Linken.6345 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 2 minutes ago, Sobx.1758 said: Except I didn't somehow start playing through the story years after I started playing the game, so your attempted conclusion as if "the story is easy for me because I've been playing for years" is mostly incorrect, especially since you seem to not have yet played through the "newer" expansions. If the story is hard for you, you're probably failing at basic game mechanics. This is an action mmorpg, not a telltale game. If a singleplayer telltale game is what you want, there's plenty of those to pick from. Can you be more specific which story parts you're talking about when you mention rat caves or first fight with scarlet? What was hard for you during zhaitan fight, when did you keep dying? Are you just trying to "face tank" the damage in every encounter? Or not even intentionally trying to facetank, but more like... not care about anything the boss does? The game involves active combat systems, most of the times just standing there and trading blows isn't the way to go. Sorry, but the notion of "anet should make jumps autoconnect or something" is rather ridiculous. You don't want to play the game, you want to watch a movie. At that point, maybe... just watch one. Perhaps you could even watch the story on youtube if any possibility of not instantly succeeding (or jumps not "auto-connecting" to the points of landing) means the game is too hard and needs changes. From my previous talkings with the OP the rat caves is most likely season 2 shadow of the dragon were to you have to avoid attacks explode blooms light areas and kill shadow adds. And yea if you dont know the mechanics then it is a tough fight. The tower they tried to do the squad version going from the bottom of the tower to the top alone. And the rest seem to be the living story season 1 boss fights. So yea since that was added after EoD it is harder then most of the games content for low skilled people I belive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobx.1758 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 2 minutes ago, Darves.6798 said: I said cheap. I don't want expensive items from TP. I want to buy from the vendor for karma or a small amount of gold, just like you can easily buy exotic armor with PPF statistics WV gives you a substantial upfront amount of gold to the point where even fresh accounts can afford buying celestial gear off tp. But if that's not what you want, using the level 80 booster (which comes with each of the expansion, pretty sure) should provide you with full celestial exotic gear. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darves.6798 Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 6 minutes ago, Linken.6345 said: Well since you said you had done wvw you can buy everything stat selectable from the new wvw vendor that is behind the fractal portal in lions arch https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/TEID-07_Unified_Vendor_System#vendor1 Thank you very much, that's very helpful 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Just now, Darves.6798 said: Thank you very much, that's very helpful Np glad to help it saved me alot of resources gearing up my alt raiding account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teknomancer.4895 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Now that there is a tiny glimmer of possibly being willing to consider making some changes, see also: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Temple_armor 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darves.6798 Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 5 minutes ago, Teknomancer.4895 said: Now that there is a tiny glimmer of possibly being willing to consider making some changes, see also: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Temple_armor Thanks, Yes, I have this armor in a heavy version for my guardian, but the vendors do not sell the celestial version, but what Linken.6345 proposed, i.e. cheap armor from TEID-07 Unified Vendor System, will solve my problems in this regard 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darves.6798 Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 Okay, so I have some more questions: which items do I need to buy from a vendor in WVW to unlock the dual sword for the necromancer? I would also like to someone give me build for a reaper greatsword/dual sword based on celestial armor I can't find such thing noowhere 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maienstern.2154 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 39 minutes ago, Darves.6798 said: I don't like frustration, NO ONE likes frustration. Otherwise this appoach wouldn't work. This thread is actually a good example of HOW it works. You came here and complained, after you couldn't figure it out yourself and now you have a bunch of people helping you. I am not a necro main, but I think greatsword/dual sword reaper is what the community (and by extention guides) calls "power dps reaper". I am not sure though, but if you find a power dps build you're probably going to want to make some adjustments for more survivability. "Solo open world build" is also a search term that could help you find what you are looking for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teknomancer.4895 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Necro sword requires SotO: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_2:_Secrets_of_the_Obscure#Combat_Features Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darves.6798 Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 4 minutes ago, Teknomancer.4895 said: Necro sword requires SotO: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_2:_Secrets_of_the_Obscure#Combat_Features Yes, I know it requires a Soto, I have a Soto, but you can unlock the dual sword for the necromancer by buying some items from the WVW vendor, but I don't know which ones so I'm asking about it 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maienstern.2154 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 I didn't find anthing with dual sword, but here are three option I found with a quick search. There probably a good satring point to build something that works for you. https://snowcrows.com/builds/raids/necromancer/beginner-power-reaper https://hardstuck.gg/gw2/builds/necromancer/power-reaper-ow/ https://guildjen.com/power-reaper-open-world-build/ This is a website that I find immenly helpful for adjusting meta builds to my liking: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/ Mostly I just look at how severly diffrent numbers change when I do something diffrent, but now that I have done that for a few months I am starting to learn how that impacts my gameplay and which stats I do want to be higher or lower than what the guides suggest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maienstern.2154 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Quote from the wiki on weaponmaster training: "Can be unlocked after completing part of Secrets of the Obscure story or by purchasing the Weaponmaster Training Document from Heroics Notary in World vs World." Darves, do you know of about the special forces training area? