We have a /vm/ guild that has been playing together for 4 years now, if you would like to join simply post your IGN to thread.>>2923450 Previous ThreadOur NF Prog is nearing it's conclusion, we are playing every Saturday at 9 AM EST, we are on post prog activities right now which means we'll be doing DoA + FoW in the coming weeks. Non prog members are welcome to show up if we have space and join us.Next week on October 18th Halloween festival starts. We'll be doing a UW run on both Oct 25th and Nov 1st, time is undecided but probably 2~ PM EST. More info to come next week.New items infinite stalker ration and birds eye compass bundle added to store for 10 USD https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Feedback:Game_updates/20260930Last major balance patch, see changes here https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Feedback:Game_updates/20260826Useful linkshttps://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Main_Pagehttp://gwsolo.wikidot.com/https://www.gw-memorial.net/https://tolkano.com/https://gwpvx.fandom.com/wiki/PvX_wikihttps://wiki.fbgmguild.com/wiki/Main_Pagehttps://party.gwtoolbox.com/https://kamadan.gwtoolbox.com/https://ascalon.gwtoolbox.com/https://hom.guildwars2.com/en/#page=welcome[Baww] Approved Buildshttps://gwpvx.fandom.com/wiki/User:Baww_Way>Having trouble figuring out what is worth keeping?https://youtu.be/CnBjJnxC-s0>New player and not sure what profession to run?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSQQe_3P1P0
Maybe I should try a Ritualist.
>>3057122I think rit is kinda boring.
Game hates me
>>3057122rit is just a more boring ele and necro
>>3057122They're worth a try, but try not to limit yourself to ST and SoS as a player Rit or you'll get bored fast.
>>3060265Besides rit lord prot which is mostly the same as ST, and DwG bombing, what else is there? Spirit's strength?
what’s the least boring class?
https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Feedback:Game_updates/20261013
what's next for the cash shop
>>3060703Sending money directly to Israel
>>3060546fookin rip
>>3060437Probably necro. Lots of viable playstyles.
>>3060356Wanderlust earthbind Ritualist. It's a niche build but really effective and funny against bosses like Dhuum, Kanaxai and Mallyx. It completely stunlocks them.
>>3061012Viable might be stretching it
>>3060546sheesh i thought this was an end of service announcement
>>3060437Mesmer
>>3060546i miss windows 7 so much its unreal
>>3060356three forge MM and xinrea prot (necro probably does it better)
>>3062838Same. Never knew we had it so good
>>3060437do you want build variety? ranger, ele, or necro. this comes at the cost of having only a few truly strong buildsdo you want to play in a way that rewards you for good positioning and understanding of enemy skill timings? melee, rupt bow, PI mesmerdo you want to be rewarded for playing build wars? mesmer
I'm bored, post your UI layout/customizations
I bought a rainbow phoenix for 15 gold zcoins because it’s pretty :)
>>3064082>stock UI>no toolbox>final destination>>3064205stolen valor
whats the chance we get something new for halloween?
>>3069316i would lose my shid if we got a new hat
Do any professions have a casting equivalent to like, TaO, ST, SS, 7WS(ish), Crit skills where they can shore up the issues with only being 12 in an secondary prof attribute? Like, Mesmers used to be good with fire magic because of fast casting, right? I've seen people say heroic refrain paragon offensive casting, but that sounds a bit too crazy? Maybe rits can do something with ghostly haste?
>>3070660Not nearly as common. The most you'll get is signet of illusions or symbolic celerity on mesmer, soul reaping being great energy management on its own, or the new over the limit being a sort of fast casting (at the expense of bad energy management).
>>3070660ST can't really do that to be fair, ST by itself doesn't do much but it requires you have your communing be as high as physically possible (which is why they use +3+1 for communing and only +3 for spawning). Technically you could drop your spawning to 9+3 but that's the absolute lowest you can go otherwise you severely impact your ability to perform ST duties.Agreeing with other anon, ESPECIALLY signet of illusions is the goto problem solver for wanting to do weird cross profession caster shit.Master of Magic ele is also a popular way, it works the exact same way as 7WS just only for ele attributes but it's more common to dump your spare attribs into ele stats incase it gets stripped.Dervish is probably the most meta example with Vow of Resolution dervish has a pretty compelling argument too because it has a lot of decent heal or support options.
