Guild Wars 2

ArmageddonAsh.6430:

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

Hounds of Balthazar loses a lot if that happens, though, since Balthazar is the god of war and fire

and they are his hounds, not him…
If they can’t add other conditions they could at least increase the duration 1 second is pretty woeful for a 4minute cool down.

If i remember the quote correctly: “And on the battlefield, Temar and Tegons flames burn with Balthazars own battle fury.” (a few eons ago when annoying world builders why we can unlock his hounds in the ZM and why they still burn after death)

So, no it doesnt make sense that they do anything but burning… Ok they could apply immob for the sake of Bal vs Abbadons lore.

I once saw someone get burst down by the asura power suit 3 ability, so it obviously needs to be nerfed.

Dalanor.5387:

From a balance standpoint every racial is fine except Become the Snow Leopard. This skill, even if an elite with a high cooldown, gives such an amazing escape tool that it makes thieves cry.
#nerfsnowleopard2014

I won’t lie, I’ve sometimes cried myself to sleep wishing that my human necromancer was a norn because flesh golem, lich form, and plague form suck for roaming.

DeceiverX.8361:

I’d prefer them underwhelming, honestly, especially when it comes to WvW.

I’d much rather see my viability not be shot based upon which race I play combined with what class I choose.

are you kidding?
asura currently has a huge advantage in pvp/wvw due to their animations being impossible to read, and being able to hide behind/inside a wall of NPCs.
one of my characters is a norn, and whenever i play them in a pvp environment i just feel like i’ve screwed myself over by not playing asura, no matter how much i can’t stand the race.

maybe if racial skills were decent then people might have a reason not to play the annoying midgets!

Can Druid Spirit for the love of the Pale Tree actually grant regeneration and draw conditions for once? It does it, but in really long intervals. That’s a problem since it usually dies before it even get’s these off. Yeah it’s multi-immobilize is cool and all, but I want an elite that does everything, not 1/3rd of what it’s supposed to do. If you guys could just decrease the time intervals of the regen granting and condi drawing, not to “OP intervals” but to intervals where I acknowledge the spirit is actually doing something instead of just spamming immobilizes. I mean if I wanted to do just AOE damage, i’d use my shortbow, that doesn’t go on a 240 second cooldown.

Dalanor.5387:

Why you are upset about the Hounds when you have an Earth elemental? That thing can face tank almost anything even in high level fractals, not only single open world mobs.
Racials are just for flavor. Accept it and move on.

The elemental still has a hard limit on its duration, which is a problem in itself.

imo, all summons (racial and profession) should work like Flesh Golem: it’s on the field until it dies (or you go underwater).

Also, make the norn forms not a joke. None of them are terribly good (outside of snow leopard’s extremely niche"run away from things" use), let use stay in them forever if we like or toggle them like engineer kits.

Just try to imagine, what IF, i mean IF Anet don’t give a skritt about racials and try to balance profession skills instead? Mindblowing, right?

edit: censoring, blablabla

I think maybe the racial elites can be improved by giving them some shared unique property. Say, they’re more effective against members of a specific other race. Or all other races, even.
(just a wild guess)

Carighan.6758:

I think maybe the racial elites can be improved by giving them some shared unique property. Say, they’re more effective against members of a specific other race. Or all other races, even.
(just a wild guess)

Nope. WvW players would cry dozens of rivers.

Carighan.6758:

I think maybe the racial elites can be improved by giving them some shared unique property. Say, they’re more effective against members of a specific other race. Or all other races, even.
(just a wild guess)

Nah, they don’t need that. Some of them just need a few tweaks and improvements. For example – Hounds of B i would really give that a try IF they didnt die in seconds against normal AI mops. If they cant live more than 10seconds against them, they stand no chance against a player.

The Burning should really be improved as well. It needs to be 2-3seconds at base and be increased by player condition duration.

Reaper of Grenth, i would rather it be 2 second duration and proc every 2 seconds than it be 3 second duration and proc every 3 seconds

ArmageddonAsh.6430:

The Burning should really be improved as well. It needs to be 2-3seconds at base and be increased by player condition duration.

It is already, actually. Summons of all types are affected by their master’s condition duration and condition damage. Remember that Ranger Pets are not summons, though (they have their own stats for both).

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

It is already, actually. Summons of all types are affected by their master’s condition duration and condition damage. Remember that Ranger Pets are not summons, though (they have their own stats for both).

I know that they are increased by player condition duration, but before that they need to be at least 2-3seconds. 1 second base is AWFUL for an elite that has SUCH a high cool down and is EASILY killed by normal AI mobs, let alone another player.

Rynn.1324:

I once saw someone get burst down by the asura power suit 3 ability, so it obviously needs to be nerfed.

You mean an uplevelled in lvl20 blues who didn’t know he had a dodge button? Or was your response meant as sarcasm?

Someone in a Power Suit is less threatening than someone using their regular weapon skills imo.

Aveneo.2068:

Rynn.1324:

I once saw someone get burst down by the asura power suit 3 ability, so it obviously needs to be nerfed.

You mean an uplevelled in lvl20 blues who didn’t know he had a dodge button? Or was your response meant as sarcasm?

Someone in a Power Suit is less threatening than someone using their regular weapon skills imo.

or they confused the Asura Elite with Omega Golem lol

Elite skills should be impressive and fun to use. Most elites in this game are hugely disappointing to the point that I rarely even use them. Cool downs are insanely long. Elites aren’t like GW1 where they were useful in GW2 they just seem pointless. Also all PVE skills should be split from PvP and WvW so I can stop hearing that stupid excuse. It is already a night and day transition to those modes from PVE. PVE builds just dont work there and vice versa.

Possibly They are affected by fear or greed like rewards?

I would like to use buffed Norn transformations on my Human Ranger. ^^

ArmageddonAsh.6430:

Aveneo.2068:

Rynn.1324:

I once saw someone get burst down by the asura power suit 3 ability, so it obviously needs to be nerfed.

You mean an uplevelled in lvl20 blues who didn’t know he had a dodge button? Or was your response meant as sarcasm?

Someone in a Power Suit is less threatening than someone using their regular weapon skills imo.

or they confused the Asura Elite with Omega Golem lol

Yeah, I could imagine that to be an honest beginner’s mistake as well. Just like giving uplevelled players in WvW your Power Suit and tell them they can take on a zerg with it! LOL

It took me around 10 attempts, but you can indeed burst with golem suit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onzIWX-AQV8
That being said, the cooldown is ridiculous. Why is it even there, considering that thing is practically useless?

Monoman.2068:

Dalanor.5387:

From a balance standpoint every racial is fine except Become the Snow Leopard. This skill, even if an elite with a high cooldown, gives such an amazing escape tool that it makes thieves cry.
#nerfsnowleopard2014

I won’t lie, I’ve sometimes cried myself to sleep wishing that my human necromancer was a norn because flesh golem, lich form, and plague form suck for roaming.

As a Slyvari, I feel your pain. I’m currently leveling a noromancer (norn necro ©), for the simple reason when I roam or am separated from the zerg, I have the ability to escape.

Seems funny how a racial elite, that according to ANet are suppose to be inferior to the class elites makes me need to invest so much time into a new race simply to get away when needed.