Guild Wars 2

Cynz.9437:

nomnomnom missmtaching ftw
i luv mah teef

WOW that second image .. WOW :O
Really cool dude, amaizing

Shieldbash.5304:

mPascoal.4258:

Marthkus.4615:

As far as I can tell the class only has problems on the forums, and not even on all of the forums. Just this one, where a few posters actively QQ on every thread.

In game and according to all the real people I talk with, Warriors are great.

^This
Still wanted in all pugs groups for Dgn’s, still wanted in organized groups for Dgn’s
Has been part of the meta in PvP for a long time, with either Hambow, Axebow before adrenaline changes and nowadays with Shoutbow (Hambow still pretty good, it plays a different role than Shoutbow, role that Shoutbow with the meta on other classes plays better).
And in WvW is also great. One of the best at roaming and one of the most wanted for Zerging too.

IMO Warrior has been great, the balance patches hit it with a couple of nerfs but nothing the class didn’t deserve (most of them, I still didn’t get the GS nerf but ..) and it can be fun to play. I’m getting bored of my Guardian and Warrior is one of the biggest contestants to go as my main

Still wanted for buffs!

Thats like bringing your wife camping then telling her not to hang with you just stand over their and do dishes! Not fun!

Well you are quite the visionare, since I don’t remember mentioning any buffs o.O?
Purple Miku complains, most people here complain, that doesn’t change the class and isn’t going to change it any time soon.

Warrior is still part of all the metas so Idk why Warrior isn’t considered a good class by you guys. i’ve mained Guardian for most of my time and look at them .. I’m not even part of the PvP meta, and at this point only outshine others in WvW and thats because of staff, which I don’t even like -.-

Topic: Is the Warrior good? Yes it is. Is Warrior a God? Well it was not anymore and thank god it isn’t.
This is the problem with the Warrior foruns. Ppl got used to play the God class, they nerfed it so it wasn’t a god anymore they complain, even if the class stayed in a good spot which is where Warriors are not. And believe they are, as I said I mained Guardian, the class that is in a good spot for over a year almost 2 now and I think Warrior is in better position

Marthkus.4615:

As far as I can tell the class only has problems on the forums, and not even on all of the forums. Just this one, where a few posters actively QQ on every thread.

In game and according to all the real people I talk with, Warriors are great.

^This
Still wanted in all pugs groups for Dgn’s, still wanted in organized groups for Dgn’s
Has been part of the meta in PvP for a long time, with either Hambow, Axebow before adrenaline changes and nowadays with Shoutbow (Hambow still pretty good, it plays a different role than Shoutbow, role that Shoutbow with the meta on other classes plays better).
And in WvW is also great. One of the best at roaming and one of the most wanted for Zerging too.

IMO Warrior has been great, the balance patches hit it with a couple of nerfs but nothing the class didn’t deserve (most of them, I still didn’t get the GS nerf but ..) and it can be fun to play. I’m getting bored of my Guardian and Warrior is one of the biggest contestants to go as my main

Drennon.7190:

A little about me. I play Thief and Guardian. I would like to choose one as my main, but I can never decide which one I like more.

Any way, when I play Guardian, it’s pretty constant. Going into matches, I can typically guess how well I will perform based on the enemies comp and based on which players I see on the other team.

Thief however, is the exact opposite for me. Some days on thief, I feel super confident and I play awesome. I’m getting decaps, I’m causing the +1 on figts, I’m dropping squishies, etc. People PM me and thank me for a job well done. Then there are certain days where I feel like I can’t do anything. I try to get a decap and a cele engi shows up and wrecks me, I try to +1 fights and I get blown up before I even realize I was being focused. I try to shadowstep out of danger and I accidentally try to step somewhere that I cannot access. Map chat rage starts and I can pretty much guarantee that I’m not going to play well for the rest of the day.

I was just wondering if this is a common situation for thief players and I was wondering what steps they take to combat this.

