HoT pvp, 2 months before, any conclusion, suggestions?
I have tried all the elite spe in both pvp and pve and my conclusion are pessimistic:
- war and thief: the idea of the elite spe are not bad but actually those are not usefull because of the tones of AOE in the game. All the spe have got so much Aoe Cc, blind, frost, weakness, condi etc etc that the game is not really skilled. People in pvp just spam Aoe without real focus and will see the first opponent that will die… Where is the skill here? With all those AOE, rogue and war are muffled. Just see your recount, so often 50% of my life gone just with Aoe of a person that doesn t focus me.
All the strong elite actually have really good Aoe both offensive and defensive:
+ tempest: aoe cc, heal, dispel, condi, damage, boons, utility
+ drood: aoe cc, heal, dispel, condi, damage
+ rev: aoe cc, damage, condi, boons
+ scrapper: aoe cc, damage, condi, boons, dispel
+ dh: aoe cc, damage, boon, condi
+ necro: aoe cc, condi, damage, utility
+ chrono: aoe cc, condi, damage, utility, heal
Both thief and war have some good spots: damage, condi etc but they can t easily spam aoe blind, frost, weakness, slow, snare etc they just eat and die. This my ele i can play all the game without targeting anyone and do a lot of damage, heal, cc, boon share. And it´s not normal. I hate playing thief it´s not my taste but i really enjoy plaing against a good thief really skilled, there is a real challenge, but now in pvp they can go nothing, just dodge and hit, they take a lot of aoe condi…
- Testing war and thief: i have realized that gw2 pvp have LOST a lot level with HOT. What is a player skill for you??? Have a good mastery of your profession? The spell gestion? What is the real skill?
In gw2 pvp many time the skill is just finding a good professions, build, team, strat. No really the gestion of the caracter. When you see pro league player, do you seen amazing player or just good builds, and good strats? When i see wow are a pro players or Lol players i see amazing pro gamers. It´s not the case in gw2.
Why??
1) in gw2 the profession, the build, stat are more important than the player skill. For example: a bad reaper can easily eat a good berserker,
2) real unbalance between professions, between profession tree lines, between traits. Normally traits are just a way to play but its not a case some traits are useless others are mandatory.
Finally, i have discussed with friend about gw2 pvp and wow pvp to compare. In wow, we find in pvp a real skill, you have to target friends, ennemis, to cc a cast in a precise time, to coordinate cc, dps with friends to take down an healer, etc. In gw2 HOT just spam AOE cc, condi, heal, damage, and finish the target.
In gw2, when you kill an ennemy always you can read “noob it´s because your profession is OP”, and it´s not so false. I want to play pvp and show my own skill, not my build!
Any suggestions to improve the pvp skill? Not just nerf a thing, nerf another etc etc a constructive dial.