Guild Wars

[shadow loom]

since spec changes all that

[fathom pine]

tbh mesmer is a keyboard class, everything is fast paced.

[digital bronze]

what im holding now isnt what im gonna use at end game right

[shadow loom]

what are you trying to build

[unique herald]

idk u wanna play bard so

[shadow loom]

dps?

[unique herald]

kidna no clue

[shadow loom]

bard yea i wouldnt know LOL

[unique herald]

impossible to answer that question

[fathom pine]

i would guess bard is gonna be a healer class

[unique herald]

if u want easy to start with Chrono

or virt

[limber tangle]

I can just link snowcrows or metabattle's build/comp pages

[fathom pine]

virt is prolly the easiest to start

[limber tangle]

basically explains everything better than any of us

[unique herald]

there was one seny linked b4

[shadow loom]

yea i dont even have mesmer

[unique herald]

with high ping good ones

made by sg ppl

[digital bronze]

for now dps

[shadow loom]

just saying

your brother

king jeffo chua

is virt

[unique herald]

https://aw2.help

high ping builds

[fathom pine]

oh yeah jeff is virt too

[vernal thistle]

virt depends on having EoD so i would assume Mirage, which comes with PoF which I believe stal does have is the next best dps route?

[unique herald]

made by sg players

[vernal thistle]

oh wait skiffs, never mind

i forgot for a moment stal has skiffs--yeah everything i've seen points to virt being big dps

[unique herald]

ELEMIA

WAKE UP

MY Q POPPED

Also for stal

[shadow loom]

cant relate

[unique herald]

https://aw2.help/builds/power-chronomancer

https://aw2.help/builds/condi-virtuoso

can pick either or rerally

[vernal thistle]

wait

[unique herald]

both dont even havve wep swaps

[vernal thistle]

chronomancer can be dps???

[unique herald]

yeah

power dps chroono is solid

[vernal thistle]

i always assumed it was major support vibes

hum

[unique herald]

nah

[shadow loom]

the way i do build

is how much i like that weapon

i hate double axe so i stop playing soulbeast

[vernal thistle]

i will admit the shield does dissuade me even though it can be dps just cuz uh

i don't have expansion four so i have to use the elite spec weapon to use the spec still

[unique herald]

u just odnt use shield

[vernal thistle]

but the axe of mirage

axe sounds so fun

[unique herald]

dagger sword + greatsword iirc for pdps

chrono

[shadow loom]

my go to weapon

[unique herald]

personally

its hard but

i like mirage

[shadow loom]

is hammer

and longbow

[unique herald]

mirage is kinda fun

[vernal thistle]

i don't have expansion four so i can't use weapons of other specs if i'm not that spec

[shadow loom]

im in

[unique herald]

but i fucking suck

[shadow loom]

[unique herald]

one day i'll get gud

[vernal thistle]

if i had expansion four i'd be able to view elite specs beyond the weapons

but til then i'm just like "which weapon do i want to spec into for now hmmmmm"

also i want to like soulbeast but i can't go away from using a bow

[shadow loom]

untamed longbow

is fking goated

[vernal thistle]

so my secondary weapon set (which apparently was dual daggers when i last played) was so hard for me to ever switch to

i also lack EoD so

i only have the first two elite specs for each class

which to that note

they must love necromancer

because all three elite specs for it look so appealing

and even before them, the minions were so nice

[unique herald]

found hannas enemy

[vernal thistle]

oh god the bird head

it's haunting

[unique herald]

btw

for anybody new to gw2

and needs react content to watch on the side

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3MjRDH6AAK-GwF5lUzGDoBGa01-d3FVn

this series is gold

TLDR WvW drama

[fickle barn]

sadly im apart of the QQ alliance

[unique herald]

[vernal thistle]

i remember when i was a WvW player

[fickle barn]

not closely

[vernal thistle]

but eventually it just got away from me

[fickle barn]

im with a friends guild named IE who allianced with them

[vernal thistle]

i see IE and can't help but think of Infinity Edge--curse you League

[shadow loom]

damn thats alot of loot

[unique herald]

yeah

ngl

its zoomin

[shadow loom]

comm left

oh they took smc as well

[shadow loom]

ok i guess im out

good progress anyway

around 100-150 ticket

[unique herald]

i got alot of random shit

and finished warclaw track

[shadow loom]

ez

ok logout

[vernal thistle]

gods bless the map tags some people have

they're like a handy reminder when a world boss is near-ish

[pale flint]

those flower people that we danced wiht earlier invited me to their guild, and we did a bunch of rp runs of twilight arbor

we all dressed our sylvari as the 4 seasons

ff14 could never

[digital bronze]

LOL

so cute

i was so embarrassed LOL

EARLIER

WHEN THEY WERE ALL LIKE

HI STAL!! :D

BRUH

[pale flint]

theyre so nice

[digital bronze]

IM HAPPY BUT ALSO

HOLY

[unique herald]

never...talk... to... stal...

got it

[digital bronze]

[pale flint]

we're literally all dancing on a mushroom rn telling ghost stories

[digital bronze]

WAIT

[unique herald]

wont embarass u ever again

[digital bronze]

NO COME BACK

[lament kayak]

[brisk snow]

