Guild Wars 2

What are you talking about…? Guardian is good in PvE

For those of you that use 1-5 as keybinds… How do you hit them??? With your middle finger?

What do you press to dodge, heal, etc.? Do you rely on a gaming mouse with 20 buttons or a regular Dell mouse?

Remove random team names & the inability to leave as soon as match ends… Please.

Lahmia.2193:

To be honest, I hope they rework or remove signets for all professions. Facets are what signets should have been but the lack of energy mechanics on other professions makes it hard to adapt them in the same way.

Facets with CDs would work… Our signets already have long CDs…

There should never have been a support elite spec. Everyone should be a unique form of DPS with the ability to sustain themselves…

Hi everyone. I’ve had requests to do a video with commentary, so here it is. I basically talk about how the patch affected Guardian, the build I use now, and my thoughts on how I think season 4 will be for Guardians. The majority of the video is clips of me playing using my build.

I ask that you leave a comment with feedback on what I did well and what I can improve on in the video’s comment section.

Click here to watch the video.
Gameplay starts at 11:20.

My YouTube Channel

Like I said before, you should really go to the subreddit BuildAPC and talk to them so you don’t screw up

Remove it please.

Why would Guardian get a nerf?

There’s nothing over the top about the profession. AN understands that Guardian has been in a poor state and they’re set on correcting that. These complaints will only go so far. For once I can say, “I’m not worried.”

Fighting a 2v1 to contest a point, so the other 4 people on my team can get points… only to see them all die 3v4

Another reason this game is great

Ryou.2398:

mrauls.6519:

Ryou.2398:

Ghotistyx.6942:

It doesn’t even have to be something like that. Rangers can have a longbow and 25% increased run speed. However, Rangers aren’t Guardians. Guardians are designed to be less mobile, but powerful team fighters. You’re defined just as much by what you do well as what you cannot do well.

Guardians are not designed to be less mobile in combat they have plenty of mobile options.

Yes they are designed to be less mobile… Devs have said it time and time again… Look at the pic in my signature.

Giving us 25% movement speed as a trait or innate function would be beast

It doesnt matter they are more mobile in combat then mesmers so regardless of what you claim they said that simply isnt the case, do you even play guardian?

Yes I do… I even have videos of me playing Guardian (check my signature again)

Go to the subreddit BuildAPC

Yes! This is MUCH needed!

Scepter AA is AWESOME! Love Scepter in PvE/PvP/WvW. I will not miss LB

Darknicrofia.2604:

mrauls.6519:

Hey guys Why don’t we relax a bit?

I think the main traps people have an issue with are the elite and the whirling one. Combined together, they can seriously hurt you if you don’t have a block or stability…

Just give it time. Builds/people will adjust… Like I’ve had to, season after season…

and those are the 2 traps that any guard worth half a kitten would never bring because it is so utterly useless against even above average players.

:) Say it again for the ones that didn’t hear you

They hate us cuz they ain’t us

Razor.9872:

mrauls.6519:

Reduce their healing and increase their damage

That would completely go against what “Druid” is supposed to be.

Future elite specs will be oriented otherwise.

I think we may have an issue then. I’m all for druids being able to sustain themselves, but they sustain others around them too well. AN obviously didn’t want tanks and healers. They wanted each profession to be capable of holding their own in a unique way. We need to go back in that direction. People need to be reliant on only what they can do

Ryou.2398:

Ghotistyx.6942:

It doesn’t even have to be something like that. Rangers can have a longbow and 25% increased run speed. However, Rangers aren’t Guardians. Guardians are designed to be less mobile, but powerful team fighters. You’re defined just as much by what you do well as what you cannot do well.

Guardians are not designed to be less mobile in combat they have plenty of mobile options.

Yes they are designed to be less mobile… Devs have said it time and time again… Look at the pic in my signature.

Giving us 25% movement speed as a trait or innate function would be beast

That makes sense. I hope that’s the case…

What changed about the match making system?

I feel like I get uneven matches now. Does anyone else share this feeling?

Hey guys Why don’t we relax a bit?

I think the main traps people have an issue with are the elite and the whirling one. Combined together, they can seriously hurt you if you don’t have a block or stability…

Just give it time. Builds/people will adjust… Like I’ve had to, season after season…

There’s not enough pew pew because everyone’s sustain X)

Reduce their healing and increase their damage

Well, can someone knowledgeable about Warrior answer my question?

