Guild Wars 2

So PvP is still a mess.
Wasn’t there gonna be balance patches every 2 weeks?

We had ONE minuscule balance patch and a few bug(extremely little) fixes.

Did ANET expect to drop such a massive patch and NOT balance?

I think they should either have done it properly or left it to release with HoT.

GrandHaven.1052:

So PvP is still a mess.
Wasn’t there gonna be balance patches every 2 weeks?

We had ONE minuscule balance patch and a few bug(extremely little) fixes.

Well for some this 3-5 seconds combats are being awesome…..just get in the flow and play what is super efective, balance will come if every one “forcedly” plays those specs.

Aeolus.3615:

Well for some this 3-5 seconds combats are being awesome…..just get in the flow and play what is super efective, balance will come if every one “forcedly” plays those specs.

I am not referring to just the power creep.

Yup, and not even simple stuff like burn stacking damage potential. Outside of PvP, WvW is even more nuts with burning and confusion. Confusion passive ticks from Mesmer scepter 3 have damaged me for 7k, without using any skills.

Why is this kind of burst damage allowed for builds that can invest in defensive stats?

@GrandHaven.1052, i know but atm with HoT at peeking at the door does not worth make those updates, game might look a bit “broken” atm but making updates now before a expansion does not make sense, and uses resources, that migh be necessary in other developments.
Even after HoT will take time for a big patch to hit the game, we might see some fixes on the most seriously bugs, like skill effect takes Xmore hits or less instead of what was intended etc.

It is understandable.

Aeolus.3615:

@GrandHaven.1052, i know but atm with HoT at peeking at the door does not worth make those updates, game might look a bit “broken” atm but making updates now before a expansion does not make sense, and uses resources, that migh be necessary in other developments.
Even after HoT will take time for a big patch to hit the game, we might see some fixes on the most seriously bugs, like skill effect takes Xmore hits or less instead of what was intended etc.

It is understandable.

lol. That is the saddest excuse for a balance team not doing their job that I’ve ever heard.

Burn stacking is clearly broken. It will remain broken. It needs to be fixed. HoT isn’t going to be some magic button to fix that.

Don’t get me wrong. I understand why some people love burn stacking. It requires no skill. It’s very similar to the turret engi from several months ago.

HoT. it seems they just dont have time for balancing. i think they did intend to make balancing regular (2-week schedule as they said). But they fell behind with development and had to concentrate 100% on it. There where like 2-3 dev posts in this forum in the last 3-4 months, they dont even have time for that let alone actual work on non HoT stuff.

Its understandable (but frustrating if you are playing now). I mean look at the last beta, daredevil is basicly in alpha stage, almost all skills are buggy with aftercasts/roots, very simple skills on the staff, mostly recycled animations, the few new ones where mostly poorly done and buggy, the new dodges had 10 bugs each. And think about the fact that daredevil is further along in development then ranger/engi. As much as i hate the current d/d ele, i would rather have daredevil fixed before release then ele fixed now.

It is better they focus on HoT, even if it means kittenty pvp until release. Probably best to take a break if you are getting to upset about it. Its what i did – slammed my head on the keyboard in rage before every match when i saw how many d/d eles i have to fight again, complained here on the forums, complained in heart of mists, complained before matches. Now im on a break from gw, will pick it up again when HoT releases (or if miracle happens and d/d ele is fixed before that).

But i would have appriciated if a dev had came here and told us that balancing cant be done atm, save everyone some frustration and constant complaints.