haven't played one yet, but NO.
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Ele and Thieves deal the biggest Burst in a short period of time. Ele is more AoE though.
ComputerMKII
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Thank you.
You have 20 skills as an elementalist per weapon.... 5 only if you don't switch attunements. So yes, switching attunements on the fly is something you'll need to do.
It's also quite fun, especially the self-combos you can bust out.
Well, its what their class does.
They can't weapon switch though.
ArtistDude88
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T2 cultural gear + T1 chest... I really need to upgrade! 80's right around the corner...
Ivory Samoan
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Loving the new Live Action TVC.....
I gotta say, I'm not digging how the story's difficulty can be stupid hard at times, and super easy at others. Doesn't feel consistent at all.
A bunch of enemies spawn, then a cut scene happens and a "boss" enemy comes out. As soon the cut scene ends, all my allies are dead from seemingly nothing, I get swarmed and die in a second. Trahearne does nothing.
So, what am I supposed to do? Keep going in, taking some out, dying and repeating? The fuck.
Also, you might as well rename My Story to
's story.
A bunch of enemies spawn, then a cut scene happens and a "boss" enemy comes out. As soon the cut scene ends, all my allies are dead from seemingly nothing, I get swarmed and die in a second. Trahearne does nothing.
So, what am I supposed to do? Keep going in, taking some out, dying and repeating? The fuck.
Also, you might as well rename My Story to
Trahearne
XeroSauce
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Saw this on Steam, very pretty either way.
Noisy Ninj4
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Priory part of Battle for Lion's Arch is so great.
I felt like such a badass being an avatar of Balthazar. It was like getting an elementalist's greatsword elite but better.
NO WERE ARE HARDCORE YOU MUST FARM ALL THE THINGS AND PLAY WVWVW 24/7.
Yeah, we're chill.
BlazingDarkness
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I'm level 45
Getting kinda bored of GW2 now, anyone else?
I understand I've only explored like a tenth of the world map, but eh, it's gotten into that typical MMORPG funk of repeating the same shit
Getting kinda bored of GW2 now, anyone else?
I understand I've only explored like a tenth of the world map, but eh, it's gotten into that typical MMORPG funk of repeating the same shit
WvWvW?
The thing about MMOs is that scope has a lot to do with fatigue.
Sort of comforting it's not just me having major issues with the story. Sometimes on the hard ones I can pull just one guy at a time and fight one on one.
I feel the natural progression for this game in expansions will be to expand the number of weapon skills every class gets, but still limiting you to 3 skills for MH, and 2 for OH (or 5 for 2H'er). That way, there's more skills to try out and even more choice in builds.
In fact, I'd say that should've already been in the game and we'd unlock these new weapon skills from 50-80, to keep giving us that carrot to work toward.
I would *love* that. As much as I enjoy sword and board + greatsword with my Warrior, I would love to have more skills to choose from and play around with.
BlazingDarkness
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Yeah, I just don't find the story interesting at all, and the dungeon I did (CM?) was lame.
I guess there's only so much mileage I can get from looking at pretty environments
CM is seriously the worst dungeon in the game. Nothing more bland and boring than that one.
I've had to sit aside from being sick >_> Damn summer cold.
chickdigger802
Banned
weird... how do you effectively pve with a ele? I tried a bunch of combos and w/e, and while d/d seems to be the most effective, it's quite squishy. All range combos I've tried just involves me to kite around slowly chipping away at mob(s) health.
Snkfanatic
Banned
Oh wow that is a gorgeous backdrop you choose.
I love the lvl55 (and 60) crafted light armor:
Finally got rid of the "goat-skull" which was the best gear untill now imo.
staff for a lot of cc and aoe-damage (should be simple, hold your distance, cc, bomb away) or double daggers (very high damage, use the mobility and cc spells in a way that you avoid most damage)
Thats the way I play my ele, daggers for few enemys or soloing champions/vetereans and staff for big groups or zergs.
Utility skills like stone armor and arcane shield help a lot to migrate damage.
Finally got rid of the "goat-skull" which was the best gear untill now imo.
staff for a lot of cc and aoe-damage (should be simple, hold your distance, cc, bomb away) or double daggers (very high damage, use the mobility and cc spells in a way that you avoid most damage)
Thats the way I play my ele, daggers for few enemys or soloing champions/vetereans and staff for big groups or zergs.
