Kumori Tensei

Another MMO? I'm sure it will be just as amazing as it looks and won't let down at all.

Eon Lilu, on 12 May 2013 - 07:11 PM, said:

Haters gonna hate.

Thanks! And before I forget, here's something else I came up with.





I could only do it in preview because I don't actually have a female human character with light armor to freely experiment with - I had to create an alt for the image above. For the same reason, the dyes aren't the greatest. Dye previewing is limited so I worked with what I had.

Armor used: Stately helm, Magician coat, Acolyte gloves, Student's mantle, Orrian leggings, and (almost) anything for the boots.

After seeing some posts here, and on the official forums for awesome recreations such as Dr Who, Stormtroopers, Darth Vader, Roman Legionnaire and others, I thought might be good to put together a comprehensive guide on recreating these icons in GW2. Posting a character shot, then a recreation you made in GW2 of the person your emulating and a quick summary of what you used.

Mine is Nightmare, from Soul calibur 2 specifically. Heres the pic


And the recreation in GW2



Uses Dark Helm, Pitfighter Shoulder, Orrian Gauntlets, Nobleman's Breastplate, Heritage Legs, and Boots. Wielding Nightmare sword.

Anyone has a suggestion to make it better please let me know. Interested to see what others come up with. Will also try to posts others I find with credit to those that created them.

Wow, nicely done! That helmet you used is pretty much perfect.

Here's my attempt at a Marvel superhero. I actually posted images of my toon in another thread but with a different color scheme, so I tweaked the colors and ended up with a female version of Flash:





Armor I used: Norn T2 helmet, T2 gauntlets, T2 boots, Whispers chestpiece, Dark leggings. The shoulders are hidden. I was thinking of using the guild chestpiece, but unfortunately there's no guild logo that resembles a lightning bolt (afaik).

Now that I think about it, the helmet I used would be perfect for a "Lady Thor." I just wish there were capes available, lol.

Hmm, sadly looks more of a fob off than a rebalance. I think ranger is still the poorest profession. I think it's deeply in the ANet mindset as GW1 saw rangers get progressively worse over 7 years. I feel this will be as good as it gets for rangers in GW2.

I wonder, what is the point of a ranger in GW2? They don't excel in anything, or specialise in anything, just enjoy having a pet, at least it isn't quite so useless as GW1 was, even if it still can't keep up with a group charging through an area to actually do anything!

::Reads update notes::

"puh..wha...wha..i dont...even..hhuh..." is my first reaction.

The signet, quickness, and even pet changes appear to be part of a bigger fix across many professions. A welcome fix, but something that has been needed since launch. So you'll have to excuse me if I withhold my enthusiasm for these minor improvements.

And congratulation to the Warrior yet again, Anet must have been reading my mind. "Forget the Ranger, what really needs to happen is for the Warrior to get more build diversity and trait compression."  It really is comical at this point.

What is wrong with all of you people going off the deep end just because the OP wants to know why LA takes much longer to load than the other zones? If you don't have an educated guess or something helpful to say, maybe you shouldn't be posting.

For the record, i've been experiencing the exact same phenomenon. LA has been taking longer to load for the last week or two. Longer than it used to and much longer to load than any other zone i've mapped into.

Fizzypop, on 19 April 2013 - 04:15 AM, said:

I bought a wrongly priced 50" plasma TV for way under its normal price because it was mis-priced. And they ended up having to give me the floor model for another 15% off because there were none left in stock. No one banned me from the store because of the store's mistake.

Just don`t jump out of your pants when you see some nerfs with your fixes in next patch.

Jon Peters post 5 months ago:

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Riiiiight - rejoice fellow rangers.

don't hold your breath for too long though - you'll almost certainly be very disappointed!

and my ranger gets even weaker  

FoxBat, on 27 March 2013 - 03:48 AM, said:

It becomes the best when you throw it on how OP a zerker warrior is as compared to the rest of the game.  I honestly didn't think there was anything wrong with it at 100%, even for time warp.  Mesmer can still hold it's own with the change.  Rangers on the other hand had almost all builds nerfed as almost every ranger build I've ever seen has had the 5 points in beast mastery for the quickness on pet change and QZ.  And the last thing a ranger needed was a nerf.

I'm starting to get the feeling this was just to ease server load when someone decides to pop time warp at a dragon event or something more than a balance change.  I can see the PvP issue, but in PvE I don't think it was OP at all.  The fights are still trivial, now they just take an extra 30 seconds or whatever.  Effectively it did nothing but nerf rangers and time warp, and make some fights longer.  It added no difficulty or challenge into the previous content that lets face it was already trivial.

