What about those of us who have people on our block list because they have joined our groups to kick us and destroy our instance (griefers). They can still join our groups and repeat the offense.
They shouldnt be able to join groups with people who have blocked them. If thats too hard then at the least those groups should be invisible on the lfg tool.
Actually the first person who enters the instance does own the instance… And the fact that they can be kicked from the group and everyone loses the instance is completely stupid. It promotes griefing. Afaik it use to save the instance to the host, it got bugged/changed when they allowed reconnecting in fractals. There was no issue of people “draining server resources” back then.
If the host is kicked by griefers then the whole group loses the instance. If however the instance is saved, then the host can reinv the other members back and no innocent has to lose their progress. Obviously it does create an issue of if the host leaves the party then he keeps the instance and everyone else loses it. So i would suggest the instance is saved on kick but if the host leaves the party it closes the instance.
Yeah cause im sure the people joining those groups are going to go along with that….. People can do that now, but they dont because they know its stupid and will never work rofl.
Why? If hes leeching the end result of you leaving or kicking him is exactly the same. You get removed from the instance. Theres no need to grief him just because you are a bitter kitten. The best solution would be to make the instance save even if the host is kicked from the party. So the host keeps his instance and the others get kicked out.
In phase 3 he has 2 lifesteal attacks. The aoe lifesteal where he floats up in the air. And the single target life steal which you have to double dodge (points at his target). So yes you will do negative dps with minions, especially if you are in soldier gear (seeing as your personal dps wont counter the amount of life he steals from your minions). Your group was probably carrying you enough to out dps your lupi support.
Yeah selling is really risky and stressful at the moment. So many trolls and griefers. Not to mention the amount of competition on eu because of the lupi skippers. And no common courtesy (undercutting when you’ve been advertising p4 for 20mins)… The sooner lupi skip is properly fixed there will be less sellers and then there will be less griefers and a cleaner looking lfg. Everyone will be happy.
On the topic of the ignore function not working properly. It would be nice if having someone on your blocklist prevented them from joining your parties in the lfg tool. Whats the point in blocking griefers if they can still join and grief.
If you use minions in phase 3 you will do negative dps. Dont be that guy.
Grubs always prioritise players in phase 1 since they fixed it. The only grub which doesnt follow this rule is the grub on phase 1 -> phase 2 switch. Which always appears on the closest player, minion, clone, pet or npc to lupi on phase switch.
Also taking defensive stats is a sure way to screw up aggro and maybe get you the majority of focus from lupi’s attacks. Which I assume you dont want unless you can solo lupi pretty comfortably.
I usually swap the focus for an offhand rampager dagger and a rampager scepter. And then maybe take epidemic instead of signet of spite. For traits i tend to not bother swapping them cause im usually quite lazy. I guess this is what I would use if i could be bothered to change everytime:
It’s funny, because some of the people you’re condescending to are Fractal lvl80 (not me though), and/or do lvl48 on a pretty regular basis, yet they also want the system changed.
Leave the system as it is. Everyone I know that has level 80 or do 48 on pretty regular basis had their fractal weapon of choice for a long time now.
Nope. You have some pretty lucky friends it seems. In my experience the people who have the nice skins are those that dont really care for them and dont do fractals that often. The people who actually want them and go for them get countless underwater weapons and shortbows. Which is why I stopped going for the sword. I doubt my luck will be any better and id rather make gold for skins I can actually 100% get eventually. I just do fractals for karma and relics for backpieces now.
Regular dungeons are all about raw dps as you would expect. So condition builds are kind of sub par. This means you generally go down the route of beserker power builds for regular dungeons and then either beserker or rampager for fractals. Rampager hybrid builds are good for fractals due to fractals having a lot of trash mobs so aoe becomes more important in instances like the dredge fractal.
My build is the up to date build you would run in dungeons, highest dps and most suited for organised groups. You can also swap a few traits, weapons and gear to turn it into a hybrid build without retraining your trait points. I tend to use my necro in fractals mostly. I switch to rampager when we get the dredge or ascalon fractal for better sustained aoe and then switch back to beserker for the final bosses of those fractals.
You can use dark path to get out or you can use plague/lich form. Or just hope you have enough life force to stay alive inside the bubble with DS. Flesh wurm is also an option. Best way is just to not get bubbled though.
You are taking the suggestions way to literally. There are plenty of ways to make the cost unobtainable for people who just farm fractal 10. For example make skins cost a certain amount of relics + a certain amount of shards of mists essence. Or add a new material as a rare drop for higher level fractals (only 30+) and make that part of the cost.
You could even do it similar to how you made the king toad and storm wizard sab tribulation mode skins. You complete tier 4 or higher and it gives you a token, when you have a certain amount of those tokens you can combine them with pristine relics, mist essence and a weapon template in the mystic forge for the skin you want.
Apparently I had no right to ask 3 people to leave my arah p2 instance after soloing and trying to sell. They didnt read the post and joined (pretty sure they were 3 friends aswell so im not sure why they didnt start their own group lol). When i asked them to leave, they said “no, why dont you leave?”. I was kind of lost for words at that moment.
But it was relevant to the thread. People come to these forums complaining about getting kicked when they refused to meet the party descriptions requirements. They play how they want and expect every group they join to accept that and let them play with them.
