Pirogen.9561

> @"Joote.4081" said: > > @"Redfeather.6401" said: > > It is a good system to get people to go back and re-explore old zones. > > Spot on. Since winning my mount I have found places I have never bother going before. No longer do you feel bogged down, mounts are the key to your freedom and I likes it. > With jackal you can find highways made of sand in the skys above crystal desert. Spooky and cool.

> @"Joote.4081" said: > Yeah, it looks as if 3 and 4 would bring the most benefits even though 2 is more the story element. And I'm more interested in the benefits of loot glorious loot. 3 and 4 have lots of ascended loot. 4 even has Skyscale unlock. For story: you fight a god, crazy lich and a dragon. You even kill 2 of those listed. Lots of content and profit. S2 has none of that. For S2 story: watch a youtube.

> @"KelyNeli.4516" said: > > @"Kodama.6453" said: > > > @"KelyNeli.4516" said: > > > I too love to get killed by any single breeze of air on my elementalist. I need to take some lessons with sasuke uchiha so i could learn sharingan, so i could play this profession effectively without dying to a veteran mob skill out of blue. > > > > You are doing it wrong. The trick is not to get killed by a breeze as the elementalist, but to **kill the enemies** with a breeze. > > That would be the case if ele had any good damage. > Berserker has higher damage, higher burst and is like 3 times as tanky. This [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lz2IuVLrnQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lz2IuVLrnQ) is low damage and squishy?

> @"Shooth.6817" said: > So, my main mesmer is level 60 at the time of writing. ... > ... mesmser's mirage spec. From what I read, daredevil comes from HoT and Mirage comes from PoF. > > If I want to follow the story, would it be more appropriate for me to play thief first all the way till I finish HoT and then come back to my mesmer when I get to PoF? > or should I just focus on one character (the mesmer) all the way through season 2, HoT, season 3 and PoF before switching back to my thief? > Lastly, I've been pretty much playing solo up till now - would I need a party to do all these? or can it all be done solo? > Mirage? I like this one: Hard to die, does good damage, not that many buttons to push. Not super easy, but more on the beginers friendly build that can even solo kill scary group oriented monsters. Note: exotic gear is more then enough. What I'd do(and did): - get your Mesmer to 80 - while doing that, explore many core maps. You can fill like half of Mirage there - start PoF to get Raptor mount. You need to do only 1st combat mission - maybe do, maybe don't: run around PoF map(or two) to fill the rest of Mirage. - go back and do story in "correct" order

Wood burns. Even stone can be melted with enough heat. You could say that poison is a form of acid. For living creature to bleed, it has to be damaged. Poke, cut. Lets just say its "damage over time".

Gold: - first time I got to level 80, I bought full set of exotic gear with "butter" and "iron". - check your bank, sell crafting materials. Some sell for good money - always sell on TP or salvage for mats(for sell or use). - at this time Mystic Coins(you get them as login reward) sell for a lot. 2 gold for 1 MC? - Mystic Coins are for Legendary gear. Thats a loooong grind. Sell a couple of MC and get yourself a nice exotic gear Food: - eat, drink - proper diet is very important for an adventurer - for start, get some food that gives health over time Gear/build: - start with something simple - gear must match build. Power vs Condi - don't look for Raid, Fractal builds. Look for "open world", "survivable" - Marauder better then Berserker, Trailblazer better then Viper. This is for Open World. - high DPS good, but if you are dead, you do zero DPS. So some extra defense(HP and/or Toughness) helps. Combat: - move, dodge - do not "face tank" - break bars!. You see "blue bar", nuke it Mounts: - get now! - unlock atleast Raptor

Combat: - active. WSAD based. Movement is part of combat. Not point-and-click. - if you like being active(move) in combat you'll like GW2. If not you'll hate it Classes: - all classes can be traditional tank, DPS, support - all classes can be melee or ranged - because of that, you pick class based on unique class mechanics - this are F# skills. By default they are bound to F1, F2, F3, ... keys Mesmer: I pawn stuff with my clones Guardian: I burn or heal or protect stuff Necromancer: I suck life energy and morph into fugly monster that pawns stuff Ranger: My pet pawns stuff ... sort of Elementalist: I pawn stuff with all mythical elements Warrior: I angry, I smash Thief: gimme stuff Engineer: I am Iron Man. Gadgets and stuff Revenant: I pawn stuff with dead heros stuff

PvE has more then one mode. What is good for Raid or Fractal in not good for Open World(OW). And even in OW you have different situations. Trahs mobs, big bosses, meta events, world boss, legendary bounty, ... General rule I have for gear for Open World: - if Power build: everything is Marauder, but armor is Knight. Exotic is good enough. Upgrade to Ascended goes: Trinkets(farm Living seasons maps) -> Weapon -> skip ascended armor coz its so damn expensive. - if Condi build: everything is Trailblazer or maybe Rabid if you get alot from criticals. Exotic is good enough. Upgrade to Ascended goes: Trinkets(farm Living seasons maps) -> Weapon -> skip ascended armor coz its so damn expensive. Idea is that "if your dead you do zero DPS". What I play most: - Reaper: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PSgAEZlJwaYOsLWJeeX1tUA-zRRYiRF2IxKkoSgIqgYDBPmlRdtA-e - Ranger: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POwAceNlZwAZbMNGKO0K2r7CM3B-zRRYiRH2IxKkIqgeDhmTAPmF5HtA-e

I like something like this, if Im in a ranged mood: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POzAceNlZw4YdMQGKO0K2r/K+IF-zRIUR0xPIc5mpQkKw0A-e Let your pet "Sic'em", pew-pew, swap pet(if low health), swap weapons, pew-pew ... We heal as one is heal, but also boost. Use it alot. Gear: you can start with cheap exotic berserker, but then upgrade to Ascended Marauder. Start with trinkets. Easy to get ascended stat selectable trinket in LS3, LS4 maps.

Get Raptor. The rest is under "whatever".