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again, i love this dungeon! and the pre-events aren’t even that hard if you get a group of 5 – 6 going. maybe even less for the final boss fight that opens up the doors.

that being said, there are a bunch of peeps looking to consistently run CoE. so if you can get in touch with them, you should have a better chance ; )))

i agree as well. there are many who hate the fact that peoepl skip mobs. at the same time, i wouldn’t consider that an “exploit”. there are plenty of other examples of exploits in the game, skipping mobs isn’t one of them.

everyone carries a different mindset upon entering a dungeon. you just need to find those like-minded to play with.

that being said, having mob skipping be part of why the “issues” surface i don’t believe should be.. well looked into perhaps. though i’ve heard people mention these bugs coming up, even with all mobs cleared. so i want to say it’s an entirely different issue.. also a scenario which is hard to replicate, thus making fixing the bug harder.

not even so much difficult but just.. annoying i guess. i used to enjoy all paths of the dungeon. then it just became.. too troublesome and not at all fun anymore. i’ll still do it as well, but definitely takes a bit more time to put together a group for path 1 and 2.

as for the armour or weapons. if you’re going for stats wise, least from a Guardian perspective.. it’s easier to get the same stats (pow/vit/tough) from AC. a LOT easier / faster.

in terms of looks. don’t care for the armour (all class types), but the weapons i’m a HUGE fan of. i love the glyphic weapons.. and red is more my color as opposed to blue. after getting enough for gift of the forgeman. i went for the GS skin as well just to keep. may or may not keep going for the other skins. : )))

grats!DDD
and matches the armour really nicely. well done with the dye job.

the story idea seems interesting! i’ll have to c heck it out. since it wasn’t really working properly i think.. i blame the old version of I.E. (which we’re forced to use at work lol)

i was going for the shield as my second legendary originally! but we’ll see how i feel after getting my first. if and when i do. lol

excited for ya!

i wouldn’t mind this at all actually. i’ll let you folk to figure out the math. ; )))
i think i’d just be happy with any exchange system for the lodestones.

wait wait, just re-read when had a bit of downtime now.. so there’s the AA. and if i’m not mistaken.. the AA tossing squads??D i am a Norn. though on the smaller scale. i feel i might be able to take part in this? lolol

@Noppy – always good hearing from ya. hope you been well! yay it’s the weekend!!!

Bash, that’s a great build and something i may want to look at. however, i’ve been almost too used to 2handed weapons. your build seems to benefit greatest from MH weapons. which i’m not against, it’s just been a while. and i’m looking for something new to play with. so i might try this as well eventually.

good thread going here! glad to see more people are still trying out builds and making them work.

hey Elowin. grats on getting done with your first dungeon!D well done, you.
in regards to the dungeon achievements, for each dungeon, there is a story mode. and then 3 explorable paths (apart from Arah dungeon which has 4 exp paths i think). so for each dungeon achievement, you’re going to have to do the story, as well as each path once. so as some bits may overlap, as certain dungeons have shared paths, the bosses and mechanics you will encounter can be quite different. : ))

people are usually in a hurry to get dungeons done and most don’t stick around to chat. but you can always add someone as a friend and whisper them. if you get lucky, you’ll find a group that is willign to take it a little slower and spend time talking.

you can always try to run some with us here as well if you plan to run more. : ))
am sure you figured out how to leave the dungeon afterwards ; )) multiple was as well and the same as leaving any instance in the game. although, which chests were you unable to open?

at the same time, i feel TA can be quite intense, though some feel that it’s one of the easier dungeons. to each their own, so don’t lose heart!! or like you said, stick to the things that had you going in the game for now. i haven’t had the chance to chat with you in-game yet, but i always hate to see someone leave Tyria! lol, though you mentioned you could always come back. ; ))

hope you do find a guild that works out for ya! that you can call “home” per se. and for your next dungeon excursion, don’t be afraid to call out in LA as well. just “LFG whatever dungeon, which path, story or exp” and you can also check out www.gw2lfg.com as well. which works wonders. : ))) and this is all after checking to see who’s online, in guild, and if anyone’s able to help ya.

again, grats! i’ve only recently done TA and i agree, haha, pretty darn intense. do you remember which path you did? or if it was story mode?

hey SiR, i am partial towards HotW. : )) and imo, it’s one of the easiest out of all these dungeons that offer Rabid gear. or at least, run HotW path 1 once a day. or whenever you can.

and then from there, i’d say either CM or TA is fine. i’ve done CM more, just cause guildies wanted to run it. and only done each path of TA once. both have annoying mechanics yet both can be done relatively quickly if you have a good group and know what you’re doing. that being said, i still personally prefer TA over CM. though the last boss in TA can be annoying too depending on group lol

in regards to guides, i swear by Strife’s (Strifey on the forums i think) guides. here’s his youtube channel. he happens to have HotW path 1, all CM and all TA ; )) enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/user/strife025

just listing what i’ve tried myself, and especially in cases of kiting. i feel like this is all stuff you already know though lol but i’ll share regardless.

