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Yep, it's oki, and your mentioned reasons are exactly correct - it's because older content doesn't support condition damage on structures and you do need to do this often enough to be annoyed about it. As to your showcase - first of all, very nice and I will definitely check your build out myself, second - while Reaper would deal less DPS here (abt. 13k-11kish, with blood/death over soul reaping), what it would gain is tremendous ease instead. Beauty of Reaper is that it barely needs to go defensive at all, since if things are extremely tough - you can just give up some damage for extremely strong self-sustain options (Soul Eater, DM/BM, Blighter's Boon if you must - though I absolutely never needed to, Dagger 2 is literally a second low-CD healskill and an easy/cheap swap from Axe) with close to no gear changes. Due to Reaper having a load of free stats just in traits, you can also go even further - for example, it loses very little from running Marauder, or some trinkets can easily be valkyre/knight/what have you, due to you basically being at critcap almost from traits alone, especially in Shroud. I just find it excessive and needless and practically never ran into a situation in entirety of my solo/OW play that would warrant something like this. At absolute worst (MM Reaper with Death Magic), it's DPS is about 9k-10k, slightly less if you're lazy and not even pretending to do rotations (8k), which is surprisingly respectable given the fact that you basically can put something on autoattack button and alttab to look at Youtube vids most of the time. And it's not to diss Reaper for it - in fact, I super enjoy having an option like that for those days when I just can't be asked nicely to press more than 3 buttons. Meanwhile, best I could bench on Scrapper solo so far was about 8k, though it's perfectly viable for most farming just as well - it's just a little slower at it. And again I agree with reaper as a great choice here. It's going to be much easier to get results with than weaver.Yeah, I think that reaper necromancer is much easier to pick up than elementalist for open world PvE, although I really do like playing the elementalist in it. The way the mechanics work of killing lots of enemies to build life force to make you sort of invulnerable for a while makes it easy to play it in an optimal manner. I find this is the case for both the builds with minions and without.

