Guild Wars 2

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Let me put this straight: I don’t play support. I’m an off-tank. I even play ele like an off-tank. Which means the warhorn didn’t do much for me. If anything, I felt like it took away all of my mobility.

Typically, I run scepter/dagger, and I do combos of massive damage throughout all 4 elements. It’s tons of fun for me. I leap into the middle of mobs, toss down stuff, run away, and do it again until my enemies die (definition of off-tank?).

On warhorn, I pretty much pressed buttons, saw I did some damage, got bored, and swapped that horn back out for the dagger where I could zip around and toss down stone circles, aoes, and such. Immediately had more fun when I went back to my old weaponset. It wasn’t the same way with Chronomancer, Reaper, or even Revenant from the 1st beta to this one. On Chrono, I missed my Decoy (swapped it out for a well), and my focus skills a little, but there was enough to make up for it. On Reaper, I loved the greatsword and really saw no need to go back to axe/dagger. And on Revenant, I settled on sword/axe whereas I’d been playing mace/axe the first Revenant weekend beta. They were all improved by their elite specializations, or, for Revenant, Shiro.

I’m not a typical Elementalist. I did like the utilities that came with Tempest, and the trait line didn’t seem bad. I probably needed more time understanding how to use the overload mechanic a little better. I’m not all that sure what it did for me, just that it was there. Overall, my ele essentially remained unchanged. Rebound was interesting, but I couldn’t tell if I felt the effects of it or not. I’d change back to fiery greatsword at this point in time.

So I guess my first impression of Tempest is a little confused. Some people are really happy with it, some people seem to really hate it, and I’m, overall, pretty impartial. Ele’s not my main class, but I hope this helps out.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/Tempest-Beta-Feedback-Thread/first

i found the tempest underwhelming. In general playing with an Ele can be difficult. I found myself often pulling and being attached on both sides. It’s just not a profession that does well solo in high density maps like the Cursed Shore or the SIlverwaste.