Guild Wars 2

hehe, dangit. i wish i was home right now. it sounds so fun.D

Josh. i love you. that is all.
can’t wait to jump into SAB 2.0 and 1.0 revamp.
updated client, but i was good and went to bed like i should last night. XDD

:DD thanks, Chris.

not sure why, but i saved 8 orb until the last minute. started doing it just last night and after many tries, FINALLY got her. with 45mins until the patch hit. XDD

didn’t use the same build as you, Chris. but similar strategy with sword/focus + GS. thanks for the tips. and never again. lol.

styx.7294:

What I was thinking about was 2 water/2 monk/2 traveler’s for boon duration

and this. ^^
if boon duration is yo thing.

heh, Bash, wish we had more time to chat! XDD

i’ll definitely be looknig into these as well. but, tbh, if it’s JUST for inscreased movement speed. hmm, it’s a tough call for me. i’ev enver foudn Guardian mobility to be THAT big of a problem. least not in a game breaking sense. although, i will definitely check it out and see how it goes. always up for some fun with new runes / builds. : ))

i’d more imagine it’s.. torch 4’s double tap that can hit that high? under the rigth conditions.. although, seeing as i assumed you specced for condition dmg as well.

hmm. how did you come to the conclusion taht it was 12k from burnign damage? i feel burning itself is hard to measure. especially, over how long a period of time? maybe that’s just me ://

nice. here here for T1 roamers! not an easy spot to be in most of the time. ; ))

do share? pretty please?

thanks for taking the time to feel this, think this, and write it all up. most appreciated from this end here.

now go to bed. or take a vacation.

and please, send my regards to the rest of your team, for what it’s worth. i know what you guys do is not easy – and that most certainly includes knowing what goes on in the forums and more!

are we still counting?

i am a pretty happy camper. that’s not to say there’s more to be had – because there is SO MUCH MORE to be had. but at this moment in time, i can jump in PvP – either hot join, s or tPvP and i usually leave with a great time. and thus, i do have high hopes for ANet to keep upping their PvP game. it’s much needed.

cause JQ/BG/SoR are so awesome, our mere existence = guild recruitment.

[p.s. and i was so excited i thought someone wrote me a PM! you teasing mods you. shoulda known. i shoulda known.]

now where is talk of increasing level cap coming from?

dat forum power.

thanks for the response, Tarkus. ; )) still trying to figure out what is going on with the league stuff specifically. well, hopefully it will be for the better of WvW overall and the enjoyment of the masses. we’ll wait and see how execution of their plans work out.

aaaaaaaaaand. why did this get moved to guild recruitment? O___________o

lol @ the people who think zerg = bad….. regardless, the staff is a great weapon anyways. but i do agree with the fact that with ascended, i am going for DPS. and my exotic staff, atm, more than serves its purposes when i pick it up.

have hammer and sword covered. most likely GS first. and the rest, well, depends on how they look.. hmm.

heh, i know.. been messing around with a decent condi build. my main gripe is that you lose survivability when speccing for condi dmg. though i also recognize that as a Guard going for condi, you can give up that much power/dd either or else you won’t kill anythign either. jsut a thought though and will definitely explore when i get around to checking the site out. ; ))

i have male Norn Guardian. and i love it. animal forms are fun, but when i find myself in a good fight, i would much rather have class elites.

i like Visuals, so i can enjoy my armor and weapons.

but because of their awesome animation, i created an Asura Guardian as well.D love sword 3 as he levitates in the air. somersauly mighty blows on hammer 2. how he lugs two handed weapons over his shoulder as he runs. it’s great. hard to see your shinies, but also hard for your enemies to see your tells in WvW/PvP. some racial skills can add a lot of utilioty to Guardians as well depending on how you want to spec and play. : ))

though, i severely dislike Asura story but if you’re not worried about that. ; ))

stop hating on me! : ((

isn’t male version also slash, slash, thrust? :// i should take more note of him.
i just wish male empower was different. though, i’ve grown to love it lol

nice. thanks for the heads up, Brutaly!D
calculated costs for ascended weapons.. shouldn’t be TOO bad.. just more time consuming.. i think.

what ascended weapons are you guys going for first?

and.. Dire set.. you think us Guards would be able to utilize that?
that’s the condi, vit, tough set yes?

usually, i dodge his agony laser right when the skull disappears. lately though, the skull either doesn’t render, and i get hit by it (acuse i didn’t even know it was coming). or skull shows up, remains, but then the laser hits me. and all this time, i never see the green beam of death. ever.

so has this been a recent change to the jade maw level? or has it always been this laggy? i don’t remember it being this bad lately.

played in EB last night. crazy i wasn’t on a BL for once, but was a nice change.
hats off to the [IRON] commander who lead the medium size group of us!

