One Thief burst me somehow, after being in stealth for a long time - 22k health and 1400 toughness, and he burnt me down in under 2 seconds somehow...gotta play that class more to figure out what he did.
either he had someone else u didnt see, or he got majorly lucky and stacked a ton of things on you.
In a case like that, if see a theif, the first thing i do is hit endure pain so i wipe everything he put on me.
Then i will burst HB while he's trying to burst me.
Typically Warrior Burst >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Theif burst if both are face tanking... which results in the thief dead b4 u die.
However u may not be able to finish him the normal way with F, you may need to burst his dead body again to kill him.
Mesmers are a PITFA...
There is only 3 ways to beat them.
Rush them, Rush them again, and Rush them til no tomorrow.
Bull charge, or 5 key with great sword, or 5 key then bull charge, followed by a stomp for when they counter.
When you see them dazed, hit frenzy -> quickness + HB and watch the MES die faster then you can even type out LOL.
Ive done somewhere between 21-24k AoE dmg (with fire rune) in WvWvW and quite honestly watched 7 people kiss the floor with that combo.
Its also the most complained combo on Guildwars2 Guru and main forums saying it makes the warrior too OP.
The only counter for such a combo is either another type of endure pain, or a shield, as stomp / bullcharge will pull you out of hiding / stealth, and will Stun the crap out of you.
Did a Caudecus Manor explorer mode and Citadel of Flame story mode over the weekend; the former sucked and was pretty long and pretty lame. The latter wasn't too bad, looked cool at least. Fairly unimpressed with being level 80 still; my friends want to try some of the other dungeons so I'll tag along but their stories are pretty meh and I can hardly find a reason to actually do the PvE. You can get a full set of 80 rare gear for just a few gold, and ultimately the difference between rare and exotic is not that great; plus I don't really see the application for it. I feel like I've struck a pretty good balance between offense and defense on my guardian already (except that they get real crappy HP lol) and I don't think simply getting slightly better gear would save me from getting instagibbed anyway, at least not without radically cutting my offense.
the guardian's primary role is to collect agro and live long enough for the others to DPS it to oblivion.
The warriors primary role is to support the guardian and DPS the target, while switching agro with the guardian long enough for him to regen.
You can not do the warriors role on guardian because the guardian has 1/3rd of the DPS the warrior has.
U need Toughness, ive told people this many times. Tig even goes full toughness + vit when we run dungeons because it does make a hugh difference.
My warrior is complete exotic'd out... even down to the accessories she wears.
You can call her paris hilton with all the bling she has.
When i swaped out to yellow gear to troll with magic find, the gear really made a big impact.
You assume its not much, but if you add all the additional stats on 11 pieces of EQ... 6 on body, and 5 accessories, they ADD up fast.
Lastly i was comparing with tig on ATK with his setup and mine.
I can say i have about 33% more ATK, with 25% more VIT @ simular tier'd eq, however he has more toughness + armor then i do. 2.3 def 3.4k ATK (warrior) / 2.8k def 2.6k Atk (guardian). Which is also a big reason why he can take more hits then i can with less life.
To build a Guardian full DPS, is like saying "I wish i rolled a warrior" build in my eyes, and have it be even more gimp then a shout/banner warrior in regards to DPS.