Guild Wars 2

we rlly don’t need to think that hard about it, u keep saying why being “not-zerk” isn’t bad for pve, dungeons, etc…

its been proven already that zerk is the fastest and “best” way to go about in pve

also, there are many, many builds that work for everything, from dungeons, to spvp, to wvw, but for pve, its zerk.

btw most ppl just wanna get this stuff done fast so they can do something else, while some (like u from what im getting at) like to take their time and spend half an hour doing cof p1 because u don’t wanna “be in the norm”…

so, u know what, run ur valk build in a dungeon, and only party with other full valk, soldiers, and clerics player and see how much fun ur having then.

lol.

idk, a nice change would be to steal 50-60 base damage and heal for 40-50 every hit

^ I run similar version of the build above, though I run power instead of condi :]

1. Confusion is already very strong
2. Ehh, weakness isn’t exactly mesmery imo, more like aoe blind
3. Visual ques are good as it is, its not really that hard to interrupt someone, just gotta pay attention

like empathic bond?

haha, sry for the wall of text >.>

Edit: Made it a lot shorter :P

Throwing around some ideas that would help us bring more group utility and survivability.

FIRST
engis have a adept trait that gives them 5 seconds of stealth when immobilized on a 25 second cd
we have a master trait that gives us 3 seconds of…camouflage?? on a 30 second cd when stunned, dazed, knockdown, etc.
so…
every 25 seconds engis can stealth for 5 seconds every time they get immobilized and still be able to move around to reposition themselves, while we can every 30 seconds on a cc…
not bad, though the problem with ours is that we can’t move when we do it or it takes us out of stealth…
so… they should change it so that we have a similar trait to theirs.

Hide in Plain Sight should function similarly:
adept trait
25 second cd
triggers on cc
5 seconds of stealth
or…
adept trait
30 second cd
stunbreak + 1 second of stability
triggers on cc
3 seconds of stealth

SECOND
thieves have a utility called Smoke Screen on a 30 second cd (24 if traited). it is a smoke field and allows thieves to blast/leap to gain stealth, as well as blinding enemies that walk through it
eles have a glyph that when used in earth attunement, produces a Sandstorm on a 60 second cd (48 if traited). this is mainly used for aoe blind (similar to a smoke field)
so…

we should have something similar as well as a trap or survival skill
as a trap:
Dust Trap
30 second cd
applies blind every second for 1 second
5 second duration
smoke field

as a survival skill:
Foggy Day
60 second cd
applies blind every second for 1 second
absorbs projectiles
10 second duration
smoke field

THIRD
warriors have a signet that increases endurance regeneration by 50%, and when activated, clears all conditions on a 45 second cd (36 if traited)
eles have a signet that clears 1 condition every 10 second on a 30 second cd
necros have a signet that, when activated, transfers all condis on self to a target foe on a 60 second cd (48 if traited)
we have a signet that clears 1 condition every 10 seconds, and when activated, does not clear, but transfers all conditions from nearby allies and self, to your pet on a 60 second cd (48 if traited)
so…

again, we should have something similar
clears 1 condition every 10 seconds
active clears all conditions from pet and self
45 second cd
or…
clears 1 condition every 10 seconds
active transfers all conditions on pet and self to target foe
60 second cd

watching ur videos, not bad, but u guys gotta work on ur positioning, ur using a longbow… haha, even with a shortbow on zerk, u shouldn’t let them get so close to u >.>

it should be the warrior u guys are talking about, running all the way across the map to try and reset, mace stun 100b, soo much skill…

honestly, if u guys rlly think he’s that bad, 1v1 him, and don’t get mad when u get rekt.

Ugruk.4069:

So he owned your kitten , by baiting your cooldowns and you are mad you couldn’t 2 shot him like you do to the rest?