I feel your pain
Character wise, my Thief is my favourite character of all 7 I have. I’ve made the perfect choices with it. I loved the story I built around it, I love to roam with it (reason I did it in the first place but nowadays I play a lot more PvP than roaming), I have all SAB done on him, 100% map done and all story dgns done, like these small things that you pretty much only have on your main … Then comes my Guardian too, and nowadays my Warrior. I just can’t decide my main. When I try to do it via PvP Idk why, Thief is almost out of option. I have the title but most games go bad with it. I get bad teams and do bad plays because I pretty much can’t know where I am needed because of bad team plays. I’m not skilled enough to engage on most 1 v 1 so I try to avoid those too and after 2 or 3 games like these I just give up, and it makes me really sad because I love the play style and I love my Thief, but I also love PvP and want to do great in there but I just can’t with Thief

SobeSoul.6910:

Try everything and find what you like.

Honestly, learning one of the hardest classes first would probably be better for you. It’s easier to work backwards, like going from Ele to Ranger then it is going from Ranger to Ele. However, if you don’t even like playing the class in the first place then who cares?

Warrior is easier than Guardian. I have substantial hours on those classes. Guardians have to use their skills intelligently as do Warriors, but Warriors are less prone to die instantly in smaller fights for botching a skill.

This is true
Beside Warrior has been allways on meta for a longtime (Hambow before and now Shoutbow) with effective and not hard to learn builds. Guardian meta was Bunker and even that is not optimal anymore. There are teams picking Guardian for damage and most Guardians you will get are damage dealers (Meditation Guardians) with some support.
Classes that dominate the current meta? Cele D/D Ele and Cele Engi. Then you have Shoutbow. Now to be good in PvP you don’t need to play these if you don’t enjoy them but these are the must have for most teams has it is nowadays and more top ier teams will have 1 ele and 1 engi, the warrior is more optional but also really wanted.

Myxam.2790:

Calves… those are the muscles on the back of your shin…

English isn’t my main language so I didn’t know what it meant, and I only trust Google Translate sometimes, only use it most of the times to know corrections of words I’m not sure how to write

Sorry off topic

Crash.5362:

In my Opinion, Asuras playing as bulky melee classes like Guardian and Warrior look very weird… Its just odd to see that tiny little guy tanking and fighting enormous beasts.

Asuras can be Warriors simply because Anet didnt want to restrain the class possibilities to the races. (Like WOW did, though they’re pretty much stopped doing that)

But Asura warriors just arent meant to be as fitting both because the animations look a little odd thanks to how tiny they are, but also because lore-wise Asuras arent supposed to be warriors, but rather inventors, scientists and mages.

Anyway. my Warrior is a Charr, and I’m happy with the animations, Sorry to hear if you didnt like them on Asura…
If it bothers you so much, though, you can always change race, unless you really want to be an Asura for some reason

I agree with this but as a magic user race you could say they could at least be Guardians, since Guardian use magic you could say Asura would be more than able to come with spells to improve strength and toughness has come with magic “gadgets” to overcome their disavantages. This clearly isn’t shown but lore wise could be an answer to why Asura Warriors (with the “gadgets”) and Guardian can work.

And lore wise you have Warrior Asuras, one of the commanders of the Vigil is a female Asura, their superior intelligence could be used to come up with superior strategies and with that superior intelligence you could also say they would be the very first among all races to master martial arts.

Idk I like the Asura and I’ve been sad about not having my main has one (Guardian) for a long time :/ but this is just to say that I agree that they look like Inventors and magic casters but has a race they could work still has the other classes

Idk what Calves is but from someone who has a Sylvari Guardian I can tell you if the choice comes to looks stay with Human. Arah armor for example in the pants, the cap is bugged on the Sylvari and it doesn’t stay straigth and has a fold behing the right leg, fold that also follows the leg has you move. This is just an example of bugged heavy armor on the Sylvari but I’ve noticed more. Idk if it just mine our not. So has far has looks the best armor I’ve fond so far is T3 Cultural or if you do a mix, but personally I don’t like mixes.

Human look better and have the most options of looking good armor

I think this is fine.
Also, kinda angaist ANet policy but why not restrict Ranked games? Like people can’t do Ranked until they get to either Rank 20 or 30. At these ranks players are getting more into PvP, they know the basics pretty much well if they are not stupid an this would maybe promote a better experience in Ranked. I’m getting tired of getting people that think that are top tier and push far mindlessly. Like more than 60% of PvP player base doesn’t even check map when PvPing and this is a basic thing to do.