If someone can help I’d appreciate it…

Thanks for the advice guys. You’d think they wouldn’t make an entire weapon/weaponset a bad thing by adding a feature like that…

Can someone give me tips on beating a Warrior using demo amulet? Since I rely on physical damage, it’s hard to hurt them with small hits (non-crits from scepter hit for 450-500).

What can I do to really control the fight against a demo Warrior? One I had trouble with used LB/GS, and his GS TORE through me when he landed his hits.

I want to get into Fractals. I play Guardian. My biggest issue is that at higher levels it feels like I have a lot of setbacks. What is a good setup with Scepter/Focus + GS? I want to play a power build.

What are some things I should be aware of and avoid doing?

Razor.9872:

phokus.8934:

One small change that will drastically improve Guardian’s would be to make Judge’s Intervention work like Blink.

Forgive my ignorance, but what is the difference?

Blink doesn’t require a target

Josh Davis.6015:

Hey folks,

Just a quick reminder: the PvP team is not responsible for profession balance. The PvP team, along with all of the other major feature teams, provides feedback to the skills team, but the PvP team itself is not directly involved in making balance changes.

What we do have control over – however – is the build panel (sigils, amulets, runes). It’s one of the knobs we can use to push gameplay in whichever direction we feel it needs to go for that particular season. For this release, we wanted to take support down a notch and increase the pace of combat.

It’s not our intent to completely remove professions from the meta – but things do fluctuate and I think we need to give the change a bit more time to see how it plays out. Elemental Bastion being bugged since Tuesday certainly has not helped the Tempest situation, but that should be resolved fairly soon and we’ll be able to properly see how ele will fare.

I know many of you fundamentally disagree with the removal of build items – and that’s fine. I understand where you’re coming from, but I hope you understand why we use this as a tool for balancing PvP specifically.

-Grouch

Please add more sigils.

A.
*Warrior (demo warrior is scary to fight as a Guardian)
*Druid (they can still carry teams)
*Engi (a good one’s a useful one)
*Thief (a Thief that knows where to be is a major threat)
*Rev (a good Revenant is still scary to fight)
*Mes (a great Mesmer will shine; they have all the right utilities to succeed)

B.
*Guardian (getting better)
*Necro (their ability to keep condis on enemies is quite scary)

C.
*Ele (scepter/focus needs to get buffed)

Ryou.2398:

mrauls.6519:

Ryou.2398:

Arcaedus.7290:

joe ooga booga.4287:

Dang, so LB is out?! Awesome I always hated that thing. Scepter is my one true love.

LB and Sw/F works pretty well, but I honestly think GS and Sc/F provides a better combination of dps, burst and sustain against the vast majority of opponents. It finally feels like we have a bit of build variety!

Do you have a recommended build?

Right here mane

Do you see anything beyond just dragonhunter?

Zeal instead of dragonhunter may work. Zealous Scepter is pretty BA. If you use GS there’s also a trait for it… It’s pretty good for DPS builds. You’ll have to keep in mind what you lose though: upgraded virtues, traps, etc.

I made some changes to the build. Thanks for the feedback guys. Glad we’re all coming together to find out what we can do well post patch…

No one wants to use retreat in PvP -_- Also, swiftness can be boon stripped. Who wants to rely on one source for swiftness?

Thanks for the feedback man. I stopped using ToF actually, lol. I’m using 3 meds as my utilities. Doing pretty well :o The only issue is my teammates… I hate unranked right now lol. I keep getting matched up horribly :/

As far as condi removal, you shouldn’t have an issue with it tbh. Focus 4, F2, Hunter’s Fort, and Smite Condi… Focus 5 will block and thus remove a condi and F3 too… Idk

Ryou.2398:

Arcaedus.7290:

joe ooga booga.4287:

Dang, so LB is out?! Awesome I always hated that thing. Scepter is my one true love.

LB and Sw/F works pretty well, but I honestly think GS and Sc/F provides a better combination of dps, burst and sustain against the vast majority of opponents. It finally feels like we have a bit of build variety!

Do you have a recommended build?

Right here mane

Guardian #3? I’m surprised

Obtena.7952:

Ryou.2398:

Arcaedus.7290:

Obtena.7952:

I can only tell you that Anet thinks it is because they have told us we are in a good place. I can only suspect that means that all the other classes need more work to achieve whatever targets Anet has for those classes than Guardian does.

Maybe people are delusional but … that’s what matters here. Balance is relative and there are no set rules for fairness or equality between classes, as nice as that might be. Anet sets those targets, Anet decides what work and what path to take on their timetable to achieve them.