WE'RE BACKwho running me through ruins of morah+ tomorrow
>>3071888>it works the exact same way as 7WSNot quite. MoM sets your attributes to those values, and 7WS increases attributes. MoM ignores runes, cons, and bonuses from skills like elemental lord or a mimicked ele attunement
>>3070726Darn. I guess that's some balancing thing? I hear spells are, on the whole, stronger than physical stuff, so they want to be more selective?How bad is the energy management with over the limit + soul ignition, actually? I hear that's the newest skill for the game by far, so I don't know how much testing it has gotten.>>3071888Interesting. Rit attributes seem to need a lot of delicate balancing. Like, it's the class I see the least 12, 12, 3 or whatever in.VoR seems so strong, but it looks really risky. It would always be the first to be stripped, right? I also wonder how Dervs felt when it was new since it's just a slightly different Lyssa's Aura.
>>3072936Its more the anniversary elites are NOT balanced at all. TAO, ST, 7WS all should never have been made.
>>3072777Neat, never knew 7WS was just adding to your attributes rather than setting it at a value. Thanks anet (why can't ele have that).>>3072936Rit has a lot more relevant attribute thresholds than most classes but ST especially, you don't necessarily NEED to have 16 communing 15 spawning power, but each point you drop out of either attribute potentially reduces the HP, level, armor, or increases the damage they take. The difference could be as small as Shelter only lasts 9 hits instead of 10 but in high pressure fights that extra bit can really help. HR boosted ST makes a massive difference in survivability. At 16 communing/15 spawning Shelter can activate 10 times. At 20 communing/19 spawning shelter can activate ~17 times. Almost double despite being boosted 4 attribute points.Also I realized you might have been talking about ST (Soul Taker) or ST (Shadow Theft) they're uncommon to see so when most people say ST they're referring to Soul Twisting which is a cornerstone meta build found in almost every hero team.Ritualist, Mesmer and Ranger have some of the most relevant attribute thresholds that min maxers pay heavy attention to. VoR getting stripped isn't a huge deal because dervish is a bullshit class that gets warrior 80 armor + caster +4 energy regen and then ontop of that gets discounted dervish enchants.
>>3072777>MoM ignores runes, cons, and bonuses from skills like elemental lord or a mimicked ele attunementcan't you cast mom then your ele lord/attuneheroes will fuck it up but for a human you just remember the order to reapply
>>3073079I was thinking about Soul Taker, but honestly, learning more about ST will be more helpful than me thinking about "who can be the best non-ele water trident spammer" or whatever I was thinking. I want to get all the skills on one character, so it would kinda fun for them to be able to almost sorta use them.Honestly, hearing about how stupidly strong HR is, even with just that ST example, I might just do that. A smooth first time through hard mode so I can learn the ins and outs wouldn't be so bad. I imagine it's a balancing act. The dumber my build is, the better my heroes need to be. If I want to run Teinai's Crystal/Ele Lord/Ele Attune with an of Ele staff Necro, my heroes will need to basically carry me. If I run an HR para, maybe I can get away with an oddball build here and there since my meta heroes are cracked.
>>3073292you can but that's really fucking annoying, especially considering the recharge of ele lord.
>>3073803Depends on what you want to do. I personally prefer running meta heroes and goofy player builds. Cause what good is it if my heroes are off meta when it means i'm stuck playing something boring as fuck like HR.
>>3073858I do kinda like the idea of being a leader, shouting orders, so I will give it a whirl at some point, but I imagine I'll enjoy something like focused anger or soldier's fury more. I hear that backline stuff is kinda annoying with hero AI, so I'm sure that won't help. (Unless HR is technically midline if you're not running a melee HR build?). Still, I think you're right. If I make my own bullshit, I want to play it.
>>3073886Running HR allows you to run fewer supports and bring another DPS without significantly sacrificing survivability, since you provide tons of mitigation and a bit of healing/energy management if you're running the motigon variant.
>>3073803HR is godly and you can use it to enable some truly retarded bullshit but I will warn that it is not very fun to playIf you want something easy to play that will make HM smooth I recommend SoS rit, bar is very flexible and can carry a team almost afk also provides good opportunity to escape from wipes or recover from near total wipe scenarios.If you want something more involved than that you could try Dervish, it's almost impossible to create a non meta dervish build and having a player melee to ball the enemies can really help when dealing with groups of enemies.If you want to play a caster and less afk than a ritualist, mesmer is the next best option large variety of very meta relevant builds and depending how well you know the class and your team setup you can easily hard carry teams. Good variety of builds both high intensity and low intensity.Honorable mention to HR para, but very few people actually enjoy playing HR para. Picture is my current HR para's team setup. Might replace blessed light with divert hexes soon or replace power drain for hex eater sig, haven't decided.
i play HR para by dual boxing with py4gw
>>3072936>I hear spells are, on the whole, stronger than physical stuffNot true at all.
