Guild Wars 2

If nothing else this will make things interesting.

this…this is game changing

Please implement a 3-item stat system already. The current amulet system is severely limiting build diversity, but it could be fixed fairly easily just by splitting the amulet into 3 or 4 items.

So instead of balancing PvP around a variety of stats.
Lets just remove the stats.

Seems legit, good job ANet.
10/10.

Reminds me of balancing water combat.
Nahh, lets just remove it from PvP.

So many builds trashed…

the meta is changing at an alarming rate

POWER META HERE WE COME!! THANK YOU!

Why do you guys keep making amulets with both toughness and vitality?

Good changes on durability and mercy though!

by type we have:
power-semi-dire
power- semi magis
knights with vit…..remove the knights ammy because this will totally replace it
vit-zealots

Wow these are big changes! The whole meta is changing

I think my heart just stopped.

Dear gods the power creep. STOP IT!

Welcome changes IMO. Should go a long way towards getting rid of the sad bunker fest that makes the current season so boring.

BTW there is an attribute called Ferocity

Lyger.5429:

Why do you guys keep making amulets with both toughness and vitality?

so ele and guard can use them.

So what are mesmers good at now, thieves will eat them alive lol

do i get my money back for buying the runes/amulets?

S/D + Staff thieves, Reapers, Revs and Scrappers are all we’re gonna see now. Goodbye GW2.

Durability runes cost me 5g, can i get my gold back ?

I don’t like that all the new amulets have power primary. that combined with removing settler’s is like a big middle finger to anyone trying to run a condition focused build (as opposed to hybrid)

also, indeed. am I getting my money back?

DrDivine.5378:

So what are mesmers good at now, thieves will eat them alive lol

Yum! Tastes like butterflies

Josh Davis.6015:

Anything you purchased you’ll get refunded for. The new amulets we’re adding will be free since we’re removing a number of other core amulets.

This is good to know. Thank you.

I believe they want to make things faster paced so the hybrid amulets are a step towards that. Also opens up more build choices as well.

There is NO reason to have any 3-stat amulets, you should just make every amulet hold 4 stats.

https://youtu.be/zzPLYGWyeE0

That is why.

Josh Davis.6015:

Hi all,

We’re planning on making some changes to amulets/sigils/runes available in PvP for the Winter 2016 Update (January 26). Some of these changes will greatly affect the way that PvP is played, so I wanted to take this opportunity to get the changes in front of everyone, discuss the implications as a group, and see where we net out. Most of these changes are easily reversible, so don’t view this as a “forever change”, but rather something we’ll tweak until we get PvP’s gameplay closer to our vision for it. These changes will go out prior to our next season PvP League season, so if we identify a change that isn’t accomplishing our goals we’ll have time to address it before the season begins.

You’ll note that a lot of the changes below are directed at more defensive stat combos/items. Our intent is not to eradicate this type of gameplay, but simply to improve the pace of gameplay overall.

Runes
We’ll be removing the following runes from PvP:

• Rune of Durability
• Rune of Mercy

Sigil Changes:

• Sigil of Demon Summoning: this sigil will no longer be usable in PvP.
  • We already removed a majority of AI summoning sigils/runes in a previous release – we’re just finishing the job.
• Sigil of Energy: the functionality of this Sigil is changing slightly. Instead of granting 50 endurance on weapon swap, Sigil of Energy will instead grant 5 seconds of vigor to the player with the usual 9 second ICD. This change only applies to PvP.

Amulet Changes:

We’ll be adding the following amulets:

Mercenary’s Amulet
1050 Power
1050 Condition
560 Toughness
560 Vitality

Sage’s Amulet
1050 Power
1050 Condition
560 Healing Power
560 Vitality

Paladin’s Amulet
1050 Power
1050 Precision
560 Toughness
560 Vitality

Mender’s Amulet
1050 Power
1050 Healing Power
560 Precision
560 Vitality

We’re also removing the following amulets:

• Soldier’s
• Settler’s
• Celestial
• Sentinel

/discuss

Hmm actually don’t mind these changes but I just bought rune of durability to test a war build I’ve been using am I going to get a refund for that gold I’m poor only pvp…. Was an investment

Mercenary’s Amulet
1050 Power
1050 Condition
560 Toughness
560 Vitality

Pls.

OMG Mender’s is my dream amulet.

Well, RIP elementalists…

Just PLEASE don’t just swing the pendulum on the other side too hard. It’s ok not wanting too much defense, but it’s not ok having too much offense either.

Also:

Juba.8406:

BTW there is an attribute called Ferocity

This.

Josh Davis.6015:

Bradley.8520:

do i get my money back for buying the runes/amulets?

