Guild Wars 2

tempest fulfills the role of healer/support very well that being said it offers nothing else. It can be bursted down. Standard build with aura share, reaper will kill it. In extended 1v1s with a good power rev or scraper it will lose. One thing it does is team support. Why can’t we allow it to do that well? Also alket them nerfing the one viable build ele has is not going to make your glass ele viable. And honestly as i said before it is a very balanced build and doesn’t deserve to be nerfed. It is okay to have bunk/healers.

ya when it was first announced i thought it was going to be 1 condi removed every second which is still a nerf compared to previous version as you can be condi bursted, I still take it though because I have to for the pathetic condi removal it does give, definitely needs a buff

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menders because of the extra healing power and precision, ds because of necros as is said on metabattle if power is more of a threat than condi you can go stoneheart, and yes they scale great with healing power which is why menders think lightning whip and burning speed plus air overload, dagger focus actually does more power damage then condi which is why we go with power as main stat, and yes it is protection and use of cooldowns that keeps u alive, i am actually going to change menders to clerics though for the main pick as I’ve come to think it is better, the damage isnt amazing on this build but it is mainly for team support like the old bunker guard was, air overload however still puts out some decent pressure

d/f provides more heals than staff because of aura share with shocking aura, fireshield, and magnetic leap through fire field, as well as aura sharing all the overloads so I strongly disagree with u power and would argue that the staff is the sub tier one

one of my teammates needs to know so he can figure out if he can play. If a dev could respond that would be great

your absolutely right it is the standard one however it was not on metabattle so im just trying to bring it to peoples attention, “I made” was poor phrasing will change to I posted, what I meant is I posted the build to metabattle so people can be more aware of it, and I’m hoping people can test and rate it so it becomes common knowledge to the community. Ill edit the initial post

Hey guys i just posted an ele build on metabattle and would be thrilled if you all could try it out and rate it. Here is the link

i am totally for this there is even precedent as you can do it in wvw. I’m okay with it being less efficient so long as it is possible

ya a lot of this is purely ur subjective opinion and downright wrong at times

so noob question but what is dragon stand, i literally live in heart of the mists

Hey, I pretty much only do pvp. I’m legend in that and my guild team is 7 on the leaderboard so i got invited to the challenger cup for pro league. However, I do want to do the personal story. That said I don’t enjoy open world pve and grinding. What is the fastest way to gain mastery experience so i can move along in the story. Any help would be appreciated.
- A pvp player

Currently does not grant stability neither to itself or the scrapper.

also most of those were on foefire which has the largest discrepancy in score overall due to lord kills

Sup Grouch my guild has two teams that qualify for challenger cup, can we sell the roster of one to highest bidder? I highly doubt we can, but if I’m wrong pls correct me so I can make some gold. The Guild is Best Team North Africa.

That or give it to a deserving team. Though I’m still leaning towards making gold.

Boon corrupt is good, boons are very powerful and need some counter play to them.
Not so much counter play however that boons cease to be… well a Boon, and turn into a liability. Ill look at once build condi rev. Condi rev has 3 main boons: quickness, stab, and resistance (there is some might in there and the boon burst from f2 but these are the staples) Through two traits rev gains 2 stacks of stab on dodge so almost always has stab. Their is usually only a lil bit of might along with that stab making it very easy to corrupt which is fine since corrupts arent that common. But every third auto will put rev in almost a constant state of being feared. Add in quickness turning to slow, and resistance turning into chill which will in turn damage the rev you can see how every 3rd auto boon corrupt quickly becomes overpowered. Im all for boon corrupt, just not on an auto attack.

wvw bro and fighting in guild arena

…and there is no cele stat combo on the ascension wings!!!!!!!! RRRRRAAAAGGGGEEEE!!!

1 hour 1 minute que. Guess there is no one on my level. Totally a bug but its pretty funny.

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let me know if I need to post the others account names

Hey myself and 9 others are stuck in a pvp match on legacy of foefire.

