Kitich.4580

Got 3 disconnects in a row while trying to enter the Fields of Ruin map. Heard a lot of complains in chat because of people are doing dailies there and their progress was rolled back a few times.After some stable period (~1hour) experienced multiple disconnects on WvW. Longer then previous ones, so enough time to complete some daylies and roll them back (Yeah, lovely 'Mist Guard killer' required to kill my last NPC 3 or 4 times xD).Then got a lot of disconnects in a row trying to enter the Bloodstone Fen. Teleport -> get to the airship deck -> fly away -> dc -> back to previous map -> repeat 5 times or so. Made some pause to gather some resources on other map (it was OK), then re-tried to enter Bloodstone Fen with the same result. I'm afraid to go Strike missions or any instanced content, any metas or anything requiring more then 5 mins to complete. RIP my game for today :-( Did not check any chat links during this time. Did not change the traits (except automatic build switch when entering/leaving WvW and may be a few switches with keyboard shortcuts).Playing together with my GF. She got dcs exactly the same time. So it seems like something breaks all or mostly all people on the same map and it's not a chat thing.

Well, they are missions around the Tyria, which require the group to complete. For the most of people 'Tyria parties' is the most intuitive place for these. The joke is that it's very intuitive place, but also bad place. Because of what did you write, is true. This is instanced content with an entrance from Eye of North, which belongs to the Icebrood Saga. So it makes more sense to have a separate tab for DRMs. However, I doubt that they will be popular enough to utilize a separate LFG section.

i'm guessing for raid condi quickbrand is more desired compare to heal? Oh, sorry. I check forum on mobile usually and never seen a notification about your post. 2 healers are used in raid usually. Healbrand is a preferable option for 1 of them. Also FB provides quickness only to 5 people, so raid may utilize 1 more source of quickness - QFB (condi or power) or mesmer. That's how I understand things. However, as I already said, I don't do raids, so I'm not an expert in it. Concerning cleric, if you mean cleric stat combination (healing+power+toughness), it was released 7 years ago. The meta has changed a lot and I don't think cleric stats are really used nowadays. Concentration is a must-have stat for today, because of buffs are provided by support classes are often more important then healing itself.

Playing condi quick. Pretty sure that healbrand can keep 100% quickness easily. Fractals groups look for a HFB usually, so I go as a DPS.Strike missions - 50/50 as for me. Each 2nd listing in LFG looks for a quickness so I take that slot.IDK about raids - I don't do them.

I confirm that ascended armor is required only for high-tier fractals. In other game modes it provides you with a small stats increase, however you skill influence your dps much more. Also think about alternative ways to craft: If you ever dropped armor/weapon boxes from open world or bosses, you can change their stats in mystic forge. That's pretty cheap operation.If you like the achievments, plenty of them provide you with ascended boxes as well. Those are difficult ones usually. However, if you gonna do them later, why not to prioritize it earlier.if you do strike missions/WvW/fractals/raids, you can buy ascended boxes from vendors for currency and grandmaster tokens, which is sometimes cheaper then crafting (especially for expensive stat combinations). This means you can start all these activities with exotic armor, then improve your gear 1-by-1.Ascended boxes can drop from daily fractal chests. So if you are going to try the low-tier fractals, that's a good choice. Also trinkets are easy to get with LS3-4 currencies and these agony resistance may be enough for fractal tiers 1-2, may be even 3.Look at the wiki for detailed craft cost. But these are a few general ideas how to save some money/resources for your 1st ascended armor.

The same issue for me: I have a 24-slot bag in the bottom of my inventory for some stuff, which I need to keep with myself, but I use it rarely. If I compact my inventory, all this trash bubbles up so it takes like 5-10 mins to re-sort my bags again. I could use an invisible bag for this theoretically, but there is no invisible boreal bag in game and elonian one is like 1.5 times more expensive to craft. So previously it was a fine option to move 'compact' button so it could not be clicked accidentally. Now there is not. Another one problem I noticed after the patch: clicking icon, then 1st option from list became a reflex. I clicked 'hide rarity/show rarity' for 5-6 times already during the evening. So if devs move 'compact' back to list as a 1st option, it might be even worse then it is for now :-)

Norn-3 is available as a common clothing outfit.

