Sithicus Dias

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FGJ/SIO are standard fare; FGJ is the highest DPS boost utility we have, and SIO is just generically good, efficient defensive utility.

OMM is basically a shout build thing. It doesn't provide enough on its own to really be worth it without traits.

SoR generally, Battle Standard (Warbanner) if your team needs it (incredibly helpful on a handful of fights where multiple people can get murdered by one mistake, for example Lupicus).

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Berserker for more damage, Knight's for more survivability.

I'd recommend starting full Knight's, then transitioning into full Berserker as you get more comfortable.

I was going to make similar points as to what Brand and Sithicus said.... but they articulated it better than I could have managed, being a northerner and everything

/Binit

Sithicus Dias, on 03 December 2012 - 08:20 PM, said:

I'll definitely give this a shot in the coming weeks because I tend to favor precision in my build.  I'm really attached to the rifle and the precision line in general which is another reason I wanted to potentially go this way.  The cheapness of Magi armor just helps that fact.

The Vitality vs. Toughness part is my main concern as well.  I'm thinking to offset this wil Cleric and/or Shaman accessories.  I want a good balance between vitality and toughness, so we'll see what happens.

The sigil idea is also a good call.  From what i've seen, most of the worthwhile sigils for this build are non "critical chance" dependent.  I.E. Superior Life.



(http://gw2skills.net...ssZ5ySm1qhRD7EA)
^------- with Magi armor...potentially

thats why most of  the warriors are using an axe.
but i  100% agree with you and i am raging when see warrios/thiefs playing  on dungeons with bows (range weapons)... You are doing it wrong!

3 to 5 times isn't so bad in a dungeon, as others have said.  Now, if you are dying more than the cloth armor wearers, that is sad.  As an elementalist, I go down from time to time because my HP pool is much smaller than other classes and I have less margin for error.  If I saw a warrior, who is supposed to have much more HP and armor than myself, downed more than I am, it might be questionable.

The worst thing is going down and seeing the DPS warrior not lending a hand and reviving you.  When I see people go out of their way not to revive me I do the same for them.

Honestly, though, as long as the dungeon is completed who cares if people go down from time to time.  It happens, that is why every class can do in-combat rezzes.  In a dungeon you are a team and you support everyone else, it isn't your time to shine with your final blow from 100b, because honestly nobody even knows how much damage you did but yourself (I'm pretty sure that there isn't a damage meter, and if there is I couldn't care less about installing it).  There is also much more to bring to a group than just raw DPS, and if you think that only raw DPS is the way to go, you are playing wrong.

Seeing a warrior down is so embarrassing...how do they live like that

Sithicus Dias, on 22 November 2012 - 07:16 PM, said:

I dont count Giganticus Lupicus as a real boss, he's just a gigantic joke from Anet made for the specific purpose of tormenting players.

Anam Itheoir, on 26 October 2012 - 03:21 PM, said:

Sticks and stones my friend.

We can throw out personal anecdotal situations that support our views ad nauseum,

But I stand by my observations, the condition removal is far more valuable more often as a support tool than the healing portion.

shout healing warriors in dungeons are the best thing ever.

I hereby declare that this shall be the new Shout Warrior catch phrase.

"Shake It On My Great Justice!"

Brand, on 05 November 2012 - 10:01 AM, said:

I didn't steal yo thunder; I brought the lightning :-p
Teamwork!

Several Question arise:

Where is the detailed information

What spec did you use? use gw2db.com or gw2skills.net for your builds

What gear did you have equipped?

What sigils and runes did you use?

What attacks and rotations did you use in your tests?

When did you pop frenzy?

When did you pop the shouts and in what order?

What enemy were you attacking?  

What skills did they use?

The amount of information given shows that this was probably the least detailed test out there. Simply walking up and smacking something for 30 seconds is not a detailed test.  Test multiple builds, rotations, specs.  Axe/Sword is a decent attack, but the randomness of the kill times tells me you didn't use your attacks in the same rotation each time. This leads to faulty numbers.

When did you use your burst skills?  Did you use Evisc with full boons or no boons?

How come no-one has 5-starred this yet?

Learned that I can never return to a "traditional" MMO ever again, not after playing this.

I learned that I've finally found a good game which I can play without the fear of being forced to do something I hate (like raids or pvp) and still have best gear possible in game.