No it is very true, for the first 12 months or so, engy was the most nerfed class, some of the nerfs:
- In a single change went from the class with the highest stab uptime (juggernaut) to a class with barely any. (didn’t even have the crappy elxir B toss then)
- Shield 5 nerfed twice – duration, attack through block.
- Elixir R nerfed multiple times – cooldown increased, stun break removed, cast time added.
- Elixir S nerfed – used to be able to use toolbelt skills.
- IP – nerfed twice, burn duration shortened, got moved to master.
- Mines blast finsiher removed.
- Transmute nerfed
- Smoke bomb pulses nerfed.
- Automated Response nerfed
- Grenades – have been nerfed multiple times.
- Kit refinement – the effects were nerfed, but more importantly it was absolutely destroyed by going to a GCD.
- Vigour nerfed on engy by changing speedy kits to 10 sec duration.
And so on.
If i had to pick the most heavy nerfed class would probably be warrior, and will probably be just a matter of time before the class is killed entirely when they nerf cleansing ire.
LOL, warrior is one of the least nerfed classes, the most nerfed classes over the entire time are probably thief and mesmer, and of the nerfs the warrior has got most are down to the ridiculous buffs / changes that came in with the healing signet / cleansing ire patches.
Not that which is class is nerfed more actually means anything, all that matters is the result of those balance changes, thief has had a boatload of nerfs, but the core design is so broken that even after all those nerfs, yet again for a big tournie – WTS, there were still two thieves in the final, it is still the case for most classes other than the remedial faceroll that is medi guard that they wil be inferior to a zerker thief. Given the current state of the game the only classes that are in any position to complain are mesmer, necro & ranger.
It is funny this thread is people complaining about the passive IP, when you have disgustingly passive classes like warrior with high armour, high HP, the most ridiculous passive heal in existence, condi cleansing designed in a way that terrible players don’t even have to think about it, etc.
But then this thread is full of it, fullstop, instant IP proc is indeed lame in terms of counterplay, but then so are half skills in the game on that basis, everything from stealth to instant teleports to passive healing to random fear procs and so on.
