LuRkEr.9462

> @"Joote.4081" said: > In raids and such how can you use any sort of tactics on these bosses, how do you see any telegraphs through all the flashy lights and laser beams? > Guessing you haven't raided before. You should try them out, they are alot of fun. Raids don't really have the issue of flashy skills since its only 10 people. Many bosses have mechanics that require people being in different areas doing different things which also spreads it out a little. You should give raids a try though if you like bosses. Any game with 50+ people in one area casting skills will have a light show.

Its honestly not even mesmers alot of the time anymore. If the portal is purple yes, but anyone can troll portal with the white mantle device.. but it makes a white/yellowish portal. Most don't notice the color though and mesmers get blamed though in Octovine and Chak meta I usually see the white mantle device portals. Also don't forget about scourge or thief portals. Even if it there was a message that said whos portal it was, what will that do? Its not a reportable issue as far as I know (unless they port out of bounds.)

Necro has always been a fairly strong class in PvP. Honestly all the classes except Mesmer are in a fairly good place if played effectively for their role. Play what you want though (except Mesmer,) all about the fun. Mesmer got hit with some pretty big nerfs and is generally considered a hinderance on the team. A really good Mesmer can still hold its own though, but requires much more skill to be effective against a mediocre player of another class. Really most of it depends on skill for any class, I've seen so many bad "meta" players.

Yea, some groups will run fractals without heals. That is "Meta" but only in coordinated teams. Running a pug T4 or CM without a healbrand often turns into a shit show, though sometimes it works great. The 3 dps can really be whatever (probably not chrono, too slow rampup) as long as they know their class and rotation well. Though in anything endgame PvE, people tend to like stacking guardians for the inherent defense that brings.

> @"Weerus.3701" said: > > @"LuRkEr.9462" said: > > Yea, Mesmer is fun in pvp but very weak class at the moment. Honestly pretty much any class other than mesmer is really good in pvp if you play their role well. It really depends on what you want to do in pvp (team fights, roaming, bunker, etc.) > > > > Ele as mentioned can be very powerful and carry teams at times though it takes alot of skill to be effective. > > Which build of ele would you recommend. I intend to focus on nailing rotations even tho its hard :D Im gonna at least give it a decent try. GodsOfPvP and MetaBattle both have pvp builds for Ele. You can either Damage or Support depending on what your team needs. (Having a support when the other team doesn't is often a huge advantage) Just know it really does take alot of practice. A good ele is extremely hard to kill but a bad ele will die quickly.

Most JPs are pretty easy depending on player skill. If your looking for a hard JP do "Chalice of Tears" (appropriately named)

So the only thing I don't agree with on this is bringing 2 eles. Why wouldn't a soulbeast be brought for their unique buffs and abilities in place of 1 ele? HB, Alac, BS, SB, Weaver is basically the meta listed on Discreatize.

Yea, Mesmer is fun in pvp but very weak class at the moment. Honestly pretty much any class other than mesmer is really good in pvp if you play their role well. It really depends on what you want to do in pvp (team fights, roaming, bunker, etc.) Ele as mentioned can be very powerful and carry teams at times though it takes alot of skill to be effective.

I don't know that you can using in-game function if you can't select the player. Though from what we see around here not sure what it would do if reporting it. Just got to hope their team mates report them.

Yea.. you can beat gold with 10+ seconds left fairly easily if you follow a route. IIt may take a few tries to learn it and be successful but its very doable.

> @"NorthernRedStar.3054" said: > > @"LuRkEr.9462" said: > > All in all burn guard is very OP in lower ranks, in higher ranks people know better how to disengage / cleanse if they see the burn coming. Its really just dependent if ANet is balancing for tournament setups where supports are common -or- randomness of ranked pvp queue where you likely won't have a support. > > > > I don't have much issue with burn guards unless I mess up using ranger or reaper. I foresee some tuning to burn coming, but I hope its not some over the top nerf. > > > > Ranger literally counters burn guard, so... I see you chose to ignore reaper, I've even beat them on mirage, but your missing the point anyway. That was just an example, any class can beat a burn guard if played well. Burn guards are one trick ponies though they do that trick very well. Burn guards rely on your condi cleanse being on cooldown, CC locking you, or you not knowing how to disengage. Sometimes in PvP its better to disengage and +1 a different point if you know you can't win that fight. Burn guard is countered by other classes, just like any other class has its counters. Its burning can be ridiculous and is over tuned, but far from over powered. I imagine it will be nerfed, just hope its not to the ground.

