Guild Wars 2

MrJohnSherry said:
Since I got my new GPU (and can now actually run the game well enough!) Anyone have any tips for me? I usually play casters, what are elementalists like? Melee characters fun?
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Every class has a "melee" or at least up close option and a range.

If you prefer caster/ranged in the traditional sense a staff ele might be for you. There are other possibilities depending on what you would like such as Necro and Engi or Mesmer but you can never stay all out range without gimping yourself to an extent.
 
No1newts said:
Every class has a "melee" or at least up close option and a range.

If you prefer caster/ranged in the traditional sense a staff ele might be for you. There are other possibilities depending on what you would like such as Necro and Engi or Mesmer but you can never stay all out range without gimping yourself to an extent.
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Cheers for the reply! I take it for staff ele's you have 5 abilities through the staff alone? Is it possible to make a "berserker" type character?
 
This games FPS is so random at times, I was getting around 60-63 FPS more or less constantly, until I went into a place called "Bandithut Caverns" Or something like it. It was in the human starting area. My FPS would not go above 15-17, I don't get it?
 
MrJohnSherry said:
Cheers for the reply! I take it for staff ele's you have 5 abilities through the staff alone? Is it possible to make a "berserker" type character?
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5 abilities for each attunement, which makes 20 abilities for staff alone. You can switch attunement in the middle of combat too.

For a berserker type class I would go with warrior, they build up adrenaline dealing more damage and soakes up damage, based on different skills. Warriors also have the ability to use rifles for ranged combat if needed.
 
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I did the CoE last night with some guild members and we got as far as the fire element before we gave up. spend over two hours to get to that point and well all got fustrated because of how far the waypoint was in that dungeon!

We struggled throughout the dungeon though :( very hard and fustrating!
 
MrJohnSherry said:
This games FPS is so random at times, I was getting around 60-63 FPS more or less constantly, until I went into a place called "Bandithut Caverns" Or something like it. It was in the human starting area. My FPS would not go above 15-17, I don't get it?
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Lol.

I have the exact same issue! No fps issues in game but I step in bandit haunt and it completely gimps my fps :p no idea why and it's just that single area :p
 
jonney_joop said:
I did the CoE last night with some guild members and we got as far as the fire element before we gave up. spend over two hours to get to that point and well all got fustrated because of how far the waypoint was in that dungeon!

We struggled throughout the dungeon though :( very hard and fustrating!
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The Evolved Destroyer? You pretty much chose the hardest path through CoE, which is already a hard dungeon if you don't know the tricks. Not to mention they just 'fixed' that boss fight. Before there was a safe spot just off the platform its stood on so a couple of people could stand there, while the other 3 brought down its sheild, then you'd jump up, hit it a bit, then jump down again... rinse and repeat.

Now you can't do that as there is no safe spot any more, so you have to jump up and down the platforms avoiding a whole wealth of explosions all over the place. A right pain in the buttocks, and makes the whole thing ridiculously more long winded that it was. Especially if you've never done it before =/

The other two paths are much 'easier' by comparison.
 
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jonney_joop said:
I did the CoE last night with some guild members and we got as far as the fire element before we gave up. spend over two hours to get to that point and well all got fustrated because of how far the waypoint was in that dungeon!

We struggled throughout the dungeon though :( very hard and fustrating!
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Oddly enough...so did I ! Exactly the same ! Lol, we werent in the same group were we ?? lol

Thankfully the hilarious chat and social side of things made up for it all :D
 
Im trying to get map completion on the pvp maps and on the eternal battlegrounds we never move from the south west corner and never try to take anywhere new, its strictly seige stonemist or retake delve then everyone runs to golanda and delve is re-taken and it continues like that all night. very boring.

on the jade sea map i have managed to get all the poi/vista's that dont require getting inside a fort. Sometimes we hold the one on the right hand side near the bridge (at the south) but mostly we only have a supply depot (no where to take the supply to!) just north of where you enter the map from the portals.

this is getting old really fast so i have come to the conclusion if i want it i am going to have to change servers for 7 days. Soooooo ... anyone give me a heads up where would be a good place to go where commanders (and therefore the zerg sheep) actually try to mix things up ??