Scepter – i like to #3, and then drop #2 and then just spam #1. tough to use if your enemy is extremely mobile or not susceptible to snares. sadly, best against stationary targets. so good for certain bosses, etc i guess

Staff – i’ve grown to like this more. especially useful against mobs since the #1 is a decent AoE. some crits and deo decent dmg. #2 after it was sped up, it’s a little nicer now. #5 is obviosu to keep enemies at bay and i like to lay down #3 right after the wall so the mobs will be stuck, taking some dmg for a little bit. with #1, sure it’s range is short and although i’m kiting, i’m not running away but rather circle strafing while spamming #1 and dodging when i need to to ensure my hits land.

Torch – tbh, i haven’t use this in a long time, but if specced for high crit, i can imagine #4 fire throwing can do decent dmg. just gotta wait for CD. and #5 i had SO MUCH fun with

Tome of Wrath – self explnatory, but the obvious downside is you lose out on all your normal utilities and skills. that being said though, i’ve been able to push enemies back using this. the quickness boost is always nice to have, especially with allies around you. and just looks kewl.

so for me usually? i run hammer or GS/ staff so my staff is probs my first pick. and then ToW is usuaully slotted just for fun. unless if i know a good fight is coming up and i’ll swap out my ranged for RF.

i’ve actually been looking to diversify my builds a bit and looking for one that has more DPS. and specifically for WvW. sure, i’ll have to play smart and know my limits but this is something i’m looking into so thanks for sharing the build!

will check out the video when i’m home. ; ))

iirc, they did mention currently transmutated legendaries shoudl retain legendary status. though this was before they stated that current legendaries will be brought back up to ascended status (stats-wise).

at the same time, down the road, if they do reinstate or maintain legendary status for transmutated legendaries, i don’t think you’d be able to do the transmutate to white item trick, while still retaining legendary stats to transfer to another character, even though same account. that’s just my take though. ; ))

:OOOO that. is. awesome. wish i had time to dress up too hahaha that’s crazy cool. and couldn’t a gree more! hmm now i wanna watch the movie. or better yet, get the vigil helm and play a little dress up with my norn. haha too bad no spears on land : (((

boo, hopefully the servers will be back up soon! least the forums are working now ; )))

p.s. did you guys get the karka event chest??

NOOO : ((( sadness. fingers crossed for the servers as well! maintenence should be done soon. i’ll be on tomorrow as well (weekend) hopefully lol and if i see you guys, i’ll try to join ; )))

G, let’s go do some jumping puzzles together already : ((

p.s. is it just me? or does everyone have to click on the pages after coming into this thread?

lvl 80 guard aaaaand.. lvl 12 engi. so can’t comment on engi. but he’s definitely very fun and i can safely say, even at lvl 12, he’s better at ranged. though with that said, Guard is not useless at ranged. just not the best (far from it). extremely effective and efficient at farming Orr though. solo or in groups. solo just go nuts. you have plenty of mitigation, and conditional removal and ways for close to permanent swiftness and teleportaions to safely travel from event to event. in groups? enough PBAoE skills to tag mobs and get gold. GS (#1 #2 for tagging, #3 for closing distance, #5 for pulling in mobs), hammer (#1 and #2, #3 to get a ranged hit in a straight line) and especially staff #1 are all great choices. staff is a huge plus at orr farming. #3 for swiftness, can also use to ensure hits on mobs if you know their pathing / spawning. #1 alone will help you take care of most tagging. just cirle strafe around mob. #2 is useful as well if you’re catching up to a mob or event and need to sneak in a slightly more ranged hit.

in terms of survivability, as mentioned above for traversing solo, with the right build, you can easily take on 5 – 6 or even more mobs in full MF gear. if you choose to don MF. at the same time, depending on server and time, there’ll be so many others that you just need to focus on tagging if you’re into zerg running.

