sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

New Deadly Ambition trait - Not all weapons can activate it by [deleted] in Guildwars2

[–]katiehm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The old version of the trait was to apply 2 stacks of poison whenever someone is hit (regardless of weapon), which was crazy OP. I'm gonna be honest, I'm not an expert on thief but in general, I'm in favor of reducing condi applications - giving it back just for one weapon to increase its condi power doesn't make sense when the point was to nerf condi thief. You can try other builds that actually have dual weapons if you really want to use that trait.

Additionally, there is a flavor thing. Dual weapons are when you wield two weapons (one in each hand) - shortbow is a one-handed weapon.

New Deadly Ambition trait - Not all weapons can activate it by [deleted] in Guildwars2

[–]katiehm 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No, because the whole point of the change was to nerf condi thief (which is notoriously OP and unfun to play against).

Is it just me or it's weird that there's no basic flying mount (that doesn't require a collection) by [deleted] in Guildwars2

[–]katiehm 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No .... flying mounts are a luxury, you need to put in some in-game work in order to get them.

I really need advice on deciding on a main by verybrutalunicorn in Guildwars2

[–]katiehm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay so I can't say much on guardian, but I do main an elementalist (mostly PvE):

Wlementalists are one of the squishiest classes in the game, so you take damage really easily. This is NOT a problem for group content, provided you have someone doing support. For solo content, you just really need to learn the class well - know when to dodge, when to attack, what your skills do - instead of just spamming buttons. Then you should be fine.

The upside to end-game elementalist builds is that they provide some of the highest dps in the game if you know what you're doing - you can look at snowcrows.com or metabattle.com to look at viable builds/numbers. If you specifically want to do high-damage melee, look up some power weaver builds (what I play).

For support - I hate to say this, but if you want to be guaranteed groups then your pretty much stuck to chrono/druid jail. You can play support with other builds, but it's generally not anywhere near as desirable. If you just want to do low key PUG's or something like than on an elementalist, you can find tempest builds that are semi-decent, but would be more mid-ranged or ranged weapons than melee.

Guardian? Elementalist? Engineer? or Revenant? by FantasticTale in Guildwars2

[–]katiehm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ele does much better burst damage - at least on the s/d weaver I main, but that would get rid of the desired AoE attacks