Guild Wars 2

Still, before we never actually had problem to engage and disengage, and now I feel I can only do it if they let me. I actually feel like my Medi Guard that I used before my break had more ways to disengage than this we have now

Fat Disgrace.4275:

mPascoal.4258:

Thief also has a skill that can:
-Daze
-Steal health
-Damage
-Poison
-Give you stealth
-Give Fury, Might, Swiftness, Vigor
-Ripe 2 boons
-Give iniciative
-Etc…

On a 20 sec cooldown. Tell me another class that has a skill that can do all that in that short amount of time? Right you don’t have it

This is a L2P issue IMO

And for all of that you have to invest in 3 speacailizition lines and 1 line is maxed out just for buffs/defuff. It can still be blocked, invul, predicted or randomly dodge so making it useless for 20 seconds, and put you next to the enemy who is free to make his move.

Boy and you can’t do all that with their skills too? You can literally spam evades… while hitting others
Another thing. Comparing the 6k Rush hits in squishys, or the 8 from Eviscerate to the 6k on backstab isn’t really that fair. That skills and others from other classes are highly telegraphed, if you don’t evade them it a issue you have to work on, but our backstabs? Boy you don’t land them just if you don’t want, even blocks don’t reveal you

I play Thief in a while and I really don’t see reasons to wine so much about it after the patch, it is not the worst we had. I remember the days when you were literally stuck to S/D in PvP to be considered decent

But if this is for WvW let me say one thing. WvW was never meant to be balanced! Shocking!? Not really

You can’t balance WvW. sPvP should be easier because how restrict you are in the stat combos and even there it’s a pain.

And don’t tell me Thiefs are in that bad of a shape, in sPvP I’ve won to all these classes, I’ve lost to them. I play a Warrior too same thing. Your unbeatable Warrior can be dealt with.

Thief also has a skill that can:
-Daze
-Steal health
-Damage
-Poison
-Give you stealth
-Give Fury, Might, Swiftness, Vigor
-Ripe 2 boons
-Give iniciative
-Etc…

On a 20 sec cooldown. Tell me another class that has a skill that can do all that in that short amount of time? Right you don’t have it

This is a L2P issue IMO

IGN: Phasks
Playstyle: PvE/sPvP mostly, then I solo roam sometimes
Server: Gandara
Experience with thief: Thief was my second main character after Guardian. Was my fastest lvl 80 (Tomes weren’t a thing yet), and in a space of a month I had more done on my Thief than with 4 months playing Guardian. Inicialy my porpurse was only WvW Roaming, then I started to do some PvE with it too. After a while playing my Thief in Underworld I moved with my guild to Gandara and there things started to get.. weird. I don’t like to Roam in Gandara, so this made me leave the class for a while. Then I started to do sPvP with my Guardian and Thief. I gotta sya from all 3 champ titles I have, Thief sure was the most dificult to get. At this time (during season 2 living world) I only used my Thief mostly for sPvP and sometimes PvE, Guardian had came back to be my main. Beginning of April this year I decided to leave the game, and came back now a week before the 23rd June patch. Right now I’m struggling to choose my Thief or my Warrior has a main (I want a main, mainly because after 2 years playing I still don’t have a Legendary and I would like to get one, this choise is to see if I make Incenerator or Twilight first). My hopes is that Teef would help with this, since I don’t have a guild anyway and this seems like a really fun project

PS: Time played on Thief when I was writing this post: 702 hours and 46 minutes

Hey guys
What have been your experiences with Roaming since patch? I have been strugling a lot more with my GS/Hammer build, and I’m not enjoying it.

Having the same build becoming so popular in sPvP is nice though

Vornollo.5182:

Vamp is honestly terrible for roaming lol.
The power of Vamp runes in sPvP lies in the fact that in that area, there’s always backup (that’s why they often fail in pug mathes) to pick you up from downstate.

In WvW there’s nowhere to hide and more often than not, noone to pick you up.
Not to mention it’s also a really big giveaway on your location (like those idiots that drop a smokescreen on their downed location, lol.)

I’d recommend Eagle or Centaur runes if you find Pack too expensive.

