I have questions about the patch.
play what you have fun with, all the classes excel at all parts of the game
But I’m asking what got hit the hardest by the patch. Not asking which to play.
Don’t go Ranger. Their class is the least finished (according to John Peters) and has been promised a huge overhaul for the past month, finally that it would happen today.
Instead, Rangers got almost nothing important buffed and instead got nerfed, with John Peters saying “it’s been challenging to balance the promised buffs to rangers, don’t worry, they’ll come soon.”
I doubt rangers will be good even after these so-called “buffs” that may or may not happen.
And also, Apple is wrong. The propaganda that all classes are great at everything is a lie.
Furthermore, I believe ele’s got nerved as well, but i’m not confident on that.
80 Guardian. 80 Warrior. 80 Thief. 80 Engineer. 80 Necromancer. 80 Ranger.
Yeah, in MMO’s there’s always some classes that dominate. Like in WoW the rogues, mages and death knights are OP.
I’ve played most of the classes and the ones I like the most are necro, elementalist(a bit squishy though) thief and engineer. Mesmer I found too weird for my playstyle, guardian I could never wrap my head around and warrior got boring to me.
Ele lost an unintentional functionality of a trait that many people had come to rely on. Basically letting them set off blast finishers by doding through a field. So yeah, to a lot of people that’s a nerf. But honestly if it really breaks the class that bad they’ll buff something else down the road. As a GW1 player I’ve seen how Anet handles this and have a fair amount of trust they’ll handle it properly.
A lot of elementalist players like to complain about the class but I’ve seen an increasing number of people roling ele. So clearly there’s something attracting people despite the hardship of the class. I’m sure some just to take advantage of this particular build, so their out of luck now.
My point? Don’t play a class based on how they are affected by a single patch or because one particular build is OP. Play it because you like the way the class plays overall. Things will change, and you’re building a sandcastle in the path of the coming tide.
As far as my suggestion goes, I’d say give necro a try. It’s a good class with a few different ways to play it. I just can’t stand the combat sounds.
(edited by Hyena.2037)
Oh ok. What about the other classes I mentioned? The engineer and thief? How did they get hit by the patch?