and don’t forget to party up. it does help. : )))

@Helequin – lolol i fully apprecaite that reference. ; )) i remember when it was premier night, a few buddies of mine stood up in the cinema at that exact moment and yelled the line out at the top of our lines. we refrained from not kicking the seat in front of us hahaha good times.

which dungeon did you guys do? and aww, could you guys log back on? can just reenter. though heard the servers were a little wonky just now.

have you used scepter, staff, hammer or GS? i’ve stopped many people on the run before. i’ve stopped even more trying to get into their keep / tower that we’re zerging.

on the other side, i’ve escaped squads of 10 people chasing me and watch as they give up. i’ve managed to take down two people while trying to run form a group of 15.

the Guardian can be extremely effective and amazing in WvW.

to a certain degree, sure people who are wanting a change voice out their opinions. though usually more cases than not, just complaing, stat what they don’t like but don’t offer improvements. there are many that do! but just as many that don’t. at the same time, i have a ton of fun. and if someone decides to post that they’re having fun that perhaps the majority (that voice their opinion) don’t agree with them, does not necessarily mean they’re “settling for less”.

i am on the forums when at work and have a short break between what i have to do, etc. because when i’m home and can get in game? i’m in-game.

going further off-topic. good to see the vid and glad to know that not everyone thinks the Guardian is terrible at WvW. i particularly enjoy mine as well. thanks for the post, OP! and hope you keep sticking with the Guard and be a formidable force for your server.

- when you jump everywhere instead of walk. may or may not attempt a jump dodge IRL.

- when you had portobello mushroom for dinner last night and thought, “crap, did i use my mithril harvesting sickle on this? wait, my ORICHALCUM SICKLE?? kitten you forgot to switch again!!”

- when you sleep talk to your wife as she’s waking you up to feed the cats, “hold on, lemme put my armour away first…”

just dropping by quick : ))) good to see this running crazy and all over the place.

@BongiB – i’m in Hong Kong! so similar timezones, though 3 hours behind ya, still closer than being flipped night and day. ; )) hope to see you around soon!

@crowgrrrl – definitely try out all classes like all the good folk mentioned in here! good to see some class discussion going on. i only know anything about the Guardian – who i adore to bits. working on his 4th armour set now as well. so i guess i’m more of a mainaholic. lol. and to be honest, i couldn’t pick who i wanted to play but i somehow, and luckily, stuck through my Guardian to post 30 and then i really started to get the hang of the mechanics, as well as developing how i wanted to build him. so for me, i’d say around 30+ is where you start to see if you’re REALLY gonna like a class. but then again, that’s just me ; )))

@Hexxim – you’ve found the right place then if you’re looking for some people to play with! and just chat to if not play with exactly. ET is a good place as there are more than a few good peeps in here on there!! so look ‘em up! if they haven’t “harrassed” you yet ; ))) and we can always run dungeons together as well (first one you can access is at level 30! but prepared for a ride ; ))) ) i agree, gw2 is soloable, but is such a different game when with others, even with strangers! so let alone a crazy group of kids like you find in her e; )) once again. welcome

@Lich – nice character name!D a lot of us run dungeons here and there when time permits or when groups get together. since we’re able to do that cross server. once in guild, open up the panel and see if there are Yak’s Benders on there that can help ya out! i wish i could help, or when guesting comes (so many of us are patiently waiting for this!!! lol) i would defs farm CS, ML or SoD with ya. i usually start doing my dailies there without fail. and welcome! hope you find a good place here hehe

@Vlawde – welcome Vlawde!! hehe appreciate that all your character’s share the same prefix.. or suffix.. in the names. i do a similar thing ; ))) and poo to being laid off.. but like you said, more time for Tyria right?? you’re being a full-time hero now. looking forward to seeing you in-game! and woot for another Guard heheh hopefully you figured out how to be part of guild chat! just hit “/g” in the chat panel and you’ll see the place happning hehe

@Spider – welcome Spider!! a warm welcome to you. i come from a similar background.. LOVE RPG’s. and this is my first MMO experience and loving it to bits so far. having this group here makes a big difference as well. you can always start alts to see if you like ‘em. you can go to the Heart of the Mists to test them out, so you don’t have to keep deleting and renaming your character ; )) and just do it once after you’ve found a class you like. there are a few ranger vets in here that i’m sure can help shed some light on the class!

