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Is there anywhere I can get a succinct account of how the 400-500 crafting, ascended mats and ascended weapons works? Or is the wiki best?
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Oct 24, 2013 00:00
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Delacroix posted:One thing that bugged me for some reason is how there's so many norn in GW2 when GW1 treated five norn as an army. I guess there was a whole lot more north of gunnar's hold that were driven off by the dragons. I always thought Factions was supposed to be like a lovely 80's kung-fu movie and I played it as such. Due to this approach, I loved Shiro!
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mesc posted:Anyone have a decent beastmaster ranger trait/weapon/gear build? Looking for something that works across both WvW and outdoor PvE. I rarely do dungeons. By beastmaster do you mean the trait(s) for Beastmastery? Because I'm pretty sure those are all crap / not appealing. I use S/WH and Longbow for PVE with Berserker stuff and (I think) 20-25-0-25 traits. Jaguar / Jungle Stalker / Red Moa for pets. I do a lot of dungeons and this puts out quite high DPS with adequate utility (spirit / spring / WH 5 / Pet skill(s)). edit: I should note I don't bother to change anything when I do open world PvE or anything and the build is flexible enough to handle anything. Some people don't like mainhand sword autoattack because it roots you but once you get used to dodging with 2 / 3 I rarely have to evade (which means more +10% dmg time). Ledif fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Oct 24, 2013 |
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Oct 24, 2013 00:13
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DarkAvenger211 posted:So are there any prolonged sieges anymore in WvW? Most fights seem to be over in absolute seconds, and nobody tries to take even slightly defended forts. This last weekend TC spent literally eight hours sieging the west keep in Mag BL. I got all my kills then. Really, the only achievements I'm not sure I'll be able to get are the caravan and sentry points!
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Oct 24, 2013 00:18
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Enos Shenk posted:I was digging around my backup drive for my GW2 screenshots I've taken since launch. Here's a few choice bits.  Bots escorting dolyaks!  SFD's stint as herders-for-hire.  Bots had trouble with wolves.  I honestly have no idea what is happening in this picture.   RIP VC
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`~`~`~-=MESMER TALK=-`~`~` After returning from the game from a brief hiatus, I run into the problem I usually do: something that I like has been nerfed and I have to build around it for WvW. I've settled on something like this: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQRAsa8flwzipXUTsGb9IhpHE33AnkCV/6SK4duB with full zerk armor and runes of air for bonus mobility and roaming. Going full phantasm damage, since a few patches ago, is no longer viable. So this is my new EXTREME STEALTH build that I like because it can get people so twisted around that they can't hit me, even though I am full glass cannon. What I like about this build: It's especially good against: Thieves, Elementalists, Glass Warriors, Necromancers, Engineers It can keep multiple people distracted and hunting you Good for solo/small group roaming and dueling single players It's very survivable, despite appearing full glass I can escape zergs like nothing It can burst down/duel other glass cannons with near perfect success rates It's basically a phantasm damage build It's fun It made Torch 4 my favorite skill in the game What I don't like about this build: It's not very good against: Guardians, Bunker Warriors, Heavy field condition damage anything Torch 5 seems like a wasted skill and a huge sacrifice in total damage I miss using greatsword berserkers for snares, but duelists are necessary for their far superior damage Phantasm damage builds are not as good as they used to be Sometimes I think this build might be better slightly tweaked for condition damage, utilizing the bleed procs from duelist crits and burn from torch 4 (but I have no idea if this would actually be viable) It's overall worse in damage when compared to most glassy Mesmer builds So I'd be psyched to hear your comments and critiques on this build. I'd also like to see any of your mesmer builds that you use for roaming WvW. Something I rarely do is shatter (besides F4 when stomping and F3 to interrupt heals) so I'd be especially interested in seeing some weird shatter builds if you have them. But even more especially interested in seeing 100% uptime phantasm damage builds, because those are my old love.
