Ello,
Enjoy the game, been playing for ages.
However a few things (outside of team pvp more of a hotjoin soloq thing) have been bugging me of late
1) If you spend half you’re time invisible/ranged, then you shouldn’t be able to damage through dots
2) If you do most of you’re damage through AI, then you shouldn’t be able to build any tankier than celestial
Seem like obvious and required general constaints if you want to have an enjoyable/fair pvp environment.
Thanks
Quite.
Clearly you’re referencing PU Mesmer and Turret Engineer, respectively. While I agree it’s silly to allow builds that play like a 1v1 against a brick wall, they’re still highly counter-able with a change in tactics. And I hate to say it, but that makes them balanced. I don’t feel any of them warrant a swift nerfbatting.
Anet chose to create drawbacks to 1v1 gimmick builds in different places. However, in 1v1 combat where the enemy stays relatively immobile, commits to an area, and fights to the death, these builds have no significant drawbacks. They allow new players to be a combat threat, without the requirement of good mechanical knowledge. That’s the reason they were put in the game, so new players have a way to increase their battle strength and feel successful at doing something, rather than constant faceplanting.
Other new or even experienced players meet frustration when they encounter a Shadow Arts Thief, Prismatic Understanding Mesmer, Minion-Mancer Necro, Turret Engineer, and so on. This is due to the incorrect, direct approach that the player takes against these 1v1 brick wall builds.
Instead of a 1v1 to the death, a player can simply opt to:
1) Ignore the low-pressure duel build and engage other objectives, kill their friends instead.
2) Play patiently and defensively. The brick wall builds are incapable of bursting you down, instead relying on the enemy throwing themselves at their feet. Put distance between the A.I and yourself, if applicable, and then it’s then a stalemate at best.
3) Say ‘Nope’ out loud and completely walk away. These builds generally have third rate ability to stick on you and do damage while chasing.
Hotjoiners might not master these 3 things anytime soon, as they are literally the brand new players, but solo queue players will eventually learn to never die to ridiculous dueling builds as a roamer.
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