Guild Wars 2

Zelyhn.8069:

I farmed a world-boss, I farmed a world-boss again Hey! I farmed it again, that’s great.

The new Gw2 endgame is posting on the forums. The real challenge is not getting infracted.

How in the world does someone manage to go 71 pages of posts just defending an organisation on every single thing they have ever done. I just.. Wow.

It’s possibly because arena net wants to force you out of dungeons and into their beloved open world that they just keep relentlessly pushing.

You don’t want to do brain-numbing auto attack events?

Well too bad! Casual players love open world and living story events. And casuals spend money on gems. What kind of money? Not gold from dungeons, oh lordy no. Real life money. >:(

Let us kill off the dungeon culture these filthy cretins have gotten into and push these people into the casual lifestyle, one crappy mechanic at a time! Mu ha ha ha ha ha

*rubs hands together *

Zelyhn.8069:

I should make a “Let’s yell” about this issue. I like my style.

This is what happens when they don’t have the resources to make new, quality content. They gate kitten out to keep people playing.

Nothing is more satisfying than lighting fires.

Ah there we go. :P

Nokaru.7831:

The real issue with Agony is not the damage or the Agony Resistance; it’s the path towards acquiring the AR. In most MMOs, if there is a gear requirement for progression, the way you obtain said gear requirement is to climb the lower rungs of the progression path until you are geared enough. In Fractals of the Mists, the path towards this gear leads you out of Fractals of the Mists. (Dailies, Crafting, Guild Missions, etc.) Worse yet, it can be fast-tracked by buying the agony infusions with gold. How is this progression when someone can just throw money at something and obtain the skeleton key to “endgame”?

What a joke.

My issue too. I really do not wish to go out and farm dragonite ore in open world, and I’m sure as hell not going to make enough money to level up my crafting through fractals which do not provide adequate reward vs time input. Perhaps the fractal skins that drop should have agony infusion slots and etc.

My issue with it is that now I if wish to run a different build with different wep sets then I require a full 55AR again.. So I have to go and make ascended weapons to get the AR back.

It’s sort of not really motivating to me because fractals are not worth the investment money wise.

However, /meh because from day one agony was added because A-Net was too lazy to increase the challenge of boss mechanics. Only difference is now you have to endure with it even if you don’t want to. No amount of skill or dodging will help you there. Best thing you can do is just skip that level by riding up on someone’s else’s level.

Fotm is not worth doing at all from a monetary perspective. Jump on the dungeon tour train instead.

I’m the last one alive in my full pvt spec guardian with 10% damage reduction signet of judgement. No idea why everyone is always dieing but I’m always standing, that’s how I know I carry my team really well. I provide extremely high dps with my sceptre dps spec and I wait till the party is about to wipe to use my virtues. I never waste my renewed focus, I always save it for when I need the 2 seconds invulnerability.

I like being called an elitist.

Omg Casey.5973:

Dolan.3071:

Clumsy.6257:

HELLruler.4820:

Should probably go Guardian, or even Warrior
Thief is awesome, really really strong, but both heavy classes bring so much more team utilty and about as much damage as thief (1k-3k difference without boons)

your joking right? a thief can easily double a warriors damage on single targets

I wouldn’t go that far, but yeah Thief single target deeps is pretty kitten good. People just don’t notice it as much because on Warrior it’s more or less just mash 1 to deal optimal damage, whereas on Thief more of the damage comes from landing backstabs and Heartseekers.
So really it’s much more reasonable to expect a PuG to be able to mash 1, and therefore a much safer bet to take a PuG Warr over a Thief.

At least when a pug thief is in the party you know they can’t run a shout heal build like a pug warrior will most likely be using.

Waitwaitwait. Venom share condi thieves, new meta.

SkyChef.5432:

Swifty, you are no longer the best troll in NA. I hereby declared.

I’m a new person now!
When I share opinions that people won’t agree with, they respond in a rude manner that offends me. I now flag them. As per the forum rules, someone has already be infracted in this thread. There is no need for personal attacks people Let’s have a nice conversation and be civil.

The real question, why would path 3 be harder?

Length and difficulty are two different things, I just want to make that distinction as well.

