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Isaac Otherworld
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The weaver is truly insane in terms of the sheer number of skills it's getting, but the Soulbeast is no slouch in that regard, either.
human onion
Banned
It does seem like Anet is going all out on the specs this time around, though I suspect Chronomancer, Druid, and Berserker to stay PVE meta, unless something comes around that's better.
You can convert ascended armor over as long as you can craft the insignia. As for exotic, you have to craft completely afaik.
I haven't done any crafting professions yet. Time to start working on them I guess...
Isaac Otherworld
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Agreed on Chrono, Druid, and Zerker. The devs have said that Spellbreaker is straight up the PvP warrior spec like Scapper was for engineer. I think the PvE meta is going to look like:
Heart of Thrones Elites:
Condi Berserker
Druid
Chronomancer
Daredevil
Herald
Path of Fire Elites:
Power Holosmith
Condi Weaver
Condi Scourge
Condi Firebrand
Some specs like Mirage Soulbeast will be viable dps in PvE if there is already a chrono and Druid.
NormalFish
Banned
I really don't think spellbreaker is going to be as bad in PvE as people are saying. More or less convinced everyone saying spellbreaker is a purely PvP spec hasn't looked at its skills.
It has might on the dagger auto attack, might on all burst skills, +damage vs enemies with no boons (most of end game PvE), and there's nothing that says PS can't be taken with it. If anything, it'll be an alternative to PPS. If raids or fractals implement more boons, then I wouldn't be surprised to see it outclass PPS.
It has might on the dagger auto attack, might on all burst skills, +damage vs enemies with no boons (most of end game PvE), and there's nothing that says PS can't be taken with it. If anything, it'll be an alternative to PPS. If raids or fractals implement more boons, then I wouldn't be surprised to see it outclass PPS.
Isaac Otherworld
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Do we know if the Dual Wielding trait in arms will effect daggers? I'd have to imagine it would.
I think spell breaker is going to be good for open world stuff and soloing. Like full counter has an 8 second base cooldown. There is lifesteal on crit. That is a really low cooldown to ignore damage on command.
But even taking into account that you can still run phalanx strength on it, there is so way it can out damage berserker. So it won't get run.
Plus the devs have straight up told us this.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Druid is good for PvE? They're too supportish for me. The only reason I keep it is for the pseudo-switfness.
Isaac Otherworld
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Support is vital in raids and really damn helpful in challenge mote fractals.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
oh I thought you meant "running around PvE"
NormalFish
Banned
I think it's really just down to how the numbers shake out. If it turns out that the extra might generation from dagger means that other classes can shift points around, or if running D/Sh + M/Sh or similar offers better CC than current PPS, or if the +damage vs foes with no boons damage buffs compensate for the loss of berserk passably, then like i said, we might see an alternative. A 9/10 to berserker PPS 10/10, perhaps.
If, on top of that, the mass boon rip and interrupts (particularly that ult) allow for certain mechanics to be skipped/gimped, then I imagine spellbreaker will be very relevant.
Really, though, my point isn't that it will be super good in PvE or anything, just that writing it off as being as irrelevant as scrapper seems premature as it has all the tools to be good in PvE if encounter design and balance are willing.
they also told us reaper was a power dps spec, tbf.
Druid is pretty godly in raids. PS Warrior, Druid, and Chrono is pretty much the raid core afaik.
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My b, didn't read your second post. I used a condi druid through half my time with HoT and found it was pretty good in open world and story instances. Strong defensive options, good condi dps, fairly good movement options with the right weapon switches. Has some of everything. Idk how power is. Magi is iffy, ofc.
NormalFish
Banned
Not sure if it was confirmed before, but a dev in game just said that the elite specs will be as many hero points as the HoT ones.
Mr_Antimatter
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I kind of hate how you had to unlock them points wise for every last class/character you had. Sucks having to do the same skill points again and again, given how some of them are not too popular to do.
I think i still have yet to max a single elite spec.
I think i still have yet to max a single elite spec.
NormalFish
Banned
Lots of HP trains going around lately. Jump in on one of those and let a commander carry you through. ezpz.
HP trains have been a thing for a while and many people running them usually go the extra mile and guide you towards the nearest Poi / Vista / Mastery points on the way which makes those runs a great thing for map completion as well.
spleenpoker
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Does anyone know how long the promotion of the Living World Season 2 on the Gem Store will last?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Swapped from XB1 controller to Dualshock and it certainly feels better. The bumpers 100% suck for holding down.
