Guild Wars 2

yea i just take it for bolt to the heart

i see around the forums that people say staff has lots of swiftness access
i dont see that besides staff air 4

are they refering to eruption > static field > arc brilliance > arc wave > windborne speed?

Kjeldoran.3849:

Alteraphim.4629:

That is almost 100% wrong.
1) Blind is amazing as a support ability, 5 out of 50 missing the next attack is still 5 mobs that won’t land their next hit. And as far as I know, blinding is still 10% as effective on a boss so it still serves some utility (albeit a very small amount). Yes, blind is useless during an activity which just hurts you for
4) That is not true at all. Those buffs are only good if you are taking consistent dmg (prot/regen), enduring dmg spikes (prot/regen), or have trouble moving around (vigor). Vulnerability is ALWAYS useful (although I must agree on the zerg comment) because people are always attacking. 1% more dmg means the boss goes down 1% faster, while those other buffs just ensure I can survive a longer fight.

1) 45 out of 50 hitting you means… you are dead anyway.
2) 10% chance on boss? so it is basically 9/10 times bosses hit you… they can usually 1 or 2 shot you… so they can overkill you 4 times before a miss… nice!
3) while prot/regen are usefull (not when you are taking spike damage) let’s say more in general “when you are taking any kind of damage” they are still good and not every class can stack them. On the other hand we have “vulnerability” which is an ability spammed by every single class without the need to create a combo but simply using their dps rotation. Since there is a stack cap (25) it is not completely useless but pretty much… especially if you consider you have to be “stuck” to stack (lol) which means you get damage boost when you get hit… obviously against some bosses which can 1-2 shot you… this is like:

me: oh yes! now i can boost my party damage! go boss, hit me!!!
boss: ??? * attack *
me: kitten I’m dead… but my party got 1% more damage… for 8 sec…
party: well let’s ress him and waste those 8 sec of 1% damage bost
me: i’m very usefull, am I?
party: -.-’’ * vote kick *

sorry but that was too hilarious XD

Alteraphim.4629:

To address your OP. The ability to provide support by the guardian class is still far and away the best out of the 8 classes. However, Guardian dps has been a bit slow for quite a while, and while you may have a vision of a guardian as a support class each individual class needs to perform at a certain level for any content played solo. On top of that, 5 man content is “balanced” around an average dps output from 5 players (in most cases). Buffs to our “selfish” abilities were necessary to assist with the average player maintaining a baseline dps during these situations. We have enough traits that can enhance a good "party support) role without forcing the class into that role. The new traits have enhanced options for solo and group play and have made taking a guardian that much more viable.

what we got isn’t a direct “dps increase”, as others stated before only few ppl will use meditations in pve simply because those are more optimized for sPvP… so what we basically got is a “low dps increase for pve content that forces us to use, again, meditations avoiding our support role, which is every update worse, and giving us the illusion of an higher dps”.

what kind of vuln application are u doing that u cant dodge?

meditations are so bad in pve i dont know why u feel forced to take them?

does it give 33% movement speed?

veeeweee is a girl?!!?! MIND BLOWN

1st sec : heal 200
2nd : 200
3rd : 200
4th : 200
5th : 200
6th : ur regen kicks in, 400
7th, 8th ,9th 10th sec all heals 400

Sebrent.3625:

jingkangtan.6752:

make it kittening instant just like other pet command skills

not instantly happening but queue it up for the pet
0.75sec casttime is bullkitten

lmao! Want to tell Rangers about AI behavior queueing instead of instantly when you tell it? :-p Been dealing with that one for a while.

Also … you want to complain about 0.75s cast time?

Let’s look at Ranger pets:
Lashtail Devourer’s Rending Barbs = 4.00s cast time
Whiptail Devourer’s Poison Barbs = 2.50s cast time
Jungle Stalker’s Mighty Roar = 3.00s cast time
Arctodus’s Rending Maul = 1.75s cast time
All Canines’ Howls = 1.50s cast time
All Drakes’ Breaths = 1.50s cast time
Lynx’s Rending Pounce = 1.50s cast time
Snow Leopard’s Icy Pounce = 1.50s cast time
Black Bear’s Enfeebling Roar = 1.25s cast time
Murrelow’s Poison Cloud = 1.25s cast time
Polar Bear’s Icy Roar = 1.25s cast time
All Moas’ Screeches = 1.00s cast time
All Pigs’ Forage = 1.00s cast time

Do you really think your 0.75s cast time that you have to push a button for is bad?

that is ur pet’s cast time, not urs
when u press f2, does it interupt ur auto attack? NO
does it cancel ur rapid fire? NO
does it affect ur own dps? NO
cuz ur pet is doing it and not u

for glyph of ele, YOU YOURSELF HAVE TO CAST FOR 0.75sec to queue the ability for the elemental to use
then pray to rngesus that the ele actually uses it instead of screwing up and that takes about 3-5sec

make it kittening instant just like other pet command skills

not instantly happening but queue it up for the pet
0.75sec casttime is bullkitten

tanztante.6532:

i don’t know about raw numbers, but the ability to control the burst is in fact a buff. at least for me and of course only in pvp. i wouldn’t use elemental anywhere else

burst…? burst…? u meant tickle right?

isit me or RTL overshots alot?

