I think swords and warriors are most used.
Bows and Rangers are in the middle.
Wands and mesmers are least used.
Most Used Weapons/Professions
Kagome
Tarkin
In RA you have
Lots of sins with staffs...
Lots of rit with bows...
One time i see a Sin/Ran with a axe...
Lots of sins with staffs...
Lots of rit with bows...
One time i see a Sin/Ran with a axe...
Sir Owns Alot EP
Any kind of offhand focus. About 80% of people use two handed staffs.
Jetdoc
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Originally Posted by Sir Owns Alot EP
About 80% of people use two handed staffs.
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+3 energy doesn't seem like it's worth it...
Kamakazi112
well axes and swords are widley used as caster weapons...
Malice Black
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Originally Posted by Jetdoc
I've never quite understood this. Other than the potential for +20 energy (Insightful head and +5>50), staves are basically equal or inferior to wand/focus (or martial weapon/focus) combos for every permutation if you meet the focus's requirement.
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I generally kit heroes out with staves. And lets face it, GW PvE really doesn't require you to be at your best...
crazybanshee
Yeah I used to have wand/offhand but at this point with a fully maxed out staff I can rock and roll pve or pvp. Preference I guess.
Dallcingi
swords, wands + offhands, staff on caster.
axe sword on warrior, wand if u wanna get some adren.. rarely seen that though.
bow on ranger or staff if trapper
spear on paragons..
some thing like that.
axe sword on warrior, wand if u wanna get some adren.. rarely seen that though.
bow on ranger or staff if trapper
spear on paragons..
some thing like that.
PinoyRurik
most used?
sword,axe,shield,dagger,bow,staff,wand.
sword,axe,shield,dagger,bow,staff,wand.
Miraculix B.
1. Warrior --> Sword
2. Monk --> Rods/Wands and offhand items.
3. Ele --> Staff
4. Ranger --> Bow
5. ......
2. Monk --> Rods/Wands and offhand items.
3. Ele --> Staff
4. Ranger --> Bow
5. ......
RavagerOfDreams
war - axe
sin - daggerz
ranger - bow
monk- spear + shield/offhand
paragon - spear
caster - offhand + wand
dervish - scythe
sin - daggerz
ranger - bow
monk- spear + shield/offhand
paragon - spear
caster - offhand + wand
dervish - scythe
undeadgun
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Originally Posted by Jetdoc
I've never quite understood this. Other than the potential for +20 energy (Insightful head and +5>50), staves are basically equal or inferior to wand/focus (or martial weapon/focus) combos for every permutation if you meet the focus's requirement.
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staff can have 20% enchant, wand/focus cant
Sergeant of Marines
^^ What Undead said
Most used-Sword/Warrior for PvE
Most used-Sword/Warrior for PvE
arsie
Well, I think every PvE character should have a longbow, regardless of profession, or the stats of the longbow. Purely for pulling reasons. So I suspect that longbows are the most common. However, that is assuming most PvE players actually do think about pulling, which might be a stretch.
I have a sneaking suspicion that Hammers drop disproportionately much more than anything else.
I have a sneaking suspicion that Hammers drop disproportionately much more than anything else.
Shadowmere
well, if wands and staves count on the weapon list, I'd say they get the top spot for "most used weapon" simply because there are 5 professions that use them.
as far as martial weapons go, I'd say it goes about
1. sword
2. axe
3. bow
4. hammer
5. scythe
6. dagger
7. spear
though tbh I think the last 3 or 4 spaces are up in the air.
as far as martial weapons go, I'd say it goes about
1. sword
2. axe
3. bow
4. hammer
5. scythe
6. dagger
7. spear
though tbh I think the last 3 or 4 spaces are up in the air.
kobey
Voltaic Spears and Tormented Shield
everyone except warriors, rangers and assassins uses them
(i am exaggerating)
everyone except warriors, rangers and assassins uses them
(i am exaggerating)
masta_yoda
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Voltaic Spears and Tormented Shield
everyone except warriors, rangers and assassins uses them (i am exaggerating) |
anyways
monks- spears/axes/swords for casting + offhand / shield
warriors-axe
sin-daggers
ele- wand+offhand
cosyfiep
since there are 5 caster classes I would tend to say staves are the most used. I like them especially on heroes ---just in case my storage is full I can drop a shield or focus item on them and have a free storage space! 