Yes, you try to dodge out,because of it looks like an enemy AoE until you notice a purple animation inside. However changing a color would not help as for me. The most of latest encounters are full of visual noise so adding some purple circles on top of orange, red and green ones should be avoided. If you want others to see cast is in progress, why not add kind of cast bar over the head of downed player?

Stuck with the 1st pug group on T4 for a long time until realized that the encounter had bugged. We were closing all sky orb, but boss did not switch phases. So we continued that for a long time thinking it's our fault :-( Then 2nd attempt was done after hotfix with another pug group and it was pretty painful as well. For the sky orbs we tried to split, so each person closes some arena sector. However jumping charges spawn randomly, so you can find nothing around you and around 2-3 closest orbs for the first 50% of this phase. And this happens often. I'd like to have a few more seconds for this or more charges to appear.Fire phases are a piece of cake. Uses the same attack pattern as the air ones, then meteors attack is pretty clear.For water phases I feel like attack pattern changes a bit (or may be not?). Also a few new mechanics are added, which are used in parallel - this brakes the patterns are learnt from previous phases (which is bad as for me) and creates a lot of noise which is mentioned by people in this thread. The water phase is very fast, noisy, and the most of these mechanics are killing you. This lefts unpleasant feeling, however TBH we spent more time on sky orbs.In general, a lot of different attacks, the most of them are too fast and damage too much. It's very difficult to react to telegraphs or warnings, because of lags/ping/human reaction time :-))) So you should learn the pattern of attacks and act before they happen. I guess, Anet tried to reproduce that warm feeling of old school arcade gaming. But for many players it might become just Siren's Reef 2.0.

Let's start from a 'combat log' concept. It's a built in feature and it's common for all MMORPGs. It helps player to analyze fights after they are done and this is the only way to get answers to many questions: What killed me in this fight? Did I miss any boss mechanics? What was that continued damage? Why did I hit that mob less then usually? How could that warrior hit me for 20k damage? So after all the rush you can take a cup of coffee, read your logs and make some conclusions to better understand the game mechanics and improve your skill. So DPS meters are just a small addon on top of combat log, helping us to visualize some data. It's not a tool for bullying - it's a tool for making yourself better. Yes, some people might act toxic or rude because of this. However imagine person with a low dps as a bad-smelling person in a real world. It's uncomfortable for other people usually. Someone might ignore that, someone might say nothing, someone might make a friendly comment, but someone might be rude or offensive. Should the smelling person ask to ban all noses because of they discriminate those who don't like to take a shower? I hope no :-)

These are achievement rewards. So Hobbs sells them only if you already completed your achievements and, for example, deleted them accidentally. E.g. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sentient_Aberration

just.. WOW! I don't like playing sylvari, but this one would change my mind. Asura is great as well.

Well, I see no problem in paid WP for the story instance. Through, as it was said, this is going to be a hub. We are going to use it every day for strike missions, Anet wants us to invest into it, building upgrades. Remember the Sun's Refuge, which contained nothing but a few 1-time achievements. We had multiple teleports to it and nothing for Eyes of the North. Just I see no reason to invest. It's hard to call home the place with the paid entrance.

+1 vote for the best QoL item I ever bought. I thought about collecting city portals earlier. But this one contains portals to all major cities. Crafting stations, fractal and dungeon vendors, mystic forge and even daily activity entrance. If compare with other vip zones, this one contains the most of stuff. Also you can use it by characters parked on JPs and return back.

I pronounce it also in kind of German way sometimes, like B-yora. Or B-jora.