Btw WvW—————> that way

he didn’t bait his cds… if u actually watched the video, the warrior tried a lot of times to stun him but he couldn’t.

go dagger/dagger if ur just starting out in pve, staff is more for wvw (group play)

for traits, go 10 in arcana for increased movement speed with daggers and follow up with 20 in air for auras apply swiftness and fury, and reduced recharge on air skills so u can have perma swiftness (between updraft, the shocking aura, and the healing glyph while attuned to air)

Edit: this would be used for map completion

also, the warrior, with all of his mobility, was able to stay at the 600-900 range most of the time (even after xii xii teleported to him) and quickly go to 1000-1200 range with the gs, so, 4 wouldn’t have been able to interrupt anyways, and keep in mind one of those movement skills (whirlwind) also evades

3 still teleports even if blocked.

regardless, if a warrior is running away like that at such low health, obviously, he was trying to 3 to teleport with that little stab after to try and kill him before he could run away some more

hah, its funny, xii xii (zee zee as Im Behind You Lol calls it :P) is one of the best thieves I know. who wouldn’t laugh and taunt if the other player just kept running away? I know I would. lol.

btw, I rlly hate fighting thieves (stealth, etc.) although I do manage to beat them most of the time, xii xii is a beast :P try fighting him in an spvp dueling server and see how u do

and as a side note, I saw no 222222 so… yeah

imo, meteor shower should just be one huge meteor the size of a keep that does 20k base damage

yeah, what psizone said, burning doesn’t stack haha, it won’t do 12k damage in 2 seconds, more like 1-2k every second. It would do 12k if someone stayed in the field for the entire duration, got the full burning duration, and let the entire thing tick away on them

if u have any more questions, pm me in game @ S H A D O W F A L L, ill help u when I have time :]

doesn’t matter if I do, or don’t.

anyways, @OP:
30/25/0/15/0 is standard dps dungeon build

x/x/30/30/x or x/x/30/x/30 are what a lot of ppl use in wvw for roaming (regen ranger)

there are a few different options for group (wvw) support, not too viable however, there are ways that a ranger can provide some good group utility (aoe cripple being one of them)

as for roaming with zerk/power builds, u should probably wait a lil while until u get better at the game, these builds take a bit of skill to play well, and there are some tricks to learn if u wanna get good at it

can a mod plz close this thread, lol. terrible troll attempt

that’s for a tournament, ie) group play

im talking about solo, roaming, 1v1, etc.

or… the lack of builds posted is because rangers are not in the meta atm, underpowered, and lacking in many areas… SO, the good rangers don’t want everyone to learn their secrets and get themselves nerfed.

lb 1: needs a faster animation, faster cast time, faster arrows (we shouldn’t have a gm trait to do this), damage is OK as it is

a nice change would be to have a standard damage across all ranges BUT, we shoot the arrows faster and faster the closer (or farther depending on what u guys want) the target gets

lb2: double arrows, 30% damage increase, 20% cast time reduction, 12 second cd

lb3: change to stealth for 3 seconds, cripple target for 2 seconds, and gain swiftness for 3 seconds as well

lb4: knockback stays the same, have it immobilize the target for 2 seconds after

lb5: single attack, like thieves clusterbomb, does 1200 base damage, cd reduced to 25 seconds

btw, when gearing an ele, try to aim for 30% crit chance, 2.5k armor, 15k health, 2k attack, 50% crit damage, and around 350 healing power

always keep in mind condi removal, boon uptimes (like protection, regen), damage output, and healing

ele minor traits do come in handy too so keep an eye out for those when making a build

as a side note, 30 points in arcana is pretty helpful, it allows for more fluidity while in combat, but its not always needed.

there’s always the standard 0/30/0/10/30 Sc/D Fresh Air build.

if you want something a little different, you could try this:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vEAQJArYhcM6cW4wyBfEBCpgLMUECbg4hF0AcYpQOA-z0CBYMChUDIEGAUIgpqSrpPChF4DRrMKsqGYaVER1+DFRrmUAMJMC-w

why didn’t u show us the stats in a level 80 area? everything is downscaled by a lot, no build link, and this is the standard fresh air build

lol. what was the video supposed to be about? just a random vid of u solo q? not trying to be harsh or anything but all I saw was 1111 and random skill presses.

btw, if you are going to make another video, could u zoom out a bit? its kinda hard to watch imo

Fletch.3572:

Furajir.3815:

You should have zero issues with necro.

Maybe tell us how you are setup, build/traits/weps etc to help us better understand.

