Wisely.4819

Please bring back the awakened mounts package, they're the most beautiful mount skin pack <3

I watched your videos before, I found the quad healing combo quite difficult to pull off! Also, that sword weaver trailblazer is very durable is nice, but it still doesn't do anything against bosses that can't be damaged from melee :/ I did manage to solo the chak challenge in your video with scepter weaver with little difficulty, though. Do other heals than signet offer better survivability? I saw lord Hizen used the glyph heal in his solo weaver videos.

> @"Touchme.1097" said: > If you are looking for a decent PvE open world weaver build forget snowcrows and metabattle raid builds, their weaver builds are so squishy and elementalist is the squishiest designed profession with a complex rotation and it doesn't even top the damage meters for being a glass cannon as there are other professions who are tankier, easier to play and do a lot of damage baseline like all of them. Unless we get some serious PvE buffs who are not aiming to make the profession significantly overpowered I would go for the marshal or dire/trailblazer condi build to be on par with the self sustain other professions get baseline or rolling another profession and stop playing elementalist altogether because the Meta in PvE is already set in stones and is not seeing any significant balance improvements. I use staff as my secondary weapon to swap to on my weaver in order to get the job done on those annoying fights that are not melee friendly and seriously punish players for playing a melee build. > As a weaver, outside of Signet of Earth, you lack strong hard CC on demand combos like the dragonhunter's Bane Signet+Dragon's Maw combo or Thief's conditions+Signet of shadows+Basilisk Venom combo. I am sure the other professions have better break bar damage than elementalist except Deadeye which has been left with weak break bar damage to compensate on nothing but single target dps. I was thinking of trying marshal stats, do you have any experience with it? > @"Arheundel.6451" said: > With that build, you have already enough precision and vitality trait works regardless of the main hand weapon used, it simply add more vitality when you equip a sword. > > About the build you want to use, just tell me what you need and can suggest something, I am quite good at stats mixing thx to years of WvW gameplay but for starters : > > -scepter is mostly power dmg, actually the dedicated condi skills don't do enough to deserve a heavy stats investment > -power specs doing optimal dmg require huge stats sacrifices and that normally means low toughness and zero healing power > -You can still run bruiser builds for PvE but I don't recommend running scepter...staff on the other hand, yeah you can make a bruiser staff ele with a mix of celestial/crusader/captain stat then use Fire/air line to gain enough might/precision/ferocity buffs > > PS you can change arcane with water like and run : Piercing shard - Flow like water and Soothing power , 2-3-3, you would have more than enough sustain even without running any healing power...at least in PvE I don't really have an idea of a build, I'm just looking for anything functional. I love how active weaver is, but as a necro/mes main, it's been a challenge to make it anywhere near durable as the other two light classes with comparable damage. As far as I know, there's no cheese rune that works on ele like it does on mes/necro (tormenting; not that necro even needs it), is there? I tried vampirism, but that obviously doesn't work against bosses.

Why the sword vitality talent without wielding a sword? Also, no healing power? It seems pretty strong on ele in terms of sustain.

Well, I made the suggestion for anet to see, some folks agreed, that's really all I wanted from this. I would like it, think it would be cool and would buy it. Unless you're an anet employee, you really can't tell whether they will or will not introduce it and how much it would affect their revenue. I have to say some folks are strangely adamant about opposing QoL gimmicks. I hope anet will consider this item/idea!

I don't see how this item would be obsolete when people who don't change that often would still buy them in smaller packets/farm them. Like I'm not asking them to introduce a transmutation pass that makes transmuting free forever that costs half the price of the 5 transmutations packet, lol. Not everybody however needs a 1000 gems transmutation pass that lasts a month for example. Like, I'm asking for a convenience thing here, same as infinite gathering tools/copper salvager/lounge passes. They already did this before by introducing the permanent hairstylist contract. I don't want to farm cosmetic stuff, and I certainly don't want to stress over it. I'd rather spend money to skip the tedium and focus on the fun parts of the game. I think that's a pretty basic concept in every online game these days.