@Cuteholic – ho, traveler! and welcome to the Union. you’re spot on about playing with others! ; )) and you’ve found a good group of people here, mark my words. also, how do you have time to play other games? lol i haven’t touched my PS3 in so long. other games i’ve been meaning to play too bu ti keep finding myself logging back onto gw2. heh. ps, if you ever wanna talk Guardian talk, i’m here!! lol in terms of dedicating time and effort to the “Union”, to be honest, you really don’t have to. we don’t have a schedule nor require you to clock in. all we ask if you have an open mind and an open heart and enjoy the company of one another. and do stop by in-game and say hello if you see any of us on!

and to all you other crazies, whether you been here since day one or joined in the past few weeks. keep doing what you’ve been doing!! bringing players together, making a difference.. in Tyria, on the forums, IRL. : ))) God Bless and godspeed.

looking forward to this! thanks for the great news.
trust that you guys are working on this.

if you plan to have a test run for this somehow. if it’s feasible at all.. sign me up!

all of the above. fractals are good if you like it and want ascended obviously at this point in time.

if you’re looking for gold, ectos, etc, run the easier dungeons. agree with Shamrocky. HotW1, CoF Path 1, and all AC are pretty fast and easy. i never do CoF though just don’t like that dungeon. SE Path 3 is also pretty darn fast.

iirc, fractals don’t give karma? so if you want karma as well, the original dungeons aren’t a bad investment at all.

and if you see two, three other peopel LFG for the same dungeon, start your own party and add them all up. : )))

if you don’t get automatic invites, it never hurts to whisper someone looking for a few more or just self-joining. if they have a spot for you, most likely you’ll get in.

can always try www.gw2lfg.com as well. it’s help me a lot.
know that ANet are working on a in-game lfg tool as well ; ))

i am actually quite happy with the way dungeons are now in gw2. i enjoy running them – some more than others. the pre-events for those that requireuncontesting are sometimes buggy, but if those are fixed, i won’t have any big gripes.

the increased rewards were a great addition to the current dungeon running mechanism. perhaps tweaking this even further would allow for more interest to be back in dungeons. just a few more ideas and thinking out loud:

• more bonus bosses / events for each dungeon? for e.g. the cave troll in AC is always fun when he does show up. perhaps the same could be done for more dungeons.. and they will have a higher chance to drop something? though i don’t really see a problem with drop rates or the loot table in dungeons right now

• above mentioned extra bosses or even a new area to that dungeon, perhaps the length of a short fractal, added to the dungeon if you’re able to complete certain objectives within certain restrictions (time frame, dmg dealt, no downs, etc). and finishing said extr aboss or “mini-dungeon on top of a dungeon” nets you a chance at pretty decent loot maybe? or a reslendant chest. though i can see this causing more problems in finding groups.. since maybe peopel might really focus on skill, etc and kick people halfway through if not good enough etc

• someone mentioned exchanging tokens of one dungeon to another. something interesting to be looked at. perhaps not at a one to one ratio, but say for e.g. you’ll need 10 AC tokens for one arah token. JUST an example. cause even that seems too easy. but you get the idea.

i’ll be back if and when i think of more stuff

definitely do your daily and monthly!
assuming you only start today, and you wanna get 500 by end of month. there are still 26 days left.
so that’s 26 jugs of karma. add on the other ten from the monthly. 36 jugs of karma.
make sure to use a karma booster (plus 50%) before you consume them. if you can, a guild banner (plus 5%) and guild karma boost (plus 15%) can also affect karma gain.

4500*(1+0.5+.05+0.15)*36 = 275,400.

note: the guild karma boost of 15% only lasts for 24 hours, so save up all your jugs / drops of liquid if you can for this.

you’re over half way there.

if you don’t mind WvW – you can gain karma REALLY fast. doesn’t work for everyone, depending your server and active WvW-ers, but if you on an active server, find out which times are good, find out which times has a good commander that you like following. just keep following a good group, going after objective after objective. you’ll not only get your events for dailies out of the way, you can mine as well, and given you’re able to kill enemies, you’ll get your 60 kills and including the poor innocent animals you come across, you’ll get a good chunk of kill variety as well maybe. and if you’ve the time, you can harvest as well. and jsut to reemphasize, if you don’t keep a close eye on your karma count, at the end of each session or make it even day, you’ll see a huge increase in karma and you’ll be like whaaaaaaaaaaaaat where’d that come from. again, you can use the karma boosters i think.

