vermouth.3478

Hi, I am looking for a guild that offers T4 fractal CM training. I've done T4 many times (got F.savant already), but just didn't have a chance to get into CM yet.

I am also looking for a static raid group for weekly clear. I am experienced in W1-4, W6-7. Need to polish more skills in W5, I admit. Can play power DH or holo, mirage, power boon Chrono, support tempest, and Fb heal. Message me in-game vermouth.3478. Thanks

_Bring back the staff weaver stacking and scourge epi stacking _

Absolutely love it! It kinda reminds me of The Witcher 3 soundtrack a bit, but that perhaps explains why I like this boneskinner soundtrack so much.

1. Time: Well, it took me almost a year from the first time I crafted my first ascended armour to the time I finally finished crafting my first legendary armour. It is time consuming but I quite enjoy the process. The key is be patient and make a realistic goal.

2. Raid: Search for a raid training guild. That's what I did. It is more reliable than just joining LFG group titled 'training'.

3. Economy: Well, the way I see it at least the game gives you some options to obtain some nice stuffs. For example, Black Lion Keys. I just can't be bothered farming the key by farming low-level story over and over again; might as well buy gems to buy keys. On the other hand, I don't mind crafting a legendary weapon from scratch because I find it quite fun. I am not a big fan of farming gold like SW or Istan; majority of my gold is a mix from doing meta, fractal, dungeon, raid, etc. Maybe I don't earn ton of money, but enough to let me get many nice stuffs within reasonable time.

4. Gem Store: IMO, gears from gem store can be overrated (not always, ofc. I own few gears from gem store as well). Sometimes, they can look too much and I do not find it appealing. 95% of my gears are not from gem store and I am quite happy the way they look. It also reduces the chance of having similar look with other players!

5. Boredom: I get bored from time to time but because there are so many goals that I have not achieved, It makes me want to play again the next day. I have 9 characters for each profession and I'd say I enjoy half of them. So, If I get bored playing one class, I can easily play another character to mix it up a little.

If you have arcdps, you can check and compare that the main damage from axe shatter mirage is coming from torment and then confusion. Scepter mirage would be mostly confusion.

If there is no commander, people are reluctant to stay. So, if you are really keen, just tag up and ask two other players to tag. I always find at least one lfg group and if there is none, you can put lfg there. It fills up very quickly 5 minutes before the reset, in my experience.

If you want to comment on OP’s personality, send DM to OP not in the public space. It’s better that way so the discussion is not getting distracted from the substance.

Hey, thanks for the video. As a suggestion, I think for benchmark purpose you need to set only 10 conditions as the other three are quite unrealistic to keep it permanently applied (fear, immobilised, and blinded). This is especially true for power holosmith due to modified ammunition. Benchmark video in snow crow also only used 10 conditions for power holo.

I am a forever scrub but I can suggest that what you need is a buddy that will help you transition from T2 to T3/T4. First month doing fractal, I was stuck at T2/T3 because I was too afraid doing T4 but then my in-game friend helped me boost my confidence to try T4 and now I am doing it daily alternating between dps and healer.

I had a similar issue with you the first time I played this game a year ago (used to playing an assassin-type of class for high dmg). I died so many times doing story and the dmg was not that high etc etc etc. I created a second char, Necro, and omg I couldn't stop playing this game till now. I do have all professions and love them all. Probably my most played character will be Necro for dungeons and open world, Holosmith for fractal and raid, Firebrand healer for fractal, and druid/condi SB for raid. However, I feel like at the moment thief has a better place in PvE compared to a year ago. I've seen many thief players (mainly daredevil) doing very decent damage in dungeon, fractal, and raid. I haven't tested thief by myself in high end PvE content though.

Back into your question, I'd say power weaver (S/D) is really good for PvE as it's pretty good for fractal and raid. It's squishy but if played right you will be the top dps. However, I don't think weaver will do good in WvW where you need survivability (unless you are one of that top player that main ele and can just outperform all classes :p ). Tempest may work in WvW but may be not meta.

