Posts by Bluey

    the big one on your gif is embercrest, right Bluey ?

    Yes, Embercrest has quite a big swing area.
    Goldtouched also has a big one. PVP Arcane has no swing area. (shown below are mid-swing shots)
    (I don't have a water staff metal right now to test) :P

    Fun thing: If you cancel an attack and walk around, the trail will follow you a bit. And if you teleport during that time, the trail will go all the way to your new location! (it goes in a straight line, even through walls)

    I found that different staves have different "head zones". Some don't even have head zones at all, as they don't show the swinging trail (e.g. Dragon's Envy, Jeweled twin serpent, Ghostly, Platinum). The projectile trails are all the same.

    The faint white trail an unmodded weapon makes can be used to preview how it looks when modded.

    The longest staves (that I have):
    Chrysocola > Balthazar > Cobalt > Bone Dragon
    This is an overlaying image showing their tips:

    I may have missed some of them, but I think Chrysocola is probably the longest. It is about 2.1 times the length of the Outcast Staff! The following are images taken while not moving the camera (so the sizes are comparable), and arranged by width, which is roughly proportional to the staff length.

    Picture 1

    Balthazar's Staff
    Chrysocola Staff
    Cobalt Staff
    Bone Dragon Staff
    Winged Staff
    Embercrest Staff
    Goldtouched Staff
    Primitive Staff
    Channeling Staff

    Picture 2

    Moldavite Staff
    Red Asuraline Staff
    Divine Staff
    Oppressor's Staff
    Dolyak Prod Staff
    Elliptical Staff / Ssuns' Staff
    Envoy Staff
    Imperial Staff
    Death's Head

    Picture 3

    Crescent Staff
    Onyx Staff
    Dead Staff / Inscribed Staff
    Tengu Staff
    Mursaat Staff
    Earth Staff (obsidian)
    Wailing Staff
    Charr Staff
    Cockatrice Staff
    Plagueborn Staff

    Picture 4

    Deldrimor Staff
    Raven Staff
    Fire Staff (core)
    Forbidden Staff
    Jeweled Staff (twin serpent)
    Celestial Staff
    Dragon's Envy
    Ancient Moss Staff
    Undead Staff
    Greater Istani Staff / Alem's Remedy

    Picture 5

    Platinum Staff
    Goldhorn Staff
    Bo Staff
    Willcrusher
    Jade Staff
    Firebrand
    Ghostly Staff

    Picture 6

    Fire Staff (metal torch)
    Dragon Staff
    Ensorcelling Staff
    Jeweled Staff (core)
    Shadow Staff
    Lotus Staff

    Picture 7

    Suntouched Staff
    Turquoise Staff
    Ominous Staff / Bohdalz's Fury
    Snake's Envy
    Dragon Spire Staff
    Gemstone Staff
    Illusory Staff / Phoenix's Retribution
    Darkwing Staff / The Soul Reaper

    Picture 8

    Hourglass Staff
    Kepkhet's Refuge
    Emanating Staff / The Mindstealer
    Pyric Staff / Staff of Ruin
    Icicle Staff
    Bone Staff
    Zodiac Staff
    Outcast Staff

    Sorry this turned into a bit of a long post. Thanks for reading. ^^

    do you have access to all styles across all the campaigns?

    You can preview the choices from Anatomical Engineer Llye in Great Temple of Balthazar, even if you haven't bought any makeover packs.

    You will have access to all faces / hairs / skin color across all campaigns. For example here is an ele with NF hair and Proph face.

    You cannot use faces / hairs from other professions.

    If the profession is campaign specific (Rt, A, D, P), your choices will be limited to that campaign. (so exactly the same as in character creation)

    I really appreciate the moderators keeping the forum running and working on the rules.

    The 5-post limit has run for some time now. I've seen new accounts revive age-old threads with bland or irrelevant comments, or ask questions that can be easily found on the forum or wiki. I think the rule has watered down the quality of the forum. Now whenever I see a new post, I have to distinguish if the person was genuinely asking questions / making comments, or just trying to fulfil the 5-posts limit, in which case I would ignore him.

    For example, on my dead 5-year-old thread (here), some guy asked a question I already answered in the original post. It's obvious he was posting for the limit. And this is happening everywhere. Might as well give these posts a red tag saying "posting for the limit, can ignore". I think the rule is not stopping people from posting bids, but forcing people to post spams.

    My suggestion: Remove the 5-post limit. Or make it a 1-post limit in the Introductions Thread. In my opinion it makes more sense. If a new guys wants to trade, let him introduce himself a bit instead of forcing him to spam 5 times. At least that confines the spam and doesn't affect the rest of the forum.

    Again, I really appreciate the moderators. Thank you for all the efforts.

    I think the requirements for multi-professional items are complete :)

    Thanks everyone!