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darves.6798 Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 4 minutes ago, Maienstern.2154 said: I didn't find anthing with dual sword, but here are three option I found with a quick search. There probably a good satring point to build something that works for you. https://snowcrows.com/builds/raids/necromancer/beginner-power-reaper https://hardstuck.gg/gw2/builds/necromancer/power-reaper-ow/ https://guildjen.com/power-reaper-open-world-build/ This is a website that I find immenly helpful for adjusting meta builds to my liking: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/ Yes, thank you, but none of these builds is a greatsword swap dual sword build and is not based on celestial gear. Celestial gear more life, more life equals more possible errors. In case you haven't noticed, I can't build the build myself because I don't know anything about it 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darves.6798 Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 3 minutes ago, Maienstern.2154 said: by purchasing the Weaponmaster Training Document from Heroics Notary in World vs World." Yes, but the wiki does not specify which items make up this collection or what their names are 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Darves.6798 said: Yes, but the wiki does not specify which items make up this collection or what their names are It is this item: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Weaponmaster_Training_Document Item, not collection; singular item. Edited August 11 by Inculpatus cedo.9234 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maienstern.2154 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 1 minute ago, Darves.6798 said: In case you haven't noticed, I can't build the build myself because I don't know anything about it I did notice, that's why I linked the build editor, you can put the meta builds in there and then put in what you would like and see how much they differ. You can get away with lower offensive stats and probably want higher stats in heling power, vitality etc. I hardly new what I was doing either and cobbled together something that seemed to make sense to me, than I went into the specail forces training area and tested it until I found something that worked for me and was fun. I am just starting to learn about builds myself, so that's the best I can offer you. There is some jargon around builds, that might be helpful for you to learn, maybe someone else could explain that, because I am not super familiar with that yet. I know that dps stands for Damage per second and indicates a glass canon build. "Solo open world" indicates a build with more survavability. But that's pretty much where my knowledge ends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 16 minutes ago, Darves.6798 said: Yes, thank you, but none of these builds is a greatsword swap dual sword build and is not based on celestial gear. Celestial gear more life, more life equals more possible errors. In case you haven't noticed, I can't build the build myself because I don't know anything about it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darves.6798 Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 3 minutes ago, Inculpatus cedo.9234 said: It is this item: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Weaponmaster_Training_Document Item, not collection; singular item. This item unlocks the pistol for the reaper, not the dual sword for the necromancer 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maienstern.2154 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 (edited) Sorry, forgot that there are two part to the weaponsmastery thing. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Expanded_Weapon_Proficiency That's what you need to unlock the sword. Edited August 11 by Maienstern.2154 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 1 minute ago, Maienstern.2154 said: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Expanded_Weapon_Proficiency That's what you need to unlock the sword. To specifiy further it is these Mysterious Tablet (1 in total) Gizmo Basic 100 https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/8/8b/Testimony_of_Jade_Heroics.png/20px-Testimony_of_Jade_Heroics.png Requires Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure. Only if the Astral Ward Arsenal collection is active. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/8/87/Guide_to_Waterproofing.png/20px-Guide_to_Waterproofing.png Ancient Scroll (1 in total) Gizmo Basic 100 https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/8/8b/Testimony_of_Jade_Heroics.png/20px-Testimony_of_Jade_Heroics.png Requires Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure. Only if the Astral Ward Arsenal collection is active. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/8/87/Guide_to_Waterproofing.png/20px-Guide_to_Waterproofing.png Ancient Tome (1 in total) Gizmo Basic 100 https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/8/8b/Testimony_of_Jade_Heroics.png/20px-Testimony_of_Jade_Heroics.png Requires Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure. Only if the Astral Ward Arsenal collection is active. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/8/87/Guide_to_Waterproofing.png/20px-Guide_to_Waterproofing.png Shattered Kryptis Carapace (1 in total) Gizmo Basic 100 https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/8/8b/Testimony_of_Jade_Heroics.png/20px-Testimony_of_Jade_Heroics.png Requires Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure. Only if the Astral Ward Arsenal collection is active. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/8/8d/Scroll.png/20px-Scroll.png Ancient Scroll of Astral Ward Weapons (1 in total) Service Rare 100 https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/8/8b/Testimony_of_Jade_Heroics.png/20px-Testimony_of_Jade_Heroics.png Requires Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure. Only if the Astral Ward Arsenal collection is active. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darves.6798 Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 Thanks Linken.6345. This build does not include swap to greatsword 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobx.1758 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 24 minutes ago, Darves.6798 said: Yes, thank you, but none of these builds is a greatsword swap dual sword build and is not based on celestial gear. Celestial gear more life, more life equals more possible errors. In case you haven't noticed, I can't build the build myself because I don't know anything about it Read what traits and skills do, you don't need a specifically min-maxed "gs/sword-sword celestial" build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Darves.6798 said: Thanks Linken.6345. This build does not include swap to greatsword Yea was about to say that I would not go both sword sword and greatsword. It is always good to be able to disengage so staff for some range is nice, but if not then just swap said staff for greatsword. None of the traits is staff exlusive so wont change the build in any way. Edited August 11 by Linken.6345 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darves.6798 Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 7 minutes ago, Maienstern.2154 said: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Expanded_Weapon_Proficiency That's what you need to unlock the sword 6 minutes ago, Linken.6345 said: To specifiy further it is these Thank you, this is what I was looking for and couldn't find 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maienstern.2154 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Special_Forces_Training_Area This was an absolut game changer for me. You can go there and practice and try stuff. The only downside is that there is not option to make the golem fight back. But if you have EoD you can got to https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Monastery_Training there are some npcs where you can practice dodging and stuff. And it really doesn't take much effort to see some significat improvement. When I try something new I maybe spent half an hour in the special forces room to get familiar with the rotation and see if I like how it feels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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