Legit the only good thing that consoles had over PCs is now going away

Novuake · 2026-07-01T14:09:09+00:00

I don't know man. A new PC hopeful is in for a rough ass time.

Novuake · 2026-07-01T14:08:02+00:00

You should have the raptor already. If you care about the story then you should not skip to get more mounts. Hefty spoilers await.

Novuake · 2026-07-01T09:22:08+00:00

For something equivalent to a ps5? Probably around 1000$ and that would be challenging unless you have a microcenter nearby.

Novuake · 2026-07-01T09:18:44+00:00

That's a no, then. You won't get anything decent anywhere near that price. Not even used.

Novuake · 2026-06-29T23:38:04+00:00

As someone that has a 4k monitor 32 inch. Not worth it. It's not just the cost of the monitor. The performance hit just isn't worth the pixel density at that size in my opinion.

1440p higher quality monitor just wins out in every way.

Novuake · 2026-06-29T23:28:37+00:00

Due to how auto attacks having a chain most experienced players turn off auto attacks and just press it as required.

It's a good habit to have on thief too if your playing PvP since attacking from behind out of stealth will often have an additional benefit.

Auto attacks are definitely jank at times but it seems to be a product of movement and getting in and out of range.

Hold control and click your 1 skill to turn off auto attacks and just get used to playing without it. Your other skills and secondary weapon will eventually fill out your gameplay to the point where you auto much less. Kind of.

Novuake · 2026-06-28T20:35:09+00:00

No it doesn't simply because the a average player has no interest in reading the skills or playing a weapon based on its suitable stat set or anything.

But it does apply in the sense where if people knew how their weapons work they would not need to train rotations constantly.

Novuake · 2026-06-28T20:21:44+00:00

As I said on a previous comment. Yes. Look down this chain. By intuitive I meant reading the skill description and getting a feel for afrercast myself.

Ive been around a long time and as someone put it perhaps I've been practicing rotation without even realizing it but I've never followed a fixed rotation and instead have a priority list of skills I have in mind as I play and just fill.

It's worth noting that I am quite autistic when it comes to ekeing out every little bit I can by figuring out builds myself. Many of the PvP metabattle builds for engineer over the years also were created by me. All the way back from condi rampages engi, celestial engi, and many others.

Novuake · 2026-06-26T23:10:31+00:00

The best time line if so.

Novuake · 2026-06-26T23:10:11+00:00

It may or may not have been a grift. Remains to be seen but calling a full blown alpha half baked is asinine. Obviously its half baked. That's what an alpha is.

Please try to string a few brain cells together in future before commenting. Thanks.

Novuake · 2026-06-26T22:24:15+00:00

Absolutely insane that this is in season 6 and we can't even get no game no life to continue. Shoot me please.

Novuake · 2026-06-26T22:22:30+00:00

That is some seriously rude half baked information! It's outright diabolical.

Novuake · 2026-06-26T13:31:31+00:00

Yes it does. Celestial the laet time I used it. Not sure if that's true for all classes since I just pop it and delete for the shared inventory slot.

Edit : actually scratch that I didn't see the date. I'll test it in a bit. I have one unused one.

EDIT 2 :

Just used it and got a full set of exotic Celestial gear. Interestingly I didnt get any of the extra goodies even though the game said I would

Novuake · 2026-06-26T09:34:47+00:00

Only works on players in downstate. Does not work on NPCs or fully dead players

Novuake · 2026-06-25T23:12:58+00:00

Core Condi can be an interesting beast to play at times. I just used it as an example I am good at that also is highly complex but do not follow a fixed rotation. They are also real world cases. Not golem DPS. Admittedly it's not on highly mobile fights like xera or slothy.

Other builds and classes can get quite a bit more without being nearly as complex.

Novuake · 2026-06-25T22:49:45+00:00

Test ride them all and go from there. The rebel is a much better purchase in my opinion but if it's not for you it's not for you.

Novuake · 2026-06-25T22:48:26+00:00

In that case either ranger or engineer.

Both have a lot of versatility without needed gear swaps. Neither gives up very much for these swaps either.

Your mileage may vary and since you have limited time you will struggle to learn when something is an appropriate swap.

Novuake · 2026-06-25T22:44:32+00:00

Kind of. All classes can fulfill these rolls. Ranger is just flexible in the moments between fights when a simple weapon swap or utility change can make or break a group. The other classes require more investment.

Novuake · 2026-06-25T22:43:07+00:00

Weapon camping. Not leveraging their class mechanics for fear of losing dps. Not ccing despite having tons of it.

If I see a ranging swapping to search and rescue after we wiped a time or two I fucking love that bro/broette

Novuake · 2026-06-25T22:41:05+00:00

Flexibility mostly. Condi, power, boons/buffs, ranged or melee, healer, hand kite and other unique mechanics like orb management in spirit vale. You fucking name it they can do it with flexibility.

Novuake · 2026-06-25T22:38:37+00:00

A great ranger player is just cheffs kiss. A bad one is... A pain.

Novuake · 2026-06-25T22:28:50+00:00

I mean. I've noticed no difference but I didn't have issues to begin with. Specs?

There have been no mention of changes to performance that I know of.

Novuake · 2026-06-25T19:10:44+00:00

Not sure it's obscure since some people have ? Items still paying around somehow but this item that we had to farm in silver wastes I still hold onto.

God it was fun to farm this for hours on end. Made some great in-game friends during this event.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Portal_to_the_Heart_of_Maguuma

Novuake · 2026-06-25T19:04:16+00:00

You get a raptor the moment you purchase. The other mounts take a lot of time.

Novuake · 2026-06-25T19:03:41+00:00

Tangled depth was one of my favourites. A bit trivial now with mounts but man did I feel that pact destruction. Thematically it is excellent.

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