Idk just a sugestion maybe a bit off topic but in order to get better Ranked and having this type of Q taken more serious you need to have there a playerbase that take the PvP more serious. A bit like you can’t do rankeds in LoL until you are maxed lvl, because at max lvl ppl are going to take the game serious if they aren’t trolls, but about those we can’t do much

Hey guys
Other day I played one of the most hated spec of the game in PvP, Zerker Ranger, yet I had a blast, it was a lot of fun and if you know how to positions on team fights you can turn tides even when outnumbered. It was amaizing

This made me think about doing a Ranger for more serious play. My Ranger till now was just for storage but if I get to use it for more serious play I will want to use it in both PvP and PvE, so I have a couple of questions about the class.

1st is kinda silly but is it fun to roam the world around look for Pokemons to catch?
Now a bit more serious I know meta in PvE is LBow/SwAxe, but is it fine to use GS? How behing is the GS compared to SwAxe?
In PvP I had a blast with Zerker, yet the most deadly and hard to kill Rangers I encounter run condi. I never played much with condis, is it fun or boring compared to burst damage? Also how hard is it to learn/master condi Ranger compared to Zerker? (I had a blast with Zerker but lets face it, if someone like me that never played much Ranger can get so much sucess with the spec so fast isn’t the spec a bit braindead? This sound weird to say but I got a bit that feeling after some games, still fun and I enjoy it)

Also how hard is to learn the main mechanic of the Ranger, Pets? With the Zerker spec I kinda forgot them and Idk if that is realy that good for the class …

Can you help with your feedback guys?

If you are looking for PvE content with Warrior you will be almost a god there, it was more before but Warriors will always be wanted because of the offencive support it can bring. The DPS is kinda of in the midle of all classes so ppl will also not borther having more than one in pug groups. DPS wise I think Engi can have more not sure, but in support which is where I belive most PvE metas are around with the DPS in the mix too (for example the Guardian meta most used is not the top DPS but its the one with the best DPS and the best support) Engi will lose I think. Again I’m not familiar with Engi and most I enconter in PvE don’t run metas because ppl tht don’t look it up don’t even care.

In PvP if you learn the rotation and dominate them you will pretty much be able to carry a lot of the PvP games you get into. Engi dominate the PvP atm, Engi and Ele are both the dominaters of PvP right now but Engi does it better, much better IMO. Cele, condi or even Turret cancer, any of those will excell in PvP if played right. A good Engi is basicly a pain in a match, gets you really frustated.

Warrior in PvP is fine. It was much better before the Adrenaline changes but now I think it balanced. Shoutbow now dominates the class and most ppl run with that but I all encounter a lot of Hambow still. Beside this 2 you still have more options, Condi is all really good too but there are classes like Engi for example that do this role better. It takes less time to dominate the Warrior class in PvP IMO as of the 3 titles I have (Warrior, Guardian and Thief) this was the one that took less time and effort. There are also other great builds beside those too like GS if played well, Bunker (the sustain of the Cleric banner bunker Warrior is much higher than the Guardian for example but the condi clear is less and party support is almost none) or even the Axe/SwBow.

In terms of race and look, I love the Asura as a race, it’s not my main and I regret it a lot, my Warrior is a Human and Armors on Human look just great, almost anything Heavy Armor look good depending of taste on Warrior. I use T3 Cultural and so far it’s my favourite cultural armor from all. Because It was already 80 I didn’t reroll Asura Warrior but I kinda want too still, the animations look funny, Asura personal story is still one of the best IMO (I already did all the options more than once so you can see I had a lot of experiments in term of characters and most were Asura, yet none of the ones I really sticked is Asura ). Personal opinion I like the Asura and would stay with it for the Engi. Charr for Warrior IMO only gets the T3 Cultural has a really cool armor so I don’t like the charr much, and most GS look weird on their backs, this goes for rifles too so don’t think of making Charr Engi. My Engi that I rarely use in PvP is Charr and I regret it.