>>3071888>>3072936>>3073079I wouldn't really put Vow of Resolution anywhere near the same level as skills like 7WS.Having a BiP Necro can give the same effect to your entire team including you, even a Motivation Paragon could provide enough energy regen to make it pointless. You will almost certainly have a better build using an elite skill from whatever caster class you are trying to larp as.>>3072936>>3074978Melee tends to be the higher damage but has to put up with so much bullshit anti melee hate it can feel like Spell classes are stronger plus most spells tend to be ranged giving it another advantage.
>>3075245>but has to put up with so much bullshit anti melee hateNot when ascan and iau exist. The only thing that fucks you are hex based slows and those get countered by shadowsteps or are fuel for shatter hex. Melee also has crazy strong support with splinter, SoH, the various necro spells.
>>3075280Getting a hero to use hex removals feels like the hardest thing in the game.
>>3075291Idk I've genuinely never had an issue with this. Granted I run 3 dom mesmers and usually one illusion so there's a lot of rupts and arcane conundrum limiting the amount of hexes. Obviously it gets retarded when there's like 3 mesmers in one pack and they instantly start to reapply what you remove. But if areas have that many hexes, HEV is a better choice than esurge. Idk it's just not been a pain point for me
>>3075291It depends on the hex removal spell. Something I've noticed while observing hero AI is several hex removal skills have different conditions for when NPCs activate them and who they prioritize.
is the prog still a thing tomorrow? I haven’t been paying attention
>>3075819yep prog tomorrow at 9 AM EST like usual we doing DoAnon prog people are welcome to show up and attend if we're short on people.
>>3073850they're both like 60 seconds. when mom is about to drop you reup bothnow arcane mimicking shit, that's annoying
Has anyone tried to pure henchway the campaigns recently? They buffed the henchies at some point, right?
>>3077342Only proph ones iirc.
>>3076423wtf are my skill rolls
>>3077764Was on last thread so I'll repost here
I'm gonna buy the paragon nipple armorwhy does the warrior version of every set look sick and every other profession looks mid
>>3078166Gladiator armor is mega gay
>>3078166Norn is pretty consistently good on most professions. Base kurzick is pretty good on most too. Warrior has the worst of shing jea and ascalon sets.
>>3077342The buffed the Prophecies henchmen. Factions and Nightfall henchmen have always been good.
>>3078483I'm a big fan of ancient armor, but norn armor is also excellent taste.Also NF prog in 1 hour
log in for DoA, Elonians and friends
>>3075819What is prog?
>>3079195We play through the campaigns like we're new players (new character, no banks, use only what is available in the campaign, etc.).We just finished Nightfall and are doing DoA with our prog characters.
>>3073079>Neat, never knew 7WS was just adding to your attributes rather than setting it at a value. Thanks anet (why can't ele have that).Fucking imagine a HM ele boss MoM +spare points for 22 fire and dropping Rodgort's + liquid flame combo.
>>3078080Skill rolls for next weeks session (somehow Duckroll got the same elite 2 weeks in a row, mesmer is cursed)Todays prog was pretty short we were missing people and were unable to get through stygian or city. Next week depending on turnout we might try FoW >>3079195Our /vm/ guild runs a weekly campaign progression where we go through campaigns as a group ironman and play the campaigns as they were intended to be played. Often times we do it with a theme for the run to keep things interesting this prog the theme has been every week I roll dice to randomly pick 2 skills for your bar. In previous progs we've done stuff like 50/50 where you need to split your bar between primary and secondary skills, assassin only prog etc... our next prog will likely be a Prophecies prog starting in January~ ish.>>3079295You silly goose, HM eles already have 20 fire magic. It would be 36 fire magic rodgorts + liquid flame combo.
>>3079195https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWGE9Gi0bB0
>>3079310I thought attributes capped out at 20 no matter what?
>>3079581Yeah it caps at 20 (though you can technically hit 21 if you use a Of Master 20% +1 attrib mod)
Which is less boring to play, ritualist, necro, or assassin?
>>3077342>>3078977They buffed henchmen in the other campaigns as well in 2009.
