Fair enough. If it had some combo field it would be much better indeed. Or if it did some other condition other then that. And again I have to agree with frozen ground and static field..they’re far superior.
But I do not like the 4-6sec channeling idea tbh. If I were to change that skill I’d give it a combo field and maybe don’t allow anyone to get through(as if stone arms grasp the enemy to keep them from going past it)..for 3secs without the channeling part.
You’re supposed to use in on choke points. Like a stairway that is kind of narrow. Sure it isn’t that great but it CAN help you and if you force your enemy to go around it maybe you’ve succeded and escaped.
Uhm..you’re 3 days into the game and made 40 gold already? Elaborate.
And I assume you’re using staff right? Well anyways gear isn’t all that important. You’ll soon get gear with 3 stats and then you could get some that’ll give you damage and defensive stats. And not finding power/precision gear…you must be looking at the wrong place. Might wanna try the filter and use “Strong” while looking for gear(that’s usually the power/precision gear).
I agree! It seriously needs to go up. The reason behind Eles being so squishy was that we’d do high damage…it unfortunetly isn’t that high and not viable to go deep into fire+air.
Guardians have low HP because of their defensive capeabilities…and we all know HOW defensive they can be even as DPS build.
Sure going defensive is fine with me as an Ele but I just want to go a little bit further and deal more damage and neglecting some of my defensive. As it stands we’re currently unable to do so.
Upping our damage in general would be a bad thing.Upping our survivability or change the whole attunement rechange thing..both could be viable decisions to improve our build diversity. It is not only a matter of improving the HP but rather improve the class overall which lacks some aspects other classes have.
Fortunetly we’re no Engineers..they have bigger problems (still Ele isn’t all fine the way it is).
I took Sylvari mainly because of the look but really @frostflare why delete because you look at the elite? You actually shouldn’t choose because of skills. TBH Norn are not all that bad..but you gotta use Snow Leopard..the other are horrible if you ask me(which is unfortunet). But the racials were never meant to be the decisive point in choosing your race.
I already had a human at max level but I just can’t stand humans anymore thus I made Sylvari(my favorite race overall).
I actually like the Sonic Boon build IF I have to use the GS(which I don’t like..not my favorite). The ONLY GS build I can stand and which is actually fun for me http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/74697-build-sonic-boon-shout-greatsword/page__st__0
Quiet fun AND you’re supporting. I altered it to not use “On my Mark” all the time but rather depending on the situation. For example knight’s path in TA I take Balanced Stance.
I went with mentioned set by Kokop except I take almost all emeralds and my Kraka shell. All just depends what you want to do. Going all Knight’s is fine too. Without going into crit tree I have 32% crit+10% from axe trait+9% full adrenalin+20% from perma fury allows me to support with my shout build and almost crit all the time.
TBH the first 2 should be comboed into 25 and the original 25 should be scraped. But that’s just my opinion.
But indeed: it is one of the best trait trees and also one of my favorites but 5, 15 and 25 feel lacking.
For leveling I’m challenging myself to only use the Longbow and rarely use something different…well solo it is not THAT great unless you pull 2-3 mobs then it is efficient and especially No. 3 skill hits like a truck.
Not sure about maining LB though..would love to know that too(wanted to make a topic myself especially for that ..thanks for taking this off of me =) ).
[…], but i feel warriors are a slight bit lacking in the flashy department =P
This!
And the thing about not being able to choose from many weapons because of the build variety+the learning curve.
Especially the learning curve reminds me of GW1…IMHO the warrior in GW1 was the hardest but most rewarding class. In GW2..not so much but if well played the warrior is still quiet awesome but the Guardian is easier.
OP if you want to play Warrior and use an axe: use mace in offhand…just a little hint by me but it offers better utility…if you prefer the offhand axe that is fine too(ain’t all that bad but could be better).
I for one prefer the warrior over the Guardian…now if the Warrior was as flashy as the Guardian I woud’ve been a Warrior day 1.
CoaxialMazer is indeed somewhat right. Warriors are less tanky then Guardians are(maybe due to almost all Guardians playing that boon healing build? =) ) but they can support(a little). Shoulds and banners are not to be underestimated especially shouts with soldier’s rune and 30 points into tactics.
Axe/Axe is fine…but I myself prefer Axe/Mace. It does not have the fury buff+AoE spin but it got a straight line knockdown which is awesome + 4 vul. skill which works nicely with skill 2(giving the enemy 8 stacks).
GS…I’m not too fond of because everyone uses them but they get the job done. 100b still isn’t that good in a mobility fight against bosses that do not move around like mad this skill really shines(especially if you have high crit+might on crit with GS).
TBH about burst skills I think only having F1 is not enough. Other classes have a much better class mechanic and all we have is just that burst skill which works as a 6th skill? Not a bad 6th skill don’t get me wrong but I think having 2 burst skills that work on the same Adrenalin bar would’ve been awesome like for example the axe should do a strong cleave attack, the great sword doing some kind of bash with your hilt to daze or the longbow should do some kind of AoE fire blast(not a field).
