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Forgall posted:How's this for dungeons? I'm wearing zerker at the moment, and if I try to melee bosses I just get crushed instantly like a bug. I'm not sure 20% or so extra health is going to fix that. D/D is really good for bosses. I'd take signet of malice for a heal and signet of agility over assassin's signet though. As far as surviving goes, you really just have to dodge. I usually only die if I get one-shot, so valkyrie only helps if I can get my HP over that point. Taking only a few valkyrie pieces also doesn't make much sense because you lose so much damage with HK over executioner. With all berserker you can easily hit 90-100% crit, so hedging your bets and trying to do both doesn't really work.
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MooCowlian posted:It's also a couple of minutes at most to waypoint to the LA trading WP and speak to one of the dudes there. Unless you literally want to change every couple of fights, that's not too bad. Why bother with all that when you can just use multiple stones, pay for more inventory slots, and play the game longer to replace what you lost instead.
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Reverend Dr posted:It really doesn't matter whether or not you are correct and this is the most 'economical' method. There are people that really want a PvE wardrobe and would gladly accept using transmutation stones in this fashion. If this is less economical for the player, then it especially makes sense to do it; if players would prefer to pay more money, why the hell wouldn't you do that? That was mostly sarcasm. My point was that it's new systems for something that players want because it costs them money now. It just doesn't make sense unless they're going to charge $20 per set, and I doubt that's acceptable to anyone but Arus. I'd like a locker too, but maybe I'm a little more realistic, or a negative Nancy. I agree that it's not unheard of to run an mmo into the ground over money (or pride), so it wouldn't shock me if they were just making hay while the proverbial sun is shining.
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MysteriousThing posted:I think it would depend on the repping requirements. For example my guild only requires you rep it when in WvW. A different guild might have different requirements on when you represent them. Guilds with more than one member would probably find this tedious to enforce.
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Tarq posted:Where can I find some good reading on how to suck less as an Engineer in both PvE and WvW? Good luck finding guides that aren't about situational awareness and Sun Tzu. Your best bet is to find a streamer that you like and ask them stuff/observe. OstrichEggs has been streaming engi in WvW on his twitch and the guildwars2tpvp channel. http://www.twitch.tv/ostricheggs/profile Edit: http://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2pvptv/profile ItBurns fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Oct 21, 2013 |
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Ghostpilot posted:First time hearing of this guy, but I really like his style. Wouldn't hurt him to take a breath, though. This guy is a pubbie folk hero. You should read the official forums more often. Don't do this.
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Dorkopotamis posted:So I'd be psyched to hear your comments and critiques on this build. I don't want to be a smart rear end, but this build is like 100 years old and both shatter and phantasm builds are still 'viable', whatever that is supposed to mean. There are a ton of people playing both in high level pvp. http://www.twitch.tv/hansawesome http://www.twitch.tv/helsethgw2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW5Q1XJqPHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP9Rxb_6hJM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDglb5WwmrU You'll also be sad to learn that Duelist's Discipline finally got nerfed after like 18 months of being broken. Edit: A few people ran mesmer in the invitational as well. ItBurns fucked around with this message at 02:51 on Oct 24, 2013 |
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Lyer posted:So I just discovered that the new fotm mesmer build is sword + sword and sword + focus/pistol. Is this the build? http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQRAsc8dlwziqHTzqGa9IxJFRf5oZgdvXSBvxNA It doesn't have either of the +15% damage bonuses to phantasms or Signet of Illusions, both of which are pretty core. I can understand wanting to go 25 into Illusions for the recharge, but Phantasmal Haste is pretty worthless with /F and /S and the 3% damage bonus doesn't affect phantasms. Sword on both sets is preferable for PvE since the auto is so good. Scepter has worse DPS across the board and you hardly want the clones from the auto in a phantasm build. It's actually a workable hybrid MH for PvP (#3 does about 80% of blurred frenzy iirc). The main advantage is the range and block, neither of which matter much in PvE.
