Guild Wars 2

Go 15/25/0/30/0 full zerk scholar with organized group (gs/hammer + staff), and switch to your pvt or knight armor if you see that the run is going wrong.

I want:
1) Art style of GW2
2) Combat like DMC
3) Jumping puzzle likeSuper Mario 64
4) Rifle and pistols with FPS gameplay
5) Housing like The Sims
6) PvP like GW1 but with the strategy of Starcraft and the immediacy of Team Fortress 2
7) Storytelling of The Last of Us
8) Character customization like Morrowind
9) Mounts with Gran Turismo customization

Oh… and possibly F2P without item shop.

I don’t know for how long are you playing guardian but it’s kinda funny that you never noticed (or even read) that “Retreat!” gives aegis and not retaliation.
However, retaliation is given by “Stand Your Ground”, maybe you always use both shouts together XD.

since I don’t like sword that much in PvE (too low AoE and no support), I’d go with this order:
1) Hammer (melee fractal bosses)
2) Scepter/Focus (ranged fractal bosses)
3) Greatsword (trash mobs and general PvE)
4) All the others

Actually I don’t like sword/focus that much in PvE. Not such a big AoE like GS (useful against trash mobs) and very low support compared to the hammer against hard mobs and bosses.

I totally agree, would be great to join keg brawl with my team mates.

Also, greatsword is your friend for levelling PvE and scepter/focus when you have to kite bosses for skill points.

Guardian, more than other classes, can be very helpful or completely useless, people expect you to do decent damage, do support, take mobs aggro and be the last man standing in a fight. If you fail in 2 of those, you are slowing down your team and will probably get bashed.

Dune.2904:

Because compared to my Guardian (I have a complete Zerk Gear for SoloPVE) my Warrior deals so much more Damage against stationary targets (Mesmer or Corner Pull) with the GS/Axe Weapon Swap Build.

That’s really sad, sad but true.
There is no way with any class to do half DPS that GS/Axe warriors can do, and there are so many stationary bosses in the game where the only point is to maximize DPS on a brainless creature that doesn’t even bother to kite any attack.
It’s been one year since I’m asking how can developers be so blind and don’t see a such unbalanced class for the most PvE.

As a GW1 veteran, an increased level cap would really make me think to stop playing GW2, even if I liked the game so far (beside ascended).

No offense man, but that build, dropping 10 radiance for 10 zeal, would be good just for Tequatl.
Being too much tanky in PvE is completely pointless and slows down the whole team as you don’t do any decent damage to enemies.
You will be surely the last mand standing in a fight, but that’s not the way to win PvE, I strongly suggest you to change those soldier equip to a mix knight/berserk if you are new to the class.

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

lul what is the king crab?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Defeat_the_trio_of_Risen_sea_monsters

I gave up killing Tequatl in my main server, I highly suggest you to join TTS or TKS (or their sisters guilds) and join their overflow 40-50 mins before the fight.

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

“object” world bosses:
- fire elemental
- shadow behemoth (still dies very fast)
- jungle wurm
- golem mark 2
- shatterer
- tequalt
- claw of jormag

And the King Crab!!
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/f/f8/King_Crab.jpg/800px-King_Crab.jpg

bloodreign.1294:

Actually TSS is NA.

Then there is a european TSS guild too.

Got the title, still doing it at least once per day.
Well done, Anet.

Bloodgruve.6038:

Stemare,

You could look at a 25/25/0/20/0 build for GS/Hammer. This is the highest DPS for Hammer I’ve found. Very similar to Blazin’s build except you can boost both symbol damage and GSword damage a bit more. Switch out to 2h Mastery or Empowering Might when you’re using GSword too.

No condition removal at all? (beside ridicolous signet passive)

Rigel.3092:

Of course we are talking PvE right, cause if most of you went into WvW with these paper builds, you will grow seriously frustrated by your continued near-instant deaths coupled with being cow’d (spiked)?Thank you for the badges though….

That’s clearly a pure PvE focus build. No way to go in WvW with those stats.

Good points Oxxy, 15 zeal is better.

Blazin Blunt.6908:

This is my hammer dps build;
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQJASRlYgyCXFSKEf4EhNDASw6DxD7BG9YHB-jgxAYrARFCUyrIasF3ioxqrxUuER1SBExyI-e

Yeah, I like the build, I probably go with something like that.