another option is to do dungeons. each dungeon path will net you 1,880 karma iirc. along the way, there are bosses that may drop bags of wondrous goods usually containing a drop of liquid karma = 400. find a dungeon path that is fast / and still fun for you, for e.g. i don’t mind doing AC at all, relatively fast and good chances at several bags per run. use karma boosters again. for e.g. just use the the 50% booster. if you’re with a good group, you can maybe finish all 3 paths within an hour. i haven’t tried this, but i assume you can pop the karma booster near the end of the first path, to give yourself a buffer to finish all 3 paths while having the karma booster still up. assuming you get on average… say 2 drops of liquid karma per run. each day you can achieve:

(1880+400*2) * 3 * (1+0.5) = 12,060 karma per day.
so 26 days nets you 313,560 karma

and this is just one dungeon. one character.

so just doing the AC dungeon on a daily basis (as it’s still relatively easy to find PUG groups for even and slightly more consistent for the liquid karma drops), dailies and the monthly will give you more than enough to hit 500k.

add in some WvW and other events to spice it up and you’ll hit 500k soon enough : )) just gotta be diligent in using them boosters and not spending any. i get tempted with a lot of karma gear lol.

there’s also the outmanned buff from WvW that gives an extra 33% karma gain. but this only works on karma gained from events it hink.. and not from the jugs or drops? maye someone can confirm.

i hope i did my math right. given, that’s quite a bit of karma boosters to use (gem store most likely) and not sure how karma DR really works using the booster… you can still easily achieve this.

again, just gotta be diligent and good luck! and don’t forget to still have fun : )))

here’s an early congrats! : DDD it’s exciting finally reaching 80. i won’t say no to starting an alt, but i highly urge you to spend just a bit more time getting to know your fresh 80 even more. sure, you’ve spent a LOT of time on them already.. but i believe you DO approach certain things differently at level 80 and with what you can do.

for starters, you can wear level 80 gear! gear is not everything, not the end all, be all, but it will make a difference. especially in WvW if you enjoy it so. not saying it’s a must, but it’s somehting to work towards : ))

on the other hand, you have access to all your trait points! go experiment. finetune a build that you’ve been enjoying. if you don’t like what you’ve been running with, figure out a new build!

then from there.. settle on a few builds you think you’d like. maybe start with one. find stat combos on gear (armour, weapons, trinkets) that would compliment that build and if you don’t have all rares yet, you can go for that, and then eventually work your way up to exotics. i would suggest for weapons though, you can skip rares and go straight to exotics, at least for the one syou enjoy using or use the most.

exotics as mentioend above, can be obtained in various manners. many people consider dungeon tokens the “free” way to get armour. and it can be that way, but not necessarily true. find a good group to run some dungeons with and see if you like ‘em. or crafting, which i did for myself. and now i’m getting dungeon armour for the looks, mixing and matching with various crafted stats and/or dungeon stats. there are also the Orr Temple armours you can get with karma. and the WvW Invaders set you can get with badges of honor.

i’m huge on vanity lol so i spend a significant amount of time finding gear / weapons that i like match and try to get the stats i want on them. i’m even going through two different dungeons, one for the stats, one for the looks and plan to transmutate them. there are of ocurse, other ways of approaching this.

explore! explore! explore! map completion is fun and you get great rewards for the high level areas.

keep WvW-ing. IoJ is really strong. i’m on SoR and it’s been a few good matchups the past few weeks. ; ))) maybe you can even work towards getting a commander and build a following of loyal WvWers.

i love the Guardian as well. even in WvW. i like to believ ei’ve found my place. : ))

hope all these suggestions help. keep it up! and keep having fun. see you around on the battlefield perhaps.

i’ll test around again. SYS and retreat, the other two i use i hear consistently. that’s pretty cool you Sylvari shouts those. haha i’ll have to pay more attention and see if any changes were made for my Norn.

haha, i figured. usually saw a human zooming by after. and i assumed 6 ft tall is by Asuras. lol.
so i guess they’re not necessarily related to shouts then. and i guess for these, most people hear them.

oops.

i usually run around with my grenade or flamethrower kit : )))
barely touched turrets and aren’t really my thing other. t hough i’ve seen wonders done by other engis who use turrets.

i believe most, if not all, of the JP in the specific explorable areas give zone-level appropriate rewards. is your guildie doing the exact same puzzles as you while getting max level drops?

the JP’s in Lion’s Arch however give rewards scaled to your own level. and can be done on a daily basis as all JP chests reset every 24 hours (unsure of what time exactly though).

in addition, ANet has stated that MF only effects drops from monster kills, and not chests. : ))

@crowgrrrl / Aeleniel – accidental / on-purpose diving is almost a prerequisite in fitting in. lol. XDDD it’s even better rwhen you yell out “FOR TYRIAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” depending on how you feel, can swap “apples” for “Tyria”. but aww for missing the view and falling off, Aele! :// hehe

@shirookami – welcome!! what sort of build do you use for your engi? i’ve had mine at lvl 10 for far too long i think. hehe. hopefully someone in-game now will be able to send you an invite.