Where did i say anything about 50 pristine relics?…. In fact i mentioned 1000 pristine relics for a skin…. People who have farmed fractals will have a lot more pristine relics than people who didnt farm. So having skins cost pristine relics seems pretty reasonable to me aslong as the price is achievable but not easy. Im also fine with RNG staying aslong as there are other ways to get the skins you desire eventually. I dont like the idea that I will probably never get the one skin i want.
Every bit of precision and crit damage is good for reflects. But i guess you can go 20 in domination. Theres not really any traits I like or would use in there though.
Do you actually read other peoples posts? Most of the suggestions made in this thread are exactly what you’ve asked for. Make skins purchasable with pristine relics = every skin requires the same effort for everyone.
Yes it has a certain range where it triggers. Which is why p3 is easier for classes without reflects when hes up against the wall. You dont have to be inside his circle though.
I never said you cant use a hybrid build. I was just pointing out divinity runes and celestial gear is bad. Hybrid builds are good in fractals where theres a lot of trash.
So were not allowed to challenge ourselves by beating group content solo? Since dungeons have become far too easy i find it alot more fun to duo/solo arah and seeing as it takes longer I think i deserve better rewards for handicapping myself.
Sellers dont effect you and they barely effect the economy. Most of the gold effecting the ingame economy comes from the champtrain farmers (the ones who usually buy arah slots).
Lupicus skip should be fixed though. Path 2 sellers would drop off alot once its properly fixed. Leaving those who can actually solo him as the only remaining sellers.
What people did in the past is irrelevant. The point is fractal weapons are rewarded really stupidly atm and most people would rather that changed. Im sure if you didnt have the skins you wanted you would feel the same. They could make a fractal weapon cost 1000 pristine relics and it would be a better system than it is now despite the ridiculousness of that price. Plus the people who farmed fractals in the past wouldnt be left out because im sure most of them have a lot of pristine relics saved up gathering dust.
Its not really subjective when its already been explained that you can get more survivability and more damage along with better group support by not taking 30 in valor. I dont understand why you are trying to argue against us. We were making valid explanations and alternatives and you seem to have a problem with that. This falls under the circumstance of forum stubborness and argueing for the sake of argueing. Anyone asking the same stuff ingame would actually be receptive to the advice given.
Its subjective since its only true for you and others who so happen to agree with you. You can pull out numbers in respect to how long it takes to finish a dungeon. But its irrelevant since its a self created goal. Gw2 dungeons aren’t on a timer, so creating a build that gets you through the dungeon as fast as possible means very little unless you as the individual cares.
If you feel I’m trying to argue then that is your problem not mine.
You didnt read did you. I wasnt talking about min max builds. I was saying there are casual alternatives to AH which do more for you in all regards. Its ignorant and wasteful to take it no matter how casual you approach the game.
Dungeons are about dps and whatever utility your class can bring. Necro doesnt have anything special so you focus mostly on dps and just take certain utility skills for certain situations. For dps you want a power build.
My build (see signature) is the standard dungeon build you would run on a necro if you are fairly serious about running dungeons relatively efficiently/smoothly. The other option is the 30/10/0/0/30 DS build. It can be fun but its not as reliable or as much dps but is fairly decent in pugs. However my build is best in organised groups and perfectly fine in pugs. Swap a weapon set to ranged if you arent completely comfortable staying melee all the time. And you can take energy sigils in your offhands (required for fights like lupi melee).
or how we dps and support in the kind of pve we do.
You seem to think because we run most dungeons in organised groups that we play a completely different game. We dont. Difference is weve learnt whats good and whats bad.
A standard hammer build or 10/25/0/25/10 gs/sword focus build are both very good for pugging fractals. And both of them dont use valor.
Considering I use to pug fractals all the time on my guard I kind of know how painful it is to run a full dps build in those groups. But a hammer or build with atleast 20 pts in honour was always more than enough to get by in the worst of pug groups. I did use to run AH for a while and when i switch to dps build with pure of voice i didnt notice any difference in survivability but there was a definite increase in dps. Basically i felt just as tanky in beserker with 30 pts in honour as i did with knights gear and AH. Just goes to show how little AH does.
Its not really subjective when its already been explained that you can get more survivability and more damage along with better group support by not taking 30 in valor. I dont understand why you are trying to argue against us. We were making valid explanations and alternatives and you seem to have a problem with that. This falls under the circumstance of forum stubborness and argueing for the sake of argueing. Anyone asking the same stuff ingame would actually be receptive to the advice given.
True but most sellers only run it once per day. If they had just run in a normal group the same amount of gold would of been generated. Also the waiting around for buyers prevents us from generating gold from other dungeons during that time.
Offhand dagger is good if you need the utility and weakness. Otherwise its beaten by both focus and warhorn. Locust swarm is a really good skill to have traited. Especially against multiple targets. Also reaper’s touch is amazing burst with vuln. When looking back at the numbers i found locust swarm is a very minor dps increase over just auto attacking on a single target as long as you get the full duration off. But with multiple enemies it becomes worth it every time. I havent calculated offhand dagger dps but with the cast time of dagger 5 id imagine its a dps loss over just auto attacking.
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