Is Beserker Warrior now Meta for the raids?
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Posted by: Ven Zehn.6573
Most if not all complaints about war are related to PvP/WvW.
Well even so, this si the first time I’ve seen Warriors in demand in any form since hot released and to have FIVE?
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Posted by: roamzero.9486
Warrior has been OP in PVE for a very long time, and it still is.
Warrior has been OP in PVE for a very long time, and it still is.
It really wasn’t. It was recommended because every 5 man group needed banners, PS, or EA. That said, only 1 warrior per 5 man group was taken. At the very most 2 warriors would be in a single group.
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Posted by: Cyninja.2954
Warrior has been OP in PVE for a very long time, and it still is.
It really wasn’t. It was recommended because every 5 man group needed banners, PS, or EA. That said, only 1 warrior per 5 man group was taken. At the very most 2 warriors would be in a single group.
You do know that 1 or 2 out of 5 is a VERY good % of the group composition right?
That’s like saying warrior was not in demand because they made up no more than 20-40% of the group? That’s out of 8 (now 9) classes. Some classes were happy if they got taken along at all.
On topic, yes condi berserker does very good damage and is a lot easier to be played compared to an engi.
Inb4 warriors+mesmer meta returns.
Seriously though – just because a certain class is in high demand for this raid wing doesn’t mean it will remain in high demand for the other wings.
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Posted by: Firelysm.8190
1x Ranger, 1x Warrior and 1x Mesmer are the class that are singularly needed for better team compositions. Sure you can make raid with 10 class stacking, but no1 will judge you:)
Inb4 warriors+mesmer meta returns.
Seriously though – just because a certain class is in high demand for this raid wing doesn’t mean it will remain in high demand for the other wings.
Which other wings?
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Posted by: Redfeather.6401
It pleases me greatly that people are joking about getting closer to the warrior+mesmer meta.
Coming from GW1 and maining a mesmer I feel proud mesmer has that much clout.
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Posted by: Esquilax.3491
As far as I can tell it’s because conditions bypass toughness and berserker Warriors have the Longbow adrenaline burst which creates five burning zones in a row which on large targets that you hit multiple zones with can stack a huge amount of burning, which coincidentally is the strongest condition. They also have lots of bleeds and decent direct damage.
They aren’t exceptional on small targets or low HP targets but as far as raids are concerned those posetives make them pretty ideal.
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Posted by: TheFrighteningFrenchFry.3275
Warrior has been OP in PVE for a very long time, and it still is.
It really wasn’t. It was recommended because every 5 man group needed banners, PS, or EA. That said, only 1 warrior per 5 man group was taken. At the very most 2 warriors would be in a single group.
You do know that 1 or 2 out of 5 is a VERY good % of the group composition right?
That’s like saying warrior was not in demand because they made up no more than 20-40% of the group? That’s out of 8 (now 9) classes. Some classes were happy if they got taken along at all.
On topic, yes condi berserker does very good damage and is a lot easier to be played compared to an engi.
So warrior was OP because only 1 was ever taken in a group? I guess that made thief, guardian etc OP too. What a great way to judge if a class is balanced or not. If it’s taken, it’s useful, so it MUST be OP.
/s
People complaing about warriors…Did you see this thread:
VG and Gorseval down in just over 3 mins each..with 5 warriors..interesting
wonder how ANet will balance this, as this really trivialize the challenge of the raid content.
And if people dont think many will start follow this as new meta for raid, they are being naive. Why would you want to do something for longer and more challenging than quicker and easy? I dont.
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Posted by: Cyninja.2954
Warrior has been OP in PVE for a very long time, and it still is.
It really wasn’t. It was recommended because every 5 man group needed banners, PS, or EA. That said, only 1 warrior per 5 man group was taken. At the very most 2 warriors would be in a single group.
You do know that 1 or 2 out of 5 is a VERY good % of the group composition right?
That’s like saying warrior was not in demand because they made up no more than 20-40% of the group? That’s out of 8 (now 9) classes. Some classes were happy if they got taken along at all.
On topic, yes condi berserker does very good damage and is a lot easier to be played compared to an engi.
So warrior was OP because only 1 was ever taken in a group? I guess that made thief, guardian etc OP too. What a great way to judge if a class is balanced or not. If it’s taken, it’s useful, so it MUST be OP.
Yes good point.
Now be so kind to point me to where:
- I said warrior was OP
- this thread was about warriors being OP
I must have missed that memo.
Warrior in pve was in a good spot pre HoT (due to uniquness of banners) and is a good spot post HoT (thanks to mostly still banners). A class being desirable does not mean it has to be OP.
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Posted by: jeezlaweez.6810
Was the kill so fast because of the profession mechanics or the raid mechanics per se?
Like, was the player composition all that great, or was just the profession so strong by that much?
If you changed 2-3 warriors for, say, 2-3 heralds, could they do the same?
we all have to ask that questions before assuming something. It is a speed kill, but only one. Can others achieve that with different scenarios?
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Posted by: kuritsutian.2987
Was the kill so fast because of the profession mechanics or the raid mechanics per se?
Like, was the player composition all that great, or was just the profession so strong by that much?
If you changed 2-3 warriors for, say, 2-3 heralds, could they do the same?
we all have to ask that questions before assuming something. It is a speed kill, but only one. Can others achieve that with different scenarios?
