ChampionMasquerade.5283

> @"Kossage.9072" said:

> Yes, non-charr do also refer to Rytlock as tribune every now and then although charr players would obviously use the title more often when necessary as per legion custom.

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> **SPOILERS FOR PATH OF FIRE**

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> The latest moments in the story where non-charr have specifically used the rank to refer to Rytlock have been towards the end of PoF story in "Beast of War" (where the Commander and Rytlock talk about Sohothin: "I'm honored, Tribune. I'll bring it back in one piece.") and "A Small Victory (Epilogue)" (where the Commander cheekily refuses to tell Rytlock whether the Commander has talked to Kasmeer before Rytlock: "Sorry, Tribune. I'm not saying."). :)

I’ve always found it funny how the Charr character still calls him that since he specifically told us not to in the Charr section of the personal story

The Charr character sometimes refers to Rytlock as tribune far after the end of the personal story. Do non Charr characters do so?

> @"Khisanth.2948" said:

> > @"ChampionMasquerade.5283" said:

> > > @"Khisanth.2948" said:

> > > That items does not seem to have any drop source so it has to be created. As a result of that the question you should start with is "what is the minimum price this can be sold for to break even?"

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> > > The answer to that is 91g if you use buy orders to obtain the items through the TP

> > > and 82g if you gathered the materials yourself (this is the amount you could have gotten if you just sold the materials)

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> > > you can add an additional ~10g if you want to factor in the 50 spirit shards(that is at a conservative conversion rate of 20s / shard)

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> > > Instant sell is 78g which means if you do this you will just lose money.

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> > > At the sell price of 126g you will get 107g after taxes and fees and if you gathered the materials yourself your profit is about 25g. The actual price you should sell it at just becomes a question of how much gold you should get for the efforts you have put into making the item.

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> > Would it benefit me more to just sell the mystic coins I have (I don’t possess the other materials and would end up buying them)

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> That is an even better question than what I mentioned! It seems I have failed to see the forest for the tree.

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> and yes, you would get ~42g(doesn't matter if it is instant or listed) for those 30 coins verses only 25g and the coins will sell faster too

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Got it, final question. Can I make/do anything useful with the coins aside from crafting and the mystic forge?

> @"Khisanth.2948" said:

> That items does not seem to have any drop source so it has to be created. As a result of that the question you should start with is "what is the minimum price this can be sold for to break even?"

>

> The answer to that is 91g if you use buy orders to obtain the items through the TP

> and 82g if you gathered the materials yourself (this is the amount you could have gotten if you just sold the materials)

>

> you can add an additional ~10g if you want to factor in the 50 spirit shards(that is at a conservative conversion rate of 20s / shard)

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> Instant sell is 78g which means if you do this you will just lose money.

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> At the sell price of 126g you will get 107g after taxes and fees and if you gathered the materials yourself your profit is about 25g. The actual price you should sell it at just becomes a question of how much gold you should get for the efforts you have put into making the item.

Would it benefit me more to just sell the mystic coins I have (I don’t possess the other materials and would end up buying them)

Do people buy Jormag’s Needle for the prices on the store, or will I only get a sale if I sell it instantly?

> @"Roche.7491" said:

> Who is he? Care to explain?

A bounty boss that you need to defeat in order to complete the Glorify The Golden Heart achievement

> @"Randulf.7614" said:

> Not really for a PoF bounty beyond normal peak hours when population is higher

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> Either keep watching lfg for a bounty train or start an lfg yourself

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> The latter will be quickest

I’m gonna try LFG. Worst part is I have to do all five required for the achievement. I already had one gem but I don’t have it anymore and I don’t know if I can get it’s upgraded from without it

Is there a time of day when a lot of people tend to fight Ellutherius Winterdust? (How did this end up posting twice?)

Is there a time of day when a lot of people tend to fight Ellutherius Winterdust?

> @"mindcircus.1506" said:

> You need to craft a Vision Crystal or have one from another source. The other sources are salvaging an ascended weapon or chest piece, or selecting Ascended Materials as your monthly login reward bonus.

> The other two items you need are from collections in the quest.

> Note any time you do it after the first time you need to craft the second two items as well.

> [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Knight_of_the_Thorn](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Knight_of_the_Thorn)https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Knight_of_the_Thorn

If the Vision Crystal is the only thing I have to craft, then I can just get it from my Loyalty Chest in a few days. Thank you

When doing the quest to restore Caladbolg, do I have to craft anything, or are there other ways of obtaining the items needed?

