Guild Wars 2

A indirect nerf compared to condi dps, but big is the impact?

~4.5% in efficiency assuming you stick with seaweed. IIRC the next best food was ~6% gain, so I’d say around 4%. But it seems unfair, since the condi food gives ~11% extra, assuming it’s the last 20% to cap condi duration.

Seems like its a nerf on power dmg over all and over all a nerf on ele skills the hell is anet thinking?

Side note this is what i been talking about all this time on these forms the reason why the wvw / ele community not been in a complete uproar is comply beyond me.

Jski.6180:

Seems like its a nerf on power dmg over all and over all a nerf on ele skills the hell is anet thinking?

Side note this is what i been talking about all this time on these forms the reason why the wvw / ele community not been in a complete uproar is comply beyond me.

my guess would be because 95% of the WvW community is running a condi cancer build nowadays..

Most eles weren’t over 90% HP most of the time anyway, so I don’t think it’s that much of a nerf.

Tomiyou.3790:

Most eles weren’t over 90% HP most of the time anyway, so I don’t think it’s that much of a nerf.

I dunno I manage to keep scholar up 85% of the time on average usually a bit higher. As for the topic, good ele’s (read: The ones that stay on ele because it’s actually their main and they actually play well) will still out perform most pugs it’s just it will likely be a lot easier to tell a good ele from a bad one.

The SWS nerf needed to have a nerf to condition builds, changing condition food to expertise as others have said on reddit and Nike in one of his vids would probably have been a good idea. To refund the DPS lost to raid groups they could re-instate might being 35 power and condition damage. No extra calculations, food is all brought in line and effective power should stay similar in PvE.

Tomiyou.3790:

Most eles weren’t over 90% HP most of the time anyway, so I don’t think it’s that much of a nerf.

Irrelevant. The change is in the Seaweed Salad, not the Scholar bonus.

Tomiyou.3790:

Most eles weren’t over 90% HP most of the time anyway, so I don’t think it’s that much of a nerf.

5% dmg nerf is kind of big and it shows that anet dose not know what going on in the meta of there own game. Most power players are using seaweed so nerf it but they forget most players are condis players and are running condi duration food.