to 6secs | Added new skill “Strike” | Reduced Channel Time to 3 Seconds | Added “Field” – Range 240 | Allies in Field will have incoming attacks diverted to the guardian instead to trigger Protector’s Strike(Now you can actually PROTECT party members)

“Strike” – Immediately attack using “Protector’s Strike” | Immediately attacking will have 10% Reduced damage and will not give Boons to you or your allies.

Doesn’t it already do that, though? Without the strike. “Damage foes that strike protected allies, and then apply boons in a radius.” This is from the skill description. Or am I misunderstanding what you mean?

Azure.8926:

Shield-
Shield of Judgement – Increased damage 10% | Changed Cone Hit box to a circle around user | Range 600

This damage increase is kind of meaningless. Go bigger or go home. If you change the cone to a radius, you have to adjust the range as well. 300 should do what this skill is meant to.

bluri.2653:

I have not lol, idk whats with these threads zzz

Should’ve guessed from the double peace offerings. Looks like I got troll’d. Glad you’re with us.

Now that we’re talking about food, is there an internal cooldown in On-Crit Foods like Slice of Allspice Cake? And how big is the lifesteal damage-wise, and does it scale based on something?

Wiki came up empty so wondering if anyone knowledgeable is around.

Renny.6571:

Fury on weapon swap sigil Anetpls. #rifleengidreams

What’s the point? It could only be like 1 second long…

Please don’t make threads like this without background information. We don’t all watch streams. Has he decided to quit GW2?

Yeah, mobility isn’t exactly what you want from the off-hand dagger. But that doesn’t make it a bad choice. For a support auramancer, focus is the superior choice, but if you mix it up a little, you can make OH dagger work.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJAoYn0XCNYiVYC+NAcYilPAzNueX/rEXgQwGY4AEAegA-TJhHAB2eCAsvMAAPAAe2fAA

I find dagger more beneficial in this build but to each their own. Focus has tactical CC, but OH dagger synergizes well with stun-/immob-locking your enemy, and pressuring with condis. But to be fair, it may work just as well with focus.

@Evan Lesh Can we get an update on what we’re receiving currently? Any further changes?

Ayrilana.1396:

vicious.5683:

Ayrilana.1396:

Sun Lian.4075:

KrHome.1920:

Not a waste but balanced.

Deathly Chill in its current state (3 bleeds for 5 to 10 seconds) should also have an ICD of at least 2 seconds.

Why?

Because Necro has so many skills and utilities that apply chills which allow them to stack up a large number of stacks. It’s even more of an issue for those skills and utilities which pulse. PvE also has an issue with an ice environmental weapon which has an auto attack that allows you to get and maintain about 40 stacks of bleed.

Adding an internal cooldown would bring the trait back into balance while still allow chills to add bleed stacks.

I don’t think it’s unbalanced, maybe underpowered. Necros are still behind any other profession in the dps department.

Underpowered? You just haven’t seen it in action yet.

Well, it’s certainly not OP either. The Frost Gun gimmick is not a way to measure viability. Necro is not viable DPS nor will it ever be as long as it relies on an Ice Field to inflict condis as that ice field is completely useless to other classes.

Solvar.7953:

What always bothers me more is that when your character dies, you just go back to some waypoint. But this isn’t true for the rest of the people living in Tyria. So whenever a character is killed off in the story, I’m thinking “Why don’t they just waypoint out?”

So many comments and yet no one points at the elephant in the room. Characters don’t die. They are defeated. These two are not the same. Players tend to say “res pls” but they should be saying “rev pls” as in Revive me.

I think I’ve been getting the best match-ups on saturdays from 12.00 to 16.00, and as Defuser said, if you get into a loss streak, get out of PvP and try again the next day or maybe a few hours later.

majks.1902:

then what sense make pvp and gear? when all in pvp is randomized with scaling system it’s doesent matter or I play with lvl 2 char or 80 who play two years there is no gear progression what i really boring you can’t be stronger just you can kill all with 1 lvl gear all players when you want. I think this is bad way Arena.