Servers don’t mean kitten in pve, and thankfully so. I’m not about to pay for a server transfer every time I want to do fire shaman event on my server and it’s dead because of the time of night. No, i’ll guest for free to a server that is populated thank you very much.

This whole loyalty thing is a load of rainbows and lollipops. If you want ‘loyalty’ then go to WvW. If you want ‘community’ go talk in Lion’s arch map chat, you’ll have a gut-full of it after a couple minutes and then be begging for it to go away.

He’s on 2 hours O_O

Nosoyelarty.7268:

Well, probably guesting is an exploit. If you want to enter the dungeon you must do all the pre events

Imagine if this was true. I might actually get a permanent spasm in my eye.

Grab yer’ torches and pitchforks!

jportell.2197:

swiftpaw.6397:

The guardian build you listed is more suitable for high end fractals, however I probably wouldn’t run powerful blades if I was going to sit on hammer the majority of the time. This is not something I would bring to any other dungeon as that much protection is not required and a more dps oriented build works better.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-DPS-Guardian-for-PVE/first

I’d trim down to longer consecrations, 3 condi rems on resolve activation (swap to indomitable courage for lupi fights, grants stability on virtue of courage use) and the typical points in radiance for blind/burning/vauln spam. Rest invested into Dps. You may also like to place 5 points in honor if you want some high vigor up time.

Core build- 10/25/0/0/25. Gear and variations listed in the link.

Well hammer is something that has never left my weapon set since I started guard. I tried to like greatsword in pve I really really really did. It just seems so lacking compared to hammer. The 5second blast finisher is what sold me on it. That is almost as spammable as a thieves.

And I constantly swap between sword and hammer hence the powerful blades I don’t just sit on hammer and AA. I usually open fights with a might stack combo with my group (hammer/focus/VOJ) and between my blasts and theirs I have really found no need for the staff anymore. Then going into honor at least 10 has always been a no brainer for me because the symbol size increase can be huge help, the decrease recharge on shouts is also rather nice because it can mean less time on the group is on their face for fights that spam CC. If I were to ever take 10 points out of anywhere to put into zeal it would only be 10 points out of honor (the symbol duration increase can be annoying in some parties.)

If it is a fight that absolutely requires me to range I will swap to something else in place of powerful blades.

Edit: I looked at the hammer build 15/15/0/20/20 may be right up my alley for an alternative build….. O.o The versatility of a guardian can be surprising. Had a fractal group with a warrior that said “3 guardians…. So … No DPS?”…

Well this is a best dungeon build thread, if you like running that build because you enjoy it then by all means, but it’s far from the best overall dungeon build for guardian. Hammer is a great weapon, but for most run of the mill dungeons it wont be needed.

Your group should be able to achieve 25 stacks might easily without it. If your group has good dps, you do not need shout cooldowns either, most things should be dead in seconds. Boons are achieved through virtues ultimately, which frees up your utility bar for stronger stuff like purging flames, wall of reflect and hallowed ground which are coincidentally consecrations and fire fields which will = continued might stacks for your team in battle as they blast them. Increased symbol size is another thing that is nice to have but ultimately not needed once again, as your party is going to be stacking for most fights anyway. When we are looking for the best builds, we have to strip away what we think is nice, to leave what is needed.

Guards can provide some decent dps, not to mention they have plenty of avenues to providing vulnerability and blind spams.

The guardian build you listed is more suitable for high end fractals, however I probably wouldn’t run powerful blades if I was going to sit on hammer the majority of the time. This is not something I would bring to any other dungeon as that much protection is not required and a more dps oriented build works better.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-DPS-Guardian-for-PVE/first

I’d trim down to longer consecrations, 3 condi rems on resolve activation (swap to indomitable courage for lupi fights, grants stability on virtue of courage use) and the typical points in radiance for blind/burning/vauln spam. Rest invested into Dps. You may also like to place 5 points in honor if you want some high vigor up time.

Core build- 10/25/0/0/25. Gear and variations listed in the link.

I would love if they added dragonite ore but unfortunately Anet has a fixation on making people do open world content whether they like it or not.

