Guild Wars 2

JasmineLong.6514:

I am surprised that Guang hasn’t splurged all over the thread with our video.

^

Maybe cause it’s nothing to do with spreadsheets

JasmineLong.6514:

I main thief…ALL your pink LFGs will now be stolen >:D

Inb4 an Engi main to steal all your pink LFGs.

maha.7902:

Just got a fractal longbow from a 49 after leeching a guild run @ final boss and basically being flat on my face for half the fight

leeching ftw

but you deserve it for videogamermike posts

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Holy crap.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Serious-aduse-problem-read-the-entire-thing

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Man. Lilith XD

It’s a grey line between raging and laughing, isn’kitten

I miss the Google Docs time waiting on Azreel too.

deSade.9437:

I want to throw up so badly. So badly. I need to hide under a rock til he’s gone.

On behalf of deSade, I’m calling out for the best PvF players out there to save us

As a side note, I wish Obtena and VideogamerMike will have a long heart to heart.

lol.

someone came back into the forum.

I hope Purple Miku doesn’t miss out this time.

spoj.9672:

xallever.1874:

ArthurDent.9538:

Rangers have their niche with spotter frost spirit while engis don’t asside from vulnerability stacking but they are just awsome. Engis are capable of being a poor mans thief, ele, and guardian just so much nice utility for non optimized groups.

Check out our recent record run for AC story mode. It is in fact crucial in this very optimized group to bring an Engineer.

With Engi providing enough stealth, and with many non FGS encounters, Engi is important to keep the high vuln uptime otherwise difficult to achieve.

Are you sure? With every single mob dieing instantly it didnt look like the engi was needed. :P

I guess it’s an exaggeration :p

The part after the split though…

To the OP, if you’ll be pugging a lot, generally it’s easier to be more useful as an Engi than a Ranger. But both are viable. Why not make both, learn the two classes and love them and become an excellent player using either?

ArthurDent.9538:

Rangers have their niche with spotter frost spirit while engis don’t asside from vulnerability stacking but they are just awsome. Engis are capable of being a poor mans thief, ele, and guardian just so much nice utility for non optimized groups.

Check out our recent record run for AC story mode. It is in fact crucial in this very optimized group to bring an Engineer.

With Engi providing enough stealth, and with many non FGS encounters, Engi is important to keep the high vuln uptime otherwise difficult to achieve.

Here’s the new record run for AC Story Mode (Restricted)

Warrior PoV
1st Ele PoV
2nd Ele PoV

Participants:

• Warrior: xallever.1874 (Kurk Kamall)
• Engineer: Tobley.6138 (Kaida Catastrophe)
• 1st Ele: java.4798 (Tarnum Elementalist)
• 2nd Ele: Jiyn.3158 (Jhin Long)
• 3rd Ele: FrigginManatees.1268 (Friggin Manatease)

Special credits to No Pulse.2967 for helping us out!

Here is our recent record run for AC Story Mode Record Run (Restricted)

Warrior PoV
1st Ele PoV
2nd Ele PoV

I think it took me 2-3 days at least. I don’t remember exactly.

you can stand inside the red circle if you have him on the wall and you’re facing the wall.

On a non-wall, that’s supposed to move him.

It is possible on a non-wall not to trigger this, as have others have said, to be on the edge of the red circle.

Awesome! Thanks.

Maybe I’ll make a thread in dtguilds to continue on.

Quite curious about the gear still and hopefully, if people don’t mind running the numbers for solos, it can expand beyond just the Guardian.

love the new sic’ em buff tho!

It’s sad

I also want the ferocity to be buffed by another 10% but can’t believe Anet doesn’t give that to me

Seras.5702:

I’m sorry, I missed the solo portion of your question.

That is quite a huge portion of it…

Infamous Darkness.3284:

I liked this combination because it had an engineer and a ranger and still was pretty close to max DPS group
2 Elementalist, 1 Warrior, 1 Ranger, and 1 Engineer

But Guardian’s usefulness doesn’t lie in its DPS output

wtb

reasonable sword auto

For instance, what is the DPS comparison between force and sigil of strength? If I’m camping in scepter/focus mostly for the fight against Lupi, is it better to use sigil of strength ever?

