Explosive Creation Lower Levels
doomXL
I have a low level Rt/N Explosive Creation build like on PvX wiki and I'm trying to figure out how to cope in the lower levels without signet of creation the beasts take to long to die...any tips or advice?
horseradish
Use another build until you can get the the skill.
Or, if you have more advanced characters, unlock the skill from a Priest of Balthazar and buy it from a skill trainer.
Or, if you have more advanced characters, unlock the skill from a Priest of Balthazar and buy it from a skill trainer.
bosstweed
Yeah, man, that skill is necessary for the build.
I suggest unlocking and using a tome, which would only cost you a few hundred gold at most.
I suggest unlocking and using a tome, which would only cost you a few hundred gold at most.
doomXL
How do you do that? unlock the skill I mean? And I never actually learned about tomes 
ap0c
Unlock the skill using faction.
Then use a tome to learn the skill for your character
Then use a tome to learn the skill for your character
Bargamer
If you absolutely must, you can grab Signet of Creation from the Kaineng Center Skill Trainer. Signet of Creation is for PVP-only. It's useless in PVE. I prefer steady damage over one huge explosion that might not catch them all, and then you'll be frantically Animating while they eat your face. In PVP, it's insurance that even if you get spiked, your masterless minions die after 30 seconds anyways. Even with the max 30 seconds to work with, there's no guarantee that you'll be able to drop Nova on all of them. Take Putrid Bile instead, if you have GW:EN, or check out the promotional event going on right now.
Instead of Signet of Creation, take a direct damage Death skill, Deathly Swarm is popular. Instead of the Elite Animate Flesh Golem, you can pick up Barbs, Bitter Chill, Rising Bile, or whatever.
As for your other complaint, Minion Bombers are not a DPS build, they are point-blank AOE and mid-line support. If you're not doing enough damage, your level is probably pretty low, or you're not bringing the right henchmen, or you're not looking in the right place. The thing you have to realize is, you yourself are not the damage-dealer, your minions are. If you watch your minions at work, they're doing a good amount of damage with melee attacks, Nova, and from Explosive Growth. Keep Animating in battle if you have the corpses to justify it, your Explosive Growth will do plenty of damage on it's own, and the Minion Cap Code will force-kill 2 minions with the lowest health, activating their Death Novas, precluding the need for Taste of Death, Reclaim Essence, or Feast for the Dead, or some other "kill this minion now" skill.
If you want a more in-depth Minion Bomber guide, read mine: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s....php?t=3039479
Instead of Signet of Creation, take a direct damage Death skill, Deathly Swarm is popular. Instead of the Elite Animate Flesh Golem, you can pick up Barbs, Bitter Chill, Rising Bile, or whatever.
As for your other complaint, Minion Bombers are not a DPS build, they are point-blank AOE and mid-line support. If you're not doing enough damage, your level is probably pretty low, or you're not bringing the right henchmen, or you're not looking in the right place. The thing you have to realize is, you yourself are not the damage-dealer, your minions are. If you watch your minions at work, they're doing a good amount of damage with melee attacks, Nova, and from Explosive Growth. Keep Animating in battle if you have the corpses to justify it, your Explosive Growth will do plenty of damage on it's own, and the Minion Cap Code will force-kill 2 minions with the lowest health, activating their Death Novas, precluding the need for Taste of Death, Reclaim Essence, or Feast for the Dead, or some other "kill this minion now" skill.
If you want a more in-depth Minion Bomber guide, read mine: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s....php?t=3039479