Changed my breathing apparatus to ascended one just a week ago. Was so disappointed to find the lovely staring effect to be not attached to the skin. And I was so happy yesterday when reading patch notes =)

Concerning the damage, looks like it scales from power but not condition damage. As a condi FB I get hits for 4-7k. My mate with a power reaper gets 30k+. That's it. Also would like to know when it is available. Looks like a random thing for now. Sometimes no single proc during the boss fight, then you mount up and run away and get your skill when no enemies are nearby :-)

I like the idea of blizzard. Ok with construct, it brings nothing new to the game - just zerg. 4 champs are just the lootbags, the same as in dragonfall - looks like a bonus loot event for great heroes :-D. The main defensive phase is just boring. Some mobs to be killed and a few tanky ones who ignore you and run. The problem is not in difficulty, but you don't feel it like some heroic deeds. No champions, no special abilities or AoE attacks, no creepy monsters or dragons or ancient gods. Just usual trash mobs and 1-1-1

Tome of tomes? To be honest, I'd even pay some gems for it :-P

1 weapon from wvw track, 1 from pvp track, 1 from 'Grothmar Tribune' achievement. Still need to buy one more :-( Or do I miss something? Also I had no luck with shoulders. Anyway the latest changes made this much more obtainable.

Well, that's unpopular point in this game. But I'd say that dead character does no DPS :) Try to add some vitality or even toughness. Then exchange it to more damaging stats when you feel more comfortable with that character. To be honest, dps difference between berserk and marauder stats is not that significant. May be even look at some wvw roamer specs - with some changes they should feel comfortable in open world as for me. Personally I got back to GW2 after a 4 years pause, and my guardian was dying everywhere first weeks, even on core maps. I switched it to the full marauder, then discovered the new elite specs and built a firebrand with a full plaguedoctor's set: condition/vitality/healing/concentration - and it changed my life :-D Now I feel myself ready to get rid of that healing/vitality buffer. And even wearing this hybrid set I provide more then average damage usually in fractals.

I'd say Serpents' Ire is the most difficult of PoF metas, so it was difficult to get even in better times. But there are guilds organizing squads and running it each weekend. It was so a few months ago, and I hope they continue their respected work. Anyway, as it was already said, trying it on a workday and after the new LS chapter release was really bad idea. Try to check the LFG on weekends. Of course, yes, old maps are much less popular and there are not enough people sometimes to do large events. But everything is possible. For example, I closed the most of HoT achievements during the November. Even Dragon's Stand meta was done successfully on weekends, smaller ones run every day. Need to say, I play with a friend so many things are much easier to do with at least 2 persons. So think about that: if you could get someone to play with, it will make your Hunt easier. Concerning your Druid... well, I have bad news. Being a healer is good only when you have a party to heal. You are trying to kill things with a character designed to heal instead of dealing damage, what could go wrong? So I'd suggest to use a dps spec for open world or at least kind of hybrid when playing solofor solo play. Here you can use the benefits of the new build/gear templates feature. Or you can look again for mates to play with, so you support them and they do a job.

Daily = once per daily reset, which happens at 0:00 UTC

OK, I could go with 3 tabs to be honest. Then to have a separate character for WvW (as I do now) and to switch some traits/skills manually a few times a day. But in ideal world 6 or 7 tabs would be much better

I'm totally agree with Tyncale. As a condi firebrand I feel myself fine against T3-4 fractals, world bosses and any enemies with a large HP pool. My damage is equal to power dps classes. Mobs with a low HP sometimes die faster then my conditions tick when playing in a group. When soloing it takes me longer to kill tiny things, but I find this playstyle more funny then saving 1second per mob (if it's not a core Tyria structure, which are invulnerable to condis - that's a hell xD). So I'd say power dps may be more comfortable in many cases. But the difference is not so critical. Also it depends on class and your own preferrences. This is a game and you should enjoy it.