[pale flint]

finally upgrading my outfits

[rocky sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/amirlotan-i-skimmed-it-skimming-no-attention-email-gif-16800172

[green trout]

TIME TO BOOT UP

[unique herald]

wvw event is busted

we took middle castle]

i went from 0 on my reward track

to full

to then full on the one that got replaced to

and endless chests

my invetory is giga fucked

[green trout]

Can you remove runes

[rocky sparrow]

Well

You can

With cash shop item

Rune extractor or something

[rocky sparrow]

Ye that

Or just replace the older rune if it's cheap anyway

[green trout]

ngl

it's really fucking annoying how every decent looking loot drop I've gotten is

Your profession can't use this item

[unique herald]

armor wise they are its the usual llight arm med arm heavy arm

etc

weapon wise one expac fixes that

[rocky sparrow]

You get to a point you don't care anymore after youve got you gear all set

You'll either sell it on tp, or salvage them all

Also depends if the armour got the "good" rune too

[unique herald]

ok i have found my mesmer pvp build after some testing

braindead and fun

[fickle barn]

oh shoot its early ||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrAOh02l_w8&pp=0gcJCcwJAYcqIYzv||

@digital bronze dont watch until you start stream if want to wait to see it.

||https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/elite-specializations-are-back-mesmer-ranger-and-guardian/||

^ and this is the blogpost

[unique herald]

||So ur telling me im so bad at instruments i kill my opponent||

||rifle troub im guessin||

||ok luminary is sick||

[fathom pine]

||i knew it bard is the healer||

[fickle barn]

||they do more than just heal but yeah looking main focus supportive.||

[brisk snow]

almost level 26

[fickle barn]

||they giving guardian necro shorud apperently||

[brisk snow]

[digital bronze]

LOL

dq like me fr

[brisk snow]

im sad bc

sword(s) skills arent really clicking with me

but I do like swords

[lament kayak]

i just left the MSQ instance zone and this fucker was right there

[brisk snow]

82% done with queensdale

[pale flint]

so uh

idk how, but i got HUGE exp yesterday

went from like level 52 to

[brisk snow]

dangggg gz

[lament kayak]

HOLY

[pale flint]

i think it was achievement diary things?

each thing gave me like a full level of exp

[unique herald]

or maybe ur dungeon runs

[pale flint]

the dungeon itself didnt do much tho

maybe like half a level??

and i only did a couple runs

yeah its deifnitley the diary. im almos 73 now

it gives like 60k exp per objective now

[pale flint]

i think ill be level 80 before stream ends

[fickle barn]

niceu

[brisk snow]

starting to feel like my pace is so slow i wont be able to do anything with yall

[pale flint]

everything is relevant, we'll do stuff with you still

and my pace was fairly slow until 50. after that i skyrocketed. ahcievement diaries just carried me like 10 free levels

[brisk snow]

[pale flint]

people say dungeons arent relevant too, but theres sitll incentive for us to run multiple dungeons/paths dailies to get the nice skins

so even the "irrelevant" content has reasons for us to run it

[fickle barn]

the concept arts are really nice

[unique herald]

to the ppl recently doing msq

this quest is confusing me

im at the camp

nothiing happening

[knotty temple]

might need to rejoin the instance

[digital bronze]

do i need to do anything to make a guild

[knotty temple]

i think you just need gold to make it

[unique herald]

?

Remaking guild or

[digital bronze]

making one for chat

[unique herald]

ahh

dont think u should need much

cause

i have a guild with my friends

and they were all new

1 gold

thats it

[digital bronze]

YIPPEE

okie i'll try it later

[fickle barn]

i think i remember that one u have to make sure the sergeant follows you closeby and kill all thee enemies

[unique herald]

ah then it prob bugged

cause everyone was dead

maybe one hiding

[fickle barn]

yeah i doubled back and made sure everything was dead and revived all the down allies

and made sure she followed you

[unique herald]

I'M DUMB

I CRAFTED BOOTS

INSTEAD OF GLOVES

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[fickle barn]

[sterile sequoia]

just wear the boots on your hands

wait hopefully they're not ascended

[unique herald]

i burned some money

but fk it

done with left side viper gear

just crafted it cause i wanted to get it done and over with

bare minimum just need a ascended axe now

preferably a torch as well

[pale flint]

LETS GOOOO

first level 80

[unique herald]

grats

[digital bronze]

CONGRATS

[pale flint]

tyty

[unique herald]

also torch done as well

only costed me like 20gold

now its just axe

i gotta save money tho

i didnt infuse anything

or socket runes

[pale flint]

any advice on which mastery path to focus first?