also, i wish i had that room where time goes reaaaaaaaaaaaaaal slow in DBZ for me to game in. :///

p.s. what the crap is this league? i know Fuzz asked earlier too.. but it remains unclear in my head. why does ANet have so many channels of “big news”? shouldn’t it be all in one place, or at least converted to one place where it’s easy to access and understand? oh well, might be on me instead. more importantly, does this mean we won’t get to consistently face up against BG and JQ? O____o

thanks for this. took me a short while to put it all together. made my own spreadsheet and matches up with what you’v presented here.

will definitely take some time to put all this together. :// and we don’t even know the drop rates of the items – new dust, ore and fragments from the various parts of PvE. or do we?

i love dual hydromancy sigils in WvW (ie on both weapon sets). i feel like the excel is small man fights. or even 1v1+’s. on GS and sword definitely helps when you can jump/port to your opponent, and then swap and ensure yuo get more hits in on your WW or sword 3, in many other cases might completely be dodged out of.

if they don’t have readily have cleanses, it gets pretty annoying for them especially with the added Cds to their skills. and like you said, every 10s or so, you can AoE dmg and chill again. definitely melee.

yes you can! just did it as well.
yay, finally filled those empty spots

heh, first glance remidned me of wintersday weapons. too thing and… delicate if you ask me. BUT, i am holding my breath (sort of) and waiting to see them in game. : ))) lovign the different color schemes for sure.

if you run a few cooridanted Guardians in your group, mass AoE blinding one after the other, you could negate a LOT of the zergs dmg on your allies. in smaller goup play, it may not shine as much, but in zerg play, just don’t forget to hit F1 when it refreshes!

and invaluable in PvE.

BLUE BUBBLES!D

oh gosh the monkeys. they’re back.

i don’t get that day off. : ((

but yes, like Zaxares said, the earlier SAB comes, the better.

i want green and purple!D
red too i supposed.

really really looking forward to this. but also kinda daunting. lol
bring it on!

scepter actually does a LOT of damage. you may not see high spikes or huge ramp ups like you can on other weapons, but over time, steadily, you’d be surprised how much damage the scepter pumps out (yes, given.. all your hits connect).

that being said, it’s definitely super effective at half the max range of the weapon.

the most viable ranged build i’ve come across so far is actually i feel very effective and in your face. works great in WvW and PvP, not so much necessary in PvE but still viable… and it would be utilizing GS, sword/torch of focus and judge’s intervention. and yes, you guessed it, YOU, the Guardian, are the projectilve itself. max range of 2400. XDD

Crimson Riddles.3892:

It’s all about the finer things in life

:OOO where can i get one of these???
and is it filled with chocolate?

nice build, CMF. i had a wonky symbol build for a while – 25/10/0/30/5 lol. wanted to capitalize on taking both DPS symbol traits and supportive/utility symbol traits. i used a mix of cleric’s and berserker’s and magi’s gear as well. so a pretty big invstment into healign power as well – which gave me the sustain as well as being able to remain in my symbols. however, obviously, i sacrificed a lot of raw power to attain that high healing. which in itself is kind of.. silly, i suppose, since i gave up damage, to do more damage (by going for the zeal tree), thus having to rely on high healing for sustain.

but i had a lot of fun with it and performs reasonably well in WvW. not sure about PvE though. i think your build definitely outputs way more damage than mine ever did though. so there’s always a trade-off.

and just for fun, i dubbed my build Emblematic. lol.

yes, from that one pic we saw okitteng Toad’s or what’s the other boss’ name weapons, it just seems a recolor of the existing super skins. BUT, of course, we shall see. : ))

excited though cause you’re so excited, OP! lol

didn’t they mention new tier of mats will be created from combining lower tier mats? i didn’t make that up did i? :///

though of course, we’ll have to wait for the finer details. as long as it’s not 250x T6 + 250x ecto for one new tier mat, or something like that. XDD

yea, the Playhouse event consists of 3 achieves, and the Soft Landing one which is in the Pavilion, after you’ve opened it up again (by beating the Playhouse).

@OP – the Daily Clockworks are similar to the jubilee dailies and both ahve a special icon attached to them on your Daily UI.

just for reference, yesterday’s Clockwork daily was “Close 5 Portal Invasions” (individual portals, i.e. red crossed sword events on a map being invaded), iirc. i’ve also seen “Complete the Playhouse” and more. another was “Scarlet Scrambler” defeat scarlet when she come sout at the end of a map-wide invasion… to name a few.

so if you have 16/17 already, just do one daily and you’ll have your tonic!

the day where BG and SoR “2v1” JQ?
we can only imagine. shudder

XDDD

XDDD u guys.

i was like what happend to the sticky! and then i realized. O___o heh

@locutus – yea. i think out fo all the invasions i’ve done – not a whole lot, 11/13 so far with 3, 4 repeats of maps for whatever reason. there’s only been ONE case, where i ported to an event and no one was there an no one showed up for a good 2 mins. another time it was just me and this other guy, and the multiple vets proved to be slightly difficult but shortly after, more came streaming in. and there was no tags around at all so i want to believe that there are people who are chasing where the zergs aren’t either.

a little respectful, constructive and polite communication in map chat can make all the difference. the nastier/whinier/disrespectful you are, the less inclinced people are to help your cause, whatever that may be. rifts between the comunity need to stop happening. you don’t have to agree with how others play, but there is definitely LESS need to belittle others for the same.

thanks for the response, Josh. hopefully it can helpt hose who need it. though there do seem to be many who are still stuck.. and again, epecially for those who are but one or two maps away from 13/13.

