My experience with the current meta
an other note, i think the AOE cap should ignore minions, its BS they use it as padding. its hard to burst people down when they have 10 AI running around sigh /rant over
Everyone pretty much knows these are the OP specs:
hambow, decap engi, mm necro, spirit ranger, s/p thief, pu mesmer, bunker guardian. As soon as they buff ele survivability, burst ele will be on this list as well.
but why does it have to be like this? Im not new to pvp, i have done it across all the mmorpgs i play and have fared pretty well. This is the only game where i feel things are way out of balance and i think its due to the mechanics placed in the GW2 setting. No DR to stuns and knock backs, immobilize stacks, condis stack to fast compared to ways to cleanse them. It forces the game type into a very miserable experience. They need to either fix things, or add more game types, conquest just adds to the problem. And to think A-net wants to make this into an E-sport lol. needless to say, if i where to actually watch an offical match i would grow bored seeing engies running in circles blowing people up while MM’s zerg to win. In these past few days i have not had one compelling match up where i was like “wow these guys know how to work as a team” instead im left feeling “wow these guys must visit into the mists and spam to win”
but why does it have to be like this?
Human nature combined with a lack of adjustment by the development team.
It is natural and expected for players to choose the course of least resistance in selecting builds. Their goal is to help their team win, and that’s the way to do it.
The development team is supposed to counter this by observing builds to adjust down the power of overpowered builds and improve ones that aren’t often used. And they have done virtually none of that in the 5 months since I started playing GW2.
And that’s how you get metas that go on for ages.
As soon as they buff ele survivability, burst ele will be on this list as well.
OH GOD YES, ELE BUFFED.
#2017
It seems eles are already taking root, just got out of a match 1 staff ele and 1 scepter dagger ele. seems to do pretty well, high aoe damage, and lots of evading and self healing, the scepter dagger ele in particular, he had amazing spike damage and would heal pretty well too. but thats just my observation lol