Lordshmee posted:

Mesmer supremacy! Axe Mirage is still the funnest build of any class in any mmo I’ve ever played.

Inzombiac posted:

Yeah I'm not gonna stick around with any game where my face has to be glued to a cooldown bar.

If they insist on that level of complexity but don't allow macros, they can go gently caress themselves.
Additional complexity is not good design and does not actually reward skill.

Making it so that people have to read the battles and respond appropriately is skill-based design that lots of MMOs don't do.

It's not rewarding, imo, to memorize a "perfect" rotation for optimal DPS and only do that until the death of the universe.

Humerus posted:

Griffon owns in Drizzlewood for the boss rush at the end of South meta.

Ra Ra Rasputin posted:

And have some loading screen art and Kaineng load screens.

Ra Ra Rasputin posted:

xgalaxy posted:

So I’ve kind of wanted to get back into this.

I played a lot when it first came out. Lost interest after about a year. Skipped Heart of Thorns.
Came back to the game for Path of Fire launch and took a week off to play it and rushed and got the griffon in like 2 days of poop socking.
And quickly burned myself on it again. I lasted maybe a month.
So that was … drat.. almost 5 years ago now?

Anyway. I loaded up the game just to figure out what the gently caress I’ve got.
I’m sitting on like 8 level 80s with gear all over the place and a poo poo load of items and crafting materials in my inventory I don’t even remember what they are for.
And I’m feeling pretty overwhelmed by it all.

I have a ton of level character to 80 tomes I could use and "start fresh" but I really don’t want to have to unlock all these waypoints again.
Really wish there was a class change gem store item I could use. I have a character that has 100% map completion in vanilla and pof zones but I really don’t want to play that class anymore.

drat Dirty Ape posted:

e2: something has got scrapper players riled up. Looks like a few guardian nerfs.

Lpzie posted:

Wow, just got back into the game. Been playing for a few weeks. It's fun. So much to do. And the Wiki has been a big help in getting me back on my feet. However, there doesn't seem to be an entry for this one location I recently found. Any thoughts? Might be a spoiler so I'll hide it.

Mode 7 posted:

I’m riddled with indecision about what profession to play. What should I play assuming I likely don’t have the attention span to make alts and want to get an experience that’s fun, frictionless, and showcases unique stuff GW2 does well as opposed to other MMOs? Short time from start to “fun” and variety of play styles a plus.

leekster posted:

Does anyone have a guide for untamed? It feels very different from what I usually run Reaper/Vindicator.

Lpzie posted:

I have EoD but I'm not ready to play it yet for LORE reasons. How far into it would I have to go to get the boat though?

drat Dirty Ape posted:

So I have an 80 engineer alt that I have basically just been using for flax farming that I want to make useful for other types of farming. What is the preferred easy OP mechanist build now? Is it a condition one or a power one? I know very little about the spec. My engie alt basically has nothing now so easy to acquire exotics would be nice.

CODChimera posted:

plus the passive effect of your signets is traited to be active even when they are on cooldown

it really couldn't be any easier or stronger

Inzombiac posted:

Not GW2 specific but does anyone else use a mouse that uses the Ghub program to control button profiles?

My mouse still works but the side buttons are supposed to be bound to Ctrl+# but it's ignoring the Ctrl part.

The bindings are correct in the profile.

Spudd posted:

I'm new to this whole thing why is that skeleton called Steve anyway?

El Fideo posted:

After a several year hiatus, I returned to the game with the ten year anniversary stuff. I've been focused on getting my Engineer her mechanist skills and ascended gear for high level fractals, and that's been fun. I think I want to get into raids next. I've got Mesmer, a Guardian, and a Ranger all at level 80. Which of these would you recommend for a good support build?

Actuarial Fables posted:

Just as a heads up for anyone unaware, make sure to pop into Lion's Arch to get a bunch of stacks of https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Extra_Life_Bonus.

tarbrush posted:

Oh! Which one is that?

Mr. Neutron posted:

Something big is happening with firebrand tomes. Seems like a shared charges system.

Lonk posted:

poo poo, guess I'm buying more gems this month.

Guildenstern Mother posted:

I had so many random skins like the hat and things I bought forever ago and possibly deleted before they could be added to the account wardrobe/town clothes whatever. There's no way to get those back is there? It's all fat enough back to not show up in my gem store history.

Inzombiac posted:

Mmmmm do I spend the 10-15 G to make the eggnog hat?

It's so stupid, I probably won't use it but I also love it.

fast cars loose anus posted:

this is a baffling set of choices made here

fast cars loose anus posted:

So, gearing at 80. In WoW the gear path is the only thing going for you once you hit max level, whereas I have the stories from living world 1-4 and two expansions to do. My understanding is those will give gear good enough to finish them without me trying to do things like craft legendary weapons, or gear up in dungeons and/or raids. Is that right?

El Fideo posted:

What are the chances we get character slots going on sale? I want to be able to have one of each profession.

Lonk posted:

Mailer posted:

mech

"maybe play the game for more than three days, dumbass"

Mailer posted:

There's two ways to take that. One is that it is very easy to play and good, so being the noob class just means you don't need to activate sub-second priorities on 20 keys with separate cooldowns while also moving and reacting or everyone dies like it's panda-era WoW... and this is a good thing because screw that. The other is that it's a training wheels class and not worth actually investing in it past the 80 boost I burned, in which case it would be good to know what the next thing to shoot for is. I was originally thinking Herald but that got shot down by Revenant not being available when I was still f2p.

There's also the third way to take it as some hipster class thing where X is really good so the real players play Y but that's gamers.txt and I hate it.

Bobfly posted:

I'm sorry for continuing the How To Play discussion if you all feel like the subject is done, but I feel like such a fish out of water.

I've played a LOT of FF14, where all the complexity is in the rotations, and none in the character building. So I think I'm misunderstanding how combat works, I've been pretty much hitting everything on cooldown with my baseline mesmer, mostly only holding off on things if I need them to kite, interrupt, or the like. But it feels so weird to do that!
Can anyone help me get into the right mindset of how to approach skills and rotations in this game? It feels (and I could be wrong) like every guide or there begins and ends with the build, as if how to actually play is self-evident once the right talents and runes are in place. And it might be, but it hasn't clicked yet, and I feel so dumb!

Hyperlynx posted:

Whatever stupid poo poo they may add to this game, at least they'll never add something that other players can use to force you into a dumb PvP minigame you didn't want to play!

Mr. Neutron posted:

I remember doing a couple of those meme runs early on. My favourite were all minion core necro and all untamed (which was really close, like 30 sec - but I believe most people (myself included) had no idea how untamed even plays )