Furajir.3815:

dani.1956:

So i should RUN RUN RUN , get out of combat , switch weapons for necro ( OP-est class in game ) , RUN RUN RUN AGAIN after him with hammer axe+shield (will take some time ) and be careful at his weapons and ABOVE ALL THAT I WILL HAVE TROUBLE WITH THEM ? holy kitten !

You dont understand me , so i have to do another build for 1 kittening class ? thats pathetic !

Necro was using : axe/warhorn dagger/focus power build

You are literally just ranting and putting nothing of value into the conversation. I’m built 1 way, and only have trouble with amazingly well played mesmers, which is few and far between, necros can’t even touch me.

Like I said, post you build and stats and we can start from there, or just keep rambling incoherently, your choice.

Furajir.3815:

Now you’re just trolling. You don’t have to be hammer to kill necros kiddo.

Seems like a serious L2P issue here. I tried to be helpful.

I’m failing to see how you were trying to be overly helpful. Not a single suggestion on a weapon set, ability or anything. I wish I was a mod here, there would be about 15 threads in all the sub forums =D

he said to post his build so we could see what he could possibly do better, sure we could give suggestions, using hammer being one of them, but ofc, hammers are for noobs according to him :P

Paavotar.3971:

Ahh, one of the mobility threads again.

I think it has been pointed out, at least 100 times that warriors need these skills to get close to some of the targets, especially ones that can jump around and shoot from afar.

Also, I would like to point out, 101th time, that all warrior mobility skills are leaps of some sort. They are heavily affected by cripple, immob and chill. Yes, yes, we all know, warriors run a heavy -condi duration builds to counter this and we have that zerker stance and and and.

But all this, it’s not the fault of the mobility skills, it’s the absurd synergy you can get when you pop Berserker stance + Stability of some sort and then hitting all those mobility skills, but hear me. If the warrior wants to use these skills to escape they have to preserve those skills during the actual fight so you should have pretty free time to do as you please with him.

And yea, change Rush into RTL like skill, right after you made it hit at least 75% of the time it SHOULD hit and not make warrior walk past target, stop for 3/4s to do very obvious thrust animation.

GS is a fun weapon to use in PvP combat, because it makes warrior just that bit more agile. I know you all ranged dps classes would like to take all leap skills out from warrior so they couldn’t even come close to you because you have pretty good amount of immobs, cripples, chills, teleports, leaps and what not yourself (excluding Necros, but they can cover their movement impaire skills with thousand other condis and keep spamming those).

PS. Nobody had problems with warrior mobility before meta started to move towards Conditions and they introduced Berserker stance, think about that.

a lot of warriors do run -condi duration food, melandru/resistance runes, and dogged march… so cripples, chills, and immobilizes don’t really affect them anyways, take that with mobile strikes, zerk stance, and a multitude of gap closing/leap skills, you will never catch/outrun a warrior

a warrior doesn’t really have to preserve the skills during the actual fight because they are all on a 20 sec cd or below, even less if traited

I main a warrior myself so I’m kinda conflicted on this matter. The only reason why I am posting this is cuz I have recently started playing an ele as well and can relate to the ppl (for the first time) who keep calling for warrior nerfs. I don’t really have much of a problem fighting them, but when im on my warrior, I actually find that the skill level it takes to play a warrior well is a lot lower than other classes such as ele or power rangers.

I know, I know ltd, telegraphed moves, etc. etc. But on such a low cd, you do eventually run out of dodges. Even good players will get hit by the big skills such as hammer stuns every once and awhile.

Also, idk who brought it up but I liked the idea of the nerf to rush to make it more like rtl. Although, instead of nerfing the cd, they should make rtl a lower cd instead. Keep in mind that eles (with dagger offhand) are also pretty much melee (900 range), so why should another tankier, heavy armored melee class have that much more mobility than a squisher one in light armor?

Try this instead:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vIAQNAseRjMd04ZnHWewJaABz4KqC9B4I9ANGw0A-z0CB4fJDVUQkiIZkFgEBBK3UIMHVatyqIasKkYaXCRqYpOAwBADP8wDP8wlCYUhRA-w

better mobility, damage, and tankiness :]

u can swap out dolyak signet for balanced stance if u want, depends on how much stability u need :P

heh, I kinda wanna see another video, great job mate

what is an LS skin?

is it rank 50 or 55 that gets instant dragon?

what tournament are you talking about?