Reword it however you want but you're still complaining about other players avoiding a build like you did. Are people supposed to message you and ask what a fair build is first? I have not reworded it in anyway whatsoever. Would you care to try to explain how this was supposedly done? If anything, you are rewording it to make what was stated and the intention that it was stated with to imply something completely different (to somehow make it seem like I'm trying to complain about anything here). Nothing at all was complained about by me here or was even meant to be implied as such, as I explained in detail in just my previous post. Since I seem to have to explain everything word for word to you, this means no, people do not have to ask me to use any build they want to, just like I don't have to ask them or you either. Don't tell me this still is not clear enough for you lol. As they say and seems to apply well to you: ignorance is bliss. Then why were you on about how people play WvW in the first place when all they did was avoid a build like you did to go change yours? I'll take your word for it that you meant something else, that's fine but you raged hard in your posts like not letting you chose the setting of a fight should be a bannable offense. I hope you find the WvW you're looking for. I'm glad you are finally starting to understand that a statement simply based only on facts does not itself carry implications. It was a thing called a passing comment. There was no rage in that post at all. I fail to see how you can still not understand this except for stubbornness and ignorance. Again, this so-called rage is something you seem to think was implied for some obtuse reason, even though that may not necessarily have been the case (and certainly wasn't here). I think running from a fight for whatever reason is fine, even if just to change builds or because you don't feel like you can be competitive in that particular fight. That may have been what those players were trying to do. What I said in that post is that the kind of play-style seeking easy kills with a low chance of dying is not restricted to only the thief class. It is possible to do this on many different classes and builds. Builds may be changed for players to be more competitive in a fight, but the types of players that want only the easiest builds against another particular build in a fight to have a high chance of winning will always be able to do this. It's not restricted to thieves only, and is a certain attitude/play-style that a player likes and can always do, when roaming at least, by changing builds. I hope you are able to find the WvW you are looking for too by being able to gank roamers all the time. (Nothing wrong with playing like this, just don't get mad if it doesn't work all the time) EDIT: Missed seeing this part earlier because you added it in after I had started a reply to your unedited post: Most people run in groups ranging from 5 - 50. NO ONE runs solo besides the occasional thief. The people ragin about stealth are the ones being picked out of their blob because they thought they could but then realized the thief actually knew what he was doing. I saw a solo healbrand guard trolling some players yesterday around OW tower. The player was baiting other players that didn't know how to counter his heals and close range condi damage, and kept repeatedly dying to them. So no, there are players that run solo on classes besides thief (not even mentioning the fact that I do this myself also anyway). I see this type of behaviour on many classes, so I'm pretty sure it's not only a thing possible on the thief class. There are likely also many good thief players that don't only run away all the time. For me personally, I wouldn't try to waste my time trying to kill solo players if I actually wanted to run in a blob. Why waste time doing this when you are virtually unkillable most of the time in a blob while running around the map PvE'ing? So what you're saying should happen is, they should walk into your comfort zone where you're build is stronger instead and if they're taking too much damage that they should stand still and let you kill them? Did you miss the part in your own post where you ran off like you accused them of doing to change your build to put them at a disadvantage and you're mad they bailed? Whoa, whoa... try to take a deep breath and calm down. Who said I was mad they bailed? If they don't want to have a fair fight, then good for them, I won't waste my time trying to chase them all over the map. The point that I was making there that you seem to have evidently completely missed is that not all thief players will play like this. But I guess some thief players will try to voraciously defend their class, even when others agree with them and are trying to help defend their own class. I was calm, you're trying to make it sound like I wasn't because now you're upset. You did chase them or you wouldn't have decided to change your build template. If you have the same amount of skill and utility slots that's a fair fight, what are you even on about? I hardly think you were calm at all, otherwise I have no idea where you even came up with the idea that I would be mad or upset from a player running away from a fight from. And now you're trying to make it sound like that I'm upset still even though I just clearly stated in my previous post I don't mind anyone running away from a fight at all... Honestly it seems like you're mad that I was able to come up with a build to counter another one that a particular player was using. No need to be mad about this. I don't play WvW in GW2, where individual player skill may only be a small part of winning roaming encounters (because builds are important too), to flex on others. You realize that when you are out of combat you are able to change your build template anytime? So if someone runs away or you are able to get out of combat, you can immediately change your build. I have no idea what you are even talking about now with same amount of skills and utility slots. Are you so naive that you can't understand that a (more) fair 1v1 fight is one where neither build will faceroll the other (because of how builds and their associated playstyles work)? Like I said several times before if you don't feel you can win a fight then it's okay to run away and won't bother me (and I imagine many other people) at all. Honestly, you sound like the type of player that only ganks. Yes I do, and it's great that you know that now also. Maybe you'll quit crying about resetting after you already reset. You should go back and re-read your own posts. That's good to know, which explains why you are so clueless about roaming and solo roaming (which is what this thread and my posts here have been about, since that's how I play). Still going on about me somehow crying eh? Only person I see here crying is you about others being able to reset a fight. You really are clueless when it comes to roaming. If you only gank, then you can use whatever build you like. It won't really matter when you can easily kill someone 3+v1 at least 95% of the time. But it when it comes to 1v1 builds can be important in deciding the outcome of a fight and how long it lasts. I re-read my posts and still can't see how you can come up with an illogical conclusion that I must somehow be mad because a player was able to run away from a fight with me. If you only gank then that would explain it though, since you probably get mad yourself every time someone is able to escape being ganked and killed by you. Says a lot about the kind of person and player you are. Maybe you should re-read your own posts, as well as properly reading mine? Taking a deep breath to calm down when someone escapes your pathetic gank attempts will also help you realize that there's no need to be mad when someone runs away from a fight. Perhaps you should start a thread about ganking? Then the people who only gank like you and cry that others are somehow able to reset a fight, when for example the other player runs, (because they would rather not waste their time on a highly uneven 1v1 fight that could possibly last minutes with neither player dying) could agree with you. Again, no need to be mad because someone (who may well be more skilled than you) can reset a fight or if others run away from a fight. If it does make you mad, the only thing I can suggest is re-evaluating your life and reactions to things. The discussion is going nowhere from what I can see. This guy is telling you to work on a build to make the fights fair, but when you switch to a build to make a fight fair he will cry about you being able to do this (like he has said in his replies to me in this thread)... I don't "gank" by the way, I build to cover people, you can take things in game personally if you want but that was a big assumption. I think you're just getting angrier by trying to make me sound angry. You just admitted to only ganking in game. No idea why you are trying to back pedal now, I won't judge you as a bad person if you don't have much skill in game to not be able to play like this only. I really couldn't care less if you actually play like this or not lol. Really cute of you to accuse others of being angry when none of my posts in this thread or replies to you have even had the slightest hint of anger. I can only guess that for some reason you are very angry and raging for no justifiable reason at all. Relax, I'm only trying to explain my posts slowly to you so that you are able to understand. And I haven't even mentioned yet that you were the one that for some odd, unjustified reason initially accused me of being mad that a player would run away from a fight... but I guess trying to make it seem like others are mad, when you yourself are clearly quite angry, is your thing right? Where exactly did I admit to ganking at all? Desperation isn't a good look. Yeah your desperation here is amazing. You must be really mad for some strange reason lol. Do you have amnesia or something, because if you go back to the previous page and take your own advice to re-read your own posts and mine you will see clearly where you had admitted it (click show previous quotes to see relevant part of the full discussion): Atomos: Before you get too full of yourself, you might want to reread what he wrote. See your post and Kash's reply below; Yes I do, and it's great that you know that now also. Maybe you'll quit crying about resetting after you already reset. You should go back and re-read your own posts. You missed the part of your comment that Kash highlighted and was specifically replying to, and thus you misread Kash's comment. Feel free to take your own advice, and click "show previous replies" and check what was written. Edit; Added names to make it clearer who I was referring to I find it hilarious that you think I am full of myself here for some reason. Nice attempt to try to make an insult mate (/sarcasm). It just shows how unbiased you are in this discussion lol. If you could stop and look at things objectively for a moment and see the actual words used in a discussion and apply some context the meanings will become clear: I said in the quote that the person replied to, where he said "Yes I do, and it's great that you know that now also.", that "Honestly, you sound like the type of player that only ganks.". There is nothing else you could possibly reply to as "Yes I do, and it's great that you know that now also." in what I posted there. You don't reply "Yes I do, and it's great that you know that now also." to something to say that you don't use build templates yourself, when I didn't even ask in that post if the player does use build templates or not at all. The only way that you could possibly even think that I would be asking the player if they use build templates or not is from the rhetorical question that I made as a side comment: "You realize that when you are out of combat you are able to change your build template anytime?" Obviously the player would know that there are build templates available to use outside of combat, which is why I highlighted that point with my rhetorical question. It was not meant to be answered at all because of course I know that the player also knows that build templates can be swapped out of combat (a very basic concept), which is why it's called a rhetorical question. Or has the concept of a rhetorical question eluded you and the poster somehow all this time? But that doesn't even make any sense, because even ignoring the fact that I didn't ask if he uses templates at all, why would you even reply "Yes I do, and it's great that you know that now also." to say that you don't use templates or understand that they are available, when you could clearly say "No, I don't use templates but I understand you can use them out of combat" if in fact that was what you were talking about. How you could think that this could possibly be the case here is beyond me, and only a very limited capacity to understand the real context of the discussion, and the meaning of the words and sentences in it, could explain it. Again, because I seem to have to explain everything word for word to apply some context here for you, perhaps you should take your own advice and press all of the "show previous replies" buttons to get some idea of this entire discussion in the first place? Some really twisted logic and desperation here on your end, but I'll leave you to your blissful ignorance and stubbornness if you still somehow are unable to understand this mate.

