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“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
I am actually quite shocked by this thread. Why does everyone compare endgame to WoW? Did no one come from gw1 like me?
Gw1 endgame was hardcore elite dungeons that rewarded you with TRADEABLE skins unique to each dungeon path. Whats funny is everyone hails gw2 as the greatest horizontal progression game when gw1 was even more horizontal (if that makes any sense lol). It was by far the most addicting system i have ever played as a gamer.
Since everyone is thinking WoW endgame i would rate it at a 3/10 because i think guild raids (20-50 people) would be a cool addition to the game
Now if its Gw1 endgame content we are talking about then 150/10. Gw2 is very lacking when it comes to ELITE CHALLENGING INSTANCED CONTENT THAT REWARDS SKILL NOT TIME.
Edit: This is the first time i put a sig on my forums account. It says its there but i cant see it. Can anyone else see it?
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
aoe circles hitting you and instakilling you even after you dodge out
sometimes the boss puts down too many aoe around you even if you would have like 5 dodge you would still end up inside an aoe with no room to evade ( instakill )
Bosses with slow animation so that you could dodge it but it also roots you so you cant dodge ( instakill )
Trash mobs wiping pugs sometimes (lol)
etcetcetc….
other dungeons are actualy fun but this is lame.
There are very few 1 shot mobs I can think of and I run full zerk ele.
The lupi projectile aoe can be avoided in a lot of ways, you don’t even have to dodge everything.
About this slow instakill animation that roots you, i think you’re referring to the crusher and hunter boss. If this is a problem for you, why not take a condi/immobile remover? or a block/invul utility?
This just seems like you don’t really know the dungeon very well. Youtube videos of runs can help a lot.
necro don’t have block invul
used remover got rooted again befor got out of range not once lol
if I could show the pic when Lupi puts around you so many aoes that you cant dodge out and hits you sooo many times that no reflect or block would save you I would.
phase 2 mass aoe can be dodged and walked around. If that’s not enough you always have the F1 skill. Many people solo lupi and have to deal with this mass aoe burst.
you dont really need block/invul, it;s just a suggestion you can use your spectral skill that teleports you if it really is such an issue. if you get rooted in succession that often during hunter/crusher get someone in your party to drop a reflect on the hunter.
In any case these are just suggestions, lupi isn’t really hard when you know how to take him down. I suggest checking out necro solo lupi video if he’s the biggest problem you have in your run.
you don’t get it do you ? there are sometimes that you CANT walk around or dodge bicous he puts an AoE in every single place multiple ones without any free space in every direction and yeah I have 30K hp + Deathshroud still getting insta killed if this happens circles hitting you multiple times….
30k hp? o.O
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
Your first sentence confused me a bit, but I get the overall message. I don’t mind groups of players participating, it’s just that we need to be more spread out.
Or just make instanced content………
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
Can someone explain to me ap hunting? I personally dgaf about how many ap i have. I want them to make me log on because they put out good meaningful permanent content, not because i need to get these 100 ap.
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
From zergs to speedclears. Gimmick to gimmick. I don’t see how 1 is any better or worse than the other.
One is spamming your auto attack blindly following a commander tag and one uses critical thinking to develop the most efficient way through an instance where the success of the group is dependent on each player pulling their own weight.
Definitely no difference /s
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
Hey Guys! I cannot get more then 20 frames (on all low settings) in WvW right now when there is any sort of zerg. While i can get 40-60 fps on all high settings (except shader) everywhere esle in gw2.
I have
Fx-4100 Zambezi quad overclocked to 4.0ghz
Sapphire HD 7850 1gb
8gb Corsair Vengance Ram
Is there anything i can do to improve my WvW experience?
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
I personally find gearing my alts in ascended rather easy (3 alts w/ all ascended trinkets + bp, working on my 7th ascended weapon now) while only struggling to get dragonite because world events are sooooo boring.