True
I will try a lot of things meanwhile. Pack are getting ridiculous expensive, I remember buying them for 3g and they were good at that time too (If not the best as they are now)

Tried a bit yesterday didn’t had the result I was expecting
Still choosing between Centaur or Eagle, but I think the mobility provided by the Centaur will be of greater help than the extra damage of Eagle.

But I also run Executioner instead of Improv. Maybe if I start running Improv I use Eagle instead

Centaur don’t seem bad either, I might try them after Vampirism

I’ve been running Vampirism since it appeared on MetaBattle, I was curious of why that option. For a week, give it or take, I’ve been playing Thief with it. Couple days ago I tried with Blood Sigil to instead of Fire and it has been working fine for me

I’ll try it out then, I allways like them in sPvP, there was a period where I used them in my Medi Guard and enjoyed a lot but after a while they stoped to look viable to me.

They are way cheaper, will not hurt trying

Do you guys think it can work?
Was building my Thief today until I noticed each Pack Rune now costs more than 8g. Since now I’ve wasted my money on Transmutation Stones and I don’t feel like farm I wonder for other possibilities for my Runes. I use them in sPvP and work just fine but there my Crit rate is already above 50%.

I was thinking of something like this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoaVl0MhSnY3TwyJQ/EHwECvXsd+0nbrTEIDA-TFCEABaq+jP7PQwTAYLlgMp8rD9JIcCAA4QEQKgy1aB-w

After some testing in the builder I forgot I tried this before, and because I have the Defencive Guard Stacks this works fine, at least it did before and I will try it now too

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoaVl0MhSnY3TwyJQ/EHwECvXsd+0nbrTEIDA-TFCEABaq+DBPBgtUCykyPDOBA5s/QH6TA4QEQKAK2aB-w

Hey
I shelved my Guardian a months back, previous I knew it was hard to roam with it because lack of mobility compared to other classes.

After the recent changes how is it to roam with Guardian now?

Hey guys
For a long time I haven’t played Thief in WvW, and now that I’m thinking going back in I want some advice about gear. I plan on playing D/P, with the lines Deadly Arts, Shadow Arts and Trickery
Thing is with the recent changes and since trait lines don’t give stats anymore I’m a bit lost. Isn’t Full Zerker to squishy? Should I get some Cavalier and Valkyrie? Or even Celestial?

Before, with stats on the traits I think it was much easier, having a bit of a strugle now. Any ideas?

I can confirm this
Basicly we are a all in Class with GS now

Rednik.3809:

NikeEU.7690:

Please tell me more about the meta I apparently don’t know anything about.

Apparently, its seems like you don’t. And no, your guild tag doesn’t makes you look competent.

So one of the main Warriors of one of the main PvE Guilds responsable for the PvE Metas doesn’t know anything about the metas

GENIOUS!!!

JustTrogdor.7892:

No, the core game is included free for new customers/accounts. Existing players only get the expansion.

There are plenty of discussions on this in the HoT forum if you wish to read more about it.

This is so stupid
I feel like all the time and money I already spent on the game is worthless because I will have to pay the same as a new player that doesn’t even have the game. 2 years of my life well spent

Thanks for the feedback so far
I was thinking of maybe changing my class

Before I left Idk why I pretty much cleaned the account only leaving one character, my Warrior. My Warrior has everything, set for PvE and WvW, PvP is still enjoyable, but my favourite spec is still GS/LBow

I was thinking of making a new Ele, I have one already, it was my first 80 and it’s asura, but I was thinking of making an human instead. At the end I think it’s my favourite race still, and it is the one that looks better in most armor choices :/

Hey guys
So I left the game a while ago, for a couple of months. Now I’m thinking of coming back but I’m with a quite difficult dilema.

Is this game still worth a shot?

I’m asking this because, while I think is one of the best MMORPG’s out there for now, I feel a bit bored while playing it nowadays. I don’t like WvW too much beside roaming, but as a solo player, roaming is kinda of a pain. PvE is enjoyable but only the dgns. I ate the Silverwastes, is just a zerg fest where with my computer I don’t even understand what is going on. I’m left with PvP wich is what I enjoy the most but even that can be frustating a lot of times.

