Guild Wars 2

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

Zoltreez.6435:

the ONLY way to make Zerker less viable is Nerfing it or buffing all the other stats ALLOT.

i mean i don’t think there is any way to balance Fights where zerker is less effective.

Lets say you make the fight hard for zerkers and thx to this ALL the other builds are even MORE weaker on that fight. i mean if those zerker players who block and dodge perfectly at the right time dies fast what chance a Soilder Knight Clelic have ? they will survive ONE extra hit befor die while doing waaay less dmg ?

On the contrary, it’s quite easy to make fights where Zerker is less effective. Tequatl and triple trouble husks are both examples of where Zerker is not top dog.

On a better note, look at PvP and WvW. Zerker is rather unpopular in both because the risks associated with using it are much, much higher.

Lol, I’m full zerk on tequila and I die less than the phiw whiteknights mopping the floor with their soldier armor and hoelbrak runes. On the double hit spot I might add, while they’re safe spotting from 1200 range. You can dodge every single attack but the poison pool and that one you have to walk out of it. So hard right?
Dunno about wurm, pugs can’t manage to complete it. Not the maps I happened to be in. Like 150 people, 120 being useless.
Full zer kon the new map, full zerk in wvw. I’m a terrible pv pplauyer, like the worst you can get, worse than rabbit and I still mop up scrubs like it’s nothing because they suck. Hell, I’m not good in pve either. I’m just a random guy that happens to find his way to the dodge button every once in a while.
Just face it, bads will be bads and average players will be average and manage to complete content successfully in glassy gear . No matter how much harder raids get. And they wont’ be hard, becuase else you’d be whining on the forums that they’re too hard while decent/average/good players complete it in their zerk/condi/assassin/whatever best gear there is for the fight.
Btw, you’d still get kicked from meta groups if say knight became the meta. You still wouldn’t play p/p thief in dire.
P.S. You want diversity? Everyone try out the spirits pigbow build while spirited. It’s so phiw it’s crazy, and go do fracs 50 with it. Do eeeet. Major fun.
P.P.S The hell am I still doing in this thread, phiws are going completely crazy, lol. Reflects scaling on healp, I thought I read it wrong because I’m out of it.

Trice.4598:

deSade.9437:

edit – I need to clear the spelling a bit, it’s too hardcore…

BEST fracs run I’ve ever had! I FINALLY ultimated my pigbow build, I was missing 4 important ingredients: jim, Johnny and Jack, as in, SPIRITS! Beeeeeeest thing ever… they were using hounds of balthazar, no guard, no nothing and we wiped less while all drunk than a full tryhard guild run, like, only 3 times, LOLLOLOL
/pigbow op
/tryhards
Imgur is awesome, the time it takes to upload pics on the forum, so kitten

http://imgur.com/DHG9z1X,kkunknV,676PItA,iYGVdbg,8Mpj8zu,wt3gdG3

DEER GOD, put a warning, I almost had a seizure watching that

SOWWY DUDE SOWWY

edit – I need to clear the spelling a bit, it’s too hardcore…
edit2 – WARNING – THE kitten THAT FOLLOW IS SUPER HARDCORE, IF YOU’RE A PHIW DON’T READ

BEST fracs run I’ve ever had! I FINALLY ultimated my pigbow build, I was missing 4 important ingredients: jim, Johnny and Jack, as in, SPIRITS! Beeeeeeest thing ever… they were using hounds of balthazar, no guard, no nothing and we wiped less while all drunk than a full tryhard guild run, like, only 3 times, LOLLOLOL
/pigbow op
/tryhards
Imgur is awesome, the time it takes to upload pics on the forum, so kitten

http://imgur.com/DHG9z1X,kkunknV,676PItA,iYGVdbg,8Mpj8zu,wt3gdG3

oxtred.7658:

Look, a red post! The statement is as original and new as the new dungeon content we got the past few months.

Nothing is off the radar.

FTFY

Sube Dai.8496:

Many people, myself included, love the sword aa.

It can be frustrating at first but when you learn how to use your evades properly it is one of the most unique weapons in the game.

Sooooo it’s unique. You people always want to be unique. I want something that is responsive and adaptable. Sue me, alright.
…
It reminds me of the kittenty answer some dev guy gave on the CDI thread. “We like the idea behind the sword, so it’s all good”. I wanted to scream No it isn’t, you dipkitten.

Anyway, the grandmaster mindbrain said it – as always – perfectly: you learn to deal with it. After all, you can dodge between 1-2 and 3-1, plus lightning reflexes and the other sword/d skills break you out of the aa chain – so it’s not too bad.
Orrr you can be a moron like me, try to swap to gs, forget that you have a lb instead and spam 1 in melee range for 10s like a bearbow.
#howtosuck

There’s no way to “fix” it other than changing the 2 leaps, really <.< I wish they’d just switch the weapons around. Greatsword as main damage and sword as mobile/evade/hybrid weapon.
Yay, more hybrid weapons! We need them badly! If I think that we’re getting a staff… a STAFF…
/gags

Ah, come on, kicking at the last boss is meannnn <.< maybe your character was extraordinarily ugly.