If you are looking for a gear grind, this is absolutely the wrong game for you. You will gain no edge in PvP with gear. It’s all skill-based, and that’s this games main attraction.

Exotics, the 2nd highest stat level, are good enough for raiding and WvW which are a large bit of the end-game. Ascended gear has the highest stats but it’s barely better than exotic. Legendaries are no better than asc stat-wise as they have the same stats. It’s all about the visuals.

As such, there’s really no gear progression once you’ve leveled up and gotten full lvl 80 exotics on a character. High level fractals DO require pretty much a full ascended set but that’s mostly based on AR Infusions instead of raw stats.

Ithilwen.1529:

Yannir.4132:

@Reaper Alim and @sephiroth Of course, exceptions do exist such as you guys.

Actually now that I think about it, “guild wars” was the reason I joined GW2 as well as I loved GvG and AB in the first game. But in the end I barely touched PvP for 3 years. Which was maybe due to actually quitting the game 6 months after launch as my old computer crashed anytime I played more than 30 minutes due to overheating.

Now, there’s no sign of either game mode present atm. The WvW version of GvG is crap at best in comparison to how glorious it was in the first game. It’s funny how after almost 5 years, there is no guild wars in Guild Wars 2.

The Guild Wars were over a couple of years before The Searing. In fact the Guild Wars led to the Charr invasion and the destruction of Orr and Ascalon. So, if you joined to fight in that conflict you are roughly 305 years late.

The game is about dealing with the aftermath of the Bloodstones and the wars that were fought to control them. ( not unlike the Silmarils in Tolkien’s universe )

The personal story begins in 1325 A.E, Whereas the the Second Guild War was over by 1020 A.E.

Thanks for twisting my words. After all, I knew all that. That’s not even where the name comes from btw.

GvG was the pinnacle of the original game and it’s very sad it never made it to the sequel.

Ramoth.9064:

Could’ve stopped someone from queuing if not wearing armour. Nope.

I would like this solution more. After all, fixing armor is free, and buying a common armor item from a vendor doesn’t cost much either. A proper tutorial when first entering the PvP Lobby would go a long way too.

Burtnik.5218:

Yannir.4132:

The other day I was thinking about this same subject and came to the same conclusion. Furthermore it could be the opposite of what thieves have. Thieves have no cds on weapon skills but they do have them on their utility slots. Maybe that should be the other way around for revenants.

Thats how it was supposed to be actually. Short cd on wep skills+energy cost and 0 cd utilities.

That’s probably why I thought of it. Stuck somewhere in the subconscious.

IMO they could go back to that now. The weapon skills are fairly balanced, they just cost too much to use effectively. Not sure on utilities as Shiro may be too powerful without cooldowns, and healing skills definitely should have cds even if some of them are too long atm.

The other day I was thinking about this same subject and came to the same conclusion. Furthermore it could be the opposite of what thieves have. Thieves have no cds on weapon skills but they do have them on their utility slots. Maybe that should be the other way around for revenants.

Ragnarox.9601:

wish we had these numbers on hammer 1 and 2 ;(

That would hardly be fair as revenant hammer is a DPS weapon where guardian hammer is a DPS/Support hybrid weapon.

Ramoth.9064:

Why not correct it to be a fixed rating per class and remove its association with the armor altogether right here?

Because they don’t want you to run around PvP Faren-style?

@Reaper Alim and @sephiroth Of course, exceptions do exist such as you guys.

Actually now that I think about it, “guild wars” was the reason I joined GW2 as well as I loved GvG and AB in the first game. But in the end I barely touched PvP for 3 years. Which was maybe due to actually quitting the game 6 months after launch as my old computer crashed anytime I played more than 30 minutes due to overheating.

Now, there’s no sign of either game mode present atm. The WvW version of GvG is crap at best in comparison to how glorious it was in the first game. It’s funny how after almost 5 years, there is no guild wars in Guild Wars 2.

@Orpheal Yes, it doesn’t change anything in your proposal, I’m just saying this is the wrong the place to discuss it. Deserves a thread of its own, wherever you decide to make it.