What have you guys done before after coming back to keep the game interesting for you?

Nothing. Haven’t had any time to play recently, don’t play the game for like 3 weeks and now I don’t have any mod to play it again. Logged in today, did 2 games and decided to waste all my materials to buy the Shadow Greatsword skin

I want to do a reset on my PC and after that I doubt that I will install the game again. If I buy HoT is purely for the new PvP mode and story

Cygnus.6903:

Well, I guess it boils down to how important added speed will be.

Anyway, I am looking forward to it. Regular PvP is incredibly boring to me.

Agreed. The mode is a bit late but might be just in time to make GW2 PvP go to some sort of next level if it gets sucessful and it’s done well. IMO a mode like this at launch and PvP would be much different, and Conquest could be introduced now has a new mode

Subutex.2416:

Then go scepter for max range ^^

But that only hits 1 target! I WANT MAXIMUM LOOT

Dire in PvP .. because Coni Necros and Engis aren’t strong enough with Rabid and Carrion we need to give them the cheese Dire stat too

No -.-, WvW Roaming has enough cancer there let’s not spread it to PvP

So I did this topic in the Warrior forum: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/warrior/Stronghold-builds/first#post4861100

With this I can say I’m more excited to get Stronghold than ever before. I might see builds that I enjoy finally have a place in PvP, such has GS Warrior, because the game mode will not be around holding a point. Warriors might become free of the LBow to be viable, Turret Engis will most likely not have a place, such has other cheese builds in conquest

But this also made me think of a thing we don’t have right now. A quick Swap build system. Why this worries me a bit? Well Stronghold map will be in the same map rotation as Conquest maps, like Courtyard is. Thing is the modes are really different and Conquest builds will not do as good as Stronghold builds in which game mode, that is easy to conclude. This is one of the reasons so many ppl hate Courtyard. I’m with a Conquest build and get in a Team Deathmatch game, and only have around 1 min to swap builds. Most of the times and depending on the class this is not enough time so why even bother swaping. this makes the game mode not enjoyable, at all. I hate Courtyard and until I have a fast way to swap my build to play optimal there I will hate it.

ANet will a system like this be implemented? Don’t make us start hating on Stronghold or Conquest because we are speced for one thing and get another -.-

Cygnus.6903:

mPascoal.4258:

I can see GS/Hammer get more popular than Sword/GS. You will move faster for sure but the CC Hammer provides gives more to the table than the mobility Sword gives

It brings more to the table in teamfights, the question is if that will be the focus. Sword gets you incredible speed, and you can combine it with Warhorn for vigor, permaswiftness, weakness application and a blast finisher for teamfights. This game mode will be like a GW2 MOBA, so a character that can push and still be there in time for the teamfight might be essential.

All speculation, but it seems GS will definitely have a place in Stronghold.

Sure you will get in team fight faster but what you will do then? GS/Hammer has been meta for Roaming either solo and small group because it help in team fights with damage and CC. GS/Sword will only help with GS damage and some boons. Sure Vigor is good and a blast finisher too, bu Hammer has blast finisher too with CC. If you want to help more with GS/Sword you will need to go Warhorn and have to go with condi removal, which will make you lose damage. Flurry is hard to land and 100b has never been the primal source of damage on GS in PvP. GS damage come from all other utility because 100b requires setup, and even then Hammer does that better than GS

Anyway we will also get specializations and a F2 skill so it is harder to speculate which spec will be better but IMO it will still be GS/Hammer and I am just happy to see GS and damage Warrior might became a thing in Stronghold. That and seeing some cheese builds like Turret Engi going away there. Basicly builds that suck in Conquest might become good in Stronghold and builds that are really good in Conquests might suck really hard in Stronghold.

Anet better get a system so we can swap builds fast since maps will be all the in same vote page or this will suck as much as Courtyard :/ having all maps with different play modes all together in the same vote page might destoy some games if ppl don’t have enough time to swap builds …

Subutex.2416:

mPascoal.4258:

Hey, if I’m going to be in a braindead zerg to farm the Silverwastes, at least let me do it optimal way!

Silverwastes event monsters don’t loot anything, so you are better off with a DPS build helping out imo.