[unique herald]

context question first

you own any expacs yet or are planning on getting any in the next bit

or are u continuing basegame

just to understand what options there are atm

[pale flint]

i own the first 2 expansions

and some of the seasons

ill finish my story before going into living world1/2 and hot

[unique herald]

Fractal attunement is great for fractal content (daily dungeons that give good money)

Legendary craftign as name implies is needed for legendaries

idk what pact commander does thats huge

personally id go fractal attunement first

PoF ones MSQ will require some and tell u as u go so i realize the context question wasnt needed yet

HoT same case

[pale flint]

ok thanks ill focus unlocking the fractal thing first then

[unique herald]

also i realize

productive downtime is a crafting xp increase

so if u were still intent on doing crafting

might be good too

[pale flint]

i will, but not yet

how do i equip my elite spec? i unlocked reaper but i cant use my greatsword

ohhh it uses one of my normal spec slots, i see

[unique herald]

yeah

[pale flint]

omg my greaTSWORD SKILLSET IS COOL AF

oops caps

[unique herald]

no sorry

it is cool

[fickle barn]

mhm reaper greatsword damage go BRRRR

[unique herald]

ok fking aroaund with mirage

benchmark is about 52k at best

im a solid 20k

good enough

[green trout]

I made a warrior

[unique herald]

Chaddius

[green trout]

nah

wtf i attack so fast

[unique herald]

https://tenor.com/view/bubu-bonk-bubu-dudu-gif-8932107540415697346

[pale flint]

yeah no gcd here. some of the classes fight fast

i was watching thief earlier, going like a machinegun

[green trout]

it feels much more quicker than mesmer

[unique herald]

on my team

[pale flint]

was just paid so i bought the seasons i was missing

now i have all the current content

[unique herald]

[glass sigil]

Getting my 2nd Asura to order of whispers

[glass sigil]

I just alt tab in here and I wasted a glyph on my alt oops

[unique herald]

[glass sigil]

And 2nd Asura is in the order of whispers

[digital bronze]

saved

[left phoenix]

Aint noway u actually got a key!

Now u can open a single box!

[unique herald]

Oh is that the key u were complaining about

I didnt even know those could drop keys

Streamer luck i guess

[digital bronze]

yeah i think not a very high chance

[rocky sparrow]

Back in mah days

People did the personal story up to a point where they give you a key for completing it

Delete the character and do the whole thing again

[left phoenix]

Bruh, it's not THAT rare.

[left phoenix]

Boomer

[rocky sparrow]

Still rng

[left phoenix]

It most certainly is

[limber tangle]

can't wait for stal to get the portable crafting station so I can lose my shit

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Permanent_Crafting_Station_Contract

[brisk snow]

[brisk snow]

lmao my reward for 100% ing queensdale is 2 armor pieces i cant equip

[brisk snow]

i cant reset my spent hero points can I

[rocky sparrow]

Nope

You can get more points than you can spend on

[brisk snow]

ok

[brisk snow]

feel like I wasted my points is all

[brisk snow]

be me

like swords and bows

be also me

guns and axes

it says its contested, do I need to do anything here?

RP walking with a random dude

LEVEL 30 HIT

[knotty temple]

you get a lot of hero points on expansions

[fickle barn]

Yeah it was destroyed in the story so can’t spoil how it’s just the cool thing about the game things in the story affect the open world idk if they will ever fix it haha

[brisk snow]

finally feel like im getting a hang of my class

[fickle barn]

https://youtube.com/shorts/kVVVJverEQE?si=3Ax7t-jtQEb_cNPY

Was my favorite thing in the game and still is today

[brisk snow]

NOO DONT LEAVE MEEEEEE

[fickle barn]

Guess it’s time

[brisk snow]

waiting until end of month

might reroll phys ranged actually

i feel overwhelmed in melee

[unique herald]

could go ranger and prep for gale

[brisk snow]

whats gale again

[unique herald]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrAOh02l_w8

Galeshot

forgot what it was called ngl

[brisk snow]

and yeah thought about trying out ranger bc im somewhat familiar with the pet shit from wow

[fickle barn]

Yeah triple bow ranger

[unique herald]

got more bow attributes to it

its kinda what u were looking from the jump

more bow

less nature heavy

[fickle barn]

What stal is rerolling into

Kek

[brisk snow]

xd

i mean ig i dont mind the pet either now that im moving away from my exact image of what i want and more to what i feel like "feels better"

since i only have 2 character slots as f2p before i roll ranger i wanna ask

is there like another class thats simple? smth i cant really fuck up with in a group context

i rolled hunter in wow bc i didnt want to be responsible for anything important

anyway galeshot doesnt look too bad nonono

[fickle barn]

Mhm rangers get new pets every dlc

[unique herald]

@shadow loom you got a link to your build for DQ?

as context

her build is literally fuck up proof

[shadow loom]

what link

[unique herald]

gw2 build

or atleast something to reference

[brisk snow]

if i stick with warrior i wonder what utility skills i should use

also does the human story get better

[shadow loom]

https://snowcrows.com/builds/raids/engineer/power-mechanist

this?

i switch the grenade to land mine

for 100%

braindead

your 'utility'

is 4 passive

literally nothing to press

[brisk snow]

yo thats peak lmao

[shadow loom]

just throw land mine and use your over signet

every 90 sec

literally the most braindead there is

the rotation is almost non existant as well

[brisk snow]

i just dont wanna be a burden if someone plays with me

[shadow loom]

If you prefer melee

Theres always reaper

[unique herald]

elemia's build is literally the most braindead shit ive seen in this game

[brisk snow]

[unique herald]

meanwhile me trying to learn Mirage

but i stick to healer chrono for serious content

while i learn mirage

[brisk snow]

i need to look into the targeting options too i think i get confused who i am hitting lmao

[shadow loom]

because i think

alot of beginner

doesnt like to do weapon swap

[unique herald]

my dmg with Mirage atm is 20k... benchmark is 53k.... so if i can land somewhere near 40k id be happy