Hi all,
I’d like you to take a look to this DPS build and critique it.
The base idea is to maximize the DPS by taking advantage from damage increases of traits as well as keeping up good support with shouts and condition removal with PoV.
With Fiery Wrath, Radiant Power, Elusive Power, Runes of Scholar and Sigil of Force I’ll get almost always 45% of damage increase that I’s quite a big deal.
As weapons I chose the hammer as main DPS dealer against bosses and hard mobs while the GS against trash, I don’t like Sword/Focus that much in PvE because it’s mainly a single target weapon and doesn’t give as much support to the team as the hammer.
So, here is the build, I’ll wait for your feedback. ;-)
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQJASRlYgyCXFSKEfIFRuAbGAkgVFiH2DM6xOC-jgxAYrARFCUyrIasF3ioxqrxUuER1SBExyI-e

Here I made a variation with Virtues traits instead of Honor, the DPS is roughly the same but I’d lose PoV (hard for me to renounce) in favor of a better self sustain
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUAQJASRlYgyCXFSKEfIFSOjVCBtZAQEUVh4BrAGB-jgxAYrARFCUyrIasF3ioxqrxUuER1SBExyI-e

bloodreign.1294:

stemare.2578:

Lamelas.6587:

Even tho you say you have no more space I really would like to know if you guys still are doing this. I’m from Seafarer’s Rest and so far I’m not having any luck. If you guys could please invite me or just send me a pm to say when is going to be your next attack I would greatly apreciate it.

TKS are still raiding Tequatl every night, and every day is a success.
You can join TSS or THS that are TKS sisters.

What does THS stand for and are they EU or NA?

all those guilds are EU

This feature has been asked quite a few times now, but since we never got considered… +1!!

Lamelas.6587:

Even tho you say you have no more space I really would like to know if you guys still are doing this. I’m from Seafarer’s Rest and so far I’m not having any luck. If you guys could please invite me or just send me a pm to say when is going to be your next attack I would greatly apreciate it.

TKS are still raiding Tequatl every night, and every day is a success.
You can join TSS or THS that are TKS sisters.

marnick.4305:

The thing is … Dusk is a rare drop because otherwise legendaries wouldn’t be special.

What’s legendary in having luck and drop a precursor? o_O

KehxD.6847:

stemare.2578:

After one hour and a half yesterday I couldn’t get into main Vabbi, nor in the overflow with the second team.
I’m just curious if you could almost win the event or we are still far from the success.

We killed it xDDD

Great job! O_O
Tonight there’s the second round right? :-)

After one hour and a half yesterday I couldn’t get into main Vabbi, nor in the overflow with the second team.
I’m just curious if you could almost win the event or we are still far from the success.

Mirta.5029:

stemare.2578:

Dear Arenanet,
you finally gave us an actual challenging world boss that can’t be killed with brainless autoattack in 2 mins.
That’s exactly what a good part of the community was asking for and you just did it pretty good, please don’t listen to the people asking for a nerf when they didn’t even try to stop that kitten autoattack, plug the brain and think about alternative ways to face him.

Don’t talk about us like you know us. I suppose the whole Europe is just auto-attacking if no server has beaten him yet on EU.

I’m sorry Mirta, I don’t understand how your reply fits in my post.

Fungalfoot.7213:

Nerfing him at this point is necessary and I think ArenaNet realizes that. He was obviously tuned around the entire zerg rocking ascended or bypassing instance restrictions like Blackgate did and that just isn’t a realistic for most servers. It is also unreasonable to design a fight around voice chat when voice chat isn’t supported by the game. You should not need third party software in order to succeed.

Nerfing at this point is necessary? What point?
If next week blackgate will be still the unique server who managed to kill Tequatl, i’ll be the first requesting a nerf, but kitten, 24 hours haven’t passed yet since the update!

Count me in sir.

Varonth.5830:

The problem is just that there are servers out there that just cannot defeat him in it’s current state.

Would I like to defeat him?
Yes.
Could I battle him 2 hours straight without dying once and constantly DPS him all the 2 hours. Likely.

Does my performance make any difference in the battle? Nope, because I contribute just like 2% of the DPS.

So why should I bother with a boss, where my performance does not make any difference?
The rewards I am getting are completly depending on other players. Players I cannot even choose. That is not good. Not at all.

What about using a turret? Your performance would be crucial.

stale.9785:

Things I would do to “nerf” tequatl:

-Double the timer.

-Make the AoE circles actually visible, instead of the colourblind friendly, can’t-see-them-in-the-water, invisible death areas they are now.

-Un-contest the WP nearest him. Losing 1 minute travelling because people have been conditioned not to res downed (not dead, DOWNED) players is bad.

-Fix the blue wave of insta-death so it’s animation matches it’s location. Also make it only hit for the 2000 it’s claimed to be, instead of insta-gibbing people.

