For me herald is more fun and more effective for me when playing solo or with random players around. I`m using spear and staff and its fine for me.

Because I already have 2 stunbreaks on my utility bar. I was just using them poorly. But that's part of showcasing builds like this; to demonstrate that I'm not just outplaying the game with good fight execution. If my brain was on during that fight, I wouldn't have popped either of my stunbreaks until I actually got stunned.

skill > build to a point. If your build is trash, you will do very little dps, regardless of how quickly and correctly you press your buttons. You have to at least have a reasonably sensible build for skill > build to hold true :)

In his example every other guy is using optimal gear and does optimal dps

To be clear, I'm not advertising actively not trying, not running good gear deliberately, or not seeking to improve as a player. I'm pointing out that, even in very extreme scenarios, gear quality is less impactful than people claim when it comes to dps. This video aims to push back against the narrative that players running suboptimal setups are somehow wasting the time of the other players in the group, because that simply isn't true. People coming to raids with their best attempt at a build and being given the chance to try (and maybe even getting hard-carried) is fine with me. Additionally, I think many players in the scene would benefit from being allowed to run more resilient, simpler, and less specialized builds alongside players running meta setups instead of being pressured to conform to a more streamlined build that they might not like or that they might not be ready for yet in order to gain access to groups with experienced players. It also is a warning about how the playerbase at large probably isn't equipped to accurately judge builds simply by looking at a person's gearset. I think it's a GOOD thing that GW2 endgame instanced content doesn't require strict optimization or harsh dps checks, because GW2 isn't like other MMOs where every class gets one gearset, one set of skills, and one rotation that is the intended way to play. I think GW2 is actively made worse when the culture around it insists upon it being played just like those other games. GW2 combat is much better than those other games. We don't need a tight dps check to be entertained, we just need fun encounters, interesting builds to play, and permission to play them. I don't care if people are "pushing for more" or not. I care if they're being included and having fun, because that's what's best for GW2.

@@mandala3042 Your intention is all good and fair but I think there's a big flaw in the logic: You might do decent DPS in rare gear, but there are close to no players that ONLY have access to rare gear but play decently at the same time - or in other words, the moment you switch to proper gear + runes is MUCH earlier than you hitting 80+% of the benchmark. So even if the idea of promoting that rare gear is not so bad is correct, in reality people with rare gear will nearly always have terrible DPS - and that is what the community will see.

It's a function of the golem room specifically. It prints that information every 20% of the golem's hp.

There's one aspect everyone tends to forget, you also really need to know and understand the class and build you're playing. While many are leveling their character(s), builds at that point is useless since you haven't fully unlocked your elite specs yet.

celestial is huge dps loss on any boondps. 10-15k at least. what you describe is fact that no1 gives a fuckin pug.

@@critical-thinker666 I think the point is, that that 10-15k dps hardly matters at all in GW2. I mean, aside from mattering psychologically...

​@@critical-thinker666 ​ ''Celestial/Hybrid Alacrity Druid'' from channel ''Alcatraz''. Runs Nature magic for extra support and boons and still does 29k ( Got informed of this yesterday and it is supposedly able to do 31k DPS even )

@@SteveWray well not in potato groups,but in 50-100 kp groups you will get call out/kicked for low dps.

For PVE, u can check snowcrows and hardstuck sites