Guild Wars 2

Watch this video and tell me how much that upcoming change to critical damage will help. If you ask me, class/trait and AI changes must be done instead.

Brutal Arts.6307:

But changing AI is hard and would require work and wouldn’t turn a profit in the gemstore.

This.

I’ve yet to see a change in game that hasn’t been taking the easy option. I mean, sure, Ferocity makes a little more sense in terms of balance and primary ferocity gear sounds awesome, but that’s hardly the problem with zerk meta. It comes from garbage AI.

Either give us Elite Dungeons (fractals doesn’t count) where the AI is complex and difficult, often requiring varying abilities (blinds, timed CC, aegis, condi clear, stealth, condition damage, etc.) or adjust all dungeon ai.

mexay.3902:

Brutal Arts.6307:

But changing AI is hard and would require work and wouldn’t turn a profit in the gemstore.

This.

I’ve yet to see a change in game that hasn’t been taking the easy option. I mean, sure, Ferocity makes a little more sense in terms of balance and primary ferocity gear sounds awesome, but that’s hardly the problem with zerk meta. It comes from garbage AI.

Either give us Elite Dungeons (fractals doesn’t count) where the AI is complex and difficult, often requiring varying abilities (blinds, timed CC, aegis, condi clear, stealth, condition damage, etc.) or adjust all dungeon ai.

People, start listening to the whole of a conversation. AI changes are coming, just not in this patch – the change to crit damage is just the beginning.

Just like those additional PvP Game Modes we were promised when, September 2012?
How about that “Expansions worth of content”? Let’s not forget those Fractal Leaderboards either.

Brutal Arts.6307:

Just like those additional PvP Game Modes we were promised when, September 2012?
How about that “Expansions worth of content”? Let’s not forget those Fractal Leaderboards either.

Or the precursor scavenger hunt… oh wait, it’s precursor CRAFTING now, which still isn’t ingame.

Let’s not forget the Manifesto.
Yes, the guys at Anet promise a lot of stuff. It doesn’t mean you have to believe them.

Now with the update 2 the fight will take 5 second longer. The horror.

Adam Of Awesome.7802:

Watch this video and tell me how much that upcoming change to critical damage will help. If you ask me, class/trait and AI changes must be done instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OamhniesRfg

It’s not a 10% nerf to crit damage, it’s a 10% OVERALL damage decrease to a full zerker geared character. There’s a huge difference.

Nick.6972:

Now with the update 2 the fight will take 5 second longer. The horror.

Hey. Snowflake. Read below:

DeathPanel.8362:

It’s not a 10% nerf to crit damage, it’s a 10% OVERALL damage decrease to a full zerker geared character. There’s a huge difference.

So, yeah. Fk this kitten . I’ll play a lot less and buy no gems from here until the servers shut down.

you guys deal more then enought damage. it sooooooo doesnt mather at all. so yea you get to fight like 10 to 15 more second. THE HORRRRRRROR (laugh maniacaly)

They buff runes same damage.

Adam Of Awesome.7802:

Watch this video and tell me how much that upcoming change to critical damage will help. If you ask me, class/trait and AI changes must be done instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OamhniesRfg

These types of players will always find a way to squeeze every last bit of whatever they can from a piece of gear, stat and ability. If Anet’s nerf is due to these types of players, then Anet has clearly lost the plot.
Nerfs are usually player skill redistribution/welfare and the only ppl it hurts is the common man/player (:P)

Adam Of Awesome.7802:

Watch this video and tell me how much that upcoming change to critical damage will help. If you ask me, class/trait and AI changes must be done instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OamhniesRfg

Because making IA is an easy thing to do?

Frotee.2634:

mexay.3902:

Brutal Arts.6307:

But changing AI is hard and would require work and wouldn’t turn a profit in the gemstore.

This.

I’ve yet to see a change in game that hasn’t been taking the easy option. I mean, sure, Ferocity makes a little more sense in terms of balance and primary ferocity gear sounds awesome, but that’s hardly the problem with zerk meta. It comes from garbage AI.

Either give us Elite Dungeons (fractals doesn’t count) where the AI is complex and difficult, often requiring varying abilities (blinds, timed CC, aegis, condi clear, stealth, condition damage, etc.) or adjust all dungeon ai.

People, start listening to the whole of a conversation. AI changes are coming, just not in this patch – the change to crit damage is just the beginning.

I have been waiting for Zhaitan encounter overhaul since the second week of the games release… don’t blindly stand there and tell me “it is just the biginning” because that is all Anet ever does… I personally lost faith in them a few weeks ago. I mean seriously, they promised dueling in the open world kitten , and that was day one. The closest thing we have now is “BUYING GEMS and renting a PvP server” which is in the name of the gem store.

And if that is there mentality which has indeed been proven many times, this game will go NO WHERE. Now you may say “name another time” okay, BEFORE the game came out they said the home instance would be special and we would wanna go back always. NOOOPE!. Then shortly after games release, they said they would make it better so we would wanna go back EVERYDAY and made it out like there was some huge overhaul in the works. It is now almost 2 years later and what do we have? A consumable in the gem store that puts mining nodes in your home instance… sadly enough I bought it though, in some hopes it may actually help fun the instance we were promised day one.

mexay.3902:

Brutal Arts.6307:

But changing AI is hard and would require work and wouldn’t turn a profit in the gemstore.

This.

I’ve yet to see a change in game that hasn’t been taking the easy option. I mean, sure, Ferocity makes a little more sense in terms of balance and primary ferocity gear sounds awesome, but that’s hardly the problem with zerk meta. It comes from garbage AI.

Either give us Elite Dungeons (fractals doesn’t count) where the AI is complex and difficult, often requiring varying abilities (blinds, timed CC, aegis, condi clear, stealth, condition damage, etc.) or adjust all dungeon ai.

They will add a whole new map, a “VIP Zone” and the dungeon there will drop ascended level gear… 800 gems on the gem store :P

Nick.6972:

Now with the update 2 the fight will take 5 second longer. The horror.

use math, add cast time and damage nerf. It is 3 seconds longer :P

DeathPanel.8362:

Adam Of Awesome.7802:

Watch this video and tell me how much that upcoming change to critical damage will help. If you ask me, class/trait and AI changes must be done instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OamhniesRfg

It’s not a 10% nerf to crit damage, it’s a 10% OVERALL damage decrease to a full zerker geared character. There’s a huge difference.

Oh no, I am sorry… please forgive me. Kill lupicus in 17 seconds is impossible now (-_-) Zerker meta is done! that extended 3 seconds will justy be dragged out too long and they will all die

Jski.6180:

Adam Of Awesome.7802:

Watch this video and tell me how much that upcoming change to critical damage will help. If you ask me, class/trait and AI changes must be done instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OamhniesRfg

Because making IA is an easy thing to do?

No, but it is the RIGHT thing to do. Sadly Anet skipped out on AI in their plans when making a game. i mean, just look at their lazy excuse to combat CC also known as “Defiance”

The devs never said they were going to make all builds balanced. What they said was “We’re already doing some things to address Berserker dominance in PvE. Stay tuned!”

For all we know “Adressing Berserker dominance” might have been referring to Living Story content. One dev said recently that the Tower of Nightmares already addressed DPS-dominance in a little way by making the Toxin unavoidable damage.

A lot of people had expectations based on over-speculation. For all we know the they might have been referring to Living Story content when they said this.