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pisshead posted:Oh ok that's disappointing. When do you get into pvp? I'm level 18 atm. You can PvP at any level (you'll be upscaled to 80 and actually have a separate build for it). Just click on the crossed swords icon at the top left of your screen and it'll bring up the PvP menu (I don't know if it has a default binding). It uses standardized equipment as well, which can be changed while you're in the PvP lobby. You technically don't need to do any PvE.
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pisshead posted:It's efficient enough to kill everything without too much trouble, of course I cast the 2 and 3 when they're off cooldown, and 4 when someone's in my face, but other than that I don't see what the other attunements would bring to the table. Yea, when leveling Fire is life. But as mentioned other attuenments are great in the other game modes. And eventually somewhere down the line even pubbies are going to expect you to Sandstorm some mobs (Glyph of Storms while in Earth attunement).
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pisshead posted:OK, I'll try a mesmer or engie. If the most effective way to play is boring, that sounds like a failure of game design. I could find other ways to kill mobs than 1 1 1 1 1, but I'd just be tickling them with lightning, rocks or ice whilst they beat my face in. That would give more variety but wouldn't necessarily be any more fun, it'd just be taking longer to get their health bars down, not necessarily a different play style. Dagger/dagger is actually just as viable a way to play. You kill things plenty quickly, it's just much more involved since you have to get up close to whatever you're killing. Use the fresh air trait in the air line so you can hop in and out of air attunement quickly. You want to use your air autoattack primarily and the particularly damaging skills of the other attunements. If you have three trait lines available you want fire, air and arcane so you can use the blast finisher on earth attunement dodge.
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But but fire staff 2 is like, your most consistent and best dps thing 
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pisshead posted:Oh ok that's disappointing. When do you get into pvp? I'm level 18 atm. come with me friend
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PvP is a good idea for everyone, especially newbies.
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Toraen posted:You can PvP at any level (you'll be upscaled to 80 and actually have a separate build for it). Just click on the crossed swords icon at the top left of your screen and it'll bring up the PvP menu (I don't know if it has a default binding). It uses standardized equipment as well, which can be changed while you're in the PvP lobby. You technically don't need to do any PvE. I don't think you get the PvP shortcut before your first character hits like level 30. You'd have to walk there. Which is entire possible. There's a purple portal in your home city that leads to Lion's Arch, which has a big fort full of portals in the south end. Heart of the Mists is the PvP lobby.
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Kajeesus posted:I don't think you get the PvP shortcut before your first character hits like level 30. You'd have to walk there. Wait, really? I started this game back at release and I'm pretty sure the shortcut was there even at early levels. Did they take that out in the new player experience revamp?
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Xun posted:But but fire staff 2 is like, your most consistent and best dps thing That lava floor thing? Doesn't seem to do much damage to me.
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pisshead posted:That lava floor thing? Doesn't seem to do much damage to me. Do you have the 33% cooldown reduction and the 2 second Fire field extension traits? Staff Elementalist is one of the exceptions in this game, where your most consistent source of spammable damage is not Autoattack, it's actually Lava Font (assuming your enemy stays in the field). In other words, you can kill things faster by only casting Lava Fonts vs. only casting Fireballs.
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Course, lavafont is nearly instant, so why wouldn't you throw it out every cooldown.
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Ra Ra Rasputin posted:Course, lavafont is nearly instant, so why wouldn't you throw it out every cooldown. Because that's not how this game was designed. Lava Font is an exception to the rule. Lots of other classes have near instant spells, yet their best DPS rotation revolves around not casting them and casting autoattack instead. Staff Elementalist is an exception: Your goal is to cast Lava Font as if it were your autoattack, and weave other DPS inbetween each Lava Font, for 4 seconds. Its not just about Damage, or cast time, or cooldown, but all three, and Lava Font is weird because of how much it excels in all 3 categories combined. related: The unlisted cast time of Lava Font is 0.2 seconds, and the unlisted aftercast is also 0.2 seconds, making the total cast time 0.4 seconds. When maintaining sustained DPS, this is an appreciable value, and any different would drastically change the role of Lava Font. AnacondaHL fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Jul 11, 2016 |
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we've reached peak empty promises mode, an announcement of an announcement: https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Living-World-Season-Three
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Toraen posted:Wait, really? I started this game back at release and I'm pretty sure the shortcut was there even at early levels. Did they take that out in the new player experience revamp? Yeeeeep!
