Guild Wars 2

I find it amusing how mesmers were the only thing nerfed… although it really was necessary. Teehee

#mesmerproblems

where is the underwater ranger buffs and neccesary engi nerfs?

where can i find the patch notes

NaturalPortman.9562:

where is the underwater ranger buffs and neccesary engi nerfs?

This was not a balancing patch. Well, with the exception of the two changes mentioned, but that’s because they were urgent.

as a non shatter mesmer I love this mini patch.

DiogoSilva.7089:

NaturalPortman.9562:

where is the underwater ranger buffs and neccesary engi nerfs?

This was not a balancing patch. Well, with the exception of the two changes mentioned, but that’s because they were urgent.

Engi nerfs are urgent.

Engineers need a nerf asap. slick shoes 1 shot me every time

Shatter mesmers are still the best mesmers, aren’t they?

Yay, guardians and thieves reign supreme! Lol, this game is so far from balanced it isn’t even funny. If there was a bug, and I’m not convinced there was, I couldn’t reproduce it. On top of that, they didn’t even really fix the bug. They just stuck a cooldown on shatters and called it a day.

Shattered strength nerf was expected.

0.25s GCD was not. What a lazy kittening way to “fix” something. You legitimately screw players who have faster reflexes.

Let’s hope it’s a band-aid fix.

Edit: I hope ANET realizes that a lot of the macroer’s can still macro/program their macros to accomodate the 0.25GCD and never miss it anyway.

congalong.9620:

You could have just coded something up like

if(shatter used) {
shatterable_effect=0
}

or something instead of a band-aid “fix”

Yes, I’m sure you have it all right and know their code better than them.

Pinch.4273:

congalong.9620:

You could have just coded something up like

if(shatter used) {
shatterable_effect=0
}

or something instead of a band-aid “fix”

Yes, I’m sure you have it all right and know their code better than them.

It’s just a high level example. (I’m just guessing because I’m guessing that illusions/clones are treated as their own objects that have a set of properties, this is strictly from an OO programming perspective) But fine, I’ll take back what I said about it being lazy and just hope it’s a band-aid fix.

Back on topic, Macro’ers can still macro to accomodate for the 0.25GCD. It isn’t an effective stopping them but now you’re punishing legit players because you have to actually wait and see if you’ve actually shattered. Now if GW2 had a sort of action queue similar to some other MMOs it’s not a big issue. But if a mesmer is doing a shatter combo -> Distortion to avoid damage then it can potentially be fatal for a mesmer unless he’s button mashing repeatedly.