Now I just need to get a bluetooth adapter so I don't have a long USB cord across my living room.
Thanks! That did it - what a terribly odd bug. Adjusting vertical position to 50% is a bit of a bummer but if it means switching from glitchy autohotkey, I'm all for it.
It's for quick use of moving the cursor around the battlefield. I find it super useful when there are multiple enemies around.
Anything in particular you want to know? Did you already set yourself up with control scheme? I would link the controller guide by Hawkian/Weltall but I'm not sure if it still holds up.
Now I just need to get a bluetooth adapter so I don't have a long USB cord across my living room.
Thanks! That did it - what a terribly odd bug. Adjusting vertical position to 50% is a bit of a bummer but if it means switching from glitchy autohotkey, I'm all for it.
It's for quick use of moving the cursor around the battlefield. I find it super useful when there are multiple enemies around.
Anything in particular you want to know? Did you already set yourself up with control scheme? I would link the controller guide by Hawkian/Weltall but I'm not sure if it still holds up.
Nemesis121
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Some of my Characters...
My 3 Slyvari characters.
Guardian.. Necro...Rev..
Humans
Thief.........Mesmer
My Necro in his Pimp Outfit lol...
My 3 Slyvari characters.
Guardian.. Necro...Rev..
Humans
Thief.........Mesmer
My Necro in his Pimp Outfit lol...
Isaac Otherworld
Member
Wait until you get Daredevil and can drop the Signet for the dash and permanent swiftness uptime.
Kos Luftar
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Invite sent.I would like to join the guild. Main character is called Paffus Piffus, invite would be appreciated
Yep, I'm totally keeping the thief. I've been watching some videos and looks great.
Very nice. Hopefully my characters can look like that someday.
I play almost 100% of the time with a 360 controller using Xpadder with Action cam. Don't think there are any major differences between XB1 and 360 so I'd think it should work fine
I just saw that they added a "hold to disable Action cam" keybind which is wonderful because that's how the best iteration of the controller scheme used to work before action cam became a thing. I am going to slightly rework my xpadder profile to support this and will post a link tonight to the latest. If you want to try my solution for it you can check it out
thieves are the best :3
Vigilant Walrus
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I just did Episode 6. Very nice stuff. I like Sirens Landing a lot. Very, very nice map. Best Orr map ever!
I've never played Ele, but I think this expansion is all about Weaver. They CAN WEAVE ATUNEMENTS.
WEAVE.
ATUNEMENTS.
THIS IS SOME OF THE MOST BONKERS THING I'VE EVER SEEN OR HEARD.
I've never played Ele, but I think this expansion is all about Weaver. They CAN WEAVE ATUNEMENTS.
WEAVE.
ATUNEMENTS.
THIS IS SOME OF THE MOST BONKERS THING I'VE EVER SEEN OR HEARD.
Any way to fix Autohotkey? The old script no longer positions the cursor dead center for me.
Action Camera is terrible for Mesmer - the targeting attached to the crosshair causes a lot of issues, especially in PvP. One of the Mesmer's strengths is casting when enemies are behind or off to the side and Action Camera limits that a lot. (seems to be no way to turn off the AC's targeting system)
Action Camera is terrible for Mesmer - the targeting attached to the crosshair causes a lot of issues, especially in PvP. One of the Mesmer's strengths is casting when enemies are behind or off to the side and Action Camera limits that a lot. (seems to be no way to turn off the AC's targeting system)
Isaac Otherworld
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Daredevil is definitely one of the best Generation 1 elite specs. The theme is excellent. Staff is a great weapon choice and very fun and fluid to play with and the physical skills are super cool, especially the Fists of Fury attack. The damage tuning is quite good. It perfectly embodies taking a traditional thief to the next level as a straight upgrade, giving room for more unusual take on thieves like the Deadeye.
Isaac Otherworld
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Sorry, I don't really know... Action Camera itself does what autohotkey was doing before by positioning the crosshair. I don't use autohotkey at all anymore (just Xpadder) nor do I ever switch off action camera during combat.