> @"kharmin.7683" said: > Take away what is probably one of the greatest methods of income for Anet by doing this? What is in it for Anet? How could they possibly benefit if they accepted this proposal? They can be farmed and bought with statuettes, I doubt a whole lot of people buy them from the shop. I know I don't and I always need more. As the first poster predicted, thread got charged by "play wvw/pvp" folks. I don't want to do pvp just so I can do fashion. It's not like you have to step out of wvw/pvp and do content you don't like to get dungeon skins/warclaw/blueprints.

Heyo, it is my humble hope for Anet to add something akin to a Transmutation Pass, i.e. an item that, once purchased, unlocks unlimited transmuting on a character for a certain time. Juggling transmutation charges is my singular source of anxiety and stress in this game - I just want to be able to wardrobe freely, match with my friends for dungeons or whatever strikes my fancy that moment. Fashion is one of the most fun things for me and it being so limited in Guild Wars, which is a visually awesome game, just makes me sad. I'd honestly rather pay for a gemstore pass than manage transmutation charges in their current state. I know they can be farmed, but it's tedious and I'd rather spend that time actually playing the game. Every other big MMO lets you fashion to your heart's content, so why not Guild Wars?

> @"Hannelore.8153" said: > Marshal's is taken because it offers near-max Healing Power outside of sets like Cleric/Magi without sacrificing too much damage. This is because Healing Power is a major stat on it, which is extremely rare. > > With most other sets you get more tankiness/Boon Duration/etc, but only 1k of healing instead of 1.5-1.8k. This is very important on Scourge, because barrier application isn't affected by outgoing healing% modifiers, nearly all of Scourge healing & barriers is just raw Healing Power. This is why they also often take Rune of Rebirth, Sigil of Life, etc. instead of the usual support builds found on other classes. > > The point of having any damage on the build isn't to help the group--your damage will be on the order of 10% of DPS players with a good rotation. Its so you can build up sigil stacks, deal with adds, tag enemies and survive on your own when caught out alone. This seems counter productive but if you've ever played a meta character in Minstrel's or similar you'd understand the struggle. > > Scourge can also only make limited use of Concentration, their only good boon access being 25 Might stacking for the group. They do give some boons out from other sources, such as from converting conditions, but not enough to be worth it. > > Pretty much all that's worth investing in for Scourge is damage, Healing Power and sometimes Vitality. Thanks, that's informative. If survivability is an issue, why not roll full shaman? Is "getting caught out alone" a thing in raids?

Any ideas for gryphon? It's my favorite :D

Did the Mistborn adoption license just cycle out? I wanted to nab the Speckled Shortfang :( Also would love Istani license back for the Raccoon Gryphon

> @"Danikat.8537" said: > Now I can log in here's the colours I've found which I think show textures well: > * All the enamelled dyes > * Blue Whale (purple) > * Bloodstone Indigo (purple) > * Bloodstone Dark Indigo (purple) > * Eerie Purple > * Deep Glacial Sky (blue) > * Glacial Sky (blue) > * Sand Shark (blue) > * Lapis (blue) > * Legend (blue) > * Midnight Ice (blue) > * Deep Glacial Teal (green) > * Abyssal Forest (green) - very, very variable, looks pure black on some things, bright green on others or a mix of the two > * Seraphim (yellow) > * Golden Sheen (yellow) > * Gold Fusion (yellow) > * Harrowing Maroon (orange) > * Searing (orange) > * Molten (orange) > * Infernal (red) > * Ember Red > * Bloody Red > * Cinders (red) > * Charred (red) > * Flame (red) > * Heirloom (red) > * Bloodstone Dark Violet (red) > * Ruin (brown) > * Midnight Bronze (brown) > * Vintage Silver (grey) > * Darkness (grey) > * Godless (grey) > * Midnight Fire (grey) > * Glossy Black (grey) > > A lot depends on the material though, some dyes can look completely different depending on what they're applied to and that's even more extreme with the ones that show textures more clearly or have a two-tone effect. I try to remember a few of these and even if I don't want that colour I'll try them out on any new equipment just to see how the dye looks, so I know if it's worth looking for something in the right colour with a similar effect or just going for the best shade I can find. (Also some parts of armour or outfits really is flat and smooth with no texture to show.) > > > @"Wisely.4819" said: > > I know I can preview them but sometimes while preview them I preview them on bad materials or bad outfits and I end up skipping it when it's actually a good dye. I don't have most blues in the game by virtue of this because I just always preview it on wrong stuff. I never knew Sand Shark had a gradient > > If you have it the wedding outfit is good for this, especially on sylvari and norn females. (The wedding outfit changes completely based on the race of the character.) Thank you so much for the list!! I will work through it tomorrow :D I do have the wedding dress. The Sylvari version has no metallic parts so I can't test stuff on it but I think the Norn one does? I can see how that could be gooooood

