"Evil mans" wielding of the English language indicates he eats paint chips and is probably suffering in life more than any trolling he can dish out, no need to have to explain yourself sir, great vid!
Just wanted to say that my girlfriend really loves your videos, They're a really great way to get upto speed on a new class quickly :) keep up the good work man and don't let the trolls get to you. Cheers :)
Dear Mike, Just want to say thanks since your necro video reminded me about the weapon swap thing as i totally forgot i could do that after returning from a long break, to be honest i am not the best necro/reaper/scourge out there but i am pretty seasoned, just thought i'd say your build is actually pretty nice for a 'beginner' guide, I do hope more newbies or even players who want to pick up some basics watch your videos and even for some people who are seasoned might get reminded of something they actually forgot. Regards, Vlad
I need to remember how you dealt with that troll lol. that, and as someone who enjoys his warrior, with his axes, from time to time... let alone after the recent changes... funny how things turn out right? going from fotm vs just building to what you enjoy and what works lol keep up the epic work! You had me subscribed with your chrono build. I've SAVED so many people with the sharing aegis every time I use distortion with blurred inscriptions as well lol.
Thanks for the sweet guide! been playing off and on for some 2 years now and im getting tired of not knowing how anything works and just button smashing to oblivion until something happens.
Hey, you're nice to listen to. @9:14 on the bottom left corner there's a small text that resembles a DPS parse. What is that? And if it is a DPS meter, how is it called? Thanks in advance.
I cannot see what you're referring to @9:14. The only dps metre that I use is the kitty golem one that anet built in to the aerodrome. That's around @17:00.
In the very south of Lion's Arch, there's a portal to a place called the aerodrome. It's basically a portal to all the raids in one place, in there (next to the bank) there is also a portal to the special forces training area. It's a super useful room with a programmable training dummy for dps testing. Make a squad of one to enter, have fun!
Good Person > Good Player And the fact he is a good player and you are not is something yet to be probed. You got my like just for that. I wish you the very best with you channel.
Hello, returning player here. Watched this vid, then many more. You got a sub. Great to listen 2, please keep it up. Btw screw that 11 y/o that was bashing you ingame, what he lackes in intelligence he makes up in stupidity. Maybe you can make a vid for guys like me? Returning players? I stopped playing just before HoT.
Thanks for the words of encouragement! I'm going to focus on these basic guides until I've done them. I will have much more time to make vids in a couple months time once my move is complete. Not sure what my next idea for videos will be, but probably less focussed on beginners. I will look for another gap in available videos, perhaps returning players, who knows!
Yeah, back then it was all about easy rotations, auto-attacking to give your party permanent protection. Now the firebrand is high condition dps and DH is high power dps. It's really in a good place now.
Great video man thank you so much for this information and tips, I’m just starting to really get into gw2 this is my first MMO and I’m currently level 17 guardian. Should I focus on creating sets and getting gear ? Or just having fun with the game and getting to level 80 first?
Mike The Fish I have another question, is guild wars the best MMO for exploration and what not? The world feels so alive and the community is friendly I just feel bad about joining this game so late. Are there any other newer MMOs that have are fun exploring like this one ? And I guess my next question for you would be how would you say this compares to classic WoW cause I heard the vanilla version is coming back out this summer so I guess I’m just trying to figure out what’s the best MMO I should continue to play going foward
I honestly couldn't compare it to other MMOs because I only ever played wow to level 30 and really know nothing about it, and haven't played any others. All I would say is, I have had thousands of hours here and I don't regret it at all.
tnx good guide i am new to the game literally just 4 days in and this gave me direction for my guardian. any recommendation since Dragon hunter is not an option for me.
I have done the last few in the last few months, the next 5 guides will be up in time. I'm still moving house at the moment so super busy but as I said at the start of the video, hopefully I can get them out at a reasonable speed!
Great video! what happened with the marauder armour/build? still good? It looked very promising! it's a bit annoying to play with just 12k life in my experience. Why all the people go for zerk in all or the mayority of the professions?