It’s about you, I think we can’t help you much with your choices beside giving our feedback with such classes/race so that is what I did. If at the end it comes to a matter of looks the best race will be Human off all. It’s the easiest to get good looks and also the one with more options IMO.

Hope it helped a bit

Cynz.9437:

there is way to get into base w/o breaking gates, just need leap skills

Well there shouldn’t be one.
And guys I don’t think he spawed in our base, because he once left and came back in again so .. yeah
Anet fix this asap!!

Hey guys
So just am I writing this a Warrior gets inside my base right after getting close and procides to kill Lord without even braking the gate
If this is a bug fix this fast because without any warining how am I supposed to know if they are pushing lord or not?

Screenshot to confirm:

Hey guys
Even though I’m now against the new Shoutbow meta and I actually enjoy it, I also have been having a fair amont of sucess with GS/Bow Zerker build, even more now that Rush hits way more times.

But I have been thinking, is the Heal Signet really the right heal to go in damage builds that don’t go aroung might stacking and celestial? Because with Signet you can fully recover from when you are burst down, unless you use Endure Pain, which I actually do and that prevent damage from coming and you can actually get some regen off that, this is if you are not facing condi because then good luck with that.

For the 4/0/6/0/4 build, is there a more apropriate Heal skill in you opinion? This is kinda my opinion but truth is that I still have been doing fine with Heal signet since that’s what I’ve using

Wow
I have to say every single day I come to the Warrior foruns I get the felling that I must be the only guy enjoying it. I’m currently making everything to make my Warrior the main character I have. I have a blast in PvP and I don’t even play meta, I play GS/Bow

Warrior playerbase seems depressed without having any reason to do so

Saiyan.1704:

Gotcha the build is for WvW. Indeed it’s not in the Ranked PvP tab.

However, in Ranked PvP there are still condi engi, and several condi rangers builds listed as “Great”.
What’s funny is even Condi Warriors got into the “Good” builds when their condition application is 2x less than a guardians… but that could have been the popularity of the build itself; a lot of people voting for it at the time.

My point is, condi guard is most definitely more viable than a warrior’s condi spec. Condi guards can beat these “Great” specs but the build itself isn’t listed.

Warrior condi application is 2x less than a Guardians …. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Warriors have bleeds on AA, Torment on #4 of Sword, far better Torment than any Guardians get, they get burning, they even have a low CD elite to proc Krait runes, an elite that also helps because of 5 might stacks … They also have acess to criple and immo in the build.

Please get your info straigth before mentioning it …

I must be the only one enjoying Warrior more and more update after update. Now that Rush hit’s I’m having a blast on PvP with GS/Bow. I know it’s not the meta but its a lot better now than it was before

Ppl are still stuck with their condi/hybrid builds? Boy what the point really, this kinda builds is only good in 1vs1 really -.-

Hey guys
My PvE has been pretty much dungeons all the time. I think I’m more of a PvP guy now, but there some things I want to have and those require some farming (like a Legendary for example, I play this since launch, nevet got much interest on having one but I would like to have the archivement of having the supposed higher rank of weapons of the game). So the gear I have is for the meta 4/5/0/0/5 used in dungeons.

I’m here to ask if with this gear, I could go traditional AH on traits so i can gain some sustain and be fine in open world/silverwastes or if I should maintain the traits and go with some other gear. I also go with scepter over sword for most time in open world because of the safety it brings.

What would you recomend? Or there isn’t a “meta” for open world/silverwastes?

YuiRS.8129:

Didn’t they say there will be no new weapons? The thing Rytlock’s using in the trailer is just a staff.

I don’t think they said that …
Being Longbow, Shortbow or even a Crossbow, whatever, just give some range weapon for the Guardian that doesn’t suck. Scepter #1 and #3 will not hit if you are not like less than 600 of range from the target when both have max ranges of 1200 and 900 so it sucks

Make one of them being an Assassin and fix the D/D #3, so we can actually look like an Assassin with the set and play it -.-

Well Idk what to expect from the specializations for the Thief, the clas already play has I want with D/P so, anything that helps has lond has I can still play with that set I’ll be happy

Gautlets would be awesome weapon for the Warrior.