Other casters are using spears and swords
but still have a staff as backup .
Almost all of my characters have a bow for long range pulling, and one of my mesmers and one of my monks use it almost exclusively.
least used daggers and scythes....since only sins use daggers and dervishes use the scythes....
Other casters are using spears and swords
but still have a staff as backup .Almost all of my characters have a bow for long range pulling, and one of my mesmers and one of my monks use it almost exclusively.
least used daggers and scythes....since only sins use daggers and dervishes use the scythes....
Snow Bunny
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Preference.
I generally kit heroes out with staves. And lets face it, GW PvE really doesn't require you to be at your best... |
Lol.
I kit out mine with useless greens.
zwei2stein
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Originally Posted by undeadgun
wand/focus can be 40/40, staff cant
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Wand/Martial + Focus has also advantage of one being able to have more equipment permutations with less storage slots and without remoding (ya rly.)
-Loki-
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2. Monk --> Rods/Wands and offhand items.
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Torqual
The argument that, for casters, Sword + Offhand is better than using a wand or staff is not proven. If you're in a non-attacking role then I can believe that having an unconditional +5e could be more desirable than the ability to wand things. But playing as a Mesmer, Ele or Necro I'd argue that not wanding stuff occasionally is doing yourself and your team out of some cheap, free damage.
My ele runs a Staff with the basic +10e, then mods of +30h, +20% enchants and +5e>50%. The sword/focus equivalent would be a +5e/+20% weapon and a +12e focus with +30h.
So, it's a choice of an extra 2e plus 5e<50% and for this I have to lose the ability to wand stuff when I am low on energy. I don't see that this is compelling or proven - more a case of personal preference. However I am willing to be convinced if someone can give a persuasive explanation. I see a lot of sword elementalists and am really wondering whether there is some massive missed opportunity I haven't seen yet.
My ele runs a Staff with the basic +10e, then mods of +30h, +20% enchants and +5e>50%. The sword/focus equivalent would be a +5e/+20% weapon and a +12e focus with +30h.
So, it's a choice of an extra 2e plus 5e<50% and for this I have to lose the ability to wand stuff when I am low on energy. I don't see that this is compelling or proven - more a case of personal preference. However I am willing to be convinced if someone can give a persuasive explanation. I see a lot of sword elementalists and am really wondering whether there is some massive missed opportunity I haven't seen yet.
-Loki-
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Originally Posted by Torqual
The argument that, for casters, Sword + Offhand is better than using a wand or staff is not proven. If you're in a non-attacking role then I can believe that having an unconditional +5e could be more desirable than the ability to wand things. But playing as a Mesmer, Ele or Necro I'd argue that not wanding stuff occasionally is doing yourself and your team out of some cheap, free damage.
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Rexion
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Originally Posted by Snow Bunny
PvE is serious business, stop being elitist.
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my monk uses a wand/focus for healing... Khepket's for prot...
ele uses a staff.
sin uses daggers (duh?)
Zamochit
everyone should carry a defensive set.
sheild +30 +10 vs XX
Martial weapon +30
I dont care if you are a monk, a necro, a ranger or a sin... defensive set rocks. If you arent attacking or casting there is absolutely no reason why you shouldnt be using it.
sheild +30 +10 vs XX
Martial weapon +30
I dont care if you are a monk, a necro, a ranger or a sin... defensive set rocks. If you arent attacking or casting there is absolutely no reason why you shouldnt be using it.
zwei2stein
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Originally Posted by Torqual
The argument that, for casters, Sword + Offhand is better than using a wand or staff is not proven. If you're in a non-attacking role then I can believe that having an unconditional +5e could be more desirable than the ability to wand things. But playing as a Mesmer, Ele or Necro I'd argue that not wanding stuff occasionally is doing yourself and your team out of some cheap, free damage.
My ele runs a Staff with the basic +10e, then mods of +30h, +20% enchants and +5e>50%. The sword/focus equivalent would be a +5e/+20% weapon and a +12e focus with +30h. So, it's a choice of an extra 2e plus 5e<50% and for this I have to lose the ability to wand stuff when I am low on energy. I don't see that this is compelling or proven - more a case of personal preference. However I am willing to be convinced if someone can give a persuasive explanation. I see a lot of sword elementalists and am really wondering whether there is some massive missed opportunity I haven't seen yet. |
But you do one "fail thing" most people do: you ignore weapon swaps. All my casters have 15^50 wand with primary att req. Because if you are serious about wanding stuff and doing that extra DPS, your caster modded wand is subefective.