I still use my marauders set with that build everywhere except raids. Most of the game is full of huge telegraphed attacks, these things are really easy to dodge and/or avoid. This is especially true in raids, it's why I have pure damage armour, and why most use pure damage sets. You can outplay most of the raid mechanics. There are alot of completely unavoidable damage attacks in high level fractals for example. I reserve slightly more survivable builds for there.
Uhm, it's not only me, isn't it? All 4 seconds (ca.) the quality of the game capture (not, for example Text in the foreground) got really bad for a splitsecond ... aside from this, nice video.
It's not terrible and it certainly has its place. I forgot to mention in this video the weapon changes that you can make for different situations. I carry a GS round for the number 5 skill (the pull), in certain situations the ability to pull mobs together is extremely useful. The damage on it is close but not as good as hammer or sceptre though, so it's situational only.
I just returned and was looking at different classes. How up to date is this video? I ask because I didn't see a lot on necro in the current meta but I did see a couple of guardian builds including a dps build.
I'm looking at information such as this. metabattle.com/wiki/Raid If it has changed which seems to be the case, what are your current thoughts regarding the class.
on instanced pve, guards are usually dps , so its pretty much up to date, but hammers are not really used, i use gs instead. also i dont like scholar runes, i prefer rolling flame legion. necros are garbage on pve, sadly, such a cool class
I sort of really dislike your videos, but I still watch them cause I do not know SHIT about being good in gw2 and I want to be good, and I can't understand the complicated things without going through your baby steps first. I really think your guides could use some improvement in presentation, but I do appreciate your work and your clear voice, however cringe you get sometimes. A clear voice and direct vocabulary is always a good thing.
It's a shame that in PvE, Guardian is one of those classes that can do plenty of things, but in every case apart from maybe party Stability and condi cleanse (but even that has been pretty much voided by them changing blasting a Light Field), another class does it better. Power damage? Almost every other class. Condi damage? Don't even bother, it only gets Burning. Protection? One Herald skill does more than the Guardian. Might? Warrior blows it out of the water. Regen? See Herald. Healing? Druid, Tempest, even Mesmer. Swiftness? See Herald again. The only things it has going for it are Aegis, and most of the time, just a dodge roll does the same thing, and Retaliation which is entirely passive and random depending on if people are getting hit, which they usually shouldn't be. I love the concept of the class and still play, but it was DoA in GW2.
I actually play alot.of guardian in fractals. Find it very fun and useful to play there. Not that you cannot do individual things better with other classes, but I enjoy the supportive jack of all trades it can provide. Aegis not to be scoffed at!
Hey, Sorry you re getting trolled... I play guardian a lot! love it, I appreciate what you are trying to do, but this is a boring build because you built it boring. And you say so yourself right before you show the attack sequence for hammer. So, why would I want to play this or suggest this build to a noob?
I'm 3 years late to the party but still appreciating these beginner guides
Ignore the haters, your videos are appreciated :)
Your comments are appreciated!
Very classy handling of troll. lol. Thanks for this videos mate.
You don't need to explain to the majority of people watching your videos. Trolls will be trolls. Thanks for your videos!
Thanks for watching! Tell a friend, mesmer soon ;-)
Love your video! It definitely aided me in not giving up playing as a guardian.
Awesome, just what I was looking for. Keep up the great work man! Wanted to make a guardian for the longest.
Much appreciated! Tell a friend!
"Evil mans" wielding of the English language indicates he eats paint chips and is probably suffering in life more than any trolling he can dish out, no need to have to explain yourself sir, great vid!
Yeah he sounds like a 10 years old.
Just wanted to say that my girlfriend really loves your videos, They're a really great way to get upto speed on a new class quickly :) keep up the good work man and don't let the trolls get to you. Cheers :)
Much appreciated!
Thank you so much for these videos, they are greatly appreciated.
Dear Mike,
Just want to say thanks since your necro video reminded me about the weapon swap thing as i totally forgot i could do that after returning from a long break, to be honest i am not the best necro/reaper/scourge out there but i am pretty seasoned, just thought i'd say your build is actually pretty nice for a 'beginner' guide, I do hope more newbies or even players who want to pick up some basics watch your videos and even for some people who are seasoned might get reminded of something they actually forgot.
