Guild Wars 2

I feel like necroes are getting the buffs they’re getting because they will be the ones to stop a possible overflow of bunkers… I feel like their changes were made purely for that reason. 15 second corrupt boon? Scepter boon corruption? We’ll see soon enough…

mrauls.6519:

I feel like necroes are getting the buffs they’re getting because they will be the ones to stop a possible overflow of bunkers… I feel like their changes were made purely for that reason. 15 second corrupt boon? Scepter boon corruption? We’ll see soon enough…

What overflow of bunkers?
They’re removing most (all?) the amulets bunkers use.

Just saw that.

Hooray! Long overdue changes are finally happening.

Yeah, YAY!
There’s nothing to stop the power creep from decimating this game.

I’ll have to send my apologies to the BDO and B&S fanboys. Because I’m likely to join them.

Boon corruption spam to counter boon spam thats been going on for a while now. Not very skillful, but then again neither will the the extreme burst out of stealth from thieves or Bruiser scrappers possibly running mercenary amulet.

At least it looks like the meta will speed up

Good luck w those games.

Personally I was getting tired of people wearing celestial type amulets… Fighting should be worrying to stay alive because you know mistakes could be fatal if your opponent plays right

mrauls.6519:

Good luck w those games.

Personally I was getting tired of people wearing celestial type amulets… Fighting should be worrying to stay alive because you know mistakes could be fatal if your opponent plays right

Or that you could be 100-0’d with little no warning, by an unblockable bassy-venom.

Dear god, bassy venom is unblockable now…
Just letting that sink into my soul for a moment…

Oh but don’t worry, at least you won’t have bunkers! Rite guise? Rite?

Dying in 0.1 seconds is TOTALLY MORE FUN THAN UNKILLABLE FOES, RITE?? RITE??

WRONG

DEAD WRONG

There is a pretty good chance that Necro’s will be the next meta and will be regarded as OP.

TheOneWhoSighs.7513:

mrauls.6519:

Good luck w those games.

Personally I was getting tired of people wearing celestial type amulets… Fighting should be worrying to stay alive because you know mistakes could be fatal if your opponent plays right

Or that you could be 100-0’d with little no warning, by an unblockable bassy-venom.

Dear god, bassy venom is unblockable now…
Just letting that sink into my soul for a moment…

Oh but don’t worry, at least you won’t have bunkers! Rite guise? Rite?

Dying in 0.1 seconds is TOTALLY MORE FUN THAN UNKILLABLE FOES, RITE?? RITE??

WRONG

DEAD WRONG

I think you’re being hysterical, but i have to admit i felt a great sense of dread when they mentioned unblockable basiliks venom.

Wolfs Shadow.7234:

There is a pretty good chance that Necro’s will be the next meta and will be regarded as OP.

So much this, this kittening cycle always happens.

Kuya.6495:

TheOneWhoSighs.7513:

mrauls.6519:

Good luck w those games.

Personally I was getting tired of people wearing celestial type amulets… Fighting should be worrying to stay alive because you know mistakes could be fatal if your opponent plays right

Or that you could be 100-0’d with little no warning, by an unblockable bassy-venom.

Dear god, bassy venom is unblockable now…
Just letting that sink into my soul for a moment…

Oh but don’t worry, at least you won’t have bunkers! Rite guise? Rite?

Dying in 0.1 seconds is TOTALLY MORE FUN THAN UNKILLABLE FOES, RITE?? RITE??

WRONG

DEAD WRONG

I think you’re being hysterical, but i have to admit i felt a great sense of dread when they mentioned unblockable basiliks venom.

What part of that is being hysterical?

They’re removing build diversity, on top of buffing a class’s damage that already had insane burst damage.
The problem with thief was that it couldn’t survive well in a fight against bunkers.

So, what does ANet do?

Delete all current bunker builds by removing their amulets, give the thief a passive evasion, and make bassy venom unblockable.

Like, Bassy venom wasn’t already strong enough.

Like blocks weren’t already weak enough.

Oh, but lets make Well of Precog a block instead of invuln, so it can be useless against all of the unblockable attacks that necros pump out in WvW.

Hysterical? Really?

ANet’s REMOVING MORE FREAKING BUILD VARIETY FROM THE GAME, AND I’M HYSTERICAL?

No mate.
I’m kittened.

I’m furious.

And I’m even more furious that people are actually praising the removal of build variety.

Like it’s a good thing.

Can’t balance something? Remove it.

I hope I’m wrong.

I actually do.

Because if I’m not, kitten this game.

Yes, Necro’s have been silently bidding thier time to rise. This is why Anet has feared us so. They have tried to keep us down, they have done everything to stop us.

But we are an unstoppable force, we will devour you all and in the end you will crawl crying under your beds hiding from the dark shadows that move outside your window.

