@Sephylon.4938 said:
what stats do you have on your armor?
@Fluffball.8307 said:
Are you using skills appropriately? With the kind of gear you have I can't imagine you're using things like serpent's strike over whirling defense, but it's worth asking the obvious.
@Sephylon.4938 said:
can you show us your build?
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/
@Vethaera.6319 said:
The guy doesn't give his rotation and I can't tell from the video exactly what's he doing.
@Vethaera.6319 said:
The guy doesn't give his rotation and I can't tell from the video exactly what's he doing.Some people will tell you that none of this matters, that anyone who isn't a 'filthy worthless braindead scrubnub carebear casual' can easily run the glassiest meta build and never even take damage nevermind die ... but that is flat-out wrong, and there's no shame about not being able to pull that off. Adapt advice and guides to what you need and ignore the people whose 'advice' is more designed to stroke their own ego than to actually help you by meeting you where you are.
@Vethaera.6319 said:Thank you for that pearl of wisdom. How very 'Players Helping Players'-ful.
I just want to kill stuff faster in PvE. I see people killing faster than I do -- a LOT faster than I do -- cutting down normal mobs in a couple of hits and melting vets in 5 seconds. THAT is what I want to be able to do. And I guess I got sidetracked by all the benchmark stuff, but I figure if I can do damage like that then I'll fly through open world.
@Fluffball.8307 said:I just want to kill stuff faster in PvE. I see people killing faster than I do -- a LOT faster than I do -- cutting down normal mobs in a couple of hits and melting vets in 5 seconds. THAT is what I want to be able to do. And I guess I got sidetracked by all the benchmark stuff, but I figure if I can do damage like that then I'll fly through open world.Take quickdraw, open with (if needed SotP), your pet special attack, rapid fire, barrage, rapid fire, swap to s/a and use the two axe skills. And then just repeat that only quickdrawing barrage. In your gear that will tear up most mobs pretty effortlessly. It won't literally be 5 seconds for PoF tougher mobs, but it will be very fast.
@CptAurellian.9537 said:
Infusions are about 2% in total. Also, please note that the 36k DH benchmark is done on a big hitbox - default is small and will result in ~2-3k less. If you have all the relevant boons and buffs (they're huge, something like a 200% dps increase) and still don't get to the qT value, it's the rotation. Practice it and you will get closer to the benchmark. Getting to 90% is doable without having to practice for weeks.
@Mercurias.1826 said:
Having run Holosmith, Necro (Reaper and Scourge), and Firebrand so far in the opening parts of the game, I can attest that Condi is no joke right now. It might be worth running Axe/Torch and Shortbow with a condition-oriented helper pet if you want to kill both swiftly and safely. It's a combo I know works with Druid, and am reasonably sure can be only improved upon with SB and the new pets in the expac.I freely admit I lack the skill level for a lot of the ultra meta builds with tight rotations, though, so typically I rely on something a bit more simple and forgiving.
@Vethaera.6319 said:@CptAurellian.9537 said:
Infusions are about 2% in total. Also, please note that the 36k DH benchmark is done on a big hitbox - default is small and will result in ~2-3k less. If you have all the relevant boons and buffs (they're huge, something like a 200% dps increase) and still don't get to the qT value, it's the rotation. Practice it and you will get closer to the benchmark. Getting to 90% is doable without having to practice for weeks.blinkblinkDoing the rotation perfectly adds 20k dps?Srsly?
@Opopanax.1803 said:
I believe that power is quite a bit less, as is healing power as far as mix and match with celestial.
@Ayumi Spender.1082 said:
Can you tell me what a 'Menders' is?
I was thinking you typoed Menzies.
@Dawdler.8521 said:@Opopanax.1803 said:
I believe that power is quite a bit less, as is healing power as far as mix and match with celestial.Hence why you beef it up with other things, such as food thats not available in sPvP or sigils or runes. There is a reason WvW builds roflstomp all over sPvP builds - you can build to do tons more damage at the same base stats as PvP amulets because you got those thousand extra points to play with. The stats I randomly slapped together (no traits, food and simple sigil buffed) got:2077 power, 1639 toughness, 1709 vitality, 1639 precision, 639 ferocity, 639 condi dmg, 814 healing
Vs menders (same runes)
2050 power, 0 toughness, 1560 vitality, 1560 precision, 0 ferocity, 0 condi dmg, 1225 healingDoes menders have more healing power? Yes. Unfortunetly, the scaling of hp is horrible. Thats what... maybe 10% better healing? Somewhere around there.Meanwhile, the PvE stats do considerable more damage... Condi dmg for example double from just those 600 points. Still low compared to condi builds but you get an idea on the scaling.And thats why you dont need menders.
@Dawdler.8521 said:@Opopanax.1803 said:
I believe that power is quite a bit less, as is healing power as far as mix and match with celestial.Hence why you beef it up with other things, such as food thats not available in sPvP or sigils or runes. There is a reason WvW builds roflstomp all over sPvP builds - you can build to do tons more damage at the same base stats as PvP amulets because you got those thousand extra points to play with. The stats I randomly slapped together (no traits, food and simple sigil buffed) got:2077 power, 1639 toughness, 1709 vitality, 1639 precision, 639 ferocity, 639 condi dmg, 814 healing
Vs menders (same runes)
2050 power, 0 toughness, 1560 vitality, 1560 precision, 0 ferocity, 0 condi dmg, 1225 healingDoes menders have more healing power? Yes. Unfortunetly, the scaling of hp is horrible. Thats what... maybe 10% better healing? Somewhere around there.Meanwhile, the PvE stats do considerable more damage... Condi dmg for example double from just those 600 points. Still low compared to condi builds but you get an idea on the scaling.And thats why you dont need menders.