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Had an old turtle beach set years ago, thinking of picking up Razer Kraken Pro – anyone got opinions on it?

SAB World 2 Zone 2 Trib.

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I hate W2Z2 aesthetically and mechanically. It feels like the longest of them all and I just shake my head every time I get to the dojo areas thinking “this is so unnecessary”. My most hated part of it all is probably once you get to the start of the 2nd octopus – if you die you have to make the trip all the way back and hope you don’t land what feels like a millimetre off-point else RIP spike traps galore.

Anyway, only 5 more runs of W2 trib mode then I never have to touch it again.

W2Z3 on the other hand I only find frustrating at the start because there’s a lot of BS jumps where you have to jump and land around a corner so it’s all about positioning. After that the rest is pretty much a breeze if you know the route… oh… except for the ridiculous trib cloud guarding that stretch you have to make it through with the gushing winds. I would rather do ice room a hundred times than that.

Covering the Emergency Waypoint

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I agree with no build zones being implemented in certain areas – especially in siege depots and the EWP.

Prone to troll food spamming and so much more.. haha.

[Serious] What purpose do you give Eotm now?

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Meh.

It’s a flow for some fun & giggles to be had (lol who doesn’t love rocking up with a guild and steamrolling PUGs once in a while just to stir the pot a bit?), although mostly lopsided due to server populations – probably when all BL’s are Q’d or when a side is doing bad/playing like a dog’s breakfast in WvW they go mess around in Edge.

I’d be pretty annoyed if I had no where to go stuck in PvE land Q’d up for WvW.

But you’re right in a way; it’s mostly plagued with kiddy k-train mentality.

Asura Guardian - Male or Female?

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Ever since I got the wizard hat I’ve been rockin’ the Kaiser weapon skins set with it! See the picture of my rev in (can work on guardian but Aegis gets in the way hehe) this post below if you were fishing for the mage look (sorry it was night at the time… looks a lot more vibrant in sunlight/afternoon haha).

Bit of personal preference – each to their own.

For Asura I’ve made mostly female. They have a lot of faces you can work with to make happy, angry, adorable, interesting. Male Asura on the other hand… couldn’t find anything other than WRINKLY GRANDPA or mouth-falling-down-face which is funny but jeeze.

Unfortunately, as with any race – a lot of the newer faces’s sliders don’t really change much or there’s a lot of clipping, particularly with the eyes + brow so I tend not use them… even though they are more appealing initially.

As for snarky – I think both males & females in general have a lot of dialogue when you cast skills that come off as boisterous, witty… dat attitude for real calm down kid.

Hoboboots has already stated but I’ll reiterate; some Outfits are unisex (Asura + Charr females will share the male attire) which might disappoint you? Their animations should be pretty much identical on the other hand.

I prefer female Asura guardian for reasons stated above.

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I purposefully no longer take banner buffs.

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Widescreen 24" display. Everything is fine.

If you thought having that many buffs clogging up that area of the screen was bad you probably weren’t around before Squads were a thing (or if you didn’t know simple party UI was a thing)…

…Having a some PUG full signet warrior with every boon + buff in the entire game on every engagement with the enemy literally crawling across the MIDDLE of your screen. That implies if you needed to target someone off in the distance in the middle of ya’ screen or aim siege anywhere… yeah. RIP.

As others have suggested, you could probably drag your map in the top right corner of your screen if it helps.

Feedback on GUI changes

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Not sure what size monitor you’re playing on but it’s barely noticeable yet it’s still there, I will agree nevertheless – an unnecessary addition.

It’s something I would rather see somewhere in the WvW panel if it so much as has to stay and if I really needed to see who is winning. I dare to add – not that anyone cares who wins these days.

Zerg Guardian QOL suggestion

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CTRL + T on the other guardian. You can still follow your tag icon as per normal. I am aware this is prone to issues as other party members can sometimes target something else mid-fight but if you’re organised it shouldn’t really be an issue.

Un-check grid view so that you can view your party with all the boons and see visible health bars in the top left corner – you should know when things go south if the other guardian doesn’t have stability/they’re loaded with condis or off tag since you can simply click on their guardian icon in the squad and it will automatically click on them in the open world, where ever they are…

I would suggest to find someone reliable if you’re in an organised guild raid. If it’s PUGs, it doesn’t hurt to just ask/whisper someone if they are willing and capable of being your stab 1 or 2 guard buddy.

I am not dismissing your request for extra markers. Currently, only the tag + lieutenant can place markers.

