Guys, one of the biggest complaints I see about the PvP in this game is lack of skill balance. What I overwhelmingly hear is that some builds are so strong that they discourage diversity (hambow, bunker, decap, thieves) and getting changes in the form of balance patches takes ages. This is the only MMORPG I’ve played, I only have 6 hours of playtime on DotA2 so that doesn’t count. If you have played PvP in other games (especially MOBA games because I think GW2 is trying to imitate this) could you please tell me what made their skill balance good, and how long did it take for balance patches to address problems?
Thanks!
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
meh…. balance is i dk ? … bad.. just like any other mmo, but the thing is that most of the mmos got ways of hiding it since they have more stuff to do (pvp wise) that doesnt involve running in circles on a point doing nothing and being effective.
Dota 2 is for me the undisputed king of competitive gaming. High complexity and high skill ceiling. Balance happens there also more often.
League on the other hand is simpler but has also a shorter balance cycle. Balance happens at least when a new champion is released and sometimes with hotfixes if a champion proposes too much imbalance.
These games have a differently distributed complexity in form of 4-6 skills and item choices though.
About shooters, I cannot say much but they are at least mechanically demanding and you have to hit well (at least in CS:GO). I am not sure about balance cycles there :>
As for fighting games, look at 1-frame links or any 2-3 frame actions, so they are surely mechanically demanding on top of tactical play with its pool of characters. Not sure about balance there either even though new games are released in short intervals like Ultra Street Fighter IV this summer.
GW2 now on the other hand has nice mechanics but its balance falls way off with so slow balance cycles in a game deemed competitive or wanting to go esports.
Problem is how long takes them to Balance or even fix a bug.
Bug’s should be Hot Fix and Skills that require balance asap should also be a hot fix, not wait many months before you can play again cause kitten be broken.