>>3080940They are fun or boring as you make them.
>>3080940I'd say necro>rit>sin unless you really want melee>sinwith daggers there's like 1 top tier build and it's uninteractive, and then you can play melee from other classes with critspretty boring imo>rita lot of options, but many involve setting up spirits and sitting around. lets you prot, heal, melee, caster damage, summon damage, etc.>necrokinda comparable variety to rit, I'd say the most actively interesting builds (healing aside). you can also use your secondary more easily because soul reaping is good
>>3080940melee is just more interesting to play. rit and necro do have melee gimmicks however.
>>3081847and sin is the least interesting melee class
New-ish to sin. I know I shouldn't use an IAS skill w/ WotA, what should I swap critical agility for?
>>3083495Depends what you value more. Damage or survivability. If damage then run Asuran Scan because you are not going to get bogged down by blocking nor blind if survivability run I Am Unstopable makes you immune to kd and provides special armor. Or you can drop Critical Strike and run both.
>>3083515Not up to EotN yet, any suggestions until then?
>>3083518Could go Warrior as secondary and grab either Save Yourselves to provide great defense for the team or even grab Whirlwind Attack for good aoe and a quick way to dump Splinter Weapon on a ball. Other than those 2 you could consider something like a defansive shadowstep, stuff like Heart of Shadow/ Viper's Defens/ Return
>>3083535Thank you!
>>3083495Ascan or iau. Drop critical strike for the other once you get zealous dagger mod and or a necromancer soul reaping mod. That's the completed build. Swap wota to shadow theft later if you're using cons.
>>3083535>>3083537Antidote signet from ranger is pretty great too if you're not using ritualist heroes who have big mend body and soul
>>3083569>shadow theftI want it but I don't have a proof of triumph yet T_T
>>3083572True. His build as it is now (no EoTN PvE only skills) is pretty flexible when it comes to that slot. Can run pretty much what ever he wants.
>>3083575I can help you cap it
>>3083495>New-ish to sin>>3083518>Not up to EotNrun a different build bro, you have years of 123123123ing ahead of you
the heck is this
>>3060437monk
>>3083495consider elite shadow steps like wastrel's collapse or beguiling haze. same function as death charge but you can shut something annoying down like ele's
>Prophecies Skill HunterPlease god, save me from this hell
>>3084592Its genuinely so fucked
>>3084592just tome it as god intended
>>3084352That's a Banished Dream Rider and an Earth Born Titan though I don't know what that flame thing is.https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Banished_Dream_Riderhttps://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Earth_Born_Titan
>>3070660>Mesmers used to be good with fire magic because of fast casting, right?Mesmers used to be fun because fast casting affected everything regardless of base cast time.Getting buffed for PvE was the worst thing to ever happen to them.
>no Halloween content/update It's over. The Great Northern Wall has fallen, billions must die
>>3087630Still the most fun caster.
Why does my character's hair do this when I turn on antialiasing, and is there anything I can do to fix it?
>>3088534u wot
WotA or WoEP? I'm getting the same dps on dummies, do I just pick the one I like more or is there something I'm missing?
>>3089022Wota tends to be the more robust. Stance removal isn't nearly as common as enchant, though both are quick recharge either way. Zealous+of the necromancer makes the energy moot either way.
I'm expecting no more updates this year aside from during the anniversary of reforged in December.
I'm neither expecting not not expecting but instead a secret third thing
>>3089022Moebius Strike
>>3089022Locust's Fury
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HIROSHIMOOT REMOVE MY RANGE BAAAAAANNNN
>>3090186can't believe it was that easy
How do I pvp as a sword warrior
Halloween has started, as is our yearly tradition we will be doing 2 UW runs this year.The first will be this Sunday October 25 at 2PM EST (if people would prefer this be slightly earlier or later let me know)This will be a proper run we'll do the classic triple melee setup since it's pretty flexible and fun to run. The 2nd run Sunday Nov 1st, time undecided. The runs theme will be "bring something that will be funny to play with 20 attribute points" golden eggs, candy corn, grail and HR will be provided to all for total of +7 attribs. Use this knowledge to make something retarded.Also don't forget to do your UW halloween quests in prep for UW. https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/The_Waiting_Game >>3090617There's been some interesting 100blades builds creeping back up into the meta again. Not sure how viable it is.