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mesc posted:Anyone have a decent beastmaster ranger trait/weapon/gear build? Looking for something that works across both WvW and outdoor PvE. I rarely do dungeons. Beastmaster is a inherently defensive build. If you go 0/10/30/0/30 You'll get close to the 3k armor+power figure that seems to be all the rage with regen on top. Natural healing gives you passive regen as well which is primarily why beastmaster was considered overpowered when they got Zephyr's Speed as a minor trait. Better days  This build will survive in the thick of zerg combat, it's not designed to be ranged. Option for short/long bow is always there if you're uncomfortable without ranged. The drake has cleave on it's autoattack so it has uses in PvE, where pets are insanely resilient. Less damage but more boon uptime focuses on using nature magic is 0/0/30/30/10. This is more for WvW giving allies buffs to keep up but there's nothing stopping you from doing general exploration or dungeons in it since you're not going to die quickly either way. You'll be able to give perma fury, regen and swiftness to anyone around you and keep call of the wild up almost all the time. You can take the 10 in beastmastery and put it back into skirmishing for Companion's Might or Pet's Prowess if you don't want the red moa. For perma regen and swiftness you'll need to spam Guard to activate Nature's Voice. Having recall pet bound to a convenient button will help but you can do stealth fears and also immobilize if you want to switch out the red moa for a drakehound.
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Oct 24, 2013 00:37
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Enos Shenk posted:Colors are randomized now, as far as I know. They used to be based on your realms ranking, but not anymore. Not entirely true. Before this season crap started, servers would have actual rankings like before the randomization, but everyone's rating was shuffled basically +/- 200 points only for purposes of seeding and then everyone's randomized rating was sorted. Generally speaking yes, colors were randomized, but since it was the ratings that were being randomized, you had a better chance of being one color over another, due to how all the different ways the random roll could fall for every server. As you can see here this showed up most prominently on the very top and very bottom servers, but still had an effect in the middle, especially when there was a large gap in ranking between servers (as there was between the 12-13 NA servers over most of the summer). 
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Oct 24, 2013 01:00
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Delacroix posted:Beastmaster is a inherently defensive build. If you go 0/10/30/0/30 You'll get close to the 3k armor+power figure that seems to be all the rage with regen on top. Natural healing gives you passive regen as well which is primarily why beastmaster was considered overpowered when they got Zephyr's Speed as a minor trait. Better days I used to use a build like this last year. Recently I use this http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQJAsXnAVUZZXQKWwaZAZVAQaP4EzDTcPQF/LELY1B-j0BB4hBkgAgKAMLqIasFYFRjVNjIqWZDTKAzUGB-w for WvW it's a modified build I found on the official forums. Lots of protection, the pull on off hand axe has a short cd and your pets have longer conditions. Pet choice is based mainly on their F2 and as much as I've tried replacing the Wolf just isn't happening, the fear is great for stomping someone being ressed. The other pet you have some choice with, spider for the immobilize, owl for the damage and chill etc. Weapon on swap is whatever preference you have, although I'd take a greatsword as well if you do any zerg stuff.
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Oct 24, 2013 01:26
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Did they ever change the health values on pets? I read they wanted to make them have more in PvE but not PvP.
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Oct 24, 2013 01:39
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Alteisen posted:Did they ever change the health values on pets? I read they wanted to make them have more in PvE but not PvP. Yeah all player controlled minions, except mesmer stuff, have 71.43% more health in PVE which includes WvW as of October 15th. Its a weirdly specific increase, but there you have it.
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Oct 24, 2013 01:56
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Shalebridge Cradle posted:Yeah all player controlled minions, except mesmer stuff, have 71.43% more health in PVE which includes WvW as of October 15th. Mesmers already got their health boost on illusions.
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Oct 24, 2013 02:02
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It didn't include WvW unfortunately. EDIT: It was supposed to include WvW so it might be a bug. Reclines Obesily fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Oct 24, 2013 |
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Oct 24, 2013 02:04
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Visidan posted:It didn't include WvW unfortunately. I thought for purposes of balance WvW was considered PvE while esports were PvP.
