Guild Wars 2

Sigil of Strength isn’t a 5-8% group DPS increase, we’re talking about a thief here. If you need the extra might on a PS Warrior take FGJ over SoF and spam Heal Signet when out of combat (like you should be anyway).

Assuming you’re not pugging you won’t have Engineer in the same group composition anyway so milk vuln wherever you can.

I assumed the whole torch thing was just a joke, but after seeing Warhorn I’m pretty much losing faith in anything good coming from the rest of the specs. Hoping Reaper isn’t going to be a novelty spec in PvE but there is no end to disappointment with that class…

Wow nerds try hard much?

ScribeTheMad.7614:

Nicest skin in the game?
Eternity has no skin
It’s a copy paste hack job of Sunrise and Twilight

It’s built from those two skins, why wouldn’t it use them? Eternity has a day/night mechanic, a unique hilt and auras/footsteps. A purple blade would look stupid and carry no thematic merit to the skin

Nilkemia.8507:

However, making it account/soulbound on creation is a stupid idea.

There is nothing stupid about it, they introduced a new system which has caused an inflated the amount of Legendary skins on peoples accounts which completely devalues them, you can effectively turn one legendary skin into 4 additional skins across 2 accounts.

I’d like to hear your less “stupid” idea.

Could have just said you need these for all three dungeons*

• PS Warrior
• Thief
• Two Staff Elementalist’s that know how to prestack might

There is 0 reason to take a DPS Warrior in a group intentionally

N1 OP, your walls were really efficient and good positioning for those frenzied blasts in P3, though that’s some good RNG for burn procs too :^)

The problem is AoE damage abilities are trumping single target abilities in this case, and massively at that. I’d much rather them tone down MS/IB4 than make them redundant, they should really come in line or slightly higher than regular DPS rotations rather than be pointlessly strong in every situation.

Unfortunately the balancing team thinks that buffing the problem is a solution.

Eternity looks great as it is, they just should have made it account bound on creation to make it fair for people who legitimately make it themselves, the most underwhelming factor is that people beat the system by crafting only one and using someone elses soulbound Legendary to make Eternity, both parties effectively win assuming they don’t want Eternity themselves.

Despite its popularity it’s actually one of the nicest skins in the game and I doubt the HoT version will match it.

Novelty skills for a novelty class, oi oi.

Watch any after patch videos and you’ll see 56k/57k is a pretty common fully buffed HB (vs. average toughness mobs/bosses) and even higher as a greedy double sig second Warrior.

Nike posted this not long after the patch, unrealistic numbers for regular runs but even comparing back to the iconic multi Warrior meta comp days the numbers are significantly higher, even with only one Frost Spirit.

Anyway, the real point is that other classes offer far more than a second Warrior does, Engi/Ranger or even a Second Guard/Mesmer would likely achieve better results respectively. Making Warrior DPS higher than Ele/Thief/Engi would just send us back to a boring and lifeless Meta that nobody really misses.

I think he is legit, saw this in his post history.

dutchiez.7502:

New dungeons should be in the same format that Underworld and Fissure of Woe were in GW1: big open area with a certain amount of objectives to complete in any order that you see fit.

When they ever introduce raids I hope it follows that format, emphasis on splitting and real risk. Can’t say my expectations are high though..

All but 3 classes have access to Sword which is already too many, especially when you consider Rifle/Hammer are only available to two classes respectively.

Genlog.4983:

sadly i get kicked allot to as a ranger
first they saw me wear LB and a bear
i mostly use shortbow now and more dps pets but ok

i only use LB and bear to get out of sticky situations
my bear can pull ago and tank a bitt i mostly cloak away and get my self to a save spot

i can get downed players up faster duo to my trait
thx to my tanky/con build i can take some damage but i do lack in dps

and duo to that most pll don’t want you they only care about fast dps sadly
no thx that i get them up there feet and heal them all and get that job done

its very sad that the meta zerk build total take over the game all other build are sooner ore later not welcome

it seems players force you to be zerk -.-
i hope Anet will make a stop to this i gonna play it my way and not what others want me to be

Yeah, other players should be forced to carry you through dungeons, it’s totally unfair that you get kicked for taking a PvP build into a dungeon.

It’s only fair that every build does the same DPS in every situation.

Yeah OP you’re being victimized because you can’t play how you want, what a disgusting game filled with disgusting burzerker elitisters GG

Was expecting an open field on George Foreman :^(

Element Two.7316:

doddbox.8153:

Basically he isolated this issue to Fimbul and not Tar without asking anyone or going through the usual process

Tar is a completely different thing to Fimbul though

No it isn’t? the boss runs to a specific location after reaching 75% hp, the only difference is Fimbul runs instantly to a location. The “intended mechanic” card doesn’t apply here since the bosses aren’t immune to conditions or invulnerable in the span of time where they run to those locations.

