Guild Wars 2

I like to kick people.

Every one can easily get targetting. Just invite long lost friend to your party. Hardly an exploit.

Keep in mind that banners are indestructible. They offer less flexibility but an enemy cannot remove them.

I’m getting relatively poorer every second skilled players farm embers and less skilled players farm gauntlet. Please hotfix.

What about zerker staff guardians? I’ve seen a recent increase of their popularity. Soon they might flood every dungeon.

Space.8053:

You may be confusing ‘not enough support’ with ‘too easy & boring to stay in greatsword and max their own damage output’

Please, no.

It’s basically a “multi-thread” battle with major annoyance from below but hardly that much challenging. It also takes less than 3 minutes, even less than 1 minute in some cases, meaning much less time to make a fatal mistake. I found other encounters in this game more challenging.

And I’ve seen people wiping on Brie. Doesn’t particularly mean anything.

Chi.2943:

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The percentage difference between 38 and 48 is the same as between 28 and 38. Only spikes in difficulty are at levels 10 and 26 and those spikes are barely even spikes – twice the amount of difficulty increase of normal level increase, ie from lvl 10 -> 11.

Unless you’re strictly talking about agony which shouldn’t be an issue at all.

Lacking Pure of Voice, the bear comes with a help.

stof.9341:

There are some people that didn’t turn off the horrible post processing effects yet? :p

Exactly. Typical player playing a guardian with post processing effects turn on (even on low) has almost same effect on the encounter as blind man since what you see is just a white screen.

Lavadiel.6231:

wvw tanky/scum warrior

FTFY

ghettogenius.9174:

I’m willing to bet the low HP pool on eles is at least partially influenced from the old D&D mage hit dice table – where mages had the ability to do huge ranged damage but were made intentionally squishy to compensate. I don’t see any lvl 9 spells on my hotbar do you? Their current mobility and utility doesn’t qualify such low HP in my opinion either.

Ah, Time Stop would be enough.

Emanuel.9781:

Wethospu.6437:

I figured dodging infection on my own and must say it doesn’t make much sense.

You know what also doesn’t make sense? What happens if you get “hit” by the grub skill? After 5 or so seconds, the grub seems to burst outside your stomach or something, but it does no damage!

Huehue

So he eats them because he needs nourishment? What else could he possibly want from poor grubs in a video game?

Phaeton.9582:

When I used to run glass GS axe I went 30/0/0/10/30 Lyssa runes, which is much more viable than 30/25/0/0/15 beyond the lowest of tiers.

In this unblockable condi training meta however it’s simply too hard to make effective IMO. So if this is spvp I’d recommend checking out that skull cracker 3.0 post for a decent GS build.

I’d say it’s for pve.

KazNaka.4718:

The more mobs you hit, the higher the might stacks.

Ray.3780:

Saying PVT has ‘no’ place in PVE is wrong, imo.

There are plenty of encounters which require staying alive over raw DPS from the group.

Dredge Fractal – Bomb running.

Colossus Fractal – Double Seal running.

Dungeons – Various. e.g, skipping through mob-filled corridors, keeping mobs kited to protect an NPC, etc.

For these instances, I’m super glad I have my soldier’s runed soldier set to replace my zerker scholar gear. Also, if you ever need to take on an AH anchor role over DPS because there’s another in your group, Soldier’s isn’t bad if you have full ascended zerker trinkets and a knight’s weapon.

I somehow did those encounters with 916 toughness and 966 vitality on lvl 79.

nearlight.3064:

Elementalist in PvE does have the theoretical highest DPS in the game with Fiery GS 4/3 plus wall and no target. My friend got firey whirl to hit for 50K once. As far as pvp goes I vastly prefer scepter dagger air builds over the washed up bunker dagger builds, as the S/D lightning strike burst comes very frequently and enemies cannot easily predict or dodge it.

It’s true. In this video I got 180k Fiery Rush (2.6k x 70) against the opponent with much higher armour than typical boss. Problem is, it’s very situational and it’s a burst. In pve you often need sustained damage where ele can only brag about lightning whip which is still bad compared to other profession potentials – even guardians with a sword deal more dps by about 2%.

Well, you’re not the only one. Results speak for themselves.

FrownyClown.8402:

I find ele still very viable, just can’t 2v1 that well anymore.