[shadow loom]

so that mechanist build

is suitable for people

when you get use to the game

[unique herald]

i got alot of work to do

[shadow loom]

you can then try harder build

[brisk snow]

i dont mind weapon swap (i was looking forward to it but its unintuitive) but idk when to swap

[shadow loom]

when i do strike mission for ibs5

i literally let my button 1 auto attack

and then read my manga on the side

[unique herald]

ibs5 as mirage isnt too bad

then i get boneskiller and jaunt to the party to keep my puddle in the same spot

then it goes off late

then i eat a little bit of shit

last time it went ok tho

my dmg is still lacking tho i wasnt bottom dps but definitely not where i wanted to be

im just gonna be stubborn and learn it cause honestly its the most fun i have atm

[shadow loom]

im learning willbender on the side

[fickle barn]

I missed my medic theif before all the stealth nerfs I was making my guild leader so mad when I showed everyone what I found in our guild hall arena he would kill someone and I would fully revive them in stealth even with him hitting us while invisible xD

[shadow loom]

but man is it clunky as shit

anyway

dont tag me keld

im busy

im watching anime

[fickle barn]

Latest season with oguri cap is my favorite

[shadow loom]

already watched that

im watching backwards

[brisk snow]

do you guys use addons and different keybinds?

[unique herald]

my bad

hf with the horses

[shadow loom]

jk

[unique herald]

Ah

didnt get to drink my coffee yet

[knotty temple]

yep blishhud and arcdps

[brisk snow]

[knotty temple]

arcdps is just a dps meter

so if you're not doing like sweaty content its not really necessary

[unique herald]

also

if ur like me and have to play on windowed mode

arcdps has a plugin with a setting that lets you lock your mouse to the window

used to be a game breaking problem for me

[fickle barn]

The only good ingame add on besides arcdps is blush

Blish

[fickle barn]

https://youtu.be/RhAYxFraEdM?si=7IxS4ouEo9Y_mbWY

[brisk snow]

ill look into that later thanks, hug/gui would be awesome if i can change that

[dry forge]

you can change UI in the game sadly, but blish can make your life more easy in general, it has so much utility. pair it with nexus and its god like

searching for your items on all your characters/bank, not forgetting your gathering tools another toon, seeing dps/boons to see if you are struggling or the team is struggling, making exploreation dead easy and fast, and lots more

also if you like to have different keybinds for different builds/characters and even settings, you can save your presets ingame and just switch them based on your playstyle

[digital bronze]

||TYBALT DIED?????????????|| GW2 STORY

[fickle barn]

yep

||all mentors do sadly ||

[digital bronze]

WHAT THE FUCK

SO

URE TELLING ME

||IF I PICKED SOMEONE ELSE HE WOULD HAVE LIVED??||

||IF I PICKED THE NERD GANG??||

WHAT

IM GOING 2 CRASH OUT

[fickle barn]

||no every mentor of every order dies||

[digital bronze]

EVERY

oh right they were all

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

[unique herald]

[fickle barn]

i know the who community was hurt by it

[unique herald]

||Remember him||

[digital bronze]

||HE WAS SO HAPPY TO BE IN THE FIELD||

[fickle barn]

||ill be sure to gift you the tybalt backpack so you can have him in memory ||

[digital bronze]

||LIKE FINALLY FACING IT STRAIGHT ON||

[unique herald]

||Remember he once lived...|||

[digital bronze]

||AND THEY JUST KILLED HIM?????????||

GONNA CRY

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh hey i got a key

[unique herald]

||just get him in a minion form so he can live on with u||

|| ||

[digital bronze]

||im so fucking sad ||

||i was cheering him on and everything ||

[fickle barn]

||trust me we all were||

[rocky sparrow]

||no...... he died..... wooo..... a key, nice :)||

[fickle barn]

||the game is as sudden as FF14 with deaths Stal so dont get attached all i can say .||

[digital bronze]

i skipped story in 14

[fickle barn]

oh

||i just know their alot of deaths in 14 ||

[digital bronze]

[unique herald]

||Somewhat||

think stal is invested in the story now?

[fickle barn]

||shes gonna avenge tybalt for sure ||

[green trout]

it's joever chat

I put on dual wield and Frenzy signet

Guess I'm warrior main now

[pale flint]

|| that part got me too. just as im getting attached tot he characters in my story this is what happens to them ||

[fickle barn]

one of my favorite piece's of tybalt (the title hurts)

[dry forge]

At least you are mentally prepared Stal

[digital bronze]

||TYBALT'S PASSWORD IS APPLES IM ||

[fickle barn]

[digital bronze]

but at what cost

[fickle barn]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-dance-gumball-gumball-watterson-cat-upset-gif-7959747385379073714

[brisk snow]

trails from zero

[digital bronze]

should i just check pve?

