Guild Wars 2

Burning Speed: This skill now evades attacks. <—- even when the dev’s first announced this on twitch I said, “wth are you thinking?” Must revert this as it’s way to high of damage attack and a gap closer to have an evade. There has to be a cost to using it.

I think the change is fine.

Not sure if serious….

Completely serious, stop defending and think. Also, before anyone whines, I have more than one of each profession and stating. Burning Speed should not evade.

Could be troll…

I hate how OP eles are these days. They get me to 90% now instead of 95%. They DOUBLED in power!!

I own a sword, but it doesn’t mean I know how to wield it properly.

I think having a mobile/damaging/evasion option up in close-range for a less naturally tanky class makes sense. Warriors have Whirlwind. Should that not evade? Rangers have Serpent’s Strike and Hornet Sting. Should those not evade? From a less mobile standpoint, Mesmers have Blurred Frenzy. Should that not evade?

Why shouldn’t Eles get an evasion that’s kind of in a similar vein?

I say give Necro dagger an evade! It needs it!

ronpierce.2760:

I say give Necro dagger an evade! It needs it!

Dark Deathblossom

Ah…the good old ‘I play all classes’ excuse.

At least it makes more sense and is not a stationary troll like this http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Blurred_Frenzy

I think it’s fine and even should have cooldown reduced a bit.

Fine, I’ll just wait til the rotation get’s even more overused as it is now. The damage modifier of Burning Speed put’s it far ahead of Whirlwind and Blurred Frenzy btw.

We could also talk about Pistolwhip, you know.

DeWolfe.2174:

Fine, I’ll just wait til the rotation get’s even more overused as it is now. The damage modifier of Burning Speed put’s it far ahead of Whirlwind and Blurred Frenzy btw.

Yea you should wait for that to happen because you know the damage didn’t change.

I mean if the ele was hitting you with it before without evade you still ate the damage so what does it’s modifier have to do with anything?

They stated why they gave it evade frames and it makes sense it is to give ele some more active defense.

Why do you think condi mesmers will still run sword main hand instead of the scepter many times?

DeWolfe.2174:

Burning Speed: This skill now evades attacks. <—- even when the dev’s first announced this on twitch I said, “wth are you thinking?” Must revert this as it’s way to high of damage attack and a gap closer to have an evade. There has to be a cost to using it.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Witness one of the few people on this forum that actually managed to have a good thought.

DeWolfe.2174:

Burning Speed: This skill now evades attacks. <—- even when the dev’s first announced this on twitch I said, “wth are you thinking?” Must revert this as it’s way to high of damage attack and a gap closer to have an evade. There has to be a cost to using it.

There doesn’t. There’s no cost to using most skills, only a few have negative impacts.

Haven’t played around with it yet but it seems hardly OP.

a) other classes have stronger evades
b) other classes evade skills hit more reliably. Burning Speed needs to be actively aimed.
c) its damage is good, but not that amazingly strong.
d) elementalists are not in the greatest spot at the moment (or the last half year) they deserve this.

Burnig Speed evade frame was a great change.

Eles have long since lacked a lot of natural defenses on their weapon sets. Dagger Eles have been in a really rough spot as a Low-Health Light-Armor class in Melee range with no real defense other than boons and cantrips. The addition of an Evade Frame to Burning Speed now gives them a real tool to mitigate damage and skirmish with others, and I do believe it was a small change that went a long way to making the spec much better again.

Seem legit more than stand in place ,randomly swing ur sword and * evade *.