Is it worth it to get collector/deluxe edition for mistfire wolf?
All elites suck in PvE anyway so i was wondering

Kjeldoran.3849:

Aeolus.3615:

Nope, good elementalist can full heal, have more passive speen more ways to run out of combat.

Ok guys, before the thread derails let me explain. You are all right but actually only Aeolus got what i said.

The problem with the actual guardian is that while other classes got in the last few months buff and improvements to the supportive side we only got improvements on the dps side; the result? Now we are mediocre at support and not enough at dps… so while before we were “unique” for the support now the only thing we are unique is that kitten WALL only this!

first of all for those who say “guardian isn’t supposed to be supporter” read the description here: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/professions/guardian/

then in order to avoid a wall of text i want to “counter” every skil set of guardian then you can tell me where i’m wrong:

consecrations: these are the only “unique” skills of guardian! Wall and Hallowed Ground are the only reason guardian are needed in party but, BUT these are only for certain situations… who will use a Wall in CoF? Then guardians are useless.

meditations: these are supposed to be the “dps” and gives you effects (teleports, burn etc), heals (2k), fury (4sec), all that with reduced cd and in 5x, really?

shouts: support? 3 condi remove on a 24, 28, 48 sec… and… some boons anyone can spam? … these are quite, QUITE good but as the main support aspect of this class them suck if compared to other classes!

signets: nothing to say; selfish and not usefull at all.

weapons: selfish and not usefull at all… but wait we got a 2k heal on bow! so now them are supposed to be “support”… because of those 2k heal… aoe… really… “support”… not useless… not a waste of space… now it is called “support”… nice.

I’m sorry guys if i look a bit aggressive but i can’t believe i started a class like guardian which is turning into a warrior… a mediocre warrior. And all this is going to improve the zerg mentality of the game… less support more zerging… less defensive abilities more teleports in the face of enemies which award you with heals and fury… well i think i’ll roll a warrior then…

WoR is good in CoF
Path 1 : Slave Driver Effigy summon, reflect his fireballs. Final Boss, a few projectiles from his fist slams into the floor, reflect damage up to 50k
Path 2 : Devourer’s Nest. 3 Elites after nest

the only positive change is that the icon changes color according to attunement and their skill icons are pretty awesome

other than that their functionality sucks and their skills should be off the GCD just like other professions summon’s skill

idk there was a bug when the last 2 extra seconds of lava font did not really count as a fire field so if u blast it u gain no might
it was pretty inconsistent pre patch so im not sure if they were fixing this or not

anyway postpatch all 6 secs count as fire field now

Lucia Pyrostrom
Sanctum of Rall

just go with dekeyz’s build and rekt everything

wear zerker
camp fire staff
spam 1 and 2
profit
kite them around ur lava font

6/2/2/2/2
or 6/6/0/0/2
blasting staff is a must if not they run out of lava font quickly
get all the modifiers

arcane brilliance
arcane blast
signet of fire
signet of Air /icebow (for tougher mobs)

glyph of lesser/elementals icon changes color according to attunement

THEY SHOULD EXTEND THAT TO ALL GLYPHS (except healing one)

what if tornado became a combo field based on ur attunement?
fire = fire
water = water
air = lightning
earth = smoke (dusty and stuff)

rename it elemental storm
whirl finisher occuring 1 time per second
combo finisher occuring 1 time per 3 seconds
stability
same duration as now

thoughts?

oh no wonder it feels so weird
so if im using purely bomb kit and rifle which is better?
sitting duck or precise sights (vuln on crit in firearms line)

edit
does static discharge require a target to shoot the chain lightning? if it doesnt, then how does the bolt travel ( in what direction ) ?

edit
does damage and knockback from accelerant packed turrets include when the turrets are killed by detonation? or isit only purely from whacktilldead turrets?

yeah i already took enhanced performance
does the pulses of glue bomb and smoke bomb proc vulnerability with steel packed powder?
btw does netshot have a cast time? it feels weird casting it

is there any option to like reduce button sensitivity? WoW has an option like that based on sensitivity adjusted according to latency
like sometimes after i place fire bomb i use rifle turret and spam healong turret my rifle turret gets cancelled out and gets placed on a 3sec cooldown
anyway to stop that?