[brisk snow]

if u wanna do pve only yes

[digital bronze]

mainly asking for wvw

[fickle barn]

i only do PvE ones

the WvW and PvP ones can be annoying

and with the big explore you are you should have no trouble doing most PvE stuff

or getting to them

[digital bronze]

jump puzzle pve..

ill just check pve for now i guess

[brisk snow]

i kinda fuck with action camera

[fickle barn]

we will help you get through those weekly puzzles

[unique herald]

Knowing u

Only check pve

Can check wvw later if u like it

[limber tangle]

I do WvW because I personally find them faster to complete and I kind of "afk" in WvW a lot for free rewards anyways

and if you "afk" in WvW you can just play actively for ~30 mins or so when you see a commander tag up to do your weeklies

daily takes ~5 mins or less

1. login
2. capture a camp
3. ☝️ probably end up killing 5 guards doing that
4. disrupt supply also kind of automatic
5. there's probably a sentry right next to the camp
6. ☝️ if camp isn't one of your dailies then ruins probably is and it's also right next a sentry
7. gain 300 wvw exp is free no matter what you do

and you only need to do 4 of them. The ones there are 😐 would be:

1. escort supply
2. defend objective (trivial if you can get into EB and your side own SMC)
3. kill 3 players

I'm not sure if it's even possible to get 2 or more of dailies that take longer

[unique herald]

I just like wvw at its core

Its what i loved about eso

[rocky sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/usagyuuun-fire-chaos-gif-4682365016896994860

[pale flint]

congrats on 80!

i checked only pve and got super easy dailies

like dodge 3 times, kill 10 enemies wiht food on

[fringe sigil]

Most of the dailies are hilariously simple. You do them without even noticing.

Also going around doing some of the world bosses and big events from the expansions I didn't play

There's a lot of really cool open world stuff. The problem is it's all so easy.

[glass sigil]

I realize I'm gonna be doing a lot hero point hunting so I can get the stuff for scourge

If it means I get to play it...

[pale flint]

ive been having so much fun as reaper

it feels so satisfying when you change into reaper mode and just do/tank so much damage

[fickle barn]

10 hours from now GW2 livestream with the devs for our first 3 classes Troubadour , Galeshot, and luminary!

https://twitch.tv/guildwars2/home

[brisk snow]

how do I get this PoI????

[dry forge]

inside the cave there is a lake

dive in

it like south west the entrance

[brisk snow]

u mean the cave where I get turned into a pig?

[dry forge]

gz on 80! weekly puzzles are easy cuz ppl will camp them and let you teleport to them with teleport to friend thingy

[dry forge]

yes

there is a lake to the left side

[brisk snow]

thanks! I'll go and look rn

found it tysm!

[dry forge]

no problem

[dry forge]

@digital bronze What did you do? Why is he there?!?

[fickle barn]

5 hours till livestream

[digital bronze]

[unique herald]

i have the itch

the need to sit at a target dummy for hours

havent gotten this in forever

i want to git gud

[sullen narwhal]

You have the advantage of low pijng

[fickle barn]

Mhm combos and rotations to learn

[sullen narwhal]

Should be ez

Any questions just ask me

I also do the same, I sit infront of dummy until I can hit benchmark dps

[unique herald]

learning condi mirage

[sullen narwhal]

Don't forget bis food and utility

Adds up to about 10-15% dps from my experience

[unique herald]

i prob wouldve

i id last time i tested

[sullen narwhal]

I usually can hit like 80-90% of the benchmark dps cause of high ping

So if it's a 45k benchmark on snowcrows I can hit around 39-40k

[dry pilot]

Waiting until august to do the last 2 episodes of janthir wilds is testing my patience aaaaa

I want all voices

[sullen narwhal]

And I go pretty hard, every new spec that I play I make sure I can at least do benchmark rotation before going into instanced content

[fickle barn]

I know I’ve had to play non charr characters it wasn’t easy for me

[dry pilot]

I never did any instanced content tbh

[fickle barn]

[dry pilot]

But i only play mesmer

[unique herald]

last time without food i got 20k

[dry pilot]

Dual staff mirage for open world

[unique herald]

[dry pilot]

Feels like auto cruise mode lmao

[unique herald]

i was gonna do dual staff but

at the same time

[dry pilot]

Until i get into sweaty mode to pump more damage

[unique herald]

axe is so fun

[dry pilot]

Feels good when the rotation just clicks

I would do more damage withtñ the daggers spec for sure (forgot the name) but eeeeeh

Not rolling around when dodging makes me feel things

[sullen narwhal]

It's cause fundamentally snowcrow rotations are complex and require you to execute the rotation quickly

You're probably just not pressing buttons fast enough

[unique herald]

if i get a leggie staff I'll do double staff

[sullen narwhal]

Also make sure you test with full self boons

[unique herald]

i think order too

i can see theres alot of spots where i could be more optimal

cause axe 3 does more dmg with more clones

[dry pilot]

Iirc when i do my rotation properly

[sullen narwhal]

There's no way you hit 20k dps with condition on golem and self buffs

[dry pilot]

I have 100% alacrity for the group

[sullen narwhal]

It should minimally be like 30k

[shadow loom]

i do more than that pressing auto attack

[dry pilot]

With dual staff

[unique herald]

oh forgot

also missing like

[shadow loom]

damn im lazy as fk

[unique herald]

1 ascended axe

[dry pilot]

And uuuh i think i use full viper?