How many Hotm instances are typically active? It is a very rare occasion that when I want to que with someone they are in a different Hotm map. Begs the question of how big the pvp playerbase really is.

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Some of the enemies I’ve fought have been kind of see through and ghostly. It makes it hard to see what skills they are using when I fight them. Is this a tonic or what? A tonic icon doesn’t show up on them. And yes they still have their normal skills.

So in actual gameplay no class is supposed to be more powerful than another, but what about in lore? What professions are most powerful and which are weakest?

It should apply aura then instantly reapply to allies causing double the effects from traits such as prot, heal, fury, and swift.

It would really help with the whole auramancer anet is going for with tempest. Discuss.

POWERFUL AURA NEEDS TO BE MOVED TO TEMPEST TRAITLINE
I love all the aura traits but im severely kitten having to take water just fro that trait.
Could finally have water not be mandatory but only if we moved that trait. Replace the water one with anything. Doesnt really matter people will still take cleansing water.

Some suggestions for tempest pls read Karl!
OVERLOADS
Water: Needs to pulse more healing while casting, as is now i take more damage then I heal when using it. Final heal is fine.
Fire: Either increase the radius or use the berserker technology and have the fire field follow you.
Air: Love it. Only improvement would be 5 targets.
Earth: Give a 20% damage reduction while using it.

SHOUTS
Make the shouts blast finishers. The animation already looks like they would be.
Lower cooldown on earth shout. Give lightning aura to air shout. Apply light aura to wash away the pain. Hopefully that will make them see some play over cantrips.

TRAITS
Adept Traits
eye of the storm= fine if the shout is changed to apply lightning aura
latent stamina= make that the major minor trait change so it is applied when you gain an aura and grant 25 endurance instead of 10. Fill the adept slot with reduced recharge on warhorn skills and a bonus while wielding a warhorn.
unstable conduit= make the aura apply at the start of the overload.

Minor Major Trait
replace with new latent stamina

Major Traits
Tempestuous Aria= add 20% cooldown reduction
Earthen Proxy= change to Rejuvenating Aura, heal for x amount while you have an aura
Harmonious conduit= currently you have to take it because of stability. move the stability to the grandmaster minor trait. Change to overloads are x% more effective. Ex: All boons and conditions given by overloads have x% increased duration. Healing from overload has a x% increase. Damage from overloads increased by x%. Rename to Elemental Overload.

Grandmaster Minor Trait:
Hardy conduit= Rename Harmonious Conduit. Give 4 secs of stab, prot, and swift on overload.

Grandmaster Traits
Imbued Melodies= keep as is.
Lucid Singularity= Recharge from overloading reduced by 20%. Time required in attunement before overloading reduced by 20%.
Elemental Bastion= Remove frost aura. It steps on the water adept traits toes and they dont stack. Keep the heal. Add 1 condition removed on aura.

Feel free to comment I enjoy feedback.

Just a lil roaming video. Enjoy!
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the amount of enemy rezzes and rallys is quite insane

I’m trying to come up with some good gear for wvw for solo and small group roaming on d/d ele. The one thing i will not do is craft ascended cele armor. I can if necessary craft exotic cele but would prefer not to. Is all cele ascended trinkets a viable alternative to cele armor? And if so what should I do for the rest of my armor and weapons? I am quite familiar with cele ele in pvp and am trying to recreate that in wvw. I know I need to build more offensively for wvw however as people don’t sit on a point with you. Any ideas on how to do that?

How about….. no. At no point should you lose out on a game mode option for being a good player. Leagues should hopefully address some of your concerns. And yes they are players too. Anet is never going to punish them for being good ones.

if they havent tagged the opponent they wont rally

I dont think f2p is a bad thing i think its great im just polling people on their opinions of smurfing. There’s nothing that can be done about it just want to know what people think.