Reaper necromancer is great for open world PvE. I can do most events solo on mine fairly easily, even the group events in Dragonfall. Not sure about how good it is in dungeons though since I haven't done these on mine.

This is how it works in Rift and also ESO IIRC. Would be nice to have these options in GW2 if they aren't available already.

The guardian largely shines in groups. There are some decent builds though that you can also run for when you are not in a big group. You can find many different builds for lots of roles and how to play them on this website.

Hehe yeah. It could also be a complaint about some classes that they struggle against in disguise.

I don't have a video (maybe someone else can find one), but in case you aren't doing this already and it helps, when enemies stealth I usually find it to be a good opportunity to heal and build defensive buffs in anticipation for an attack. While they are out of stealth is a good time to switch to and focus on doing damage/CC. I do this whenever solo roaming on a tempest elementalist and encountering a thief if they want to fight (and not disengage/run away), for example. Haven't had any difficulties with this strategy so far. Well the stealthers I am talking about spend most of the fight in stealth. Becoming visible only for a second, usually when they are out of range. And they stealth again immediately anyway. Not enough time for me to get target or get in range and connect more than maybe one or two hits which are easy to dodge before stealthing again. Meanwhile they are doing a lot of damage and I can't dodge because I can't see them. I will keep looking. Thanks.The stealth mechanics in this game can be pretty annoying to deal with. I don't find it particularly fun to play either as or against. Hopefully someone can find or make a video to help you.

I don't have a video (maybe someone else can find one), but in case you aren't doing this already and it helps, when enemies stealth I usually find it to be a good opportunity to heal and build defensive buffs in anticipation for an attack. While they are out of stealth is a good time to switch to and focus on doing damage/CC. I do this whenever solo roaming on a tempest elementalist and encountering a thief if they want to fight (and not disengage/run away), for example. Haven't had any difficulties with this strategy so far.

Yeah, and that's why I think it's kind of misleading. I think the descriptions should describe how classes are actually played. I'm fine with all the squishy eles if that's what people want to do but it seems like there's such a preponderance of them because people don't know what all you can do with them. The squishy eles might be ease of playing because I don't see a lot of CC eles either even though air and earth have a lot of great CC abilities, but just implying eles have to be squishy seems like it might be adding to that trend. Play styles where the elementalist is not purely glass cannon does seem relatively less commonly used. I actually rarely play my elementalist as glass cannon because I personally find glass cannon builds for many classes boring. I mostly play and like the CC and healing aspects of the elementalist.