[sullen narwhal]

Keld the double staff build works

Lemme show you

It's really ezpz to play and looks cool

[unique herald]

ik it works but

[dry pilot]

Comfy staves

[unique herald]

idk something about it makes it less alluring to learn

attractive?

idk the word

i like staffs tho

[dry pilot]

For me it's also the fact that i got the super adventure box staff skin

And it matches my asura aesthetic SO MUCH

Together with the cyber dragon mount

Purple energy stuff

[sullen narwhal]

For me the staff/staff condi chrono build was really comfy to learn

[dry pilot]

Never tried condi chrono

Only condi mirage

🤔

[sullen narwhal]

It's good

You can be boon dps or selfish dps

Does like 38k dps

Low apm

[dry pilot]

Mirage is kinda high

Because of alacrity iirc

And having to dodge to spam the powerful staff attack

That is the annoying part of mirage tbh

[unique herald]

this is fun for me ngl

i like this aspect

[dry pilot]

It is fun but also

[unique herald]

dodging as mirage and doing the 1 feels good

[dry pilot]

High apm

Because of that

[unique herald]

im not too bothered by high apm cause thats what i enjoyed in the first palce with ff

i used to main monk cause i liked the high speed make decisions

[dry pilot]

Does chrono condi also spam viper?

[unique herald]

made me feel like a f1 car

yeah

both same gear

[dry pilot]

I am too lazy to replace gear tbh lmao

[unique herald]

u can just swap over easily

[dry pilot]

I mean dual staff condi chrono

[unique herald]

yeah

i looked at it awhile back

[dry pilot]

Nice

[unique herald]

same build different build setup

[sullen narwhal]

Yes

Thats the strong part

[dry pilot]

Will give it a try some day for open world shenanigans

[sullen narwhal]

Its just viper gear with trapper runes

[dry pilot]

I think i have trapper runes alreadt

[sullen narwhal]

You can swap to condi necro or ele with the same gear

[dry pilot]

For mirage

[unique herald]

idk maybe i do change my mind later and do double staff

[sullen narwhal]

So for altoholics its good

[unique herald]

but i also just find mirage axe so fun

[dry pilot]

One day i want to have a revenant

With shiro tagachi bullshit

But having to do all maps again

please no

[unique herald]

still need minimum 1 more ascended wep anyways

being axe or staff for either or build

crafted the torch so yeah

[dry pilot]

Holup lemme search for a pic of my boi

Once i get home i can share staff and mount pics

If i don't forget about it

[unique herald]

im prob gonna get a ascended axe and mess around with that

and iff precursor stuff in astral store helps it

make a staff that way

[dry pilot]

Found pic with staff on my phone

And dragon skin

See? It's just perfect combo

[pale flint]

is there target dummies in gw2?

cause id love to be able to get my rotation down smoothly

i know what my rotato is supposed to be. my opener, the loop on each of my weapons and how to transition in and out of each weapon to/from reaper mode

but i keep stumbling and forgetting which part goes where cause i cant just practice it in a vacuum

[dry pilot]

There are yep

[sullen narwhal]

Yes, south of lions arch there is a location called the aerodome. There's a portal next to the bank you can go in, it's called special training area

[pale flint]

tyty

[sullen narwhal]

@unique herald I just put together a new gearset to make the build cause I swapped the stats out previously

[unique herald]

Yeah I finished most of my power chrono gear and my healer ones been done since itme so i was wokring on viper gear

currently got everythign viper with runes and agony stuff on

just short 1 wep

gonna end up building both tho

[sullen narwhal]

Dont mind the jeffo stream

[unique herald]

if i cant hack the axe then i go with staff

its ok i cant listen to audio atm anyways

[sullen narwhal]

This is really rusty too, just learnt

I made some mistakes also

No weapon swap, no utility skill, no skill prio issue

[unique herald]

ngl i do like the part where theres like a bunch of phantasms up

[sullen narwhal]

Most of your damage is from staff autos

Its a really chill build

The same viper gear can be transferred to ele or necro condi builds too

Altoholic

[unique herald]

the one saving grace cause i accidentally crafted extra boots

prob will passively get gear to toss on ele or necro

[fickle barn]

Just an hour and a half left until the live stream for anyone that wants to watch

[fringe sigil]

What are the looking at today?

[limber tangle]

@topaz walrus get in here

[fickle barn]

Dev's are playtesting the 3 new shown elite specs they showed on wensday

revealing all the skills and traits

https://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2

will be at 3pm est

[glass sigil]

Got some guild invites on that na alliance discord service

gonna figure that out while I'm working on hero points

[dry forge]

lets hope they drop some things of whats to come in the expansion

[dry pilot]

Anyone from eu, by any chance, in here?

🤔

[left phoenix]

although I play us

[dry pilot]

Oh

How's the ping tho

For dodging and stuff

[fickle barn]

Most like stal usual above 180 or so but they manage

[dry forge]

some people say the difference in ping is not that high and you get used to it

[dry forge]

Troubadour is so busted

wvw might see 1 troubadour 4 dps in comp

[dry pilot]

Huh

[dry forge]

they are presenting the 1st 3 elite specs they teased

skills/traits

[dry pilot]

Oh i know

[dry forge]

just from what they showed, the healing is so busted, even if they lower it, with healing power and such its gonna be huge

[limber tangle]

live stream still hapening?

