Guild Wars 2

So I just noticed that when using auto attack for necro, it is now an incredibly slow swing compared to before and a different animation maybe too, hard to tell now. I’m posting it here because I’m not sure if this is a bug or a nerf to necro. Anyone have an idea?

Eww…yes hope it is a bug. That is……awful.

It also makes the offhand weapon vanish during the animation. Not only it it buggy, but it looks horrible. I want the old animation back. I submitted a bug report ingame…

People use axe on Necro? It’s one of the worst weapon sets in the game.

Can confirm it is indeed bugged now though~ Hopefully it just means they are messing around with it in hope of buffing it but broke it instead on accident.

Looks like they’ve combined the two swings into one (and yes, made off-hand weapons disappear for the duration). Another one of those pvp-oriented nerfs to auto-attacks I guess.

Doggie.3184:

People use axe on Necro? It’s one of the worst weapon sets in the game.

In my defence, I had to dig it out of some long forgotten storage bag to try it.

Doggie.3184:

People use axe on Necro? It’s one of the worst weapon sets in the game.

Can confirm it is indeed bugged now though~ Hopefully it just means they are messing around with it in hope of buffing it but broke it instead on accident.

You are cray cray! Power necro is one of the most fun builds i run! Not necessarily the BEST build but definitely one of the most fun

Yes I use it. I find it extremely fun to play with.

Well before the patch anyway…

Eight Samurai.6840:

Doggie.3184:

People use axe on Necro? It’s one of the worst weapon sets in the game.

Can confirm it is indeed bugged now though~ Hopefully it just means they are messing around with it in hope of buffing it but broke it instead on accident.

You are cray cray! Power necro is one of the most fun builds i run! Not necessarily the BEST build but definitely one of the most fun

Power Necro main hands dagger and does backstab damage to the face though.

It honestly looks like you’re fanning the enemy more than swinging an axe, really hope this is a bug.

Doggie.3184:

Eight Samurai.6840:

Doggie.3184:

People use axe on Necro? It’s one of the worst weapon sets in the game.

Can confirm it is indeed bugged now though~ Hopefully it just means they are messing around with it in hope of buffing it but broke it instead on accident.

You are cray cray! Power necro is one of the most fun builds i run! Not necessarily the BEST build but definitely one of the most fun

Power Necro main hands dagger and does backstab damage to the face though.

I like to run Axe/warhorn dagger/focus. It’s a nice combo of removing boons stacking vuln and slowing them down.

Also I doubt this is an accident or bug considering it now has an activation time of 1s in the tooltip. They’re making it easier to interrupt, just like they did when they shifted warrior’s axe damage to the end of its three hit auto.

LameFox.6349:

Also I doubt this is an accident or bug considering it now has an activation time of 1s in the tooltip. They’re making it easier to interrupt, just like they did when they shifted warrior’s axe damage to the end of its three hit auto.

Did they shift the damage here too?

Eight Samurai.6840:

LameFox.6349:

Also I doubt this is an accident or bug considering it now has an activation time of 1s in the tooltip. They’re making it easier to interrupt, just like they did when they shifted warrior’s axe damage to the end of its three hit auto.

Did they shift the damage here too?

Well, yes and no. It doesn’t have a chain to move damage to the back of, so making it slower has a similar effect.

LameFox.6349:

Eight Samurai.6840:

LameFox.6349:

Also I doubt this is an accident or bug considering it now has an activation time of 1s in the tooltip. They’re making it easier to interrupt, just like they did when they shifted warrior’s axe damage to the end of its three hit auto.

Did they shift the damage here too?

Well, yes and no. It doesn’t have a chain to move damage to the back of, so making it slower has a similar effect.

Well there is a chain skill that u can see under the animation. It’s 2 separate attacks and a chain bar that fills up…. Uhhhhh I hope an Anet staff says something so we aren’t speculating.

Eight Samurai.6840:

Well there is a chain skill that u can see under the animation. It’s 2 separate attacks and a chain bar that fills up…. Uhhhhh I hope an Anet staff says something so we aren’t speculating.

AFAIK it was always one attack, but previously you would hit and then hit again. Now it is still one attack, and still has two hits, but you make one long swing and hit twice.

Confirmed not to be a bug sadly
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Axe-skill-1/first#post5080643

This just totally ruins the necro human for me. Been playing since launch and now it looks like my oldest and most loved character is fanning her enemy. I can’t even begin to understand these choices, the bug fixing is fine but replacing the animation is not. I look like an effin joke now, way to ruin a cosmetic game.

I’ll have to see how this looks on my Asuran necro later.

Endless Soul.5178:

I’ll have to see how this looks on my Asuran necro later.

Prepare to be disappointed. They took away one of the best animations in the game (IMO) and replaced it with something meh

I just noticed this. the animation on my sylvari is just… wow. just no.
the rending claws animation was the only reason i played axe over dagger. one of the best looking attacks in game. and now…

I just don’t understand this decision from a design standpoint