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Share your thoughts on smurfing here because it is going to become a thing. On the one side are veteran pvp players tired of long ques. On the other are the poor f2p people getting rekt by veteran players. What do you think?

I main d/d ele, because why not? It is strongest class in the game right now. The fact that you can take 4 or 5 of a single class and be more likely to win then you would with a diverse comp is a major issue. I love ele but it needs a few nerfs.
1. Ring of Fire needs an icd of about .5 seconds to avoid getting 9 stacks instantly from tiny tap to the left then right again. Go through then .5 seconds later burning can be applied again.
2. Passive trait in fire burning fire should only remove condis not apply burn instant passive 3 burn stacks is not fun. This will not kill fire trait line its op as it is.
3. possibly add 2 more seconds to the icd of blinding ashes.

Discuss.

The problem is not cast time on cleanses. One and a half sec max for cast time u eat maybe two ticks and thats an extreme example. If you have good reaction u won’t take much damage from it even if it does have cast. Now the reapplication of condis is something to consider but if ur facing a condi build u should never be able to cleanse so much that u don’t die. If you could condi builds wouldn’t work and in a condi build condis are ur damage. If ur both not super tanky one of u is supposed to die if u don’t kill the other in a timely manner. If you run no cleanse you should be punished for it. Just like if u run a super squishy build u should be aware that physical damage will take u out easily.

Maybe try TS3 it’s a free download and easy to use. Download and install takes like 3 min max also.

Ya it’s lame nothing should be undodgable. Also plague is instant so no tell to dodge. Only one with counter is locust.

Most necros I don’t have trouble against but when I’m playing a good necro (rare but they do exist) I have a lot of troube. I win only about 30% of time. I know it’s a difficult matchup for ele because of all the boon corruption but I don’t think I should be losing this much. Any tips would be appreciated. And yes I know not to put 8 stacks of burn on them at once.

Just wondering why we can’t see our MMR. I know myself and many others would love to be able to. So what’s the reason for keeping it secret?

thanks for responding grouch

Hey I was just wondering when we get rewards for tol. I’m aware that it’s not automated so it could take a while, just wondering if anyone had an idea of when it would be. I’m pretty sure i get one since we beat 2 teams but i may be wrong. Anyways if anyone has any idea let me know.

Mesmer has perma invulnerability… that made me laugh

hey man i’d like to play medi guard hammer not sure if ur interested in that i’m pretty darn good if i do say so myself (its not ego its self confidence) and would be happy to prove it in a tryout best way to contact me is with an in game mail. also id suggest for a team comp running shoutbow, shatter mesmer, d/p thief, cele engi, and medi guard. This because it seems like 3 zerks and 2 celes are whats favored right now Ex: abjured. anyways let me know.

So the main variations I have seen are 3 cele 2 zerk or 2 cele 3 zerk.
Cele Builds : D/D ele, rifle engi, and shoutbow war
Zerk builds : hammer Medi guard, thief either d/p panicstrike or s/d, shatter mes, and power necro

Which combination of these do u think is best and why?

I click on application and nothing happens apart from the white dot next to it which appears when an application is opened no window appears. Sometimes after a crazy amount of time like an hour (instant gratification i know but an hour is pretty darned long for something that should take 1 second) it randomly pops up the login window. If i click show all windows a blue screen appears not sure why this is happening. Any help would be appreciated. Note this is happening on two separate macs, but works fine on PC.

ya making ur key binds more accessible is the answer also if u can get a gaming mouse the extra buttons really help

As it is now it can proc on on any random Mesmer clone, rock dog, Necromancer minion, or Guardian spirit weapon (i know barely anyone uses this just trying to make a point). It also become extremely underwhelming when fighting more than one person. If it went on cooldown per attacker like fire shield it would be a great trait and worthy of a grandmaster trait. As it is now it is only useful in 1v1’s against enemies without ai who could proc it. On the bright side it can proc against multiple enemies at once but only if they are all hit by your burn at the same time.

Does not do anywhere near the damage the tooltip says.