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[GW2] Dipping my toes into the expert tier fractals. Whoever designed the "enemies explode on death" instability should have just not done that
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it basically necessitates range but it's horrible in stuff like
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well okay I did Snowblind and Volcanic since they're recommended today and are scales 51 and 52
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Snowblind: how about being in the snowstorm where you literally can't see anything and if any enemy dies within melee range of you for any reason you lose a chunk of health and get knocked down
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Volcanic: not bad up until the final boss, when you have swarms of low hp lava elementals covering the field
TENtacle :3c
We playing Bastion with all idols on now??
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also the party I did the t2 dailies with (before I decided to attempt t3) was soooooo fast
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We really need to find a regular PS warrior lol
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my t3 party was much slower in comparison, despite having decent dps classes
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I'm getting there, I'm gathering the skill points
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You intend to play PS warr?
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My gear is still sinister stats unfortunately so my crit rate is a bit lower but I can still maintain 25 stacks
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If you're intending to run drood yeah
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here's a reference for dps rankings btw
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Rev is still great though?
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Er not sinister
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also I meant like, as a constant 5th member
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which is what we really need. before settling on any stats lol
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er, classes
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Rev is also boring as hell after a while lol. The gear is sharable between the two anyway
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(obviously as with all dps rankings these represent ideal conditions and are not necessarily playable nor do they account for specific encounter requirements)
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well if you're going to swap Rev and PS Warr are a good trade
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similar buffing style and role
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Yeah and honestly I'm just curious about the berserker. Just getting the remaining skill points 
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Berserker is more active than PS Warr
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You get headbutt, which is fun, and your goal becomes building up enough adrenaline to use your bursts as much as possible during berserk mode
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I'm increasingly curious about condi reaper :|a it seems like it would be fun to play just because it's so weird
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(also we can help you get skill points this weekend if you want, it doesn't take too long to max out an espec with a group)
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this weekend may be kind of weird for me because I'm working Thursday-Saturday
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I'll be off in time for stuff but I'll probably be so tired
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also taking a moment to express my disappointment that "Fun in the Southsun" is not introducing swimwear
Levi
same
Levi
where are my Faren speedos anet
Levi
i want to see huge hulking norn running around in tiny speedos
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it's the only thing I want
Levi
though asura underwear for both genders looks exactly like swimwear
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I mean I also want it to be culturally specific like the wedding outfit and I want to see charr have some ridiculous approximation of roman swimwear
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true
Levi
I guess I'll just take my aviators for now
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Yep
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I wish I could use them on my ranger with her sweet hat though
Levi
the struggle
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anyway I have enough ar for the daily uncat in t3 so I guess I'll try that too
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interestingly, since moving to drood, the thing about uncat that I find to be the most difficult BY FUCKING FAR is the stupid electric staircase
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instead of that I joined a group at scale 64 because the ad said "at boss"
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scale 64 turns out to be Thaumanova, and here we are, 30 minutes later, unable to progress
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the main problem, aside from thaumanova is terrible, is the instability combination
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1. enemies apply random conditions with their attacks
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2. using a skill while under a condition makes the cooldown longer
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that's a bad combination at the best of times, but the real issue is the last stage of the fight
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you literally cannot avoid being hit by the platform targeted lasers, since they're EVERYWHERE and they hit you even if you're on the platform adjacent to their target
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only one person can consistently survive past ~33% health and they're the Reaper, presumably because their minions are taking their conditions
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I'm on drood and I have lots of condi removal but it's all static, and you can't stand around and wait for it because fucking Anomaly
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our dps is terrible but that's because everyone is running sustain because you basically have to
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lmao I googled it and the accepted strat is to have 1 person stay behind at the console and have them rez people who die and relog
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That's stupid as fuck
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go to bed Ten
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why would you even