Or is the sigil of strength not good enough unless I’m wearing strength runes? But if I’m wearing strength runes, is the might justified from the lesser precision stats?

I’ve read both the sticky and the links to the new calculations and builds in dtguilds.com.

That doesn’t say anything about solo content, unfortunately.

I haven’t read anything about the possibility of adding more might into the rotations come into play vs just maximizing crit chance.

Unless I’ve missed it, then maybe you can point it out to me where in the sticky they have this discussion specifically.

Best thread na

& eu.

Hi,

Wondering what’s the best DPS gear and consumables on Guardian for solo content?

I am thinking maybe, full assassins, prec food, powerful slaying potion… with Ranger runes?

If I’m interested to solo Arah, for instance, what should the sigils be on my weapons?

I know I should have perception stack somewhere, so maybe my Greatsword should have perception.

What about possibility of might from Str sigil, battle sigil? Is strength runes so not worth it?

And if I don’t use perception stack cause I’m still learning and can’t maintain 25 stacks all the time yet, what would be the best alternative? Is accuracy sigil worth it? Maybe in a Strength Runes setup? Or is that too much of a DPS loss from the precision loss?

Cynz.9437:

i am not even talking about precursors… it just boggles my mind that for bosses i get 3 blues and bag with 3 dungeon tokens… what is the point of having almost 300% MF then?

to get more greens and blues.

it’s a mistake to think that MF is a worthwhile endeavour

Could make… Honor of the Waves more enticing! … By copypasting from AC cause it’s the best dungeon. <- This is what you get from “dungeon fixing”.

More permanent dungeons pls!

Weth, does the dredge potion work against the dredge cart in SE p3? I’m assuming if people wanna go min/max they’re gonna have to go with sharpening stones there?

Where will we watch the stream for this tournament?

TS3:
We communicate during dungeons and other activities on Team Speak 3, it is required for all members but having a mic is not. Just be on to hear what the rest of the team is saying or joking about.

Ranks:
You will join as an initiate and when you pass your trial you will move on to a full member rank.

So why join [Club]?
We are a bunch of good players that want to have a relaxed environment with others with a like mind of playing smarter, not harder but also wanting to joke about but not at the expense/frustration of others. Play with great people and have fun at the same time.

Message either myself or one of our officers to book a trial or for more details.
xallever.1874
No Pulse.2967
Tobley.6138
java.4798
Absurdo.8309

Cool Kidz Club [Club]

We are a meta speed clear guild that gets dungeons completed in an efficient manner but keeping fun in mind. Does that mean we do things in a slower manner? No, we just like to have a good time while using optimal group comps and strategies that have showed excellent results in keeping the team alive without compromising on dps. So berserker armor and weapons are expected.

We are based in Blackgate (NA) but members are on different servers in NA.
Repping is highly encouraged as we want to build a community not an LFG. So repping will be expected at least 80% of the time (especially for PvE. We’re not an LFG guild!), having WvW, PvP and personal guilds are fine, but we want to be able to talk to you without needing to whisper all the time.

Showcase of our run

AC Story Mode
Warrior PoV
1st Ele PoV
2nd Ele PoV

CoE Story Mode
Ele PoV

SE p3
1st Ele
2nd Ele
3rd Ele
Mesmer

What activities do we participate in: Dungeon tours, Fractals, Fun runs, Teaching runs.

Expectations:

• Be friendly & have a good attitude
• Knowledge of the intricacies of these dungeons
  AC: P1/2, CM:P1-3, TA: F/U, SE: P1/3, COF: P1 and Arah: P1/2/3/4.
• Competent in 30 Fractal with 5 man party
• Able to 3-man Arah
• Interest to up your gameplay for things like making the runs more efficient, competition, record runs, etc. will be seen in a very positive light.

Classes:
Have two of the following classes at 80 for your dungeon trial:
Elementalist & Guardian OR Ranger OR Mesmer OR Engineer.
All in Berserker/Assassins or mix of the two.

You’re welcome to use any one class stated above for your fractal trial.

Trials for thieves and warriors are closed for now.

Due to the current state of the meta, I’m willing to make an exception for those wanting to join and trial as Eles to do so with only just one class.

