Guild Wars 2

I used to think TTK was really low (time to kill). It’s gotten SO much worse.

You can be downed within a second. You can’t enter team fights because everything cleaves and spams you with conditions.

I don’t know what you’ve done, but this isn’t fun gameplay.

Compared to pre June 2015, gw2 PvP has both a lot more damage and defense measures now. But the defensive raw stats got shaved quite hard due to S1 bunker meta. The end result is that the game pace becomes even faster and tolerance for error is smaller.

So it gets much more important to know how to manage your cool downs and how to do specific counters to certain skills and even some passive procs. Spend some time learning current meta builds should help you get back to it

Season 2 in 2016? Back than it was even harder to kill pretty much everyone, except warrior (which was kinda dead back then). If you are referring to time before HoT, then yea, it’s much harder to kill now.

Balancing wise this season is the worst of 2016.

Anet finally needs to learn that “passives” don’t fit into any pvp environment. It’s stupid as kitten when passives save your kitten every time when you make mistakes – instead you should die or at least be forced to play defensively or run after making a mistake.

Condi pressure is too easily spread and it feels like there are 5 really viable builds while the rest of the classes and builds are merely playable.

shagwell.1349:

Balancing wise this season is the worst of 2016.

Anet finally needs to learn that “passives” don’t fit into any pvp environment. It’s stupid as kitten when passives save your kitten every time when you make mistakes – instead you should die or at least be forced to play defensively or run after making a mistake.

Condi pressure is too easily spread and it feels like there are 5 really viable builds while the rest of the classes and builds are merely playable.

Dude, people said the exact same thing every season. No need to call it “the worst” pvp season, cause if you think so you are pretty much lying to yourself and everyone.

shagwell.1349:

Balancing wise this season is the worst of 2016.

Anet finally needs to learn that “passives” don’t fit into any pvp environment. It’s stupid as kitten when passives save your kitten every time when you make mistakes – instead you should die or at least be forced to play defensively or run after making a mistake.

Condi pressure is too easily spread and it feels like there are 5 really viable builds while the rest of the classes and builds are merely playable.

Every single patch since Hot has made the balance better (except maybe when they put in mercenary). You’re completely delusional tot hink otherwise.

Which patch before the season made balance better? Oh, DH player?

I would say season 3 was probably the most balanced. Then they buffed DH……… in season 4 and 5, as well in in between seasons. I am seeing boatloads of DH, and yet they are still not getting nerf, on the other hand I am seeing very few rev, and they are still getting nerfed hard.

Anet please stop balancing the game based on ESL.

shagwell.1349:

Which patch before the season made balance better? Oh, DH player?

DH has been nerfed more than any other class since HoT launch.

It’s still the lowest skill and highest reward class. And in most cases it’s stupid to counter because you have to fight on point.

Is there any part of the game where DH isn’t overpowered? They are top tier in raid, pve, wvw and pvp.

ThatNAESLGuard.6238:

shagwell.1349:

Which patch before the season made balance better? Oh, DH player?

DH has been nerfed more than any other class since HoT launch.

said literally every class ever.

DH isn’t OP. Bunker eles can run through their traps, wasting them completely and just heal their health right back up, lol.

Even then, Fresh Air eles can just destroy DHs in teamfights with all that ranged burst.

DH destroys Mesmer, so Mesmer isn’t op, but DH is. Is that your argument?

Warrior: “Oh you want to burn? Let me press two buttons and you’re irrelevant.”
Ele: “Traps? Lawl let me piano my way into earth and then water and not care.”
Engie: “What damage?”
Mesmer: “Good luck with catching me and my clones. Oh yea! I’m condi too and can heal”
Thief: “Backstab.”
Revanant: “Sorry, I’m too nerfed for this crap.”
Ranger: “Lol, DH, how cute. Let me proceed to bunker.”
Base Guardian: “Staff, Staff, Staff, Mace/Shield, Staff”
Necro: “Lemme put down three marks, go Reaper, and proceed to tank through all of your ‘burst’”

No, Dragonhunter doesn’t do crap. All of the classes [except for Rev] can check a Dragonhunter if played right.

Oh you want more proof that DH is garbage and only good for low tier, and solo que? Look at the professionals and the team comps. Guardian has not been seen for how long? Three or four seasons now? Dragonhunter has /never/ been in a professional team comp, only Base Guardian. Now to everyone who said this class is the most broken, just stop.

DH nerfed the most since HoT?

Dude, our 2 pets ALONE have been nerfed more than the entire DH class itself since HoT, just the pets.

Lilyanna.9361:

Warrior: “Oh you want to burn? Let me press two buttons and you’re irrelevant.”
Ele: “Traps? Lawl let me piano my way into earth and then water and not care.”
Engie: “What damage?”
Mesmer: “Good luck with catching me and my clones. Oh yea! I’m condi too and can heal”
Thief: “Backstab.”
Revanant: “Sorry, I’m too nerfed for this crap.”
Ranger: “Lol, DH, how cute. Let me proceed to bunker.”
Base Guardian: “Staff, Staff, Staff, Mace/Shield, Staff”
Necro: “Lemme put down three marks, go Reaper, and proceed to tank through all of your ‘burst’”

No, Dragonhunter doesn’t do crap. All of the classes [except for Rev] can check a Dragonhunter if played right.

Oh you want more proof that DH is garbage and only good for low tier, and solo que? Look at the professionals and the team comps. Guardian has not been seen for how long? Three or four seasons now? Dragonhunter has /never/ been in a professional team comp, only Base Guardian. Now to everyone who said this class is the most broken, just stop.

You are either a terrible DH or i can’t see the irony.

shagwell.1349:

Anet finally needs to learn that “passives” don’t fit into any pvp environment. It’s stupid as kitten when passives save your kitten every time when you make mistakes – instead you should die or at least be forced to play defensively or run after making a mistake.

Passives can be used as active abilities to save you. On the lower brackets people doesn’t even know what their passives are and are usually lucky when they get saved by it. In the higher leagues and in professional play they know their passives and their cool downs, and use them to their advantage. Passives aren’t necessarily bad, but they need to balance them properly so that they won’t be abused.

shagwell.1349:

It’s still the lowest skill and highest reward class. And in most cases it’s stupid to counter because you have to fight on point.

Is there any part of the game where DH isn’t overpowered? They are top tier in raid, pve, wvw and pvp.

The whole fighting on point is what makes DH shine so much. Without that DH is just a bottom feeder. Get two DHs on your team and the enemy has none, well just say GG.

We need more then a 5v5 three point conquest ranked game mode.

This has been the best season so far.

Since it started I have not seen any AFKs.
I have played with all my pvp characters (Temp, Engi and War) and I have both won and lost some.

The only thing I have seen is a lot of ppl are using a macro to jump and evade at the same time. (witch looks cool, btw) but Idk if this gives them an advantage.

But overall, I’m happy so far. Anet, has done an extremely awesome job.