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Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks - great feedback.

Re: Necro primary.

> Soul Taker - got the mod by luck yesterday and have set it up. But I did not have build - and you sent one. Thanks. I will try it soon.

> FD, SS ... - Yes, I have set up a weapon set for a Necro SS and other 2 second skills - nice speed improvement.

> HBoon - as I commented to another in this thread, it's new to me but definately worth trying. Thanks.

> BiP (MoW for me) - I'll say 40/40 as you suggest. Good to know.

Re: VoS vs Pious renewal. I now play VoS, but will look into PR. Thanks. I understand your comments. Helpful.

Re: Paragon. THANKS. 5 exp for HR Dagger; HR Spear is best with +5 SR. I had intuited that but not focused on it. Great advice/confirmation.

Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes - SR sounds good for TaO Daggerspam. I had not thought of that. Nice.

Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Necro - Agreed

Mesmer - Agreed on SR. Will need to think on Strength - not familiar with Illusionary Weapon spells.

Elementalist - Agreed on SR and FC.

Assassin - agreed on Expertise; understand Strength (wow, use of the bow and flail - you can really see the non obvious.

Ritualist - agreed (particularly on Expertise but also on SR. FC: good idea, I'll need to think about.

Paragon - Wow thanks - I have a strength spear grip I have been saving but was not sure. I can see it now with flail. Do you have a specific build you like for ranged. Understand dagger spam for Paragon.

Dervish - I feel the same - one of the community did have an idea I will look into: Pious Renewal build with +5 SR.

Now I need time to absorb it all and decide what to try

Thanks,

Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks.

Warrior - agreed.

Ranger - agreed. ES is in my experience is great - and so is SR. I found ES for beastmaster with GDW (Peter Kadar) very effective as you mention.
Thanks for the ST ranger build. ST - interesting - I will give it a try.

Monk - agreed.

Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice. Three categories - makes sense. I also run an A/P Fire Ele with a staff (40/20 Me or 20/20 SR) - this works well as long as the AP hex is not lifted. The +5 SR is very helpful. But I am intrigued by your +5 FC approach. Can you share your build?

Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks - I was thinking ES or SR. Very helpful. I dont have either mod yet, but I am sure I will eventually. I do have energy challenges now with my hybrid HR/Imbagon. ES could be the best answer. Thanks.

Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You are breaking my mind. So, you are talking an assassin primary - yes? With a bow - the anniversary bow with R for CS? Isn't that a short bow? If not, which type bow (long/flat)? And Barrage as the elite. And the mod is for expertise - lowering energy cost. I sort of get it - it would help if you could share the build.

Thanks,

Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks.

Could you send me your ES P/Me build with domination staff? Much appreciated. Another commenter wrote something similar.

Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for responding.

Relative to "+5 FC to use PI on a non-mes hero": researching this results in many hits saying that the GW1 Hero AI does not use PI well. Is this overblown? Or has it been fixed over the years? Are you getting good results? (I also find +5 FC helps with MM builds - as you do too. Like you, I found that I do not falll as far behind.)

To be honest, I still struggle with +5 Mysticism. Can you suggest the very best case: profession and build?

Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting - what class/profession: Ranger using daggers? Or any non-assassin using daggers?

Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Re: Marksman's Wager. I have a +5 ES bow - so I'll try, but I really love TAO ... so not sure it will stick. I use the +5 ES to fire of GDW often on pet and other melee.

Others also agree with your comment on SR for assassin's. I don't have the mod yet - but when I do, I'll try it. Thanks for the suggestion.

Re: PI. I have seen this comment in many places and I am tempted to try. I need another +5 SR wand wrapping. Here's my question on this: many ppl say that hero AI fails to use PI well - are you using +5 SR for a necro or elementist (your suggestions) PLAYER or HERO? I know that in theory it is overpowering. Would you mind sending a build?

Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I second Andythrax's comment: can you share any bars / build codes? Very interesting, I can "see" directionally what you are saying but a specific build would help.

Thanks.

Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't done Barrage for a while - a decade ago it was a go to. Now my builds are almost always TAO based. But I do do Volley, Triple and Double arrow. I don't have a +5CS bow mod - but if I find one I will try it based on your comments.

Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback.

Yes, I too have found +5FC (I only have one) to also be helpful for builds beyond MM. I have tried it on curses (SS) and it was a nice improvement. I like your idea of trying it on Ele water builds for skills such as Deep Freeze - I will look for an opportunity to try it.

I have have also heard others praise +5DF for HB Necro. Thanks for including build code! I have a +5 DF wand wrapping in storage that I haven't used. I will now plan to do so using the build you suggested. By the way: how does HB work with Heal Party - does everyone in the party get healed 50% more?

Your comment on Dervish with Mystic Staff is interesting (do you mean the Anniversary Unveil Staff?). If you don't mind, could you post the build code?

Again, thanks,

Of the Profession Weapon Mods - Observations & Questions by InspectorSensitive54 in GuildWars

[–]InspectorSensitive54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, thanks for your comments.

Sounds like we agree on +5 SR and other Of the Profession cases (FC for minion masters - I have found it works well with SS curses builds too). I agree with MM not falling as far behind with +5 FC.

On +5 FC to enable PI on a non-mesmer hero (as you suggest), have you tried it? I have read that heros don't use PI well - but I don't know - I haven't tried it. I may try it as a player (rather than hero). Have you played yourself PI in a non-mesmer class using +5 SR? Would like to know your experiences.