It would be nice to have some personal icons/markers that only we as the player can see on FRIENDLY allies (mark someone in your party as the heal bot so you know who to run to etc) so as not to interfere with the perks of being tag + lieutenant markers on enemies as that might lead to more un-fun pin snipe. Still kind of undecided if that would even be plausible, but yeah hope that made sense.

Only 1 Zephyr Rucksack left in TP

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That is crazy. I remember I bought this for my charr warrior in 2014 and it was just 40g

Exactly this. I remember picking mine up for a similar price on my Charr guardian!

The Zephyr Rucksack Skin is currently an unobtainable item (save for the TP or those who might still have funds to purchase it from Terksli in LA) due to it’s acquisition method being content that is no longer playable/removed from the game.

Do not be so let down though, ANet has on very rare occasions re-introduced so called unobtainable items/skins in the past.

Examples being:

That isn’t to say these items are permanently available again – there will always be people slowly buying up stock on the TP and those items will once again seem rare/near unobtainable. A perfect example was the Ghastly Grinning Shield Skin dropping to around 250g or less upon the influx of them via EITHER the lottery (correct me if I’m wrong!) OR that one time some dev mentioned other “expensive” skins being mystic forge-able, even the shield:

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/4g3t53/so_i_found_this/

Do I think the Zephyr Rucksack Skin and other items in a similar position are gone forever? Not completely. I am inclined to believe they will be re-introduced via some method or another like ANet has proven to do with a select few items in the past.

Then again, it’s ANet. You could be waiting a year or four. Just sayin’.

Will SAB Glider return?

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Question for ANet or if anyone knows since I’m hyped for SAB – will we see the return of the SAB Glider in the gem store?

7 MORE DAYS!! <3

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I was too new to the game last year to really get into it, but I am totally excited about SAB this year! It is confirmed that it’s going to be here next month, right?

Pretty much me back in 2013 – was still a noob.

I missed the second time SAB returned thanks to no internet so I’m extremely hyped about getting to play it for the first time!

I hope ANet releases the SAB glider skin again when it returns. I want to collect ALL the SAB skins!

Why do you not play?

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Not really playing this season because:

  • Same boring meta for months not being addressed
  • HoT dominant power-creep – little to no build diversity
  • Class stacking e.g; being matched up against 3 DH and 2 Warri combo
  • Rewards got grindier/lengthier to obtain HOWEVER, I do agree that the initial introduction of ascended gear acquisition in PvP was WAY too easy and fast
  • Matchmaking in Gold tier; being pitted up against leaderboard top 20’s
  • Atrocious state of games continuing despite a player being DC from the START and NEVER showing up the entire game aka 4v5
  • Still no existing build templates when being greeted by enemy’s comp
  • Rating gain/loss still feels very harsh e.g; winning +7 losing -21 is just a mood killer
  • No new game modes; something other conquest – please?

Bonus brownie point for the day:

  • Queue bug still exists to some extent; e.g; you click accept. NOTHING happens. Screen up the top still says something like “Match is about to begin” … “In matchmaking queue”… “QUEUE ABANDONED” and you’re hit with dishonor for WHAT? Accepting the practically I AM READY TO PLAY PVP button all the while you can’t click or move or do anything?

Little things like that just kill PvP for me..

Best "All Purpose" Food For WvW?

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ArchonWing summed things up pretty spot on.

My person preference is Saffron Bread because it’s cheaper than the lemongrass pot but also assists when getting CC locked briefly due to the damage reduction: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Tray_of_Saffron_Bread

However if you find that extra vitality helps you by all means go ahead and try out the Lemongrass Poultry Soup: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Pot_of_Lemongrass_Poultry_Soup

I rarely use anything else that is share-able due to accound bound restrictions.

While it is nice to share these foods with your allies I would recommend still running the usual account bound crafted food Plate of Mussels Gnashblade because that damage reduction, impo, is vital due to so much powercreep in the game (also the boon duration is nice): https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Plate_of_Mussels_Gnashblade

Why is my ping inaccurate?

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Smithers, why is the server lagging?
Sir, with all due respect that was our last guinea pig…
BRING IN THE HAMSTERS THEN!

dire/trailblazer

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I’m not gonna’ lie, I’m guilty of running/converting to full trailblazers and/or dire (roam/duel/small scale fights orientated) on things like;

- various burn guard builds
- various condi thief builds (not trapper but I HAVE tried it, never ever touching that cancer again)
- condi mesmer (bores me to bits)
- condi ranger
- condi warrior
- condi P/P engi

Because once people start playing these builds with these stats you can’t go back unless you’re some pro “esports” PvPer who knows their class and their opponent’s class inside-out, and if you do go back or try re-living pre-HoT stats you’re going to have a really bad day.

