Saturday, August 18, 2012

PvP - backs against the wall

There has been some chat on various forums from some PvP non entities.

Whobar?

I wanted to illustrate our guilds approach to PvP.

The guys in Blue are my team(should be Orange and Black).

This how The UnNamed play. Giving up is for others, not a boast just a fact.



My Guild



/facepalm

Friday, August 17, 2012

Fear not this night

Quickie

Protector's strike and shelter are no longer stationary skills.

With the change to Defender's Flame, 100% chance to cause a burning condition to attackers is huge now.  You can now utilize Shelter (2s), Zealot's Defense (3s), and weapon swap to Scepter/Focus and use Shield of Wrath (4s, 3 attacks).  The potential to have 9 seconds of blocking while putting out good damage and still providing group abilities is huge.

A quick build that focuses around burning looks like this:
http://gw2skills.net...POek8swYgxGjJFA 


  • Retaliation was too strong, nerf was to be expected. However, after cutting the duration to 50% the trait could have stayed as it was imo.
  • You can move with a tome - great
  • Sword damage decrease - understandable and still good enough.
  • Virtue of Resolve nerf - was it too strong? Does anybody know how much it heals compared to the former version (in %)?
  • Shout range nerf - Somehow I like it, with 1,200 range shouts seemed to be too easy to use imo but on the other hand I don't think they deserved a nerf and I can't understand why Warrior's shouts keep their range while the Gaurdian's get their range halved.
  • The "new" staff (didn't play Guard since 1st beta) is fun, combining #4 with Altruistic Healing offers decent self-healing.
  • Never used sanctuary but it was annoying to play against it as a melee. Duration nerf would be fine if they also lowered the CD. Seems a bit weak now.
The Difference of 500 Armour is about 18% vs direct damage.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Guardian Changes in stress test


Guardian
Valor

Virtues
  • Vengeful Retaliation lasts 50% longer. 25% longer.

Elite
Focus
  • Ray of Judgment Blinded(5s): Next outgoing attack misses.. Blinded(3s): Next outgoing attack misses.. Regeneration(5s): 5 Heal. Regeneration(3s): 5 Heal. 
  • Shield of Wrath 225 Range. Radius: 240 feet.
Greatsword
  • Pull 900 600 Range.
  • Symbol of Wrath 15 10 sec Cooldown. None Finish Type.Damage: 276.6897. 1383.449. Retaliation(2s Retaliation(1s) 5 Stacks : Reflect incoming damage back to its source..
  • Vengeful Strike Damage: 498.0415. Damage: 442.7036. 
  • Whirling Wrath Projectile Damage: 1867.656. 
  • Wrathful Strike Damage: 608.7174. Damage: 664.0554.
Hammer
Harpoon
  • Spear of Light Vulnerability(5s): -30 Defense. 1% Incoming Damage.
Heal
  • Healing Breeze Self Heal: 53. 25. Allied Heal: 53. 25. 
  • Shelter 45 30 sec Cooldown. Healing: 150. Healing: 75. 
  • Signet of Resolve 30 40 sec Cooldown. Healing: 120. Healing: 150.
Profession
Scepter
Shield
Staff
Sword
Torch
  • Cleansing Flame 300 400 Range. Damage: 138.3449. Damage: 1826.152. 
  • Zealot's Fire Damage: 968.414. Damage: 1245.104. 
  • Zealot's Flame 20 15 sec Cooldown. Zealot's Flame(10s): Burn nearby foes.. 3s): Burn nearby foes..
Utility
  • "Hold the Line!" 1200 600 Range. Protection(3s): -33% Incoming Damage. Protection(4s): -33% Incoming Damage. 
  • "Retreat!" 1200 600 Range. Aegis(5s Aegis(20s): Block the next incoming attack.. Swiftness(15s): +33% Movement Speed. Swiftness(20s): +33% Movement Speed. 
  • "Save Yourselves!" 1200 600 Range.
  • "Stand Your Ground!" 1200 600 Range. Retaliation(10s Retaliation(5s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source..
  • Bane Signet Signet Passive(0s): +10-90 Power. 
  • Hallowed Ground Stability(10s) 11 Stacks): Ignore control effects (Stun, Knockback, Launch, Knockdown, Sink, Float, Fear, Daze).
  • Sanctuary Duration: 10 seconds. Duration: 6 seconds. 
  • Signet of Judgment Retaliation(10s Retaliation(5s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source..
Weapon
  • Reveal the Depths Damage: 55.33795. Damage: 332.0277. 
  • Shackle Damage: 166.0138. Damage: 332.0277. Crippled(00:00:02.000s): -50% Movement Speed. Crippled(1s): -50% Movement Speed.

    Source

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Guild Wars 2 European Official Server list


EU Worlds
Fissure of Woe
Desolation
Gandara
Blacktide
Ring of Fire
Underworld
Far Shiverpeaks
Whiteside Ridge
Ruins of Surmia
Seafarer’s Rest
Vabbi
Piken Square
Aurora Glade
Gunnar’s Hold
Jade Sea [FR]
Fort Ranik [FR]
Augury Rock [FR]
Vizunah Square [FR]
Kodash [DE]
Riverside [DE]
Elona Reach [DE]
Abaddon’s Mouth [DE]
Drakkar Lake [DE]
Baruch Bay [ES]

Source: http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/official-guild-wars-2-server-list-announced/