Guild Wars 2

http://pastebin.com/sXHq6fZt

Not sure if real. Looks legit.

Tab targeting now prioritizes players over npcs (including minions)(mesmer clones are an exception)
Stun breakers now break blowouts and launch as well

Sounds way too good to be true.

Was thinking the same Master of Timespace!

Buffing Warrior and no buff to Ele. It must be true.

Warriors and necromancers are getting buffed.
It’s such weird balance… i believe these notes are real.

MIrra.3604:

Buffing Warrior and no buff to Ele. It must be true.

HIGH FIVE

Rangers are nerfed to the ground…LoL….The buff in Maul wont bring more Power Rangers in line.And y,the cond meta will still carry on

burning being held to 5 stacks is huge. immob can stack now though so that might be an issue

Ele got buffed quite a bit… Lightning Hammer (laugh all you want) is going to be vicious 1v1 against anybody with weak CC defense. Staff Ele heals are back big time. Lava Axe = HGH Ele.

Dragonar.1342:

Warriors and necromancers are getting buffed.
It’s such weird balance… i believe these notes are real.

No significant buffs to necros, and none to our condition specs that I see. Unless you want to argue that minions are OP right now.

Are these the notes Jon promised in another post??? Strange…..

Let them then atleast add a ‘’use permanent lighting hammer or lava axe’’ :P

All duration stacking boons(Aegis, Fury, protection, Regeneration, Retaliation, Swiftness, and Vigor) and conditions(Blind, Burning, Chilled, Cripple, immobilze(now stacks duration), and Poison) now stack to a maximum of 5 times.

Look again.. this is a HUGE nerf to the Warrior alone.

Lots of cool stuff here.
Aoe increases are worrying though.

THANK kittenING GOD.

Toss Elixir S: This ability now only grants stealth.

Godkitten that random kitten was kittening annoying.

Daecollo.9578:

All duration stacking boons(Aegis, Fury, protection, Regeneration, Retaliation, Swiftness, and Vigor) and conditions(Blind, Burning, Chilled, Cripple, immobilze(now stacks duration), and Poison) now stack to a maximum of 5 times.

Look again.. this is a HUGE nerf to the Warrior alone.

Perhaps you are right a bit, but its hard too see how this change will play out.
But in my eyes it looks like the aoe conditions spam is going to have a glorious time.

Dragonar.1342:

Daecollo.9578:

All duration stacking boons(Aegis, Fury, protection, Regeneration, Retaliation, Swiftness, and Vigor) and conditions(Blind, Burning, Chilled, Cripple, immobilze(now stacks duration), and Poison) now stack to a maximum of 5 times.

Look again.. this is a HUGE nerf to the Warrior alone.

Perhaps you are right a bit, but its hard too see how this change will play out.
But in my eyes it looks like the aoe conditions spam is going to have a glorious time.

Agreed

Daecollo.9578:

All duration stacking boons(Aegis, Fury, protection, Regeneration, Retaliation, Swiftness, and Vigor) and conditions(Blind, Burning, Chilled, Cripple, immobilze(now stacks duration), and Poison) now stack to a maximum of 5 times.

Look again.. this is a HUGE nerf to the Warrior alone.

I can only hope this is an initial push, and that reductions to other boons and conditions will follow.

The duration stacking is a game changer for sure. I could be wrong, but if there’s a max stack that might mean you have to wait until the 5 stacks are done before reapplying.

I could be wrong tho

Even if it doesn’t the AOE condi spam got nerfed hard if this is the case. I remember the burning from a teamfight stacking up to 40 seconds with two spirit rangers and a necro. Now that would be capped.

Also, the burn on crit traits do not stack together as effectively as before. Dhuumfire, Incendiary Powder, and Sun Spirit become inefficient, just like trying to put more bleeds on a 25 stacked target

i like the part where maul got buffed

jmatb.6307:

The duration stacking is a game changer for sure. I could be wrong, but if there’s a max stack that might mean you have to wait until the 5 stacks are done before reapplying.

I could be wrong tho

And what?Im gonna do burn skills and i will see 0 dmg?

waka.9826:

i like the part where maul got buffed

Play Ranger they said,they do ranged dmg they said,its fun they said

Fixed a bug where some skills would remove the visual effect of stealth from the player.

About time.

Venomous Aura: Increased the venom share radius to 360.

Just remove that trait, and improve the venoms.

Destroy Shadow Trap: This skill now has a 1.5s cast time. It plays an effect at the thief and the trap location when it is being cast. Added 5 seconds of regeneration.

So it’s not a stunbreaker anymore?

And that’s it? Makes me a little sad.

At this point..if you keep playing an ele….you must be a masochist or truly an idiot

Dardamaniac.1295:

jmatb.6307:

The duration stacking is a game changer for sure. I could be wrong, but if there’s a max stack that might mean you have to wait until the 5 stacks are done before reapplying.

I could be wrong tho

And what?Im gonna do burn skills and i will see 0 dmg?

No lol.

That would mean that once burning reaches a certain point of duration anything else that gets stacked is wasted. So instead of 40 s of burning, there could be, say, 16.

If the Sun Spirit is still up then its procs do nothing. This caps the amount of total damage you can get from burning and makes it a bad idea to apply too much burning, because you get no return from it.

Condi builds would then shift from trying to stack burning to stacking bleeds, since poison and burn will be easy as hell to cap.

Dragonar.1342:

MIrra.3604:

Buffing Warrior and no buff to Ele. It must be true.

HIGH FIVE

Funniest thing I have read today.

Arheundel.6451:

At this point..if you keep playing an ele….you must be a masochist or truly an idiot

That is not true, maybe next time (november) we will get our buffs.

And it seems they’re working on KOTH and DM and a new conquest map. But might be not true.

If these patch notes are true, there are very few gameplay changes that will impact PvP. Warrior/Necro remains completely intact and no classes were equipped with tools to affect the meta.

There are some nice points such as UI changes , tab targeting, and improvements to engi/ele but overall the patch is really underwhelming.

Looks like another month of negativity PvP.

puggernaut.5348:

If these patch notes are true, there are very few gameplay changes that will impact PvP. Warrior/Necro remains completely intact and no classes were equipped with tools to affect the meta.

There are some nice points such as UI changes , tab targeting, and improvements to engi/ele but overall the patch is really underwhelming.

Looks like another month of negativity PvP.

All duration stacking boons and conditions now stack to a maximum of 5 times.
Sorry friend, but that parts in bubbles, I fixed it for you by taking out the bubbles.

x5 Blind wrecks Warriors… so yeah people WERE given the tools.

They also buffed Guardian/Elemenalist Damage through the roof, x5 Burning? Lol…

The duration stacking is HUGE.

How people don’t see that baffles me. Targeting improvement too….

You don’t know how conditions work if you are saying that Daecollo.

puggernaut.5348:

If these patch notes are true, there are very few gameplay changes that will impact PvP. Warrior/Necro remains completely intact and no classes were equipped with tools to affect the meta.

There are some nice points such as UI changes , tab targeting, and improvements to engi/ele but overall the patch is really underwhelming.

Looks like another month of negativity PvP.

Did you just seriously call the “buffs” to conjures, which are arguably the most worthless skill type the elementalist have except the elite, and a little bit of healing on a mediocre PvP weapons an improvement?

That is not an improvement, that is an insult.