I know, guilty of adding to the problem.

Believe me, I’ve tried my hardest to play my oldschool fun builds with old stats like rabid/carrion but I simply cannot compete with everyone against me running more potent and cruel stats as the aforementioned trailblazer or viper wombo combo all the while being tankier in general. Powercreep, don’t you love it? Cough.

WvW Event Suggestions

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I just want to see more community fun sillyness like everyone plays X class night... for good old time’s sake:

Siege - suggestions

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I’m having a difficult time picking apart and understanding exactly what OP is talking about but here goes…

1) Wouldn’t work because option in game exists: Show all usable Object Names
2) Doesn’t make sense.. you can go take a tower… with another blueprint in your inventory ready to use?
3) This is interesting, but I imagine it would cause a lot of bugs.. like would it need the game to predict the radius/perimeter around SMC as an example and everything in it at the time of being captured suddenly converts to your side? Idk…
4) Disagree, I like to think.. you made the effort to put this piece of siege down. If it gets destroyed that’s it – it’s destroyed, you should have done everything possible to keep it alive.. mats from everytime ppl wreck siege might make the market unbalanced.
5) Dear lords we already have enough gold sinks in the game… especially when they STOLE traditional guild upgrades away and stuffed them into the expansion and killed off smaller guilds so they either have to join bigger guilds who could afford the upgrades/scribing etc or just be left to rot without their upgrades that they worked so hard for.. No more gold sinks. Nein. Negatory.

Update on Hearts and Minds

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While I appreciate the apparent proposed changes Soon™ I can’t help but die a little inside when I remember the release date of Heart of Thorns alongside the current date that ANet has decided to even consider fixing that lovely part of the game.

Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns release date: 23rd October 2015
AKA: 508 days ago from today (14th March 2017)

508 days.
508 Days.
508 DAYS.

Five. Hundred. And. Eight. Days. And. It. Still. Full. O’. Bugs. Mah. Boy.

For real.

New aura's

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Would be nice if they added collections in the form of quests/exploring acquiring items to form an ascended version of the exotic auras/infusions..

[Suggestion] Toggle for Eternity

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I am hugely disappointed with my Eternity and prefer to use other GS skins, I’d go back to donning it IF ANet tweaked some things:

  • Split hilt between Twilight & Sunrise as seen pictured in mock ups from posts above
  • Had an alternative design on the blade (phasing from Twilight to Sunrise is boring and unimaginative for a third GS)
  • Unique, subtle sound effect when sheathing/unsheathing

Dunno.. wish it was cool. Right now it’s just a lazy mood swinging GS skin that looks like EITHER of it’s predecessors.. not something unique and evolving.

Experienced P/D Condi Thief's 2 Cents

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If you thought ghost thief was bad, and mind you, I’ll agree – it is in terms of not being on par with other classes’ trap mechanics aka not applying dmg once triggered… and it needs to be brought in line but where are all the D/D evade spam thieves?

I am the worst thief to ever grace the land; utter garbage.. and yet having tried out D/D condi evade thief in a nutshell:

The Oprah Cancerspree
The pug stomper
The noob crusher
The disguised bait (who runs QUADRUPAL daggers? This’ll be ez kill. JOKESONYOU.)
The evade spam queen
The solo ANY camp/tower/keep from T1 right through to T3
The 1v3+ overly obnoxious constantly in your face playstyle
The literal definition of MC Hammer CAN’T TOUCH THIS
The Collector of Salty Orphan tears in the form of “whispers”
The 99% STEALTHLESS predator touching you everywhere
The Official Daily Uneducated Child Magnet (wow 9 dodges evades nice hacks bro reported)
The Robert Baratheon Train Slap to the face once it clings to you, and IT WILL. CLING. TO. YOU… if you let it.
The point/node/cap contesting insect

Okay jokes aside – the build likely has counters (adequate kiting, heavy condi cleanse management, ledge baiting) but man is it absolutely annoying to fight. Ghost thief? It’s up there, but impo not as cancerous as DD evade spam queen or even the common condi mesmer.

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You think ghost thief is bad?

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Never ran into one of these nomad’s thieves before; I had a guildy roll one once, said it was a ball having people try to catch you and can’t do anything but I beg the question – why? Is it really that enthralling hitting like a wet noodle.. I doubt you could even get kill credit with a full AA chain using nomad’s…

Well, I’d rather THIS than ghost thief. So sad to see such a build being promoted on build sites like metabattle, ghost thief, that is.

