Guild Wars 2

Havnt touched PvP for over a month and havnt heard anything about balance. My question is, will we be getting a balance patch in the April patch? And if so, will I just be a minor patch? I’m just getting this feeling that this next patch will be very minor in terms of class balancing. But then again, the last balance patch was pretty major yet the classes in the previous meta are still in the current meta and the classes that weren’t in the previous meta aren’t even close to being in the current meta, despite the “buffs.” Ironic, isn’kitten

Anet usually does some balances after the season. Most likely they will just tone down reaper and call it a day.

Some things that need to be changed but doubt will happen.

The duration on moa (or remove it)
Chill damage/duration from reaper (little too strong when paired with runes)
Dragon Maw locking players into a bomb by continuous knockdowns from DH

FrownyClown.8402:

Anet usually does some balances after the season. Most likely they will just tone down reaper and call it a day.

Some things that need to be changed but doubt will happen.

The duration on moa (or remove it)
Chill damage/duration from reaper (little too strong when paired with runes)
Dragon Maw locking players into a bomb by continuous knockdowns from DH

I’m fine with Moa, they need to change a lot of stuff such as protection boon being thrown around like candy, Rev sustainability despite running Maruder, Engi sustain over the top, condis over the top, etc. Just a lot of stuff that needs to be changed.

There will likely be a balance patch on April 19 (Tuesday after season2 ranked play ends). It will be a big (by ANet standards) balance patch.

If it doesn’t nerf elite specs considerably, PvP in this game will continue to wither.

Shovel Face.4512:

FrownyClown.8402:

Anet usually does some balances after the season. Most likely they will just tone down reaper and call it a day.

Some things that need to be changed but doubt will happen.

The duration on moa (or remove it)
Chill damage/duration from reaper (little too strong when paired with runes)
Dragon Maw locking players into a bomb by continuous knockdowns from DH

I’m fine with Moa, they need to change a lot of stuff such as protection boon being thrown around like candy, Rev sustainability despite running Maruder, Engi sustain over the top, condis over the top, etc. Just a lot of stuff that needs to be changed.

Yeah, those things really do need work. The sustain and condis are a bit crazy. I’m not gonna hold my breath on these things being tonned down, but hopefully we’ll be surprised and they balance these things out.

Didn’t the announcers in the 1st series of ESL s2 say there would be a mid season balance patch?