But but …. that isn’t what braindead means. I will have to dodge and block some attacks, let that for the other 50+ players around me please, let me spam 111111 all I want and step aside, my loot is waiting for me

Cygnus.6903:

For sure Stronghold will open up new builds. Sword/GS builds will probably be one of the first that gets popular. You can quickly down other roamers with Sword burst+HB, aid in downing NPC’s with GS damage and move around the map at an almost uncontested speed (only thieves are faster). So yeah, a warrior roaming spec will probably be viable in that game mode.

I can see GS/Hammer get more popular than Sword/GS. You will move faster for sure but the CC Hammer provides gives more to the table than the mobility Sword gives

Hey guys
I have been thinking to myself recently, while I enjoy the Warrior more than my Guardian nowadays in PvP, in both Shoutbow an GS (ROM Celestial version) I miss the capability of the damage Warrior. In the current state Warrior to be viable has to use LBow in PvP because of conquest. With the introduction of Stonghold we will not need LBow as much IMO. We don’t have points to hold. While Bow is great for CI procs you don’t see Warriors using LBow in WvW roaming to much, and condis are way worse there. Meta for roaming there is GS/Hammer and GS/AzeShield, and we all know those are great combos that work well.

With this new PvP mode, do you think we will be able to use new builds that don’t require Bow so much? Will we be able to see the damage Warrior we all love so much again? Will I finally be able to play my GS Warrior and be viable?

What do you guys think? With this new PvP mode that looks a bit more like a MOBA will we get away from our LBows or will we be stuck with them forever in PvP?

Hey, if I’m going to be in a braindead zerg to farm the Silverwastes, at least let me do it optimal way!

Random Weird Guy.3528:

DaShi.1368:

Yeah, I’d take a warrior over either of those.

So then, how do you explain the last two EU monthly finals being won by a non-warrior team against a team with a warrior?

Yet, the team with the Warrior and the Guardian just won WTS
How do you explain that?

I feel the OP pain
I loved Medi, I still like it but in the current meta the somehow chance we have to be good, is going has Tage is, Medi Hammer, which I don’t like because I don’t like Hammer, and even then your spec has to be a bit specific because it will not work with all IMO.

Thief/Mesmer/Ranger do a better job than Medi, I have more fun with Shoutbow and can be more affective. With the new Cele GS build ROM and Tarcis intruduced I can even win to Medi Guards and do better than with my Guard, thing that was not possible before. I’ll drop Guardian most likely, I just don’t know to who because other classes feel kinda meh

I really don’t know anymore I might leave the game til expansion comes …

I have been using this build in sPvP, there one of the main sources of damage isn’t GS so much is more Bow with the condi pressure it gives, isn’t much, but that combined with the might stacking and the damage from GS adds a lot, but in GS I usually use Rush, Whirlwind and AS to do the big hits. 100b already hits for low damage on Zerker compared to other zerkers and requires setup that isn’t even worth to use as Celestial, and with the crit chance being that high Earth is not that bad of an option.

You could also go Battle and Strength on GS t quickly might stack, then go Bow with Leaching and Doom there

One think i know for sure that I tried, GS/Bow Zerker in WvW doesn’t really work vs GS/Hammer or GS/Axe, as Celestial might be better

And 0/4/6/0/4 is better because unless you have permanent bleed, which you might not have DotE will do more damage, specially vs Elementalist and some Zerg spec you might face

Will have anymore videos of these build in action? Have you tried it in Zergs too?

No …………………….

No there is no such thing. Unless you don’t mind being unoptiomal, because if so you can run anything you want

I want to try this build but boy this sure is a big investment. And when i don’t have neither the time and the money to invest in it I might never try it
YET I disagre with Rune choise. Travaler bring almost nothing to the Warrior. You are running celestial with Forceful Greatsword, you should be using might stacking has main source to improve damage. Hoelbrak brings so much more to this build (because you will gain both Power and Condition) that hurts seeing Travaler has choice because you don’t like to run slow on Bow. LOL Warriors Sprints covers that so well has you will never chase someone on a kitten bow but yes on your GS. You have GS mobility and Bulls Rush, chasing and catching ppl should never, but never be a problem on these build.