>11.) Attacking enemies which don’t try to fight back is banned.
For the sake of reiteration the only reason why they considered Fimbul legitimate was because immobilizing Tar was excused from this rule and it shouldn’t have been

As long as immobilizing Tar is banned I’m ok with the changes

Basically he isolated this issue to Fimbul and not Tar without asking anyone or going through the usual process

Nvm, I didn’t see this post ^

You can optimally exploit over the gates and bug alpha for an interesting and diverse experience

SlyDevil.3952:

Because when you speak you say March 4th, 2015. MDY Same as when you write it fully, as in the previous sentence. However we use DMY in Quebec, and it was used in Ontario as well when I lived there. Woohoo off-topic discussions!!!

Everyone I know in the UK uses D/M/Y in spoken format i.e. “The 4th of March” too so I don’t know, we need a global vote on this.

People wear berserker gear but they don’t know why and same goes for their builds and weapon choices usually. I’ve had guardians in my group that didn’t know that wall of reflection was useful in dungeons or that you actually needed stability in some areas. I’ve also had mesmers that insisted they were faster than Guardians but refused to use portals, ever.

There is probably a breaking point somewhere but I can roughly say a good rotation on a kitten build is better than a kitten rotation on a decent build, even for Warriors against popular belief.

Purple Miku.7032:

But at the same time, the UK uses some really stupid weight measurement system with “stones” so… they are weird too :P

Yeah it is pretty weird but I think for the most part we use metric units and imperial units solely exist for novelty and old people now :^/

There has to be a reason for making such a stupid illogical date format, right?

NikeEU.7690:

Wethospu.6437:

Just because you find a new way to stretch rules doesn’t mean it should be automatically allowed.

Technically, if it doesn’t violate existing rules it should be allowed first pass. It can be settled later (votes, meetings, magic 8 ball etc) whether that tactic is something people want allowable.

^

Atrophied.8725:

Why are celebration/birthday boosters banned?

It’s probably more of a safety net, people wouldn’t have thought mini-pets were harmless to restricted rules but they are. Leveling up is also an issue that has never been *addressed and due to it’s nature it’s pretty hard to avoid, XP boosts won’t help with that.

If bonus events inside dungeons gave more tokens for example, people would probably do them. As for skips; a lot of stealth skips are perfectly fine and if stealth was that much of a problem it would have been addressed a long time ago.

If killing all trash was necessary they would have gated every section of a dungeon until everything is dead, sort of like in Aether.

“Using emotes will not result in the timer starting. "
Sick :^)

While I can agree thief elites are pretty useless in PvE I don’t think CC needs to be any stronger than it is, most trash have no stability or counter measures for CC in-fact the monsters in Silverwastes which were specifically designed to counter specific play styles do not counter CC.

Renaming critical damage into ferocity was stupid and didn’t achieve anything, I’m not talking about the functional changes because they had purpose.

Another person who thinks good game design is based on healers and tanks, god bless.

How is using Centaur Runes and Mantra for swiftness a bug again?

Veydar.5017:

Flyinghotpocket.5201:

… the time to neckbeard for suits of armor…

Today I learned a new verb: “to neckbeard for something”
This is a good day.

I totally tumblr-feminist this post

Wethospu.6437:

Not exactly sure why you are quoting that part.

I’m giving some incentive to follow the fair route?

You can’t allow something uncontrollable and random as a permissible act, it would just mean groups have to farm for even more RNG than they already do to achieve the best results.

I wouldn’t say there is much point pulling down anything other than world record runs because at this point they’re just placeholders anyway, any new current record attempt would overwrite those.

D) Ban all elitist scumlords

This is a graphical bug and it applies to any AoE/ring effect, not sure if there is a setting that stops this from happening but it’s like a 50/50 chance for me to be able to see fire fields on my laptop with low settings and I’m unaffected on my desktop.

Wethospu.6437:

Enforcing that older records fit the current rule set would definitely be fair. But it would be bit pointless, lots of extra work and I’m pretty sure people would just get kittened.

Those mobs are actually difficult to kill when low-manned/solo without bugging them, or at least would require defensive measures rather than stand and DPS. If you replayed that scenario and they weren’t bugged they would both have been knocked down/killed trying to channel deep freeze also how can they not notice that’s a bug spot? pugs have been using that spot since 2012

If super hard content comes out, hopefully we’ll need more important things than a dedicated healer. All this healer-monk centric discussion is arbitrary and often the people who preach it don’t bring a single thread of reason to the discussion. If a boss suddenly does more damage or has heavy degeneration such as Old Tom in UC Fractal then all it takes is a water field and coordinated blasts like Nike said.

