Guild Wars 2

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TemperHoof.6438:

I really can’t take this anymore. ArenaNet doesn’t seem to want to discuss the balance of Elementalists. They seem to feel they are just fine I guess.

I’m done with this game now. I really love the elementalist, I really do. But I can’t stand how every other class just does what they can do, but do it better.

Good job ArenaNet, I’ll play again when you finally make Elementalists viable beyond two builds and make the vast majority of their tool kits viable for MORE than just 5v5 Structured PVP.

Right now they feel like they are just purely balanced for 5v5, but you know —- a vast portion of this game is 8v8 and WvW. Guess what? Elementalist sucks in this game modes, so I’m done. I just can’t stand feeling constantly subpar to every other class.

Do guardians get tornado form, cyclone, and radiation field?

Radiation Field is Asuran racial ability, so yes they can get it. And Tornado Form is bad :/

Ooo, I also have screenshots!

Oh, would you look at that, looks like Elementalist can also be the top-scoring player!

Oh, well, there’s a screenshot now. Clearly that means everything is fine!

Xhaiden.3891:

Oh, well, there’s a screenshot now. Clearly that means everything is fine!

My screenshot was directed at TemperHoof.6438, who wanted to prove his superiority as a ranger by posting a high-scoring screenshot. I merely wish to point out that it’s not “superior” to end first in a match, and even us poor, weak, underpowered, unloved Elementalists can do it.

Amnon.4769:

Ooo, I also have screenshots!

Oh, would you look at that, looks like Elementalist can also be the top-scoring player!

Come back when you hit 380 or better. Then I might be impressed.

Ahhh. Hell, if I could hit as few buttons as a Ranger does for the same damage as my Ele I wouldn’t have a headache. ;p

Two builds? What two builds? I count one.

Wait what, elementalists are bad in WvW and 8v8? In what universe?

Conncept.7638:

Two builds? What two builds? I count one.

Staff
Sceptre/Dagger
Dagger/Dagger

I could three builds

Builds = Effective combinations of Weapons, Utility, and Traits. Currently there really only one good build, two if you’re the tanky sort.

I know of at least 5 good builds :O

My reply was 99% sarcasm, 1% fat. I know what a build is, but there is far more focus among Elementalist players on the weapons than the rest of the choices.

drkn.3429:

You can’t really go full glass cannon because of the lowest hp pool and the lowest armor.

Umm, that’s what being a glass cannon means. You min-max for damage, damage, damage, and hope that you can kill stuff before it kills your squishykitten

TemperHoof.6438:

Come back when you hit 380 or better. Then I might be impressed.

I was not trying to impress you, I was proving how much of a child you were. Your response proves my point further.
I don’t screencap every time I win a match, and just because you were fighting a group of no0bs (highest score on your 2nd screenshot was 80, wth??) who stood still for an entire match and let you kill them — it doesn’t prove any sort of superiority of Rangers over Elementalists.

(EDIT: Oh, and you had 75 points on your first screenshot from Forest Creatures killed, tough man you are!)

Fact is: Elementalist is fine in PvP. Elementalist CAN and DOES score high in PvP matches.