Guild Wars 2

I’ve recently heard that the elementalist are due to get a a boost in there down state…

Its more my belief that all other Down States should be nerfed , why? – As a elementalist you have 7 second wait on your mist form meaning if u have been downed and some one jumps straight on u and u don’t receive any assistance then your dead.

Is that not how it should be ? – its hard enough in this game as it is to down a player but then to have them instantly knock every one back or self res or go in hide ? – I beat a warrior today and lost the fight cause of his down state ability to interupt my finish , the fight before hand lasted about 2 minutes only for me to loose just cause of kitten down state system ?

Down state should be a CHANCE to survive more based on your team mates being there to help you.
tbh Anet need to accept that there down system needs a complete re work and start over or get rid of it in sPVP.

100% agree.
Down state is atm too strong. Too much cc and dmg. They should weaken everyones ds instead of buffing ele.

strong downed state promote cooperation of players, because its not that easy like in other games, just nuking 1 in 2v2 fight isnt pure win its more complicated, maybe that is what whey want it to be

so buff ele a bit or nerf others, its quite easy

+1, don’t buff elementalist just nerf everyone else.

Better yet, remove the chore that is downedstates from the game so it’s fun to play and replace it with a different resource.

I’d like to see ele #2 become a ride the lightning to random area kinda skill. would be fun

just remove downed state in PVP or make the channelled rez break on damage.

it detracts too much from the core combat, isn’t fun for anyone, and introduces too many balance issues/corner cases (which again, detracts from the core combat).

downed state rezzing & spying is especially detrimental to WVW.