@Elowin – haha i’ll say, malchor’s leap is quite the different surrounding compared to the great white north that is Frostgorge!

what would be your “specific needs” for a guild? just outta curiosity and perhaps those more familiar with guilds will be able to offer more advice. : )) you can join up to 4 guilds anyways, so if you’d want to start your own guild, that works as well. so far, the two guilds i’m in are mainly social / dungeon running-ish. though lately been with more PUGs as haven’t been able to catch too many people on. i’m looking for a WvW guild as well. : ))

i’ve read that the name on a legendary doesn’t change even with the sigil swap.
haven’t tested this myself though as i’m still working on mine :pp i plan to keep the legendary as is as well.. just because : ))

hopefully someone can help answer more concretely!

i think i know which one you’re talking about. i was trying to map clear and i saw another person attempting and we were both getting hit by the statues effects pretty badly. the vet there didn’t help. so we just alternately tried to draw aggro while each one of us communed. iirc, you can still commune while under the effects of the statue, i.e. it doesn’t interupt?

and as i was leaving another person came by. asked for help and we just ended up dragging the vet away, killed him and then he went on ahead and communed while i looked out for others.

so maybe try asking around map and see if anyone’s nearby or willing to help ya.

@crowgrrrl – yep!! you most definitely will get an invite from whenever someone in-game can do so ; ))) so fear not. i’m at work right nwo too lol if not, i’d send you one right now.

it CAN get pretty nuts in here, AND in-game at times. so as long as you’re up for that. haha welcome again and have fun!!!

i think by increasing the scepter orb #1 attack’s speed just a bit would make all the difference. and one of the best changes they could make for the weapon for now.

many have mentioned #2 smite should be a symbol, but i’m fine with the way it is.

that being said, i DO love the trident! and those skills are pretty awesome. i’ll switch to spear every so often for a blind, or #2 cause of crazy crits. but will usually switch back to the trident to be slightly more “defensive”.

one thing to note is many bosses, though i don’t remember the one you mentioned, that have attacks that hit multiple times. blinds, apart from being less effective, will only have their next one attack miss. same with aegis and blocks. their next one attack will be blocked. so if it’s a 5 hit multi-hit attack, even with aegis and blinds, you’ll still get hit. so you’ll just learn the tells of what attacks you can just use block, or blind them, or have to dodge. : ))

don’t be disheartened. a lot of times when doing dungeons, per se, where you’ve learned the boss mechanics a bit better. or telling from what skills they have under their names sometimes, you’ll soon pick up what you can just pop aegis to block or use a blind or even interrupts to help mitigate dmg. of course dodging is always the safest.

i think i’ve never noticed mine saying “hold the line”! have never wondered if others hear the same thing i do. although, i occasionally hear other characters say stuff. or i might just be hearing things :/// a lot of “faster than a centaur”, “i’m 6 feet tall”, etc etc.. aren’t those from boons from other classes as well?

at the same time, if in a party, i’ve trained to watch the boons and conditions on my allies. as well as myself. for some people, they may not be an expert at all classes or have taken the time to study other classes skills, so even if they do hear the shouts, they might not even know what they mean. whereas noticing the boons paint a picture that is just that – either you have boons, conditions or nothing.

i play that game as well. usually unintentionally though. :ppp but even in full MF gear, you usually don’t have too much to worry. i was roaming mining stuff once and hit up one event. i forget which camp, but you have to kill all the little minions. which isn’t bad cause they’re just normal mobs, but i was able to complete that event and having 6 – 7 mobs on you at any given time.

in terms of “tagging” mobs, staff is great for that. if you’re far away, pop #2 while spamming #1 while running up. when at mobs, circle strafe while spamminng #1. for an extra sure-tag method, pop #3 where you know mobs are goign to congregate (for e.g. on top of plinx of near plinx or at chokepoints / entrances / paths at the camp events).

GS is good as well, hammer is pretty good, even torch does a decent job with #5.

