Guild Wars 2

Hi folks, I’ve been reading a few threads and guides to see which runes and sigils are best for maximizing dps for dungeons/fractals (particularly for a staff user who does frequent attunement swapping).

So far, I’m getting the impression that it’s Sigil of Bloodlust to 25 stacks then Sigil of Battle.

For runes, Scholar seems to be the most frequently suggested type.

Are these conclusions correct? Or perhaps are there other factors to consider?

You could try using traits and gear more directed towards survivability at lower levels (i.e. Earth/Water Traits, toughness gear). Thing is, heavy attunement swapping isn’t so viable until you get more points that you can put into Arcane (for shorter attunement CD). Putting a lot of points in that early on however will not yield any bonus stats since it just gives boon duration and attunement CD passively.

Arcane Wave and Arcane Missile are great for levelling.

I levelled with staff but this was back during the release of the game when there were a lot of people playing (so I rarely solo’d anything). Perhaps Scepter/Dagger would be better now for solo levelling. Maybe even Dagger/Dagger if you don’t mind being almost melee range (thought might be harder to kill vets with unless they hit for nothing).

I did most of them on foot rather than using WPs. Wasn’t exciting or fun at all.

No challenge. No impact on the world. And you have to do it FIFTY times.

Pointless.

If your point is that it got people out there to “see the world again,” Anet could have done a lot better run click, run click, run click, run click (especially since you already have POIs and Vistas for that).

Nope. Over 24hrs now. =/

Hi, I just sold a rare staff 4hrs ago for 2g 17s 99c yet the only Trade Profit available for pick up is 70s 68c (which likely came from other items I sold). It’s impossible for me to have collected that gold earlier as I was asleep during that time and have just logged on just now. Did it somehow go missing or did I miss something crucial regarding how items are sold on the Black Lion Trading Company?

Celestial Sigil is really expensive so it might take me awhile to get there (just started gathering Laurels a few days ago after all).

Thanks for the video Draco Aurum. The build seems interesting though I don’t think I can invest on splitting my gear now. I’ve been going full Berserker on everything I can upgrade and even that is taking so long to get.

I’m glad to hear Berserker is still quite good for Fractals. I was worried I’d keep falling over just from the Agony Damage (which I have no idea yet how strong it is yet).

Also, I’ll look into maybe investing on a Scepter/Focus, Blackhat, I definitely can’t buy exotic level ones at this time but maybe some time in the future I can.

I have tried the other weapons and really do prefer the staff skills over the others. If ever, I would switch to a support role if needed. Though I don’t know yet if I want to build a new healing set for that. Gear is a bit expensive. >.<

I have been building a Berserker set (slowly). Though I have been using a 30/20/10/10/x build which I quite enjoy for WvW. Do you have a link to a Cantrip build using that distribution you mentioned by any chance? Google is showing me builds for sPvP so I’m inclined to think it won’t exactly be the same (plus some of the posts are almost a year old now).

Hi folks, I was wondering what the consensus is on preferred armor stats to be used for Explore Mode of Dungeons (and maybe Fractals which I haven’t even tried yet). I’ve been going through the available gear and I’m inclined to think Power/Vit/Toughness but maybe someone else who has more experience can share if that kind of armor set is a good idea or if there are better armor combinations out there.

Thanks in advance.

Given how the trident does not give stats outside the water, I’d have to say this probably doesn’t either. Still, there are events I do underwater.

Anyone else have more info on this? I figure there must at least be a rare version somewhere?

I’m looking for the best possible breathing apparatus I can get for my character. I was wonder if there is a level 80, Exotic-quality breathing apparatus that has:
+power
+precision
+crit dmage %.

I looked at the wiki and it said the upgrades to this slot can be bought from karma vendors though it didn’t say which can be found where.

Any assistance would be useful. Thanks!

I was wondering if there was a way to view the different WvW maps while queued outside WvW. There are now ques for WvW on my server and I was hoping I could pick which Borderlands I could help without having to wait for a que to pop. Thanks.

Why did they have to include WvW areas in this achievement? >.< Admittedly, I got excited working towards that goal of 100% but recently discovered that the WvW areas are included. I had assumed earlier that they weren’t.

Now it seems this achievement will remain unfinished for me for quite awhile if not for the rest of the game’s life for me. I have little interest in PvP. It can’t hold my attention for too long and in many ways frustrates me. The lag can get horrible, which admittedly is probably the biggest factor for me. How can I help when an army just suddenly appears out of nowhere as you’re running towards an area to reinforce it?

Two out of three servers in our current group is getting steamrolled by the third (which holds like 90-100% of the map at all times of the day). And please don’t tell me the solution is to server transfer just to get the POIs, Vistas, and SPs. I very much doubt Anet intended the completion of this achievement to be done that way.

Personally, it’s because of Meteor Shower. Just too neat to give up.

Tried and leveled Mesmer and Necro but their AOEs just doesn’t have the same oomph.

If you’d like to maximize your dps while using a staff, I’d recommend +crit damage over +con. It seems like +con is better suited for the other weapon types.

Ok, thanks again!

Thanks for the quick response pyrokineses!

Just a follow up question, there’s no benefit to completing a full set (ex. six Jantoro pieces) vs pieces from different sets right? I mean, as long as the runes all match, that’s ok?

The reason I’m asking is that I bought (and equipped) some of the pieces which had unused upgrade slots already. I assume these came from crafting. Then I found a different set which had the exact same stats except these had runes in them already. The pieces I need to upgrade are cheaper on the other set than the one I already started completing (though I plan to change the rune).

I was wondering if anyone could tell me if the runes in armor sets can be replaced.

For example, the “Jatoro’s ____ of Scavenging” set comes with the bonuses:
(1) +28 Condition Damage
(2) +7% Magic Find
(3) +55 Condition Damage
(4) +13% Magic Find
(5) +100 Condition Damage
(6) +15% Magic Find; Increased Gold from Monsters

I was wondering if I could change the rune so that it becomes something else – just as an example, into Superior Rune of Dwayna, so that it becomes “Jatoro’s _ of Dwayna” instead. Is that possible? Or would I have to buy one of those pieces with an unused upgrade slot instead?

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Does anyone else’s skill bar disappear when using whirlpool? I’m pretty sure there’s supposed to be 3 different skills like Tornado right? When I use it, there’s just a bunch of locked skills, but they can still be used.

They disappear also for me but I don’t care because the damage I do automatically to everything around me is wtfpwnage anyway. Lol.

Too bad all my other skills suck underwater. =/

Could someone do a second verification on this?

I’m almost positive that Meteor Shower is not affected by Blasting Staff (Area attacks with staff are larger). I don’t just mean the visual appearance of the circle on the ground. I know the size doesn’t appear bigger despite having the skill. I mean the actual area where the meteors drop. From what I’ve tested when I placed the edge of the circle against a marker, the max distance the meteors drop is the same with or without Blasting Staff.