Guild Wars 2

still no balance patch….
very very very very very very very very very disappointed.
nuff said.

Can you explain to me what is currently overpowered at the moment? I have not seen any classes that should be nerfed.

There is also an issue with the division of good and bad players in the game, people don’t honestly really know what is overpowered until ranked matches happen and there is more visibility for the builds.

As an example, a lot of players think dragonhunter is very overpowered, but it is quite weak in the high tier PvP. A game should not be balanced off the low tier PvP bracket.

Yesterday DH was overpowered, today Revenant is overpowered, and tomorrow Chronomancer will be overpowered.

Looks balanced to me xD

Chase.8415:

Can you explain to me what is currently overpowered at the moment? I have not seen any classes that should be nerfed.

There is also an issue with the division of good and bad players in the game, people don’t honestly really know what is overpowered until ranked matches happen and there is more visibility for the builds.

As an example, a lot of players think dragonhunter is very overpowered, but it is quite weak in the high tier PvP. A game should not be balanced off the low tier PvP bracket.

I think you playing a different game. You think Warrior and Thief are balanced? inb4 flames!!!

saturn.4810:

Yesterday DH was overpowered, today Revenant is overpowered, and tomorrow Chronomancer will be overpowered.

Looks balanced to me xD

Happens absolutely everywhere else too, it’s some kind of cancer cycle.

Chase.8415:

Can you explain to me what is currently overpowered at the moment? I have not seen any classes that should be nerfed.

There is also an issue with the division of good and bad players in the game, people don’t honestly really know what is overpowered until ranked matches happen and there is more visibility for the builds.

As an example, a lot of players think dragonhunter is very overpowered, but it is quite weak in the high tier PvP. A game should not be balanced off the low tier PvP bracket.

it’s not about classes being overpowered. it’s more about classes being underpowered…

From the perspective of someone who does his PvP daily at best, the current “balance” is pretty much making PvP even less fun for me. I can imagine that it’d scare off a lot of new people if they see DHs with traps locking down points completely, daredevils infinitely dodging and other crazy stuff.

xbutcherx.3861:

I think you playing a different game. You think Warrior and Thief are balanced? inb4 flames!!!

Only 2 out of 9 classes being out of sync is relatively good balance for an MMO.

Locuz.2651:

xbutcherx.3861:

I think you playing a different game. You think Warrior and Thief are balanced? inb4 flames!!!

Only 2 out of 9 classes being out of sync is relatively good balance for an MMO.

NA had plenty of Thieves.
Seems only Warrior isn’t played, so it’s better than ever so far.

Direct quote We strongly believe that regular balance updates are one of the key pillars of building a successful competitive game. As such, prior to each season, there will be a balance update. League play will generally begin about two weeks after a balance update to ensure that the metagame has stabilized in an appropriate manner. Balance will be closely monitored throughout the season with the goal of having solid balance going into the postseason tournaments.

Locuz.2651:

xbutcherx.3861:

I think you playing a different game. You think Warrior and Thief are balanced? inb4 flames!!!

Only 2 out of 9 classes being out of sync is relatively good balance for an MMO.

it is 3 out of 9

I thought for sure the 1 month between HoT and leagues was supposed to be a way to analyze the balance and patch the game. I thought arenanet was smart for creating this time to see what would happen to balance.

I think I need to stop believing they actually care. :/

They should have buffed Warriors obviously. Every other elite spec seems fine though.. if you watched some of the NA thief play yesterday like Caed you’d see it’s just a class that takes skill and alot of people can’t play up to it’s potential which IMO is a good thing to have.

Incomingray.8075:

They should have buffed Warriors obviously. Every other elite spec seems fine though.. if you watched some of the NA thief play yesterday like Caed you’d see it’s just a class that takes skill and alot of people can’t play up to it’s potential which IMO is a good thing to have.

Thief isn’t as bad as warriors, but they needed some help anyway. Caed or Toker having a good proleague games from time to time isn’t enough to justify it :/

Chase.8415:

Can you explain to me what is currently overpowered at the moment? I have not seen any classes that should be nerfed.

Uhm nearly everything? The powercreep is real and too much.
Do you really want to say that with HoT (with all those last minute buffs to classes after BWE3 that were not player-tested) the dev’s got the balance on every class just right?

Just because all the classes are so powerful that it looks like it is nearly balanced right now doesn’t mean there should be no changes made to different skills/traits.

Buff engies, because engies.

Voreo Sabrae.5416:

Buff engies, because engies. :D

I’m always open for static discharge buffs if ANet is wondering what to do ;)

On topic, it looks (sadly) like we’re going to be getting 7-8 month breaks between balance patches again, but with regular patches reducing visual noise becasue #espawts. Looks like it’s time to roll a rev.

Direct Quote: We strongly believe that regular balance updates are one of the key pillars of building a successful competitive game. As such, prior to each season, there will be a balance update. League play will generally begin about two weeks after a balance update to ensure that the metagame has stabilized in an appropriate manner. Balance will be closely monitored throughout the season with the goal of having solid balance going into the postseason tournaments.

me2, but I guess they had enough on their plate with the leagues?….

I hope the patch won’t take too long, or we’ll again have 1.5 Rev’s on average per team in the ESL and the team with more revs almost always winning…. ^^’

The things that are UP and OP are pretty obvious IMHO, shouldn’t be that hard to tweak some numbers and change some traits.

no money left for balance team , they need all the money for the 200 000 dollar price pool ESL PRO ESPORTS

Balance is such a disaster at the moment I can’t believe Anet doesn’t realize it.

“Coalescence of Ruin: Fixed an issue that prevented this ability from dealing damage at the very edge of its range.” Epic triple facepalm

Xillllix.3485:

Balance is such a disaster at the moment I can’t believe Anet doesn’t realize it.

“Coalescence of Ruin: Fixed an issue that prevented this ability from dealing damage at the very edge of its range.” Epic triple facepalm

This is a major change, now zergs in wvw can oneshot each other with cor from even farther away, and in pvp you will be able to out damage a ranger from an even greater range than before (ranger, the class that is suppose to be the best at ranged combat out of all classes). Goooo esports

/sarcasm

This. “We strongly believe that regular balance updates are one of the key pillars of building a successful competitive game. As such, prior to each season, there will be a balance update. League play will generally begin about two weeks after a balance update to ensure that the metagame has stabilized in an appropriate manner. Balance will be closely monitored throughout the season with the goal of having solid balance going into the postseason tournaments.”

Chase.8415:

Can you explain to me what is currently overpowered at the moment? I have not seen any classes that should be nerfed.

There is also an issue with the division of good and bad players in the game, people don’t honestly really know what is overpowered until ranked matches happen and there is more visibility for the builds.

As an example, a lot of players think dragonhunter is very overpowered, but it is quite weak in the high tier PvP. A game should not be balanced off the low tier PvP bracket.

It’s relative Chase. Play a warrior or thief and try to make it into Division 4 with those 2 classes you’ll see what the other players are crying about.