Guild Wars 2

GW2 has always been a hack n’ slash diablo style combat; but now its got even easier to just slaughter groups of mobs. Seriously – with this level of faceroll easymode – it has gotten even more dumb to trait/gear anything OTHER than just pure damage.

Meaningful trait/build diversity. The old dream. It seems it will never come true. I am still on the fence on whether or not to buy the expansion and now I leaning towards not. I know theyre promising “challenging group content” oooOOh!! Ahhhh!! more hype. I bought that lie back in beta and got burnt. Im thinking I dont want to be again.

See the thread “Things We Know”.

They know that some stuff has to be toned down. They’ll tone it down. The patch will be adjusted. That’s how balance patches work pretty much in every game. They come out with a patch and they adjust it.

Vayne.8563:

They know that some stuff has to be toned down. They’ll tone it down. The patch will be adjusted. That’s how balance patches work pretty much in every game. They come out with a patch and they adjust it.

I know guys. I keep telling myself this. But after so long im just losing faith. Were they testing the patch? what did the testers say? Were they waiting to just see if the players were gonna just silently enjoy the even easier content? meh i dunno

i just got 2 friends to reinstall and try the game and they all just chuckled at the easymode and uninstalled 2 hours later. so now im kinda embarrassed i fell for the hype again

thefounder.2074:

Vayne.8563:

They know that some stuff has to be toned down. They’ll tone it down. The patch will be adjusted. That’s how balance patches work pretty much in every game. They come out with a patch and they adjust it.

I know guys. I keep telling myself this. But after so long im just losing faith. Were they testing the patch? what did the testers say? Were they waiting to just see if the players were gonna just silently enjoy the even easier content? meh i dunno

i just got 2 friends to reinstall and try the game and they all just chuckled at the easymode and uninstalled 2 hours later. so now im kinda embarrassed i fell for the hype again

Never tell friends to install anything on patch day. That was the first mistake. But yeah the open world is supposed to be easier. On the other hand, AC is harder according to some people.

I don’t actually understand what you, and others of like mind, want out of this game. Do fights need to last a specific amount of time in order for you to enjoy them?

Jahroots.6791:

I don’t actually understand what you, and others of like mind, want out of this game. Do fights need to last a specific amount of time in order for you to enjoy them?

It basically comes down to, what you do has to matter. If stuff is gonna die near instantly with no effort, starts to feel like what you do doesnt matter.

So its not so much about time spent per enemy, more about whether there is any depth to a fight.

Most enemies in castlevania die in one hit, but how well you deal with them determines the games outcome

thefounder.2074:

Vayne.8563:

They know that some stuff has to be toned down. They’ll tone it down. The patch will be adjusted. That’s how balance patches work pretty much in every game. They come out with a patch and they adjust it.

I know guys. I keep telling myself this. But after so long im just losing faith. Were they testing the patch? what did the testers say? Were they waiting to just see if the players were gonna just silently enjoy the even easier content? meh i dunno

i just got 2 friends to reinstall and try the game and they all just chuckled at the easymode and uninstalled 2 hours later. so now im kinda embarrassed i fell for the hype again

You could always go to a zone that is harder, join WvWvW, or find new friends.

Strata.5370:

thefounder.2074:

Vayne.8563:

They know that some stuff has to be toned down. They’ll tone it down. The patch will be adjusted. That’s how balance patches work pretty much in every game. They come out with a patch and they adjust it.

I know guys. I keep telling myself this. But after so long im just losing faith. Were they testing the patch? what did the testers say? Were they waiting to just see if the players were gonna just silently enjoy the even easier content? meh i dunno

i just got 2 friends to reinstall and try the game and they all just chuckled at the easymode and uninstalled 2 hours later. so now im kinda embarrassed i fell for the hype again

You could always go to a zone that is harder, join WvWvW, or find new friends.

Zone that is harder lol? theyre all the same. thats the scaling. im level 80. Silverwastes is only slightly more challenging than Queensdale. Done with the revolving WvW game of army ants. And not interested in rolling swamp and speed running another fractal.

I don’t find GW2 easymode. It’s refreshing to finally be a factor as a condi shatter Mesmer. I think the issue here is zerk players, mad that full zerk is now dangerous to play.

The devs have commented repeatedly that the “zerk” meta had overwhelmed most other things. The Condi buff has changed the game board and I for one think it’s an awesome patch.

Hidori.3472:

wish I had a copper for every bashing or whining post…

Eh, you’d end up with a few silvers at most. I doubt you’d break a gold piece.

I think the patch is fantastic. Conditions are awesome right now, maybe too awesome (that delicious burning). It needs to be toned down, yes. But I would advice delicacy.

Tone it down, but it is a frail and hard to define line between too strong and too weak. It’s just a tad too strong right now. Carefully inch it more towards that happy middle line.

Conditions are really viable now. I’d hate to see that nerfed too hard to the point where they become obscure again against the mighty zerker.

Ithilwen.1529:

I don’t find GW2 easymode. It’s refreshing to finally be a factor as a condi shatter Mesmer. I think the issue here is zerk players, mad that full zerk is now dangerous to play.

The devs have commented repeatedly that the “zerk” meta had overwhelmed most other things. The Condi buff has changed the game board and I for one think it’s an awesome patch.

huh? zerk is still the preferred and not dangerous in the least.. unless youre really bad or afk for a sandwhich… In Silverwastes when 3 zerker players can melt a champ effortlessly… Zerker is still king. There was a decent conversation in a full Silverwastes map and pretty much 80% of the players are STILL same ol Zerk geared, full dps builds. Why do you think people still advertise groups for ONLY ZERKER???!!

Trust me.. Im here BEGGING for a reason for Build Diversity and SOME TINY REASON to attempt coordinating Traits with group members. But the honest truth is that there is zero reason for players to try to seek any build synchronization with each other. Its just mash buttons and go full DPS. Combos dont mean jack kitten… meshing traits… nah who cares, waste of time…

GW2 has this big cool trait skill system but if it all amounts to just faceroll dps or stacking in a spot to glitch a boss, then its not worth a kitten . Bottom line: GW2’s content just doesnt demand, or even reward, the use of any build other than zerker. In fact, with the enormous currency grind being the core of GW2’s design, it actually hurts you to kill mobs slower. And please.. if someone says that Zerkers are squishy i will seriously laugh.