> @"Just a flesh wound.3589" said: > Harrowing Maroon can have a two color effect on some heavy armors. On Mistward armor for example the main parts of the armor are dark orange red while the spikes and borders are green. I had to buy this one right away :D Good that it was cheap it's so fun

> @"Hesione.9412" said: > Yes it is an Istani adoption: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sky_Bandit > > It looks like there is no pattern as to when the licenses show up for sale: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Istani_Isles_Mount_Adoption_License (see the Gem Store History section at the bottom - you need to expand it). thank you :D some returning licenses are cycling right now so i can hope

> @"Witch of Doom.5739" said: > > @"Wisely.4819" said: > > > @"Witch of Doom.5739" said: > > > > @"Wisely.4819" said: > > > > > @"Witch of Doom.5739" said: > > > > > For a teal blue, I love Sand Shark. It seems to give better effects than a lot of light/teal blues. And for another black, I like Tar. > > > > > > > > Oh that dye is beautiful!!!!! What birthday gift is it in? I need it :D > > > > > > Sand Shark is part of the 6th birthday gift. Good luck! > > > > Oh no I seem to have misplaced the dye kit somewhere. I was saving it and then put it somewhere for later and now I can't find it. Nevermind, I think I get another in February :D Thank u tho > > Do you use gw2efficiency? That way you can search for an item on your account and figure out if a character has it in his/her inventory, or if it's in your bank, etc. A great site, and free. > > i do but some characters just don't show up on there for me, their equip/inventory is blank. it's fine though, it'll turn up someday :D

> @"TheAgedGnome.7520" said: > > @"Wisely.4819" said: > > > @"TheAgedGnome.7520" said: > > > > @"Wisely.4819" said: > > > > > @"TheAgedGnome.7520" said: > > > > > > @"Wisely.4819" said: > > > > > > I have settled on Mesmer for now too, my current issue is just that whenever I see a necromancer running around I wish I was playing one too :( > > > > > > > > > > For OW mesmer, might want to look at staff condi Mirage. It's fun and easy, and strong for soloing. Doesn't provide much support, though, unlike chrono: > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Oh wow I had no idea staff was viable!!! Can you explain the gist of the build to me? The video is very fast and I have trouble catching the rotation or which F skills he uses there. > > > > > > Hizen responded to that kind of question in the Youtube comments with this: > > > > 1 tip to make sure you have vigor and to keep having 3 clones > > > > shattering gives you vigors but it will destroy your clones so here is the trick to shatter and still have clones > > > > when you use 3 on staff 2 phantasm will attack the target before the CD of skill 3 reach 11 shatter F1 and F2 the moment the CD reach 10 the clones you shatter them will be replaced with the other 2 clones and when u dodge you create 1 thats the most important thing you need to practice with :) > > > > > > So, the idea is to keep a constant supply of clones in the pipeline ready for shattering. You can create clones directly with Staff2 and with dodges (Deceptive Evasion trait), and then shatter them (preferably when you have 3 clones). But you can also create two phantasms w/Staff3, which after several seconds (i.e., when Staff3 CD timer reaches 10) then those two phantasms become clones, and if you then dodge to create a 3rd clone, you can now shatter those 3. Swap staffs as needed to get back energy for dodging (Energy sigils) and repeat. What you want to avoid is wasting the conversion of the two phantasms to clones by having shattered prior to the 10 sec CD timer point, or having at most one clone at that point. > > > > > > In my variant, I swapped out the mantra utilities for Phantasmal Defender and Signet of Illusions. The former gives me another phantasm which also draws aggro (but also now another phantasm CD timer to monitor), and the latter another source of clone generation (one every 10 sec.). > > > > > > It seems like a lot to manage, and if you are hoping for ideal timing and max clone shatters/min. then it would be; but realistically, if you shatter occasionally with 2 instead of 3, or you waste a clone here or there, its no big deal in most cases. Think of clones as ammo or weapon strikes, and just as we often don't perform an ideal weapon skill rotation or use ammo skills perfectly they still work good enough to get the job done. It's actually pretty fluid once you get the hang of it. > > > > > > So, the main things are to not seek absolute perfection in your clone generation and shattering, and to fight the urge to be the damage dealer - instead, you should be evasive and let your clones/phantasms get the aggro and do the damage. > > > > > > Oh, and to be clear - when I say 'dodge', it's really more of an evade, thanks to Mirage Cloak trait. > > > > I don't know if I understand it fully with the shatters, you shatter 3 with F1 and then the next 3 with F2? > > I do, but you could also F1, and then keep the next 3 alive until F1 is off CD again, then use F1, and repeat. I honestly don't know the 'ideal' method. oki thank you :D i can do that