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Full Fathoms Five posted:So I haven't played a warrior in forever, and looking at my gear it seems the last thing I was doing was CoF speedruns because I'm all decked out in Berzerker gear (either that or I was abusing the window of time when those foods that gave you life on crit or whatever made glass cannon zerker warriors really hard to kill) but now it's just laughably squishy. I see some of the traits changed, including making the "damage based on adrenaline level" a Grandmaster trait. So basically, what is a good build and gear setup if I want to be useful in PvE and WvW? I mostly roam solo or with small groups so I need to be survivable, but I'm not sure what that entails on a warrior really. My main is a Guardian that basically never has to worry about anything at all, so it's kind of hard to judge what will work on a warrior without sacrificing all my dps. I'm hesitant to give a build for PvE since your build will be largely dependent upon your group. PvP meta builds are, for better or worse, fairly static, so here's one... http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQJASTjkOpwxQGPMxBA0jvqirTBlUPsDv4A-TUAg0CnIKaYxSEA PvE and WvW are two different animals for Warrior, to a large extent. GS is still king in PvE and good in WvW, however you'll be taking a differnt trait distribution for each if you want to split a build between the two. If you want to go full gimmick you can do a mace+something/gs build and skullcrack your way to victory. Despite the bad-killing abilities of Mace/GS, the reigning tPvP build is longbow and hammer (as seen above), mainly because of the CC chaining, although you might find that lacklustre in WvW with the open battlefields. Things that you won't want to pass up for PvP include Cleansing Ire and Healing Signet. Both give the Warrior an incredible amount of sustain (especially paired with Adrenal Health) and should be included in any PvP build. Adrenal Health is also quite good, and included by default in builds that spec defensively. Personally, I like GS and Axe for PvE. 100B while in GS then swap to Axe for the auto and WH buffs or Mace CC. This is the build I use for PvE. The regen is enough to ignore most mechanics, although I will say that it's not the best DPS unless you have berserker gear, as the effectiveness of the damage traits is largely dependent upon high crit damage. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQNBhODbk0J5t3R7hJOggPoFXGQBToeYHbYbA ItBurns fucked around with this message at 05:01 on Oct 27, 2013 |
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Dreggon posted:Prettiest princess? I noticed this in the guild puzzle today. Undocumented changes to the graphic system much? The same effect is on stealth particle effects. RIP dreams. 
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shoognite posted:When did this change? I always thought healing signet was junk. A couple months ago. It's the best warrior heal now to the point that it's borderline OP. Cleansing Ire beats Mending by a mile.
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teagone posted:Is that a new trait? It's like 4 months old, but it's new since release.
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Cowboybot posted:It's University of Texas Arus, that's where Anet is located. They're running the game out of a dorm room to avoid bandwidth costs. Let's hope IT doesn't find out.
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What exactly constitutes the leg portion of that medium set? Unless the boot part is actually the legs and not the feet, it might just be skivvies. Fake edit: remoting in from my phone to buy them.
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A lot of people said the same thing about Wesley Crusher but he came to be one of the most exciting, likable, and dynamic characters in the series.
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Anyone dumb enough to play thief will be going D/D or D/P, so don't count on not having to deal with stealth anymore.hampig posted:Why? S/D was better than D/P and D/D flat out but contingent on init regen, so it's a pretty big deal. Init regen is never a limiting factor in stealth builds, so calling it a buff is a bit disingenuous. ItBurns fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Nov 2, 2013 |
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hampig posted:Who knows how that will wash out, S/D could wind up even on init regen but will lose evades from losing vigor. It loses init and vigor. How are you calculating this to be a wash? Do you play thief, are you using math and numbers? Find out next week on 'I don't actually play this class' theatre!
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sound_again posted:30 arcana is mandatory because you need to swap attunements often, though this may be less crucial with the balance changes mentioned on the last page or so. 30 Arcana will still be ~mandatory~ for D/D and S/D in PvP (don't use this in pve), you just need to pick between Elemental Attunement and Renewing Stamina. Builds with 30 Arcana will still be better than the alternatives, they'll just be less good. The 0/20/0/20/30 meta build won't change on a fundamental level, it will just be worse. The cooldown on attunement swapping is a red herring. The only thing that matters is the Cleansing Wave proc, and it matters a lot. If you're doing PvE you can put 30 in Fire for Persisting Flames with Staff (or S/D lol) and throw the rest of your points in the toilet. Spam Lava Font forever and ever. Lightning Hammer does a ton of damage and that isn't going to change, but I don't see that as an attractive option without a decent group to support you. ItBurns fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Nov 2, 2013 |
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Eltoasto posted:Thinking about picking this back up again since a balance patch is coming. Sounds like Rangers are still screwed though? How do necros stack up these days? Have an 80 guardian/ele/thief but maybe it would be good to level something up since the pve zones are what I enjoyed most about the game. If all you're doing is PvE it doesn't matter what you play. Rangers are fine in PvE and preferred for a lot of high-end stuff because of their water fields, reflects, etc. Power necro is super good and does about as much DPS with Dagger/Death Shroud as other classes. Condi necro is better for PvP, but you can do both with 30/20/0/0/20 and not have to respec.
