Guild Wars 2

So yeah, there are a bunch of positive changes coming from the changes to PvP, once y’alls can get over the whole wardrobe stuff (but srsly, account-bound dyes more than makes up for the skins, and it doesn’t cost you to dye).

- match win reward chests are back, and even if you get an unlucky streak you still get rewards, though at a slower pace.
- hambow is a lot less powerful, and it doesn’t look like they destroyed everything else about Warrior in the process. Other meta-builds have been nerfed in what seem to be pretty good ways, so we might finally move on from the mess of the past several months.
- megaserver means PvP lobby isn’t empty all the time. Could turn out to be a nuisance if folks regularly go "omg <player> was so bad they play <something I don’t like>", but eh, we have block buttons.
- the new rewards mean that more people will come into PvP, and hopefully more will stay. Sure, matchups will be terrible for a couple of days while MMRs of newbies get themselves sorted out, but we still need a larger population - hopefully the unification steps will bring it.

And of course, a couple of bad things:
- Skyhammer. Yeah. Why?
- still no proper reporting for PvP issues like not-participating--but-occasionally-casting-skills players.
- Edit: oh, we’ve got no access to the bank, though at least there’s a merchant for folks to buy salvage kits at. No bank is pretty bad.

Balance seems good and seems to reward skilled play more than the lyysa carried lameness before

Rickster.8752:

Balance seems good and seems to reward skilled play more than the lyysa carried lameness before

Second accounts feast…anyway still scared bout double sigils on both 2h war’s weapons, didn’t try that on my braindead war cause i stopped giving kittens to this game already…but sounds pretty bad, even with lyssa nerf wars are really far from being balanced anyway imo…probably the ones who are really feeling this are thieves

I find it funny how they always say “do not get worked up guys, this is just a preview, we are planning TONS of other things” and they never do.

It’s the same kittenty conquest, the same spew of dull/braindead specs… they haven’t learned a thing from all the successful games out there… balance out the most extreme issues, focus EVERYTHING else on finding what players enjoy and expanding on it.
But then again, maybe I’m just spoiled.
LoL has really good devs.

Hambow is actually stronger than before.

glaphen.5230:

Hambow is actually stronger than before.

not as potent against my MM as it was prior.