Guild Wars 2

About two years ago, Sword/Dagger set was nerfed because John Peters thought it was too good for stomping. One of the main reason was:

Per John Peter’s post:

“Mostly in PvP, this skill can no longer be used by S/D thieves to teleport stomp someone. This is actually the more impactful moment as it occurs more often, but I think it puts the burden on these players to run a second weapon set that can help them in these situations (OH pistol for instance.)”

John,

Now that stomping is braindead aka tiny “gyro” stomp, can you revert the nerf to sword#2?

I rebember that times where sword thief could teleport out from any form of cc whatsoever so no.

Burtnik.5218:

I rebember that times where sword thief could teleport out from any form of cc whatsoever so no.

Are you suggesting that players should use a stun break to actually break out of stun? What about mesmer staff port? Should that be given a cast time too?

Gabriell.4856:

Burtnik.5218:

I rebember that times where sword thief could teleport out from any form of cc whatsoever so no.

Are you suggesting that players should use a stun break to actually break out of stun? What about mesmer staff port? Should that be given a cast time too?

Yep. That was always cancerous (and still is) cheap way to cover mistake. Its something unlikely to change tho as you cant stomp with it nor spam it unlike thief.

Burtnik.5218:

Gabriell.4856:

Burtnik.5218:

I rebember that times where sword thief could teleport out from any form of cc whatsoever so no.

Are you suggesting that players should use a stun break to actually break out of stun? What about mesmer staff port? Should that be given a cast time too?

Yep. That was always cancerous (and still is) when you fight as a war. Its something unlikely to change tho as you cant stomp with it nor spam it unlike thief.

You mean phase retreat then blink to stomp? Yep you can’t use it to stomp.

I agree sword is bad right now but say no to the powercreep my friend. Thief is fine, everything else (but warrior) should be nerfed.

Sorel.4870:

I agree sword is bad right now but say no to the powercreep my friend. Thief is fine, everything else (but warrior) should be nerfed.

Why should we refuse it…You don’t see any heralds, DHs, or scrappers asking for nerfs lol. I am taking anything we can get.

You could make it instant cast without the ability to be used while stunned. I mean you can’t use withdraw while stunned. They removed Blinding Powder’s interruption of a channeling skill so there’s probably a way to make it not usable while stunned, but not interrupt a current channel as would happen with a stomp.