I dont think they ever said the january patch will be about balancing, it was just a certain few people that were spreading rumors and had wishful thinking. January patch was just about one thing and one thing only 1 team vs 1 team paids.
Vapor Form: This skill will no longer allow players to rally off of kills that grant zero experience. This skill will now also properly restore death state on completion.
Does this mean they no longer regen health by vapor forming>
Character: Henry rank million/Duke Henry
Necromancer/Casual Warrior
[Team] Best WvW guild of all time. EASILY.
If there is something that is grossly overpowered, fix it asap.
Ideally buffing and nerfing should be free of “politics” as in…when you nerf one, make sure to nerf the others equally.
Although I wasnt expecting huge balance changes, I did however thought they would tone down the ele slightly…. i guess arenenet just showed everyone where pvp is in their priority list. that patch was huge 95% PvE content 5% pvp with minimal bug fixes or changes.
Guys stop qq’ing, we now know in which team we play:
«Skillbars now have team-colored backgrounds in sPvP.»
Idk how you played w/o this awesome feature! And don’t forget that we now have to pay 2x more tickets then before the patch for 3 matches. Seems pretty nice, ya?
I just don’t agree with the tickets part. I mean, we had to pay 5 to enter the possibility of 3 matches and now we pay 3 for just 1? Silly silly…
Just shows how ridiculous they are. When everyone says either slash or get rid of tickets they actually make the cost higher for time invested. SO dam stupid.
Character: Henry rank million/Duke Henry
Necromancer/Casual Warrior
[Team] Best WvW guild of all time. EASILY.
I just don’t agree with the tickets part. I mean, we had to pay 5 to enter the possibility of 3 matches and now we pay 3 for just 1? Silly silly…
Every patch should be a balance patch.
You only had 1 balance patch since the game release, what makes you think every patch is going to be a balance patch? Just wait till they actually say “balance patch” before getting any hopes up next time.
They said this would be mostly bug fix patch and balance adjustments come in febuary. so no suprise there.
however I REALLY wish they made the cost of paid tournies 2 tickets instead of 3. That makes a huge difference in the farming tickets and honestly, comon 3 tickets for 1 round. when used to pay 5 tickets for up to 3 rounds.
the ticket prices wont affect most competitive teams from queuing but, if you were hoping that these 1 team vs 1 team matches were going to pop 24/7 …. i guess this puts that to rest now, since new players wont be so inclined to regularly queue for these matches when ticket price are expensive for them.
You only had 1 balance patch since the game release, what makes you think every patch is going to be a balance patch? Just wait till they actually say “balance patch” before getting any hopes up next time.
And the 1 balance patch was pretty much a joke and didn’t really create any new viable builds. There is no reason to get any hopes up for any patch from ArenaNet at this point. They are just going to under deliver and then give PR speak about how great changes are actually on the way.
You only had 1 balance patch since the game release, what makes you think every patch is going to be a balance patch? Just wait till they actually say “balance patch” before getting any hopes up next time.
And the 1 balance patch was pretty much a joke and didn’t really create any new viable builds. There is no reason to get any hopes up for any patch from ArenaNet at this point. They are just going to under deliver and then give PR speak about how great changes are actually on the way.
Pretty much.
Character: Henry rank million/Duke Henry
Necromancer/Casual Warrior
[Team] Best WvW guild of all time. EASILY.
aoe nerfs are coming in february and they will shake up the game in a BIG way. pretty much everything will change. just relax.
be serious, everyone said that about the november update, Anet let us down,
then everyone said that this update would be the holy grail and again, they let us down, by now it should be clear that they dont give a flying shoe about pvp.
Sataarcoeny, you happy with your wonder balance update? ^^
What a troll patch. Nothing, literally nothing of vital importance to pvp has been done for this update. In the meantime, there are couple of quality changes for PvE.
i think this is goin to be a good thing couple bug fixes and now 1v1 shut up about the tickets its really not that big of a deal you all are just looking for something to complain about, now new players have an incentive to que for matches and not just be scared there going to get the best team and get destroyed
This wasn’t supposed to a balance patch. Calm your kittens.