LET’S KILL THE DRAGON, WITH MY FISTS!!!

I can already see some Norn shouting these xD

I’ll like to get a specialization that focus on support, gives support defencive skills and acess to support weapons, like Warhorn and something new, maybe a Templar or Saint Idk.

And a specialization that increases our offencive habilities, I don’t like being stuck with Meditations, not they are not good because they are, but something to play with them and for kitten sake give me a Bow!! a Zealot or Paladin Idk

Just improve the class, don’t make it OP and make it better for support than those trash cele eles

Scoobaniec.9561:

Its will still remain crap due to immobile hb. I honestly dont understand why that skill is still here. I reject carrying utility/secondary set just to make one skill work while everyone else can stay mobile and if not, they at least getting a secondary effects like mes invul, guard missile deflection on sword 3 etc. That skill is not fun, nor makes any sense. Try to swing so fast with such big weapon..

But why i even bother to write it here, forum users are know for loving that skill yet when i ask anyone ingame – eveyone hate hb.

Well yeah, you have Rangers for example, Rapid Fire does similiar or even superior damage from 1500 range if traited and they don’t require setup skills to land their Rapid Fire -.-

Still, Tarcis already played more than once GS with 3 stances so no setup for HB, and if Rush gets fixed the need to land a full HB is less because you gained another damage skill, I think.
I will try it after patch anyway, and if I see that can work I will finally main Warrior, if not then I’ll just use it when I see necesity for my team with one of the metas and thats it

Hey guys
Do you guys think that with the GS changes and if Rush really gets fixed, a damage build using GS will become viable in sPvP? Viable to a lvl like Meditation Guardian for example? Because right now is kinda “meh”, and you need to be really good, like Tarcis lvl of good to viable using a GS on a Warrior in sPvP, and since I love the spec so much and the GS I loved the recent news about their changes, even if their are small the this ones.

If Rush really gets fixed we basicly gain another damage skill on the GS, think we didn’t have because Rush never lande. And the boost to Arcing Slice is also really nice, even thow it is a small one.

Cancer everywhere, thats what I’ve seen here in this topic :/
PvE is simple, the meta D/D S/P and SB is the best DPS and survivability shouldn’t be a problem with perma blind on mobs, I don’t have any problem and I rarely play Thief in PvE.

In sPvP you are kinda stuck with again .. meta but there is worst because beside those very few builds work and have to be very, VERY well played to work

In WvW, meh, you can go Cancer that uses condi damage in full dire, you can go suicidal in almost full zerker, both use almost the same traits (2/0/6/0/6 is the trait composition most common in both Zerkers and Condi users) main difference is that most Zerkers go with D/D, D/P, S/D and condi goes with only P/D, SB is mandatory in almost everything

http://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattle_Wiki
This websites contains almost every build you need to know, you can then try to creat one based of those, it’s an exelent source of info about builds

Buff Medi Guard so it can be meta in PvP. I think making MI a teleport should be enough for that, an actual teleport that doesn’t require a ally target to do so should be enough, a way for us to disengage if needed. I want the Guardian to be the support class it is (already meta) but to be also the “magic swordsman” it should be. An actual class with defensive and builds and a offencive one. I want to be able to choose if I want to go full support or full damage be at least viable on both. This is my dream for this class

ArrDee.2573:

http://www.twitch.tv/livskis/c/5837506

Wahoo! Bye frands!

4 close dude, THAT MLG TATICS RIGHT THERE didn’t you know it?
GO back PvE noob

I think it has been suggested before. i’m sure Kensuda suggested a Celestial Bunker with the Traditional Virtues build before the Celestial buff happened but it was already annunced.

So I’m here to make that suggestion today but with the Tradional AH:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVAQNApdWlsApWo97wVI8DRBDRkjNYnFOedxRAA-TZxHABCcIAq9EAoz+DA8EAKqMAA

Do you think it can work for Bunker? We don’t gain much compared with Cleric but I don’t think we will lose that much either, Idk because I don’t play bunker in a really long time.