You have to consider synergy of teams, this is quite hard to balance because the possible combination are absurdly high, only time reveals this kind of emergent behavior and addressing it with nerfs will more likely hurt the class individually rather to fix the situation. I blame group buff mechanics but kinda can’t do much against them, maybe capping the buffs received, idk.
Inb4 warriors+mesmer meta returns.
Seriously though – just because a certain class is in high demand for this raid wing doesn’t mean it will remain in high demand for the other wings.
Which other wings?
The unreleased ones?
I’m pretty sure they’re adding two more wings to THIS raid and then we’ll have more raids after that.
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Posted by: Lightsbane.9012
it’s been meta for every dungeon in the game. now that rage timers are a thing, zerk anything is now mandatory for raid.
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Posted by: Phoebe Ascension.8437
For enrage timer mechanic i think they are a bit op. I mean 40k spike dps with burning/bleeding, jeez. A 3 second cooldown skill that is BETTER then any aoe field the warrior ever had (including the normal bow f1), has more hitboxes then the old one etc. It does even more damage then meteor shower i think (wich is a light armor )class, with longer channel AND longer cd). Also it requires to few effort (imo).
Basically, raids will have to be either ‘to easy’ (atm it sort of is to easy with a warrior, if you can do it in less then half time), or they will have to make them to hard for other professions but ok for warrior. such huge different I would call op (especialy with higher passive armor, and lower skill cap).
Anyhow, even a slight tweak down on the numbers will not make warrior bad, but at least will make the ‘warrior or kick’ thing go away. And it will make balancing future (enraged timed bosses – so probably all of them) easier.
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For enrage timer mechanic i think they are a bit op. I mean 40k spike dps with burning/bleeding, jeez. A 3 second cooldown skill that is BETTER then any aoe field the warrior ever had (including the normal bow f1), has more hitboxes then the old one etc. It does even more damage then meteor shower i think (wich is a light armor )class, with longer channel AND longer cd). Also it requires to few effort (imo).
Basically, raids will have to be either ‘to easy’ (atm it sort of is to easy with a warrior, if you can do it in less then half time), or they will have to make them to hard for other professions but ok for warrior. such huge different I would call op (especialy with higher passive armor, and lower skill cap).
Anyhow, even a slight tweak down on the numbers will not make warrior bad, but at least will make the ‘warrior or kick’ thing go away. And it will make balancing future (enraged timed bosses – so probably all of them) easier.
exactly, now with these type of videos proving the multiple berzerker warriors in raid = easy and fast kill, how cant Anet not do something about that? I hope berzerker warriors effectiveness gets a huge nerf, no one class’s presence in a raid (with multiple of the same class) should make a raid content that supposedly be challenging to a joke.
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Their are no raid bosses that currently clear conditions so stacking condition professions with easy dps rotations works in the first wing. A lot of ways A-net can count stacking X class for raids. Make a boss that removes boons, clears conditions or stacks disabling conditions (chill, slow, cripple) every few seconds.
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Their are no raid bosses that currently clear conditions so stacking condition professions with easy dps rotations works in the first wing. A lot of ways A-net can count stacking X class for raids. Make a boss that removes boons, clears conditions or stacks disabling conditions (chill, slow, cripple) every few seconds.
Yeah… Do this and we will be back again to conditions are useless, just go berzerk.
What makes the 5 Berserkers OP are the Chronomancers.
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Posted by: TheFrighteningFrenchFry.3275
Warrior has been OP in PVE for a very long time, and it still is.
It really wasn’t. It was recommended because every 5 man group needed banners, PS, or EA. That said, only 1 warrior per 5 man group was taken. At the very most 2 warriors would be in a single group.
You do know that 1 or 2 out of 5 is a VERY good % of the group composition right?
That’s like saying warrior was not in demand because they made up no more than 20-40% of the group? That’s out of 8 (now 9) classes. Some classes were happy if they got taken along at all.
On topic, yes condi berserker does very good damage and is a lot easier to be played compared to an engi.
So warrior was OP because only 1 was ever taken in a group? I guess that made thief, guardian etc OP too. What a great way to judge if a class is balanced or not. If it’s taken, it’s useful, so it MUST be OP.
Yes good point.
Now be so kind to point me to where:
- I said warrior was OP
- this thread was about warriors being OPI must have missed that memo.
Warrior in pve was in a good spot pre HoT (due to uniquness of banners) and is a good spot post HoT (thanks to mostly still banners). A class being desirable does not mean it has to be OP.
“That’s like saying warrior was not in demand because they made up no more than 20-40% of the group?”
You said this in the whole discussion about warrior being OP. Because what the guy was saying was warrior wasn’t OP because only one was taken. Leading me to believe you were trying to use demand as another another word for OP. If for some reason that’s not what you meant, thank goodness lol.
/s
Their are no raid bosses that currently clear conditions so stacking condition professions with easy dps rotations works in the first wing. A lot of ways A-net can count stacking X class for raids. Make a boss that removes boons, clears conditions or stacks disabling conditions (chill, slow, cripple) every few seconds.
Yeah… Do this and we will be back again to conditions are useless, just go berzerk.
Talking about a raid boss where it would not be as simple as it always removing all conditions. It would just be one of the mechanics of the fight. Like a boss that swaps modes between high toughness or immune/clear conditions.
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