ok lemme ask another question, is there a way to overcharge ur healing turret and stack might while keeping fire bomb and turret (healing n rifle) cooldown in sync? (like every other fire bomb i detonate healing n rifle turret for might) ?

my might stacking rotation
1. place big ol bomb
2. fire bomb, place rifle turret, place healing turret
3. fire bomb explodes, i overcharge healing turret, healing for extra
4. detonate both turrets
this gives like.. 9 stacks of might

the question i wanna ask is for my 3rd utility skill, what should i use for stacking more might?
i think thumper turret is a good choice but i always find it hard to squeeze in the last blast finisher (rumble) and end up blasting a water field instead
some people suggested throw mine but sometimes when i throw it before setting fire bomb and turrets it suddenly explodes for no reason and leaves me with one less finisher
elixir gun has also been suggested but its kinda hard to squeeze it acid bomb if u wanna set up turrets after fire bombto get extra healing from overcharging healing turret. furthermore the cooldown of acid bomb, traited or not doesnt really sync with firebomb’s cooldown
rocket boots kinda propels me too far even when cancelled

any advice ?

WAYS TO IMPROVE NECRO

make axe 1 and 2 cleave in a 120 cone in front of you with 600 range
axe 3 becomes blast finisher

introduce a grandmaster trait probs in first tree
Unholy Aura : grants nearby allies 150 ferocity and 5% lifesteal

fix the bloody 25 kitten minor trait in the first tree
every 10% of own health reduced grants 10 sec of might
health lost in death shroud only grants half the duration of might (5sec)
or
every 10% of opponent’s health deducted grants 2 stacks of vuln for 10secs

make lifesteal traits work in deathshroud

change deathly perception
from 50% crit chance to some hugeass ferocity buff to allow fury/spotter/banner of discipline to benefit necros more

new soul reaping grandmaster trait
Life Blast volley : life blast now shoots out 5 projectiles in a cone infront of you
enemies will take 10% reduced damage from the additional lifeblasts other than the first one they are hit with
each additional lifeblast only causes one stack of vuln if traited with unyielding blast

STRICTLY FOR PVE ONLY (maybe)
just go 6/2/2/2/2 staff ele
camp fire attunement spam 2 and 5
4 fireballs between each lava font
use arcane briliance as healing skill
utilities : arcane wave, signet of fire, one free utility skill

free utility skill : icebow for huge objects/mobs (AC P1 and P3 graveling boss, CoF P1 Effigy boss, world bosses)
glyph of elemental power/harmony (i forgot which one) : use in air for weakness on bosses, use in earth if solo (crippled so they are more likely to stay in your lava font)
glyph of sandstorms : cast in earth for 10sec of blinding
mist form/armor of earth/cleansing flame/arcane shield : extra survability

lifesteal food to increase uptime on scholar bonus and vital striking

its atrocious how many people think engis suck at pve

Adamantium.3682:

jingkangtan.6752:

Assuming you take no cooldown reduction traits,
Healing Turret, rifle turret, thumper turret and bomb kit, your rotation will start of like this

Opener
1. Place the 3 turrets
2. swap to bomb kit, place big ol’ bomb, place fire bomb, auto attack once
3. overcharge thumper turret, detonate all 3 turrets, use eruption (thumper turret toolbelt skills)
4. swap to rifle, 3 and 5 (2 too if you took sitting duck)
The above will give you 18 stacks of might

every alternate fire bomb will align with the cooldown of your healing and rifle turret, making it easy to stack might.
normally after detonating healing and rifle turret your rifle 3 and 5 should be up
autoattack with bomb kit otherwise

0 secs : opener
10 sec : fire bomb no finisher
20 sec : fire bomb + healing + rifle turret
30 sec : fire bomb + big ol bomb
40 sec : fire bomb + healing + rifle turret
50 sec : fire bomb no finisher
60 sec : fire bomb + big ol bomb + healing + rifle + thumper turret

This would not be a good DPS rotation. The cost of a few extra Might stacks is far too great. The Engi is much too versatile a profession to be using up entire trait slots for a blast finisher (on a 50s cooldown to boot) that does nothing else.