Reword it however you want but you're still complaining about other players avoiding a build like you did. Are people supposed to message you and ask what a fair build is first? I have not reworded it in anyway whatsoever. Would you care to try to explain how this was supposedly done? If anything, you are rewording it to make what was stated and the intention that it was stated with to imply something completely different (to somehow make it seem like I'm trying to complain about anything here). Nothing at all was complained about by me here or was even meant to be implied as such, as I explained in detail in just my previous post. Since I seem to have to explain everything word for word to you, this means no, people do not have to ask me to use any build they want to, just like I don't have to ask them or you either. Don't tell me this still is not clear enough for you lol. As they say and seems to apply well to you: ignorance is bliss. Then why were you on about how people play WvW in the first place when all they did was avoid a build like you did to go change yours? I'll take your word for it that you meant something else, that's fine but you raged hard in your posts like not letting you chose the setting of a fight should be a bannable offense. I hope you find the WvW you're looking for. I'm glad you are finally starting to understand that a statement simply based only on facts does not itself carry implications. It was a thing called a passing comment. There was no rage in that post at all. I fail to see how you can still not understand this except for stubbornness and ignorance. Again, this so-called rage is something you seem to think was implied for some obtuse reason, even though that may not necessarily have been the case (and certainly wasn't here). I think running from a fight for whatever reason is fine, even if just to change builds or because you don't feel like you can be competitive in that particular fight. That may have been what those players were trying to do. What I said in that post is that the kind of play-style seeking easy kills with a low chance of dying is not restricted to only the thief class. It is possible to do this on many different classes and builds. Builds may be changed for players to be more competitive in a fight, but the types of players that want only the easiest builds against another particular build in a fight to have a high chance of winning will always be able to do this. It's not restricted to thieves only, and is a certain attitude/play-style that a player likes and can always do, when roaming at least, by changing builds. I hope you are able to find the WvW you are looking for too by being able to gank roamers all the time. (Nothing wrong with playing like this, just don't get mad if it doesn't work all the time) EDIT: Missed seeing this part earlier because you added it in after I had started a reply to your unedited post: Most people run in groups ranging from 5 - 50. NO ONE runs solo besides the occasional thief. The people ragin about stealth are the ones being picked out of their blob because they thought they could but then realized the thief actually knew what he was doing. I saw a solo healbrand guard trolling some players yesterday around OW tower. The player was baiting other players that didn't know how to counter his heals and close range condi damage, and kept repeatedly dying to them. So no, there are players that run solo on classes besides thief (not even mentioning the fact that I do this myself also anyway). I see this type of behaviour on many classes, so I'm pretty sure it's not only a thing possible on the thief class. There are likely also many good thief players that don't only run away all the time. For me personally, I wouldn't try to waste my time trying to kill solo players if I actually wanted to run in a blob. Why waste time doing this when you are virtually unkillable most of the time in a blob while running around the map PvE'ing? So what you're saying should happen is, they should walk into your comfort zone where you're build is stronger instead and if they're taking too much damage that they should stand still and let you kill them? Did you miss the part in your own post where you ran off like you accused them of doing to change your build to put them at a disadvantage and you're mad they bailed? Whoa, whoa... try to take a deep breath and calm down. Who said I was mad they bailed? If they don't want to have a fair fight, then good for them, I won't waste my time trying to chase them all over the map. The point that I was making there that you seem to have evidently completely missed is that not all thief players will play like this. But I guess some thief players will try to voraciously defend their class, even when others agree with them and are trying to help defend their own class. I was calm, you're trying to make it sound like I wasn't because now you're upset. You did chase them or you wouldn't have decided to change your build template. If you have the same amount of skill and utility slots that's a fair fight, what are you even on about? I hardly think you were calm at all, otherwise I have no idea where you even came up with the idea that I would be mad or upset from a player running away from a fight from. And now you're trying to make it sound like that I'm upset still even though I just clearly stated in my previous post I don't mind anyone running away from a fight at all... Honestly it seems like you're mad that I was able to come up with a build to counter another one that a particular player was using. No need to be mad about this. I don't play WvW in GW2, where individual player skill may only be a small part of winning roaming encounters (because builds are important too), to flex on others. You realize that when you are out of combat you are able to change your build template anytime? So if someone runs away or you are able to get out of combat, you can immediately change your build. I have no idea what you are even talking about now with same amount of skills and utility slots. Are you so naive that you can't understand that a (more) fair 1v1 fight is one where neither build will faceroll the other (because of how builds and their associated playstyles work)? Like I said several times before if you don't feel you can win a fight then it's okay to run away and won't bother me (and I imagine many other people) at all. Honestly, you sound like the type of player that only ganks. Yes I do, and it's great that you know that now also. Maybe you'll quit crying about resetting after you already reset. You should go back and re-read your own posts. That's good to know, which explains why you are so clueless about roaming and solo roaming (which is what this thread and my posts here have been about, since that's how I play). Still going on about me somehow crying eh? Only person I see here crying is you about others being able to reset a fight. You really are clueless when it comes to roaming. If you only gank, then you can use whatever build you like. It won't really matter when you can easily kill someone 3+v1 at least 95% of the time. But it when it comes to 1v1 builds can be important in deciding the outcome of a fight and how long it lasts. I re-read my posts and still can't see how you can come up with an illogical conclusion that I must somehow be mad because a player was able to run away from a fight with me. If you only gank then that would explain it though, since you probably get mad yourself every time someone is able to escape being ganked and killed by you. Says a lot about the kind of person and player you are. Maybe you should re-read your own posts, as well as properly reading mine? Taking a deep breath to calm down when someone escapes your pathetic gank attempts will also help you realize that there's no need to be mad when someone runs away from a fight. Perhaps you should start a thread about ganking? Then the people who only gank like you and cry that others are somehow able to reset a fight, when for example the other player runs, (because they would rather not waste their time on a highly uneven 1v1 fight that could possibly last minutes with neither player dying) could agree with you. Again, no need to be mad because someone (who may well be more skilled than you) can reset a fight or if others run away from a fight. If it does make you mad, the only thing I can suggest is re-evaluating your life and reactions to things. The discussion is going nowhere from what I can see. This guy is telling you to work on a build to make the fights fair, but when you switch to a build to make a fight fair he will cry about you being able to do this (like he has said in his replies to me in this thread)... I don't "gank" by the way, I build to cover people, you can take things in game personally if you want but that was a big assumption. I think you're just getting angrier by trying to make me sound angry. You just admitted to only ganking in game. No idea why you are trying to back pedal now, I won't judge you as a bad person if you don't have much skill in game to not be able to play like this only. I really couldn't care less if you actually play like this or not lol. Really cute of you to accuse others of being angry when none of my posts in this thread or replies to you have even had the slightest hint of anger. I can only guess that for some reason you are very angry and raging for no justifiable reason at all. Relax, I'm only trying to explain my posts slowly to you so that you are able to understand. And I haven't even mentioned yet that you were the one that for some odd, unjustified reason initially accused me of being mad that a player would run away from a fight... but I guess trying to make it seem like others are mad, when you yourself are clearly quite angry, is your thing right? Where exactly did I admit to ganking at all? Desperation isn't a good look.Yeah your desperation here is amazing. You must be really mad for some strange reason lol. Do you have amnesia or something, because if you go back to the previous page and take your own advice to re-read your own posts and mine you will see clearly where you had admitted it (click show previous quotes to see relevant part of the full discussion): Yes I do, and it's great that you know that now also. Maybe you'll quit crying about resetting after you already reset. You should go back and re-read your own posts. When you are desperate and have no argument in a discussion it's convenient to try to backpedal, eh? Like I said though, I really couldn't care less how you actually play. If all you are able to do in-game is gank then good for you, I won't judge. Your personal play style is mostly irrelevant to the point I made here anyway, although it could explain why you for some reason think others (maybe like you) would get mad from a player running away from a fight, even just to reset their build too as I suggested could have been a possibility. It also would explain why you are pretty clueless about roaming (especially solo) and how builds in fights may possibly be a big factor in these kinds of fights.

A well played roaming elementalist can do most, if not, all of these things. The key words here though are well played.