***** Disclaimer: If you have a warrior or mesmer, use those characters for CoF speed runs.  Rangers are not optimal for CoF Speed Runs, but they can perform decently with the right spec, gear, and knowledge of the dungeon. *****


***Edit: The most recent patch has put a pretty brutal nerf to quickness without offsetting it by any buffs outside of a 1 second duration increase to QZ.  This means that the dps potential of this build is substantially lower than what it was at the time I wrote this guide.  Please be aware of this before you continue reading***


Background: What are CoF speed runs?
If you've never heard of CoF speed runs or never tried them, they are clearings of the 1st path of Citadel of Flames on explorable mode.  The dungeon is very short and yeilds about 1g profit per run.  A skilled, geared, full group of 4 warriors and a mesmer can clear the dungeon in as quickly as 6 minutes.  With a ranger in pugs using non-warrior classes, but still bringing 1 mesmer, I clear the dungeon in about 10 minutes.

Build:
http://gw2skills.net...VOqkUtIYkxWkpIA

Gear:
Full berserker gear.  You can get all the survival you need from timing your dodges right and understanding the fights.

Sigils/Runes:
Sigil of Strength on Short Bow
Sigil of Accuracy on Longbow
Runes of Ranger on armor
This will give you the highest dps possible.

Food buffs:
Master Maintenance Oils
Bowl of Curry Butternut Squash Soup (or Omnomberry bars for profit!)

Overall explanation of gear and build:
- The short bow will be your primary dps weapon, but you will swap to your long bow for the occasional knock-back, AoE, and burst from Rapid Fire.  
- Healing Spring is perhaps the one unique ability that a ranger can bring to a dungeon, so use it often and use it on as many allies as possible.
- Lightning Reflexes is useful both as a stun break as well as a means of mobility to make things go faster.
- Quickening Zephyr is the best dps slot skill we have, so this is a no-brainer.  However, it does not stack with Time Warp, so save it for after Time Warp if your mesmer is dropping it (usually at the start of a fight).  This will occur on the first and last boss fights.  Use in conjunction with Rampage as One to maximize might stacking.
- Signet of the Hunt is probably the weakest of the slot skills for this run, but there's not much better to use.  The speed boost is useful to keep you moving at a good pace and you can pop it on cooldown or in tangent with pet F2 abilities to enhance your dps.
- Rampage as One is also a given since it's the only elite that will boost your dps.
- 15 points are put in BM since it makes your glass cannon pets strong enough to work in CoF while also giving you a faster pet swap for more quickness.
- The 10 points in Wilderness Survival are the most flexible if you want to run a variant of this, but they are helpful for the reduced cd of QZ and LR.

Ok, so what do I do in the dungeon itself?
Well, instead of explaining the whole dungeon, I'll post a vid of a mesmer running the group with a warrior stacked group so you can see the fights.  If you've done CoF path 1 before, skip this part. (props to Strife for the awesome video)


Ranger-Specific tips (a.k.a. the good stuff of the guide):
- When the dungeon starts, make your way to the first gate.  Turn your character's back to the gate and wait for the NPCs to open it.  As soon as the NPCs open the gate, pop Lightning Reflexes and target the turret on the left of the room with your longbow out.  While dpsing the turret, line yourset up with the 2 charr and use Point Blank Shot to group them up against the wall if your mesmer hasn't already done so with their offhand ability.

- At the start of the first boss fight, have your longbow and raven out.  As soon as the NPC pops, use Point Blank Shot to knock him against the wall, swap to your jaguar, pop hunter's shot, then swap to your short bow, and finally pop your elite.  Wait for time warp to end before using QZ and of course, stay to the side or behind the boss to get strafing bonus damage.  

- For the Acolyte fight, use piercing arrows to your advantage!  If you know where the Acolytes will spawn, you can pop QZ with rapid fire to quickly take down two acolytes at once.

- If you decide to take the role of dpsing the controls for the door (right before the last boss fight), just pop all your cooldowns like mentioned in the tip for the first boss.  A warrior can probably do this best, but a ranger can take down the controls quickly enough if need be.

- For the last boss, make sure to keep poison up to reduce the healing he receives.  


And that's pretty much it.  Play smart, dodge fast, bring empty bags and plenty of salvage kits.