Yeah, we can only expect balance patches once every 3 months. That’s the model that most competitive games looking to achieve E-Sport status use, right?
This patch is a joke and the community should receive it as a joke. Regardless of whether the Devs downplayed what was going into the patch, the fact of the matter is the Devs have done pretty much jack and kitten since the game came out. Look at any other game with E-Sport aspirations and you will see the ArenaNet devs looking like they work at the DMV with the speed at which they do things.
People in MMO’s never yet cease to amaze me at their qq. They CLEARLY STATED that this update was minor and brought small changes to pvp/WvW. As far as balance as you are qq about. This game is more balanced then most games yet you guys qq constantly. There are maybe a couple things that need to be fixed but its not even that bad. As far as the meta, nothing is forcing you not to play w/e you wanted. Stop qqing plz.
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People in MMO’s never yet cease to amaze me at their qq. They CLEARLY STATED that this update was minor and brought small changes to pvp/WvW. As far as balance as you are qq about. This game is more balanced then most games yet you guys qq constantly. There are maybe a couple things that need to be fixed but its not even that bad. As far as the meta, nothing is forcing you not to play w/e you wanted. Stop qqing plz.
The type of thought provoking and intelligent post one would expect from someone with the name “lilz” proceeding their name. lol.
aoe nerfs are coming in february and they will shake up the game in a BIG way. pretty much everything will change. just relax.
be serious, everyone said that about the november update, Anet let us down,
then everyone said that this update would be the holy grail and again, they let us down, by now it should be clear that they dont give a flying shoe about pvp.
everybody didnt say that. Anet specifcally said the january patch was going to be a minor patch the big spvp changes are coming in febuary.
If , after the feb patch , things are still terrible for , then let the panic ensue.
People in MMO’s never yet cease to amaze me at their qq. They CLEARLY STATED that this update was minor and brought small changes to pvp/WvW. As far as balance as you are qq about. This game is more balanced then most games yet you guys qq constantly. There are maybe a couple things that need to be fixed but its not even that bad. As far as the meta, nothing is forcing you not to play w/e you wanted. Stop qqing plz.
The type of thought provoking and intelligent post one would expect from someone with the name “lilz” proceeding their name. lol.
You are clearly putting yourself out there as ignorant with that kind of statement. I am a very intelligent person yet you wish to insult me based on my gamertag. That’s fine with me. People like you who continue to qq without trying to become good at the game or learning to play/theory craft are the ones who will be gone. That is perfectly fine with me.
“Morfeus X” || Team: Apex Prime
“Best Guardian NA”
wtf is this kitten anet? I’m at 4%, 550MB, is this a 20gb patch? kitten outta here
i stopped the download , was at 230Mb and just kept on the 1%
looks like something went wrong ( 20GB for a patch doesn’t seem wright:D)
will try again tomorrow , maybe it will be better then( and hopefully not 20GB )
Why are people complaining about the ticket entry price?
You paid 5 tickets for 3 rounds, correct. But you were never guaranteed to get to the final, you could be paying 5 tickets for one round, or 2 rounds. Now you’re paying 3 tickets for a guaranteed shot at the “final” – Which will reward you with more tickets/gems if you win, no?
Edit: Never mind, just saw the other posts complaining about the rewards for winning – I should never assume xD
I’m am officially done waiting for anything pvp wise in this game. With this patch they have had more then enough time to address the glaring issues. I had hope
High hopes but looks like this really was meant to be a pve game
given Anet’s stated approach of “small incremental changes” for achieving balance, one would think that those increments would fall a little closer together (say monthly patches?) rather than the quarterly or semi-annual as we seem to be nearing.
Facts is facts though. PvP don’t make no money, so PvP don’t gets no love.