[dry forge]

yes

on luminary now

[limber tangle]

😦 I missed troubador didn't I

I'll just watch the recap later

[dry forge]

yeah

will be taking screenshots after stream

im really happy with the new elite specs, means new meta classes in wvw

[limber tangle]

my two most played professions are today 😄

[dry forge]

been a heal scrapper for the past year

[dry pilot]

I never tried wvw much because my pc would just commit seppuku

But now that i have this fancy cpu... hmmm

[dry forge]

even with low graphics?

usually you play on low in wvw because performance > looks

[dry pilot]

9800x3d i got now

Since gw2 is very cpu intensive

That should help quite a bit

[dry forge]

now is the perfect time to test it

since even the pve subclass is in wvw

[limber tangle]

even with my current gen i7 and 4070ti, I have to run on min settings in WvW

[dry pilot]

Oh.

[limber tangle]

I don't think it matters how good your computer is when there are over 50 players per side

[dry pilot]

Which i7?

[limber tangle]

the not overclocked one

14700F

might be last gen

can't remember if 15 came out

[dry pilot]

Huh, oh well

[fringe sigil]

Yeah it's an engine issue at this point. No matter how good your computer is it will lag with 100 players on screen.

[patent crypt]

Troubadour looked so good, making Luminary look so basic lol

[dry pilot]

Will have to try

[unique herald]

Mesmer

[dry pilot]

But i remember doing some open world event

And it was buttery smooth

But tbh

[dry forge]

luminary seems interesting

cuz of so much barrier its giving

[dry pilot]

I upgraded from a... uh...

[dry forge]

and the shared aegis

[dry pilot]

A 2019 cpu

3700x

[patent crypt]

Mesmer best spec (and ele cause im addicted to ele rn)

[unique herald]

Amen

even to the ele part

[patent crypt]

Actually so keen on seeing the summoner ele spec

[unique herald]

Mesmer Ele are prob the two classes i will stick to the entire game

luminary sounds kinda cool but

[patent crypt]

same

[unique herald]

i think it was the glam speaking to me

[patent crypt]

light armor enjoyer

[unique herald]

https://tenor.com/view/truck-kun-truck-red-hair-truck-damage-truck-hit-gif-26198694

my pov

[dry forge]

interesting ui for galeshot

[fickle barn]

Yo they cooked with these

[patent crypt]

Finally a ranger that uses bow haha

[brisk snow]

no way the other specs dont use bow at all

[knotty temple]

galeshot seems pretty good

[dry forge]

longbow-longbow-whatever the fuck you want

3 weapons on 1 character

[patent crypt]

the galeshot animations are so cool

[dry forge]

looks like beam mesmer

[patent crypt]

Love how fast the shots are, would be even cooler when you apply quick

[dry forge]

good thing its not the lover

[patent crypt]

i think only condi soul beast uses bow

short bow

[dry forge]

thief shortbow was a thing

heal scrapper uses bow

[patent crypt]

Longbow is never used on ranger unless youre just memeing or playing for fun

[brisk snow]

wild

[dry forge]

oh wait

arrow cart untamed was a thing

before they nerfed it

[patent crypt]

Yeah it kinda sucks, i think its usable in pvp/wvw? but even then its unoptimal compared to other weapons

[dry forge]

in wvw it was broken at some point

if you had a good untamed bow player you won 90% of the fights

[patent crypt]

yeah i remember that, you can laser beam people with bow 2 and kite forever XD

[digital bronze]

GALESHOT

ME

[dry forge]

[digital bronze]

so pretty

[patent crypt]

Gale shot = Troubador > Luminary so far

[fickle barn]

tornado xD

[patent crypt]

I really wanna see ele spec tho ;_; those fox summons are so cute

[dry forge]

good thing you have some lvl 80 boosts Stal

i have a feeling its more than summons

[knotty temple]

the nado ult ig ranger didnt really have an offensive ult other than slb's one wolf

[dry forge]

it was more bow 5

[sullen narwhal]

Longbow/Longbow/Galebow is the new meta

https://tenor.com/view/gato-memememe-gif-6046697837153871749

[dry forge]

https://tenor.com/view/spinning-cat-gif-1175703927588788964

[patent crypt]

bow 5 is the giant aoe slow right?

[dry forge]

yeah

[patent crypt]

i cant remember anymore i havent played ranger in like years LOL

but yeah i remember you spam 5 and 2 and stealth with 3

[dry forge]

there were some videos of squads going untamed rangers with that build

[patent crypt]

or something like that and you just kite forever

[dry forge]

and killing other squads behind the wall

it was so funny

[patent crypt]

pew pew pew pew pew pew pew pew pew

[dry forge]

but this is the build that was played before - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpFKQ1DnKds

[patent crypt]

holay

[sullen narwhal]

[patent crypt]

🏹

[dry forge]

lots of times the commander would die just because he was crossing in the path of the untamed

[patent crypt]

reminds me of rifle warriors sniping commanders xD

[dry forge]

warrior riffle is still a thing

and i hate it

[knotty temple]

wonder if they fix pet ai tho

its been pretty bad

[patent crypt]

i remember doing GvGs many years ago and we would run a rifle warrior party just to sniper other guild commander LOL

[knotty temple]

oh they mentioned it i wonder if they fix the mech as well

[patent crypt]

mesmer moa + warrior snipe = angry commander

[dry forge]

the new "kill the commander" meta is with ranger

magnet pull, moa, ram him off the cliff

[patent crypt]

