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Lonk
Jan 26, 2012

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOO
A reminder that if you weren't planning to pick up a legendary starter kit because you already have the 4 choices or whatever, you can grab a kit, be halfway done crafting and you can sell the finished legendary if you wish.

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gandlethorpe
Aug 16, 2008

:gowron::m10:
But it might not sell

Saraiguma
Oct 2, 2014

gandlethorpe posted:

But it might not sell



there's no might

Jedah
Sep 1, 2001

YOU CAN NOT BUST THE KRUST
Teapot put out a new Offensive Support tier list, and also a Healer/Defensive Support Tier list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrZnG2R_2Js

It'll be interesting to see what happens on Sept. 26th with the balance patch, I'm hoarding all my ascended gear/lootboxes and waiting to see what gets nerfed before making any big investments.

Condi Scourge and Quickness Herald are almost guaranteed to be tuned down, maybe a handful of other builds. CMC is honestly terrible at class balance so don't be surprised if you favorite class gets kicked in the groin.

Saraiguma
Oct 2, 2014
his goal isn't balance it's making the things him and his friends like good and shaping the game around that

Ineptitude
Mar 2, 2010

Heed my words and become a master of the Heart (of Thorns).

Saraiguma posted:


there's no might

What is that chart telling us?

Abroham Lincoln
Sep 19, 2011

Note to self: This one's the good one



Saraiguma posted:

his goal isn't balance it's making the things him and his friends like good and shaping the game around that

No, that was the last guy

No, the other last guy. No, the other one--

kung fu jive
Jul 2, 2014

SOPHISTICATED DOG SHIT

Ineptitude posted:

What is that chart telling us?

The bottom bars are volume listed on the TP. There are a ton of that legendary listed since the starter box was released. That’s your competition.

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

Saraiguma posted:



there's no might

You still make a profit even if you fill a buy order

Saraiguma
Oct 2, 2014

tarbrush posted:

You still make a profit even if you fill a buy order

20 gold for an exploration and a battle?

boho
Oct 4, 2011

on fire and loving it

Saraiguma posted:

his goal isn't balance it's making the things him and his friends like good and shaping the game around that

This accurately describes literally any MMO.

Meowywitch
Jan 14, 2010

Fight for all that is beautiful in the world

hell i'd do the same poo poo

Inzombiac
Mar 19, 2007

PARTY ALL NIGHT

EAT BRAINS ALL DAY


Anet please give us a peacock cape. I need to recreate my favorite Spaniard Egyptian.

CODChimera
Jan 29, 2009

Meowywitch posted:

hell i'd do the same poo poo

I'd give each class at least one really basic and easy support spec to setup and execute

CODChimera
Jan 29, 2009

Jedah posted:

Teapot put out a new Offensive Support tier list, and also a Healer/Defensive Support Tier list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrZnG2R_2Js

It'll be interesting to see what happens on Sept. 26th with the balance patch, I'm hoarding all my ascended gear/lootboxes and waiting to see what gets nerfed before making any big investments.

Condi Scourge and Quickness Herald are almost guaranteed to be tuned down, maybe a handful of other builds. CMC is honestly terrible at class balance so don't be surprised if you favorite class gets kicked in the groin.
I've been holding off in setting up a thief and ele build until the patch. also been thinking about trying something new in wvw, like 90% of my time there has been on Cele scourge

Mr. Neutron
Sep 15, 2012

~I'M THE BEST~

Saraiguma posted:

his goal isn't balance it's making the things him and his friends like good and shaping the game around that

True, but good news is, he likes everything.

Saraiguma
Oct 2, 2014

Mr. Neutron posted:

True, but good news is, he likes everything.

not boon strip or anything that meaningfully threatens eles

DoNotFeedTheBear
Sep 13, 2007
loving hell, Herald GS is bonkers!

Old Boot
May 9, 2012



Buglord
So, how does someone allergic to PvP/WvW type poo poo muddle through the WvW requirements for legendaries.

Catgirl Al Capone
Dec 15, 2007

Old Boot posted:

So, how does someone allergic to PvP/WvW type poo poo muddle through the WvW requirements for legendaries.

you can either join a commander tag and follow them around (IIRC blue tag usually indicates the commander is running an open squad) or just run solo flipping camps and escorting/killing dolyaks at the risk of possibly getting ganked (which is an inconvenience but not a huge deal, you're still getting rewards for your time)

Truga
May 4, 2014
Lipstick Apathy
i checked to see if gift of battle was still only 500 badges, turns out it's only available as a reward track since 2016 lmao

if you've been playing for a bit you probably have a bunch of boosters laying around from birthday gifts and other bullshit, use all of the different ones that mention "reward track" boosting and it should be done in like 2h. stick to a karma train commander (almost any tag where you can join the squad freely) and make sure you sit inside the circles when those towers/camps are getting flipped.

boho
Oct 4, 2011

on fire and loving it

Saraiguma posted:

not boon strip or anything that meaningfully threatens eles

Given ANet’s track record of balance I fully expect Firebrand buffs, Elementalist and Warrior nerfs, Relic of Cerus to lose all functionality in WvW, and nothing else.

Adhesive Gamin
Sep 29, 2010

Meatoberfest is in full swing.
Leaving Elementalist more on the overpowered side is better for the mental health of the community.