> @"AliamRationem.5172" said:

> > @"ChampionMasquerade.5283" said:

> > > @"AliamRationem.5172" said:

> > > > @"ChampionMasquerade.5283" said:

> > > > > @"AliamRationem.5172" said:

> > > > > > @"steki.1478" said:

> > > > > > You can play dagger/warhorn fresh air tempest (find it on metabattle, might be with scepter there). Offhand dagger is pretty weak for pve and warhorn gives you great damage, heal as well as a strong blind field making you practically invulnerable against most mobs. Toughness is useless in a game where you can defend yourself with blinds, CC, reflects, evades, positioning etc etc. Earth spec is also useless for the most part (unless you play a condi build).

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> > > > > > The "weakness" of ele is bypassed by killing mobs fast, not by stacking more defense and making your fights last a lot longer and by doing that, more riskier.

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> > > > > That depends on the build. Some condi builds can actually deal solid damage while also being extremely tanky. Also, extra passive defense stats allow you to play more aggressively, compensating for the damage loss to some degree.

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> > > > > I have videos up on my channel that demonstrate this. For example, my Mirage mushroom queen test videos. I was able to complete that challenge in 2:33 using Viper, but in Trailblazer I completed it in 1:29. The fight was just far more difficult with Viper and the power/precision on that set doesn't add all that much damage to a condi build. Being able to shrug off hits and stick to melee range with sharper rotations resulted in much better damage using the tankier set.

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> > > > > Fire weaver is the same way. I can solo champion avatar of Balthazar in under 60 seconds running full trailblazer. I doubt I could even survive that challenge running a glass build. Some builds just work better with passive defense included, and it's a no-brainer if you can still deal great damage!

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> > > > Do you mind linking the video with the Trailblazer set?

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> > > Sure. Here's a 1:10 solo kill I uploaded a couple of months ago, but I am probably using a slightly different build now. The core concept is the same, though. I can beat every HoT champ with this build and most of them in around 1 minute. Only mushroom queen takes a little longer because having no ranged option against her is a real pain! But we're talking more like 1.5-2.5 minutes there (haven't tested that one in awhile), still pretty decent.

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> > > http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PGgAw2lZwmYXMJmJOKXZvaA-zRJYkRDfZkTCkZB4wsUl0G-e

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> > I'm gonna need to acquire some more exotic gear and set it to Trailblazers then. So the burning does most of the damage here due to lack of power? Also, does this still work for Tempest instead of Weaver? (Also, do non ascended Trailblazer items not include expertise?)

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> I need to amend my recommendation here a bit. I wasn't thinking and I shared the build I use, which is not optimized for open world but is just a lazy adaptation of my WvW roaming build. In other words, I don't care enough about the extra stats in open world to bother switching my gear to the optimal setup (even though I have legendary gear and it wouldn't be a huge inconvenience! How bad is that?). But since I'm giving you advice, I should probably give you the best advice I can!

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> Okay, so what am I on about? The issue is condition duration. In WvW I take Bolstered Elements instead of Weaver's Prowess. I also run speed runes instead of balthazar runes. This results in a 70% burn duration swing between my open world and WvW setups with this build. Since condi duration from expertise and other sources is capped at +100%, all additional expertise stat is wasted. So, Dire is a better choice than Trailblazer and MUCH cheaper besides!

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> So, with that in mind, here is my new recommendation:

> http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PGgAw2lZwmYXMJmJOKXZvaA-zxIU8ohvQYjzJBysAcYWWUaD-e

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> You will come up a few percentage points short of max burn duration here (remember weaver's prowess is +20% but doesn't show in the sidebar stats because the buff is only present in combat!). You could get some trailblazer to max it out, but you won't even notice a difference either way.

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It’s a good thing Dire is a better option since I think the ring I bought is Dire anyway. Thank you for all the help, you really went in depth!

> @"Azala Yar.7693" said:

> > @"Donari.5237" said:

> > The BL canister dyes are a new thing. I don't know if it's a rotation yet because each color has only shown up once so far. You can check the wiki on the blue and green ones to see when they were in the chests and for how long. I'm not sure but I think the color change has come with each new chest "season." So at a guess we'll have something new in the chests when No Quarter releases and that may include a new BL dye hue. Yellow? Brown? Black? Purple? Who knows? :)

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> Hope not chests with those dyes in them are among the worst ones, think that's reflected in the price chests are selling for.

I take it that means they used to sell for more than five silver?