Oh you want that ascended weapon/armor so your dungeon runs are smoother? Off you pop to afk attack the shatterer repeatedly.

Ravenmoon.5318:

Enaretos.8079:

Buying gold from third party websites is clearly banned by Anet. Plus, it’s buying ingame currency with real world currency. It isn’t the same as exchanging ingame money for an ingame service.

Your comparison is simply bad.

Last time I checked exploiting was and it still is bannable offense. Doesn’t stop people from blaming ANet for being sloppy rather than, you know, play the game it’s meant to be played. kitten me right

You can actually duo and solo dungeons without exploiting. News to many people I am sure. -_-

BeoErgon.9107:

For two times already I have asked the question : what are you doing here?
I just don’t get it.
Trying to make yourself feel important by jumping on someone that does not see the game like you?
Trying to get praises?
And when I say you, I mean all the posters that brought down the OP.
Never said you could not post. It was a question both times because it puzzles me.

Now before you ask , I am here just to show potential newcomers that the OP is not alone in this way of thinking because he was being shot down by unwanted feedback instead.

Well… I think I showed it. Enough of sterile talk. Anyone reading this post will see at least two players that like the idea.
Bye all.

EDIT after your edit :
I don’t see a reason to debate. Play like you want? Maybe if this kind of post keeps coming it means people want to play like that?
As I said, I wanted to show th OP is not alone. Enough with this.

I just like having conversations. Simple reason I guess.

‘Play how you want’ is something that is upheld by many of the community and the reason it has such negative bearing is because while ‘play how you want’ is fine in an open environment where you only affect yourself, when you are in a dungeon you affect 4 other people whether they like it or not.

BeoErgon.9107:

To Swiftpaw:
Your point, was to say that doing all the content was not better than skipping it.
Your point was to say that playing the game entirely needed an announcement beforehand to prevent poor experiences for the PUGs (this made me laugh)

Why should you come here, in a post of someone that likes that kind of play and searches for companions and say that its a faulted way of playing?

Why shouldn’t I come here? He is expressing his opinion, and I am expressing mine regarding the subject matter.

After all, ‘no one is right or wrong’.

The OP doesn’t share my sense of humor, so I offered my legitimate opinion.

Seems like a very tasking job questioning motives, seeing as you have to deal with people like me.

BeoErgon.9107:

Nice!
Any other great arguments to prove your point?

No one is right or wrong. What you like must not be universal truth. That is what you should understand.

Ok?

And now that you mention it. Yes, there is no ‘universal truth.’
Right and wrong are entirely subjective.

However. If I say that pigs lack wings and cannot fly, you would look somewhat foolish to argue otherwise on the grounds that ‘no one is right or wrong’. I would expect a bit more of an argument or even evidence instead of a flimsy excuse.

The Mexican Cookie.3690:

Minigrump.4961:

immediately begins worshiping swiftpaw because of his words of wisdom

swiftpaw manclaw

Next character name confirmed.

Oh.

Ok. You’re right.

Heithinn.6508:

Wow dude, you act like you know me and like I run my Support toon ALL the time… you didn’t actually read anything I posted did you? You probably just scrolled through it to see what you could pick out to boost your ego. Go back under your bridge.

I don’t have an ego. If I did, I daresay I’m going the wrong way about it. All I seem to do is kitten people off.

These threads are like grains of sand on a beach.
Now gather round my friends as I share my opinion, which is rarely taken well.

If you wish to do this by all means you are welcome, but to argue that it is better than skipping would require a very strong case which you don’t have. Nobody is going to stop you doing it. Nobody cares if you do it. Just don’t make some poor pugs do it without advising beforehand. Also, we will naturally find the notion entertaining.

Heithinn.6508:

swiftpaw.6397:

Now, as for the walls of text above. If you know that as a guard you can provide excellent support even as dps spec, then why don’t you? You say that many zerker guards don’t do that. I agree, they don’t. Because they are poor players, much like many cleric’s guards. But because you acknowledge that you can indeed support your team in full zerker just as well, and in fact better than clerics because you supply dps on top, then I suggest you try it.