In theory, power revenant may work in PvE but it won't probably optimal in fractal or raid. I personally rarely see them in fractal or raid. However, alac renegade has found its place in fractal and raid. It is a renegade build with diviner stats so your job is not only doing damage but provide boons (mainly alacrity), however it needs to be paired with firebrand that can give quickness. Condi renegade, however, is doing pretty good in raid. I believe revenant is meta in WvW (hammer herald).

Mirage is useful in raid esp for bosses that favours condition over power. I won't recommend mirage for fractal tho, but I know few people insist bringing it into fractal. It's just that fractal favours burst damage and condi dmg takes time to tick.

Hmm, I can't say much about WvW, but Power weaver (S/D) offers better burst damage than power rev if you are talking about raid and fractal but weaver is quite squishy (with a good healer, I don't think it's a very big issue tho). However, there is a renegade build used for fractal and raid with diviner stats so its job is not only doing damage but ensure permanent alacrity. I honestly haven't seen people playing herald anymore in fractal/raid.

I am so sorry for my late reply, have been busy with rl work.

Answering your question, Iboga outside of the beastmode will inflict confusion. I think the same applies to Lynx giving bleeding. When you are in the beastmode, you won't inflict the condi automatically so you have to use the new skills to inflict conditions (F1-F3). Merging with Iboga, I will press all three; Merging with Lynx, only F2-3 bc F1 doesn't apply bleeding,

If you somehow get bored with short bow/short bow rotation (too ez, lol), try shortbow/ dagger-torch. It deals significantly more damage but you need to go melee when using dagger-torch. You also need to pick Quick Draw in the Skirmishing trait (so that you can use bonfire [torch-5] and poison volley [shortbow -2] more often) and Ambidexterity in the Wilderness Survival trait (gives 240 condi dmg and reduces cd of dagger - torch).

Hope you are having fun with it, if you choose to try it out :)

> @"Speedylord.2798" said:

> > @"vermouth.3478" said:

> > Just want to give an alternative build in case you are bored playing power ranger and don't like to play melee. As a ranger, I only play condi soulbeast shortbow/shortbow esp for raid (bosses that favours condi build) and meta-event PvE (like bounty run or dragon's stand). So easy to play and you can kite enemies from range while keep applying condition on them. I use this build but with viper gears and trinkets and weapons (all ascended), but as a starter you can use dire as it gives you toughness and vitality (which will turn into expertise (condi duration) with taste for danger trait in Wilderness survival. In my opinion, if you don't like to fight in melee, condi build is your friend because it doesn't punish you that much while you are in range. As a pet, Lynx will be the first choice as it deals a lot of bleeding (when you are in beastmode), but Warthog is also nice if you need to do more cc. For enemies who like to use a lot of skills and move a lot, Iboga pulls ahead as it deals some confusion stack (example, the djinns in PoF maps). Most of the time, I stay in beastmode but if you are under-pressure I find Iboga is better when you are not in the beastmode. As utilities, I like stances. If you are alone tho it might be better to get strength of the pack for your elites and shout utilities (like sic em or protect me). Due to Light on the feet trait, you want to flank enemies (side or behind) as it gives you more damage.

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> Looks very fun to play! I haven't tried out the shortbow a lot, I think it would be nice to try the two of them out with a condibuild! Thank you for the explanation of the build, I will definitely check it out (I gotta get some dire or viper gear first tho haha)!! Only got one question left about your use of the beastmode, so you said the Iboga pet gives confusion and the Lynx gives bleeding, do they inflict this when you're out of beastmode or can these effects also be given when in Beastmode (with the extra pet attacks you get)?