I’ve noticed that there used to be blue and green dye canisters you got from Black Lion chests, but it’s currently only red. Are they on a rotation/how long has it been since it’s been something besides red? (Also if this somehow ends up in he Elementalist Sub Forum I didn’t put it there and something weird is going on with my posts)

> @"AliamRationem.5172" said:

> > @"ChampionMasquerade.5283" said:

> > > @"AliamRationem.5172" said:

> > > > @"steki.1478" said:

> > > > You can play dagger/warhorn fresh air tempest (find it on metabattle, might be with scepter there). Offhand dagger is pretty weak for pve and warhorn gives you great damage, heal as well as a strong blind field making you practically invulnerable against most mobs. Toughness is useless in a game where you can defend yourself with blinds, CC, reflects, evades, positioning etc etc. Earth spec is also useless for the most part (unless you play a condi build).

> > > >

> > > > The "weakness" of ele is bypassed by killing mobs fast, not by stacking more defense and making your fights last a lot longer and by doing that, more riskier.

> > >

> > > That depends on the build. Some condi builds can actually deal solid damage while also being extremely tanky. Also, extra passive defense stats allow you to play more aggressively, compensating for the damage loss to some degree.

> > >

> > > I have videos up on my channel that demonstrate this. For example, my Mirage mushroom queen test videos. I was able to complete that challenge in 2:33 using Viper, but in Trailblazer I completed it in 1:29. The fight was just far more difficult with Viper and the power/precision on that set doesn't add all that much damage to a condi build. Being able to shrug off hits and stick to melee range with sharper rotations resulted in much better damage using the tankier set.

> > >

> > > Fire weaver is the same way. I can solo champion avatar of Balthazar in under 60 seconds running full trailblazer. I doubt I could even survive that challenge running a glass build. Some builds just work better with passive defense included, and it's a no-brainer if you can still deal great damage!

> >

> > Do you mind linking the video with the Trailblazer set?

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> Sure. Here's a 1:10 solo kill I uploaded a couple of months ago, but I am probably using a slightly different build now. The core concept is the same, though. I can beat every HoT champ with this build and most of them in around 1 minute. Only mushroom queen takes a little longer because having no ranged option against her is a real pain! But we're talking more like 1.5-2.5 minutes there (haven't tested that one in awhile), still pretty decent.

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> http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PGgAw2lZwmYXMJmJOKXZvaA-zRJYkRDfZkTCkZB4wsUl0G-e

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I'm gonna need to acquire some more exotic gear and set it to Trailblazers then. So the burning does most of the damage here due to lack of power? Also, does this still work for Tempest instead of Weaver? (Also, do non ascended Trailblazer items not include expertise?)

> @"Lonewolf Kai.3682" said:

> Forgive my ignorance, but what does that have to do with elementalist?

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> Edit: never mind. I see in another thread the OP is having some technical issues with posting.

If there's a way to switch a post to another sub forum without moderator intervention please tell me and I'll get it sorted

> @"Lonewolf Kai.3682" said:

> Forgive my ignorance, but what does that have to do with elementalist?

>

> Edit: never mind. I see in another thread the OP is having some technical issues with posting.

Oh my god did it happen again! I specifically clicked Guild Wars 2 Discussions, why is this happening

> @"AliamRationem.5172" said:

> > @"steki.1478" said:

> > You can play dagger/warhorn fresh air tempest (find it on metabattle, might be with scepter there). Offhand dagger is pretty weak for pve and warhorn gives you great damage, heal as well as a strong blind field making you practically invulnerable against most mobs. Toughness is useless in a game where you can defend yourself with blinds, CC, reflects, evades, positioning etc etc. Earth spec is also useless for the most part (unless you play a condi build).

> >

> > The "weakness" of ele is bypassed by killing mobs fast, not by stacking more defense and making your fights last a lot longer and by doing that, more riskier.

>

> That depends on the build. Some condi builds can actually deal solid damage while also being extremely tanky. Also, extra passive defense stats allow you to play more aggressively, compensating for the damage loss to some degree.

>

> I have videos up on my channel that demonstrate this. For example, my Mirage mushroom queen test videos. I was able to complete that challenge in 2:33 using Viper, but in Trailblazer I completed it in 1:29. The fight was just far more difficult with Viper and the power/precision on that set doesn't add all that much damage to a condi build. Being able to shrug off hits and stick to melee range with sharper rotations resulted in much better damage using the tankier set.

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> Fire weaver is the same way. I can solo champion avatar of Balthazar in under 60 seconds running full trailblazer. I doubt I could even survive that challenge running a glass build. Some builds just work better with passive defense included, and it's a no-brainer if you can still deal great damage!