Also, having two weapons instead of one gives you bigger mix-and-match possibilities and you can finetune what you want without having to have tons of staves.
Stormlord Alex
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I see a lot of sword elementalists and am really wondering whether there is some massive missed opportunity I haven't seen yet.
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imho, an ele with a sword out all the time is a pretty stupid ele, because if he's sitting on a sword that means he's not using dual 20/20s, which - frankly - own the crap out of any other set when casting stuff. This is especially true in PvE, where the need to switch to a high energy set is (if you're any good) practically non-existant, and the need to pull out a defensive sword & shield isn't there either. And - given the common PvE templates of SF (spammy), Mind Blast (spammy) and Heat nuker (long recharges) - dual 20/20s are undoubtedly the strongest set you could use.
Ahem, but I digress or whatever.
Pleikki
War most used And probably staff most used weapon and specific Scar eater imo! many many ppl use it on heros But yeah i prefer wand+offhand set my chars
Aldric
Warrior - 3 Sword's (different damge types) and a flatbow.For pvp I have a load of different modded shields but I dont really bother with that for pve.
Ranger - Flatbow for pulling / 2 modded Recurve bows and a energy staff
Rit/Nec - A high energy (-2e regen set which almost never gets used) , a 20/20 set , a spear / focus set and a health set . I would say the Spear/Focus set is prolly my most commonly used with 20/20 on switch
Haven't played my mes's or ele in a long while but there on wand/focus triple sets plus health set iirc (dont think spears were around the last time i played them)
Ranger - Flatbow for pulling / 2 modded Recurve bows and a energy staff
Rit/Nec - A high energy (-2e regen set which almost never gets used) , a 20/20 set , a spear / focus set and a health set . I would say the Spear/Focus set is prolly my most commonly used with 20/20 on switch
Haven't played my mes's or ele in a long while but there on wand/focus triple sets plus health set iirc (dont think spears were around the last time i played them)
Azreal911
For AB battles which I find the most fun so I do that alot I find mostly sins and warriors and rangers come third. Least played class there is the mesmer and monk there. seeing either one is not often and usually the mesmer is a fast casting ele (I like doing that).
I think i've been backfired once out of all my battles! I was shocked that someone knew what to do! effectively shutting me down.
I think i've been backfired once out of all my battles! I was shocked that someone knew what to do! effectively shutting me down.
Torqual
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Originally Posted by -Loki-
Wanding damage is not only completely useless, since absolutely everything outclasses it, I haven't been in any situation where I would be wanding instead of casting or, on mesmer, waiting for something to interrupt.
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I love the confidence expressed in some of the posts above. Like the authors invented leetness. It's so funny.
Still not getting the overwhelming evidence of Sword-wielding casters. And, by the way, where did I say I don't weapon swap? Nice assumptions.
BTW on the subject of weapon swapping it CAN be something of a pain in the ass, especially in conditions of lag. It takes time that you could be activating a skill. So let's not pretend that it works perfectly or is instantaneous.
creelie
There are 2 main reasons staves tend to be preferred in PvE. First, they are the only way to have both 20% enchanting and max damage with caster attributes. Second, it means you only have 1 weapon to mod and inscribe instead of 2.
Anyway, the big winner for Most Popular Weapon is definitely the sword. Considering the number of young boys who play this game, that's not surprising.
Anyway, the big winner for Most Popular Weapon is definitely the sword. Considering the number of young boys who play this game, that's not surprising.
Jetdoc
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Originally Posted by undeadgun
wand/focus can be 40/40, staff cant
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Rift
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Originally Posted by Stormlord Alex
Coincidentally, a lot of people happen to be rather bad at GW
imho, an ele with a sword out all the time is a pretty stupid ele, because if he's sitting on a sword that means he's not using dual 20/20s, which - frankly - own the crap out of any other set when casting stuff. This is especially true in PvE, where the need to switch to a high energy set is (if you're any good) practically non-existant, and the need to pull out a defensive sword & shield isn't there either. And - given the common PvE templates of SF (spammy), Mind Blast (spammy) and Heat nuker (long recharges) - dual 20/20s are undoubtedly the strongest set you could use. Ahem, but I digress or whatever. |