Malak.7108

First of all I'm an ignoramus about Restructuring but still having some fun in it despite preferring servers. I'm not sure if its a bug, but claiming a camp/structure for upgrading can remove an enemy's claim on their camp/structure. I noticed some of our claims were being removed and thought it was just one of our players knowing more than me. Anyhow, on Saturday I wanted to claim a tower in EBG but noticed an enemy camp was on its way to T2 but it was claimed by our guild. When I claimed our tower - their camp went back to unclaimed - seems very unfair 😞

Just had a great reality check:- Nearly took a T0 camp when a single player opp approached and they seemed very cautious. They then killed me in about 30 seconds with massive damage - I only took their health bar down 15%. A few minutes later we met at another camp but this time no caution from them - they destroyed me in less than 10 seconds. Kudos to them 😉 I've no idea what class they were, and in neither fight did I dodge or have any idea how to survive - only knew attack. Clearly I'm a newbie but still fun to meet such players. Need to get some theory and then muscle memory working. Time for YT vids and lots of practice. Lesson learnt, if you are already dead, you can't fight back 😞

Thank you for sharing. Its sounds we are both slower physically than most so have to work harder or think more, or both :) I'll be 70 soon, so quite a lot slower, cognitively to. But still my broken Vindi has beaten a few more players and camps since last post - so perhaps Anet developed it for us. I'm going to try your list of things and see how it goes. Many years ago with DH I tried to solo Stoic Lord in Desert BL - took 20 mins to get it to 85% - I was mentally and physically, exhausted - so ran away. Just shows Desert BL - no one turned up to defend their Garri - lucky me. Anyhow, T0 towers sounds something to aim for. Note, Desert BL - still the best map. By the way, my Vindi was broken, couldn't select Legendary Centaur etc, as no option on stances. Only fixed option was Assassin / Demon. Anyway, last night finally started the Dragon expansion and made progress - and magically the Vindi Legendary option etc appeared. Perhaps a no-brainer to have started Dragons before hand - or perhaps coincidence. It simply never occurred to me to try the PVE areas - thank you - I'm going to practice there first but didn't know about the Boss instant kill. This game is so wide and deep. All the best, Malak from Anvil Rock P.S when your kids are old enough you can make havoc squad :)

thank you - this helped me.

Thank you - its good to hear, and you are spot on about it being slow as many of us have tried. About a year ago I decided to use E key for dodging instead of mouse clicking. Our commanders kept stressing dodge-dodge in zerg fights. However, it took me a week, many hours to master just this one key, but made surviving in zerg fights so much easier. I then moved on to learn Q for weapon swap, it took even longer as it interfered with E. I still get them wrong, guess its just age or tiredness, but was worth the effort.

Thank you so much for all the details here - I've been going through them step by step and they are very well explained - a lot of fun figuring this out. I've going with Salvation, Retribution as they look best for me, and used your suggestions. My problem, my being so dim, the Vindicator seems so unlike any other class I've seen before and understanding the stances etc is confusing Demon/Drawf . I even submitted a bug report as cannot get the Healing and Utility skills to appear. Anyhow, I'll solve this over coming weekend then do some roaming. Its just amazing that with my broken setup that I could actually fight better than ever before. Skillful hot key user Vindicators must be awesome :) Perhaps a nerf is coming 😞

I just got Secrets of the Obscure expansion yesterday and got up to level 80 using the boost with the aim of playing in WvW. I'm following MetaBattle for Revenant Vindicator but cannot see any other healing or utility skills on my Utility bar. My character section shows many available Slot Skills - but they do not show in actual the slots. I'm a newbie to Revenant and having fun playing it - so am I doing anything wrong or is it bug?

Seriously, I've usually no idea who I'm fighting unless they go into a Death Shroud - which explains why until today I haven't won a fight in many month - my ignorance is not bliss though :( - :) :)

Sorry but forgot to add some details:- As Kuya.6495 suggested its using Celestial gear - both armor and weapons: - exotic armor. - runes are Superior Rune of the Pack. - Great Sword is Crystal Guardian. - Short bow is Celestial Pearl Needler of the Hydromancer. - the rest follows the MetaBattle build except using poor trinkets etc.

Wow this Vindicator is amazing - its the one from MetaBattle - GS/Shortbow roamer. I've only been using it less that 30 minutes and already taken three T0 camps very easily and beaten a player - but guess they were a newbie. The build is still a mystery and little idea how Shortbow and Great Sword work but they brought some success by spam mouse clicking a few things. Now need to figure this build out, get better equipment and watch YT videos to see how its done properly otherwise I'll still get wrecked most times. Thank you to everyone who had posted - I have read every post and thought about then all - still taking the info in. Its taken some time - as I had to get the Secrets of Obscure expansion because the Short bow doesn't work by default on Vindicator - that has been fun to. Anyhow, at least some hope for elderly mouse clickers like me who want to roam a bit - thank you all :) P.S - somehow I messed up and double posted and earlier post - sorry.

Wow - a great channel - thank you. In that video's comments - I would never have guessed FASTCAR was a mouse clicker to - seen him leading.

Wow - a great channel - thank you. In that video's comments - I would never have guessed FASTCAR was a mouse clicker to - seen him leading.

Thank you, a lot to think about. I've just made a Revenant and so much to learn - something new to do :) Yes, better gaming mouse sounds way to go - seen some Razer Naga on eBay - need to try and understand options.

Thank you, I'm going to work on this now - something different :)

I'm now nearly completely useless at roaming and even have a slow time taking T0 camps. It would be nice to take camps faster, and occasionally win a fight against a newbie or at least not die so quickly. For years I've been FB support as its both fun and can make some difference in a squad - much easier than fighting. There are always WvW Guardian roamer builds on MetaBattle and YouTube but with slow reactions nothing seems to make much difference . Yesterday was watching a new Dragon Hunter roamer video on YouTube - but needs one to quickly drop traps, pull enemy across them, lots of quick thinking 😞 By the way, when DH first came out I could roam and fight a bit, even did a 1v5, but that seems aeons ago - must have been easier then. Any ideas, what class I should focus on, and some tips that don't require mental or physical gymnastics. Something other than a Guardian might also make a refreshing change. Clearly, I just need somewhere to start, then get roaming, keep dying, and with lots of practice things might get better. P.S - My gaming mouse is an ET T16 with some 8 buttons including left and right click.