I mean you obviously don't have to use action camera at all, if it isn't beneficial for you. In theory just fudging mouselook by using a script to permanently hold doing the RMB still works. But if you can't get autohokey to do what you want with the mouse then I'm not sure. If it's just that it positions the cursor somewhere other than you want, but is still able to reset the cursor in the first place, I'm sure it can be modified.
edit: In rereading my old posts about this, I realize I was never able to get AutoHotKey working properly with Windows 8, let alone 10, and Action Cam was what basically saved me in order to still be able to play GW2 with a pad at all after upgrading. So I have no idea about the best solution to the way you use cursor aiming.
In the new iteration here Cursor Mode is also back to being a "hold"- I'm not sure if this makes it more or less annoying to use for you. In playing around with it I know what you mean about the cursor not resetting if you're going to aim like that frequently. You can manually "drop off" the cursor back in the position you want it after you cast the skill, which is not an ideal solution at all but might help you.
Alrighty, so I updated the stuff to play with a a 360 pad here. In theory all these bindings should work with any pad that has the same button/stick availability as the X360 pad does, and there's a link in there to a simple controller emu app that makes your PC pretend you're using a 360 pad.
If you've never used this all the instructions and controls are in there. If you have, all that has potentially changed since the last iteration is this:
-Need to Bind F12 to "Disable Action Cam." When you start your game, you'll have to hit F9 once on the keyboard to get into Action Cam mode.
-Hold the Back button down to enter Cursor Mode, rather than hitting it to toggle. This should finally solve the pet peeve of mine that popped back up after Action Cam was released: occasionally getting stuck in the wrong button set (if you've ever had a menu open up when you thought you would use a skill, that's what I mean). If a menu is open, you'll still get a cursor and can "click" with X even if you aren't in Cursor Mode. Remember you can always close open windows with Start (ESC)
-RB + D-pad Right: Special action key (story-specific skill/mechanics)
If you've never used this all the instructions and controls are in there. If you have, all that has potentially changed since the last iteration is this:
-Need to Bind F12 to "Disable Action Cam." When you start your game, you'll have to hit F9 once on the keyboard to get into Action Cam mode.
-Hold the Back button down to enter Cursor Mode, rather than hitting it to toggle. This should finally solve the pet peeve of mine that popped back up after Action Cam was released: occasionally getting stuck in the wrong button set (if you've ever had a menu open up when you thought you would use a skill, that's what I mean). If a menu is open, you'll still get a cursor and can "click" with X even if you aren't in Cursor Mode. Remember you can always close open windows with Start (ESC)
-RB + D-pad Right: Special action key (story-specific skill/mechanics)
So sorry for the triple post, just want to mention Guild Missions in 20 minutes, we have had a lot more people on than usual since the annoucement which is awesome and this week we have the Branded for Termination challenge which we could feasibly get done with 8 people and Save Our Supplies which needs 12-ish.
UltimateIke
Member
I made The Shining Blade today.
Really fond of the drawing and stowing transformation effects.
Really fond of the drawing and stowing transformation effects.
Nice armour, how can I get it?
We even got new recruits! Who want us to join a pyramid scheme!
Isaac Otherworld
Member
It's the t3 human cultural armor. It's about 120 gold for the whole set. The armor vendors are in Divinity's Reach.
NormalFish
Banned
Enjoyed the missions I did. Idk how long you kept going, but I had to dip so i could finish the goal for the day (ascended trinkets for the PoF toon) before hitting the sack.
no biggie, we're glad you came!
Alright, I'm ready for my crafting:
I have 2 item boosters that increases the critical chance by 50%. Any other booster that I should have to maximize leveling? Like food, potions or something?
Edit: Oh wait, that booster increases the chance of leveling the crafting profession faster, right? I should use the XP boost if I want to level up my character instead?
I have 2 item boosters that increases the critical chance by 50%. Any other booster that I should have to maximize leveling? Like food, potions or something?
Edit: Oh wait, that booster increases the chance of leveling the crafting profession faster, right? I should use the XP boost if I want to level up my character instead?
I've been reading a little and apparently the critical chance booster only benefits the crafting profession (which is kinda useless since I already bought all the items for 0-400) and the XP booster benefits the character level.
Screw it, won't lose much sleep over a couple of additional levels.
Edit: Aaaand done! Up to lvl 404 anyways. That wasn't so bad.
Nemesis121
Member
I wonder if we are using Hero Points to get new Specs, i have 364 on my main character...
NormalFish
Banned
Word on the street is they will use HPs. Same amount as HoT specs, which is 250 iirc
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