>>3090984I tried 100b before changes and I got molested in RAs so I assume I'm just not doing something right
>>3091046I'm pretty sure 100blades is more of a 8 person mode build (specifically HA or GvG, but it'd probably function just fine in FA or JQ). I would not play sword warrior in RA
>>3091056gg
>>3091056>I would not play sword warrior in RAparry riposte warrior is very funny and deletes all other melee builds though
did they announce gw classic yet
this is the most random spellcaster item i've ever found in the game
>>3093219>she only has two professions
>>3093177so they can reintroduce nightfall and eotn, dragging it through the mud again?
>>3092416do you just go auspicious parry / riposte / deadly riposte? honestly seems kinda fun aside from the off chance you run into non-melees that can fuck you up without attacking you at all
Are we back?
>>3097009It's just your imagination.
The Wiki is downI repeat, the Wiki is down
>>3097283The jugadores got to it
>>3074483do you have some AI that runs your HR para in your second box?
>>3074483I am disgusted yet intrigued.
>New build of Guild Wars>Wiki is down so we don't have patch notes>Toolbox is broken again
New hideous costume in the store.
>>3099829>Wiki is down so we don't have patch notesfound it on ribbit>As many of you know, due to a PhP vulnerability, Wikis around the world are offline, including ours, so we're posting today's release notes directly to reddit.>The Guise of the Wayward costume is now available for purchase, just in time for Mad King's Day! This is the first completely new art asset we've shipped using our new asset pipeline. The old asset pipeline was based on 3DS Max and was completely non-functional.>The in-game store UI has been simplified and now has more categories which makes for easier browsing.>Fixed an issue where bundles held by players would sometimes not drop when the player teleported.>Joystick movement has been improved.>Movement gets canceled unexpectedly less frequently.>This impacts virtual joysticks on mobile and physical joysticks on gamepads on Steam Deck.>Mouse and keyboard movement and targeting are unchanged.
>>3099866WTF is that
>>3099866Has Anet ever released a GW1 costume that wasn't hideous?
>>3099927I liked Dwayna, Melandru and the Lich
>>3099927What the dresses are super cute
>>3099866looks aztec inspired to go with the utopia stuff that was datamined
>>3099829>>Toolbox is broken againReally? Mine is still working
>>3100397I guess it is. I suppose the .dll version failed to load like it does sometimes.
>>3099946>I liked DwaynaWonder why
>>3100696I am using Foul Feast!
>>3099866Put it on a ritualist without the head and we'll see
I did not realize how dependent I'd gotten on the wiki until we lost it.
What skills do you put on your TPIY Paragon heroes? I was hoping to fit some command skills in there to buff my Ranger damage but I feel like I have to fill the entire bar with Motivation skills just to come close to competing with what a BiP Necro can do.
>>3104851If you don't care about heals go 11+1 run TPIY and Aria of Zeal. Don't play Energizing Finale heros don't know how to use it effectively. I would also run Aggressive Refrain and maybe "For Great Justice".In general I don't like mixing Motivation + Command but you can probably make it work if you don't put anything into spear. Go 11+1 motivation,10 leadership, and 10+1+2 command.Never Give Up is a sorta weird option you could run. I would run at least 1 energy management skill on all hero bars or put an SR mod on them. Alternatively you could put 1 signet on all heros and run Lyric of Zeal on the para. You should be able to fit Go For The Eyes + Find Their Weakness, and maybe SYG or Fall Back too. You lose the healing BiP though in exchange for party energy support + physical support.
See you all for last prog day tomorrow at 9AM ESTWe'll probably do FoW
I've had the best idea ever and I should bring it to the devs:>New item: Xunlai Locked Chest>Available for free at every Xunlai agent>Second new item: Xunlai Coins, available at the in-game store (equivalent of GW2 gems).>With Xunlai Coins, you'll be able to buy Xunlai Keys ingame>Use the Xunlai Locked Chest (unlimited uses) to spawn a chest of the same name in any explorable area in HM >Use a Xunlai Key to open the chest and get 10 guaranteed locked chest drops from that area +10 points to the treasurer title>each opening costs the equivalent of 50 cents This would help with many issues>much better supply of rare skins with a small player base>saves hundreds of hours on wisdom title and treasurer title>more micro transaction to destroy any game balance>more pay2winThe free consets were a point of no return, so why not this next
hey, 6k+ hours here, how do I play this game without the wiki?
>>3106748consult the collective group of retards on /vm/ to see if anyone has the wiki memorized>>3106582 I generated a captcha for you to solve, please solve it at your earliest convenience.