The meta atm is absolute garbage – No longer can you run around on fun things like P/S engi, traditional longbow ranger, power mesmer, hammer warri etc without being run over and consumed by the ever present power-creep infested abominations of condi mesmers, ghost thieves, tanky yet damage dealing druids – not to mention in gangs… “roaming”.

Had the pleasure of obliterating a ghost thief recently and their little thief buddy, whom I’ll reasonably commend for playing S/P(?) instead of cliche D/P stealth camping troll mode. Unfortunately to fight such cancer I had to bring my own – condi DD evade thief (which in it’s own right is up there with condi mesmer impo) and a few stealth traps. Evades over those traps for days all the while harassing the target. Dude didn’t even have SB equipped so he couldn’t run.

I wish I could rewind wayyyy pre HoT when things weren’t so jacked up awful as they are now. Sigh.

Tip to fighting perma keep tappers

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Who stands/keeps walking through traps these days though?

Unless they’re FOB new to the game/thief in general I find it hard to believe any thief wouldn’t be dodging ahead most of the time (SoA, Hard to Catch + all the other endurance refill & get out of jail free card Instant Reflexes etc skills, shadowsteps.. SB 5) or move a little to the left of the pathway so as not to trigger them.

Super Adventure Box Festival 2017

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I really, really, REALLY want to play SAB!

I was still a noob when SAB first came out and ignored it because I didn’t know any better. Then it got released a 2nd time… the entire MONTH that I had no internet haha.

Hope it returns!

[WvW] Any viable condi rev builds?

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Thanks for the input, Buran.

YEs, one of my main gripes being sustain and dealing dmg.. rev has one ranged wep – power, which is a no go for condi builds. I’m aware I’ll be kited to death in the mix up; it really saddens me the lack of a viable condi build for rev but I’ll give it a shot.

No new hairstyles yet? really?

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Would welcome any new faces/hairstyles. Also I wish they would add black + white accessory hair dye options, they did really good with the new colors.

[WvW] Any viable condi rev builds?

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Probably not the best idea in the world (since I hear it’s awful and other classes do it better) when I could just as easily jump on my Oprah Cancerspree condi thief or even roll the cliche condi mesmer but I want to try out condi rev – I remember making one sometime post HoT but I’m not sure what went wrong… anybody got a viable condi rev build I can try?

What: Condi Rev
Mode: WvW
Setting: Roaming/duel + probably small scale

I’m not very good at rev to begin with in terms of 1v1; I am most accustomed to playing the role of resist spam bot/healbot/hammer camping rev as required in a zerg.

From traits to runes + sigils.. no idea what stats I should use either – is trailblazers decent?

Throw me some ideas/help would be appreciated to help a rev noob out!

WvW guys

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Probably need a bit more info from OP; what their server is, if they’ve ever x-ferred around… if you have a guild that participates in WvW activities? Were you even around post launch/2012 or 2013 WvW? Idk it’s been too long ago but those were the good old days. FUN days GvG scrims, hella awesome fights – not this cruddy post HoT powercreep lazy boring meta we’re stuck with.

I’ve transferred a few times; you meet new communities and make friends – it’s fun in that aspect imo. As for the content itself, perhaps in this current day and even dating back 2 years it’s been pretty stale, however, I am grateful for a bunch of QoL improvements and stuff like reward tracks, the squad system and other minute things yet… I cannot help but feel it lost a bit of human interaction with things like automatic upgrades?..

Unfortunately it’s boring af in terms of scoring, population balance, bandwagoning, lack of incentive to win, no reason to win, these god awful linkings it almost feels like the game mode’s plug will be pulled soon etc.

You’re right though I suppose – it is boring af atm, generally speaking.. (T1 perspective) and my guild is adamant on staying there, lol. I hope things shake up quickly.

What can you do if there is no commander?

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Here are some valuable & enriching suggestions:

  • Mine nodes from all the towers
  • Spend 30 minutes chasing that ghost thief around EBG
  • Dump all your supplies into repairing paper SMC walls thanks to red keep trebs
  • Solo the Overgrown Grub

Okay, jokes aside. You should probably try calling out in map/team chat if anyone wants to form up some small ops together and take objectives. This is true if you find small groups of enemies roaming your borders trying to flip things – get out there and have some good fights.

You don’t always need to rely on a commander to get things done.