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Lyer posted:we've reached peak empty promises mode, an announcement of an announcement: They've been taking lessons from Bungie.
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except bungie actually learns from their mistakes and has fun pvp
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Lyer posted:except bungie actually learns from their mistakes and has fun pvp It's okay, he apparently said a bunch of words that mean nothing on the forums because other sites are handling actually talking about it instead. I guess. http://massivelyop.com/2016/07/12/a-sneak-peek-at-guild-wars-2s-living-world-season-3-episode-1-out-of-the-shadows/ http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/473/feature/11006/Guild-Wars-2-Living-Story-Season-3-Out-of-the-Shadows-Begins-July-26th.html So maybe the 26th.
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I'm actually looking forward to the Season 3 releases. Lately I've only really logged on to raid. It will be nice to have some new story content to do. But then, I also enjoyed the last two living story seasons.
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Pesterchum posted:It's okay, he apparently said a bunch of words that mean nothing on the forums because other sites are handling actually talking about it instead. I guess. quote:Fractals are due for updates during the season as well. First we have the Chaos Isles fractal. You’ll see elements from several past fractals combined into one thanks to a character tentatively named as “Mysterious Asura.” No, really, that’s literally all I was told. Dessa is still in charge of figuring out what’s up with the fractals, so players will be helping her figure out not only what’s going on in the Chaos Isles but who this other Asura is and why they can control the fractal. Chaos Isles won’t be a single, complete story, but the start of a new arc that will parallel the main Season 3 plot. Neat.
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Baron Von Pigeon posted:Saying that they removed raid on capricorn because they wanted to focus on land combat is like saying richard nixon resigned so he could focus on being a civilian Can you please re-state this metaphor but make it Canadian?
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It's like saying you stopped eating to focus on having eaten literally everything edible within the Canadian borders.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Can you please re-state this metaphor but make it Canadian? It was a simile, and I was in the middle of writing a thing about Rob Ford for you but then I read that he never resigned.
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It's like Rob Ford got off crack to focus on finding more crack.
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Personally I'm kinda pissed the "Season 3 Trailer" is 95% just a "Previously on" recapping the Heart of Thorns story.
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Gem Store updates so far today: -Unbreakable Gathering Tools (basically exact same as normal Pickaxe/Axe/Sickle, just infinite use - no special animation or effect) 2400 Gems for the full set (totals to 200 gems cheaper per tool than buying actual cool gathering tools separately) -Black Lion Keys & Scraps Package (10 BL keys and 2 Black Lion Claim Ticket Scraps 900 Gems (Same price as buying 10 keys only you get TWO SCRAPS TOO!!) -Shared inventory slot limit upgraded to 13 (14 with the free one from the Lv80 Booster) 700 Gems each 
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Lyer posted:except bungie actually learns from their mistakes and has fun pvp Nice joke post.
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MacBook Air Gamer posted:Gem Store updates so far today: The shared inventory slots are absolutely a moneymaker if my own experience is any indicator.Also the upping of the limit by three while simultaneously selling a pack of three tools is absolutely purposeful.
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Who the hell was at the old limit of shared inventory slots and didn't already have unlimited tools in there? Seriously 10 slots is over $80, and if you're willing to spend that much money on inventory slots you probably have at least one full set of infinite gathering tools and I can't think of 10 other items that have a higher priority for being shared Also holy poo poo infinite use plain harvesting tools has to be the simplest money printing scheme they've ever had, they don't even need to make new animations! and the punchline to that joke is that people requested that?? check out my Youtube fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Jul 13, 2016 |
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Baron Von Pigeon posted:Who the hell was at the old limit of shared inventory slots and didn't already have unlimited tools in there?
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i bought 5 on sale i use perma bank perma tp ecto vendor (aka perma merchant but better) copper salvage kit mystic forge 1% pass
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Notes from Rata Novus, Part One Eagerly awaiting the chance to join the terrible legions of the tyrant Plant and crush the nations of the world under his rooted boot
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Rip Taimi
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Xun posted:Rip Taimi What have I missed, is she finally dead?! Ps Cletus if I don't return to gw2 next week my body is in an Amsterdam coffeeshop or canal fyi
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CLAM DOWN posted:What have I missed, is she finally dead?! Hope so, the thought of having to deal with my "team" of morons for another season (let alone expansions to come) is just depressing.
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