Rocks and ice are physical, but are not part of the elementalist, but conjurations to protect it. This sums it up perfectly Ultimately, the description of Ele on the site is accurate I don't care much about the lore, but the description on the site does indeed seem quite accurate.

That sucks. I would have liked to try both of these things. :anguished:

I think an instance that is scaleable for different party sizes is most likely, but we'll probably have to wait for a more detailed announcement on how this will work next week to confirm if it's instances or not.

Reword it however you want but you're still complaining about other players avoiding a build like you did. Are people supposed to message you and ask what a fair build is first? I have not reworded it in anyway whatsoever. Would you care to try to explain how this was supposedly done? If anything, you are rewording it to make what was stated and the intention that it was stated with to imply something completely different (to somehow make it seem like I'm trying to complain about anything here). Nothing at all was complained about by me here or was even meant to be implied as such, as I explained in detail in just my previous post. Since I seem to have to explain everything word for word to you, this means no, people do not have to ask me to use any build they want to, just like I don't have to ask them or you either. Don't tell me this still is not clear enough for you lol. As they say and seems to apply well to you: ignorance is bliss. Then why were you on about how people play WvW in the first place when all they did was avoid a build like you did to go change yours? I'll take your word for it that you meant something else, that's fine but you raged hard in your posts like not letting you chose the setting of a fight should be a bannable offense. I hope you find the WvW you're looking for.I'm glad you are finally starting to understand that a statement simply based only on facts does not itself carry implications. It was a thing called a passing comment. There was no rage in that post at all. I fail to see how you can still not understand this except for stubbornness and ignorance. Again, this so-called rage is something you seem to think was implied for some obtuse reason, even though that may not necessarily have been the case (and certainly wasn't here). I think running from a fight for whatever reason is fine, even if just to change builds or because you don't feel like you can be competitive in that particular fight. That may have been what those players were trying to do. What I said in that post is that the kind of play-style seeking easy kills with a low chance of dying is not restricted to only the thief class. It is possible to do this on many different classes and builds. Builds may be changed for players to be more competitive in a fight, but the types of players that want only the easiest builds against another particular build in a fight to have a high chance of winning will always be able to do this. It's not restricted to thieves only, and is a certain attitude/play-style that a player likes and can always do, when roaming at least, by changing builds. I hope you are able to find the WvW you are looking for too by being able to gank roamers all the time. (Nothing wrong with playing like this, just don't get mad if it doesn't work all the time) EDIT: Missed seeing this part earlier because you added it in after I had started a reply to your unedited post: Most people run in groups ranging from 5 - 50. NO ONE runs solo besides the occasional thief. The people ragin about stealth are the ones being picked out of their blob because they thought they could but then realized the thief actually knew what he was doing. I saw a solo healbrand guard trolling some players yesterday around OW tower. The player was baiting other players that didn't know how to counter his heals and close range condi damage, and kept repeatedly dying to them. So no, there are players that run solo on classes besides thief (not even mentioning the fact that I do this myself also anyway). I see this type of behaviour on many classes, so I'm pretty sure it's not only a thing possible on the thief class. There are likely also many good thief players that don't only run away all the time. For me personally, I wouldn't try to waste my time trying to kill solo players if I actually wanted to run in a blob. Why waste time doing this when you are virtually unkillable most of the time in a blob while running around the map PvE'ing? So what you're saying should happen is, they should walk into your comfort zone where you're build is stronger instead and if they're taking too much damage that they should stand still and let you kill them? Did you miss the part in your own post where you ran off like you accused them of doing to change your build to put them at a disadvantage and you're mad they bailed? Whoa, whoa... try to take a deep breath and calm down. Who said I was mad they bailed? If they don't want to have a fair fight, then good for them, I won't waste my time trying to chase them all over the map. The point that I was making there that you seem to have evidently completely missed is that not all thief players will play like this. But I guess some thief players will try to voraciously defend their class, even when others agree with them and are trying to help defend their own class. I was calm, you're trying to make it sound like I wasn't because now you're upset. You did chase them or you wouldn't have decided to change your build template. If you have the same amount of skill and utility slots that's a fair fight, what are you even on about? I hardly think you were calm at all, otherwise I have no idea where you even came up with the idea that I would be mad or upset from a player running away from a fight from. And now you're trying to make it sound like that I'm upset still even though I just clearly stated in my previous post I don't mind anyone running away from a fight at all... Honestly it seems like you're mad that I was able to come up with a build to counter another one that a particular player was using. No need to be mad about this. I don't play WvW in GW2, where individual player skill may only be a small part of winning roaming encounters (because builds are important too), to flex on others. You realize that when you are out of combat you are able to change your build template anytime? So if someone runs away or you are able to get out of combat, you can immediately change your build. I have no idea what you are even talking about now with same amount of skills and utility slots. Are you so naive that you can't understand that a (more) fair 1v1 fight is one where neither build will faceroll the other (because of how builds and their associated playstyles work)? Like I said several times before if you don't feel you can win a fight then it's okay to run away and won't bother me (and I imagine many other people) at all. Honestly, you sound like the type of player that only ganks. Yes I do, and it's great that you know that now also. Maybe you'll quit crying about resetting after you already reset. You should go back and re-read your own posts. That's good to know, which explains why you are so clueless about roaming and solo roaming (which is what this thread and my posts here have been about, since that's how I play). Still going on about me somehow crying eh? Only person I see here crying is you about others being able to reset a fight. You really are clueless when it comes to roaming. If you only gank, then you can use whatever build you like. It won't really matter when you can easily kill someone 3+v1 at least 95% of the time. But it when it comes to 1v1 builds can be important in deciding the outcome of a fight and how long it lasts. I re-read my posts and still can't see how you can come up with an illogical conclusion that I must somehow be mad because a player was able to run away from a fight with me. If you only gank then that would explain it though, since you probably get mad yourself every time someone is able to escape being ganked and killed by you. Says a lot about the kind of person and player you are. Maybe you should re-read your own posts, as well as properly reading mine? Taking a deep breath to calm down when someone escapes your pathetic gank attempts will also help you realize that there's no need to be mad when someone runs away from a fight. Perhaps you should start a thread about ganking? Then the people who only gank like you and cry that others are somehow able to reset a fight, when for example the other player runs, (because they would rather not waste their time on a highly uneven 1v1 fight that could possibly last minutes with neither player dying) could agree with you. Again, no need to be mad because someone (who may well be more skilled than you) can reset a fight or if others run away from a fight. If it does make you mad, the only thing I can suggest is re-evaluating your life and reactions to things. The discussion is going nowhere from what I can see. This guy is telling you to work on a build to make the fights fair, but when you switch to a build to make a fight fair he will cry about you being able to do this (like he has said in his replies to me in this thread)... I don't "gank" by the way, I build to cover people, you can take things in game personally if you want but that was a big assumption. I think you're just getting angrier by trying to make me sound angry. You just admitted to only ganking in game. No idea why you are trying to back pedal now, I won't judge you as a bad person if you don't have much skill in game to not be able to play like this only. I really couldn't care less if you actually play like this or not lol. Really cute of you to accuse others of being angry when none of my posts in this thread or replies to you have even had the slightest hint of anger. I can only guess that for some reason you are very angry and raging for no justifiable reason at all. Relax, I'm only trying to explain my posts slowly to you so that you are able to understand. And I haven't even mentioned yet that you were the one that for some odd, unjustified reason initially accused me of being mad that a player would run away from a fight... but I guess trying to make it seem like others are mad, when you yourself are clearly quite angry, is your thing right?

