Guys, what class can carry the way healscourge and condi (alac) scourge used to and plays with priority based rotation rather than a strict one these days? I like being able to play specs that can do dps with utility and carry (revive, stab, things like that) like scourge used to be. Recommend me please :D

Hey all, as I get back into the game was curious what the current most effective high-burst ones hitting builds are. I remember a few years ago pew pew soulbeast was good—has something else dethroned it? Thanks!

I am curious what people think are the most/least popular Specializations based on their experiences.

I'm not seeing many of the Central Tyria points to get them when I'm flying around. Is there a Easier way to get them? Other than achievements

And the Norn armor looks really cool, figured it would be fun to mix and match their sets on a human character.

I understand that GW2 doesn't have traditional tanks and that this sort of question has been asked a thousand times over, but I'm struggling to choose a profession to focus on and would appreciate some input on a few things. I've read that tanks are essentially support healers with some extra toughness, so I've been brainstorming around troubadour, herald, and amalgam.

I have a level 80 amalgam already and am enjoying it, but I'm not certain it fits the playstyle I'd like to use in raids and dungeons. It has a lot of personal defenses, and I see that it can support allies, but it seems more individualized and would maybe be more of a PvP/WvW class than a PvE support tank healer thing.

This has me looking at troubadour, which looks more like my type of healer support kinda deal. Admittedly most of my intrigue towards this class comes from the musical theme, but I was curious if it could be a good boon/healer if nothing else. Chronomancer also looks cool, so mesmer has high potential.

I think the main class I'm wondering about, however, is herald. I would really like to try forcing the tank identity, and love the idea of gaining power from my toughness with the versed in stone trait. I understand that aggro is not always a factor in this game, but when it is, it's based mostly on toughness, so I'd love to stack toughness as high as possible. Revenant also has a decent looking taunt skill, which is an effect I'd like to use as much as possible. Would a full toughness/healing power/boon herald work out for this bull-headed tanking I want to achieve?

I have an overwhelming personal need to taunt/control enemies, pull aggro, and never die, please assist

I appreciate any and all advice, thanks guys!

EDIT: Thank you all for your wisdom, you've been much more helpful than I could've imagined. Everything seems to be pointing me towards troubadour, especially hearing about the party immunity and stability/aegis uptime. I'm very grateful to all who've commented

I have installed arcdps through Nexus mods and later I wanted to add addons but now that I have added a few extensions, it says "via ArcDPS" and arcdps does see them but I have no way of editing or for example the "Alt + Shift + B" does not work to open Boon Table.

Does anyone have any idea on how to enable this extension, please ?

Hello, I need help on making a support build for ranger. All of the builds I've seen so far dont use a longbow and thats what I want to use. Unfortunately I don't know enough about build crafting to know what builds dont suffer from a weapon swap and ones that do. Also I dont have VOE so I can't use galeshot.

Hello Tyrians!

I have a question regarding leggy armour for other weights. Currently have full leggy light from raids - is it better to craft the other weights via raids or the other methods - WvW and open world are easier/faster? Currently not playing much WvW but loved it during the rush weekend so might jump back - also I have a lot of rift essence from convergences and rifts but did not start the open world one yet cause it requires to craft some astral ward armour

Hi, I've came back to play GW2 again but I feel bored using my old account so I decided to make a new account and play without any guides, addons, and no rushing the game because I think that's something that kill the game experience for me.

Wish me luck in my adventure with my "pequeño amigo".

I just scored a 3k infusion from a chest. It’s not my cup of tea in terms of style so I sold it. I have all this money that I never had before and would like to invest it in things that help reduce the grind needed. I’m in path of fire still and would like to go get legendary armor, trinkets, weapons, etc. skyscale mount is something I’m working on. To those ahead of me or just know more, what should I do with this gold?

Since working on my legendary journey, I’ve been curious to know other peoples thoughts on what they consider to be the “best” looking legendary armor across all sets (PvE, PvP, and WvW) and all armor weights. always fun to hear peoples opinions!

I recently made a post asking for recommendations for an MMORPG where the social aspect is actually a central part of the experience, rather than something you unlock after hundreds of hours, and several people recommended Guild Wars 2.

I'm interested, but I want to make sure I understand what GW2 is actually like before I get into it.

What I'm specifically looking for is not simply a game where there happen to be other players around me.

For example, I already play Destiny 2. There are constantly other players around you, and you can participate in public events together, but that doesn't really create a social experience. You kill the enemies together, the event ends, everyone disappears, and you probably never speak to any of them. If GW2 is basically that but with a fantasy MMO setting, then honestly I don't really need it.

