User:Qing Guang/Old Userpage

Fuwaaaaa. Got tired of the red link, so I've decided to put something here. Will elaborate later.

Name: [Note age - I live with Powers That Be who are overly fearful of releasing personal info. So, no first names for you - guildies only. :P]

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Main Character: Gui Qiang (N/A Minion Master)

Guild: Lucid Spirits [LIFE]

Status: Officer

Allegiance: Kurzick

Time in Guild Wars: ~1 1/4 years

Campaigns: All 3 plus GW:EN (thanks Jordy!)

Focus: Post-endgame-but-not-really-high-end PvE (IE Hard Mode, Dungeons, title grind, etc. but no Elite Dungeons/Missions/etc so far), low-end PvP (RA/TA, AB, low-rank GvG once in a blue moon)

Likes: cats, reptiles, gaming, fantasy/sci-fi stuff, books, archery, art, sleep, intelligent people, eating Sins and Eles for breakfast, MMing, getting titles by accident, grammar-policing, ranting, politics

Dislikes: bunnies, AP classes, real sports, bad fanfics, cocky people, E-denial, grind, people who can't speak their own language properly, uninformed people, whiny people, politics, Twilight (dear Lord spare me), High School Musical (ditto)

So yeah, that's me. Please bug me about uploading those armor pics so I get annoyed and finally get around to it :D.

Characters
I forgot to list these!

/ Qing Guang (Canthan Resto Rit and Devout Priestess of Dwayna)

/ Gui Qiang (Canthan MM and Sugar Freak)

/ Xuta Ahnenjei (Canthan-trained [suspected Tyrian] Bonder and leader - mostly played with Jordy)

/ Hineli Ahnenjei (Canthan-trained [suspected Tyrian] Echo Nuker, Xuta's daughter and AB Mistress)

/ Jennarose Mashaba (Ascalonian... Whatever She Feels Like Today and Skill Capper)

/ Medea the Younger (Ascalonian-trained, Battle Islander [IE former PvP-only] Fastcasting Shutdown Violinist :D - only played with Mi-chan)

/ Ebia Okoro (Istani Lyssa Derv and Geode Farmer)

/ Tiye Nishi (Istani-trained Vabbian SS Necro and All-Around Drama Queen - only played with Onii-kun)

Simone Abdelmalak (Istani-trained Kournan transplant Motivation Healer - my new baby, made to play with my GL's new NF monk)

Thought for the Until-I-Next-Update-This
Being listed as "almost made the winner's list" is the worst way to lose a competition... :( I SHOULD HAVE TRIED HARDER!

Insane things I thought up
Hundred-ally army in Vizunah Square (7 Spirit Spammers and an MM on each team, Echo chaining Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support - will develop builds later)

Fastest cast ever

Greatest violinist/healer on the planet (see FC Dancing Healer build below; related to fastest cast idea)

Stuff I need help with
Sooo, my Tyrian ele (Jennarose, not Hineli - I'll put character bios on here someday) is going for Legendary Skill Hunter. The thing I've been trying to do up 'til now is tailor a build for each cap, then give the new skill a short test run. However, I've recently been having difficulty thinking of builds. Basically, I would greatly appreciate any suggestions for synergy of Elementalist skills with all the attributes of all the different secondary professions (she hasn't gotten Derv or Para yet, so no need to worry about those atm). Thanks!

Fun with builds
This is where I get to demonstrate (and potentially frighten people with) my strange (somewhere between Noob Who Takes Advice but Proceeds to Make Bad Builds on the low end and Creative, Unique, and Generally Inspired but Not Clever Enough to Become Popular on the high end) gameplay and build-making style, because I have nothing better to do at the moment.

Standard Gui
This is the build I'm happiest with, aside from the one below. Works in every situation where MMing is possible, and Dash can always be switched out for a PvE skill if necessary. The Rez Sig is in a funny place because I never bothered to move it, really, and now if I try to switch it to spot 8 I get confused and try to use it to feed my minions, hehe. It does help having BotM on the end, though - easy access. I so rarely change it that I have no idea what the attribute levels are for anything but Death Magic. I'm thinking of replacing Shadow Refuge with Shadow Sanctuary anyway. Only a 1pip drop in regen, a longer duration, and an armor boost to boot. All that "sight" business is overrated anyway. [edit 11/18: Changed Shadow Refuge to Shadow Sanctuary as I had mentioned. Haven't tried it, but I'm expecting it to work well. Means I can spec 12 points into SR now, too. I'll still use the old build for AB, since Shadow Sanctuary is a PvE skill.]

MoR Blades Jenna
Nerf't! *grrrr*

Mind Shock Jenna
Yes, I know the Air build (or as I call it, the Thor build) has much less synergy than the Fire one, but I usually only use it in low-level areas, or when I'm capping an air skill, or when I'm running with henchies, who don't care, and at the very least it's functional. Plus, it got me through Snake Dance at lvl 14, so I'm kind of attached to it.

Avatar Ebia
This is my derv, who I'm rather fond of (skillbars shown here are my top three favorite characters), even though she's clearly confused about what it means to be a dervish. She keeps Vital Boon up when she remembers, but generally only puts up Eternal Aura after she uses her avatar and takes it off right away, so she generally runs around with only one enchant on. That's why I'm actually not all that interested in Mystic Regen... I've got it but I'd rather just have the signet, which I've been using since the beginning and have since taught my newbie friend to use. If you keep it up right, you don't have to recharge it, so in Avatar of Dwayna with two enchants on 1 and 2 (I like Aura of Thorns for the second) and the signet on 3 you can do 1-3-2-3-1-3-2-3etc, you can be a pretty decent healer. I've actually had Ebia stand in for a healer if all else fails (like when we're trying to get lots of people through a mish and there's a required hero), and it's turned out pretty well. I might post that build someday; who knows?

(Theoretical) FC Dancing Healer
Inspired by something on I believe it was the Glimmer of Light talk page, and so named because all the skills can be activated without ending the dance emote (or any other sustained emote - /bowhead, /sit, /instrument - or attacking, IIRC). I can't attest to the practicality of the build (heck, it's got no rez), and it's not sustainable longer than 16 seconds at max Asura rank, but it would certainly be fun to try, now that my Mez has finally gotten herself out of Pre. Heck, with a pie or a celery one could substitute in some slightly longer skills, maybe some 3/4 sec ones or something.

Other Stuff
User:Qing Guang/Treasure Log

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