Hey guys
I main Meditation Guardian in PvP. I also play other classes but the one I’ve play the msot is Guardian with this play style, I love it, i kinda like the “magical swordsman” style that I think this spec offers.

I mainly played with 2/1/6/1/4 (with Traveler runes) but sometimes for fun I throw on a Burst Medi Guard build that look like this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVAQNAsdRlsApaodDxcI8DRR8gY7nWVFAnr/FMHA-TZBFwACOEAy3fgwJAoaZAAPBAA

I prefer 2/5/6/1/0 because first I think Vigor really helps, and that allows for usage of GS, not that the 0/6/6/1/1 doesn’t but that one is prefered with Sce/T & S/F IMO. Also Travelers because I kinda get bother with the slow speed that the Medi Guard has without them.

My question is, with this meta, when do you think that it’s okay to bring this spec over 2/1/6/1/4?

ShakeyStorm.7180:

Rune of the Pack gives power, precision, might, fury,and swiftness. Pretty much an all around Rune set.

Berzerker armor and weapon set gives you decent damage.
Knight accessory set gives you decent survivability.

Build is 60503.

For PvE!? Terrible -.-’

I think this is a obvious troll post, there is no reason OP can be serious about Mesmer being OP. If the player plays good yeah they can be a pain in the kitten , but most times they get rekt

All you need to know is here

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Guardian_-_Meditation_DPS_Variant

+1
Really good feedback, the only thing that I don’t like is Skyhammer, Spirit Watch and Courtyard on the Unranked Arenas, but then again I kinda hate those maps
I still think Courtyard shouldn’t be in Conquest Q, it’s a map that promotes a different playstyle (kinda like GvG or WvW in really small scale) and so the classes need different builds, builds that sometimes 1:30 minutes aren’t enough to change :/

Thanks for all the suggestions
I don’t really feel a need to make my own builds, I just after playing and playing the classes and spec that I enjoy I can’t improve my Win/Lose ratio and some 1v1 I tend to strugle, specially with Thief and GS Warrior, with Meditation Guardian not so much. Funny enough I think the most row of wins and loses I got them with GS Warrior (Win a bunch in a row, lose a bunch in a row :/)

From all these 3 I know that the one I enjoy the most is GS Warrior, it’s the one that requires most skill because it can be countered so easy, but I lose the mobility and I lose the GS style off the Warrior, a bit more than with my Guardian :/

What could I really do with GS Warrior one of the most “useless” specs according to the comunity?

GS Warrior is never making it to meta at this pace. ANet nerfed GS for some reason when the weapon was never part of the meta in the first place … Meditation Guardian might become if the change MI to a teleport, but even then it might not …

Thief seems like the most reliable option right now, but sometimes I get tired of it out of nowhere, and in order to improve with the time I have I feel like I have to focus on one

Hey guys
This past days I’ve been wondering “If I want to improve in PvP, I should run metas”

So the question I have is: Am I doomed in PvP if I want to improve my rating and my skill?
This might seem odd but I ask this simple because all the playstyles I’ve enjoyed are away from the metas (except one) and can get easily countered which are Meditation Guardian (I feel like I played this one much better before than now, Idk I tend to screw up a bit with it), GS Warrior (If I really want to PvP with this one I’m allways prepered to either receive some hate, to suck really bad, or do really great because team work I guess) and D/P Thief (this one is in the meta but I play in EU and enconter a lot of Thief in matches and I also know more than 1 Thief is kinda bad)

So can anyone answer me this? Is there any hope for me? Should I just quit PvP and bond for the metas if I want to improve?

All I can see here is that Engi’s are OP, they won both games

ZeN.5407:

mPascoal.4258:

All round builds? With the easy change of traits nowadays you still want that? It hurts that much to carry and full armor on the inventory to go WvW whenever you want? I carry Zerker gear with Pack runes for roaming and Zerker with Strength for PvE but if I want I can still leave the Pack set at the bank and go roaming with a 0/4/6/0/4 instead of the 4/0/6/0/4 that I prefer.