And while they’re at it there should be some tweaking to the F1s as well. Axe could use some more range and maybe a slightly higher % chance to crit(themed to the overall crit power of the axe) or GS should give you more boons(because GS gives awesome boons already).
I only hear male humans/norn usually..playing my female Sylvari now and it sounds so much better…only fear me sounds stupid >_>
I never said something about the damage. I just meant that if you’re shooting 2/3 arrows you’ll usually shoot with less range(which is why it is same range as thief…you need to control so you don’t mess up shooting in wrong directions/not shooting at all). It is just a logical opinion and nothing by game mechanic. But 10 points in tactics is not much. I think traiting for that is okay…BUT it needs some more then just the range. Damage increase, cooldown..the stuff I just mentioned.
I am fine with traiting for more range IF we get some bonus like the above mentioned.
You have to remember: The warrior shoots 2/3 arrows with the 1 and 2 skills. I think it is fine the way it is EXCEPT for one thing: the trait to increase the longbow range should have some bonus to it like more damage or reduced cooldown to make it more appealing to trait for it. Overall I think the specialisation for some weapons is lacking! I can specialize in becoming a great great sword user but not to become an archer?
It’s not too bad to trait for something like that actually although I WANT to have more specialisation.
Nope. It has always been 900 except for the burst skill Combustive Shot. That one is 1200.
The trait for longbow has been put in the 10 traits section…which was 20 before that(that is what was changed if you’re still wondering).
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That’s the game when you’re taking on a zerg.
na what will kill the game is a lack of skills…
THIS!
I need my Build Wars again =/
Your problem is being a bleed build and not having much condition damage. Generally I feel bleed builds on warrior shouldn’t be used for leveling(might be just me).
Also: Vit+Toughness on armor for leveling is a little bit too much if you ask me. You CAN survive without too much vitality(your base HP is high enough).
And:Sure you FEEL squishy if the enemy hits your 20 times while you try to kill them with your puny damage. I’d recommand either getting much more condition damage or switching to something like an axe, great sword, hammer or anything power based.
I personally love the bow. It IS more of a AoE weapon but deals good damage when you are up front with your 2 skill. Also has the only combo field the warrior has.
It’s PvE, who cares?
MABYE someone who plays a class that does incredible amounts of keystrokes to get some mob killed.
Not saying that I am bothered…heck I even love my Ele although she’s way harder then my warrior is..but some people are bothered with that especially other Eles.
About Sword/Pistol thiefs…don’t play it. Same would go to 100b warriors. My thief plays P/D and is happy with that. My warrior is Hammer/LB atm and is happy with that too for pve.
Anyone who is willing to play this mindnumbing and boring weapon should at least get some benefit out of it. I HATE HATE HATE the greatsword as a weapon on the warrior…guardian’s got it better and it is just much more fun. You’re right in PvP/WvW it is not OP. If you got someone with a brain and a stunbreaker you’ve lost anyways as a greatsword warrior IMHO. Hammer feels better for these areas cuz of the tons of stuns/knockdowns/snares. One stunbreak does not hurt that although the mobility GS gives is far better.
Greatsword is just so..boring in PvE. You press one button(2) to kill something. I can’t see why anyone who played anything other then warrior would want to do this!? I have an Ele and I am already unchallenged at some point unless I give myself restrictions/play agressively.
The problem I have with Elementalist is that the base HP is just way too low to justify the squishiness.
I’d also love to see some better damage in our auto attacks especially scepter feels super weak compared to others. The other stuff is just fine.
But then again I’d rather love to see the other classes struggle to learn their class as well as a newcomer to the Elementalist. The thief especially deals way way way too much auto attack damage..if you were to make it more challenging by reducing the numbers on thiefs autoattack that would make it more appealing even for me to play(mostly play my Ele because it is much much more fun). Not to bash the thief but that is the most recent class I tried in Heart of the Mist to check the numbers…if I were to try that with greatsword warrior I’d come to same conclusions as well(would explain why so many run around with that boring weapon^^).
But..I digress.
The question is: Is Ele really okay as it is right now? I’d say no because you’re rather limited in what you can play. As Kietay mentioned “a defensively specced d/d Elementalist” is all you can play in sPvp unless you count bunker..which is rather boring to be honest. There are some obscure S/D builds out there that actually work but again being super defensively is not appealing to everyone…some people expect the Elementalist to be somewhat like their GW1 counterpart. Of course I’m not saying it HAS to be this way(we basicly have no entitlement….which is fine..just sayin). But I’d love to be able to play ranged like a Mesmer dealing damage without going all out defensive.
Our build variations are rather limited and some of our traits have no synergy with other attunements. Now if Lingering Elements would help with that…
That’s all I could add to that. I love my Ele, I can play her well but I just dislike that I have to restrict myself to a certain play style.