Guild Wars 2

When is the pre-league balance patch gonna be?

I’m pretty sure it was the Jan 26 patch man. I don’t think another one is coming

Does Anet learn from anything they do??
I feel like when they said HoT Launch is a balance patch

I was hoping for a small patch halfway in between the Jan 26 patch, and the start of League season 2. Still hoping…

darthnius.3496:

Does Anet learn from anything they do??
I feel like when they said HoT Launch is a balance patch

The answer sadly is no. If anet learned or listened to players, then they would have to admit they were wrong or not knowledgeable enough without player input. Thats not going to happen.

Timston.1976:

I’m pretty sure it was the Jan 26 patch man. I don’t think another one is coming

I thought the idea was that they had time to make an emergency change before next season if they had to, so there might be 1.

No please! Anything but ArenaNet balance! They are so bad and uncreative at combat design, the last thing the game needs is balance from them!

ANET is clueless when it comes to balance.

That said, expect to see a few small adjustments over the next couple of weeks.

Warlord.9074:

darthnius.3496:

Does Anet learn from anything they do??
I feel like when they said HoT Launch is a balance patch

The answer sadly is no. If anet learned or listened to players, then they would have to admit they were wrong or not knowledgeable enough without player input. Thats not going to happen.

Depressing truth. I wish GW2 PvP was a standalone fully esport game, with an actual balance team that understand what power creep is. Now, the game is in such a bad state that I don’t think it will ever recover (too many things to shave).

If they don’t change anything about necro/thief I will stop playing.

I don’t think there will another balance patch, sadly. PvP is kinda messed up right now, i want to play the game but balance doesn’t want me to… so BnS i guess

Well, the next patch is next tuesday. So they still have a chance to do it… And they may do since we are still decently far from the finals… but I don’t expect anything massive. Maybe a small change of “search and rescue” since they are probably scared of a comeback of the “rez meta”. A few tweaks here and there… That is the best you can expect.

See this is what’s wrong with this game. They claim to have huge balance patches every 3 months, yet the actual patches are nothing more than last minute small changes. Along with the fact that they are trying to achieve a universal class balance (all 3 game modes at once), it is always going to bring over-nerfs and over-buffs.

This update X is godmode and Y is barely playable, next update Y will be godmode and X will be useless.

Good luck sticking around!

PS: I mentioned “last minute changes” because don’t expect me to believe that a professional developer team had 3 months observing the game, working on how to fix it, and they came with this balance patch.

I’ve been enjoying the current balance. It seems nice and fast, free flowing and people actually die and stay dead.

Valkyriez.6578:

I’ve been enjoying the current balance. It seems nice and fast, free flowing and people actually die and stay dead.

It’s just one poison to another.

I want someone else other than ArenaNet to balance the game. They are clearly unable to do their jobs.

lmao wot????

Gods I hope not. A “balance” patch would mean ending the last vestige of power for Mesmer and more boost to rev and reaper.

Honestly, I’m seeing changes. I strongly suspect there are ninja changes being made and not announced. Rev seems extra tanky again, as an example.