> @"TheAgedGnome.7520" said: > > @"Wisely.4819" said: > > > @"TheAgedGnome.7520" said: > > > > @"Wisely.4819" said: > > > > I have settled on Mesmer for now too, my current issue is just that whenever I see a necromancer running around I wish I was playing one too :( > > > > > > For OW mesmer, might want to look at staff condi Mirage. It's fun and easy, and strong for soloing. Doesn't provide much support, though, unlike chrono: > > > > > > -- > > > > Oh wow I had no idea staff was viable!!! Can you explain the gist of the build to me? The video is very fast and I have trouble catching the rotation or which F skills he uses there. > > Hizen responded to that kind of question in the Youtube comments with this: > > 1 tip to make sure you have vigor and to keep having 3 clones > > shattering gives you vigors but it will destroy your clones so here is the trick to shatter and still have clones > > when you use 3 on staff 2 phantasm will attack the target before the CD of skill 3 reach 11 shatter F1 and F2 the moment the CD reach 10 the clones you shatter them will be replaced with the other 2 clones and when u dodge you create 1 thats the most important thing you need to practice with :) > > So, the idea is to keep a constant supply of clones in the pipeline ready for shattering. You can create clones directly with Staff2 and with dodges (Deceptive Evasion trait), and then shatter them (preferably when you have 3 clones). But you can also create two phantasms w/Staff3, which after several seconds (i.e., when Staff3 CD timer reaches 10) then those two phantasms become clones, and if you then dodge to create a 3rd clone, you can now shatter those 3. Swap staffs as needed to get back energy for dodging (Energy sigils) and repeat. What you want to avoid is wasting the conversion of the two phantasms to clones by having shattered prior to the 10 sec CD timer point, or having at most one clone at that point. > > In my variant, I swapped out the mantra utilities for Phantasmal Defender and Signet of Illusions. The former gives me another phantasm which also draws aggro (but also now another phantasm CD timer to monitor), and the latter another source of clone generation (one every 10 sec.). > > It seems like a lot to manage, and if you are hoping for ideal timing and max clone shatters/min. then it would be; but realistically, if you shatter occasionally with 2 instead of 3, or you waste a clone here or there, its no big deal in most cases. Think of clones as ammo or weapon strikes, and just as we often don't perform an ideal weapon skill rotation or use ammo skills perfectly they still work good enough to get the job done. It's actually pretty fluid once you get the hang of it. > > So, the main things are to not seek absolute perfection in your clone generation and shattering, and to fight the urge to be the damage dealer - instead, you should be evasive and let your clones/phantasms get the aggro and do the damage. > > Oh, and to be clear - when I say 'dodge', it's really more of an evade, thanks to Mirage Cloak trait. I don't know if I understand it fully with the shatters, you shatter 3 with F1 and then the next 3 with F2?

I know I can preview them but sometimes while preview them I preview them on bad materials or bad outfits and I end up skipping it when it's actually a good dye. I don't have most blues in the game by virtue of this because I just always preview it on wrong stuff. I never knew Sand Shark had a gradient

sorry for derailing a little but what is "healbreaker"? can you play this healing warrior in pve too? it sounds nice

> @"Witch of Doom.5739" said: > > @"Wisely.4819" said: > > > @"Witch of Doom.5739" said: > > > For a teal blue, I love Sand Shark. It seems to give better effects than a lot of light/teal blues. And for another black, I like Tar. > > > > Oh that dye is beautiful!!!!! What birthday gift is it in? I need it :D > > Sand Shark is part of the 6th birthday gift. Good luck! Oh no I seem to have misplaced the dye kit somewhere. I was saving it and then put it somewhere for later and now I can't find it. Nevermind, I think I get another in February :D Thank u tho

