Guild Wars 2

Full zerk on both gs and sword/x. the gs for trash mobs and sword for the single target (the leap can be irritaintng when you stack and change targets). No point in using a PVT, Sentinel, etc sword, you get all the survival you need from the gs skills.

Star Ace.5207:

theodor.3480:

Star Ace.5207 Op was talking about a single event needed to open a dungeon, not about the party or anything, and he realized what the difference was when using a direc damage build (zerk ranger) over the condi necro. Why the range and flame and saying that he dicctates on other how to play and stuff? you are missing the entire point here.

To OP: True, zerker get’s the job done, but also is a high risk thing. Glad that you enjoy your zerk ranger.
Salutations from a fellow ranger

I never insulted him-he also never gave me the impression that he treated others with pseudo-“leet” disdain. He seems to enjoy his condition necromancer after all.

My point was that such a thing (gear efficiency discrepancy) is not as sad as the fact that many people would deride others for not playing the way they play. I also wish the difference wasn’t so stark in many cases, so I can identify with him.

Here i can agree, the difference is very big, but until the PvE AI will see some improvements, we shall see zerk. Also A zerk build/geared char has a higher risk vs reward than a tanky one. But nobody should enforce it on others (looking at the non descript lfg and when join zerk gear ceck). Anyways zerk will be king for a long time i think

Felling proud when you get complimented by a group for being better than 90% of the bearbows (when running sword/x wisth spotter and all the kitten)

Star Ace.5207 Op was talking about a single event needed to open a dungeon, not about the party or anything, and he realized what the difference was when using a direc damage build (zerk ranger) over the condi necro. Why the range and flame and saying that he dicctates on other how to play and stuff? you are missing the entire point here.

To OP: True, zerker get’s the job done, but also is a high risk thing. Glad that you enjoy your zerk ranger.
Salutations from a fellow ranger

You wonder why people still go longbow when you stack in a dungeon
Why does the bear seem to be a favorite
You shed laughing tears when you read the wvw topic Ranger pets are OP

Constantly being chased in wvw/pvp by thiefs/warrs because they think youre a free kill (sometimes they are the free kills)
Managed to develop a deep hate for bearbows and the almost useles longbow (still somewhat good in skyhammer/eotm)

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Ruins of Surmia – theodor.3480 – ranger

Don’t worry Your post made me smile.

The build is nice, but i changed a few things for it. Kept you original weapon set/trinkets and runes, but changed the armor to rabid, and the trait distribuition.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vMIQJAVRjMq0ua5KGsQ1agYVAQtHZq/Wi9wQO6RpMkTM1K-zgCBIhAIMQ0CAUFQ5QFRjtaqIasqaCyqkYaUJ1jIpBAQAu4FDAuuFXZWMA-e

Going full in skirsmishing alows you to proc bleeds faster, and the 10 in nature magic cam be put in marksmanship (it’s almost the same amount of power btw). You can get some extra condition ticks with traps (fire trap + drake for that lovely might). Also i’d recomend using Rampage as One, for extra might stacking and a sword/torch/dagger, but the gs is fine as well. Try and practice with the sword and you will see that it’s a better choice than gs.

Made a norn female ranger so she could be Eir wannabe

This one is recent:

- being asked if you’re a bearbow in a pug when you have on sword/axe and jungle stalker

Basically the funny/lame/stupid/silly, etc. you get the idea, things that you have done with your ranger.
– jumped over a cliff to your death with sword auto
– forgot to put pet on passive and accidentally agroed half of the dungeon trash mobs
– wish that just for once you could interrupt sword auto when you see a big attack coming and you can’t dodge
– wanted to slap your pet for being stupid and standing there looking at you like a idiot
– proud to be hated more/almost the same as the thieves
– looked at your traits and wondered why are they all over the place

P.S: Named your bear/bears MrCuddles/Bowbear King

Hmm, this looks intersting. Might be worth a shot for ranger for a condi/power hybrid.

Aww crap. And i thought there was a glimmer of hope. goes into a corner and starts crying

I’ll look for the post later and link it, but i think it was the preview for the balance patch for march the 18th. Can’t find the link atm

Agreed with you Konu. Fire trap is situational, but i prefer it over torch (dunno, but torch feels lackluster, at least for me and not worth to take over axe offhand or even dagger). Well we will have to wait for the CDI results and see what happens to the ranger (really wish i could take my ranger into dungeons/high level fractals without ppl asking “bowbear?” even if i have a mh sword/axe).

PS. Sry for the rant

Well they said they will fix ranger sword auto in the next balance patch so it can be actually interrupted. As for what to bring i’m sitting somewere in the grey zone. Necro is pretty good with singe target dps and condi manipulation, and ranger is tricky. If you know your class (ranger i’m looking at you) and manage your pets/utilities you can perform decently in fractals/dungeons.

PS: Ranger has a fire field on 15s cd, the fire trap if you don’t want to carry a torch

My norn theif, Aela The Hidden

My norn thief, in HotW. (was kinda bored when i took the screenshot)

Well i certanly though i saw a dragon Good to know that we might get something new. Too bad we had to kill scarlet, she kinda grew on me

What in the names of all the gods and spirits did Scarlet unleash, woke up?

I had the same dilema. Ty Cirian for the ideea. I think i can get a nice mix up and btw what dyes are you using?

Best solution that i found to replace the AP metter, is to ask at the begining of the run, or see what they do in the first 5 mins. Usualy when met with silence and/or they do dumb stuff i know it will be a looong and anoying run, but hell beats AP cecks.