    Because I read the suggestion: Ele has almost the same dps and burst as mesmer as player. Sometimes a bit more, sometimes a bit less. But playing either build on the opposite profession is always a big downgrade.
    Ele has 3 key boosts given to him he needs to take advantage of:
    1. higher attribute ranks - ele should alays have 19-20 attribute rank compared to Mesmer's 16
    2. Intensity ~ double dmg every 8-10s
    3. Ebsoh and/or cracked armor - depending on whether AoEoT or burst build.

    I realized what I said might have made ele players feel a bit insulted. That wasn't my intention and I'm sorry. I'm very biased because I haven't played caster classes a lot. From what you said I'd definitely love to try more ele :)

    Also just for the mods:
    MM Nec benefits from Spawning Power
    (+20% health to all minions)

    I'm also trying this:

    [Build=OgcSc5MTvlXGLGOGqG5i1gLi]

    Critical Agility still drops really easily. My solution was bringing a para hero with Go for the Eyes. Can't think of anything else. :| At least we both benefit from Splinter Weapon from another hero.

    *Edit: when I get a Strength bow I'm gonna try this:

    [Build=OgESc5MTvlLGOGqGxg8V5iYF]

    6-second Flail seems cool. Flurry is a cancel stance, and also useful at the start of a fight. Reminds me of the good old days when we used to see rangers with Flail in PVP before it was nerfed.

    [Build=OQejgymTHTOMMMHMWY9YAhn11g]

    (attributes: 12+3+1 Leadership, 12 Dagger Mastery, 3 Command)
    (the blank spot is Heroic Refrain)

    It's not all-new, just a modification of HR dagger build using the Critical Strikes mod.

    Go for the Eyes can upkeep Critical Agility while giving tons of energy. You can switch There's Nothing to Fear for Asuran Scan to counter blindness.

    I've tested Critical Agility with other melee builds, but upkeep is a problem due to the critical hit chance still being quite low. To solve that I've tried Malicious Strike, Wild Blow, and Way of the Master, but I don't have a solid build to share yet.

    [Build=OQZCgMwEOYYT5w3AuIpQ4gLI]

    (attributes: 12+ Fast Casting, 12 Lightning Mastery)

    Here's a "lightning-fast" mesmer build I played around with. Elemental Attunement lasts 37 seconds with the Energy Storage mod. After testing I'd say the damage is "not too wild". Makes me go, "Ooh.. so that's why the damage meta belongs to mesmers and not eles" :D Sorry eles. Maybe I just didn't like upkeeping the enchantments. You can actually try this build without the ES mod and still upkeep the elite.

    A few additions I've collected these few years.

    here they are

    Since I don't collect duplicates, it has become challenging to move on. ;)

    still missing... as of June 2025

    Copperleaf Shield
    Istani Shield
    Kournan Defender
    Lotus Shield
    Plated Shield
    Skeleton Shield
    Spiked Targe (large version)
    Vabbian Bastion

    (and the new shields...)
    Bronze Guardian
    Hog's Gluttony
    Ominous Aegis
    Spider's Gluttony

    the sword always had some wierd behavior

    you can run around in town with it (as your character) :D

    Bluey
    October 17, 2022 at 2:02 PM

    Hello bsoltan, sorry I'd like to ask if it's possible to include the 10 PVE elite skills in the code displayer. Would love to maybe share some builds with them in the future.

    Here are the display tests

    Testing the build display:

    [Build=OQGjUymDKTxgAhYFXF9Yn1jYybA]

    Testing the skills display:

    [Heroic Refrain] [Over the Limit] [Fire Storm]

    Thanks a lot! I really appreciate you and all the other moderators keeping this forum running really smoothly.

    can I please b/o any q8 shields and offhands with 200g or 300g clean gold value?

    will pay 2x the b/o price, thanks!

    edit: also buy out (one each)
    Reinforced Defender com 3a
    Flame Artifact eye 6a
    Healing Ankh 2a
    Inscribed Chakram 2a
    Jeweled Chakram 2a
    Stone Chakram 2a
    Aureate Chalice 2a
    Jeweled Chalice 2a
    Chimeric Eye 4a

    edit: trade complete, thank you

    the first post is up to date!

    also added a section for finding low-req, hope it helps

    Purple lesser Etched sword from normal mode chest in fmaw, do new skin golds drop normal mode chests? or just the former pvp skins that drop foes also nm

    NM chests have dropped bonus items skins, namely in: Southern Shiverpeaks, Realm of Torment, and Depths of Tyria. (No NM chest drops were reported in Factions so far.) On the other hand, HM chests seem to drop new items in all areas.

    PVP skins have a different drop pattern than bonus item skins, as they seem more regional. It's interesting that Etched was found in a dungeon. All previous reports of Etched were in Norn areas. Perhaps dungeons in the area are also considered a Norn area in some way? Need more data to find out.

    I didnt record its value unid, but after id it is 184g Red

    Holy!

    correct me if I'm wrong but I remember gold value ≤200 means unide gold value <50, which means q8 potential!

    I think that's why weapons from Zaishen Chest have a minimum gold value of 204.

    edit: sorry was wrong, crossed out in order to not confuse anyone (see below)