I would run these: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQJARTjMdUGaZHWhwJagkgC9onBlwxA4AUWFlOA-TVSFABEcBAA4IA0nSwJV/pKlfD8AAwTXACHCAW2fIAACwNvZ28mBczduzje0jWGAmFA-w

And I would might switch Strength Sigil for Battle, but for that I would need testing because the Crit chance is not that bad and Strength coupled with Forceful Greatsword might actually be pretty good

Reikou.7068:

If you want to be able to 1vX people, get good at the game. No build on any class will allow you to win 1vX based on the merits of the build alone. And if you are good enough, any build will be able to 1vX opponents assuming enough of a skill gap between opponents.

For “viable builds” just check metabattle.

Unless you play full Dire condi cheese builds. Necro, Engi, Elementalist, P/D Thief, Warrior. I’m pretty sure any of these classes with that build can 1vX pretty easy. (Warrior would be better with Rabid, Condi Warrior wins a lot from applying condis on Crit)

D/P can for sure roam and win 1 v 1, you just need to get better at it. I’m also going back to roaming after a really long time without doing it and from the recent testing I’ve done the x/6/6/x/x are generally the best for that in WvW. You just need to be really good at the class or you will be stuck with 6 into Shadow Arts, to begin I think it’s the best. Once you get better you can leave Shadow Arts but you need to get really good at blinding key skills from condi users or you will get destroyed by those

I’m thinking of getting back to WvW but my server (Gandara) mostly plays with blobs or some organized guild running. I was all weekend in WvW and didn’t saw much roamers from my and other servers.

I have a week computer, blobs aren’t for me, I can’t see anything and can’t enjoy the fight. That why I tend to focus on roaming. I was in Underworld and I enjoyed the roaming there, but came to Gandara because of my guild and the constant blobs just made my left WvW.

From what I’ve seen here WSR and Vabbi look like really good options for what I’m looking for. WSR looks like it has more organized zergs If I ever want to play with that but Vabbi seems to have stronger guilds for small group roaming.

I’ve a build on my Guardian for Roaming and Zerging and a build on my Thief for Roaming or backline killing on enemy zergs.

From these 2 I want to focus on just one, when I have that decision made I’m pretty sure I will want to change servers.

Well after some testing I discovered some things
2/6/0/0/6 lacks survivability
2/0/6/0/6 lacks the burst I’m used to but gain in utility, but then again, if I’m alone romaing I don’t need that utility that much

So I decided to go 0/6/6/2/0. I didn’t want it that much but after going back to WvW I see that I can’t just use the same things I used in sPvP, are entirely different styles of PvP with different needs in terms of build. And since I’m not that used to Thief yet again this is a good start. I’m going with this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQNAoaVl0Mp0pdPxyJ8PNxOBtdAq9A4+EXoEdtDA-TFCFABWq+DAPAgrUCikyPBODA1s/QG6bW4QAQKABGDA-w

The build is nice because I can go between 0/6/6/2/0 for solo play and 2/0/6/0/6 for team play with losing much. Some damage and HP but for HP I have the stacks, and the damage loss might not be that significant since that spec will only be used for small group play

No feedback? I guess I have to try it myself then :/

5 in Radiance to use Scepter and GS is kinda … no
So between the 2 the second is better? Hum I thought with all the condi roaming usually has the first would be better. Tried it tonight but didn’t get much action so can’t tell if it is good ot not

Hey guys
I want to get back to roaming, either with my Medi Guard or with my Thief. But I want to update my builds
Now I build 2 medi builds, one using 2/1/6/1/4 and another using 2/5/6/1/0 (because Vigor is to good to not have) and I want your opinion on both.

2/1/6/1/4: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVAQNArdRlsApaodDxcI8DVR8QlZK+i2UVAgz1/QQkDA-TlCEwA23fgwTAYrSQDHCAmK9kqMotmgO6JAciAcp+TAAEgwm3MACBobBA-w

2/5/6/1/0: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVAQNAsdRlsApaodDxcI8DRR8gY7nWVFAnr/FMHA-TlCEwA23fgwTAYrSQDHCAmK9kqMotmgO6JAciAcp+TAAEgwm3MASBYxCA-w

Now I had some doubts about the food. I choosed Toughness food because I’m not sure what the sweet spot of armor for Medi Guard Roaming is so I wanted to get has close to 2700 has I could. Now if 2600 is enough I can drop the food and go with damage one like Bowl of Asparagus and Sage Salad which is what I use on my Thief and since when dueling I’m not static it could work.