Try sieging up a specific tower/keep if you notice enemies trying their luck at seizing it if you’re on your own. Never make things easy for your enemies.

Make sure you cap sentries near supply camps as it will most likely be key when it comes to map awareness of enemies passing by; you want to know who and how many are around so you can take action if necessary.

I know, not a lot of suggestions but I hope these help.

very srs wvw sigil thread

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Superior Sigil of Yak’s Bend
30% when struck to summon a Superior Arrowcart that lasts for 25 seconds
(1,200 radius, 60 second ICD)

All jokes aside; I did like the “Revealation” sigil the pvp thread concocted up that applies reveal on wep swap.

Is EoTM a dead gamemode?

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Back 2 years ago or so edge had common 50+ man balls deep zergs rolling on each sides, these days not so much.

Eotm is not very balanced; the three sides (Badlands, Frostreach + Overgrowth) consists of multiple servers regarding what place they are currently in, in WvW.

Example: if you are 2nd place (blue) for the week then every other server that is blue will be Frostreach. You’re going to get all kinds of different players from those respective servers for that side, usually every rotation/week.

You state Mag is currently packed full of players; rumor has it Mag is tanking atm and/or had certain commanders + guilds x-fer off so those who would usually enjoy WvW or edge are probably off elsewhere playing other games not to mention PvP league season has started so that occupies a lot of player’s time.

In addition to your inquiry about edge being a dead game mode - it has seen the following nerfs and/or already existing implementations:

  • Reduced Edge of the Mists rewards.
  • Reduced event karma, gold, experience, and world experience by 25%.
  • The number of Badges of Honor awarded for capturing an objective has been reduced to be consistent with other WvW maps.
  • The chests that spawned on objective capture containing badges and ascended materials have been removed.
  • The Badges of Honor and ascended materials are now dropped by the objective’s boss instead.

Source: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-October-23-2015/

I could go into detail about other contributing factors that made edge not as fun for some (target limit on all lines aka necro fear walls, movement inducing changes to skills rip jumping into BL area with superspeed + rocket boots, introduction of HoT in general.. powercreep blah blah etc etc..) resulting in the apparent decline of interest in the gimmicky game mode, not to mention the big man – real WvW itself.

If that is your only toon I suggest perhaps levelling via crafting or hitting up some PvP considering you’ll get rewards and tomes from the tracks there. Edge/WvW isn’t that reliable unless your server is doing well and/or you somehow managed to hook in some fresh guilds that can hold their ground OR your side for some miraculous reason is having that awkward moment of “Bye Felicia” where the other two sides don’t give a hoot about your existence – too busy fighting each other and you kind of just k-train/back cap objectives avoiding them entirely because nobody cares. At all. Ever.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Hope that helps.

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[Discussion] Epidemic STEALTH NERFED

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Hey guys, today’s patch (08/03/17) has brought a “stealth nerf” to the skill Epidemic

WvW only: Does not affect structures or targets with resistance.

Thoughts? (:

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Best sword skin to pair w ghastly shield?

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Fused Sword Skin

Do these titles even exist?...

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Trying to find some of the new PvP related achievements on the wiki (unfortunately not updated yet) and stumbled across:

Edge of the Mists (achievements)/CBT

  • Ultimate Raider
  • Ultimate Liberator

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Edge_of_the_Mists_(achievements)/CBT

I was still a noob at the game when Edge was released but are these titles even applicable and IF anyone actually managed to complete the achievement for it, would they have retained that title or would it carry over to the later updated/released “more boring ones”? …

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Edge_of_the_Mists_

I suppose the prime question is – why are these on the wiki if they aren’t/were not feasible in the first place – obtainable?

Just curious.

Necromancers Deathly Chill needs to go

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Blast that light field boiiiizz.

Combat tonic requests

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My 2 cents regarding combat tonics:

  • Skritt
  • Monkey King
  • Tengu

Gem Store Suggestion - Organize my bank

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I wish we could give bank tabs names. I’m OCD like that and enjoy keeping things tidy and in their rightful place.

New Horns for Charr....

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Nice pics, Rednik.

I know officially want a ram-horned Charr.

Reiterating new Charr horns; people have requested them for ages… I too hope ANet could shift their creative skills in that direction for the sake of diversity & variety. Right now it’s really boring and repetitive when making new characters.

While I’d appreciate any new character customisation additions, I doubt it’s anything on their to do list at all. The most we get is new eye colors and hairstyles.

WvW Condi Builds? P/P suggestions?