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Dorkopotamis posted:So I'd be psyched to hear your comments and critiques on this build. I don't want to be a smart rear end, but this build is like 100 years old and both shatter and phantasm builds are still 'viable', whatever that is supposed to mean. There are a ton of people playing both in high level pvp. http://www.twitch.tv/hansawesome http://www.twitch.tv/helsethgw2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW5Q1XJqPHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP9Rxb_6hJM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDglb5WwmrU You'll also be sad to learn that Duelist's Discipline finally got nerfed after like 18 months of being broken. Edit: A few people ran mesmer in the invitational as well. ItBurns fucked around with this message at 02:51 on Oct 24, 2013 |
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Oct 24, 2013 02:46
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Enos Shenk posted:I was digging around my backup drive for my GW2 screenshots I've taken since launch. Here's a few choice bits. gw00̘͍̫̜̳̲̥1̠̝̗̭̥̬͈͘.̧͇̠̫͍̟͟j͇͇̲̟͙͉̤͖̀ṕ͏̷̢̭̼̜̪͍͓̟̬̩ģ̴͈̝̞͇̟ 
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Elysiume posted:
Logging on at 2AM and racing to make a legendary before other people filled out buy orders was pretty great, yo.  $$$ CASH MONEY $$$
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Oct 24, 2013 03:20
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Which legion is most interesting or most fitting for a Charr Hunter?
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Oct 24, 2013 03:54
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GreenMarine posted:Which legion is most interesting or most fitting for a Charr Hunter? Most fitting: Blood. Most interesting: lol gently caress it Iron.
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Visidan posted:I used to use a build like this last year. Recently I use this http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQJAsXnAVUZZXQKWwaZAZVAQaP4EzDTcPQF/LELY1B-j0BB4hBkgAgKAMLqIasFYFRjVNjIqWZDTKAzUGB-w for WvW it's a modified build I found on the official forums. Lots of protection, the pull on off hand axe has a short cd and your pets have longer conditions. Pet choice is based mainly on their F2 and as much as I've tried replacing the Wolf just isn't happening, the fear is great for stomping someone being ressed. The other pet you have some choice with, spider for the immobilize, owl for the damage and chill etc. That looks like a good spin off the Boon Tank Ranger build (https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/professions/ranger/BUILD-Boon-Tank-Ranger-BTR-Variations). I am running something similar as well. It is a regen/protection mo'fo. I went 4 runes of the grove and 2 water though. Edit: To be honest though I may drop my ranger entirely and just use my necro for everything. Mosthated fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Oct 24, 2013 |
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Oct 24, 2013 04:18
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McSlaughter posted:Most fitting: Blood. Best: Garbage.
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Oct 24, 2013 04:26
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Ghostpilot posted:Best: Garbage. Don't hate charr. They aren't asura. 
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Oct 24, 2013 04:28
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Sole.Sushi posted:Don't hate charr. They aren't asura. Patrol the wall with Rexavian Redfoot and the "Garbage Legion"  That's the event where you get the Skale Venom. Garbage Legion Best Legion!
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Oct 24, 2013 04:35
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Huh. Never seen that quest take place at all. A year and some change, and this game still hides hidden treasures from me; I love that.
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Oct 24, 2013 04:39
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Ghostpilot posted:Patrol the wall with Rexavian Redfoot and the "Garbage Legion" Garbage Legion is pretty bro.
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So, near the beginning of the year, I quit this game due to the personal story being infuriatingly poorly done the further I got, and zones seeming like a complete slog with the most basic enemies taking minutes to kill, God help me if a Deer joined the battle against my Engineer, who seemed to get weaker and weaker the more cool gadgets I gave her. Now, months later, the MMO itch is coming back. I'm jumping between MMO's that I enjoyed in the past, with the only ones really sticking out as legitimately good are WoW and this game. And this game is the cheaper one to go to, by far. So since there's nothing to lose, I might want to come back, but I'm not sure if I want to start a new character or not. I remember loving the exploration, the smoothness of combat, the crafting system, the writing outside of the personal story, and so many little things, but I don't want to get caught in the "everything kills me in 2 hits and takes fifty or more shots to kill" camp again. Was I doing something wrong, or were / are Engineers really that useless? Anyway, the new thread seemed like a good place to start. If I come back, is there anything I should do to avoid it becoming a slog again? And would it be a good idea to start from the beginning again?