YOUR DAY OF RECKONING HAS ARRIVED BOON LOVERS.

(okay I just couldnt help it. Just kidding… maybe)

Or we might just have a cookie party. Who really knows.

If ur getting this kittened about what happens in a video game i think u need a new hobby

The real question is: What class is going to counter the boon corruption spam necros? I see no reason not to run the mercenary amulet (pow/con/tough/vit) scepter/staff with spite/curses/reaper with consume conditions, corrupt boon, spectral armor, poison cloud and plague form. More boon removal spam than ever before with defense against projectiles (cloud + shroud 2) and pulsing stability (plague + shroud 3).

If you are a class with boons and you try to fight a boon corruption spam necro you will lose regardless of skill level. There will simply be too much corruption to deal with. Basically, you won’t want to use conditions or boons to fight such a necro.
It will have to be a class with no/very little boons with good damage and survivability. You will need pure damage, which is still a problem because of a necromancers weakness uptime and protection on spectral armor.

I suspect mesmer will still be the best for spiking down necros. Corrupt boon will be useless if the opponent has no boons to corrupt.

Could possibly be warriors too but that depends on the changes they receive. Maybe shout warriors with berserker stance? Might sound ridiculous to even mention but fresh air eles? They are getting a buff. Not sure if they have good enough condition removal, though.

Shaogin.2679:

Nightshade.2570:

Hannibal.5739:

If ur getting this kittened about what happens in a video game i think u need a new hobby

No, If you don’t understand what a joke is, I think you need a new hobby.

What I wrote was purely for fun Hence the cookie party at the end.

Pst, he wasn’t talking to you. Look at the post above yours. ;-P

LOL Yeah I saw it removed my post. However!

I am just saying… Cookie party

Hannibal.5739:

If ur getting this kittened about what happens in a video game i think u need a new hobby

If ur getting this kittened about what happened to your favorite arts & crafts store I think you need a new hobby.
Perhaps you should take up gaming?

You see how that just doesn’t work?

Yeah, I’m frustrated that the devs took something I legitimately enjoyed, and appear to be destroying it.
Is that so unbelievable?
Are you actually that detached from your hobbies?

TheOneWhoSighs.7513:

mrauls.6519:

Good luck w those games.

Personally I was getting tired of people wearing celestial type amulets… Fighting should be worrying to stay alive because you know mistakes could be fatal if your opponent plays right

Or that you could be 100-0’d with little no warning, by an unblockable bassy-venom.

Dear god, bassy venom is unblockable now…
Just letting that sink into my soul for a moment…

Oh but don’t worry, at least you won’t have bunkers! Rite guise? Rite?

Dying in 0.1 seconds is TOTALLY MORE FUN THAN UNKILLABLE FOES, RITE?? RITE??

WRONG

DEAD WRONG

Pretty much this as I’ve been arguing over this since launch. Instagibbing should never be a thing.

*The real question is: What class is going to counter the boon corruption spam necros? *

Might not be intuitive but power rev. Glint could goad reaper into boon corrupting protection and stability after dodge, then the rev consumes facet to bait a dodge or at the very least makes the reaper reposition himself. The rev then switches to Shiro.

Likewise daredevil can dodge to cleanse crowd control effects and can jump in and out of the reaper’s range. With lots of powerful conditions builds that rely heavily on conditions need a counter.

Good thief will be as always good counter to necros.

Unless they mentioned a backstab buff, having basilisk making the next two attacks unlockable means very little. Doesn’t change the fact that the thief either ends the fight in a second or two or dies/runs. In either case, it’ll be a very short battle. If he holds onto basilisk instead of opening with it, you simply have to hold onto your heal. Personally, I don’t have an issue with this. My real gripe is that if we somehow guess correctly and dodge his backstab, he gets to simply run after us spamming 1 until it lands.

Also, complaining about venomous aura…? Really…?

Wolfs Shadow.7234:

There is a pretty good chance that Necro’s will be the next meta and will be regarded as OP.

This. Nothing will stop their conditions now.

SlayerSixx.5763:

Unless they mentioned a backstab buff, having basilisk making the next two attacks unlockable means very little. Doesn’t change the fact that the thief either ends the fight in a second or two or dies/runs. In either case, it’ll be a very short battle. If he holds onto basilisk instead of opening with it, you simply have to hold onto your heal. Personally, I don’t have an issue with this. My real gripe is that if we somehow guess correctly and dodge his backstab, he gets to simply run after us spamming 1 until it lands.

Also, complaining about venomous aura…? Really…?

Unblockable bassy venom means thieves get to kill their natural counter (guards) on their heal.
Unblockable bassy venom means mesmer shield is even less useful…

And while I haven’t seen anyone complain about venomous aura on this thread, venom share wells are OP in WvW.
Granted, it’s been nerfed before. But it’s still really really powerful.