The problem with trialing as Mesmer is that we don’t normally run one in our regular tour except for very few instances like CoF. If you’re going to trial as one, you’re welcome to use Mesmer in CoF & Arah, but no more.

If you’re going to trial as a Guardian, Ranger or Engineer, I’m willing to change our more classic team comp a bit to see how you fare in the appropriate dungeons (currently, it’s very difficult for me to try and squeeze in Ranger or Engineer into CM so you’re going to have to use an Ele or Guardian to trial there).

Trial & Trial Period:
We’ll run with you before we send you an invite to see how you fare in a run. Then, we take you into regular dungeon tours.

Within 2 weeks, an officer will set up a 5-man level 30 fractal run and an Arah trio for your trial.

If you pass it and if you’re actively involved with the guild, then you’ll be promoted into the member rank.

Runes/Sigils:
Night/Force + Slaying (Undead for Arah and Justice for CM). You don’t need a separate slaying weapon, just stock up maybe 10 of both Undead Slaying and Justice if you’re running with us because these sigils are cheap.

We want you on Scholar’s. It’s acceptable to be on Strength Runes, Superior Rune of the Ranger, Superior Rune of Flame Legion.

Consumables:
We use food buffs for all dungeons, these are fairly cheap and can be bought for around 1s. Please stock up on them for each class you play on.

• Plates of Steak and Asparagus
• Hardened Sharpening Stones & Quality Maintenance Oil
• Relevant Powerful Potion of the Dungeon/Fractal stage
• Skale Venom

Fractals is now profitable.

I think the website is a good effort to help people.

I just wonder who’re going to benefit from the website the most? Is it people who pug or people who are in guilds trying to do organised runs?

Because, if it’s people who pug, there’s a lot of debate between being more selfish and being more team-centric in terms of DPS. It’s not surprising that people will advocate for 6/6/0/2/0 or 6/5/0/0/3 for warrior builds in pug runs. But then in a very organised group, you still take 6/4/0/4/0 anyways.

Similarly for Ele. There’s still a lot of incentive into taking 6/6/2/0/0, but in organised runs, Ele has so many variants depending on team comps and situations.

My suggestion is to do a compilation of “meta variants” and list the reasonings behind a particular build because if “meta” is referring to one trait build set in stone, you’d end up with classes only like Thief with 6/6/0/0/2, which, even then, might become 5/6/0/0/3 instead.

The Guardian meta for GS + S/F for instance can be misleading. Because even if you go 4/6/2/0/2 or 2/5/2/5/0, you’d still be using GS + S/F.

Honestly. If people should complain about anything, it’s the untelegraphed aoe from the last boss at the grawl fractal.

Pugs just need to learn the mechanics of this fight and try do something less facerolly?

It’s like, oh no, I bring no reflects to CM and nobody else in the pug does and it’s so difficult to do! Pls make it so CM is doable without reflects (doable = faceroll).

Why does Anet have to modify the fight because people are too much of a moron to do something about the fight mechanic? Like, if people spread out during the cannon phase, it’s easier to survive that. And then, because pugs can’t even do that, Anet must now modify the content down to the level of your standard pug.

Really?

On the side note, Mai Trin could probably be added into the dungeon bingo now.

As crochip said, the vote usually goes to either thief or mesmer. Thief might not win all fights, but it’s also possible to never die.

As a Mesmer, it’s possible to win most fights, but yeah, sometimes you end up facing a thief and the thief will just go away.

Random pug story:

CoF p1

Warrior stands in front of the gate very ready to gate.

Nobody stacked might for him. So I did that.

Then he assumed I was gonna gate and left it for me to do.

x)

StickerHappy.8052:

So what does gold have to do with it? If i cant buy them on the TP?

What are you trying to acquire?

Ascended rings?

StickerHappy.8052:

xallever.1874:

Farm pve = farm dungeons. If you’re efficient, it’s one of the best gold per time investment in the game. Unlike things like Boss Blitz, it’s there to stay.

Don’t farm for mats. Farm gold, buy mats.

But but but. some mats are account bound right?

I don’t understand what the problem is?

Farm pve = farm dungeons. If you’re efficient, it’s one of the best gold per time investment in the game. Unlike things like Boss Blitz, it’s there to stay.