> @"TheAgedGnome.7520" said: > > @"Wisely.4819" said: > > > @"Mungo Zen.9364" said: > > > > @"Wisely.4819" said: > > > > > > > I do not care about PvP, WvW, Fractals, Raids or the meta. I just want to nyooom around > > > > > > > > Mesmer - VERY shiny. Does it have good AoE damage? > > > > > > Power Chrono with Greatsword/Phantasm. Downside is the dragon part might be lacking... > > > > > > But if all you wanna do is OW PvE Chrono is a lot of fun, is good ranged or melee, can be specced to hit hard or have sustain/support, and has some good aoe abilities, has built in speed boost even. Works well in zergs or solo, small groups too, can be setup to do some champs and bounties solo, story stuff is easy as well. > > > > > > Join team butterfly, it’s the shiniest... bonus points for going Sylvari > > > > > > > > > > I have settled on Mesmer for now too, my current issue is just that whenever I see a necromancer running around I wish I was playing one too :( > > For OW mesmer, might want to look at staff condi Mirage. It's fun and easy, and strong for soloing. Doesn't provide much support, though, unlike chrono: > > Oh wow I had no idea staff was viable!!! Can you explain the gist of the build to me? The video is very fast and I have trouble catching the rotation or which F skills he uses there.

> @"Witch of Doom.5739" said: > For a teal blue, I love Sand Shark. It seems to give better effects than a lot of light/teal blues. And for another black, I like Tar. Oh that dye is beautiful!!!!! What birthday gift is it in? I need it :D

thank you all for your suggestions :D I am making a list: * Bloody Red - I have it, need to test * Cinders * Charred * Carnage Orange * Ember Red * Caustic Green * Vincent * Heirloom - I think I have it * Blue Lion * Enameled Emblaze - I thought I had all enameleds but this one sounds unfamiliar I have Glossy Black and it's nowhere near as cool as Darkness. The Abyssals I have, they are very cool but sometimes too dark. Permafrost is the opposite of accentuating a texture - it erases them entirely :D It looks funny sometimes but that's it I feel

> @"Mungo Zen.9364" said: > > @"Wisely.4819" said: > > > I do not care about PvP, WvW, Fractals, Raids or the meta. I just want to nyooom around > > > > Mesmer - VERY shiny. Does it have good AoE damage? > > Power Chrono with Greatsword/Phantasm. Downside is the dragon part might be lacking... > > But if all you wanna do is OW PvE Chrono is a lot of fun, is good ranged or melee, can be specced to hit hard or have sustain/support, and has some good aoe abilities, has built in speed boost even. Works well in zergs or solo, small groups too, can be setup to do some champs and bounties solo, story stuff is easy as well. > > Join team butterfly, it’s the shiniest... bonus points for going Sylvari > > I have settled on Mesmer for now too, my current issue is just that whenever I see a necromancer running around I wish I was playing one too :(

> @"TheAgedGnome.7520" said: > > @"Wisely.4819" said: > > > @"TheAgedGnome.7520" said: > > > Condi Herald Revenant. > > > It's a tankasaurus , full Trailblazer build. > > > You have Glint as one of the legends, so you get your dragon theme. :) > > > Moderate on the shinies spectrum, but still its really potent. > > > (Build link is in the description) > > > > > > > > > > Can you play it with ranged weapons? > > I was concerned about that when I first started using Herald, but the reality is that Mace2 is 480 range, Mace3 is 1200, Axe4&5 are 900 , Elemental Blast is 600 and Chaotic Release is 450. So, although Mace/Axe looks like a melee-only setup, it has a lot of range ability too. Plus its so tanky that being in melee range is quite fine. > > Renegade does give you the shortbow (900) and the summons (600), but you lose Glint and instead get Kalla. I sometimes run Herald, sometimes Renegade, using the same armor/trinkets, depending on the situation. Both specs have their benefits, so I don't consider it an either/or decision. I tried the Herald out in the Mists against one of the class training dummy NPCs and it killed me, which was embarrassing and also maybe proof that the way energy consumption works on Herald might be too galaxy brain for me