Reword it however you want but you're still complaining about other players avoiding a build like you did. Are people supposed to message you and ask what a fair build is first? I have not reworded it in anyway whatsoever. Would you care to try to explain how this was supposedly done? If anything, you are rewording it to make what was stated and the intention that it was stated with to imply something completely different (to somehow make it seem like I'm trying to complain about anything here). Nothing at all was complained about by me here or was even meant to be implied as such, as I explained in detail in just my previous post. Since I seem to have to explain everything word for word to you, this means no, people do not have to ask me to use any build they want to, just like I don't have to ask them or you either. Don't tell me this still is not clear enough for you lol. As they say and seems to apply well to you: ignorance is bliss.

Most people run in groups ranging from 5 - 50. NO ONE runs solo besides the occasional thief. The people ragin about stealth are the ones being picked out of their blob because they thought they could but then realized the thief actually knew what he was doing. I saw a solo healbrand guard trolling some players yesterday around OW tower. The player was baiting other players that didn't know how to counter his heals and close range condi damage, and kept repeatedly dying to them. So no, there are players that run solo on classes besides thief (not even mentioning the fact that I do this myself also anyway). I see this type of behaviour on many classes, so I'm pretty sure it's not only a thing possible on the thief class. There are likely also many good thief players that don't only run away all the time. For me personally, I wouldn't try to waste my time trying to kill solo players if I actually wanted to run in a blob. Why waste time doing this when you are virtually unkillable most of the time in a blob while running around the map PvE'ing? So what you're saying should happen is, they should walk into your comfort zone where you're build is stronger instead and if they're taking too much damage that they should stand still and let you kill them? Did you miss the part in your own post where you ran off like you accused them of doing to change your build to put them at a disadvantage and you're mad they bailed? Whoa, whoa... try to take a deep breath and calm down. Who said I was mad they bailed? If they don't want to have a fair fight, then good for them, I won't waste my time trying to chase them all over the map. The point that I was making there that you seem to have evidently completely missed is that not all thief players will play like this. But I guess some thief players will try to voraciously defend their class, even when others agree with them and are trying to help defend their own class. I was calm, you're trying to make it sound like I wasn't because now you're upset. You did chase them or you wouldn't have decided to change your build template. If you have the same amount of skill and utility slots that's a fair fight, what are you even on about? I hardly think you were calm at all, otherwise I have no idea where you even came up with the idea that I would be mad or upset from a player running away from a fight from. And now you're trying to make it sound like that I'm upset still even though I just clearly stated in my previous post I don't mind anyone running away from a fight at all... Honestly it seems like you're mad that I was able to come up with a build to counter another one that a particular player was using. No need to be mad about this. I don't play WvW in GW2, where individual player skill may only be a small part of winning roaming encounters (because builds are important too), to flex on others. You realize that when you are out of combat you are able to change your build template anytime? So if someone runs away or you are able to get out of combat, you can immediately change your build. I have no idea what you are even talking about now with same amount of skills and utility slots. Are you so naive that you can't understand that a (more) fair 1v1 fight is one where neither build will faceroll the other (because of how builds and their associated playstyles work)? Like I said several times before if you don't feel you can win a fight then it's okay to run away and won't bother me (and I imagine many other people) at all. Honestly, you sound like the type of player that only ganks. Yes I do, and it's great that you know that now also. Maybe you'll quit crying about resetting after you already reset. You should go back and re-read your own posts. That's good to know, which explains why you are so clueless about roaming and solo roaming (which is what this thread and my posts here have been about, since that's how I play). Still going on about me somehow crying eh? Only person I see here crying is you about others being able to reset a fight. You really are clueless when it comes to roaming. If you only gank, then you can use whatever build you like. It won't really matter when you can easily kill someone 3+v1 at least 95% of the time. But it when it comes to 1v1 builds can be important in deciding the outcome of a fight and how long it lasts. I re-read my posts and still can't see how you can come up with an illogical conclusion that I must somehow be mad because a player was able to run away from a fight with me. If you only gank then that would explain it though, since you probably get mad yourself every time someone is able to escape being ganked and killed by you. Says a lot about the kind of person and player you are. Maybe you should re-read your own posts, as well as properly reading mine? Taking a deep breath to calm down when someone escapes your pathetic gank attempts will also help you realize that there's no need to be mad when someone runs away from a fight. Perhaps you should start a thread about ganking? Then the people who only gank like you and cry that others are somehow able to reset a fight, when for example the other player runs, (because they would rather not waste their time on a highly uneven 1v1 fight that could possibly last minutes with neither player dying) could agree with you. Again, no need to be mad because someone (who may well be more skilled than you) can reset a fight or if others run away from a fight. If it does make you mad, the only thing I can suggest is re-evaluating your life and reactions to things. The discussion is going nowhere from what I can see. This guy is telling you to work on a build to make the fights fair, but when you switch to a build to make a fight fair he will cry about you being able to do this (like he has said in his replies to me in this thread)... I don't care what you do with your builds, but you two keep complaining about other people playing theirs. You complained about someone running into a tower because you changed your build to counter theirs. You had to drop combat to change your build. Still, somehow you have a problem with someone resetting to go change theirs or to avoid yours like you did. So is there some set of rules everyone else is supposed to follow that you don't? Are you seriously a naive person that likes to come to baseless conclusions from any statements made? I have not complained at all about people playing any builds here. What I said was that some people decided to run back to their tower when I changed my build to something that may be competitive against theirs. Which is a fact that I observed in these fights we were having. I did not imply that this is unreasonable, not right, means they are bad players or makes me mad. AKA I did not say that others should follow some rule that I don't. Is that clear enough for you now?

