Guild Wars 2

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

Yeah, I was really frustrated at the time, too, but it really was entirely too powerful of a skill before the nerf.

Ok, nerf it to the average of 2.5 pre 10 seconds or plain make it only do a full cleanse of the necro and then remove up to the amount of condis removed from the necro be removed from allies in the mark.

The only place where it had actual power people talk about (aka you having 4 allies and a enemy who procs the mark all in a 180 radius) is in wvwvw zerg clumps where it doesnt matter since nothing on the professions should be balanced on a siege game mode.

Alot of necros in this thread really needs to learn to play. Necro is one of the strongest class 1v1. If you are losing 1v1s, how about working on improving instead of asking anet to buff your class to be more faceroll than it already is?

Why the kitten does every balance thread go to 1v1s….

I only mentioned 1v1 because alot of the players post about how others should go try necros 1v1 to prove that they underpowered and needs buffs.

Lifestealer.4910:

I only mentioned 1v1 because alot of the players post about how others should go try necros 1v1 to prove that they underpowered and needs buffs.

and yet we get baseless claims like this ^ for why necros are so " Strong " . i just want people to get a good understanding of how weak necros are so that they can get a understanding of how much necros need help , if you were to take any class in the game that can and will cleanse conditions , use hard cc , regen , and burst , that right there alone can and will destroy any necro in the game period regardless of what build that necro is running . people who have been playing necro since day 1 will agree with me from page 1 on what i brought up . and yes , they might disagree with me on soloing just to see what better way a necro stacks up to other classes in 1 vs 1 . for me in group combat there is to many variables to list on what might work vs what might not work . and yeah some people can claim that this is the meta of how things are now because of patches , but i say it goes beyond that cause necros really have not got that one patch that made them into something to be feared like other classes because all in all they have been getting constantly nerfed . and i see this as a problem . necros need mobility they need stability , they need regen , and yet we don’t see any of this happening . if a necro could do hard cc like other classes and be consistent with it , could regen well , i would not complain anymore , but where it stands right now has nothing to do with how the meta has shaped up , but everything to do with how ignored and nerfed necros have been since day 1

lorndarken.3702:

Lifestealer.4910:

I only mentioned 1v1 because alot of the players post about how others should go try necros 1v1 to prove that they underpowered and needs buffs.

and yet we get baseless claims like this ^ for why necros are so " Strong " . i just want people to get a good understanding of how weak necros are so that they can get a understanding of how much necros need help , if you were to take any class in the game that can and will cleanse conditions , use hard cc , regen , and burst , that right there alone can and will destroy any necro in the game period regardless of what build that necro is running . people who have been playing necro since day 1 will agree with me from page 1 on what i brought up . and yes , they might disagree with me on soloing just to see what better way a necro stacks up to other classes in 1 vs 1 . for me in group combat there is to many variables to list on what might work vs what might not work . and yeah some people can claim that this is the meta of how things are now because of patches , but i say it goes beyond that cause necros really have not got that one patch that made them into something to be feared like other classes because all in all they have been getting constantly nerfed . and i see this as a problem . necros need mobility they need stability , they need regen , and yet we don’t see any of this happening . if a necro could do hard cc like other classes and be consistent with it , could regen well , i would not complain anymore , but where it stands right now has nothing to do with how the meta has shaped up , but everything to do with how ignored and nerfed necros have been since day 1

How is the claim baseless? We have tons of video footage of skilled necros in 1v1 tourneys, or in a 1v1 situation in tourneys, who win against skilled players of other professions. Sure, I am of the camp that understands the game isn’t balanced around 1v1, but you brought it up. You really shouldn’t make claims, when there is a massive amount of video evidence thay disproves you claims. It might be in everyone’s interest if you stopped speaking in definitives, and assuming your results in game are those of everyone else’s, when it is not.

I havent read any previous comments, but why I hate playing necro is because it doesnt feel like a necro class at all. I feel like this necro class should be heavy armor or something I dunno, I just dont like it. I wish it had some kind of slow melee attack with greatsword or hammer that was… I dunno. just no.

Curiously, for people saying that guardians have high condition removal – I have never really run into one that does. They certainly keep their buffs up after I strip or corrupt them, but guardians tend to be an easy class for me to take down as a condition necromancer.

The one that puzzles me is thieves, who seem to shrug off conditions almost constantly. Sad really, as its very hard to kill them with direct attacks, so one would figure the balance would be a weakness to conditions.