@crowgrrrl – welcome!!! what you desribed yourself to be and like doing, it more or less the basis of this group. glad you’re adding to the ranks! feel free to ask anything and talk about everything. it gets a little hectic in here at times.

currently, you’re allowed to be in up to 4 guilds. i’ve heard 5 for some. but multiple guilds nonetheless. : )) feel free to represent The Legiong of Honour [XIII] whenever you feel like it! definitely drop by and say any time : ))

and jumping puzzles – nottsgman and Kit are you peeps! hopefully guesting comes soon ; ))

@Kenny – just wanted to second this. for Path 1, if you hug left wall, NPC most likely won’t engage with oozes / spawn more of them. though i’ve never bugged out before in AC, puggies have mentioned when NPC does fight them, it tends to bug more.

Loki, the thing is, when i’m on the forums, i’m at work lol.
i’ll send you a tell when i get home in-game tonight.

p.s. i’m going to add all of you guys as well now lol just to get more CoE in!

see that’s the thing. i do apprecaite the fact that ANet is trying to do something different, and release new content every month, for a f2p game? that’s pretty darn awesome. problem arises though, ebcause there are bugs that don’t get fixed in a timely or are seemingly ignored – some constant communication would be nice, just to reassure your users that they’re being looked at. and with every new content patch, new bugs are introduced. all the while hot fixes are being made for exploits and what not, things that allow players to make more with less. i appreciate that as well and i commend your efforts in keeping the game as “clean” as possible. but to the extent or maybe allowing other just as pressing matters to collect dust? this is purely my own speculation. the game hasn’t been out for TOO long yet either at all.. but seeing the trends with the last few patches, i hope this manner in how the company approaches these problems, releases, etc won’t be set in stone.

i think it’s great that you have great visions and mean to stick by your original plans. at the same time, if things aren’t going the way you had envisioned it, or there are some more fundamental problems that need looking at, one needs to learn to be flexible in terms of their planning. let the new contant chill out a bit. perhaps after Wintersday as i know it’s big gw tradition. but after that.. ensure to fix existing problems. boon up what you’ve got going already. REALLY solidify the existing content. and then you can turn your focus on cranking our awesome new content.. also, solidifying those new content as well, ensureing they have as little bugs or problems as possible.

i love this game to death. and the bugs, to be honest, don’t bug me AS much. but if you’ve noticed, people are talking, people are leaving, and that’ll affect potential new-comers way more than any content you can keep bringing out.

hoping for the best, ANet! looking forward to Wintersday so so so so much! and i don’t want to have bugs be naturaly expected of each update from this point going forward.
; )))

CoE and HotW easiest my favourite dungeons at this moment!D
love the setting and fights in CoE, just hard to get a group going sometimes. but when you do, it’s awesome. HotW is rather easy, but i love the atmosphere, the enemies, as well as the slanted / crooked landscape. and has helped me fall in love with underwater combat.

AC i always have fun with. actually looks like a dungeon. though can be done quickly and most people will, it’s fun and if you take your time can be quite enjoyable. most boss fights are easy, after you know their mechanics but at the same time, you can’t just AFK and spam auto attack to win. still takes paying attention to and in my mind, can be fun still.

haven’t dont Arah yet but looking forward to that. TA is quite fun and love the atmosphere as well.

SE is.. meh. fun for the first couple of times. i didn’t mind Path 1 so much before the last patch. Path 2 was prety fun with the golem boss at the end too but haven’t tried it since they buffed it.

CoF is alright, but for some reason, i was never a fan of the lava mountain /cave atmosphere.

CM. worst. just because. people say it’s fast and perhaps true but the mobs have the most annoying mechanics ever. and it’s a in a mansion.

going for pure DPS would help fasten the fight a bit. though that leaves you less room for error. so as mentioned, running with a coordinated group, perhaps with voice comm helps. though that being said, i feel more importantly is the timing of the lasers in a PUG.

in a group i know, even if just using party chat and typing, we’re coordinated enough to get the lasers going, all 3 of us will join the 2 down there DPS-ing and jump back up the platforms. if not, take the stairs.

with a pug the other day, i was just terrible at standing on the platform, lol. so i kept getting bounced into the lava. so i took a laser and would jump down. given i never died after, since i gave myself a good 3 second buffer to get back out… some puggies were gettinng impatient for the extra 5 seconds it took for me to get back on the laser. :/// so ended up standing there hitting F every 15, 20 seconds.

