Who here uses PvX WiKi builds?

Age

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

Who here uses PvX Wiki builds?We all know about PvX it is a handy place to grap a build and start using it right way.Who uses it or get most their build from there a.All the Time,b.Some What,c.Only Research,d.Never

I b. some what use it for farming builds but d. never for party builds as I prefer to come up with my own as I know how they work.We or I never had the wiki when I first started playing so I had to learn how to make my own or get some advice on a forum.I do however get more advice on farming in the farming here not from PvX.I like to be very creative and it forces me to read up more on the role I am playing and to practice and practice etc.

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

I do, only for farming though.

I MP I

I MP I

Hustler

Join Date: Nov 2006

in between GW2 servers

Mo/

Lots of people do. Who needs to think of unique builds with all the useful cookie cutter builds out there?

Stormlord Alex

Stormlord Alex

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Beyond the Forest of Doom, past the Cavern of Agony... on Kitten & Puppy Island

Soul of Melandru [sOm]

W/E

Myeh, I don't.
I have a hell of a lot more fun thinking up, playing around with and optimizing my own builds.

Besides, I can't trust PvX till crap like the Vigorous Paladin and WoH Healer get nuked.

thral

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2007

W/

I used to use it but now i made my own builds that work better for me

TheGuildWarsPenguin

TheGuildWarsPenguin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Los Angeles, California

Picnic Pioneers

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stormlord Alex
Myeh, I don't.
I have a hell of a lot more fun thinking up, playing around with and optimizing my own builds.

Besides, I can't trust PvX till crap like the Vigorous Paladin and WoH Healer get nuked.
beats Gamependium's STAR BURST WARRIOR, or HEALING LIGHT PALADIN.

Dr Strangelove

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

If I'm working with a class I completely suck at, I usually glance at wiki. Thenl I realize half the wiki builds suck, and end up making my own anyway.

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Never have, never will.

RPGmaniac

RPGmaniac

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

I would say C: Only Research. I typically make my own up, though I browse around for research or farming builds (even though I don't farm much).

HayesA

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Pennsylvania

E/

I do, but only for heros builds when i've never played that primary.

Mork from Ork

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2007

I use it as a handy starting point for profs I have not played much before. Then change it as I get used to the character and the better options.

trobinson97

trobinson97

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Guildless :(

R/

b. Sometimes to look for farming builds, or the latest farming builds.

FengShuiDove

FengShuiDove

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2007

Trinity of the Ascended [ToA]

A/

Research mostly. I like the feeling of putting together my own build and learning to use it. Starting point/research is a good statement overall. I do use some of the farming builds as a framework moreso than a regular PvE build, but even then I'm likely to form-fit it to myself.

What bugs me is the people that won't PUG you unless you have a "Great Working PvE" build -_-.

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

I don't. I PvE enough to know what is good, and I'm smart enough to make my own builds.

Toutatis

Toutatis

Walking Wiki

Join Date: Nov 2006

Isle of Medication

Visitors from Aranna [VFA]

Me/E

I don't use the PvX Wiki at all. I'm a PvE player, so if I want to research what's effective I can send in one character under standardised conditions to find out exactly what the monsters do in combat and then start going through the repertoire skill by skill until I get a few basic preliminary builds put together. I can then test each build and make refinements as required.

For me, that's a lot more fun than using a cookie cutter build that somebody else designed.

angmar_nite

angmar_nite

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

[SNOW] of [YUM]

E/

I don't for normal PVE or HM pve. I do for elite mission teams or Farming builds.

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

I've never once used the Wiki for a build. A little common sense and you can make your own builds which actually work under most situations.

street peddler

street peddler

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

only for heroes

Skyy High

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

Never looked at the site actually. But then again, a third of my hours are logged on one character, so I generally know exactly what build to bring for a given situation.

Nyktos

Nyktos

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

The Nyktos Guild [win]

I use wiki builds as a starting point (for heroes), but I rarely copy builds exactly.

Warskull

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jul 2005

[out]

PvX Wiki is full of terrible builds. I prefer to use effective builds.

eudas

eudas

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Tx, USA

The Infinite Monkeys [TYPE]

W/

i use builds from guildwiki, or pvxwiki as it is now, it's easier to use someone else's wheel than it is to constantly reinvent the wheel. they provide a good starting point of something that at least baseline works for you to base further works off of, and show you new skill interactions that you might not have thought of.

of course, once you become an expert at a class, you either know most of the combos or can come up with your own builds that work well.

eudas

Esan

Esan

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2007

Wars

I read it and rate the occasional build that seems worth washing through a couple rounds of RA. PvXWiki are doing a better job than GuildWiki at keeping the trash out. (I wish they would stop using the silly Build: namespace.) In my opinion, the utility of such a wiki is not so much in copying a build but in seeing skills used in interesting tactical combinations. Burying that in mostly useless attributes and equipment trivia seems like wasted effort.