This is plain out lazyness and you should get kicked from any dgn you guys join. Sorry but this is true. EVEN if you don’t want to carry both sets just use Zerker with Hoelbrak, sure is not the best for PvE compared to Strength or Scholar but it is still strong and the traits, boy not going even to mention, either in PvP Pve you don’t pay to retrait anymore, don’t be lazy to this lvl for god sake.

I really can’t believe the request I just readed LOL

I’m new gold is still an issue. You’re assuming I’m lazy but if you want to buy me another set of armor be my guess. I’m no hardcore gw2 players which makes gold a problem for me. Traits is easy never said it wasn’t. Mostly looking for armor runes and armors. Besides the other replies answered my question nicely with sufficient information but your opinion is accepted even though you’re just making assumptions.

In that case this is what you should do IMO
First focus on PvE for a while, Dgns are one of the bet sources of gold. Check this video, is from Nike. He is one of the Warrior in DnT one of the best PvE guilds.

In that video you have info of cheap runes that can do still somenice DPS compared to the meta ones, less obviously but still good.

After that focus as I said in PvE for a while, farm dgns, then when you have enough gold for either Hoelbrak or Strength buy the set and you are good to go. It’s personal preference. Personally I bought Strength because in WvW I use Pack Runes as the build I use doesn’t go into the precision tree but thats another topic.

All round builds? With the easy change of traits nowadays you still want that? It hurts that much to carry and full armor on the inventory to go WvW whenever you want? I carry Zerker gear with Pack runes for roaming and Zerker with Strength for PvE but if I want I can still leave the Pack set at the bank and go roaming with a 0/4/6/0/4 instead of the 4/0/6/0/4 that I prefer.

This is plain out lazyness and you should get kicked from any dgn you guys join. Sorry but this is true. EVEN if you don’t want to carry both sets just use Zerker with Hoelbrak, sure is not the best for PvE compared to Strength or Scholar but it is still strong and the traits, boy not going even to mention, either in PvP Pve you don’t pay to retrait anymore, don’t be lazy to this lvl for god sake.

I really can’t believe the request I just readed LOL

Argilla.8340:

Teutos.8620:

Very cheap troll attempt ,
I give you only a 1/10.

It’s not a troll, Ele fire elemental can deal 5k every 15secs or so, and the fire elemental is moveable aswell and on 60s cd

IT’S NOT? kitten …
Well that is plain out stupid and not true sicne the cd is 120 secs, and it will not deal 5k damage unless you go Glassy Ele wich, is not bad but once they catch you you are done

Now this have to be a troll

Gnat.9405:

condi guard obviously

LOL, nice troll, taking advantage of the hype

Nothing, we were never OP in any case and at this pace we will never be. Not that is bad but if improvements don’t come either for support or damage we will be even worse in the future

Mystogan.4157:

Okay well what would a roamer look lkke? I changed the heal and what weapon should i switch for gs?

Heal skill is allways Shelter for PvP in my opinion.
Now you can go Hammer/GS for roaming, there are ppl that do it.

Also your builds looks nice but I would switch some of your traits, like Healer’s Retribution for Blind Exposure in Radiance and Protective Reviver for Resolute Healer in group play or Writ of Exaltation for solo play.
Also, for group play I think the runes are fine but if you are going to solo roam with this Traveler Runes are a must have.

If you don’t want to go with GS at least go with Focus instead of Torch, Focus will bring much more for solo and group play than Torch. And take out Sigil of Force, Air/Fire will be a much better combo for the Zerker weapon that what you have there, that or Air/Blood

Not changing much, with what you have presented me, for small group play I think I would go with this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVAQJASRlsApbolDxaI8DNBARZVAgdOEe351hwIsBA-T1CEABEcEASU9ntUCykSMDeAASp8AhDBQbaCyZ/BAuAA8pDgUARMMC-w

I don’t know how to play this class. I either do really fine or I will do terrible. Usually when it’s the last I go on a hiatus of the class, but I still think this might be the class for me (Idk why I still main Guardian, lately I’ve been doing fine with Thief)

Saiyan.1704:

mPascoal.4258:

Why are ppl still trying to make Condi Guard a thing? Wanna play Condi? Go Engi, Necro, Ranger, whatever, all these are better than Guardian for condi play and any team, ANY team in their right mind will pick this to any Condi Guard out there. Condi Guard to have damage comparable to Zerk Medi will lose all team utility. Zerk Medi already has few, but will still have some because of the boon destribution and group condi clear. Condi Guard loses all that in orther to stay up with the damage of the standart Zerk Medi. Well then I will use the Burst Medi, and I want to see you do similiar damage after that ….