Old Boot
May 9, 2012



Buglord
TY! That seems a lot less daunting than whatever vague impression I had for what I was supposed to do in that mode.

boho posted:

Given ANet’s track record of balance I fully expect Firebrand buffs, Elementalist and Warrior nerfs, Relic of Cerus to lose all functionality in WvW, and nothing else.

pls no Warrior nerfs, I only just found a build that I can play. :')

ptroll
Sep 8, 2011

Don't forget things like the guild enhancement for reward track progress, and boosters you might have lying around from birthdays or whatever: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/WvW_Reward_Track#Reward_track_modifiers
These all add up! WvW rewards are mostly time based, so as long as you're keeping participation up you're fine.

DoNotFeedTheBear
Sep 13, 2007
Yeah, with boosters you can complete the entire gift of battle track pretty quickly when running around with a commander.

Libertine
Jun 21, 2004

When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.
I haven’t played this game since Heart of Thorns but I really want to get back into it and make a new character and I’m not sure what to make. I own the third expansion but never really played it and if I do stick with the game I’ll probably buy both of the new ones.

I like hitting stuff with a hammer or bow and doing healing/support so I think I should probably roll a Guardian (which I’ve never played). I’ve played Ranger and Revenant in the past and kind of want to go a different direction.

Any advice is appreciated. Are there any really great healing/support specs in the last 2-3 expansions that I should consider?

DoNotFeedTheBear
Sep 13, 2007
Guardian is a solid choice for support/healing. Scourge is also very, very good (plus gives you access to some exceptional DPS builds across all the Necro elites), although no hammer or bow. And Mech is still a solid choice for heal support, and can use hammer for an alac dps/dps build. However, Mech damage has fallen behind other professions quite a bit. Finally Spectre is a good for support and dps. Not so great for healing though. keep in mind things may change a bit after next week.

Diephoon
Aug 24, 2003

LOL

Nap Ghost
Always nice when the vault has you go to a meta event you have never seen before

https://i.imgur.com/MDMpFKT.mp4

Libertine
Jun 21, 2004

When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.

DoNotFeedTheBear posted:

Guardian is a solid choice for support/healing. Scourge is also very, very good (plus gives you access to some exceptional DPS builds across all the Necro elites), although no hammer or bow. And Mech is still a solid choice for heal support, and can use hammer for an alac dps/dps build. However, Mech damage has fallen behind other professions quite a bit. Finally Spectre is a good for support and dps. Not so great for healing though. keep in mind things may change a bit after next week.

I have played Necro for a bit in the past but not at max level. I’ll look into Scourge and compare. Appreciate the advice.

I have tried Engineer once before but found it extremely complicated and would like to reduce the endless kit/stance switching to a minimum.

Ra Ra Rasputin
Apr 2, 2011
Good news, mechanist for engineer is the turn-your-brain-off mode and as both power and condi builds you can just slam your auto attacks and if you are feeling spicy press 2345 sometimes.

Tambaloneus
Feb 5, 2007

I miss my cat someone buy me a kitten.

Absolutely mech is the Ultimate "It has been a LONG loving day at work my brain is mush please let me just sit back and watching the pretty colours for a bit" mode. Mind you minion necro can feel like that too sometimes, my reaper with minions is nigh unkillable and only requires somewhat more thought to keep going. If I'm awake enough I get back on my ele mains because I love suffering.

Ra Ra Rasputin
Apr 2, 2011
Mechanist is "just afk where the enemy spawns and auto-collect the loot" tier.

Tambaloneus
Feb 5, 2007

I miss my cat someone buy me a kitten.

Ra Ra Rasputin posted:

Mechanist is "just afk where the enemy spawns and auto-collect the loot" tier.

Throw some turrets down & you will be fully able to turn off ye ole brain matter apart from spamming "I'm not a bot I swear" into chat sometimes so you don't get reported lmao. I thought I'd found a bot once, mech with turrets was stood on a popular farm site so I casually said "Hello new friend I'm here too" and they talked back :D We bonded over our love of lazy farming for a good half hour lmao

DoNotFeedTheBear
Sep 13, 2007
Even though mech has faded a bit, I can't think of another profession that's as comfy to play. It's the sweatpants of gw2 professions.

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

DoNotFeedTheBear posted:

Even though mech has faded a bit, I can't think of another profession that's as comfy to play. It's the sweatpants of gw2 professions.

And if you do want a sweatier option, heal-alac mech is still excellent. Thanks to wizardbux, I have my engi set up to do any of dps, alacrity, healing or quickness just by swapping spec.

..btt
Mar 26, 2008

tarbrush posted:

sweatier heal-alac mech

New players be aware, this is actually one of the most difficult defensive supports to play well, though it remains one of the best.

Zeg
Mar 31, 2013

Am not good at video games.

Shout out to The Night Goons for putting up with my gchat spam between midnight and 7am.

Truga
May 4, 2014
Lipstick Apathy

Diephoon posted:

Always nice when the vault has you go to a meta event you have never seen before

https://i.imgur.com/MDMpFKT.mp4

lol i saw that exact thing happen twice back to back it was amazing

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Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

circle are hard though!

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