So everyone is super angry right now, cause a bunch of stuff is all messed up, and I thought I’d just write down, not what kittened me off about this patch, but the things I miss from the last one. I think this is important ‘cause I actually like the idea of this patch, faster, more exiting pvp is, if only in my opinion, fun. I just felt like we lost some stuff and that makes me sad. I’m not sure if we even can get these builds back, but whatever.
Quick note, I’ve never started a topic before and I don’t play obsessively, so I might just be missing stuff. Please don’t be too mean. And I play a necro, so there will be nothing bout that class here, since I’m biased.
My biggest issue with the engineer bug is that now, all engis are running the same thing, and what made engis a lot of fun to play against was their variety. Toolkits gave them enough options that I had to figure out how to fight most of them individually. I miss that. Now i just watch out for red circles and I’m mostly okay unless they’ve stealthed, in which case there was nothing to do about it in the first place. RIP
I really miss shield warriors. They were a ton of fun to play against. Well timed, they lasted forever, and with mh sword or gs their damage seemed pretty good, I could be wrong about that, it was just my impression. I not sure i’ve seen any since the 23rd. You are missed.
I also really mis sb hunters. I’m pretty certain they ran condi. There weren’t ever many of them, but now they seem to be extinct. Wish you were here.
Staff eles. I think its cause d/d has more mobility/survivability, but whatever. I miss pure, glass cannon, staff eles. When they worked, it was super impressive, kinda like watching a thief wreck me, since it seemed to be all about managing range, which was fun because the fight was decided our ability to handle position, not unlike pew pew rangers, just better. They’re still there, I think just rarer. Thinking of you.
Low damage CC bunkers. Now we just have glass cannon high dps ccers, which is stupid cause that everything you need to win in a single player. Low damage cc bunkers were awesome cause, you couldn’t kill them, but you had to kill them. They had good sustain (I think thats the word) on their own, and were deadly in team fights which made picking out targets more complicated since you could only kill them if everyone focused them (which took teamwork), and getting the dps classes first was more dangerous since that hammer was there, just about to smash you. That play style added complexity to team fights, and i know people like being able to cc and cps, but I think it takes away depth.
All of this being said, its just an obituary. I do think I like this style of pvp more (once all the wrinkles are worked out, which will take time, but I’m supposed to be working anyway), I’ll just miss the role these tankier builds played.