for the precursor, i wouldn’t mess around with it too much.
a part of me wants to say it HAS to be of the rage too. least at the moment of crafting it and throwing it into the forge. i’ve a feeling if it’s not “…of Rage” you won’t even be able to toss it in the forge. and seeing precursors as they are, no one would want to risk that to test it.

as to switching out the sigil for use, and then switching back in a sigil of rage when you do plan to craft it, that i’m unsure of it will work. though it seems that switching sigils don’t have lasting/permanent change effects on weapons.

again, don’t quote me. but to be safe, i’d leave them as is.

some small evidence, for the corrupted weapons (recipes from the vendor after you defeat claw of jormag), it seems you need the “…or Rage” precursors as well. i.e. shaman’s etched … of rage. i crafted the dagger this way. and for the hammer, i tried using a shaman’s etched of whatever, and it wouldn’t slot into the recipe. the recipe doesn’t state you need “…of Rage” quality iirc, but then again, there’s no “recipe” to be bought for legendaries. but a gain, to be on the safe side…

pretty sure that change was for PvP Knight’s jewel item. which had the wrong stats before.

in PvE, the Knight’s, of the Knight’s items are all the same. have been the same. and i’m still donning full Knight’s as well right now : ))

i’m tempted to go try for clovers now that i have 110 obsy shards. and have enough karma to get another 160 or so. which SHOULD be enough for 77 clovers given the stated ~30-33% success rate. but i’m gonna try to get a bit more befor ei go for ’em. around 300 shards. and then go for them all at once.

going in bit by bit, i feel can be slightly more taxing on the “psyche”. simply because you might get a streak of getting nothing. and you feel it’s a waste. or you might get like 1 for 1’s the first time. by the second batch you’r eonly getting half. you’re gonna feel it was nerfed. if you do it all in one go though, given it IS in fact around 33%, the more you do at once, the more likely it will even out to that ratio.

but that’s just me. there perhaps is a huge stroke of luck involved as well. but by doing it in batches, you’re leaving it more up to “luck”, seemingly, rather than allowing for probability to really show itself.

i’ve been trying to explore different avenues with my builds.. and this one is so hard to not trait for. for the various reasons stated, IV really does make a difference. hard to convince me to slot these 5 pts elsewhere.

you can take a look at all the sigils here : ))
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sigils

you would definitely benefit a lot from the on crit sigils, but you can choose from a ton depending on what weapon and what you want to achieve with them.

a few on crit ones that i’m interested in:

• Blood – life steal and paired with Omnom pies / ghost pies iirc give you decent health return when they do proc. can help with your “survivability” since you’re going all DPS
• Fire – AoE fire blasts are fun. though am sure you do that enough as an ele ; ))
• Strength – applies might which is always nice imo
• Rage – i just love having quickness on. though haven’t tested this and not sure how effective it is

other sigils to think about:

• Accuracy – i am always a fan on since it just adds even more crit chance %, though you have quite a bit already
• Force – just straigh tup 5% extra dmg. may not seem a lot but i feel this is underrated. note i do have to field test this myself

also do note that the ones that stack on kills, they stay even if you swap weapons. however, they end on downs, deaths subsequently, when you travel in and out of zones i believe as well

as mentioned, you can spec both to do either. or whatever else you come up with. ; ))

though that being said, i do want to highlight that Guardians are quite strong being a support or highly survivable character. definitely less ranged options but not completely useless. as a Guard, you really only get one type of condition dmg thus far, which is burning. by no means do Guards not do good dmg though, even though they can easier spec into good support.

Warriors can spec for pretty darn kick butt DPS, as well as great burst dmg. i don’t play a warrior as much but they can defs do pretty good support as well.

you guys are crazy. SO. MANY. ASURA. Asuran?
i DO have a tiny Asuran Ranger with an Afro. only level 2.. but might be time to toughen him up a bit. ; )))

@Aeleniel – YAY for Heavy armour Asuran! i love the heavy armour on them little folkD

@Rynomyte – welcome!!! be careful for asking for too much ; ))) these folk here will definitely be your friends and perhaps even more! muahahahha.

@Nay – a warm welcome to you too! Sanctum of Rall over here as well : ))) and may i ask why you have two accounts? hehe. and sleep is definitely for the weak! yawn

@everyone else – haven’t been around as much as i want to. work / IRL / wha tnot.. hehe but good seeing this place as crazy and happening as ever. keep it up!