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Engineers start off slower than some of the other classes. In addition, you may have been doing some stuff "wrong" like not updating your gear after 5 or 10 levels (some classes have more leeway, but not as much on Engineers), not understanding your skills, power vs condition damage mechanics, not adding traits in multiples of 5, etc etc etc. Honestly, i'd suggest rolling a Warrior, Guardian, Ranger, or Necromancer and getting them to level 20 or 30 first as you have more leeway for mistakes on those classes while you're still learning. Engineers and Elementalists are probably the two classes with the highest learning curve so don't feel too bad if stuff doesn't work out at first. You can also join SFD or Goon Squad so that you'll have some folks to talk to and ask questions!
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Oct 24, 2013 06:43
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Cartoon Violence posted:Anyway, the new thread seemed like a good place to start. If I come back, is there anything I should do to avoid it becoming a slog again? And would it be a good idea to start from the beginning again? Join a good guild, SFD or Goonsquad. You will find lots of fun things to do.
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Oct 24, 2013 06:47
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Lamp Stack posted:Engineers start off slower than some of the other classes. In addition, you may have been doing some stuff "wrong" like not updating your gear after 5 or 10 levels (some classes have more leeway, but not as much on Engineers), not understanding your skills, power vs condition damage mechanics, not adding traits in multiples of 5, etc etc etc. Yeah, after typing my post, I think I might have messed something up when I played, too. Or maybe it was a combination of that and the fact that the class just wasn't for me. Hell, it could've even been the bad stress I was going through at that point in my life, too! I think now that I have the options available to me, though, I'll just start a new character altogether and join up with Goon Squad. I've been jumping from game to game looking for a solid MMO to play in my downtime when I'm not doing my regular life or playing more obscure games with friends / girlfriend, and I think this is my best bet. I remember more good times than bad. I checked the OP, but it doesn't mention how good Mesmers are for learning how to not suck. I know that Warrior is definitely easiest, and thanks for pointing out that Elementalists and Engineers are steep, but are Mesmers just as bad? Thanks again for the awesome help. Goons make the best fellow nerds. 
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Clam Down, can you please add my guild in Servants of JaegerX  We are totally serious about pve and trying to do arah runs as the fastest guild ever. No PGS thread just but just pm me or find me in game. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Cartoon Violence posted:Yeah, after typing my post, I think I might have messed something up when I played, too. Or maybe it was a combination of that and the fact that the class just wasn't for me. Hell, it could've even been the bad stress I was going through at that point in my life, too! I've leveled both a Mesmer and eng and thought that the Mesmer was harder. It could have been that the engineer was my 2nd character, so I knew what I was doing, but it's also that mesmers are really dependent on their traits and don't really start to shine until 60 onward. I wouldn't say that mesmers are hard to learn, you just have to put more effort into it, just like engineers, compared to everything else. That being said mesmers are incredibly fun and the best caster class in any mmo I've played. I can see how engineers are fun for people too, but it just doesn't do it for me like the mesmer does.
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Lyer posted:I've leveled both a Mesmer and eng and thought that the Mesmer was harder. It could have been that the engineer was my 2nd character, so I knew what I was doing, but it's also that mesmers are really dependent on their traits and don't really start to shine until 60 onward. I wouldn't say that mesmers are hard to learn, you just have to put more effort into it, just like engineers, compared to everything else. That being said mesmers are incredibly fun and the best caster class in any mmo I've played. I can see how engineers are fun for people too, but it just doesn't do it for me like the mesmer does. Thanks for the advice. I probably have a bit more of an advantage now that I've played one character up to around level 50 before and have the basics of the game down, so any character I choose shouldn't be too hard. After reading over what was posted to me here, I'm going to go ahead and try either a Mesmer or a Warrior (I know) and make sure to play with / chat with goons so that everything is fun and nothing gets dragged down. Thanks again to everyone who helped out!
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I honestly would advise leveling a warrior as a 2nd or 3rd alt (I have one too) because you'll get so frustrated at how slow/more effort you have to put into stuff with other classes in comparison.
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I have alts of every class now. Mesmer seems to be the slowest leveling, but drat...her visuals are really great and all the illusions are fun in spvp.