It’s very tough to kill two average people because they actually rez themselves so if you dont have an access to poison and stability/immunity/stealth at the same time or cc 2nd opponent far enough from downed one, it’s possible only after consecutive downed penalty or simultaneous transition to downed state which doesn’t happen often, especially with a bunker build.

Killing and finishing one person while other is pewpewing with his shortbow doesn’t mean much.

Those red circles are simply either not drawn fast enough or not drawn at all. In solo, maybe duo every circle should be drawn but might still be drawn later.

Dub.1273:

I’m 99,9% sure that bosses do crit (and most have a very high critchance).

Thank you wethospu for listing them up.

He’d have more if Skritts didn’t embargo us.

You just did AC, didn’t you?

xsquared.1926:

What’d they change, they die too fast for me and my group. Arah being an exception with their risen illusionists.

Illusionists have same amount of hp as most other silver mobs in Arah. And even then, Mages grants protection while Illusionists can only get random Aegis through Chaos Storm.

There’s no compilation.

KOPPER.1458:

so swiftpaw is brazil? or no?

Maybe after sex reassignment surgery.

Bright.9160:

I know some datminers released some numbers on HotW boss healthpools… Some were 1.3 million, just to give you an idea.

That’s all I know.

Only 1.3 million? Bosses in Arah have ~1,384,627 while Lupi has ~1,465,613. And Ettin from Uncategorized fractal has around 2 million at level 80 but that’s a champion.

KOPPER.1458:

I run 0/0/30/30/10 2 major water 2 sup water, 2 sup monk
knights armor, zerker jewelry – ascended

Zerker weapons except for hammer which is knights as well.
I act as the anchor from my dungeon / fractal team (20s fractal)

Am I wasting potential? If so where and why? It would seem that when I play this style the team does better. We are average players and not super stars but being the anchor or having a guardian seems to let them go wild with all dps builds.

looking for advice. videos, etc. I used to watch strife a lot but he doesn’t play anymore so I switched to DnC? I apologize if that guild name is wrong trying to recall from memory at work.

It’s DnT and Strife was their member so you technically didn’t switch anything. Anchor build is good for beginners but it’s far from being optimal (in PvE).

spoj.9672:

Switched to 10/30/0/5/25 the other day. That coincidence. ;D

Yes, it’s shady.

Kirschwasser.3972:

Speaking of which, I just started using Sword on my Guardian after a long time of using GS.

Anybody care to weigh in on the pros and cons of a Sword?

Skill#3 is really nice during certain encounters like Imbued Shaman to absorb his arrow.

You should not use sword on certain enemies which can reflect projectiles – Jade Colossi, Archdiviner in phase 2, Wraith in Arah4, etc.

I’ve done some practical testing on high level fractals (49-79) with few different builds. My best ones were 10/30/0/5/25 and 15/25/0/5/25 for a hammer. You could also move 5 points from virtues and move them to honour, shield when rezzing or aegis/regen/prot sometimes founds its use.

Thing is, 20 in virtues allows for wider customization – you can even trait tomes if you’d like to.

aeneq.1760:

Bah Liadri has nothing on TA f/u, just the name causes shivers in all groups and they run screaming for the exit before the spiders get them.

Heck I even whispered the name to Liadri and she fell dead on the spot! That’s btw how I beat her…

Like I said, high-end content.

Dramen Maidria.1034:

Can you even use the phrases Staff Guard and Zerker together without creating a paradox that could collapse space and time itself?

Comes with decent sigil.

Nike Porphyrogenita.8137:

Yeah i’m almost to fotm 28 once I get there I expect the challenges to ramp up. Also that TA f/u dungeon is tew hard.

He meant high-end content, namely Liadri.

It’s hilarious.

The Mexican Cookie.3690:

EU has guilds, but they’re mostly just chat channels for friends. EU teams are generally formed by friends list. DS is where you’ll join if all you really want to do is become pro at Arah, HC is like an EU DnT (smaller, though) and then there’s SOLO for if you solo lupicus.

A good way to get to know people is by getting approved by Dub/Haviz/Weth, to name a few. For example I met a lot of people through Dub/DS, when I joined them.

This message is acceptable to me.

japonikaa.3957:

I am building a PVE S/D Celestial Ele, but struggle to find the right trait. Hoping to get some help with the build and also trinket/ring stats

Bad idea.

stale.9785:

Ok, I’ve been following the thread, but haven’t had anything to add (I generally run 0/0/30/30/10 AH build in wvw and dungeons – nothing to see here) but I’m curious what kind of trait/gear one would run with the 10/25/0/10/25 setup. Best I can tell from playing with it in gw2skills.net, you’re going to have no armour, and no health pool.