Thoughts?

Hey guys
So I want to get back into roaming, either with my D/P Thief or my Medi Guard, so I’m updating my builds.
So I want to update my Thief build. I’m used to play the classic 2/6/0/0/6 in sPvP, is that transferable to roaming? If so I’m thinking of running this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQNAoaVlsMp0pdPxyJ8PNBNBt9wbQE8OMfpMaFAA-TVCFABWq+DAnAgrUCikSMBeCAOp8om9HyQfwCHCASBIwYA-w

I also made this one, it runs 0/6/2/0/6 instead of 2/6/0/0/6 to have some condi removal:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQNAoaVlsMp0pdPxyJ8PNhOBt9tDQB4KFeXlpkFA-TVCFABWq+DAnAgrUCikSPBeCAOpMom9HyQfwCHCASBIwYA-w

If not, I heard that 2/0/6/0/6 is what is really optimal for roaming in Thief. I looked at MetaBattle and I refuse to run 0/6/6/2/0. Steal traited is really strong in my opinion to lose, beside I already think 2/0/6/0/6 is kitteneese for Direct damage with Thief.
Do you have any suggestions to go with 2/0/6/0/6? My doubt is in the armor pieces, should I go Valkyrie or Cavalier? I have the Defensive Guard stacks, what do you guys think is enough HP for the Thief when roaming?

IMO from what I’ve seen in the blog post, Revenant will be a pain to balance in PvP. I just hope they don’t come out OP. And I can see the Celestial Amule already be able to work with the class very well …

I don’t know wich the focus of balancing will be after the new class and new mode is released, but I fear for unstable days. Oh and don’t think balance patches with a new mode and class will work every 6 months because they will not. Better start working on faster balance patchs i you don’t want to broke PvP more than it is (I think it is more balanced than ever before, I fear this balance will go away)

At these point, asking these kinda things with these Warrior comunity looks like asking “Should I unistall the game or not?”

Thing is playing Zerker Warrior is kinda meh with GS, Thief, Power Necro, Mesmers and even a Medi Guardian have bigger burst hability because with Zerker you are too dependent on 100b and Whirlwind. With the Celestial and might stacking, which is the core for most meta builds, you will have nice direct damage and condi too. The ROM version gives more direct and condi damage than Shoutbow, but have less sustain because you don’t have the heals and so much condi clear. Most sources of damage are the same.

Intelligence Sigil on both this GS/Bow and Shoutbow are there mostly for a 100% Arcing Arrow proc since if you time them well it will hit for lot of damage.

Believe me, I had much more sucess in duels and games while testing this build than when I played GS/Bow Zerker. Has anyone else tried it?

Hey guys, sorry the long post, but I think it’s worth the debate.
So yesterday I watched ROM Stream on Twitch and he played a different build that I wasn’t expecting him to play. GS/Bow. The build he has in the description is this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQJARTjMdUFahHmhwJaAmgCZnPBHjgAQdV85LBA-TpBHwAAuAAGeAACOEABOCAl2fAZZAA

Seeing him having sucess and being myself a GS Warrior lover I had to try it myself
After some tries I decided to focus on a variant of the build just has effective IMO.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQJARTjMd0FaVImhwJaAmgCbnPBHjgAQ7T85A-TpBHwAAuAAGeAACOEABOCAl2fAZZAA

Now according to him in the stream the build has some variants. Sigils on GS can be others, is up to personal taste. Other variant of traits to his build according to his channel description is 2/0/6/0/6 instead of the 0/4/4/0/6 he used. The build has bigger might stacking capability than Shoutbow, at least you get 25 might stacks faster because of Forceful Greatsword.