Utility skills like stone armor and arcane shield help a lot to migrate damage.
no no, I get that, I was just wondering what was considered best overall
Theoretical Healing Thief build
http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/th...95|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
You'd need gear with healing power and pistols with sigil of Life for Pve or Sigil of Blood for PvP.
Going to have to try it for shits and giggles.
edit: their link isn't working :|
http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/th...95|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
You'd need gear with healing power and pistols with sigil of Life for Pve or Sigil of Blood for PvP.
Going to have to try it for shits and giggles.
edit: their link isn't working :|
ComputerMKII
Banned
This has to be my 10th or 12th character 
chickdigger802
Banned
I love the lvl55 (and 60) crafted light armor:
Finally got rid of the "goat-skull" which was the best gear untill now imo.
staff for a lot of cc and aoe-damage (should be simple, hold your distance, cc, bomb away) or double daggers (very high damage, use the mobility and cc spells in a way that you avoid most damage)
Thats the way I play my ele, daggers for few enemys or soloing champions/vetereans and staff for big groups or zergs.
Utility skills like stone armor and arcane shield help a lot to migrate damage.
So staff is mostly cc with earth (and air? don't recall) and fire for AoE. hmmmm.... I guess i'll poke around some more. How's ele at higher lvls? Still fun?
Noisy Ninj4
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Staff involves CC with earth and fire. Air and water are more support oriented.
When I have fewer (or tougher) enemies to deal with, I tend use scepter/dagger. The scepter allows me some range while the dagger has some really good defensive skills that mean I don't need to constantly strafe around chipping at enemies. The Air Dagger 4/5 skill combo is great and has been since BWE1. AoE some enemies at melee, then whirlwind to interrupt and put distance between you.
chickdigger802
Banned
just so weird that ele can't swap weapon sets... and why are the elemental swapping cooldown so long? Should be like 5 secs
I haven't played it in 2 days, after playing it for over 60 hours in 10 days since launch.
Level 50 does appear to be around the point when people get tired with the "formula". WvWvW being a seemingly pointless zerg-fest is contributing to this. There doesn't appear to be enough depth and individual contribution to keep me interested.
Maybe when the servers thin out a bit after the launch period ends, the game might be more interesting. Doing Global Events with less people makes them more challenging and more interesting, as you can't just keep wailing away at the Big Baddie and expect to survive whilst someone else tanks the damage accidentally.
Teknopathetic
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"just so weird that ele can't swap weapon sets... and why are the elemental swapping cooldown so long? Should be like 5 secs "
...Because they're essentially like swapping weapon sets which has a similar length cooldown. In fact, it's even better than normal because you have 4 instead of 2.
"...Because they're essentially like swapping weapon sets which has a similar length cooldown. In fact, it's even better than normal because you have 4 instead of 2.
Noisy Ninj4
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There's always the arcane trait line. It's a pretty good investment anyway. Lots of good traits in there.just so weird that ele can't swap weapon sets... and why are the elemental swapping cooldown so long? Should be like 5 secs
dreamer3kx
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Anyway to put the chat in the lower left corner back to default, did something now I dont see messages, just "new tabs". Thanks.
Most people tend to flock around the dragon spawning point and defending the small outposts, but yeah i've had to solo a few events.
The staff has a aoe in water that slows (freezes) one in air that stuns everytime the enemy touches its border, one in earth that cripples, a knockback in air (use this in combination with the stun field for max effectiveness), a immobilisation in earth and a blind in air (which has a casttime but also does damage)
You also have 2 big aoe heals in water, aoe swiftness from air a projectile shield from earth and a "burning" retreat from fire.
The rest of the abbilitys is mainly for damage, there really isnt one that I dont use.
If you want to play it safe staff is the way to go.
If you want to do immense damage use daggers (not recommended for zergs and big groups of enemys)
Put some points in the "arcane" trait tree for faster attunement swaping.
Move around I guess. I found a heart which was basically a stealth mini-game. It was something fresh and challenging. I never completed the whole stealth course, but it was interesting to see different things like that thrown in a 40-50 zone.
I can normally mix it up. Dungeons, Story Quests, Jumping Puzzles, DEs, Exploration, WvWvW, sPVP, and crafting. When I get tired of one thing, I just head somewhere new or do one of the other options.
ComputerMKII
Banned
So I unzipped the files in the GW2 folder and now the game crashes on startup. How do I make that thing work?
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