Woah now. I never said a dps spec could provide “excellent support”. I agreed that they too posses virtues and other skills that can provide support to a group. This support is less frequent and not used as a primary function but rather as just a “bonus to my awesome damage” from the dps guardian. I can pop my virtues much more frequently and I am able to share some of my passive effects with the group. I can stand in the middle of the battle field and revive people so they can get back in the fight. I can cleanse the stacks of conditions that are killing you. This is my primary focus. I have built myself around helping you and the other 3 people in the group so you can focus on why you built your toon the way you did – to tear things apart. When do you use your heals and support skills? When it suits you right? I use mine constantly, my bar is full of them and they are all on cooldown. So please.. shut up and DPS.

Firstly, if you want rational conversation, it is best not to become emotionally involved.

Secondly. Dps is support in game. This is a thing that many cannot get around their heads, and for good reason to. People get stuck in the trinity mindset of other games. I myself played a cleric in aion and healing was all I ever did. However, GW2 is a different kettle of fish. Despite what you think, due to the mechanism of dodging and focus 3 blocks + blind spam, I do not need to waste my virtues or removals on myself at all.

These are saved entirely for the team. You have a misconception that because I wear a berserker set instead of a cleric’s set, I am somehow unable to prove the same amount of support. The reality is that I sacrifice the very poor scale-ability of healing power for damage stats so that mobs die faster, meaning that my team does not have to endure longer fights, whilst I still give out the same amount of boons and control.

Personally I think this is falling into the pigeon chess category of conversation. Which is where I suspected it would go from the very first post. It’s not worth the time or effort to convince you.

Heithinn.6508:

Luke.2643:

Using that video to justify a staff support build in dungeons is just hilarious^^ please go on, popcorns are ready.

Funny… I thought this thread was about “Why a Guardian would use a Staff…”. Well, that video shows a Guardian… using (wait for it)… a Staff (omg!!) to solo a boss.

I have no need to justify my build…. but your popcorn looks tasty.

I was in the mumble channel when my good old friend here made this video. It’s here to stir the pot and I asked that he put it in this thread XD

In other words, this is not something we would recommend you actually do, it is slow and painful compared to the other specs.

Now, as for the walls of text above. If you know that as a guard you can provide excellent support even as dps spec, then why don’t you? You say that many zerker guards don’t do that. I agree, they don’t. Because they are poor players, much like many cleric’s guards. But because you acknowledge that you can indeed support your team in full zerker just as well, and in fact better than clerics because you supply dps on top, then I suggest you try it.

This is why I linked a picture of a stampede in my original comment to you. Because I knew it was only a matter of time before the herd got here to tell you what is common knowledge. You are better support for your dungeon team in zerker.

Syn Sity.5826:

Heithinn.6508:

swiftpaw.6397:

Not sure if serious.

No.. I am serious

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-7;4RFV10H3kFF90;9;44-4TT;729B58620-120;0QitaQitaOJGB1-c170;1Y5Z5XaXaYaW57B-2F0JV9ecX9e;9;9;9;9;9;4V1N5c

Great in WvW too.

As someone stated the staff is a support weapon. I’ve been plying this way since BWE. It’s extremely effective support. I don’t care how much damage I do – that’s not my role. Honestly the fact that I do any damage at all is just a bonus. Let the other 4 people damage while I keep them cleansed, rez them, buff them and use whatever I can to make the fight easier be it a projectile reflect or stability.

All my symbols heal and they are all huge so when I drop Symbol of Swiftness I’m giving you swiftness to get out of the way of attacks, healing you with 5 pulses and giving you a Light combo field for cleansing or retaliation – so you do more damage and receive less. Meanwhile Orb of light heals whoever it passes by and I can detonate it for more healing. Empower gives Might and a heal at the end. And if you creatively use Line of Warding you can not only stop following enemies during runs but assist kiters or protect the range camp from attacks. I heal you when I dodge, you all have my Virtue of Resolve passive heal – which is stronger and stacks with Regen as it’s a separate buff. My Mega support Elite lasts 10 seconds longer, which is a lot when you can spam Heal Area. And I have 3 group cleanses not including cleases that happen with Light Field.

