Devs, what do you think of ele post patch?
The devs don’t think about ele. None of them play ele and they never face one in PvP.
“We recognize that the changes to [ele] will essentially remove it from play. In the future,
we may consider whether or not there is an incarnation of [ele] that would be viable
but balanced. For now, we do not expect it to see serious use.” – ANet
we may consider whether or not there is an incarnation of [ele] that would be viable
but balanced. For now, we do not expect it to see serious use.” – ANet
The devs don’t think about ele. None of them play ele and they never face one in PvP.
On the contrary…
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/1106-suggestions-pre-patch-0-were-ok/first#post3403927
There are a lot of valid concerns with the elementalist right now and we’re going to be working on addressing those points. Once everyone gets back from holiday vacation we’ll be posting up our proposed balance changes and we’ll go from there.
So we’ll have to wait till Jan to see what kind of changes devs have in mind for Ele. At least they are listening.
There is still hope for this miserable excuse of a class.
I’d also like to know why Ele was overall nerfed in the most recent patch, and/or why the stated goal of the patch was to decrease reliance on arcane (and by extension, build diversity) but whose nerfs actually achieved the exact opposite in practise?
downed state is bad for PVP