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Lyer posted:I honestly would advise leveling a warrior as a 2nd or 3rd alt (I have one too) because you'll get so frustrated at how slow/more effort you have to put into stuff with other classes in comparison. And a group cannot have enough warriors for basically anything you can do in this game. If I'd get a copper for everytime I've been asked "Do you have a warrior?" I would've been able to simply buy 2 legendaries by now. Batham fucked around with this message at 08:35 on Oct 24, 2013 |
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I've got most classes at 80 and none of the leveling in this game is hard but the classes with good movement skills are going to do it faster (ranger, thief, warrior, guard) compared to those that don't (mesmer)Lyer posted:I honestly would advise leveling a warrior as a 2nd or 3rd alt (I have one too) because you'll get so frustrated at how slow/more effort you have to put into stuff with other classes in comparison. If you really want a low effort "I don't give a gently caress" class go for a guardian not a warrior. You can alt-tab most bosses in the game with a full zerker + AH build no dodging required, any difficult boss and you can just put up a reflect wall for the most part. Batham posted:And a group cannot have enough warriors for basically anything you can do in this game. If I'd get a copper for everytime I've been asked "Do you have a warrior?" I would've been able to simply buy 2 legendaries by now. Which groups are asking you this? I've still yet to be asked and I PuG alot on my ranger. Granted I don't zone in with a longbow/bear and rangers are considered one of the better classes in dungeons now but still that's some bad luck.
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Cartoon Violence posted:Thanks for the advice. I probably have a bit more of an advantage now that I've played one character up to around level 50 before and have the basics of the game down, so any character I choose shouldn't be too hard. After reading over what was posted to me here, I'm going to go ahead and try either a Mesmer or a Warrior (I know) and make sure to play with / chat with goons so that everything is fun and nothing gets dragged down. Thanks again to everyone who helped out! As mentioned, engineer has a pretty steep learning curve confirmed with some sheer cliffs Part of the issue is that you have anywhere from one to four different skill bars, plus your toolbelt, available at any given moment and you have to process in your head which of the skills on those bars is most needed at that instant. The video of the WvW engineer explaining his choices someone posted a couple pages back is a very good example of how you play engineer effectively.That said, it's most important that you find a class you like. Each of the eight classes plays very differently so make sure you mess around a bit and see which you enjoy the feel of. If you do end up still wanting to play an engineer, ask for help in Goon Squad chat. We have some fairly experienced engineers who can help you.
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Just to add to what Kes said, Engineers require a strong understanding of how combo fields and finishers work to really got the most out of the class as they have access to every finisher (edit: except for whirl) and every field aside from dark and ethereal (and the Elementalist-exclusive lightning). Furthermore you will have to mentally keep track of several unseen cooldowns (such as when you swap kits as well as many traits). It's a tough class to start with, but it will give you a crash course in a wide variety of important game mechanics. Ghostpilot fucked around with this message at 16:37 on Oct 24, 2013 |
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Dorkopotamis posted:Mesmer As it was mentioned phantasm builds are totally viable. I use a variety of builds when in WvW; if I want to do small scale fights then I typically run a phantasm build using sword/sword and scepter/pistol for additional defense skills since the riposte/block skills are surprisingly powerful. I didn't bother setting the gear set; but I never, ever, ever run full glass on anything. I like mixing in cav/knight with my zerker to have 1500 base toughness. I use the same gear for every build listed below coupled with travelers runes. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQRAsc7alwzKqHTTkGbdJhpC9+MjoLdUFwOpCqu8BeD If I'm running in a zerg I typically run a glam shatter build. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQJARWlwzqqHWTqGb9IxJFMv5oeodrXdSKaNqB I will also sometimes run the standard 20/20/0/0/30 shatter build; but that's a rarity for me these days. I also will run the 20/20/0/20/10 reflect build or 0/20/0/20/30 reflect shatter build on occasion as well. My overall favorite is the phantasm for small scale fights as I'm not really a fan of zerging, much more satisfying traveling with a small group and taking on other small groups imo. Regardless though; do what you feel is fun, there is absolutely no wrong build and even builds that have been around forever can still be fun if it's what you like to do even if they aren't the FOTM build.
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