Zerk Medi isn’t already part of the meta, Condi Guard will never be there

The only thing you got right is the fact condi isn’t meta.
My 20606 build alone does exceptionally more aoe damage in zergs than meta zerks, with the exception of Absolute Resolution (how much team utility do zerk meds bring??)
Zerk meds do “very little” against a team with Two celes ele’s, a turret engi, thief and >insert sustain class here<.

You have nothing to justify your claims other than “Not meta, doesn’t work.”

ON ZERGS?
Wtf are you talking about? CONDI FOW WVW ZERGING!? LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL Best joke of 2014, and Condi Guard for zergs

Why are ppl still trying to make Condi Guard a thing? Wanna play Condi? Go Engi, Necro, Ranger, whatever, all these are better than Guardian for condi play and any team, ANY team in their right mind will pick this to any Condi Guard out there. Condi Guard to have damage comparable to Zerk Medi will lose all team utility. Zerk Medi already has few, but will still have some because of the boon destribution and group condi clear. Condi Guard loses all that in orther to stay up with the damage of the standart Zerk Medi. Well then I will use the Burst Medi, and I want to see you do similiar damage after that ….

Zerk Medi isn’t already part of the meta, Condi Guard will never be there

Spartacus.3192:

Nice. Ive been using a 0/1/6/6/1 GS/hammer build in WvW for a while now (i hardly do any arena PvP) . Its so much fun. And if you decide to join a group for some zerg action, just change to Altruistic Healing and Empowering might (still 0/1/6/6/1) and you will hardly ever die. Wearing Knights gear you get pretty high crit so you have awesome self sustain just from Empowering Might Crits. Hammer Mighty Blow and my Shouts give enough boons to support my team without having to resort to boring Staff/Hammer setup.

Sorry i know that was slightly off topic.

Still, for zerg action I would prefer a especific set up, which by this I mean, different Runes, Sigils and equipment. I roam with most zerker gear, Armor is not yet but I will trade it to that sooner or later and that is far from good for zerg play. Beside, Staff is the best zerg weapon Guardian has and one of the best for zerg play among all classes, I don’t see how you can complain about it

I have played this spec before you even put it here. Not to say that I’m the creator or anything because I know I am not and I did not share it at the time but ppl have also came to the same conclution of traits when playing GS/Hammer Guardian. The only difference is that at the time I stayed with Fury on meditation, but looking now to the condi clear capacity you lose, it might be better having Purity.

This is a very fun spec IMO, I had a blast when I tried it before, but losing the 3 blocks and a blind that also removes condis is a bit too much IMO to make the Hammer worth. It works for fun, but on serious lvl ScF/GS should still be superior to GS/Hammer.

But it could also come to personal preference. GS/Hammer will allways be a more selfish playstyle, you lose the hability to condi clear in a group and you will give less boons to ppl around you, BUT you will have more CC which also helps a lot in group fights like the videos shows in some moments, and the 20k HP also helps you survivability.

One question, being the symbol on Hammer so slow, so you will use it only a few times, what do you think of trying Resolute Healer instead of bigger symbols for the first honor trait? I know medi Guards aren’t supposed to ress but when its needed the bouble secures the ress almost every time, and it would be even more CC to have, and I mean, there are times that could be used in you advantage, but those are problably rare.

And I might try GS/Hammer again for fun

Dondarrion.2748:

^^ mPascoal; it has its uses in PvP and WvW.

RF at least mimics the skill icon; that guy’s face looks clenched in a contorted grin

I know it has, but in PvP I play Medi Guard and in WvW, the little I do, is roaming so Meditations again

Meh, I agree that the male animation is kinda bad, but I also don’t use the Staff enough to care about it