IMO you should be able to buy ascended weapons with fractal relics/pristines. Since fractals are the only content where it is actually REQUIRED.
With that being said, my complaint about ascended is that the games PvE is already way to easy. Everything but fractals can be done in masterworks gear or even naked.
If Anet is going to add this supposed “elite tier” of gear can we get some “elite content” as well? This game needs it bad.
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
As a Pve ’er my main problem with the game is how broken Risk vs. Reward is. The fact that you make equal if not more money running in a champ train over running the most difficult content (arah/48+ fractals) blows my mind.
We need INSTANCED elite content as well. PvE is way to easy right now.
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
I personally find it quite sad that you can even compare the two. Running around in a giant kittening zerg makes you equal if not more then running dungeons.
It just makes no sense. Smh anet……..
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
dont listen to danh he doesnt actually play a thief, currently were #2 best dps and have a plentiful supply of support abilities, our only downside is we take squishy to the next level
edit: what moron told you eles suck? theyre #1 dps ingame with the best might stacking abilities, not to mention FGS which that skill alone is worth using a party slot on
I definitely agree with danh. I mained a thief for the first 6 months and i can tell you for fact that he is right. We are definitely not 2nd in dps. Thieves are maybe 3rd at best, more like 4th since being so dam squishy makes it extremely difficult to stay up 100% of the time (and when your dodging you loose out on dps as well).
Not only do we suck in pve we suck in wvw. If you were to put two equally skilled people up against each other with one as a thief and one as anything else, the other class will win 95% of the time (or the thief will just perma stealth troll and never die, but also not get anywhere near killing the other class).
Edit: I gave up on my thief for the time being. Back in march i rolled a guardian and havent looked back. They are 1000x more useful and have better dps. Also, i just rolled a warrior and geared her out a little over 2 weeks ago. Pretty sure running a lvl 5 warrior for the banner is better then a thief -.-
wow you must have sucked as thief, i can easily double my warriors damage with full zerkers, meta builds, scholars, same nourishment, same might+vuln, and if ele didnt have fgs, we’d be almost tied for #1
LOL, there is a reason speed clearing groups dont run thieves. They dont bring anything to the group that another class can do better. A wall from a guardian alone can out dps a thief in full berserkers.
Edit: They dont have any cleave with d/d as well.
in case you havent noticed its uncommon for record speedclears not to have a thief
Only to make sure there are no kitten ups running trash.
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
How about instead of nerfing/removing berserkers, they actually make content that is hard so you cant do it in all berserkers.
What do you guys want? Berserkers meta? Trinity? Because as soon as you make healing and pvt gear viable we are right back where we started. The trinity.
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
dont listen to danh he doesnt actually play a thief, currently were #2 best dps and have a plentiful supply of support abilities, our only downside is we take squishy to the next level
edit: what moron told you eles suck? theyre #1 dps ingame with the best might stacking abilities, not to mention FGS which that skill alone is worth using a party slot on
I definitely agree with danh. I mained a thief for the first 6 months and i can tell you for fact that he is right. We are definitely not 2nd in dps. Thieves are maybe 3rd at best, more like 4th since being so dam squishy makes it extremely difficult to stay up 100% of the time (and when your dodging you loose out on dps as well).
Not only do we suck in pve we suck in wvw. If you were to put two equally skilled people up against each other with one as a thief and one as anything else, the other class will win 95% of the time (or the thief will just perma stealth troll and never die, but also not get anywhere near killing the other class).
Edit: I gave up on my thief for the time being. Back in march i rolled a guardian and havent looked back. They are 1000x more useful and have better dps. Also, i just rolled a warrior and geared her out a little over 2 weeks ago. Pretty sure running a lvl 5 warrior for the banner is better then a thief -.-
wow you must have sucked as thief, i can easily double my warriors damage with full zerkers, meta builds, scholars, same nourishment, same might+vuln, and if ele didnt have fgs, we’d be almost tied for #1
LOL, there is a reason speed clearing groups dont run thieves. They dont bring anything to the group that another class can do better. A wall from a guardian alone can out dps a thief in full berserkers.