It’s not like we don’t favour bringing more roles or complexity into the game but making a healing role a necessity doesn’t bring any real value. Advocating team work is a far better approach in making challenging content and the meta as it is has a pretty solid amount of teamwork and variation, we’re just burdened by stale content and cheesy-easy encounters.

>>We have plausible mechanics we just need new and more difficult encounters. <<

1. Decrease cast times
2. Increase mobility
3. Damage? Even with a new spec and Legend the numbers are the main concern, a Ranger pet can out damage a Revenant.
4. Remove healing aspects from staff or only present when traited, the staff would suit a more martial/counter theme rather than a half kitten d healing weapon.
5. The fury trait is basically useless with the current setup, it’s a chore to maintain any fury whatsoever and aside from the fury on heal the other requires a stun break
6. Regardless of what you play, swapping to a different Legend shoehorns your play style and build, unless more utility options are added for each legend which increase diversity it’s just going to be a pain in the kitten to play the class effectively as-is
7. Can’t say too much about Mace/Axe yet aside from the slow cast times. It seems both weapons are independent but maybe the 3rd skill will change with other combinations?

Elorna.5329:

That’s because EU>NA obviously. But it’s probably got to do with the popularity of GW as a franchise in Europe, during the heyday of GvG Europe was second strongest after Korea. Something about GW attracts the hardcore Europeans more than the hardcore North Americans.

EU vs NA, best ping wins.

Since when does “Story mode | no speed run” mean “please let me watch cutscenes”?
Learn to use LFG properly.

Offerande.5240:

Mesmer will always compare a Guardian. Often this is completely beyond compare. DPS Mesmer whit Full Berserker and power runes, have very high DPS and speed. Incidentally, best what I have not my main. That is a Warrior, full ascended and with Legendary’s weapons. I am playing very little with it, no idea why. Thank you all for the comments. But I’m still looking for a PVE guild I am now in WvW guild, not really right for me Well fun, full PvE meta in WvW

Before the patch it was extremely rare for a mesmer to out DPS a Guardian on any boss if you disregard reflect uptime, i.e. if a boss fight didn’t last any longer than something like 30 seconds and illusions weren’t killed you’d just about run equal with a Guardian’s DPS.

Essentially Guardian’s have no ramp up time where-as Mesmer’s take longer than most fights to setup all 3 illusions and they almost always are destroyed by AoE.

Without Portals and in certain cases like at Lupi a Guardian will always be better so if you don’t use portals then take a Guardian, it’s that simple.

Comparing quickness uptime, Guardian has roughly 21% Quickness uptime (traited) and Mesmer has 7% (traited).

Edit: In case I didn’t already point out that is also far less punishing now to take both a Mesmer and Guardian in a group than ever

Incase you don’t know how to fix this, have all party members die, once everyone is dead you can all waypoint back and the wall will be gone. This bug has always existed it just became less frequent when Alphard stopped insta nuking parties.

Fury trait is pretty much pointless if you can’t get fury, some animations are just OTT/ unnecessary and cast times are clunky. I hope the DPS trait line we haven’t seen makes up for the lack of damage.

Skill 5 is strong but I usually swap weapons mid cast

Meh, the bugged AA is one thing, he still randomly goes invisible after burrowing to the NPC then barrages/AA’s while invisible. He reset on me while open fielding last weekend too.

Kinda wish they’d rework him completely and delete NPC interaction entirely, Arah is the nicest map in the game IMO, certainly the most detailed.

Casting/spawning one while swapping to a different Legend doesn’t despawn the Tablet, you can go back and spawn another one and control both (can only move one but the effects still apply to both). Don’t know how to replicate OPs one though.

I’ve been soloing for a long time, I’ve always done it for free as a moral thing and I don’t judge people for selling. I was giving away slots to guildies/ close friends and friends of friends, whatever filled the party.

A guildie who genuinely seemed nice and had manners was asking me if his friends could join and I usually said yes, It turns out he was selling those spots and taxiing people to my group.

Took me a while to realise when one of them asked for a refund, kitten me. The last message I got from him was “LOL” and then I was blocked.

I also had to stop posting free path LFG’s when they started getting hijacked all the time.

Based community.

Draaq Cz.9642:

1) give me heroes
2) find a way to learn people how to play your game because right now its super hard for most of them in PvE
3) remake sorrows embrace path 2
4) or just add me for every unpopular “superhard” pathes of unpopular dungs (which I really love) like sorrows embrace, HotW, TA, arah.

You could become the president with these problem solving skills /s