Why Toughness and Boon duration? Well.. I need to be alive to heal and rez you don’t I? I already have plenty to cleanse, so Vitality is moot. With Boon Duration I get longer regen and protection. And yes I am lacking on damage, so the longer I can keep my might or fury or whatever boons are flying around the better off I am. Granted, it may take me a year to kill something, but I’ll still be standing.

As I stated, I was a healer for 6 years, this is the role I am comfortable in, it’s a role I enjoy.

So when you see a Guardian with a Staff… assume this is why.

There are so many things I want to say to you…

Shhhh just.. Just… just just just just just just… You know what kitten it.

There’s nothing fun about making legendaries T_T

Dat flag function.

Heithinn.6508:

swiftpaw.6397:

Not sure if serious.

No.. I am serious

I don’t care how much damage I do – that’s not my role. Honestly the fact that I do any damage at all is just a bonus. Let the other 4 people damage while I keep them cleansed, rez them, buff them and use whatever I can to make the fight easier be it a projectile reflect or stability.

Why Toughness and Boon duration? Well.. I need to be alive to heal and rez you don’t I? I already have plenty to cleanse, so Vitality is moot.

Ok! You just keep doing what you’re doing!

Wethospu.6437:

Are you now talking us down to make you look better?

Pfft you all know I’m a scumbag!

It’s just typical talking down people’s achievements to make one’s self look better..

Nothing new to see on the internet here.

/meh.

My most recent work of art:

Spiky Muffin.9180:
this thread makes me wanna go in pug groups and teach everybody though i doubt that would be received well ^^
anyway thx for reminding me of the people who aren’t kittens and actually appreciate advice.

You think it’s gonna be all rainbows and lollipops.
You pop on in and enter the dungeon, you see a staff mesmer with corruption sigil who tells you he doesn’t have a focus.
’That’s ok, just take feedback please’
you tell him, a smile on your face. This guy is gonna learn something about reflects today! Oh it’s exciting!
The guardian loads in, sword shield. Well he’s halfway there isn’t he. Halfway to a decent weapon setup despite his life sigil and Strength in Numbers popping up to indicate he’s probably AH.
’Hey bud, do you have a focus instead of that shield?
‘What? No. And that reminds me, I only use this sword for roleplaying. Sorry for the inconvenience.’
He swaps it to a mace. Ok well, that’s only 2 players so far, lets see what we get next.
A longbow ranger enters the scene. He has a polar bear and an arctodus. He isn’t your typical brown bear guy. He’s special. Like a snowflake. How else do you know? His other set is axe/torch and he’s running traps. What do you even say at this point? How do you even.. Well. You remain calm and ask him if he has a sword. That’s a negative however.
And then *drumroll please *
The crème de la crème of warrior’s loads in. Full cleric’s, shoutheals and a rifle. He proceeds to rifle attack every mob from the backline.
‘Excuse me warrior, do you happen to have a melee weapon, perhaps an axe?’
You ask politely.
Oh you’ve done it now, all 4 of these players have been interrogated by you, the elitist scummy. Did you ever stop to think about how you made them feel? I don’t think so. Heartless.
The warrior keyboard turns all the way around to face you.
’I’ll have you know that rifle is the highest single target dps in the game.’
‘He asked me about my build too! He has no right!’ The ranger chimes in.
The Mesmer.. ‘He… he tried to make me use a focus’ *shudders *
‘kitten YOU’RE ALL RUINING MY IMMERSION!’ screams the guardian.
In unison they chant.
‘We, play. how. we. want!’ We play how we want! We play how we want!’
The ranger passes out torches to everyone and they chase you out of the dungeon. As you almost reach the exit you trip up on the ranger’s spike trap. You fall. A single tear peels down your face as you accept your fate. You end up carrying the entire team for an hour or so and soloing the end boss.

JonPeters.5630:

Virtues are not balanced for PvE vs PvP vs WvW they are balanced for combat which is tuned for generally 1-5 combatants. Whethe or not they are effective in a given encounter depends on that encounter. Sometimes they are more useful as passive abilities and sometimes they are more useful as actives. Finally, they are not balanced against other skills specifically, they are balanced as the class mechanic of the Guardian profession which is an effective profession in nearly all if not all content.