Don’t farm for mats. Farm gold, buy mats.

Thaddeus.4891:

xallever.1874:

The arcane lightning buff from 5/4/0/5/0 will out-DPS the 5/2/2/5 build.

Actually

5/2/2/5/0 will have about the same dps as a 5/4/0/5/0. But the arcane buff is not always up so overall the 5/2/2/5/0 build will do a more constant dps.

Dekeyz propose to use arcane lightning no over Stone Splinters, but over vital strike. Stone Splinters is a strait 10% that is easy to achieve, but Vital Strike can be hard to keep up since you are a squishy elementalist.

Arcane buff can be easily refreshed using both arcane beilliance and arcane wave chains. If the encounter is gonna last more than 15 seconds, just be sure not to use them both simultaneously.

Actually

dekeyz proposes arcane lighning over stone splinters. You can ask her personally on that.

Highest DPS in game is 3 eles + 1 warrior + 1 ranger with all the buffs active.

With the ranger DPS-ing higher than a guard on FGS, you can consider ranger in a speed run with these considerations in mind:

• Do you need a stealth?
• Do you need long stability?
• Is aegis rotation core to some of the significant encounters?
• Do you need long reflect uptime?
• Is Mesmer portal extremely useful?

If the answer is no to all of the questions above, I believe Ranger is the best 5th to bring.

Specific example of where to bring a Ranger: CoE p1.

Basically, if the dungeon requires a bit of reflect and Mesmer’s portal isn’t needed, Ranger should be the better choice in terms of DPS compared to a Guard or a Mes.

Have been doing duos on paths like AC p1 & 3, SE SM, Arah p2 & 3, etc.

It’s fun

maxinion.8396:

Iris Ng.9845:

Sorry for abusing the ‘lock down’ term. What I mean is to completely render the target useless since I suspect most of the its attacks are range. But I was wrong. Apparently his Whip is melee.

Whip OP. I actually bring pistol for this because of that.

Stop pugging!

Have a guard or a thief blind them for you :P

The arcane lightning buff from 5/4/0/5/0 will out-DPS the 5/2/2/5 build.

Don’t be too obsessed about your own personal DPS. If you use S/D LH build, and then you help your team with might stacks, it’s a much higher overall DPS compared to just being the highest DPS in game (lava font spammer).

That is why if you’re the only Ele in the team, it’s not advisable to be on staff.

Unless, maybe, someone provides the fire field for you, you stack might from Earth, then switch to Fire attunement, 2 4 3. Switch to Staff. DPS. So much effort :/

Put an emphasis on power equipments.

Try to use these utilities to your advantage: Ambush + Smoke Screen.

Smoke screen blocks projectiles so you’re able to kill those ranged mobs before their attacks hit you.

Consider using SB if you need to range, and Sword + Pistol to tank multiple mobs (Use the S/p 5 which gives you black powder, which can be a perma blind).

The right way of using black powder is cast it once, then count up to 5, then cast it again. Rinse and repeat.

Maybe I’ve changed my mind about the ressing thing. Maybe it should be allowed. I guess the time it takes to hardres is punishment enough.

Why not, after a full wipe, as long as the other team is ahead, the team that full wipes immediately loses and the round is over?

That way, the spectators won’t have to sit through an overly careful run.

I like the rule the way it is now. Everybody anticipated the 4-man = immediate lost in CoF p1.

I guess, it’d be interesting to know what’d happen if both teams ended up with 4-man party. Would whoever got into the gate event first win, or will the match be considered a draw?

Veckna.9621:

Crucible of Eternity:
The golem bug has been fixed, it is now always in enemy state and the turrets will activate once you aggro the golem. It also has a very short leash range now and it will return to it’s original position very easily.

If somebody has noticed anything else, please do share.

So that’s why.

I thought it was bad RNG on our part.

Spoj The Second.7680:

Would like to have a fractal where we dont get ascalon or cliffside or both. Just once. Please! We never get dredge now that they changed it. Fk RNG.

Also would like those npcs back for ascalon. Its kind of painful without them on the higher levels.

My combos have been ascalon + grawl a lot lately.

I thought we were just joking with inb4s. Turns out they were prophecies.

for the love of mesmer, sticky this already! :<