Edit: They dont have any cleave with d/d as well.
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
Hey guys! What changed with this patch is that Basilisk Venom is now being recognized fully as a stun. It looks like there’s an issue that’s shown up with this new functionality where skills apply their strike (with the basilisk venom) and then be overwritten by that skill’s daze/stun. We’ll look into this and see if we can’t get it fixed soon. An idea on the fix is that the venom would apply after the strike occurs, and have it be the higher-priority stun. Thanks for the heads up!
-Karl
Thieves need buffs. BAD. I would love to hop on my thief again and not only feel useful for running trash mobs (which you dont even need stealth for). My first character was a thief. Now i only play my guardian and warrior.
Please show thieves some love :/
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
Some people have success with dagger/dagger bleeds (#3) when combined with caltrops and a shortbow. Personally I can’t stand conditions on my thief and would recommend sword pistol as someone else did. Pick up smokescreen as well, it’s absolutely awesome for pve.
@clumsy: I think DanH does play thief but enjoys light hearted trolling regurgitating the mis-characterizations of the thief by other classes.
Yeah blinds from pistol are pretty cool, until a majority of bosses and trash cant be blinded. Oh wait, thats how it is now -.-
Oh and aegis is just a better blind.
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
dont listen to danh he doesnt actually play a thief, currently were #2 best dps and have a plentiful supply of support abilities, our only downside is we take squishy to the next level
edit: what moron told you eles suck? theyre #1 dps ingame with the best might stacking abilities, not to mention FGS which that skill alone is worth using a party slot on
I definitely agree with danh. I mained a thief for the first 6 months and i can tell you for fact that he is right. We are definitely not 2nd in dps. Thieves are maybe 3rd at best, more like 4th since being so dam squishy makes it extremely difficult to stay up 100% of the time (and when your dodging you loose out on dps as well).
Not only do we suck in pve we suck in wvw. If you were to put two equally skilled people up against each other with one as a thief and one as anything else, the other class will win 95% of the time (or the thief will just perma stealth troll and never die, but also not get anywhere near killing the other class).
Edit: I gave up on my thief for the time being. Back in march i rolled a guardian and havent looked back. They are 1000x more useful and have better dps. Also, i just rolled a warrior and geared her out a little over 2 weeks ago. Pretty sure running a lvl 5 warrior for the banner is better then a thief -.-
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
Thieves are absolute garbage in PvE. They bring nothing to the team that another class can do better except for stealth and who needs stealth when a mesmer can just stealth you (along with all its other utilities that completely kitten on the thief)?
I just dont understand what Anet thinks the role of the thief should be. Because if its supposed to be a glass cannon, at least give it better dps than the guardian and warrior -.-
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
I honestly would not want to play with a zerker guardian. If I am going to have a zerker, I’d much prefer a zerker warrior. Zerker has much more synergy with warriors due to their naturally large health pools and massive damage and the ridiculous amount of regen they can get without giving up to much.
All of that said, there is nothing wrong with a zerker guardian. You can survive and not die as well as anyone else that knows how to dodge. I’d just prefer a support guardian unless I were running CoF or some easy mode dungeon.,
Lol, when will people realize that a zerker guardian does more damage and provides more utility then a warrior?
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
Hey guys, this is a build that I’ve been experimenting with. I don’t necessarily have a main focus such as sPvP, WvW, PvE, etc, but I’m looking for somewhat of a mix between taking damage, supporting, and doing damage. I’m not sure how possible this is, so don’t give me too much grief! I’m still a lower level, but I want to find a build to shoot for, so I can have some practice getting in tune with my weapons/traits. As for the gear, I know little about it, so I left it out. I’d love some feedback, both positive and negative!