I’m pretty sure ANet hasn’t said guardians are in a good place since before the trait overhaul in June of 2015. It just seems to be an implied statement because 1. We don’t ever seem to get any large worthwhile changes that are frequently requested. Last one I can remember is a small cd reduction to shield skills when HoT shipped. 2. Other classes do.

There is no point in debating with him he either likes to argue even if he agrees or he just defends every single decision the game company makes. and he doesnt understand mmorpgs ive played many over the years before wow and seen many forms of class balance.

… yet we get another patch where balancing according to the profession concept is employed, AGAIN, inline with how I think balance is done. Tell me what I don’t understand again please?

I have yet to see a logical approach to suggesting we get 25% movement speed related to the class concept. There are many reasons for that. Perhaps Anet will change their mind; I think it’s actually ridiculous that our concept is the ONLY one that doesn’t access 25% RS through the class toolset. That’s still not enough to make a case for getting it though. If you understand how class concept balance works (which is clearly what Anet is doing), then you know why that it true. Also, from an AMA with Dulfy:

What do you think of the idea of having PvP only include “DPS” builds? Also, where do you see Guardian in the future of PvP?

There has been debate here on the subject but it’s more along the line of what are ways we can speed up the game.
As for guardian I’ve always liked the feel of less mobility but high effectiveness that scales more with more people making them strong group fighters but I think with a lot of the changes the guardian’s ability to sustain compared to other professions has been a major issue causing them to be less effective and something we need to work on but it can come into conflict with speeding the game up so it’s a bit tricky.

So at least in PVP, they know they are hitting a wall with Guardian concept and the direction they want the game to go.

LoL!! I asked that question and another one xD. Didn’t know they responded to both

Hmm, interesting point. I’ll try out other traps and see how well it goes. Honestly, even though I can’t reliably push/pull enemies through ToF, it still serves its purpose of keeping enemies out or inside of it. Also, the protection and initial dmg/daze is still handy. I’ll let you know how it goes

In larger fights the protection from focus skills really shines. You most likely will only be blinding one enemy out of x, and your shield probably won’t last very long if multiple people are focusing you. It also helps by contributing a boon to the % dmg modifier that relies on boons. The main thing about it is the lower focus CDs. It lets me do more

… o-o. we’re finally good. i hope AN makes more changes that switch up things in a fun way while keeping us balanced. i never want to be OP… just extremely skill based

Have you tried out Focus Mastery (FM) post patch? I think it’s way better than Smiter’s Boon (SB) now. We have better condition removal post patch, and the benefits SB gives is not necessary anymore. FM gives focus skills protection and lowers its CDs. This allows me to stay in melee range much longer, and overall my survability is much better. With traverler’s runes, using both focus skills grants me 9 seconds of protection. That’s a ton, when you think about the protection we get from ToF and converting vulnerability to protection with CoP

Retal Subconscious gives retal and aegis, and while its CD is close to the trap trait one, I feel like it’s way better than the unreliable 20% damage boost from the aegis trait

1: +25% passive movement speed trait
2: Spirit weapons reworked to function like Engineer kits or elixer guns
3: Scepter trait moved from Zeal to Virtues
4: All signets reworked. Passive effects should work like Signet of Healing/facets and have a worthwhile active
5: Torch reworked. Torch 5 should pulse around us, allowing us to continue DPSing while clearing condis from allies and ourselves

Thanks. I eventually figured it out.

How do I add a build I created to the Guardian section?

I just dropped this build on Metabattle.

I think it’s great personally, but I want to see what you guys think. I don’t think we need JI anymore.

How do I add it to the Guardian section?

I’m still confused. That doesn’t explain to me how I can create a build page. I wish there was a YT video on this xD

Like, how do I make a page like this

ProDecius.2609:

Well I just deleted my elementalist which had full commander’s armor with ascended celestial trinkets. . . I had only just gotten my last gear piece the night before the patch as well, and had been working very VERY hard on my elementalist to get all of that stuff. I’ve never been this stressed out from a video game patch before, Hundred of hours wasted on a toon that I end up deleting because of it’s newfound uselessness.. . . This patch was utterly violating for elementalist players. There is no role for us in spvp anymore. Ele is probably not going to be used whatsoever in spvp. You guys might as well delete the class. : (

Why would you do that? You need self control man. I didn’t lose hope when Guardian was in a bad state… Tough it out

Both work very well. In PvE, a lot of people use both weapons, and in PvP, both weapons serve a purpose. A lot of things factor into making either weapon viable in PvP. In WvW, anything works tbh

Can someone explain to me how I add a build to Metabattle? I’m confused.

Capricorn is dope