All in all burn guard is very OP in lower ranks, in higher ranks people know better how to disengage / cleanse if they see the burn coming. Its really just dependent if ANet is balancing for tournament setups where supports are common -or- randomness of ranked pvp queue where you likely won't have a support. I don't have much issue with burn guards unless I mess up using ranger or reaper. I foresee some tuning to burn coming, but I hope its not some over the top nerf.

Get the chat link tag from the wiki. Paste it in chat and then you can preview it weapon only or whatever. Works better than the menu.

The difference is easily mistakes or slowness in rotation, something as simple as cancelling an auto attack chain early. That being said the dps is so low that it looks like a large difference, but when you get to where your doing 25k+ on a golem thats not much at all.

I have thousands of elegy mosaics saved up. Just run bounty trains occasionally or like a Season 4 train that runs multiple times a day (NA anyway) and you will have more than you ever need.

Sacrificing 4-5k dps is alot for some tankiness when almost all pugs will run a healbrand. Is this build for T4s and CMs? Typically most don't even want a scourge except for one fractal.. reaper has far higher burst damage which is what most want. Maybe record a video, but it does sound like it would slow t4 groups down but may be good for carrying lower fractals.

Maybe even just adding a minute to Snowden CM. Using a group that does Raids CMs we barely manage to finish with ~10 seconds usually. Its very close with averaging ~20k dps numbers and a healbrand. Its doable, challenging even :D but kind of worried most wouldn't be able to finish it.

Yesterday I switched from champions after I finished it to LS3 and then today I switched back to check, still have champions completed up to current point. The warning message did make me worried but it seemed to save it? Not sure if that's 100% though or if it can lose it over X time or in other scenarios. Seems to be at your own risk

> @"Infusion.7149" said: > Recipe to stat swap the infusion is with 5 Mystic Coins, Anthology of Heroes, and then the usual T6 materials I dunno.... but I guess we can assume the guy named Infusion is right :D

It is pretty common in ranked for people to log in as one class that is weak in current meta so that match making will put one of those on the other team (or is likely to) Then that person will switch to a meta class and often ends up in a stack of meta.

Darkbringer is well known guardian with ANet tag. He has been around for a while, see him on teapots raids and such. Personally never met him in pvp though.

These are amazing, so many bugs. Sword 3 could use some major overhaul as listed. I also wish phantasms weren't so stupid sometimes. Like they wont even attack some things like octovine.

Yep, winters day has a good karma spend. Also crafting a legendary can drain your karma around a million per. Picking up daily pact maps will drain some karma a day as well. My guess is there is a ton of things you could be doing with your karma but are choosing not to. Having a few million isn't that much karma in the end though.

For power build I run full berserker / assassins and for condi I use vipers. If you find you have trouble surviving you could try some marauder mixed in. I use this build for open world since it has a good mix of damage and defense. (handles conditions well) [gw2skills.net/editor/?PixAwyFlVwOYNsLWJOySrNdA-zxQYhoje7cHCKsyoiSI9Mw2phCvWA-e](http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PixAwyFlVwOYNsLWJOySrNdA-zxQYhoje7cHCKsyoiSI9Mw2phCvWA-e)

This is the build I have done all open world / story content with: [gw2skills.net/editor/?PixAwyFlVwOYNsLWJOySrNdA-zxQYhoje7cHCKsyoiSI9Mw2phCvWA-e](http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PixAwyFlVwOYNsLWJOySrNdA-zxQYhoje7cHCKsyoiSI9Mw2phCvWA-e) The build sacrifices alittle damage from not using the second damage traitline in favor of being much tankier than normal and have tons of condition clearing. Inspiration traitline to handle conditions and give myself a steady stream of healing. Domination trait line for greatsword and damage Chrono for more phantasm damage and access to well of precognition (tons of aegis) Note: Mirage can easily be substituted for Chrono to run power mirage build for tagging. For gear I use the same power gear I use in raids (berserker and a few assassin, see link for specifics)