Now, about using these builds seriously, I have yet to find one that will significantly alter my standard ranger, monk and mesmer bars.

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

Eh I used to use the builds off of Guildwiki when they had them on there. Fortunately, I've broken off of that and have been having fun ever since. Good place to get some ideas, though.

The Meth

The Meth

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

R/

Only time I really use it for builds is when I'm in places like elite missions where the only available groups are elitist noobs who will kick you instantly if your build doesn't conform 100% to the current cookie cutter on wiki. It sucks but in places like the deep thats all you can get a group with.

unienaule

unienaule

I dunt even get "Retired"

Join Date: Aug 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Warskull
PvX Wiki is full of terrible builds. I prefer to use effective builds.

What he said.

Aerial Assault

Aerial Assault

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2007

IGN: Ingame Notoriety

IGN: Ingame Notoriety

Quote:
Originally Posted by Esan
In my opinion, the utility of such a wiki is not so much in copying a build but in seeing skills used in interesting tactical combinations. Burying that in mostly useless attributes and equipment trivia seems like wasted effort.

Now, about using these builds seriously, I have yet to find one that will significantly alter my standard ranger, monk and mesmer bars.



QFT. I dont know why some people look down or actively trash Wiki and the builds within them. It IS good for research, and tweaking some of those builds posted on there makes for interesting results ... esp tweaking PvP-based builds and then applying them in PvE.

Also, I have stumbled upon builds myself focusing on exploiting overpowered skills and synergizing them with other skills ...only to have found out it was an actual Wiki build, not to my surprise either, as it is the nature of the game.

unienaule

unienaule

I dunt even get "Retired"

Join Date: Aug 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Well, I see it more like this:
10 Hey, this is crap
20 Goto 10

Sometimes there are good builds, but I could generally have used that time to try out my own builds which does something wiki doesn't. It teaches me why things are good/bad instead of "slap this on and win."

Smile Like Umean It

Smile Like Umean It

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

E/Rt

I look up farming builds sometimes as I don't feel like actually taking time out to think of most of them.

When I want a new build there is an odd occasion that I will find a build on there, gut it, and rebuild it to suit what I want.

Monique

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2007

Get my farming builds from farming partners, use random PvP builds for AB, which I find on PvXwiki.

Zeek Aran

Zeek Aran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Earth, sadly

BORK

A/

I look at them for ideas and modify to my liking. All my best builds I made myself.

icedwhitemocha

icedwhitemocha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ancestral/Grenz

[CneX]

W/

Never even looked, have no desire to.

Obs mode > PvX wiki

For pve, knowing what I'll be facing and being familiar with all the skills means I can make an efficient build on my own more quickly than browsing through a billion bad ones.

azizul1975

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2007

GMT+8

The Elite Guard of Tyria (TEGO)

Mo/

i normally look it up to get general idea of build for certain profession i never played before. most of the time i try to build my own skill bar.

Cale Roughstar

Cale Roughstar

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

Canada

Guy In Real Life [GIRL]

W/E

I only use it for farming builds. Heroes I mostly just make up my own stuff. However, I often find myself using builds posted here on Guru. Just found a 3hero set that has me ballin' () through HM

Sinnocent

Sinnocent

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2007

Not where my heart is, but they call it Ohio.

True Sins

D/

Never.

I feel that I learn more about particular skills and become more familiar with their usage, along with combinations, simply by experimenting on my own.

bebe

bebe

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

http://tinyurl.com/4g5ueb8

Put the peanut in the peanut hole!

I take the builds then takeout and put in some skills for my own customization. xD

chowmein69

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

i only use the PvX heroe builds

Sakura Az

Sakura Az

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

The frozen north

Ambassadors Of Enlightenment [Sage]

A/

I ususaly just look for skill combonations that i have missed from the game, so its mostly reserch for me. the builds i end up useing come from usualy a few weeks of working on till i get it just right for me.

blakecraw

blakecraw

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Austin, TX

i've never copied a build from the site as i've found most (all) of them to be severely lacking, but occasionally people tell me to stop using wiki builds. go figure.

arcanemacabre

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

The PvX builds are a great place to start for beginners of a particular class or the game in general. It's also a decent source for ideas if you want to try some new synergy. To copy the builds and use them as they are is just not taking advantage of one of the main things that makes GW so fun - making the builds in the first place.