All classes are viable DPS-wise if you go for DPS. The difference is on which utilities they bring to contribute with more than DPS, and in Guardian's case they have numerous utilities and boons that help their parties.
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All classes are viable DPS-wise if you go for DPS. The difference is on which utilities they bring to contribute with more than DPS, and in Guardian's case they have numerous utilities and boons that help their parties.
Exactly the reason I like to play guard.
This is why people don't like you, though.
Yeah the gauntlet was one of my favorite things ever available in the game.
It really was. Having to fight all those different bosses, watching other people through the glass fight bosses. It was a hoot.
Also going from cursing out Liadri to then mastering her fight and being able to do it blindfold was probably the most satisfying experience I've had with the game.
Err. Update on this. Went through my 2 accounts and gathered up my materials and such.
Only thing missing for Flameseeker Prophecies now is 400 Ascalonian Tears and the Precursor. What.
Cresc is making the same one and aside from also missing most Ectos and Ingots atm he's in pretty much the same position
Since we're waiting for the HoT precursor crafting system it's no hurry and it sorta feels a little bit anticlimactic. I've been thinking that this is some insane grind or something that would be hard to achieve. But I guess playing for 3 years and only selling off materials when they overflow the storage too much takes away the grindy material farming bits
Definitely. I was so ecstatic when I mastered it on my thief, and then got brought down to earth getting crushed by her on my Mesmer, only to climb the hill again. So satisfying. I wonder if I could do it with my Ele or Engi at this point as well.
Nemesis121
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the logistics of housing has been brought up to me, and instead I will craft profession hubs. Places you can meet together with guildies of the same profession and discuss strats.
Plus also possibly rooms for discussing strats of other sorts (wvw, pvp, etc). We'll see!
Kos Luftar
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You have no proof.
Nemesis121
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hahahah see....Reddit topic about an all Exotic Zerker group...people will try and stick it to Anet, we already have people doing awesome things like Solo Lupi, now i expect a pug group to get the raid done on day 1..
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Queen of Hunting
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they have to draw a line somewhere to be frank, u cant have impossible encounters, you cant just bump numbers up, gw1 had same problems they kept increasing mobs levels above yours so effectively per level to theirs you did less dmg and had less crit chance etc. so you was fighting mobs level 26 and higher when max was 20,
its not just mmo's every game does this and i dislike it, high numbers doesnt mean challenging content. it means we have no clue how to make things difficult.
its why many gamers love dark souls etc because it isnt about numbers. its why i enjoyed the fractals that i did with retro etc few weeks ago with the flame room etc, it wasnt number that made it hard it was being postioned correctly and keeping a close eye, thats fun and engaging hard content, not numbers.
Kos Luftar
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Just updating the Saturday morning (EST) raid list:
1. Kos Luftar
2. Hythlody
3. SpiritFox
4. Kanik
5. Spyware
6. Crescendo
7. Morkoh
8. usea
9. Varix (hockeypuck)
10. Proven
If anyone on the list can't make it, let me know here in OT or PM (here or in game).
Thank you all for trying this out with me.
UltimateIke
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Ready2Raid
Both of my Warriors are naked.
Finally, I'm ready.
Cannot kill a raid boss without the right tonic
I feel like this is a huge oversight in raid design. Even if they balance around ascended stats, how do they balance around infinite continue coin? Calling it now, raids are P2W.
Your account is copied when you make the beta char in the beta slot. This includes your bank so if there's anything you want to bring into the beta, put it in your bank before making your character tomorrow.
You'll get a free set of Ascended gear with Runes and Sigils and everything in the raid so you don't need to prepare other than maybe plan which stats you're gonna grab
If you have a set of Transmutation charges you can basically consider the skin changes to be free too since this is the last beta. Nothing needs to be saved "for the next one" so spend away on the beta account.The raid team is introducing themselves over on the forums:
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/dungeons/Raid-team-introductions
So Crystal helped design the Shaman fractal which IMO is one of if not the best fractal mechanically. Then Jason Reynolds worked at Carbine designing the raids for Wildstar. If there's anything WIldstar did well, it was encounter design. Holy crap I'm pretty excited.
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/dungeons/Raid-team-introductions
So Crystal helped design the Shaman fractal which IMO is one of if not the best fractal mechanically. Then Jason Reynolds worked at Carbine designing the raids for Wildstar. If there's anything WIldstar did well, it was encounter design. Holy crap I'm pretty excited.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Since the patch my ping has been terrible.
Can I select a specific server to log-into?
Can I select a specific server to log-into?
Reading this made me remember one thing... Super Adventure Box. Year 2, when they made it super hard, what was the consensus? I'm guessing it flopped for enough people that they didn't want to bring it back any time soon (I never actually played it either year).
Basically, I wonder if we already have an example of content in the game calling for levels of expertise wholly different from the rest of the game and then flopping because of that very same difficulty. At the same time, the design going into both is very different; one was made to be unfair hard while the other one is designed in the hallowed ground tread upon by many other MMOs that I have never played.
Edit: Also on that forum, various dungeon players whose name I recognize chiming in on what they think may or may not be optimal for the incoming raid: https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/dungeons/5-buff-limit-raids-DOA
Personally, given what we already know about one boss, I highly expect splitting into two teams (or more!) being necessary at multiple points in the dungeon.
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Hyped for my first and final Beta Weekend.
I'm jelly, Amazon still haven't posted my expansion so no beta for me.
Astral/H3X
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I got one of my good friends to join up and start an account last night (Free account so far), and we played around for a bit. I gotta say, it's incredibly boring and infuriating to vets to have everything locked (You can't die until level 3), but getting my friend adjusted to the game, I'm actually really glad I only had to explain one mechanic at a time haha.
Once he hits level 15 and I can show him the world bosses, I'll probably bring him into the guild. Want to make sure it'll be something he enjoys first, though he enjoyed his time last night.
Also, looking at the different version of HoT, seems it's a better idea to just buy the standard version and then put the other money into gems, since I really don't have any use for any of the Deluxe stuff aside from the character slot.
Once he hits level 15 and I can show him the world bosses, I'll probably bring him into the guild. Want to make sure it'll be something he enjoys first, though he enjoyed his time last night.
Also, looking at the different version of HoT, seems it's a better idea to just buy the standard version and then put the other money into gems, since I really don't have any use for any of the Deluxe stuff aside from the character slot.
Exactly, and if you're willing to spend up to $50 worth of gems, not just to spend now but to save some for the future or for future sales, then you get the Ultimate Edition. Everything in between is just a random bonus.
Disclaimer: I bought the Ultimate Edition.
Astral/H3X
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Yeah, if the Ultimate edition was like, $25 for $50, I'd get that, but it's not. Standard it is.
Kos Luftar
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https://www.dubtrack.fm
Terrible pretentious music was being played last time I listened to guild mission plug dj. Closed it very quickly and went back to listening to my fav music, 90s boy bands.
shysaursoft
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Which is why we don't pug, we play with friends or guildies. There will always be fuckwits in games - that's not the game's fault.
shysaursoft
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As long as raiding in GW2 isn't like raiding in WoW, we're good.
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