Do you mind linking the video with the Trailblazer set?

> @"Llethander.3972" said:

> It doesn't really matter.

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> >! It changes a bit of dialogue as well as one of the rewards you can earn and which banner is shown around Amnoon.

Got it, thank you

> @"steki.1478" said:

> > @"ChampionMasquerade.5283" said:

> > > @"ChampionMasquerade.5283" said:

> > > > @"steki.1478" said:

> > > > You can play dagger/warhorn fresh air tempest (find it on metabattle, might be with scepter there). Offhand dagger is pretty weak for pve and warhorn gives you great damage, heal as well as a strong blind field making you practically invulnerable against most mobs. Toughness is useless in a game where you can defend yourself with blinds, CC, reflects, evades, positioning etc etc. Earth spec is also useless for the most part (unless you play a condi build).

> > > >

> > > > The "weakness" of ele is bypassed by killing mobs fast, not by stacking more defense and making your fights last a lot longer and by doing that, more riskier.

> > >

> > > That build looks, promising, though the gear’s not easy to get. Does the site have versions with non ascended equipment?

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> > On a different note though, I’m more used to Fire than I am Air, so I’m not sure if I’d excel in an Air centric build.

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> All builds that you ever see will be in ascended, but that doesnt mean that you should copy paste the whole build (unless you're playing raids/fractals). You can run exotics, but with same gear stats as well as some different utilities (if conjureds are too hard to use for you).

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> I also dont understand your logic behind camping fire instead of camping air when it's just pressing a different F skill. Power tempest excels with air skills, especially overload with fresh air trait. Rotation couldnt be much easier, you use air damaging skills, you overload, you swap to fire for its burst, you go back and repeat (if fire is on cooldown you go earth or even water).

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> Air attunement gives you more damage on overload (vulnerability), better range for kiting enemies while overloading and a stronger autoattack. Fire skills are mostly good for their burst, their sustained damage isnt as good as air and they provide no utility. If you want to camp fire you can use the burn tempest build, it's still pretty bursty due to nature of burning condition and it's great in group events because it provides a lot of might and fury for allies.

Sounds good to me, is this the correct build or did I find the wrong one? https://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Tempest_-_Burning_Auramancer

I allied with the Sunspears in Amnoon. Was that a good idea of should I have kept it independent?

> @"steki.1478" said:

> You can play dagger/warhorn fresh air tempest (find it on metabattle, might be with scepter there). Offhand dagger is pretty weak for pve and warhorn gives you great damage, heal as well as a strong blind field making you practically invulnerable against most mobs. Toughness is useless in a game where you can defend yourself with blinds, CC, reflects, evades, positioning etc etc. Earth spec is also useless for the most part (unless you play a condi build).

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> The "weakness" of ele is bypassed by killing mobs fast, not by stacking more defense and making your fights last a lot longer and by doing that, more riskier.

Yeah, after testing out the build, I’m not quite able to keep up with the constant attunement switch.

Is there any particular way to gain levels quickly in crafting. I wanna make ascended gear but I don’t wanna spend hours at a crafting station to do it.

> @"ChampionMasquerade.5283" said:

> > @"steki.1478" said:

> > You can play dagger/warhorn fresh air tempest (find it on metabattle, might be with scepter there). Offhand dagger is pretty weak for pve and warhorn gives you great damage, heal as well as a strong blind field making you practically invulnerable against most mobs. Toughness is useless in a game where you can defend yourself with blinds, CC, reflects, evades, positioning etc etc. Earth spec is also useless for the most part (unless you play a condi build).

> >

> > The "weakness" of ele is bypassed by killing mobs fast, not by stacking more defense and making your fights last a lot longer and by doing that, more riskier.

>

> That build looks, promising, though the gear’s not easy to get. Does the site have versions with non ascended equipment?

On a different note though, I’m more used to Fire than I am Air, so I’m not sure if I’d excel in an Air centric build.

> @"steki.1478" said:

> You can play dagger/warhorn fresh air tempest (find it on metabattle, might be with scepter there). Offhand dagger is pretty weak for pve and warhorn gives you great damage, heal as well as a strong blind field making you practically invulnerable against most mobs. Toughness is useless in a game where you can defend yourself with blinds, CC, reflects, evades, positioning etc etc. Earth spec is also useless for the most part (unless you play a condi build).

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> The "weakness" of ele is bypassed by killing mobs fast, not by stacking more defense and making your fights last a lot longer and by doing that, more riskier.

That build looks, promising, though the gear’s not easy to get. Does the site have versions with non ascended equipment?