Guild Wars 2

Kaleban.9834:

Benji.9203:

Play 30/30/x/x/x easiest build by far. Just yesterday I had a 1v10 with this build. Health didn’t even drop below 70%. After the massacre I took on an incoming zerg. Was able to down half before another zerg came in to contain me. I’m telling you man 30/30/yolo build is so OP and so easy its ridic. Did you know the number 11 grandmaster fire trait has a 50% chance to instantly kill opposing players IRL I don’t even know how this trait wasn’t nerfed by now. IMO it should be reduced to 25%. Hopefully then well see some real balance.

Tragically, this is the thought process and standard of evidence provided by people asking for Ele nerfs. Captain Hyperbole is the mascot for the “Ele is OP” crowd.

And thus they’ll nerf the class rather than equalizing the traits so we’re more viable in a non x/10/0/30/30 type build. Because a few people whine they can’t deal with dodging or they’re overwhelmed by a group of ele’s using aoe…bah. What if it were a group of warriors using hundred blades, or a few mesmers shattering their phantasms, or several almost perma-stealthed thieves? Where’s the nerf hammer on that? Frankly if you’re fighting a few similar build ele’s of course they’re powerful, same goes for EVERY class in this game, but gosh forbid someone realize the weaknesses ele’s have and work against it…no no, it makes more sense to just nerf it all, why not just remove the class from the game while we’re at it?

I’m tired of seeing nerf ele this, nerf ele that and slowly but surely the class has gone down the tubes. Can we survive? Sure, but slow us down, stun us, or stack conditions repeatedly and we’re dead. Can we swap attunements and use boons/cantrips to our benefit? Yeah of course, but we’re nowhere near the damage of other classes, and these bonuses ARE what compensates our class for its ineffective dps and necessity to build into survival.

All the classes have flaws and strengths, the problem is the minority of people who have an issue with a class are making the decisions for the majority; and inherently killing the viability of playing as an elementalist. I played gw1 from beta through eye of the north, and gw2 now from headstart on, I’ve seen nerf upon nerf yet nothing to balance the traits and maintain our ability to run different builds (very lack luster).

I’m for seeing more build capability BUT not destroying the current builds we use as they are fun, effective, and are great to use in a group setting (be it wvw, dungeon, or pve).