@Crise – yea, Vorpp’s Field Assistant seems to require unique maps as well. i was at 4/5 one night and the exact same map popped twice in a row, so i was like, meh might as well get Vorpp’s done and so i can start collecting crystals next invasion. nope. didn’t happen. i thought it wouldn’t matter either but it seems to hold the same principles as Invasion Canceler, etc, despite the wording.

one can argue though, you can always take up the mantle for that. just makes it easier if you have a tag.

it’s doable, and it will work and you’ll probably never die, but like you’ve pointed out already, the damage will be quite low. and in PvE, where argubly, DPS is king, you may be better off goign with knight’s or zerkers or a mix. even OP himself i think mentions for PvE he’d go with something more offense oriented. since you know what to expect any given encounter in PvE (though some may require trial and error), you can afford to sacrifice survivability through gear / traits to achieve more damage, where killing faster is better in most, if not all cases.

that’s my take on it. : ))

[edit: i will add though, i’ve heard a few Guardians to play in full cleric’s at high level Fraactals with success]

but then they’d just mindless zerg WvW? or, they’d take up all the spots of your usual WvW-ers?

not saying it’s a bad thing, but there’s a delicate balance to be had i feel. and of course, you can always entice people to fall in love with actual WvW, once they’re in.

i’ve been playing the same time every day, but i have never seen Harathi or Sparkfly yet. and this is since the release of this patch. :/// do i have to play the same time every day for 13 hours? XDD

kidding aisde, i hope everyone gets the maps they need ASAP!D and not have them bug out when completed!

“You can play the way you want to play, but please be considerate and respectful of how others want to play.”

from http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1l59rn/clockwork_invasions_farming_and_completing/

i personally love to farm. nothing like getting them boxes and opening them all at the end. at the same time, if i see the possibility of the event being done, i’ll bet my behind i’m gonan do what i can as an individual to complete it. so i guess, in a sense, i can see both sides of the story.. bottom line is though, pls don’t harrass one another. it just makes things worse.

if you’re farming, there’s no need to call people out for wanting to finish the event. vice versa, if you’re wanting to complete, don’t spend the entire time callign out those who want to farm. go to another event that needs to get done, leave the farmers alone, don’t all clump up… don’t follow commander tags.

there will always be like-minded people on the map, as yourself. so what you can try next time is.. link WPs to events that are NOT the AR Pirates, and let people know you’re aiming to complete. finish those up and then if there still are AR left, then keep porting to ones where there are less people and try to get those done ASAP. if the zerg shows up, LEAVE and go find the next best event.

last but not least, never undermine what the farmers are doing. let them do what they want, and you do what you want. i know it can be hard sometimes, but if you’re going on to each map thinking the exact title of this thread, you’re already letting them ruin your experience before it started.

i’ve been on many maps and many with a lot of farmers. sure sometimes we won’t succeed. but many times, we WILL. and that’s after having my entier inventory full of stuff and a ton of boxes from champs. so it is possible. : )) take matters into your OWN hands, because you are a hero of Tyria yourself.

again, i’m waiting for harathi and sparkfly. do i have to camp within the game and check every hour that they’ll be up? though at this point in time, i don’t have a ebtter alternative as to how the “system” could have run… oh wells lol.

i had to do bloodtide coast twice. hopefully you get lucky and keep seeing timberline pop up and keep doing it until you get credit. wish i had an option with more substance.

aww, i can’t access intothemists at work : (( (lol, outdated browser… how sad).

with a few new threads with talk of Perplexity runes, have you guys working on “burning”, i.e. conditions builds integrate that rune yet? i haven’t tested completely yet (so busy with PvE, lol sigh) but you get even more attrition via confusion, retal, burning and bleeding if you use corresponding sigils. that’s a decent arsenal of condi dmg me thniks.

^^ XDDD

i think 0/5/30/30/5 still has it’s place in PvE, depending on where you’re running, but more importantly, WHO you’re running with. and of course, this is all from my own experience.

though i want to say, “most” builds will work in PvE. if it’s min/max whatever you’re wanting to achieve, and being optimal (which is still subjective) then of course, a different story. everyone’s mileage is gonna be different regardless. gives people a starting ground if anything, and then they can evolve when they find out where they excel, what they enjoy, or wanna be.

one last thought, kinda piggybacking waht Brutaly said about the ease of being able to just switch gears, etc. x/x/30/30/x does provide that, and especially with the 5/30/30/5 variant. because that build really does work almost everywhere. but if you’re the conviction and ability to trait otherwise, and feel that’s better, by all means. : ))

just don’t ever stop having fun and ripping people / mobs to shreds.

we’re rebuilding the mad king’s clock tower >:DDD