An easier mode would do nothing to get me into raiding. So for me it would be a waste of resources to make an easier version, since from what I have observed a lot of people who are already into raiding don't find it to be particularly difficult anyway. Now a solo option just to see the story, with no rewards? That may interest me.

Personally I don't mind this. I would rather have game content being worked on as much as possible for the benefit of all the players, instead of spending resources on a Steam release that only new accounts will be able to use.

Most people run in groups ranging from 5 - 50. NO ONE runs solo besides the occasional thief. The people ragin about stealth are the ones being picked out of their blob because they thought they could but then realized the thief actually knew what he was doing. I saw a solo healbrand guard trolling some players yesterday around OW tower. The player was baiting other players that didn't know how to counter his heals and close range condi damage, and kept repeatedly dying to them. So no, there are players that run solo on classes besides thief (not even mentioning the fact that I do this myself also anyway). I see this type of behaviour on many classes, so I'm pretty sure it's not only a thing possible on the thief class. There are likely also many good thief players that don't only run away all the time. For me personally, I wouldn't try to waste my time trying to kill solo players if I actually wanted to run in a blob. Why waste time doing this when you are virtually unkillable most of the time in a blob while running around the map PvE'ing? So what you're saying should happen is, they should walk into your comfort zone where you're build is stronger instead and if they're taking too much damage that they should stand still and let you kill them? Did you miss the part in your own post where you ran off like you accused them of doing to change your build to put them at a disadvantage and you're mad they bailed? Whoa, whoa... try to take a deep breath and calm down. Who said I was mad they bailed? If they don't want to have a fair fight, then good for them, I won't waste my time trying to chase them all over the map. The point that I was making there that you seem to have evidently completely missed is that not all thief players will play like this. But I guess some thief players will try to voraciously defend their class, even when others agree with them and are trying to help defend their own class. I was calm, you're trying to make it sound like I wasn't because now you're upset. You did chase them or you wouldn't have decided to change your build template. If you have the same amount of skill and utility slots that's a fair fight, what are you even on about? I hardly think you were calm at all, otherwise I have no idea where you even came up with the idea that I would be mad or upset from a player running away from a fight from. And now you're trying to make it sound like that I'm upset still even though I just clearly stated in my previous post I don't mind anyone running away from a fight at all... Honestly it seems like you're mad that I was able to come up with a build to counter another one that a particular player was using. No need to be mad about this. I don't play WvW in GW2, where individual player skill may only be a small part of winning roaming encounters (because builds are important too), to flex on others. You realize that when you are out of combat you are able to change your build template anytime? So if someone runs away or you are able to get out of combat, you can immediately change your build. I have no idea what you are even talking about now with same amount of skills and utility slots. Are you so naive that you can't understand that a (more) fair 1v1 fight is one where neither build will faceroll the other (because of how builds and their associated playstyles work)? Like I said several times before if you don't feel you can win a fight then it's okay to run away and won't bother me (and I imagine many other people) at all. Honestly, you sound like the type of player that only ganks. Yes I do, and it's great that you know that now also. Maybe you'll quit crying about resetting after you already reset. You should go back and re-read your own posts.That's good to know, which explains why you are so clueless about roaming and solo roaming (which is what this thread and my posts here have been about, since that's how I play). Still going on about me somehow crying eh? Only person I see here crying is you about others being able to reset a fight. You really are clueless when it comes to roaming. If you only gank, then you can use whatever build you like. It won't really matter when you can easily kill someone 3+v1 at least 95% of the time. But it when it comes to 1v1 builds can be important in deciding the outcome of a fight and how long it lasts. I re-read my posts and still can't see how you can come up with an illogical conclusion that I must somehow be mad because a player was able to run away from a fight with me. If you only gank then that would explain it though, since you probably get mad yourself every time someone is able to escape being ganked and killed by you. Says a lot about the kind of person and player you are. Maybe you should re-read your own posts, as well as properly reading mine? Taking a deep breath to calm down when someone escapes your pathetic gank attempts will also help you realize that there's no need to be mad when someone runs away from a fight. Perhaps you should start a thread about ganking? Then the people who only gank like you and cry that others are somehow able to reset a fight, when for example the other player runs, (because they would rather not waste their time on a highly uneven 1v1 fight that could possibly last minutes with neither player dying) could agree with you. Again, no need to be mad because someone (who may well be more skilled than you) can reset a fight or if others run away from a fight. If it does make you mad, the only thing I can suggest is re-evaluating your life and reactions to things. The discussion is going nowhere from what I can see. This guy is telling you to work on a build to make the fights fair, but when you switch to a build to make a fight fair he will cry about you being able to do this (like he has said in his replies to me in this thread)...