He said builds, not gear. Regardless, you can usually tell if they are zerker, or clerics, but never the specifics unless you ask them.

WOW! Some of the best looking ele’s on this page tbh, personal favorites are Atoss’s and Sunblood’s

You are unnecessarily tanky for no reason. For organized group play, most people run soldiers gear. If you are going power for roaming, go with a mix between knights/cavalier/zerk gear if you’re new, and slowly transition to full zerk as you become more experienced. Also, just go with the meta x/x/30/x/30.

new armor looks weird, the blue has like no texture whatsoever, at least while im previewing it

you can’t have 2 sigils on a 1 handed weapon…

I want to roam in WvW, but I’m a bit unsure as to which runes are better to use. Melandru? or Ruby Orbs? I’m a zerker warrior, s/sh gs but I’m not full glass. My main problem is dealing with all of the cripples and condis that are thrown around, so for that, I’d like melandru with dogged march, food, etc. But if I do that, I lose 12% crit dmg and some power and precision. Any advice? How much dmg would I lose if I picked melandru?

nice one! looks awesome

bbbbuuuummmmmpppp

how did u get up there?

Erro.2784:

Think ANet should make active signets apply to player and pet by default. Signet of beastmaster should apply passive effects to nearyby allies.

This.

LOL cafard, nice one

how do you do this?

Changing TU to work like HS is an amazing idea

Would it be possible to give rangers another pet for each new living story update?

Are there going to be any changes to give rangers more support capabilities? We are currently only able to give several boons to allies such as regeneration and swiftness (which most classes already have).

Are shouts going to be buffed? ATM, the only shouts that currently have an important role in builds is “Sic ’Em!” for BM builds and “Guard” for bunker builds. “Protect Me” is rarely taken because a few seconds of invulnerability isn’t worth such a long cd before we can use our pet again. And “Search and Rescue” is just a bad shout in general.

Are there going to be any changes to traits? We have several traits in our trait lines that have a decent effect but the cooldowns are ridiculous. For example, Predator’s Instinct applies 2 seconds of cripple when a target is hit below 25% health with a 15 second cd… There are also many traits that should be merged with another. Some examples are: Piercing Arrows and Eagle Eye, Trapper’s Expertise and Trap Potency, and Speed Training and Commanding Voice.

You need more condition removal for this build to work, other than that, this build has potential

There are plenty of different tactics to use when fighting thieves. However, it all depends on what weapons sets they are using. For example, if a thief is running d/p backstab, you’d want to evade a second or two after they go into stealth to avoid a quick shadowstep-backstab combo. For s/d, you should time your dodges correctly to avoid getting immobilized and bursted every few seconds, same goes for s/p and sb.

Going with what faux said, using s2 is very situational given the amount of teleports thieves usually have. While this may work against a d/d spec, it wouldn’t necessarily work with a s/x one. I would rather save s2 as an extra evade for when I really need it rather than waste it as a way to escape a burst skill that might or might not come.

Smarter thieves will wait for us to blow our evades while they’re in stealth and then follow up with a heavy burst attack. By then, the fight would have just gotten a lot harder.

Also, you should try to know how much initiative everything costs, as well as the cds on their utilities. For example, if you see a thief use both teleports from the shadowstep utility, there’s about 30-40 seconds left before they can use it again. This gives you the opportunity to get some damage in before they have the chance to pop away.

It also helps to understand and know thief traits. If a thief steals and dazes you, they must have at least 30 points in Trickery. This usually means that they have sacrificed a bit of ini regen to gain some extra damage from traits in Critical Strikes. If they dodge three times in a row without switching weapon sets, they have at least 15 points in Acrobatics, and the list goes on and on…

It really all comes down to timing and practice… If you fight enough thieves you will eventually get the hang of it. I fight them quite a bit and I hardly have any trouble with them.

Hope this helped!

-S H A D O W F A L L

Leroy, what armor is that? The only part I recognize is the HoTW leg piece.