Regards, Vlad
I need to remember how you dealt with that troll lol.
that, and as someone who enjoys his warrior, with his axes, from time to time... let alone after the recent changes...
funny how things turn out right? going from fotm vs just building to what you enjoy and what works lol
keep up the epic work! You had me subscribed with your chrono build. I've SAVED so many people with the sharing aegis every time I use distortion with blurred inscriptions as well lol.
Thank you so much for the info! I feel like I have an idea of what I'm aiming for now!
Glad I could help!
once again a very good video with great information thanks :)
I'm planning ot come back to the game and probably rerolling Guardian, thanks for the overview! :)
Thanks for the sweet guide! been playing off and on for some 2 years now and im getting tired of not knowing how anything works and just button smashing to oblivion until something happens.
Thanks for the vid man, this helped me figure out why my build didn't work :)
I'm your 900. subscriber :) Great vid!
Thankyou! The magic happens when we get to 1000 ;-)
Mike The Fish I know , it just feels good to see that 899 turn to 900 ;)
Hey, let's throw a party, everybody brings something. Me: I'LL BRING A HAMMER
Hey, you're nice to listen to. @9:14 on the bottom left corner there's a small text that resembles a DPS parse. What is that? And if it is a DPS meter, how is it called? Thanks in advance.
I cannot see what you're referring to @9:14. The only dps metre that I use is the kitty golem one that anet built in to the aerodrome. That's around @17:00.
Yeah that one, mixed up the time. What's the aerodrome btw?
In the very south of Lion's Arch, there's a portal to a place called the aerodrome. It's basically a portal to all the raids in one place, in there (next to the bank) there is also a portal to the special forces training area. It's a super useful room with a programmable training dummy for dps testing. Make a squad of one to enter, have fun!
Thank you man
Good Person > Good Player
And the fact he is a good player and you are not is something yet to be probed.
You got my like just for that. I wish you the very best with you channel.
Nice use of the word "probed", appreciate the support!
Hello, returning player here. Watched this vid, then many more. You got a sub. Great to listen 2, please keep it up. Btw screw that 11 y/o that was bashing you ingame, what he lackes in intelligence he makes up in stupidity.
Maybe you can make a vid for guys like me? Returning players? I stopped playing just before HoT.
Thanks for the words of encouragement! I'm going to focus on these basic guides until I've done them. I will have much more time to make vids in a couple months time once my move is complete. Not sure what my next idea for videos will be, but probably less focussed on beginners. I will look for another gap in available videos, perhaps returning players, who knows!
Nice job handling that situation. Some people are just rude
A lot must've changed in the 2 years since you published this video. Guardians damage now is really good.
Yeah, back then it was all about easy rotations, auto-attacking to give your party permanent protection. Now the firebrand is high condition dps and DH is high power dps. It's really in a good place now.
I haven't gotten enough points to open up either FB or DH and it's still really good.
Great video man thank you so much for this information and tips, I’m just starting to really get into gw2 this is my first MMO and I’m currently level 17 guardian. Should I focus on creating sets and getting gear ? Or just having fun with the game and getting to level 80 first?
Have fun first then you can work on something a bit more realistic later on. Happy you enjoyed this somewhat old(though still somewhat valid) vid!
Mike The Fish I have another question, is guild wars the best MMO for exploration and what not? The world feels so alive and the community is friendly I just feel bad about joining this game so late. Are there any other newer MMOs that have are fun exploring like this one ? And I guess my next question for you would be how would you say this compares to classic WoW cause I heard the vanilla version is coming back out this summer so I guess I’m just trying to figure out what’s the best MMO I should continue to play going foward
I honestly couldn't compare it to other MMOs because I only ever played wow to level 30 and really know nothing about it, and haven't played any others. All I would say is, I have had thousands of hours here and I don't regret it at all.
replying to trolls like that is hilarious. its sort of the same as spam emails ^3^
tnx good guide i am new to the game literally just 4 days in and this gave me direction for my guardian. any recommendation since Dragon hunter is not an option for me.
Nice video! When do you do the other classes?