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I’m assuming you’re running Elixir Gun and Sneek Gyro. Detection Pulse is a large aoe reveal which is great to use near a black powder/shadow refuge. If you are going toe to toe, throw Super Elixir on you feet and auto attack with tranquilizer. Weakness is extremely strong against thieves. It reduces their endurance regen(dodges) and causes half their attacks to glance(deal half dmg and can’t crit).

If you’re running Flame Thrower, you can also use air blast to knock them out of refuge.

edit: I can’t read. Switch mortar kit to sneek gyro. Combo your healing turret with the extra blast from rocket boots. Don’t be afraid to use gear shield preemptively when the thief is in stealth. Just make sure it’s the second burst and basilisk venom is on cooldown.

Thanks for the input, I’ll definitely fiddle around with the weakness skill in particular.. hopefully it lands, haha!

Hammer hype???

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Hammer used to be perfectly viable for PvP and WvW. In fact, it was meta for a long time.

This. I long for the day they make it appropriate in this current meta; others have suggested some decent tweaks.

Right now it’s slow, obvious tells and does little in the age of stability being handed out like candy, the passive invuls and stun breaks etc.

WvW Condi Builds? P/P suggestions?

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I tried using P/P, full trailblazers and practically the same traits/set up as the ones listed and I just get my behind handed to me by thieves and condi mesmers.

Any tips as a P/P engi against those stealth spamming DP/staff thieves? I can’t seem to land a hit on them and when I do they jump back into stealth cleansing everything/waiting it out and they wait out my invulns.

Still: condi thief trapper?

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Zephyra.4709

Blast ya light field boizzzz.

Braham's Wolfborn Pauldrons unlock

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Zephyra.4709

i purchased several outfits years ago and i’d happily pay to buy parts of them as armour skins.

Option to buy parts as armor skins – agreed.

I really appreciate what they did with Braham’s Wolfblood Pauldrons.

Would kill to see the Hexed Outfit hat (female version) sold as a separate piece.

Elixir C "duration"?...

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Zephyra.4709

Just wondering what it means by:

Duration: 6 seconds

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Elixir_C

Whether it means ALL incoming conditions for 6 seconds are turned into boons or is it just the boons that last for 6 seconds once you click the skill?

most headspinning condi burst post update?

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Hoo boy. I’m not sure if I call it big burst but when it stalks you.. it’s fully in your face, pray you have teleports/condi cleanses or can stalemate it on guard/warri/equally built thief…

D/D condi evade thief. Can’t seem to land a hit unless you got eagle eyes with those evade frames/animations or have good ping.

it can dance around keyboard faceroll 1v3+ and be annoying as all heck. A very sadistic build.

wow this is toxic

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Why would I want to play a Revenant healer? Might as well go play druid to heal effectively and reliably

in WvW this is 100% not the case rev burst heals for 8-12k on a 2 second CD while providing protection and alac.

What is the burst combo for Ventari heals in WvW? I’m making full minstrel gear and also thought it might work well on rev. Never used Ventari before.

Shards of Glory in PvP League Vendor

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By Ogden’s Hammer, WHAT SAVINGS!

Light Field & Blast Finisher Feedback

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I would 100% rather a condition cleanse on myself than granting retaliation (which, can be corrupted in itself anyway). Especially if it can be blasted multiple times..?

This is mostly from a WvW PoV.

Cheater caught in WvW

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Zephyra.4709

Run, run as fast as you can!
You can’t catch me. I’m the Gingerbread Man!

Not hacks, just HoT “balance”. The gimmick builds.

Nutshell: Energy sigils, endurance on heal, endurance on physical skills, enhanced vigor effectiveness, Instant Reflexes trait, Hard to Catch trait aka ayee lmao full endurance again, endurance on steal, that weird food that gives 40% ENDURANCE REFILL… man is that even necessary? adventurer runes, stamina sigil if you haven’t gone full balls to the walls nomad troll mode oh and Signet of Agility if for whatever ungodly reason you somehow manage to run out of endurance.

Bonus brownie points: play a Sylvari and slot Take Root elite skill aka 3 seconds of invulnerable upon channelling if you ever somehow need a last resort oh snap button (usually full nomads).

Much like the evades… that list could go on as to why these seemingly un-hittable sustain monsters exist.

Pick the most useless skill/trait

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I am so legit right now it physically and mentally hurts to even glance at this trait. Brace yourselves. The one and only trait that is 100% utterly useless.

Expeditious Spirit: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Expeditious_Spirit

BECAUSE NOBODY USES SPIRIT WEAPONS.

e v e r.