Guild Wars 2

I find myself longing for the old days of being stunlocked in WoW….

….it was far more fun than a match of ‘first one to land basilisk venom wins’

You think Basi venom = lose?

Hell… I get what you are saying but thief is not the issue here mate!

no.. but 9 out of 10 zerker builds will die in the duration of a basilisk stunlock…

…it’s no different than a mesmer stunning you and then blowing up all his clones for an insta-kill.

…or whatever warriors do to pop quickness for in insta-gib 100 blades after a charge or rush or whatever it’s called….

…or a guard stacking 30 burns in a few seconds.

I can’t see how anyone is having fun.

Ezeriel.9574:

no.. but 9 out of 10 zerker builds will die in the duration of a basilisk stunlock…

…it’s no different than a mesmer stunning you and then blowing up all his clones for an insta-kill.

…or whatever warriors do to pop quickness for in insta-gib 100 blades after a charge or rush or whatever it’s called….

…or a guard stacking 30 burns in a few seconds.

I can’t see how anyone is having fun.

Then stop using zerk if you can not keep alive in the 1 second stun duration, OR USE A STUNBREAK…

100 blades isnt the main source of warrior dmg.
30 stacks isn’t possible solo.

Exaggerating won’t get stuff fixed. You just make people think you are bad, UNDERSTAND then complain.
I do agree that damage is too high, but its clear that you are either extremely unfamiliar with whats going on, or you are just exaggerating.

If you are on EU, feel free to PM me and ill help you out.

Zerker isn’t really meta tho, try new builds perhaps?

What stats are you using? If you have a bit of toughness and vitality you shouldn’t be getting one shotted by thief, maybe half health but thieves are so squishy, some cc and they’re dead

@OP:

Wow, not sure what you are playing, but it clearly isn’t working for you. I personally find just the opposite… PvP is too slow. All I seem to run into are bunker classes/DD eles that can stay alive forever.

me? well I played on my bunker/condi necro a bit. It doesn’t kill anyone, but it takes a while to be killed.

rabid/engi made me want to scratch my eyes out as two basi thieves took turns killing me over and over…. so I logged to my basi thief and killed some of them…

in several matches in the passed few days I’ve fought warriors with near perma-quickness, bull’s charge, mace stun, 100 blades quickness stomp…

…even if you catch them while bull’s charge is on cooldown, they still kill you so fast they don’t even need to pop defy pain.

Whatever, you guys can defend the game all you want, but there’s no skill involved in killing people in just a few seconds while they’re stunned, and I can’t see how that could be considered fun.

Ezeriel.9574:

me? well I played on my bunker/condi necro a bit. It doesn’t kill anyone, but it takes a while to be killed.

rabid/engi made me want to scratch my eyes out as two basi thieves took turns killing me over and over…. so I logged to my basi thief and killed some of them…

in several matches in the passed few days I’ve fought warriors with near perma-quickness, bull’s charge, mace stun, 100 blades quickness stomp…

…even if you catch them while bull’s charge is on cooldown, they still kill you so fast they don’t even need to pop defy pain.

Whatever, you guys can defend the game all you want, but there’s no skill involved in killing people in just a few seconds while they’re stunned, and I can’t see how that could be considered fun.

No offense but everything you have said just proves you lack knowledge of this game and how to play. Maybe Action based combat is not for you? This games combat is much more skill based than say a tab target MMO with a trinity like WoW. Wow balance is so bad certain classes are not even viable in the pvp meta(ele shamans ect)

Sounds like you never took the time to learn how to play proper builds that are relevant in gw2 current meta or found a class that fits your playstyle.

I mean your crying about warriors….I have to ask do you even play this game? Cele elementalist, bunker guardians, cele necros, ect meta is most based around tanky and condi burn builds than anything else.

Ezeriel.9574:

Whatever, you guys can defend the game all you want, but there’s no skill involved in killing people in just a few seconds while they’re stunned, and I can’t see how that could be considered fun.

Personally, I think there’s as much/more skill involved than most MMO PvP I’ve played. That being said, I’m not really a fan of the current meta/ttk either. More importantly, I’d imagine it’s very unforgiving for newcomers. I’ve seen that story too many times before and I’ve never liked the ending.

Do you not enjoy basketball? GW2 is like the NBA but your like a soccer player who only want to be on this side of the field with very little scoring.

Also alot of this sounds like your losing 1 vs 1. I dont know how you blame the game for this. You get 2 dodges and 1 more if you use the sigil. You have stated you use necro which means you should probably have 3 fears. Also you should have chill which should make it easier to dodge said skills.

Lastly no skilled involved? If thats the case why cant you just jump on a warrior and do the same? Especially since most people are going with sustain builds. Another question i have is have you tried a MM necro? It takes a awhile for them to die to anything.

Sorry to say this, but L2P. I understand that rolling zerker on thief or elementalist is more of a joke, but you need to realize what classes can run berzerker. I have no problems running zerker on any of the 15k hp classes. With enough practice you shouldn’t either. Tweak your build, and learn proper positioning if you are going to play a glass canon build. Learn when to retreat, and when to push in. It will take time, but if you just started playing, well, this game has a fairly high skill cap, so expect to be slaughtered by players with years of experience. I’ve been playing for 2, and I still get made to look like a noob by some players. Live and learn.