Now I have also seen Tarcis Twitch channel and one of the new builds that he claim in his channel description to be his creation (Idk if it is or not) and that will be meta is this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQJARTjMd0FaVIeeQKagfgC7t3C2CA1pRu39A-TpBFwAMOCAIuAAWLDUb/hFHCAAPAAA

Now is also asked in the stream and he said the 2/0/6/0/6 can also be used. Is up to personal preference. Now what I don’t fully understand is the usage of Pack Runes with a Soldier amulet. The Crit chance will stay low, Fury can be archived with GS burst skill easily and 1 random stack of might and swiftness when hit is not going to make a huge difference IMO, since you already have Warriors Sprint and the might stacking capability of this build isn’t that great.This I haven’t tested yet because between ROM and Tarcis word on how effective a Warrior build is I will believe ROM first, nothing agaisn’t Tarcis, is just that I follow ROM for more time and he is more active in top tier teams since he was part of TCG and now the winning of the qualifiers in EU, oRNG.

What I want to know is what you guys think? I know Shoutbow is strong and will stay that way in the current meta, but could this be an option in the current meta for Warriors? Kinda tired of seeing every single Warrior with Shoutbow and small percentage still using Hambow.

Thoughts? Advices to improve the builds?

So I started this topic to know how good is the Engi in PvE and I end up with a debate of who has biggest DPS, Ranger or Warrior …. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Sins.4782:

Engineer ranks 3rd in DPS when played correctly. It’s kind of like a jack of all trades, and can take the place of a thief with ease most of the time, because you can cover stealth, and projectile absorption to an extent. You also bring good condition removal and heal to keep up scholar’s bonus on your party, the highest vulnerability stacking over time in the game to increase party dps, plenty of blinds, CC for repositioning and defiance burning, decent might stacking, and chill and up to perma immobilize, which can be incredibly useful for some bosses (tar, mossman, archdiviner, etc).

What you don’t bring are aegis/protection to stop bosses from killing your teammates, teleports or portals for fancy skips, area swiftness (though you can if you make a centaur rune set, kind of a pain if you ask me though), area fury, on-demand stability (toss elixir b sucks), or easy damage. Make no mistake, engi damage is top tier, but you have to work for it. Our rotations are more complicated than any other profession.

Meta build can be found here.

Okay s Engi is good in PvE.
Rotations is kinda of what I fear the most, from the classes I’ve played to this the difference is huge. Both Guardian and Thief rotations are easy, but Engineer seems to be a pain to learn :/

Also one question kinda of not related at all. What race would you recomend? I’m thinking of either Asura or Sylvari

Hey guys
I know the Engineer is one of the top classes in PvP if not the top one. I am tired of my Guardian, and I’m getting also tired of my Thief so I’m looking for options of new main character, a character that I can get evolve with again (not in the same way because I already know the game I play since launch), I want it to be special has my Guardian and Thief were. I think the new changes to the yearly lvls also might help but if I get bored of it I allways have kitten ton of tomes so lvling will not be a problem.

In order to a character become my main I have to enjoy it in all areas of the game, these is in WvW, PvP and PvE. WvW and PvP are pretty much covered has I know the class is viable there but how about PvE?

What is the meta build for Engineer in PvE? How good is your DPS? And how much of utility do you bring to a PvE party compared to the 2 I’ve most played (Guardian and Thief)?

Thanks

Kraljevo.2801:

Nice video

I agree, lots of crybabies in the warrior forum lately.

In PVE the warrior is still very useful with its banners, not top dps, but still decent.
In WvW it’s the 2nd most important profession for zerging, a melee train cannot work without worker and destroyer warriors. For roaming you can use at least 4 different viable builds.
It still has a place in PvP as well with shoutbow and the meta will change anyway once we get stronghold.

PvP Shoutbow is meta but Hambow is still strong, not as used but strong.
Nice video

Hey guys
So I want to improve my PvP with Thief as much as possible. I thought of joining a PvP guild but the hardcore ones usually have requirement that I don’t fullfil with the class yet and the more passive guilds are not that good IMO to get decent players. If anyone can join it’s pretty much like asking around on map chat -.-
Beside this I also have a weird schedule atm

So I thought of streamers/Youtuber. What are in your opinion the top streamers/Youtubers that play Thief in sPvP? I also prefer D/P so if they played that would help even more