Am I missing something here, or are people seriously advocating full glass when the OP asked for a dungeon anchor build? Is it just that I pretty much always slot in full zerker stuff, and the intention is a mix of valk/zerk/cavalier?

EDIT: I’m asking because, on paper, as it were, the numbers from the 10/25/0/10/25 are no better than the build I run right now – same damage, same crit chance, far, far less armour and HP, and I’m seeing no mechanism for might stacking, outside of F1 on kill spam.

Second edit: I normally run with WoR,SyG and SY!/Retreat! Just not seeing the same utility with any of the other consecrations as I am out of the available shouts. Again, I’m probably missing something, which is why I’m asking.

Those calculators don’t show damage modifiers traits. The difference between 10/30/0/5/25 and standard 0/0/30/30/10 is more than 50% and that’s with same equipment (zerkers+scholar) and no boons which would increase the difference even further.

kishter.9578:

every bad guardian in FOTM 40+ runs with hight vitality and good survavility build you know, to support the party! except this one yesterday he was running full zerker 30/30/10/0/0. whit GS. I just wanted to kill myself.

Seen people refuse to acknowledge they rolls and they limits in groups.

edit: i forget, He was 9k+ AP.

FTFY

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

You can’t really even demonstrate that the person making the reddit post was kicked. Path 2 Arah is pretty easily soloable / duoable, so it’s entirely possible the poster wanted to troll the person selling spots and give them a bad name just for the fun of it. There are plenty of people that get mad and rage when they see path 2 sellers and want to be white knights about it, and there are plenty of people that want to abuse the lack of brain cells on reddit for loads of upvotes. I’ve had a friend kicked out of his spot selling runs by people that didn’t think he should be selling the spots, so they join as a pair and kick him after he’s invested loads of time soloing the path.

A friend of mine told me about a certain duo that can’t kill lupi so they pay 0.5-1g to the people that would help them do that. They can’t even skip him.

Kirschwasser.3972:

Oh, right, I meant to add “outside of fractals”. I don’t consider Fractals to be a part of Dungeons, myself. I can see why some people would, but I don’t personally.

Technically they are mini-dungeons but dredges at 80 are no in world mini.

But there are still a lot of pugs not meleeing lupi for instance, even after ~10 months people started doing that.

Wukunlin.8461:

I just want to point out that some dps groups used to run PoV on their dps guardians because the condi removal helps the team to maintain 90%+ health for scholar rune procs

Scholar runes are bad, desperate power <3.

Kirschwasser.3972:

Also… Since when is everybody NOT in an all-melee fight? I thought most people stopped using ranged attacks in most dungeons.

Some bosses in high levels fractals are harder to melee for a significant amount of people. Just like lupi was in 2012.

Since gw1 Anet uses “allies” for yourself and your allies and “other allies” for everyone around you except yourself.

3% per boon on enemy, not per your boon.

TheMaskedParadigm.3629:

Whenever your rifle backfires in path 3, you’re going to have a bad time.

You don’t need a rifle for that.

The Mexican Cookie.3690:

Whenever you don’t equip a shield for Lupi, you’re going to have a bad time.

Shield is overrated. Torment <3

Obtena.7952:

Ah, I was unaware of this. Thank you very much for that. I also didn’t see it in the wiki.

Wiki.

Your base critical chance is 4%.

Amins.3710:

You missed the point, as most of the people in these threads have been doing lately…

That was a sarcasm but you can get people misunderstanding others when someone says that typical honour guardian puts those points for hp cushion and then says something about PVT which is forbidden word in dungeons.

Amins.3710:

Clearly he’s no Dungeon Runner… He’s just on Fractals lvl 40.

And I’m on 80. Does that make my opinion more valid?

Brutaly speaks truth, elusive power sucks though I feel like I should correct few things.

Dodge takes 0.75s and sometimes you have to dodge twice (ashyn, lupi, etc). Saying how often you have to dodge depends on how many guardians you have in party and what content you do.

The Mexican Cookie.3690:

Don’t listen to this guy, this is what DS are like at lupicus! (Special link just for Broadicea)

http://youtu.be/hCAT0SWoKUQ

That Whirling Defense reflect in phase 2 was pretty funny though

Fire in the hole!

Maybe he’s afraid.

He bugged him with magical item.