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Ra Ra Rasputin posted:Looking at the ele changes, they seem to even out to neutral if not outright worse then before, some of the best traits are being moved out of the first tier into the second, so you need to decide between which of the few good traits to actually pick at 20 points. Ele is worse off. They basically removed two traits. They did the same thing to warrior, where they moved popular traits to occupy the same slot. I hope that's not their new style of balancing. It basically becomes a trait point tax, and that's generally a really bad way to go about it. I think Elemental Attunement is a little strong to be inbuilt and probably deserves to be master tier, but could probably get moved into a master minor slot in that line. If they really wanted to reduce vigor uptime they could have nerfed the trait and put it in the adept major. Having it proc on crit really punishes people that spec too defensively, and evades are a better way to mitigate damage than passive bonuses in terms of player input/output.
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daspope posted:That makes extra sense because Lingering Elements has been completely broken since launch and they have shown absolutely zero interest in doing anything about it. From here. Jon Peters posted:P.S. bug fix for Lingering Elements is coming on Nov. 26th as well. What I don't get is how he says that they moved the traits around basically for the hell of it. There are so many other traits that they could have moved that it seems unlikely that they just picked those at random. ItBurns fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Nov 2, 2013 |
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Some notes about the patch for mesmer, guardian, and engi courtesy of the dev tracker.Jon Peters posted:I think the mesmer discussion has been pretty positive overall and productive but I wanted to bring up some points that I am seeing and some new ones as well. That's a pretty reasonable goal, with shatter probably being the most fleshed out of the three at this point. Phantasm will get a rather significant boost due to the 10 'free' points resulting from moving IC down to the master tier. In general, I don't want to see phantasms get too strong though. I think they're in a good spot now in terms of damage. I couldn't care less which way they go with confounding suggestions since nobody uses it anyways. Jon Peters posted:Hello Guardians, Jon Peters posted:I’m back! ItBurns fucked around with this message at 07:13 on Nov 3, 2013 |
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CLAM DOWN posted:Am I the only one who killed that guy, it was during the zergs in the first week of halloween and I didn't even realize we were attacking a boss until it was dead. I killed him too under pretty much the same circumstances. We pushed him into that little mausoleum and that was pretty much the end of it. Tiny Chalupa posted:Last annoying question :/ If you go 30 into fire, 10 into Air, and 30 into Arcane you can run Staff, Scepter/Dagger+Dagger, and Lightning Hammer without respeccing. That will allow you to be fairly flexible as far as which weapon set is best at a certain point. The big traits are Ember's Might (III), Persisting Flames (XI) in fire, and Bolt to the Heart (VI) in Air. That's a fairly decent damage buff and will let you get the extra tick from Lava Font and stack fury. Take Conjurer (VIII) in Fire if you're using lightning hammer, otherwise take Pyromancer's Alacrity. The same is true for the Arcane adept; Blasting Staff for staff and renewing stamina for S/D or Lightning Hammer. Elemental Attunement and Evasive Arcana are the other traits in that line. Ideally you'd just stack as much Power/Precision/Crit Damage as you can, but if you want more EHP you obviously need to start mixing in other pieces. The difference between Soldier (Power/Vit/Tough) and Valkyrie (Power/Vit/Crit Damage) is tiny, so just go with whatever is available to you. Knight's (Power/Precision/Toughness) is also an option. If you want to be a sperglord about it, you should swap your Chest, Legs, and Head first, as they have the worst ratio of defensive stats to crit damage. Edit: With regard to the above poster, don't use Carrion gear. I don't know why anyone would even suggest that. Auramancer hasn't been a thing since beta, that's a bit out of left field as well. ItBurns fucked around with this message at 07:51 on Nov 3, 2013 |
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Here's a list of PvP builds that got posted. https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/pvp/A-short-list-of-common-builds-in-PvP It also doubles as a list of things that are getting nerfed on the 10th. Oddly enough my experimental wvw bunker conditrollimancer didn't make either list. I guess it's too underground/edge for people to have picked up on it.
