Maintainable DPS - Which Profession Is Best?

Hi Guys,

Before I start, I must give a bit of background.

I have never actually made or played a Warrior before this. I was actually experimenting with SY! + TNTF! on my Paragon (not too much tho, he's still in Kourna, and that place is too easy to tell if you are really making a difference or not), and that got me thinking to try the DragonSlash + SY! warrior.

Somewhere along the way, I realised that my Warrior was lvl 16 and still hadn't died a single time (go me! ) so I decided to make him my Survivor character too. At the moment, she just reached r1 Survivor and is now going about doing all the necessary housekeeping to get up to speed (unlocking heroes, getting full AL armor, buying skills, capping key elites etc).

Now...keeping this in mind, I have some questions for you:

1) The damage per second of the DS + SY! warrior is around 30-40, based on my very basic experiments in Isle of the Nameless. Is this correct? Seems a bit..low.

2) Most of the time, I find that my Warrior is up front, holding aggro and putting the beat down on enemies (as any decent Warrior should). Unfortunately, what this means is that sometimes half my party dont get the benefit of SY! Especially the monks who are always hanging back...again, like any decent monk should! In this case..how do good warriors micro manage to get maximum benefit from SY!?

3) The build I have been using is as follows:

[build;OQMSEZKTLOTNnimaxgGWXF5V]

I'm a factions char, so I couldnt choose /P for my secondary (for Enduring Harmony). Ascending for /P and getting Enduring Harmony is my first priority at the moment, but until then..do you think this build is ok? Any recommendations for change, considering I'm a W/Mo, unascended?

4) What are the recommended IAS skills? I know Flail is a contender, but I find that the 33% IMS reduction and adrenaline requirement are annoying...perhaps because I am inexperienced Warrior...I've been experimenting with Flurry. I am aware of using Frenzy + a cancel stance, but to be honest, using Frenzy on a survivor character makes me feel very nervous.

5) What are your recommendations for Armor insignia? I'm going to be purchasing a Sup. Vigor rune, a minor Strength rune, 1 sup. absorption rune and 1 Stonefist Insignia (for the Brawling Headbutt KD). Other than these...what are your recommendations? 20e is a bit low for spamming stances and Flurry but I dont want to resort to Radiant armor (blech). I'm experimenting with a Sword with +5e, +30hp on it (stolen from my monk ) and that's going ok..but otherwise, how are attune runes on warriors?

Wow...that was a huge post. But yeah, I had a lot to get off my chest. All comments appreciated! http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10308778

Just because you have absolutely no skill at using warrior, it doesn't mean the profession is crap. 30 dmg D-slash? It gives the word "noob" a whole new meaning.

Ha ha ha. Seeing as how its already proven that D-slash warrior > DB/MS sin, in before "BuT my critscythesszz pwnnnzzzz u XD omg yayyy"

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2. Stop talking about scythes. Armor-sensitive damage = poo. End of story. Doesn't matter which class is wielding it, they're still mediocre. To make matters worse, AoHM (and avatar forms) coverts your damage type, so you can't share in many of those great intra-team synergies. Quote by Chthon. I was running a A/D, sure the damage looks nice on MoD but the damage isn't anywhere near it in HM. I lose out on SY!, the most overpowered utility as well. I play with humans, and they appreciate the utility much more so they tell me to run Dagger/SY!. Keep trying guys. faraaz Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 India Hey Mallyx [icU] A/ 15 Jun 2009 at 21:23 - 50 Look at the date of the post lol...my Warrior is Leg Survivor atm, with r10 most EoTN rep titles...people learn given time ^^ Instead of trolling & making personal attacks, wouldn't you rather try to prove the numbers wrong? Forgotton200 Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Nov 2008 Mo/ 15 Jun 2009 at 21:42 - 51 Quote: Originally Posted by Jaigoda In response to the past posts... Forgotton200: Stop playing NM and find some real mobs. And if you're barely dealing damage before things die, then why the hell does it matter? Anyway, running regular Sabway I almost never have troubles while using Golden Phoenix>DB>MS before something dies. And again, DS gives you a -33% IMS while using Flail (with a 20s recharge cancel stance), which means since everything's dying so fast you're going to spend most of your time switching targets, not attacking. How's that for efficiency? Why don't you go back to farming Mountain Trolls since that's all you can do effectively?

Almost missed this post in the wall of text that proves nothing.

NM? Where did I say NM? Things die in a second in HM, but you aren't as great as me so you'll never experience this. Also, I don't use Flail, I use candies for a IAS because it saves me a skill slot. I abuse all farming builds, that means I have a perma sin, RoJ monk, CoP mesmer. Don't put me in the same IQ level as yours, naruto fanboy. I'm making as much as cash as you while being superior in general PvE and high-end PvP as a warrior. It's nice we can reroll PvP characters and I'm sure you run warrior as well if you do high-end PvP as a frontline, think again why you're running it. Because:

Warrior > Assassin.
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2. Stop talking about scythes. Armor-sensitive damage = poo. End of story. Doesn't matter which class is wielding it, they're still mediocre. To make matters worse, AoHM (and avatar forms) coverts your damage type, so you can't share in many of those great intra-team synergies.
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I was running a A/D, sure the damage looks nice on MoD but the damage isn't anywhere near it in HM. I lose out on SY!, the most overpowered utility as well. I play with humans, and they appreciate the utility much more so they tell me to run Dagger/SY!.

Keep trying guys.

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You're only worth arguing with for the comedy of it. As long as Warriors push out more utility with the DPS being better under certain circumstances, they'll be better at both. Jaigoda Krytan Explorer Join Date: Oct 2007 IGN Eat Scythes 16 Jun 2009 at 00:05 - 52 Sigh..... Quote: Originally Posted by traversc The point about getting health back is that it helps in tanking. ALOT. Especially when when you're getting stripped at the same time. Also, l2r... I never said it Dwayna/Balth?melandru helps DPS... . I said it helps TANKING. Either way, I wouldn't take either, since Grenth is arguably the best option for derv available, atm. (If you're not taking advantage of permavatar as a derv, you're doing something very wrong.)

10-14 health every few seconds is approximately the equivalent of Mending. And you actually think Grenth is the best thing a PvE derv can do? Have ever even heard of Wounding Strike? Avvy Lyssa? Zealous Vow (spamming 3-4s recharge skills with .5 or .75 activations is gud.)? Grenth is essentially a crappy damage buff that takes your elite and requires two skills to maintain.

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