Guild Wars 2

right now running reaper of grenth and something and some other racials arent viable at all and id love to run some of these racials if they were viable

The point it to not make racials OP.

Player Character.9467:

The point it to not make racials OP.

Some racials definitely have room to be buffed without becoming op atm.

Envy.1679:

Player Character.9467:

The point it to not make racials OP.

Some racials definitely have room to be buffed without becoming op atm.

Racials can be used by any class so their capacity for synergy with every single build in the game has to be considered before making them stronger.

Player Character.9467:

Envy.1679:

Player Character.9467:

The point it to not make racials OP.

Some racials definitely have room to be buffed without becoming op atm.

Racials can be used by any class so their capacity for synergy with every single build in the game has to be considered before making them stronger.

… ok

i think youre missing the point.

some racials are very weak and do not have any synergy with any class whatsoever at all due to them being much much better options available for every other class.

Envy.1679:

Player Character.9467:

Envy.1679:

Player Character.9467:

The point it to not make racials OP.

Some racials definitely have room to be buffed without becoming op atm.

Racials can be used by any class so their capacity for synergy with every single build in the game has to be considered before making them stronger.

… ok

i think youre missing the point.

some racials are very weak and do not have any synergy with any class whatsoever at all due to them being much much better options available for every other class.

I’m afraid you’re missing the point. Racials have too many possible combinations with other classes to ever balance them properly. As it is Radiation Field is really strong with certain builds, giving an unfair advantage to asura when playing a class vs class duel.

If they buffed more racial skills this would be even worse. Racials are meant to be slightly weaker to avoid problems like all rangers being charr because of some crazy synergy with ranger traits and charr racials.

They’ve specifically said they don’t want people to build around racial skills, they’re just there for a bit of flavour.

Envy.1679:

Player Character.9467:

Envy.1679:

Player Character.9467:

The point it to not make racials OP.

Some racials definitely have room to be buffed without becoming op atm.

Racials can be used by any class so their capacity for synergy with every single build in the game has to be considered before making them stronger.

… ok

i think youre missing the point.

some racials are very weak and do not have any synergy with any class whatsoever at all due to them being much much better options available for every other class.

The point is they will never get to a point where you would REALLY want them because there are so many other classes that they have to not be OP for. It just won’t happen.

Hyung.6140:

Envy.1679:

Player Character.9467:

Envy.1679:

Player Character.9467:

The point it to not make racials OP.

Some racials definitely have room to be buffed without becoming op atm.

Racials can be used by any class so their capacity for synergy with every single build in the game has to be considered before making them stronger.

… ok

i think youre missing the point.

some racials are very weak and do not have any synergy with any class whatsoever at all due to them being much much better options available for every other class.

I’m afraid you’re missing the point. Racials have too many possible combinations with other classes to ever balance them properly. As it is Radiation Field is really strong with certain builds, giving an unfair advantage to asura when playing a class vs class duel.

If they buffed more racial skills this would be even worse. Racials are meant to be slightly weaker to avoid problems like all rangers being charr because of some crazy synergy with ranger traits and charr racials.

They’ve specifically said they don’t want people to build around racial skills, they’re just there for a bit of flavour.

im not saying buff the already viable racials. im saying buff the racials that are weak right now.

perhaps naming specific ones may help your point

Envy.1679:

Hyung.6140:

Envy.1679:

Player Character.9467:

Envy.1679:

Player Character.9467:

The point it to not make racials OP.

Some racials definitely have room to be buffed without becoming op atm.

Racials can be used by any class so their capacity for synergy with every single build in the game has to be considered before making them stronger.

… ok

i think youre missing the point.

some racials are very weak and do not have any synergy with any class whatsoever at all due to them being much much better options available for every other class.

I’m afraid you’re missing the point. Racials have too many possible combinations with other classes to ever balance them properly. As it is Radiation Field is really strong with certain builds, giving an unfair advantage to asura when playing a class vs class duel.

If they buffed more racial skills this would be even worse. Racials are meant to be slightly weaker to avoid problems like all rangers being charr because of some crazy synergy with ranger traits and charr racials.

They’ve specifically said they don’t want people to build around racial skills, they’re just there for a bit of flavour.

im not saying buff the already viable racials. im saying buff the racials that are weak right now.

Apart from Radiation Field, they’re all dreadful.
…still, who cares about balance? You can’t use them in SPvP anyway, and it’s obvious that ANet don’t care much about balancing the rest of the game. Give us useful racial skills and maybe a racial trait line… oh and another 20 levels to earn the points to put in that line. That should do fine.

Mist Y.5214:

Give us useful racial skills and maybe a racial trait line… oh and another 20 levels to earn the points to put in that line. That should do fine.

That’s sarcasm right?

Player Character.9467:

Mist Y.5214:

Give us useful racial skills and maybe a racial trait line… oh and another 20 levels to earn the points to put in that line. That should do fine.

That’s sarcasm right?

i hope not, its about time to raise the lvl cap

negerleif.2106:

Player Character.9467:

Mist Y.5214:

Give us useful racial skills and maybe a racial trait line… oh and another 20 levels to earn the points to put in that line. That should do fine.

That’s sarcasm right?

i hope not, its about time to raise the lvl cap

because we really need 14 second lupi kills.

Player Character.9467:

negerleif.2106:

Player Character.9467:

Mist Y.5214:

Give us useful racial skills and maybe a racial trait line… oh and another 20 levels to earn the points to put in that line. That should do fine.

That’s sarcasm right?

i hope not, its about time to raise the lvl cap

because we really need 14 second lupi kills.

lvl scaling dude…. its already there….

negerleif.2106:

Player Character.9467:

negerleif.2106:

Player Character.9467:

Mist Y.5214:

Give us useful racial skills and maybe a racial trait line… oh and another 20 levels to earn the points to put in that line. That should do fine.

That’s sarcasm right?

i hope not, its about time to raise the lvl cap

because we really need 14 second lupi kills.

lvl scaling dude…. its already there….

Besides the fact that level scaling barely does anything, access to another 20 points worth of damage modifiers.

I think it needs to be pointed out that racial skill buffs CANNOT make one class stronger than the other in a dual because…
RACIAL SKILLS ARE DISABLED/BARRED FROM PVP.

They’re also kept weak so they aren’t the determining factor in which races people play. If they stood out as the strongest skills, for instance, then people would probably choose their race accordingly.

Obviously, there are many other reasons that can lead to the majority of players choosing one race over another, but ANet didn’t want to make the racial skills a determining factor, so they made them less important than the profession abilities.

Elric.6971:

I think it needs to be pointed out that racial skill buffs CANNOT make one class stronger than the other in a dual because…
RACIAL SKILLS ARE DISABLED/BARRED FROM PVP.

o.O the fact that PvE balance does need to exist aside because you feel it means nothing, WvW…

All racial skills are available in WvW.

But there is a solution to everyones problems here… Racials could act differently depending on what class they are being utilized on. (lower/longer durations, more/less damage, etc etc.) It would be a lot more work than arenanet is probably going to do… but it is a solution nonetheless.

Do I think it will happen? No. But I hope Anet will at least consider lowering some of the elite cooldown timers.