Want better patches? Spend mo’ in da sto’!!!
Hackkz/Riggamaroll
I’ve stayed at this party entirely too long
given Anet’s stated approach of “small incremental changes” for achieving balance, one would think that those increments would fall a little closer together (say monthly patches?) rather than the quarterly or semi-annual as we seem to be nearing.
Facts is facts though. PvP don’t make no money, so PvP don’t gets no love.
Want better patches? Spend mo’ in da sto’!!!
Well, people would actually spend more in the sto’ if there was anything to buy from there, pvp related (aside from tickets). I mean, for a game based on cosmetic grind, we haven’t see one single pvp skin in the store, in the past five months…
given Anet’s stated approach of “small incremental changes” for achieving balance, one would think that those increments would fall a little closer together (say monthly patches?) rather than the quarterly or semi-annual as we seem to be nearing.
Facts is facts though. PvP don’t make no money, so PvP don’t gets no love.
Want better patches? Spend mo’ in da sto’!!!
Well, people would actually spend more in the sto’ if there was anything to buy from there, pvp related (aside from tickets). I mean, for a game based on cosmetic grind, we haven’t see one single pvp skin in the store, in the past five months…
And speaking of cosmetic rewards, now pve players can just use the pve skins for pvp anyway.
All weapon and armor skins now have the option to be converted to PvP skins. When activating a skin you will be given the choice to either apply the skin to a PvE item or convert the skin to a PvP-only item. Either action will consume the skin. This change applies to all unused weapon and armor skins in the game, regardless of when the skin was first released.
given Anet’s stated approach of “small incremental changes” for achieving balance, one would think that those increments would fall a little closer together (say monthly patches?) rather than the quarterly or semi-annual as we seem to be nearing.
Facts is facts though. PvP don’t make no money, so PvP don’t gets no love.
Want better patches? Spend mo’ in da sto’!!!
Well, people would actually spend more in the sto’ if there was anything to buy from there, pvp related (aside from tickets). I mean, for a game based on cosmetic grind, we haven’t see one single pvp skin in the store, in the past five months…
Preachin’ to Choir, Yo!
Hackkz/Riggamaroll
I’ve stayed at this party entirely too long
Ill be playing tera online (goes f2p this month, but I played at launch) for now on. Best part about that is no pet spam, 100b like abilities, and no stealth. Ill come back and check out the update in February though. Plus elder scrolls online and soul and blade come out in a few months. Anet was very smart going b2p, they already got their money
The patch has it’s upsides and downsides for me. Upside – engineer finally feel somewhat content, they got some buffs, and may gotten viable now in pvp ( still waiting for gw3 to finish download – 700mb and 20% lol ), as it appears turret builds may be viable now( dunno yet, still need testing), on the downside, eles got buffed instead of nerfed ==> biggest “lol” of this patch, enjoy bunker teams pwning in tournaments with hopes for the next patch.
i am flabbergasted. i dont care if this was supposed to be a balance patch or not they utterly failed to deliver any kind of update to pvp meta/balance which is not only one of the simpler things to adjust but has also been talked about and asked about for months.
This is pretty much a slap in the face. We know they think bunkering and aoe are too strong, we know warriors are too weak, we know that thief burst is a little out of hand and their other weapon options are lacking, we know that engineers need help…
EVERY patch should be a balance patch (at least a little bit here and there) until perfect balance is achieved. Since PERFECT BALANCE is never really achievable that means EVERY patch should be a balance patch.
how long do u expect the PvP community to just “hang on” and sit on our hands until this glorious pvp patch is released “soon”?
This was kind of lame. The only thing they came out with was the 1 match thing for Temple of the Silent Storm. And 3 tickets, seriously? They didn’t even lower the amount of tickets for paids, but they goes without saying this replaced paids.
Guess I will be taking another one month break again, and see what happens in March, hopefully something to look forward to.
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, was at 230Mb and just kept on the 1%