Main weapons – GS and Mace/Shield
Skills 6-9 – Healing Breeze… Retreat or WoR (depending on situation)… Hold the Line… Stand Your Ground…
Traits >>>>> Honor 30 – Superior Aria – 2H Mastery – Pure of Voice
>>>>> Valor 30 – Purity – Retributive Armor – Honorable Shield
>>>>> Virtue 10 – Master of Consecration
First off, you cannot use only one build for pve/wvw/pvp and expect to be useful. You will need 1 build for each (more for pvp/wvw).
Since i dont pvp ankitten ot that experienced at WvW ill limit my answer to Pve.
You should NEVER be using a mace as a guardian and shield should only be used for very specific encounters. You want to run a sword/focus and greatsword(or staff for certain situations). Also if you HAVE to range (you should be meleeing as much as possible) use scepter/focus.
As for utilities you will usually want to always run retreat/WoR and then a third. Obviously its all situational but i find retreat and wor my 2 most common utilities used.
For armor, the meta is all berserkers gear with berserkers trinkets. If your not good enough to survive in berserkers gear on a guardian (dodges + blocks + aegis) then i dont really know what to tell you except l2p.
Yeah, its not perfect. I, frankly, prefer the $15/mo option, but I also NEED to know my MMO isn’t going to be dead in 2 months. I had faith in GW2 to last, and I’m not disappointed. Its been a year since launch and I see people while leveling. I fight a vetran mob or start an escort quest and people join me. I won’t be trying another MMO because I find that GW2 is part of a rare group of MMOs that has “succeeded” where other have “failed”.
its not only succeeding its flourishing. unfortunately for me the direction they took the game is a complete 180 from where I was hoping that it would go.
If you could pick 5 things that would greatly improve gw2 what would they be?
Me personally
1. Elite Dungeons (ala fow, uw, doa)
2. Fractal rewards revamp
3. Hard mode for dungeons (or even that gambit idea i saw somewhere)
4. Instanced fights for world bosses (make them into small raids)
5. Give each dungeon/path a unique TRADABLE weapon/skin. Just how you could only get the obby sword from fow or the bds from SoS. They could even make it precursors.
Guild halls would probably be 6th.
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
If your a dungeon runner (like me), i run a mix of perception, night and accuracy. Only CM and Arah are daytime dungeons so running sigil of night is almost always better for dungeons. Though i personally have separate set of weapons for arah (because i run it the most) with undead slaying on them.
Example
My Guardian
Sword – sigil of night
Focus – Sigil of accuracy
Staff – Perception
Gs – sigil of Night
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
well i cant go into specifics, but the current meta is conditions and stun, both with the recently buffed healing signet(yes its fairly good now :P) so just mess with the mace and swords with healing signet. Add a hammer or bow in there somewhere.
LOL, i had to log in just so i could save the OP from this terrible player.
OP, if you are looking for the meta it is axe/mace with gs swap. You also need a warhorn for running trash mobs and a longbow for stacking might. Run full berserker’s gear with scholar runes (or ruby orbs if you cant afford the runes.)
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
Who cares? Ascended items are made for those people who are only looking for raise their stats, not improving their builds. People who were really interested in playing with builds and alts have been progressively leaving this game since 15th Nov and specially now with ascended weapons (and ascended armor coming).
If they were interested in offer us build variety, gear would be cheaper and diversity would be greater. But it’s just the opposite
Yep, Ascended Weapons were the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Ascended Trinkets you could sort of tolerate, because they were kind of on the edge of making a difference. And there was always the hope that Trinkets would be the end, and no more Ascended gear would be introduced.
But they went and did it. So if you are a theory-crafter, build-maven, find another game.
Lol there is no need to theory craft or change your build. The game is a dps race, go zerker or go home.
Everyone hailed the end of the trinity in gw2 but didnt realize the consequences when the developer is more worried about adding gemstore rng boxes then balancing.
“If you want to get rid of “zerk” you have to make content
hard enough to make them cry, not just rivers but oceans."