I've answered it. Some interesting questions/topics in the survey. :)

Sometimes I wish there was a filter loot option that would prevent certain items from even entering your inventory in the first place, like in some other MMOs I play. This will probably never happen though since bag slot expansions are sold on the gem store.

Most people run in groups ranging from 5 - 50. NO ONE runs solo besides the occasional thief. The people ragin about stealth are the ones being picked out of their blob because they thought they could but then realized the thief actually knew what he was doing. I saw a solo healbrand guard trolling some players yesterday around OW tower. The player was baiting other players that didn't know how to counter his heals and close range condi damage, and kept repeatedly dying to them. So no, there are players that run solo on classes besides thief (not even mentioning the fact that I do this myself also anyway). I see this type of behaviour on many classes, so I'm pretty sure it's not only a thing possible on the thief class. There are likely also many good thief players that don't only run away all the time. For me personally, I wouldn't try to waste my time trying to kill solo players if I actually wanted to run in a blob. Why waste time doing this when you are virtually unkillable most of the time in a blob while running around the map PvE'ing? So what you're saying should happen is, they should walk into your comfort zone where you're build is stronger instead and if they're taking too much damage that they should stand still and let you kill them? Did you miss the part in your own post where you ran off like you accused them of doing to change your build to put them at a disadvantage and you're mad they bailed? Whoa, whoa... try to take a deep breath and calm down. Who said I was mad they bailed? If they don't want to have a fair fight, then good for them, I won't waste my time trying to chase them all over the map. The point that I was making there that you seem to have evidently completely missed is that not all thief players will play like this. But I guess some thief players will try to voraciously defend their class, even when others agree with them and are trying to help defend their own class. I was calm, you're trying to make it sound like I wasn't because now you're upset. You did chase them or you wouldn't have decided to change your build template. If you have the same amount of skill and utility slots that's a fair fight, what are you even on about?I hardly think you were calm at all, otherwise I have no idea where you even came up with the idea that I would be mad or upset from a player running away from a fight from. And now you're trying to make it sound like that I'm upset still even though I just clearly stated in my previous post I don't mind anyone running away from a fight at all... Honestly it seems like you're mad that I was able to come up with a build to counter another one that a particular player was using. No need to be mad about this. I don't play WvW in GW2, where individual player skill may only be a small part of winning roaming encounters (because builds are important too), to flex on others. You realize that when you are out of combat you are able to change your build template anytime? So if someone runs away or you are able to get out of combat, you can immediately change your build. I have no idea what you are even talking about now with same amount of skills and utility slots. Are you so naive that you can't understand that a (more) fair 1v1 fight is one where neither build will faceroll the other (because of how builds and their associated playstyles work)? Like I said several times before if you don't feel you can win a fight then it's okay to run away and won't bother me (and I imagine many other people) at all. Honestly, you sound like the type of player that only ganks.

Most people run in groups ranging from 5 - 50. NO ONE runs solo besides the occasional thief. The people ragin about stealth are the ones being picked out of their blob because they thought they could but then realized the thief actually knew what he was doing. I saw a solo healbrand guard trolling some players yesterday around OW tower. The player was baiting other players that didn't know how to counter his heals and close range condi damage, and kept repeatedly dying to them. So no, there are players that run solo on classes besides thief (not even mentioning the fact that I do this myself also anyway). I see this type of behaviour on many classes, so I'm pretty sure it's not only a thing possible on the thief class. There are likely also many good thief players that don't only run away all the time. For me personally, I wouldn't try to waste my time trying to kill solo players if I actually wanted to run in a blob. Why waste time doing this when you are virtually unkillable most of the time in a blob while running around the map PvE'ing? So what you're saying should happen is, they should walk into your comfort zone where you're build is stronger instead and if they're taking too much damage that they should stand still and let you kill them? Did you miss the part in your own post where you ran off like you accused them of doing to change your build to put them at a disadvantage and you're mad they bailed? Whoa, whoa... try to take a deep breath and calm down. Who said I was mad they bailed? If they don't want to have a fair fight, then good for them, I won't waste my time trying to chase them all over the map. The point that I was making there that you seem to have evidently completely missed is that not all thief players will play like this. But I guess some thief players will try to voraciously defend their class, even when others agree with them and are trying to help defend their own class.

It's not restricted to only the thief class. It's an attitude/play-style of some players and I have seen it on many classes. These types of players are not interested in the slightest chance of a fair fight, and only want easy kills with a very low risk of dying from the players that don't know how to counter their build/style. As soon as you switch to something that may possibly counter them the first thing they do is turn around and run for the tower while never looking back.