Guild Wars 2

Ho travelers, necro main here! Since the specialisation patch on June 23rd I have been playing a lot of elementalist as I found it to be really fun and somewhat OP. Felt so easy to have perma vigor and so many evade frames, mobility etc. after necromancer.

Since Irenio announced the upcoming nerfs I saw many complaining for no reason, all nerfs were justified and I am open to debate / convince you why for each of them but that’s not why I’m here.

I decided to put together the fights I’ve recorded in the past month to remember how out of line the spec used to be. I will be going back to my main now that more balance is in place ^^ I have a lot more footage but didnt want a long video so here you go:

Disclaimer: I do not by any means try to make myself look like a “pro” or the enemy as “noobs”. I made it to share it with a couple of friends and have a laugh about it. Please do not take it seriously. That said I am open to advice and/or discussion about the balance patch. This is a repost from yesterday because the original thread was removed due to an insult in YT comments section.

Great video. Love the song.

Personally my complaint, as always, is that they don’t split PvE and PvP balance wise. D/D was nowhere near to being OP in PvE and frankly other ele builds need all they can get to square against staff builds.

It’s the same with the icebow. In PvP its already a rather iffy choice that needs an elaborate amount of setup to use and this nerf basically removes any use for it.

Couldn’t continue the ending? That’s one of the best songs ever and goes well with elems.

The 2vs1’s on the points are what really hit home for me. I can bunker against 2vs1 as an earth staff ele probably slightly more effectively, but with about half the damage output, making me more dependent on support from team mates.

D/D will still be able to do the same, so it’s not the end of the world for them in PvP meta. They just go back to the same bunker they were before the new specs, but only stronger due to being able to spec fully into earth or fire.

I am pretty sure that you can explain us why Icebow 4 was nerfed (by more than 50% after testing) in sPvP.

Alekt.5803:

I am pretty sure that you can explain us why Icebow 4 was nerfed (by more than 50% after testing) in sPvP.

Icebow 4 did 10 times the DPS of any class in PvE. Anet refuses to separate skills in different game modes as they have been normalizing things.

I know you think it is wrong, but its not like anyone used icebow in PvP. I saw 1 ele out of maybe 100 that took it (mind you this is unranked). Would you be mad if conjure flame axe auto damage or something was nerfed by 50%? I doubt it.