Any sigil/rune/amulet you purchased you’ll get refunded for. The new amulets we’re adding will be free since we’re removing a number of other core amulets.

Why did you remove bunker amulets then add mercenary amulet?

560 vitality / toughness with 1k power and condi??? this is essentially vipers gone wild, why move forward 1 step and 1 step back?

Josh Davis.6015:

Bradley.8520:

do i get my money back for buying the runes/amulets?

Any sigil/rune/amulet you purchased you’ll get refunded for. The new amulets we’re adding will be free since we’re removing a number of other core amulets.

Thanking for confirming this. I, like many others aquired the runes/sigils to remain competitive in PvP.

PLZ for the low of god add this amulet combination:

+1050 power
+1050 precision
+560 toughness
+560 ferocity

This will be highly desirable for rangers, mesmers, warriors, and necromancers who wish to play a power build. Currently thees classes can pick berzerker (an go full glass) or marauder to get some defence. The stat combination i proposed would be a competitor to the marauder amulet since the above mention classes have medium and high hp pools and getting more hp is somewhat redundant (not on all builds but still), but they all would greatly benefit from some added armor.

Back on topic i love all the item changes. The removal of celestial and introduction of these new stat combinations will force ppl to make more of a choice when making a build.

Nerf it to hell.

Paladin’s amulet looks cool for DH… good job

I’m so glad you guys are finally removing celestial!!! Long overdue

Juba.8406:

BTW there is an attribute called Ferocity

Could we please get the stats on 4 stat amulets changed to 1000 1000 500 500 to make them on par with the 3 stat amulets that are 1200 900 900 or make the 3 stat amulets have 220 more stats on them.

Mercenary Amulet, are you seriously thinking it’s a good idea?

Josh Davis.6015:

We’re planning on making some changes to amulets

What’s your POV on cleric and magi amulet? Aren’t they also too tanky and therefore should be removed?

Good, I’m glad you’re not mixing Toughness and Healing Power in the same amulet. That’s such a ridiculous combo.

@Grouch;

Sitting here contemplating yet another hard slap down on Mesmer… and don’t even get me started on the blatantly exploitable tournament system.

I can’t say I believe any of this about amulets will actually be what happens. I think that the devs buff there favorite classes and nerf classes that beat them. My confidence in the game balance wanes a bit more.

I think that you, personally, dislike Mesmers. Am I wrong?

bloodpyrope.8630:

Juba.8406:

BTW there is an attribute called Ferocity

There have been enough amulets ruined by ferocity as it is.

Teutos.8620:

Josh Davis.6015:

We’re planning on making some changes to amulets

What’s your POV on cleric and magi amulet? Aren’t they also too tanky and therefore should be removed?

I think the reason Clerics was left alone was that it’s not as easily exploited for hybrid High damage bruiser-type bunkers. Cele/Settlers/Soldiers are all corner stone pieces for high damage bunkers (/bruisers).

Lyger.5429:

DrDivine.5378:

So what are mesmers good at now, thieves will eat them alive lol

Yum! Tastes like butterflies

lol im salty

kittening love you guys, great change.

The new amulets are more offensive-oriented while still having defensive stats. This seems good to:

1. avoid extreme bunker or extreme burst builds;
2. move the meta towards a more balanced-offensive state without going too far into it;
3. promote builds with clear strengths and weaknesses stat-wise (aka, no celestial);

In theory, I’m happy with those changes. There’s not too much defense in there, while also avoiding instant-kill builds. I hope those changes work well in practice.

Josh Davis.6015:

The new amulets we’re adding will be free since we’re removing a number of other core amulets.

Are you also considering updating other 3-stats combination amulets?
Or perhaps just remove them all and only have 4 stat combo amulets, which seem much more reliable, healthier and easier to balance?

If you’re going to get rid of Soldier, Sentinel and Celestial, then giving us these amulets as a replacement is the right approach to plug the gap. I do worry that such big changes may force many classes out of the meta, but we’ll have to see how it shakes out. Giving us a +healing amulet that also has +vitality and +power is a big improvement, as it gives Elementalists something that is viable other than Celestial. Many people will probably find the Paladin amulet more fun to play with (and against) than Soldier or Sentinels amulet, so I applaud that change.

I think everything looks 100% awesome.
I like how much these changes will alter the META, and gets rid of celestial amulet.
+1, I love it.

Chaos.2108:

Mercenary Amulet, are you seriously thinking it’s a good idea?

It’s a strong hybrid amulet without being a ridiculous generalist damage + defence like celestial.

The fact this ammy has no ferocity means the power side is marginalized. It’ll allow for some nice builds, but it’ll hardly be a scary ammy.

++1 for Removing Celesial. Smartest thing you ever did, Anet XD

Will be keen to see how it all plays out, really.