LMAO

[dry forge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czflauO2U_0 here you go

[patent crypt]

bet he was screaming about not having stability

XD

but yeah taht looks so funny LOL

[fickle barn]

saw that xD

[sullen narwhal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5YKXyrJhGM&t=1m30s

[patent crypt]

oml the videp lkee[s getting better LOL

[sullen narwhal]

"Don't worry bout me" 👑

[patent crypt]

https://youtu.be/nF1UzimGnvs?si=hWwmMG9VXgbAqAv9&t=144

the guy that started it all

freaking Sacrx XD

[dry forge]

reminds me of eve online

[fickle barn]

god making me feel old remeber old teamspeak days hearing this

[patent crypt]

yeah and the low quality TS music bots

[dry forge]

germans still use TS

[split jackal]

im so going to play ranger now :3

[fickle barn]

i only have 1 complaint about the ranger

change that icon

[void barn]

YIPPEE

[lament kayak]

dunno why you were excited about these fireflies, but i found them too

don't tell me there are points of interest that locked behind having a specific mount in the base game location...

i'm jumping here and there's literally an invisible wall

[fickle barn]

nothing in the core game is locked behind mounts

mounts didnt come out till 2nd DLC

[glacial locust]

things get kind of weird in some base game locations if you try to go through places you aren't supposed to, using mounts/gliders to take the easy way to POIs doesn't always work

especially around map borders or jumping puzzles

[lament kayak]

yeah, i found the entrance to where i needed to go, i'm just blind

[fickle barn]

https://tenor.com/view/onepiece-zoro-gif-20413728

[fickle barn]

yaaaas

[fickle barn]

sounds familiar

[glass sigil]

Found a guild to call home

[brisk snow]

Ah fuck, it's over

mommy i mean mommy i mean

[limber tangle]

https://fast.farming-community.eu/open-world/farmtrain

[fringe sigil]

You can get some truly fantastic screenshots

[digital bronze]

here's my screenshot

https://x.com/hellostal/status/1948961037342179673?s=46&t=-Uh-U13tNYcL4YM8HYoTog

stal (consul S) (@hellostal)

this is peak content

X · Jul 26, 2025, 4:18 AM

[fringe sigil]

That's basically every big event. I have to turn on the giant glowing mouse cursor or I can't even find where mine is

[digital bronze]

it's so cool

i like it a lot

[fringe sigil]

Some of the expansion meta events are really cool.

Lot's of fighting giant dragons as the screenshot implies.

I also appreciate this guy just chilling

[wary frost]

My favourite part about WvW is that when you’re in an organised squad it kinda has the joys of raiding, it’s all dance and rotations and roles working together

That and watching hundreds of people get slaughtered

[fickle barn]

Oh went into WvW

[brisk snow]

im not too far into ranger yet but it weirldy already feels more comfortable than warrior

I wonder if it's really possible to be such a "un" talent at phys melee

nooooo why cant I bind abilities to mouse wheel up and down

[glass sigil]

I’m turning my ranger to a Druid if only because I like playing support characters tbh;;;

But first, I gotta get those hero points on my main for scourge

[brisk snow]

yo guys check my new drip

[brisk snow]

I don't have to use traps to be a viable ranger right?

[fathom pine]

Not really traps is mainly for condi/dot builds

[brisk snow]

ok ok

im afraid I'll be drinking the ranger Kool-Aid

[dry forge]

thats what baby tengu look like

[lament kayak]

where is the market in this game btw?

[dry forge]

there is no market

[brisk snow]

you mean like... smth like the auction house?

[lament kayak]

y

[dry forge]

ah you mean that

[brisk snow]

I think you can list items from your inventory

[dry forge]

usually its next to the bank icon

[brisk snow]

and to collect things you buy/gold you go to a

what are they called

Black Lion Trade guy?

[lament kayak]

ty

[brisk snow]

no promisses im noob

[dry forge]

if you have any of the passes there is trading post there too

[dry forge]

you did WvW? 😮

[lament kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/hayase-yuuka-blue-archive-desk-slam-anger-gif-9924102004262469214

[brisk snow]

i rerolled bc i didnt like male sylvari

made female sylvari

https://tenor.com/view/always-sunny-frank-oh-my-god-i-get-it-gif-22328165

also how come noone told me that weapons have different skills depending on your class

[unique herald]

ye

all classes vary in that way

[brisk snow]

i usually never make a female character bc I dont wanna catfish ppl by accident but DAMN male vs female salad ppl

i catfished myself

[sullen narwhal]

I make girl characters cause they look better than guy characters

[brisk snow]

[unique herald]

same

Girl character glamours >>>> Male character glamours

[patent crypt]

ngl i thought Seny was a girl the first time i talked to him in FF LOL'

[unique herald]

rule 1 of mmos

just assume everyone is male intill told or u hear them in vc or something and u realize ur wrong

or infer it from context of chats

[brisk snow]

me when I hit you with the :3

ranger longbow skill 4 is just

so fucking funny

YYYYYEET

[brisk snow]

pink

[dry forge]

i can sell you my course on how to catfish an entire server for 2 years

[brisk snow]

server as in

discord server or mmo server

[dry forge]

mmo server

[brisk snow]

daang

[fickle barn]

It’s funny when it’s used against players when your on a mountain or high area in WvW