Hmmm, yeah, it’s indeed true that it’s good for soloing. My bff has learned to reliably solo Mai Trin thanks to us idiots dying miserably at each cannon phase back when the encounter was new.
Now I die less! I’m glad he didn’t kittenslap me after every fail, ‘cause I’d still be sore to this day.

I guess my limit… friend/nice friendly pug=ok to slack; deafmute pug=eye twitching; raging pug that uses scepter necro on a 38=apocalypse

E: Slapped me with a kitten? Ahahaha, you can bet I’d still be sore…

Uhhh, Lazarus.

thorsonwong.2805:

I think the biggest speculation for the Guard Spec is Longbow, and I do /not/ want that at all. There’s this part of my brain that just never sat well with heavy armoured classes using archery. A mage with a greatsword and plate armour? Sure, that’s awesome. A knight with a longbow? Nonononononon, leave that to the rogues! Give us a rifle, if you’re going to go with 2H ranged! :P

But I’m sure I’m alone in this.

You’re not.

Oh, and the idea of the druid specialisation for rangers disgusts me. More crappy, clunky, supposed-to-be-hybrid-but-just-useless, low-damage traits and weapon. ‘Cause rangers didn’t have enough.
God how I hated druids in NWN, like, meh.
[watch them lock sword and greatsword + decent traits with the druid specialization, just WATCH THEM!!! I called it first]

Awesome.
Both my favourite classes might be getting jack squat.
Mesmer and revenant, I’m betting on you!

P.S. I’ll never forgive them for not giving me my Bunny Thumper build. I’ll never forgive them… ever. Eeeeever.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Report-people-for-ruining-your-experience

/laugh

EnlightenedNavigator.8296:

Leave your account name in your comment so I can mail you your g.

/snort
Hm. Excuse me.

Dave.2536:

Why can blocked people join your party

Good question. Fear not, my dear, it’s definitely on their radar.
:3

Purple Miku.7032:

Marthkus.4615:

I think anyone who asks for gear pings deserves this.

I join such lfgs to block the group leader then i leave.

One of the most narrow-minded and pathetic posts I’ve seen on GW2 forums in the past few weeks.

Indeed, babe, indeed.

P.S. Since the only way to get AR is through ascended gear (you can’t see the infusion on the pieces, but oh well) and pinging gear is such a terribly toxic thing to do/ask for, I wonder what’s the PHIW’s modus operandi in pugs? Just pray everyone has enough AR? Ask, hoping they can read/don’t lie?
OHHHH, aye, I forgot. The answer is “I’m such a good and selfless person that I don’t mind carrying 3 people with 0 AR through a fracs 30, I can support them with my healing build or solo encounters anyway!”
Not necessarily untrue, I’ll give ya that.

DirtyT.5129:

Please bring SAB back.

Lilith Ajit.6173:

“PUT WATER FIELDS ON DOWNED” so I planted that water #3 right on his downed self as the meteor shower pelted him.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-ahem, I mean, I found this comment to be very enjoyable and it made me blow air out of my nose repeatedly.
[add meaningful and on-topic comment so I don’t get roflstomped by wild mod]
Ohhhh, I had an idea for a meaningful comment: do you think he’ll ever find out geyser doesn’t work?

Eh, no kitten. /shrug
Gotta keep in mind this is a very casual game, so it makes sense.

Over 2 years into the game and fractals 50 is still less rewarding than some dungeon paths – don’t even get me started with zerg farming. This is unacceptable.

Awesome, it bugged out while I was typing. /shrug
Anyway, lots of selfish, narrow-minded PHIWism, so whatever.

Alright, the ending completely RUINED it. And I’m glad of it, because it was making me think too much. I no like thinking.

Wethospu.6437:

Ranger:

• Damage: ++
• Offensive support: Vulnerability (+), Fury (), Spotter (+)
• Defensive support: Anti projectile (), Condition removal (+)
• Utility: 0

You ignore frost spirit?
And might.

Also heavily exaggerated negative review of the necro. It’s bad, alright, but not THAT bad.

Lord Kuru.3685:

Do you think they’ve considered this situation?

No?

hybrid.5027:

But it opens the door for new bosses to be designed who are built with the concept of “interrupt or suffer” in mind, which would be a far superior design. S

With open world bosses.

No, kitten that, I love that hairstyle and I’m not changing it. I’ll work around it for the entire armor/weaponset if I must.
/sigh
In the end, I pretty much already know what I’m gonna do.

