Guild Wars 2

There was a lot of stuff that went on at beta and tbh this one wasn’t my favorite. There were builds/classes that were clearly better than others and i’ll give some of my experiences.

1.) Reaper. I felt reaper had no good builds out there due to the fact necro shouldn’t have a greatsword. The death shroud change was actually cool in my opinion but truly the greatsword didn’t help any necros out there from my experience this weekend. Im sad to say greatsword necro just doesn’t have a place.

2.) Chronomancer. If played right that build was just insane it was too overpowered in many cases. Being able to reset cooldowns, and being to apply slowness with shield though it fits the class. Mesmer should be toned down before you try to implement this new playstyle.

3.) Tempest. I truly didn’t see any. I guess people didn’t want to play it and this is another case where what you have now is 6x better then what you’re trying to add. D/D cele ele will remain the best build for ele till further changes.

4.) Revenant. I love the idea of the class in all but, being able to have almost permanent resistance it needs to be toned down a little. Other then that it wasn’t that strong against physical and im sure we’ll see better builds that will help with that but until then I think it was good.

5.) Dragonhunter. I love the feel of it. But I personally didn’t see anyone use the traps on it but still it was fairly good. But before you try to implement this I’d like to see physical damage guards have a place. Too many things out dps it making it next to useless.

6.) Overall I thought the beta was ok but the current builds we have are a lot stronger since we’re all used to the playstyles and roles of the classes. Yes some things are overpowered atm but truly the current meta was used a lot over the stuff that came with the beta.

7.) The people who played the beta I personally saw only bad players using beta builds, no offense but people who are good at their builds would rather play their builds than the beta. There was almost no reason to go and oh i’ll pick up a reaper or a dragonhunter over something we already have.

1. Reaper: The traits were actually pretty good, but need adjustment. The GS itself was not in a good place
2. Chronomancer: Agree with your comments 100%. Mesmer needs to be toned down prior to evaluating the actual chronomancer
3. Tempest: I like the direction. Everyone immediately wants to compare it to D/D. That’s a bad comparison. D/D ele is completely OP right now. The warhorn offhand starts to remove all the combo capabilities and that is the right direction.
4. Revenant: Can’t really comment on this class. I just don’t find it fun.
5. Dragonhunter: I like the traits, but similar to Reaper, the longbow needs help. Auto attack is too slow and just doesn’t feel like it fits in well.

One other beta comment is with stronghold. That map has a lot of potential but needs help. Overtime will be a good addition once it is added. In addition, there needs to be more ways to encourage PvP fights. Right now it feels too PvE focused.

Last night while playing, I remember thinking to myself: “Ok it’s official now. There is too much teleporting going on in Guild Wars 2”.

Mesmers are currently playing an entirely different game than other classes. Arena-net needs to take a good, practical and lamenting look at what they have made available to this class in contrast to what is available to other classes.