TIA
 
Mittens said:
Im trying to get map completion on the pvp maps and on the eternal battlegrounds we never move from the south west corner and never try to take anywhere new, its strictly seige stonemist or retake delve then everyone runs to golanda and delve is re-taken and it continues like that all night. very boring.

on the jade sea map i have managed to get all the poi/vista's that dont require getting inside a fort. Sometimes we hold the one on the right hand side near the bridge (at the south) but mostly we only have a supply depot (no where to take the supply to!) just north of where you enter the map from the portals.

this is getting old really fast so i have come to the conclusion if i want it i am going to have to change servers for 7 days. Soooooo ... anyone give me a heads up where would be a good place to go where commanders (and therefore the zerg sheep) actually try to mix things up ??


TIA
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Which server are you on? If you are on Desolation, follow IRON for a good tour of the whole map. This week Deso has beaten the opposition in to a bloodied pulp, turned most boarderlands green and usually jump to EB after 11pm in search of a fight ;) Around midnight we had about 3/4 of EB all green except for the NW corner.

Next week looks like we're going up to Tier 1 and won't have such an easy ride, so get your sightseeing in now.
 
Taziir said:
Next week looks like we're going up to Tier 1 and won't have such an easy ride, so get your sightseeing in now.
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Yup, pretty certain now that its Tier 1 for us again next week..and that will mean the horror that is Vizunah Square. Still, on the plus side, I'm much better geared this time round upon meeting them, so hopefully this time I can take some of them with me :)
 
hi Taziir :) im on aurora glade. the people are very nice but not much happens (fractals/bgs)


will probably give desolation a go - it cannot possibly be any worse

EDIT - cant at the moment as its full.:mad:
 
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Mittens said:
Im trying to get map completion on the pvp maps and on the eternal battlegrounds we never move from the south west corner and never try to take anywhere new, its strictly seige stonemist or retake delve then everyone runs to golanda and delve is re-taken and it continues like that all night. very boring.

on the jade sea map i have managed to get all the poi/vista's that dont require getting inside a fort. Sometimes we hold the one on the right hand side near the bridge (at the south) but mostly we only have a supply depot (no where to take the supply to!) just north of where you enter the map from the portals.

this is getting old really fast so i have come to the conclusion if i want it i am going to have to change servers for 7 days. Soooooo ... anyone give me a heads up where would be a good place to go where commanders (and therefore the zerg sheep) actually try to mix things up ??


TIA
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I jumped on Vizunah for a week to see what an organised server is like. I know the Vizunah helps a bit but they are soooo blinking organised it's unreal. The amount they have going on and the different attacks/feints are interesting to be a part of (I won't NE staying ofc :p)

One night they lost SM outer gate and within minutes the whole population was flooding into the commander room. Had both servers attacking and managed to hold out, some enterprising frog even kited the opposition into each other :p was the most amazing battle I have ever been part of.

Desk is decent for map touring too.

I think the best bet for wvw would be to stop teams gaining xp/karma etc (and maybe even points) from bases that are lost and captured in quick succession multiple times. I think a lot just farm round the path for xp and tend to avoid each other, that and promote defensive gains.

jamesaltria said:
About to pick this game up tomorrow. Anyone recommend any decent servers?
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Desolation and I believe Gandarra is where most ocukers are.
 
I wish we had stuff like that going on, to be part of a real front where envelopements and the like occur... sadly on my realm, the people who had 100 gold for a commanders badge are for the most part quite content to play tennis with 1 fort all night and are quite patronising to boot (stack on me and wait. first lesson is how we move togeather) yeah right ok buddy that'll win friends /sigh.


Im guessing its not as simple as waiting for 5 people to transfer off desolation so i can move on ?? how many have to leave before it goes from full to very high ??
 
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