It is best that they are not balanced against singular skills specifically. However, spvp, wvw and dungeons are all very different modes of play. Perhaps you feel you can cover everything, effectively hitting 3 birds with one stone and in the case of guardian I will be honest and say it is the most balanced class available. The problems arise however when classes are constantly changed, sometimes drastically to suit what the spvpers want and other modes of play are not considered.

The reason I am in support of split skills in particular is because there is the problem of the necromancer. Look at how popular he is in spvp, now compare that to dungeons.

Not so fantastic.

Why? Because the necro has been tailored to the needs of spvp/wvw with little regard to it’s effectiveness in dungeons. It can do perfectly fine in dungeons, yes, even quite well. Cannot deny that. However, compared to any other class, it offers the least appropriate utilities and damage output for dungeon teams. Why would I take this class over any of my other 80s? Currently the necro can really only shine in high end fractals.

a t s e.9614:

I feel your pain, I always get kicked no matter how well I support my party . Full cleric armor and a shout build that heals for around 4k and insane CC with dual mace build. And I never go down , always forced to res those berserker who die in one hit and I’m the one who gets kicked. It’s absurd.

You may never match my talent young Padawan, however I will watch you closely.

That’s all very well and good but you see I think we are missing something here OP. You can buy the gems for gold which you make in the game doing things. Essentially you are can still be playing the game and then getting your reward for it without any real life monetary input.

If they made copies of the skins in the cash shop and then offered them at an item vendor for ‘x’ amount of gold each, would this feel different? Possibly. But it would be the same thing. Do some dungeons, use that gold to buy gems to buy skins instead of do some dungeons, use that gold to buy skins.

foofad.5162:

swiftpaw.6397:

foofad.5162:

swiftpaw.6397:

snip

Buying a full set of Knight’s is a bad idea. While it does have Precision, the lack of Power on the set is really noticeable. While it’s true that the spread I posted will have less critical chance, the increase in power will actually yield the same or slightly increased DPS on top of the Vitality from the Soldier gear giving you tons more effective health. Also, it’ll be cheaper in the long run, because as you improve if you decide you want full Berserker armor for dungeons you only have to replace a couple of pieces, instead of an entire set.

Examples:

Knight’s

Soldier/Berserker mix

Personally I find ‘tons of extra health’ to be detrimental. It creates a reliance on a health cushion. The power lack with knight’s is annoying, however this is a training wheels set that once you’ve gone through will also be useful later on if you so choose to do high lvl fractals and run as the sole guardian with the hammer build. When I started out I just ran 6 pieces of knights armor and full zerker trinkets, didn’t really cost that much and you can still get use out of this set if required. I suppose I was not entirely well explained when I said knights, just the armor should be enough.

I don’t particularly see the need to deliberately handicap yourself to make the game more challenging unless you find the game boring from the outset. If you can get the same damage, and better health to boot, there’s no reason not to do so. Ultimately it won’t make much of a difference. He can probably learn to adapt to losing 2-3k health when he switches gear.

I guess my point is that you are deliberately handicapping yourself by running Hitpoints because it garners a reliance. The Knight’s armor will also be of way more use in fractals vs a set with hitpoints so I seriously doubt that owning a set is handicapping at all.

I am curious however, how you know that your soldier’s mix will match the dps of knights with zerker trinkets. Seems like you only have a Critical Chance of 22.86% ( less critical damage hits) for the sacrifice of having more power. It should be noted that you don’t have 0 power with knights armor + zerk trinkets.

Have you run tests for 6 pieces knights (ruby orbs armor I suppose) + full zerk trinkets?

Astral Projections.7320:

Wow. Some really nice ones in there.

ANet seems stuck in a rut design wise, or else somebody is holding a tight leash on the artists and making everything conform to a narrow template.

I would kill a Quaggan to have this one as a medium armor.

I think they just lack artists and resources. After all NCsoft really reigned in funding. They take the cash shop profits and then decide how much they want to give back to Anet to pump back into the game… Atm it’s not very much which is why there is so much recycled content.