Where do you imagine the PvP players came from originally? From PvE they came, that’s where. Nobody starts playing an MMO for the PvP, as MMO’s have comparatively crappy PvP when you compare them with FPS games, sports games or whatever LoL is.

Orpheal.8263:

“PvP uses only 1 Sigil Strength”
I understand everything ,except this part. What do you mean actually with that??

-In other words, there is only 1 tier of sigils in PvP, which is currently Superior. Sigil strength is another word for it.
-In PvE we currently have 3 sigil strengths which are Minor, Major and Superior.
-You propose 5 different sigil strengths.
-This has nothing directly to do with ‘Sigil of Strength’, but I understand if that was something you confused it for.

@suffish I agree 100%.

A bit of off-topic you reminded me about:
I remember a recent game where I played a power corruption necro, and went far because no one else had gone there yet about 200 points into the game pretty neck to neck. I capped the point behind their back, and jumped over to the ruins behind Henge on Forest, and waited for them to come get it back. In walks an ele and a condi necro. I stayed where I was and didn’t even try to engage them. Well result was that the 2 of them stayed there after the point was capped back, wondering what to do about the necro lurking behind their back.

When they finally came at me and managed to kill me, we were on a solid 80 point lead, and a 2-cap on the map. I got a bit lucky with the opponents because individually I could’ve beaten either of them, so neither could disengage and leave it to a 1v1. Considering what happened it was a good move on my part. It could’ve gone horribly too with different classes.

Spartacus.3192:

Yannir.4132:

This is probably my favorite thread to date.
Just waiting for more Chuch Norris(warrior) jokes.

The Borderlands Accords signed last year by Vanilla Wars and Chuck Norris stipulated that they should never be on the same map at the same time as any clash of a Vanilla Wars Hundred Blades and Chuck’s Roundhouse kick would release so much energy the Borderlands would be vaporized.

Note: It actually advised that they be on completely different Tiered Servers for added safety.

Thank you for that.

Xtinct.7031:

I do not get how some of you can be thief mains and not be aware of who are the top thieves unless all you do all day is pve. In no particular order.

Kronos, Amon, Min, Gin, Havoc, Terrismo, Sindreener, Scath, Grubby, Sir Squid, Everdeen,

Look, if you ever dueled or roamed vs/with any of these players you will know right away they are considered among the best with good reason. A real example I can give right now happened just 2 days ago when I was with Amonatory. The guy basically put in all the work in a 2v8, a few of the HoD that died in that fight had release shock simply due to disbelieve.

The reason why I only know Sind out of these people is I ignore WvW with a passion. I don’t duel in PvP rooms either, even though I really should. But I will excuse myself, as I don’t consider thief my main. It’s only meant for some unranked fun, and map completion in PvE for me.

Orpheal.8263:

And here I thought, this example couldn’t have been obvious enough xD LOL

I want Minor/Major/Superior/Ascended & Legendary Sigils.

So for what could potentially then a number listing like 4/5/7/9/9% stand for?

hmmm? hmmmmmmm?? Very difficult ^^ !! 3 times you may guess xD

@ Yannir:

oh ya, my mistake, 30 naturally, so with my intented suggestion then would a more intensified Might Boon give you per Stack then 33 Points of Power per Stack instead of 30 then

You really should move this conversation elsewhere, as it doesn’t involve PvP really, and is pretty much off topic. PvP only uses 1 sigil strength, and I think that’s fine as it is. You can start a new thread for it in GW2 Discussion. I’ll be sure to pitch in when you do.

Cynz.9437:

Yannir.4132:

Pings are the best form of communication. I only ping my own location when I see trouble I can’t handle alone incoming. Usually that’s a 2v1, or when on druid, a warrior coming for me.

Yeah, in a perfect world where people look at map and have sound on.

In my experience, that’s more likely than them listening to chat.

Why does everybody want a flamethrower? That only results in burning zombies… Which IMO is twice as bad.