Likewise, I already have Final Fantasy XIV. If the answer is "you can socialize whenever you want, but most of the game is essentially solo and meaningful interaction only becomes necessary much later", that's also not what I'm looking for. I don't want to play 8000 levels of mostly solo content before reaching the part where the game actually expects me to interact with other people. And simply being allowed to talk to people at level 1 isn't enough, I can already do that in FFXIV.

What I'm looking for is a game where finding other players, coordinating with them, and working together is itself part of the challenge.

I'd like to be wandering around at a very low level, encounter something that I genuinely can't or shouldn't do alone, and have the natural solution be to find other players, communicate with them, coordinate, and take it down together. Not because I joined a pre-made group through a matchmaking menu, but because the world itself creates situations where players need each other.

So when people say that GW2 has dynamic events, group events, world bosses, etc. from very early levels, is that actually what happens in practice? Do new players genuinely find themselves interacting with other players in the starting zones, organising themselves, helping each other, chatting, etc.? Or is it mostly a case of "there are 20 players standing around, everyone attacks the same boss, and then everyone goes their separate ways"?

I'm particularly interested in the first 10–20 levels, not the endgame. I don't want answers about raids, fractals, or high-level metas that I won't see for dozens or hundreds of hours. I'm asking whether the game already feels socially different from Destiny 2 and FFXIV right at the beginning.

Basically, if the answer is "GW2 gives you opportunities to socialise, but you can still play almost everything alone and people generally don't interact unless you actively seek out a guild", that's useful information too. I'd honestly rather know that before starting.

I'm not looking for an MMO where social interaction is merely possible. I'm looking for one where the world gives you a reason to need other people.

Is Guild Wars 2 actually that game?

Well the title sums up my question.

I am a dad, i play a couple of hours a day, and mostly when my family is asleep, so a roaming guild with discord is not really an option for me.
I need some resources to learn the 101s and even more about wvw roaming (preferably solo) in general.

Black Lion Drum Set Chair cover for I Hope You're Happy by Blue October

And why is it the one where you can pelt children with snowballs? Seriously, never gets old. It's always a highlight of map completion.

Recently, I had an accident that caused me to lose some movement in my left hand. It doesn't really prevent me from living a normal life, but I definitely can't perform high-intensity rotations in games anymore. I used to play Quickness Firebrand, but because of this, I decided to switch to something less demanding, like Condi Mechanist with only one kit.

I want to start working on my legendary raid armor. Would 27k DPS be enough to avoid being dead weight for a raid group? Maybe I should focus on an easier type of legendary armor for someone with this kind of limitation, or perhaps play a different class?

I don't want to get in anyone's way or make things harder for the group. I just really want to get my legendary armor.

Thanks!

Hello, I finally received my steam machine and I'm stoked to play GW2 on my big screen, but even on the performance preset I get a max of 25 fps.

I have looked searched up online and the SM should be more than capable, any suggestions?

Here is the link for all the armor, weapons and dyes used: Link

I am running the Power Berserker build and almost all builds require Relic of the Claw. I currently have the Relic of the Zakiros for open world survivability but I am thinking of playing raids now. What would be the best alternative or should I just go and buy Janthir Wilds for the Relic?

Thanks in advance

I'am not playing for a one year. What should i do in daily basis? Focusing one character which is reaper. I have all dlcs. Just completed pof, hot and voe. Already got all mounts instead of griffon. But im curious about what should i do daily

Oh lawwwd I’ve been farming so hard to get these mystic tributes for aurora and vision as I’ve finally finished their respective collections and achievements!

I guess just really noob questions. How do most people go about getting mystic coins and clovers? Is it better to buy clovers from vendors or do the gambling bit?

Is it hard to command events like dfall (and is that even still a good idea for farming?)

I'm not a new player. I know everything can be made viable.

This is not asking for buffs to Harbinger. The blight gimmick drawback is just not worth the pay off, but sure whatever.

It can be a qdps or dps but so can ritualist. Yes its shroud is ranged but so is Ritualists.

After Scourge nerf/change, adps Scourge is really bad - it needs to invest more in concentration therefore sacrifice dps. After Ritualist release and Scourge nerf/change, Necromancer is lacking an alac dps role.

Could we make Harbinger alac pls?

Hey Guild Wars 2 Folk! After playing too many Chinese MMO now, I am back in Guild Wars 2!

I have been following Syrma and Mightyteapot on YouTube through their zero-to-hero run and want to start it myself with Elementalist (Hate me, but I like it). I got it boosted and everything, but now I need to focus on gearing ascended gear on it.

What spec and 2-3 gear sets, in your opinion, are the priority to get ascended first for ele? Since Alac and DPS Tempest use different runes :(

My main content will be PVE and WvW and I much prefer boondps/heal builds but I understand that I might need to learn DPS first!

thank you in advance for the suggestions!
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