Yeahhhh, like, whatcha think about that outfit in black + wings on a rev? The 2 pieces look great together and I was looking for a non-heavy look on her. That, or my mesmer.. but she’s got the count outfit and THE BLASTED WINGS CLIP WITH HER HAIR
/shoots neighbour

champ.7021:

One Note Chord.5031:

champ.7021:

A Mez (who turned out later to be a dev)

Whoa whoa, hold up, you’re telling me somebody who works at Anet does fractals?!

yeah i was amazed too…they actually were annoyed that the people in the group weren’t running meta builds! that dev is my hero!

J Eberle.9312:

I miss template pings T_T

Quickfoot Katana.8642:

Also, look at these loaded questions from the interviews. They must be the pinnacle of PHIWs:

• Ten Ton Hammer: Do you think this change to Defiance will encourage players to spread out their utility skills so they aren’t just bringing damage to the table?

• Ten Ton Hammer: It seems as though with the addition of Slow and Taunt and now Defiance that Guild Wars 2 is moving in a direction of control as opposed to always relying on damage to overcome content.

And some of them are straight up obvious:

• Ten Ton Hammer: Do you envisage players moving away from pure Berzerker builds thanks to things such as Defiance?

/sigh
Who’s this genius? Wait. I don’t wanna know…
I’m watching Horns right now, such a nice little movie.

serenke.4806:

achievement points only mean you have farmed achievement points.

Doesn’t mean that either. It just means that you played the game pretty much regularly for a good amount of time.
Like, I never go out of my way to farm ap and I’m in dungeons 90% of the time I spend playing, but I still got to 16k by just completing the LS achievements in a couple of hours – if I felt like it – and dailies. Been playing since day -3.
So yeah, they simply mean you’re supposed to find the dodge button every once in a while.
The OP’s premise is absurd, anyway. Won’t make things better. What would help is adding prest-- doesn’t matter, they’re not gonna add any mission that requires a functioning brain outside the
WE ARE BORG – WE ARE ZERG – RESISTANCE IS FUTILE
content.

Oh, and the gearcheck thingy is ok, but I’d reaaaally like to see saved/loaded build templates before that.

A decent focus. That’s all I want anet plz
…
And SAB

Dave.2536:

ITT:

Anything my guild mates don’t agree with or qualify for is toxic.
Asking us to make our own groups is toxic.
Asking us to run more useful things in 2+ year old content is not just toxic but oppressive.
When we disagree with what we see it is us asserting our independence.
When you disagree with us you demonstrate your rabid and total toxicity.
We are martyrs.
You are Satan.

You summed it up pretty well.
Oh and:
I’m the Saviour of New Players from the Perils of Pugging with Toxic Oozes.

wauwi.9162:

“please don’t attack simin, your DPS is too low, throw tears instead”

I laughed so hard I sneezed some milk on my keyboard.
And FYI, it’s not supposed to get out of there.
Thanks, kitten.

P.S. We should reintroduce the “rangers with banners” thingy.

I’m really sad that I didn’t have time to troll on the how to handle elitists thread.
So, so sad.
:(
The things I miss!

Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh else you wouldn’t run silverwastes anymore! FUkcing silverwastes,,,

Mannnn playing drunk is awesome…

DonQuack.9025:

Clearly your pet stealth aggro’d

I’m always blamed if lupi happens to bubble…
“that kitten pet”
And the pet is just limping beside me, dead…
:(

So it’s basically the votes of the majority establishing if somethin’s meta or not. Awesome… I can totally see why the builds are so messed up.
I forgot to keep in mind that 90% of players in this game are kinda bronze/silver league. Owell.
P.S. White or red eyes?

serenke.4806:

99% of statistics on the internet are taken out of thin air and worth about as much.

And I’d like to add that saying “rangers are bad” and “players that picked ranger in my parties were terribad” is slightly different.
…
But then again, about 31% of what I say is a load of bullkitten.

J Eberle.9312:

guys, guys.. just stop a second, just bear with me ok, just, just…

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/revenant-the-master-of-the-mists/

Manifest Toxin
“Deliver a crushing blow that sends toxic energy chaining to enemies behind each target.”

sends toxic energy

toxic

BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA

As always, thanks to the grandmaster mindbrain for enlightening me.
I now know I’m gonna spam that class (and skill) like hell.

Laulajatar.4253:

What is this thing O.O

Has anyone seen the “warr at shaman in pugs” build in metabattle?
Just figured I’d ask. It’s pretty funny.
Whoever runs metabattle is a huge idiot. I can understand ranger’s build not being in meta, but the guardian’s? L.O.L.