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HaroldofTheRock posted:What was that superior armor viewing site that gets linked every now and then? This is also a thing. http://www.gw2armorgallery.com/index.html
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Jonny Angel posted:So can I guest on other worlds for WvW or am I doomed to never see the inside of Stonemist, ever. You are doomed, forever. Crimson posted:How are thieves faring these days in WvW? I'm just getting back into this game with a friend who is playing Mesmer, and I'm debating starting a new class. Seems like everyone is really down on thieves, but it's hard to sift through the whiny babies on the official forums. https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Dec-10th-Balance-Preview/first https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/professions/thief/Dec-10th-thief-changes Thief is getting its best spec, S/D, nerfed rather significantly through a reduction in initiative regeneration, nerfs to vigor up-time, Opportunist, Signet Use, and Quick Recovery and a cast time being added to Sword 2. Base initiative regen is being buffed, but it won't counter the loss. Double S/D with Quick Pockets, presumably at the cost of Pain Response or Quick Recovery, and Energy sigils will help counter the nerf to initiative at the cost of losing SB. The (seemingly) most popular build, Shadow Arts D/P, is also slated to be nerfed as it will become significantly more costly to stack stealth for long durations. That also translates to a minor loss in damage. Glass cannon D/D and Sleight of Hand D/P will be about the same. Thief will still be great for roaming though if only because of the sheer amount of mobility and stealth. If I had to pick top 3 for post Dec 10 WvW roaming I'd say... 1.) Mesmer 2.) Thief 3.) Engi Guardian or Ele could also end up being good depending upon how their changes look. Jon Peters has already acknowledged that the moves in the Ele Arcana line aren't the best option. ItBurns fucked around with this message at 02:16 on Nov 5, 2013 |
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I present to you a thread in which a pubbie writes out a dissertation on how he has discovered a hidden damage bonus that nobody has noticed until now, only to have me point out that he has a damage bonus on his runes and is in fact a moron. https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/professions/elementalist/Armor-Efficiency-Equivalency/first ImProVocateur posted:• Step 1: Power = P, Objetive Armor = oA; Nilgoow posted:Ogre runes have a 4% damage modifier.
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On the other hand, mobs ressing each other is one of the more challenging features from GW1 that's absent from GW2. It could definitely become one of the more interesting mechanics in new content. I agree that the cash shop definitely plays into it though, since this is the second time they've had a swing at it with the same plan.
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On the other hand, conditions were really strong in PvP, so they'd have to split the two on basic mechanics. PvE is also mindlessly easy and driven entirely by being unemployed and grinding for cosmetic gear, so it's not like being able to do X% more condition damage to some boss is going to accomplish anything other than make some shitbag's experimental conditollimancer build marginally less awful. To be honest I think they had always intended for them to be debuffs and never thought people would be dumb enough to smash their head against 25 stacks over and over while expecting some different result. Just use a power build v0v. Now that we have sweet floaters you can't even say that you like to see the numbers coming off of your target.
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malhavok posted:This year. I think this is what's driving people nuts. Speculation can only get worse as the potential window gets smaller and smaller. I'm glad to see that the devs have acknowledged that the Ele arcana changes aren't the best option. I still have hope that they'll come out as a counter to necro and engi. Nerfing S/D thief is a huge buff to ele and mesmer in and of itself.
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Full Fathoms Five posted:Can someone post a couple Necro builds that would be useful in WvW and / or dungeons? I've only dabbled with this class and it looks pretty interesting, but I have no idea what to focus on. The standard condi build is 30/20/0/0/20, which conveniently also works for power. Condi: http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=;044Z;1kHVF0p3ZJkJ0;9;4TJ;0J39A18;528-Kwk2;2hoHAhoHA2Vp Power: http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=V-437c;0kHVH084gJVJ0;9;4TJ;0J17B49;537-5NW0L;1G3G3G3G35By Swap axe training for Chill of Death and Staff in PvP.
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