Perhaps it should go on the full cooldown but you at least receive your virtues renewed.

My real concern? Making spvp changes to skills without any regards to how this affects the skills in dungeon team setups/pvp/wvw.

Solution? Spilt skills. Why not? ‘People are simple creatures, they wont be able to comprehend it.’

foofad.5162:

swiftpaw.6397:

snip

Buying a full set of Knight’s is a bad idea. While it does have Precision, the lack of Power on the set is really noticeable. While it’s true that the spread I posted will have less critical chance, the increase in power will actually yield the same or slightly increased DPS on top of the Vitality from the Soldier gear giving you tons more effective health. Also, it’ll be cheaper in the long run, because as you improve if you decide you want full Berserker armor for dungeons you only have to replace a couple of pieces, instead of an entire set.

Examples:

Knight’s

Soldier/Berserker mix

Personally I find ‘tons of extra health’ to be detrimental. It creates a reliance on a health cushion. The power lack with knight’s is annoying, however this is a training wheels set that once you’ve gone through will also be useful later on if you so choose to do high lvl fractals and run as the sole guardian with the hammer build. When I started out I just ran 6 pieces of knights armor and full zerker trinkets, didn’t really cost that much and you can still get use out of this set if required. I suppose I was not entirely well explained when I said knights, just the armor should be enough.

He lost his kittens at us in LA one time XD

Rest assured miss Swiftpaw had her fun. ^-^

I cant wait to see him streaming arah p4.. Ah the memories.

I am saddened.

I think, as stated above that one of the prime reasons A-Net will not be updating dungeon rewards is because giving gold to players (even for their time and work) is lessening the chance that they spend real money on gems in the cash shop.

Other reasons may include the fact that they are completely out of touch with the dungeon community and have exhibited disdain towards those who optimize runs.

Dungeons- grab yourself two gear sets:

Knights for just starting out (training wheels set).
Full Berserker for once you know what you are doing.

Combine this with Obal’s build and you are ready to go.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-DPS-Guardian-for-PVE/first

Knights will give you precision but you will have less damage. In dungeons damage is key. Once you have experience the only ‘tanking’ you will need is dodging, blocks, renewed focus ( although I srsly recommend you use this more for virtue spam for your party than saving for invuln) and applied blinds. This will enable you to run berserker to provide increased damage, which in dungeons can mean all the difference while still providing the team with damage mitigation and support through skill (utility and weapon) choice and traits. The most important part of dungeons on any class is knowing when to dodge. Once you have this down you are able to focus on maximizing your dps and deciding which utilities to bring for each fight. On Guardian you will find yourself swapping up your utility bar constantly depending on what your party requires for each fight.

Most popular utilities will involve:

• Stability – (Stand Your Ground and more importantly Hallowed ground (fire field and a consecreation) ), Indomitable Courage (Trait to break stun and give stability in the virtues line)
• Reflects – Wall of Reflection (Consecration)
• Condition Removals – Purging flames and Absolute Resolution (Trait in the virtues line)
  Another condition removal tactic for after you have blown cooldowns is to lay down a combo field and whirl finish in it, eg. Wall of reflection + Whirling Wrath from greatsword will = Cleansing bolts
• Absorbs – Shield Of The Avenger
• Blocks – ‘Retreat!’ and Virtue of Courage.
• Blinds- Virtue of justice Spam, Weapon skills.

Zephyr.5382:

Hmm…I didn’t see engineers specifically mentioned. Would a zerk nades build, doing decent DPS while spamming stacks upon stacks of vulnerability (basically +DPS for the entire group), be welcome in today’s dungeon runs?

If wars/guards can’t reach 25 stack vaulns.. Which is sadly many pugs hah.

haviz.1340:

Could you explain what means “healing power DPS”? Can you deal holy damage to undead?

Does this.. Does this rival the druid build?

This literally the most laughable thread I’ve read today.

I did it better!
No I did!
You didn’t challenge yourself as much as I did, I can’t be impressed!’

Waitwait access to this content doesn’t even exist anymore.

Hey OP- Nice job.
Done. Was that hard?
But but my ego.. Now it’s in shreds! Q_Q