> Thx for the reply :)

Just want to give an alternative build in case you are bored playing power ranger and don't like to play melee. As a ranger, I only play condi soulbeast shortbow/shortbow esp for raid (bosses that favours condi build) and meta-event PvE (like bounty run or dragon's stand). So easy to play and you can kite enemies from range while keep applying condition on them. I use this build but with viper gears and trinkets and weapons (all ascended), but as a starter you can use dire as it gives you toughness and vitality (which will turn into expertise (condi duration) with taste for danger trait in Wilderness survival. In my opinion, if you don't like to fight in melee, condi build is your friend because it doesn't punish you that much while you are in range. As a pet, Lynx will be the first choice as it deals a lot of bleeding (when you are in beastmode), but Warthog is also nice if you need to do more cc. For enemies who like to use a lot of skills and move a lot, Iboga pulls ahead as it deals some confusion stack (example, the djinns in PoF maps). Most of the time, I stay in beastmode but if you are under-pressure I find Iboga is better when you are not in the beastmode. As utilities, I like stances. If you are alone tho it might be better to get strength of the pack for your elites and shout utilities (like sic em or protect me). Due to Light on the feet trait, you want to flank enemies (side or behind) as it gives you more damage.

Seems like you are searching for a raid/fractal group? My guild usually runs a weekly raid training group and it doesn't really matter what classes you choose as long as you pass the dps test (which should be easy to achieve with meta builds and rotation). I usually play power holo for raid and fractal and no complaints so far. It's in EU server btw. Just pm me if you are interested

Lol, agree with the previous comment that staff is really useful for tagging mobs at farming event

I'd recommend fb heal as well though few times you may need to remind your party that you are a heal fb, not a quickbrand. I use harrier stat but add two magi accessories just because I have extra trinkets from dungeons :p. Sometimes you need to decide whether to bring axe (more cc and fury) or mace (more healing, aegis, protection, regen). If I bring mace, I will take 'feel my wrath' for fury unless other player can cover it. Staff is a must if you are the only source of might, it's also a good source of burst healing with 2 and 4. Even paired with aligade, I assume the aligade will focus on alacrity than might generation.

If paired with a chrono, I'll drop my quickness a bit and bring other utility or you can convince the chrono to drop well of action and bring something else. If you have a static group that you can trust or a pug that are actually doing good, I will choose radiance over virtues to bring bane signet with perfect inscription (damage boost for the party and instant cc). Most of the time I am always being cautious and use virtues instead. Don't forget your dodge also heals and you have many source of reflect ;). Hope you have fun :D

> @"Zenith.7301" said:

> FB is an incredibly nice carry healer, just like staff tempest. The value of multiple aegis and the guardian supremacy on stability provision cannot be understated.

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> Honestly, this is a community issue, not a game issue. As long as you can cover boons, any healer will do.

This is very true. A healer is expected to give boons as well, not only healing. This is a main reason why a druid is the preferred main healer in many raid situation because this profession covers a balance healing and boons production as well as damage boost with spirits. While a druid happily maintains offensive boons (25 might and fury), defensive boons (swiftness, regen, vigor, protection), and damage boosts from spirits, a Chrono will provide alacrity and quickness with access to many hard cc, pull, reflects, and aegis/distortion if needed. This is where other healer classes may struggle to compete to be the main healer, not the druid's healing ability per se. For example, a staff Tempest is huge in healing and fast rezz with water/arcane, but struggling to provide fury if they don't take fire or air traits or 25 mights without using scepter/warhorn. Surely rebound now gives fury but it kinda negates the usefulness of rebound as emergency healing and it has long CD. Also, a tempest does not provide damage boost like spirits from a druid.

I think a Heal FB is quite close to be the main healer as it also provides very decent healing and boons (25 might only if using staff, fury, regen, quickness, aegis, stability, protection, and on-demand reflects, but it's better paired with an Alacrene to help with 25 might (so the heal fb don't need to take a staff), alacrity, damage boost from soulcleave's summit and assassin's presence. Can also have a quickbrand and a heal Rene instead or even both quickbrand and alacrene, but it's up to personal preference and skills, I guess. Have no experience with a heal scourge, but it's taken because it has unparalleled fast rezz esp with mercy runes variant, but it is lacking in boons production.