I have done the last few in the last few months, the next 5 guides will be up in time. I'm still moving house at the moment so super busy but as I said at the start of the video, hopefully I can get them out at a reasonable speed!
i'm very excited about warrior and thief
you got an updated/current guide for guardian?
Great video! what happened with the marauder armour/build? still good? It looked very promising! it's a bit annoying to play with just 12k life in my experience. Why all the people go for zerk in all or the mayority of the professions?
I still use my marauders set with that build everywhere except raids. Most of the game is full of huge telegraphed attacks, these things are really easy to dodge and/or avoid. This is especially true in raids, it's why I have pure damage armour, and why most use pure damage sets. You can outplay most of the raid mechanics. There are alot of completely unavoidable damage attacks in high level fractals for example. I reserve slightly more survivable builds for there.
Oh, I see. Thanks for the explanation. I didn't understand the general obsession with zerk everything .... ;-) having different options in the game.
LMAO, that chat screenshot
Uhm, it's not only me, isn't it? All 4 seconds (ca.) the quality of the game capture (not, for example Text in the foreground) got really bad for a splitsecond ... aside from this, nice video.
Had settings wrong in game capture program, congrats, you're first to notice it 😁
I like Greatsword Guardian but no one seems to recommend it, is it that bad in PVE ? Great guide by the way :)
It's not terrible and it certainly has its place. I forgot to mention in this video the weapon changes that you can make for different situations. I carry a GS round for the number 5 skill (the pull), in certain situations the ability to pull mobs together is extremely useful. The damage on it is close but not as good as hammer or sceptre though, so it's situational only.
Mike The Fish Thanks.
I just returned and was looking at different classes. How up to date is this video? I ask because I didn't see a lot on necro in the current meta but I did see a couple of guardian builds including a dps build.
I'm looking at information such as this.
metabattle.com/wiki/Raid
If it has changed which seems to be the case, what are your current thoughts regarding the class.
on instanced pve, guards are usually dps , so its pretty much up to date, but hammers are not really used, i use gs instead. also i dont like scholar runes, i prefer rolling flame legion. necros are garbage on pve, sadly, such a cool class
I sort of really dislike your videos, but I still watch them cause I do not know SHIT about being good in gw2 and I want to be good, and I can't understand the complicated things without going through your baby steps first. I really think your guides could use some improvement in presentation, but I do appreciate your work and your clear voice, however cringe you get sometimes. A clear voice and direct vocabulary is always a good thing.
I guess that is what the dislike button is for. You won't need this stuff forever, don't worry.
I thought guardian was supposed to be a tank lol
Should be that way really, shouldn't it? Turns out mesmers make the best tanks, go figure!
i think that guy was a little slow.
It's a shame that in PvE, Guardian is one of those classes that can do plenty of things, but in every case apart from maybe party Stability and condi cleanse (but even that has been pretty much voided by them changing blasting a Light Field), another class does it better.
Power damage? Almost every other class.
Condi damage? Don't even bother, it only gets Burning.
Protection? One Herald skill does more than the Guardian.
Might? Warrior blows it out of the water.
Regen? See Herald.
Healing? Druid, Tempest, even Mesmer.
Swiftness? See Herald again.
The only things it has going for it are Aegis, and most of the time, just a dodge roll does the same thing, and Retaliation which is entirely passive and random depending on if people are getting hit, which they usually shouldn't be. I love the concept of the class and still play, but it was DoA in GW2.
I actually play alot.of guardian in fractals. Find it very fun and useful to play there. Not that you cannot do individual things better with other classes, but I enjoy the supportive jack of all trades it can provide. Aegis not to be scoffed at!
Ok DMG ??? Dragon hunter is easy to play and can give awesome DPS even better than eles (as complex) in party
Hey, Sorry you re getting trolled... I play guardian a lot! love it, I appreciate what you are trying to do, but this is a boring build because you built it boring. And you say so yourself right before you show the attack sequence for hammer. So, why would I want to play this or suggest this build to a noob?
Easy is best for beginner. Easy is boring.
that guy in chat talks like he has some cognitive/intellectual impairment tbh