PS: Had better runs with people with <2k ap that with 4k+ ap

Aha, thanks for the advice. Hope that until i get to 80 i’ll decide on what to go (still leveling atm). Althought a condi thief sounds nice

Well PvE (fractals) and WvW mostly. And as for my curiosity, although this may sound noob, why can’t thief be hybrid?

As i posted in the title i’m looking for a advice for this build

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYMQRAsY6YlYmKNHcS5E/5EymCfSo8eQWjlZppgmaQA-jUCBYLFRjmkGisI0UBA5PFRjtKqIasKmYaTER1eeER1SBQxwI-w

I’m pretty new to the class (played it before, but deleted it, dunn why) and now i’ve decided to give it another go.
If you can help me improve this build, or any sugestions it would be apreciated. thanks in advance.

My safest bet for this is quaggans! They are so innocent that i don’t believe they aren’t planning something behind our back to take over the world.

It’s a server wide crash i think. The lag in EOTM was …. dunno what to say about it. Terrible is nice. Hope they fix it soon

Beaten it on RoS a few mins ago

One of the best pug runs was in arah path 1. All went smoothly, no wipes on skip, no wipes on lupi (dead with 0 grubs eaten). I think we were a guard, 2 warriors a necro and engi (me). One of the best runs i had

I usually use the orrian truffle and steak stew (dunno if i got it right). The extra endurance regen is nice and the extra stack of might is not a bad thing. I mostly use this for lupi in arah. Otherwise Mango Pies

rabid gear from dwayna temple (i think, can’t remeber exactly) or wvw, dire from coe dungeon vendor.

Or do you mean the skins?

Ups, i already have those traits, selected wrong in the build editor (20% cd reduction and 409).
I usualy use elixir b/elixir gun (swap when needed), and as for the shield i’m planning to change it pretty soon (need to get some mats to craft another one).
Also from what i’ve seen the flamethrower is kind of a b***h in wvw (retaliation kinda kills you fast).
Thank you for the opinions, still learning the class and adapting.

Hello i’m a new engi and this is the build i’m currently running:
http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/engineer/?2.2|a.5f.h1o.e.1c.h1n.0.0.0|0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0|1f.718.1f.718.1f.71h.1f.71h.1f.71d.1f.71d|1b.63.1b.63.1b.63.3x.0.1b.63.1b.63|0.k46.k57.u48b.0|0.0|2c.2x.2g.2j.2y|e

Wha i thought my playstyle would be: support by might/cond removal (throw elixirs) cond damage and heals.

When the situation arises i can swap the elixir h with thealing turret and the elixir x with supply crate/mortar. I think that the tool kit is a must (the extra block is really nice)

PS: I mostly play in WvW and some dungeons.

7/10 and here’s mine

My engineer, just dinged 80 and i’m prety happy about how the looks turned out

Preparing my roaming sesion – mango pies and maintenance oils, get one stun breaker and repair armor (if damaged). Otherwise just ignore bloodlust/guard buffs (i don’t have them) and hope i don’t run into a stunlock party or the zerg.

Yep, noticed this too And i know for sure i didn’t have those achievments done

Fun dungeon. Better than most were you faceroll almost everything. Had a blast and a few whipes but still it is fun Goinf to do it again

LOL, this dungeon isn’t too hard. I can say it is average, only the last boss is a bit dificult (wiped a few times at him). Otherwise i enjoy it and i find it fun (you need to think not face roll kill everything). More content that requires grey matter to use

Nice i like the ideea. The sugestions for damage/cd don’t seem to be exagerated, and I think they are quite decent. Great ideea, maybe Anet might implement it.

My charr engi, he’s just level 35 atm.

I’d say pick a engi, it’s waay to fun to play and level it up. As crossoverArt said, the ranger can be very boring in PvE, and the pet can be a hidrance at times (getting you into combat, mob agro, etc; not always but it still happens). The ranger was my first toon and played quite extensively with it, but it gets boring at times.

The engineer sems like a fun class (just rolled one, under level 30), harder than the ranger to play, but definetly more rewarding. If you have the time, give it a go with each class up to lvl 40-50 and then pick.

I use the DM title constantly, because it is the onle one i like (and i didn’t get carried in the dungeons either).
PS: Even if i main a ranger i also hate bowbear rangers, you get better damage with a axe or sword

Stooperdale.3560:

“Pure warrior and guardian worship and warrior stacking etc. etc. is quite last year.”

It might be last year for the elite but it is very much of today for the PUG players. I frequently join PUGs and find that the other four spots are all guardians/warriors, probably more often than finding a group without either. If you get warriors in PUG groups without guardians they often don’t know what to do, they just stack under mobs and get killed by everything.

So true….. i usualy pug arah and the rare times i take my ranger i see that we are failing quite misrably ( i’m not the bearbow type). Mostly i prefer my guardiant just to be on the safeside of things, but definetly it is fun when the party has no guard and are lost

thank you for the comments. what i had in mind is a wvw build that can offer some support in zerg/small group roam and also be able to solo roam.

Hello, i’m a new necromancer and i want some opinions on this build i’d thought i’d use. I don’t have a very good understanding of the class core mechanics (still learning atm).
I thought i’d build my char around wells and condtions, so here is the build i thought about:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQMQNArYWjMad6tbybM8JAJFY/80jsHX8IFDbMA-jUCBYNCik0A00gE1Q5dFRjtiqIasaGYKUER1eFFRrWKAzkGB-w

Any criticism is apreciated, and thank you in advance.

i’d like to join also if possible

i’d like to join also. got a max level ranger and guard (with the gear ofc)

I like the ideea, send me a invite also (lvl 80 ranger/guardian)
nvm