I’d also love to see him NOT have defiant/unshakable, and instead of the stupid turrets (I hate, loath and despise the environmental weapons in this game) make it required that some people are using CC skills on him. Matter of fact, remove all the gimmicky crap, and make it so that a mix of healing, CC, condition damage and raw DPS are all required to win – that would be interesting. Right now it’s just stupid.

Thought this was the “DON’T nerf” topic. >_<

stale.9785:

Since it’s content that is actually impossible to accomplish on my server, I’m in the “Nerf it” camp. It should be something that a squad or two can do – not the current "jump through hoops, then do the watusi, while singing “sweet caroline” and juggling flaming chainsaws" that it is right now.

You can always guest in a populated server.
The new Tequatl is a huge and epic battle that can’t be won with 20-30 people, you should deal with it.

Right now I’m trying to get coordinated with guilds of my server, but this is a nice idea and I’ll join if my server fails.

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

Looking at the number of players and the amount of coordination that were required for Blackgate to beat Tequatl once… do you think that is a reasonable requirement for all servers? I don’t think so. In the long run, you are not going to bring that many players together every single time (if at all), and you’ll have many large groups of players wasting their time for 15 minutes. Something needs to be changed about this encounter. Failing due to a timer running out is lame. I would suggest either removing the timer entirely, or making it reset with each new phase. If the server is making progress, then he shouldn’t fly off. Having a server fail the event when Tequatl is at 10% health is just dumb and unfair.

Man, do you realise that the update went up less than 24h ago?
It’s the most difficult encounter Arenanet ever put in the game so it was predictable that people couldn’t succed without organisation and knowing the new mechanics, can’t you (and all people asking for nerf) just try to beat it as it is now without crying if you failed the event at the first try?

Awe.1096:

Only hope for me is that some decent EU server will emerge which can beat him at least once per day or two and then spam-guest it. Good design? I am not so sure.

I believe that people will start to listen to commanders orders after the 10th failed try at killing Tequatl.
Just be a little more patient.

Tequatl is a dragon champion, definitely not an elder dragon. ;-)

Dear Ashabhi,
We are now focusing on core features to make GW2 the best PC game we can and right now guild functionality are not on high priority, but they are definitely not off the table, just don’t expect to see something before the end of the year.

Q: Since GW1 had the best arena-based PvP ever made, why did you choose to NOT introduce GvG or HA as core pvp design in GW2?

In PvE it’s absurdly OP.
You can’t get even close to HB dps with any other melee skills, no counting its ridicolous cd!
The only real downside is that you are rooted while casting, but in PvE it’s not such a big deal (maybe in high level fractal).
Just make a comparison with guardian Whirling Wrath, HB does about triple damage (or even more) and has shorter cd, while WW is just a whirling combo finisher (completely useless) and allow the player to move VERY slowly while casting.
No, that’s not balanced at all.

Edit:
Oh… dont forget Whirlwind Attack! Just OP as Hundred Blades, maybe even more.

Glad to have bought my 250 silver doubloon back when they cost 90s (I saw that they were dangerously rising).
That said, I agree with OP, they are extremely rare nowadays, I didn’t even dropped one in my whole lifetime in game (1300 hours).

UnknownFreak.2805:

Warrior. You know most of their burst skills, you need to stand still to make them go trough

Be realistic, in PvE you can finish your hundred blades 90% of the times without being hit by a single mob and we are not talking about 1-2k more damage compared to other dps skills, but 10k+ more!
In HotW a warrior can easly hit 25k with hundred blades. This is what I call OP.

cesmode.4257:

But this system makes an unlucky player feel extremely frustrated.

Fixed.

I don’t see what’s “legendary” in a weapon that can be achieved by a lucky man in few days.

Cmon guys, this topic should be always in first page!

Getefix.9150:

maybe keep it as ‘get to level 20 if below level 20, gain 1 skill point if above, if not, it’d be too easy

Experience scroll should be a very rare item, so I don’t see the problem if 9 scrolls would take a lv 1 to 80 in no time.

Hi, I posted my incident on 09/01, then I got some responses until 09/04 whenyou told me that my case needed some further investigation.
I didn’t receive any more updates for 6 days now.

[Incident: 130901-002888]

+1, that’s a good idea!

I’m totally with Torasan, we absolutely need this.

I agree with okami. +1!

I believe that some more people want this, come on guys, let them hear our voice!

Why just convert mf from celestial in boon duration?

Hello,
since we collect a huge amount of drips of liquid karma / essences of luck / scrolls of knowledge etc. just playing the game normally, we absolutely need a “Use all” button when right clicking on a stack to not be forced to manually use every single piece as it’s very time sinking and annoyingly boring.