Elixir Gun, Throw Mine, even Rocket Boots are all blast finishers that are also valuable in other ways. I could grant you the Rifle Turret, but even then unless in a SD build I wouldn’t bring it solely for a blast finisher.

throw mine can replace rifle turret for blast finisher as it still aligns with healing turret’s cd
the reason i dont use elixir gun or rocket boots is that their blast finishers can put me in an awkward position

Mayama.1854:

jingkangtan.6752:

elixir gun is actually a garbage dps kit
you only use 4 then you swap out
the other skills are godly utility skills tho

Traited elixir gun is brutal in WvW on a condition builds

spam 1 and stack bleeds?

elixir gun is actually a garbage dps kit
you only use 4 then you swap out
the other skills are godly utility skills tho

Assuming you take no cooldown reduction traits,
Healing Turret, rifle turret, thumper turret and bomb kit, your rotation will start of like this

Opener
1. Place the 3 turrets
2. swap to bomb kit, place big ol’ bomb, place fire bomb, auto attack once
3. overcharge thumper turret, detonate all 3 turrets, use eruption (thumper turret toolbelt skills)
4. swap to rifle, 3 and 5 (2 too if you took sitting duck)
The above will give you 18 stacks of might

every alternate fire bomb will align with the cooldown of your healing and rifle turret, making it easy to stack might.
normally after detonating healing and rifle turret your rifle 3 and 5 should be up
autoattack with bomb kit otherwise

0 secs : opener
10 sec : fire bomb no finisher
20 sec : fire bomb + healing + rifle turret
30 sec : fire bomb + big ol bomb
40 sec : fire bomb + healing + rifle turret
50 sec : fire bomb no finisher
60 sec : fire bomb + big ol bomb + healing + rifle + thumper turret

Updated, madking looks BA

The 3rd sequence of Sword #1 can’t seem to hit the last few devourer burrows of CoF P2 and the L.A. Dummies.

Any other mobs/objects with weird hitboxes and how to overcome these problems when using sword?

the problem with going with scepter is that you are probably ranged and won’t get might stacks.

furthermore if you are ranged you should really consider taking Unscathed Contender as the uptime of that increases.

is it me or is the picture really tiny

Cydaea Frostbane
Sanctum of Rall

1) Do consecrations effect more than 5 allies?
NO

2) Does empower on the staff effect just 5 allies once, or each pulse? (For AH)
kitten TON OF HEALING THAT’S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

3) Do boons given through runes work with AH? Like runes of the pack, or ones that work off a healing skill. Or should I just go with what I generally use?
YES

4) Does might stacking with fire fields/blast finishers work with AH?
YES

5) With Symbol of Swiftness do all allies who pass through trigger AH?
YES

6) With Symbol of Protection do all allies who pass through trigger AH?
YES

7) Does VoJ with Inspired Virtue (might) trigger AH?
YES

8) S/F or Hammer?
Hammer

I like how he spazzes over 431 condition damage rofl

Anyone understand what the kitten the OP is saying?

i almost cried

/15 chars

Condition damage sucks for Guardians

Corrupted Sledgehammer?

xbutcherx.3861:

5 target and still doing more damage than 3. THAT IS MY POINT. but whatever.. keep playing you axe/mace

you should really stop talking all you are spouting is rubbish

Givers Armor suck so much balls don’t use em it makes you look stupid

2x Monk 2x Water 2x Traveler runes gives you 45% Boon duration + 30% from Virtues + 20% from Food = 95%

Lucion Tricell
Sanctum of Rall

Dub.1273:

Well, unscathed contender’s uptime differns from dungeon to dungeon. I AC for example i would only have about 40% uptime too. But i don’t take my guardian into AC anyway. Uptime on slave driver/searing effigy on the other hand would be close to 100% again. In any way, even 20% uptime only would make it, together with PotV (6-7 boons in a party) already stronger than elusive power with 100% uptime.

Please teach me how to get 100% uptime on Aegis for Slave Driver… He can’t stop facing me and keeps swinging his fire sword around. I tried sneaking around his butt but he keeps on turning towards me and hits me

Ring of Warding now grants Stability while in the ring

Come on it is currently useless People can dodge out of it easily.
The only way it is viable is by using Judge’s Intervention.

Yeah lets make engineers NOT VIABLE at all Good Idea!!!!

When you say a little bit, a little bit of GOOD TIER makes Grenade and Bomb Kit become kitten tier

And every kit is brought to kitten tier have fun

Kyle.3856:

From the ele forums:

Tyler Chapman.1832:

Treborlavok.3504:

just like the guardians 5 trait for vigor on crit… its ok for them to have a 10 second single condition cure at adept…?

The Guardian and Mesmer vigor traits are something that were on the table and will be on the table for change in the future. We don’t like those traits being that easily accessible. While they haven’t yet been changed as long as our thoughts don’t change internally they are part of the vigor rework we want to do.

………. Uh oh….

I thought Vigor was needed for us as we are :
1. Melee
2. have 10k base HP

Compared to warriors who have 8k more hp than us, WE NEED TO DODGE MORE to compensate for the 8k hp difference.

What are the boon duration checkpoints to add time to Symbol of Protection?

Thanks!

Ticket #41804 was submitted with the issue above

EDIT : Problem solved within 12 hours
Efficient Customer Service! GOOD JOB ANET