Guild Wars 2

Ok, so i want to talk about the state of dragonhunter for PvP. Yes they have counters but are anet seriously happy with this? People are winning by default just by picking dragonhunters. I know because i’ve tried it and its seriously disgusting and hurting the health of PvP.

The problems with dragon hunter is that they have both insane damage on point via traps, and pretty high damage off points via long bow. In regards to the traps, was there a reasoning as to why they didn’t have arming times like with ranger and thief?

I’m not saying they cant be beaten but with the low risk high reward gameplay it offers is really damaging to pvp especially since we have just entered a league season with no balance patch (wtf??)

“DH is easily counterable” a new meme in GW2. Try counter them in a teamfight

DH is really not an issue if you can play well. it’s a great scrub stomper, but losses vs good players on builds that are significantly more problematic. Chrono bunker and rev are much more worrying, oh and the perma protection tempest. ugh.

if the DH is running more than one offensive trap they have given up a lot of sustain, and are easy to take care of when they have blown their traps. if they just run the one trap it’s easy to counter the burst.

in regard to team fights, pay attention dude. you can get owned by gunflame if you don’t pay attention so watch that DH bruh.

Bunker Chrono easily counters them in a team fight. Your cc isn’t much good when you’re not even hitting the enemy team since the Chrono stacked those kitten wells.

Better yet, play Viper Revenant and beat almost any class in the game. Dragon Hunters are almost as easy to kill with Rev as Thieves.

People complain about it because it’s not fun to lose against them. All anyone remembers are the times when they got pingponged around during a teamfight between multiple traps. Not only that, it’s one of the easier classes to play (haven’t played it myself, other people just seem to complain about the low skill ceiling a lot) so those players are generally more effective with their builds than other players are with their own.

Can you seriously say DH is OP when the best team comps from todays ESL matches were 2 Bunker Chronos, 2 Viper Heralds, and usually 1 Tempest (taken directly from the other thread from one of the players)?

I thought they were OP at first too, but they actually feel like one of the weaker specs now. I’d rather have a Chrono, Scrapper, Druid, Tempest, or Revenant on my team before a DH. They’re still waaay ahead of Warrior and Thief though and probably on par with Reaper.

lol. i know they have counters but im saying in general they are in a ridiculous state.

The thing that bothers me is how easy it is to play in comparison to those. Even if they run more than 1 trap they dont really lose that much sustain between their virtues + S/F. For comparison, i’ve been playing alot of viper rev which is really strong but that takes way more skill than a dragonhunter does so winning is rewarding.

Competitive team is a pretty different environment from general solo/duo queue though.

As a note im speaking from a strictly conquest point of view.

My S/D teef easily counters viper rev, so l2p.
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Just been in a game where the 2 DH had more points together than the other 8 remaining players. It was the same crap all day. I don’t care about losing, but when it’s to the same kitten class all the time what’s the point? Just 2 of their traps can knock you down over 8 times. It’s a freaking joke and there is no eSport there.

I think I’m about done with this. We’re just playing the old maps with a meta more unbalanced than at launch.
Only the WvW overhaul can save it at this point.

Xillllix.3485:

Just been in a game where the 2 DH had more points together than the other 8 remaining players. It was the same crap all day. I don’t care about losing, but when it’s to the same kitten class all the time what’s the point? Just 2 of their traps can knock you down over 8 times. It’s a freaking joke and there is no eSport there.

I think I’m about done with this. We’re just playing the old maps with a meta more unbalanced than at launch.
Only the WvW overhaul can save it at this point.

if you fell over 8times in a dragons maw we all know who the problem is

choovanski.5462:

Xillllix.3485:

Just been in a game where the 2 DH had more points together than the other 8 remaining players. It was the same crap all day. I don’t care about losing, but when it’s to the same kitten class all the time what’s the point? Just 2 of their traps can knock you down over 8 times. It’s a freaking joke and there is no eSport there.

I think I’m about done with this. We’re just playing the old maps with a meta more unbalanced than at launch.
Only the WvW overhaul can save it at this point.

if you fell over 8times in a dragons maw we all know who the problem is

I was testing it… 2 lock traps that last so long is just ridiculous..