Ape_Hawk: Something of note about why your dps was lower than others on HT: the boss is technically a structure, thus takes more strike damage than condi damage. It's why people prefer running power over condi for that strike.

TheRetifox: I did not say it before, which I should. I really appreciate the series, I have almost 1k in GW2 and am almost exclusively a PVE Open World player, I have not done fractals, strikes, or raids. It's nice to see a showcase and backgrounds of current meta builds, and how all of it functions, even just for curiosity to see how things are. Thanks! :D

Chimera9657: Some extra information / correction regarding condi alac druid:

-The main reason it's not considered good isn't because we don't take Eclipse. With the current alac duration, even with full ritualist gear (42% bd), we need to use ca2 ca3 ca4 ca5 in low pressure situations because we cannot enter CA off cooldown. With ca4 being a non-damaging-move and having a rather long channel time, we lose quite a lot of time doing no damage at all. This doesn't change with Eclipse since ca4 will only apply extra chill.

-The build currently sits at ~35k with dmg field (skip ca4) and ~32k without (use ca4) making it not much worse than current meta builds

-Another problem the build however has is that it has a comparably long ramp-up. With the current power creep we have, a lot of slow ramp-up condi builds fall out of favor on a lot of fights.

-Also with celestial being a really good stat, it it often just better to run celestial druid (or seraph, they're pretty close), coming in at ~20-25k with a lot more utility and more than enough healing for your group (especially in double heal squads)

Sturmjaeger: Today I heard the term "Druid Fluid" for the first time and I wish I hadn't.

StationOfbarny: I'm stealing "Druid Fluid."

SariatheFrostMage: You can get lower damage but far more utility with Celestial Gear, Nature Magic, Double Slam DPS Druid running Storm and Sun spirit. The output on Sun spirit is actually busted, sitting around 20k damage from one utility in Celestial

spencers4121: I ran condi druid years ago in open world, ancient seeds was so op.

michealfutch7819: I used to enjoy being a spirit ranger, with little spirits following me everywhere. After that got rekt, none of the utility really appeal to me.

gryphawoo5444: the biggest thing i hate about ranger is it feels like every pve build requires jacaranda which completely removes the fun of having all those different pets to choose between, plus the things just ugly XD

Nyavsa: Love the series Muk! Also really happy to see you covering my favourite build in the game. Ever since Anet allowed druids to play dps I just keep coming back to this setup because of how good it feels to play. Also since Entangle and Celestial Avatar skills have pretty big AoEs it's really nice to play in open world!

lyokhamishukov3513: How much bleeding does Entangle do?

"One, Two, Three, Four, Five, plus Five!"

Aug 17 2024

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