I’d be a necromancer obviously. Maybe the zombies are just minions, and I can pop Verata’s Aura to take control of them. No more zombie problems. And when I get bored of them, I just make them walk down a cliff.

If you could search runes and sigils by type like you can in the editor, now that would be great. The amulet list is so short, I don’t think this is really necessary there.

Pings are the best form of communication. I only ping my own location when I see trouble I can’t handle alone incoming. Usually that’s a 2v1, or when on druid, a warrior coming for me.

Orpheal.8263:

Sigil of Intensity
Increases the Intensity of your Boons by +4/5/7/10/10% (Your Character gains an Angelic Feather Movement Aura while having Boons and running around with this Legendary)
So a Might Boon with 10% more Intensity from this will increase Power by 39 Points instead of 35 per Stack.

Might is 30 per stack btw. You will gonna have to clarify the rest of your post as well. What are the numbers? Are these for PvE, as in minor, major, superior AND legendary sigils?

Some ppl hate it, but I love it. I think Aegis makes 90% of shields look better in this game. And it certainly makes guardian stand out from warriors and revenants.

:D

Ovark.2514:

I would also like to put this out there because I feel like it’d be a shame to make such sweeping changes to sigils without making this change:

PLEASE remove sigil of DOOM.

Characters such as Guardians and Warriors, which have no poison should not be able to access poison, period. This is the realm of Thieves, Rangers, Engineers, Necromancers, and certain Revanents (though I think the Rev shouldn’t have poison at all). If DOOM was removed, there would be more incentive to diversify the team compositions so that every team had at least 1 class which could apply the poison. This has bothered me since launch.

Flavor questions are up to the player, and I don’t think this is particularly good reason for removing DOOM. However I’m rather indifferent to the sigil in question, so I wouldn’t mind it really. Just not for this reason as it’s basically RP.

This is probably my favorite thread to date.
Just waiting for more Chuch Norris(warrior) jokes.

Kolly.9872:

Sindrener wins there’s no competition right now. Too many good thieves quit long time ago

Yes. This one. There’s a reason why Sind is consistently top3 of all players in EU.

Cynz.9437:

Yannir.4132:

veslarius.8425:

Wait, is it true that the current set up pushes people toward 50/50 win loss with matchmaking? I heard that was why we shouldn’t grind out our matches, that one a day or something like that doesn’t try to force you into a loss by teaming you with people that need to be carried. So it was kind of like punishing grinders, but now it looks like they will be punishing for not grinding as well?

Please tell me if we are going to be forced to grind out our matches that we won’t be pushed into a 50/50 win loss especially since having a team size of two severely limits our control over outcomes.

I don’t think that’s a thing anymore. It was true during s2 or s3, can’t remember exactly. Ranked currently only should put you into a higher tiered match, and if you can’t handle it, that basically causes you to lose. As the teams are created randomly to some extent, it may stack the odds against you but it’s not by design, it’s by accident.

Explain me why my team farms enemy team 500-0 style and next match i am supposed to somehow carry the very same team we just destroyed? If this is not forced 50% winrate then idk what else is. 500-100 matches just scream that MM is wonky as it gets.

Why would you want me to do that? I do not work for ANet. Just bad luck, mate.

As far as ANet is concerned, underwater combat doesn’t exist.

veslarius.8425:

Wait, is it true that the current set up pushes people toward 50/50 win loss with matchmaking? I heard that was why we shouldn’t grind out our matches, that one a day or something like that doesn’t try to force you into a loss by teaming you with people that need to be carried. So it was kind of like punishing grinders, but now it looks like they will be punishing for not grinding as well?

Please tell me if we are going to be forced to grind out our matches that we won’t be pushed into a 50/50 win loss especially since having a team size of two severely limits our control over outcomes.

I don’t think that’s a thing anymore. It was true during s2 or s3, can’t remember exactly. Ranked currently only should put you into a higher tiered match, and if you can’t handle it, that basically causes you to lose. As the teams are created randomly to some extent, it may stack the odds against you but it’s not by design, it’s by accident.