The good thing about taking this condition reaper is that you probably only need HoT expansion as both Reaper spec and Viper stats are from HoT. But if you also have PoF, give Scourge a try as well because I find Scourge a bit easier to play as a condition build. Since both condition reaper and scourge use pretty much the same gears, you can compare which build you like the most.

I use it for PvE (condi scourge) to activate sadistic searing when both sand flare and trail of anguish are in cooldown; or when I want to save trail of anguish as stun break.

Necro fan here. I’d say Spite + soul reaping for higher damage or spite + blood magic for more sustain (faster rez, faster well cool down). The good thing about soul reaping is that it increases life force generation faster from all sources that let you use shroud skills more often to dish damages or just use that life force to sustain damage if you want. Pair it with spectral grasp when you are surrounded by many enemies, you gain massive life force and able to use shroud to quickly cleave enemies. Or spectral Armor for stun break and more life force. Heck, you can even trait foot in the grave for stun break when you enter shroud but sacrificing damage from death perception.

With full ascended heavy armor zerker stats and 2h (great)sword, seems like it's perfect for playing guardian as a dragonhunter. If you like playing support healer, firebrand is also pretty good with staff (just change the stats into Harrier). I haven't played other heavy armour so can't comment on those two.

Just want to share my experience playing thief and I only play it casually (not for fractal or raid). I play thief mainly for exploring the PvE world. I usually use deadeye with dagger/pistol because #3 teleport you to the enemy and gives blinds (also unblockable) then just spam 1 or 2; 5 to provide more blinds when you are surrounded by many adds. Also, I trait Trickery 3 - 1 -2 and Deadeye - 2 -3 -2 so whenever I use the mark, I receive at least 5 boons (fury, might, swiftness, quickness, and vigor), rip the boons from enemy (if they have one), dazes the enemy, and enjoy extra damage from premeditation so it's so easy to quickly kill the mobs and use the mark again on the next enemy (the mark is refreshed every time you kill the marked enemy). Malice is useful for longer fight against veteran enemy or higher. When there is any boss event with other player, I tend to switch to rifle and use the mark and utilise my stealth skills as that's how you get bonus damage from generated malices. When I use my rifle, I change my deadeye skills to 1 - 1 - 1 or 1 -3 -1 if you are willing to bring more stealth skills. If you just want to farm without bothering to kill the enemy (for example: winterberry farming in LS3), deadeye is also great because with silent scope you get stealth every time you dodge (you need to equip rifle tho) and trait Shadow arts 2 -2- 2 for extra stealth time, reduced recharge time for deception skills (that provides more stealth), and faster movement when you are in stealth. It's also useful when you want to skip certain dungeon (like CM and TA), use short bow instead for mobility and blast finisher.

Hi there! I am interested in joining your guild. I am mainly active in night time and weekends due to work. Would love to try fractals and raid with other guild members, trying to avoid LFG for doing those contents tbh. I have 3 characters lvl 80 (Thief, Guardian, and Necro) and an Engineer in progress. Hope I can join your guild ^^

Hi! I am a new player, only couple of weeks probably. Only do PvE atm and still learning, interested in doing dungeon and fractals as well soon. I'm looking for a casual guild because I have work to do as well. Thought it'll be nice to get some advice from veterans out there and some casual chat whilst I'm playing :D. Hope I can join your guild. Cheers!

HI. I'm interested in joining as well. Quite new into this game, only couple weeks. Would be nice to have a nice guild to seek advice and support. I'm lvl 80 sylvari daredevil and lvl 80 human necromancer, but my daredevil is more active now (I like its armor better). Only active when my partner is not playing at the same time. lol. Thanks!