Joxer.6024 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Has anyone ran a raid with the new builds yet, just for the heck of it? I know all the "testing" and such is still being done but just wondering if anyone took a leap of faith and went in with some new builds to see how they go? If so, share, good and bad, we can take it! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yLoon.5289 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Most reluctant to spend gold on testing new stats, so lets just wait for qtf instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrag.9740 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 We ran a condi fire brand tonight, very strong in some fight, at least competitive everywhere except kc (obviously lol). One person also ran a condi renegade for a few fights in w4, seemed solid. Finally we had a power weaver at kc, they did comparable damage to our 2 tempests. But this could very well be due to the burst nature of the fight, and our own inexperience in how to properly burst on weaver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feanor.2358 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Staff Weaver (me) and condi Firebrands in my group. The Weaver is straight upgrade from Tempest for me everywhere. It has the damage, it has the cleave, and it's less reliant on staying in melee range (we play center/safe start on Deimos, so there's that). The only place I didn't (and wouldn't) take it is Matthias. The Firebrands usually have no trouble keeping up and sometimes are far ahead of me in dps (Sabetha, Cairn, MO, etc.). Even on KC they're producing very respectable numbers, I think higher than what I got on Tempest pre-PoF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoomborg.9462 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Tried condi soulbeast today...its okay-ish. but most other condi specs will probably outdps it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy.1932 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I raided the first day on spellbreaker. I spent a while optimizing the rotation and practicing to give it a solid try, and it sucked. Saturday I tried out weaver. It's very strong. That was the first time I've seen ele dps above 40k on KC in a long time. This was with skrewing up my rotation frequently and not really using my fgs at the right time. Tuesday I played soulbeast and my impression was that it was a decent dps choice, but not great. It has good dps by HoT standards but is outclassed by other new builds. Also it doesn't bring any utility besides the ability to bring sun spirit. I haven't played it yet, but firebrand is also very strong. A number of my friends have been playing it and things in fractals and raids have been melting. > @thrag.9740 said: > competitive everywhere except kc (obviously lol). It's going to be extremely strong on kc. I don't know why you'd think otherwise. Firebrand burst is insane. Other builds that I've seen but haven't played - scourge seems strong with the ability to do good personal dps and also bring epi, condi renegade is also good, and holosmith did decent dps the first day. I also played a heal renegade which is quite fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solstace.2514 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 What are the traits and gear people use for weaver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy.1932 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 > @Solstace.2514 said: > What are the traits and gear people use for weaver? https://qtfy.eu/guildwars/elementalist/staff-tempest-quick-guide/, but take weaver 121 instead of tempest. Here is the rotation I've been using: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucianDK.8615 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Well weaver and firebrands are extreme outliers. Or least firebrands used to be, got bugfixed in a way that reduced their damage. But weavers will most likely get toned down too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feanor.2358 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 They did with the first fix to the conversion traits. They still outperform the rest on large hitboxes, but are also incredibly restricted in what they can offer. It's literally the purest dps spec I've seen in this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasi.9065 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 > @Feanor.2358 said: > They did with the first fix to the conversion traits. They still outperform the rest on large hitboxes, but are also incredibly restricted in what they can offer. It's literally the purest dps spec I've seen in this game. And the one needing the most support. I dont even want to raid on my weaver with pugs anymore, because without alacrity, quickness, distort/blocks its just a real pain to play. I just gave up on it. /edit: Oh and yes, it has basically no cc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosknight.3041 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 since PoF released, i've used weaver firebrand scourge soulbeast and mirage. havent tried holosmith or renegade yet. deadeye and spellbreaker dont really seem that good for raiding imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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