Anyway, I hope rev’s got low base damage because its utility seems to be a little off. I doubt it’ll trump any half-decent guardian, but mesmers? rangers? Hm.
And what’s up with the 3 blasts on mace? Not that it matters so much unless they buff condi based stuff (and they won’t)…
/shakes head
I won’t complain, I’m getting my awesome staff so I can heal better with druidy support. It’s good, right?
After all, if they kitten up all my favourite classes I can always switch gear and play rev.
/silently thanks Fen’Harel for acctbound ascended gear

P.S. inb4 Solas breaks my heart and I almost end up in tears. The xpac won’t come out soon enough.

P.P.S Why is the “war at shaman” build in great and some meta builds in good?

Yeah, no, not happening.
I’d kill to have a tiger, a lion, a griffon, a crab, a behemoth… anything really, I’d even pay for them in the gemstore – but they’re so tight on spending resources that they will not bother doing something for a single class. The fact that it’s the ranger we’re talking about makes it worse, muuuuch worse.
They’re so careless, so oblivious, that they don’t even know some dungeon bosses don’t take damage from the pet, OVER TWO YEARS FROM RELEASE.
This is how much they care about the ranger.
…
I want a llama Q.Q

I wanna liiiive, I wanna giiiive, I’ve been a miner for a heart of thorns…
It’s these expressions I never give, that keep me searching for a heart of thooorns..
And I’m gettin’ old.

I want to learn to be someone else.
Or stop being such an annoying kitten.

Mean.
Sooo sword, eh? Aight… thankfully I got dem bolts.
One thing though, what’s the point of specialisations and mastery point if they remove traits and skills from your original profession? Like, isn’t the new skills and profession thingy supposed to bring some fresh air to this stale game? And instead I’ll probably be stuck with the same ol’ build for my ranger because druid REEKS of “support” and low damage all over the place. I see the staff being a huge phiw weapon.
What were they thinking?
Or maybe the rumours are plain wrong… I hope.

Still on the case of gender. If I make another male I might wake up one day to see my revenant gone and my guard with the whole armor broken, but a smug face.

P.S. I love ascalonian light pants, they’re freaking PANTS and not girly skirts <.<

Speaking of important matters… if it’s a male I can’t decide between Dolmancé or Mirval. Mirval sounds better and, well, he’s also a knight… but Dolmancé is such a freaking wicked PERV and it’s kitten hard to resist.
/sigh
Decisions, decisions…
At least I narrowed down the choice between 2 names and got the name for the female. Now, if I could choose the gender it would be great.
Yeah, yeah, whatever, I’m going to bed. You bash some PHIWs for me.

inb4 entire trashcan wiped out pre-xpac

Male or female for my revenant? /sigh
Can’t even decide the name and armor…
P.S. Any hints at what guards and ellys are gonna get as weapons? Swords?

Iris Ng.9845:

I guess he will challenge (me) to theorycraft the fight for 5 ele with celestial gear, dagger/dagger, under 3k ap((giggle giggle))

FTFY.

Yeah, right, keep dreamin’.

metaldude.4132:

deSade.9437:

“bearbow only”
“fashion elitists only”
“zergburgers only”

and… the one that started it all.

P.S. I’m getting owned by 2 banshees in ME q.q not ready for l33t hardmode yet. Why can I hit people with swords and bows but I suck with guns and rifles?

Cuz you’re a pacifist and don’t like guns? :P

/snort
Hitting people with swords doesn’t speak of a pacifist, does it? Then again, my weapon of choice is a very thick and heavy book. Ask anyone that got smacked in the mouth with it. Never underestimate nerdy bookworms.
… I still have to finish ME3…
Oh, and I put “leet/fashionable zergburgers only” as the most effective for me now. It’s been working nicely, especially in faptals.
P.S. Pro acct name.

Has this been posted here already?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Non-berserker-builds-should-be-more-rewarding

Just checkin’.

I laughed, like, honest-to-chtulhu laughed. at that guy going all “warrs op, not fair, do it with 5 rangers”.
As if it were harder with a class that can reflect.
/shrug
I’m pretty sure it would be easy, if not smooth, provided everyone knows what to do.
Oh, and the 3rd aa of the sword hits in an aoe around you (can hit enemies behind), the gs has a very good range on the attacks. Rangers don’t have the same damage as ellys, but they should be reasonably ok by compensating with axe 5… I wouldn’t worry about the aoe. The only thing that might make it tricky is the rooting on axe 5, but it could be bypassed by good coordination and a combo of healing springs laid down at the right moment.
I don’t see pets being that useful, but I guess a few bears won’t hurt.
Ohhhh, now he’s gonna backpedal saying that he didn’t mean “without guardians and mesmers” or “with 5 rangers” but specifically “5 nomad rangers with under 1k ap, that have never done fractals before, pugs, specced for birdbow but with a shortbow that’s very important”. Just to prove the fight is bad and unbalanced…
… Anyone up for the challenge?
P.S. Entangle.

So I can kill you with no consequences.
Good.