Guild Wars 2

Good job on the Balance Arena Net, I really enjoy the play style and I feel better players in general beat me, as opposed to just some build wars from Turret Engineer and other stuff that used to be around like hard counters, mesmer vs thief (mass qq)

Bunkers are still a bit tricky forcing me to run Berserkers Amulet

I think mesmers are in a good spot, takes some skill to take them down and some instant dodge rolls after they reveal from stealth.

Still toying around with builds and its taking a while to over come every build, just takes time to learn which skills to dodge and some new pressure some classes bring.

As for my own class – GS/Hammer with Rampage(Krait runes and Berserker Amulet) I think Rampage is very balanced. If you don’t go in all guns blazing and try to outskill me instead of playing your broken class like Ranger, Thief Stealth, Mesmer Stealth, it gives me a lot of time to kite and wait for it to be up again and then give you a good fight (there are a lot of counters to this skill)

Frenzy is in a good spot, good for stomps, good for attunes, good for clutch rezzes, good for that extra burst when you get your opponent low.

TLDR; Great job Arena Net, you play the game to a high level (Grouch is better than I am at this game ( I only been playing just over a year)) and you know what makes the game fun and this new fast paced, high twitch is what we will all grow to love.

Would be interesting to see what knowledge you gain from your data and how you balance the next update.

Is your post a trolling attempt..or are you actually serious?
-Krait rune zerk war with rampage??? What is this, the twilight zone? Ranger broken class? Frenzy good for ele attunement?….O_O???

Frenzy good for attuning Buffs, like Tranquility and Stillness.

No troll, sorry that you saw it this way.

Ranger just had different mechanics, which are unique in this game and need a bit of skill to counter them. A good ranger is a very powerful things. Have you seen trap ranger??

I would have thought this is a troll post too…

I just kind of read it as…

“I play Warrior. Please don’t nerf my Rampage skill. It is VERY balanced despite what others may be telling you. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain…”

Made me laugh anyways.

Why would use use krait runes with GS/hammer and rampage? That doesn’t make any sense.

For the condi’s when I used my elite obviously,

Played a few games today, same as usual 500-499 balance games with great skill throughout. Some highs and some lows.

Please don’t derail, else topic will get closed.

The balance team have never been so good in my opinion.

It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly how balanced, or unbalanced, the game actually is compared to prepatch as mistakes are a bit more unforgiving now. Let me throw out an example

Burn Guard does generally little damage (less than zerks) against high cleansing team but the moment he gets in a 5man cleave, he can get in 14+ burn stacks dealing several 7k+ AoE tick damage. The damage is 3x that of power builds as you can get 3 or 4 ticks from a single whirl.

Apart from Carrion’s 900 power, Guardian’s only form of damage is burns and it can be completely counterable by a single condi cleanse. It’s overpowered if you don’t have any.

The same could be said about other classes. Eles are powerful if you eat their fire attunements then letting them peel away to heal up. Mesmers are powerful if you receive all shatter spikes, then letting them peel away to heal up. What makes things unbalanced is that each class does not having the same window of opportunity (or lack there of, in this case) to counterplay.

Other classes like Guardians, Warriors and Rangers are 2x more outplayable compared to said classes. This is the current balance issues with the game.