Ok so i have just hit LV 80 and enjoyed every stage of my ele’s development. Ok so we feel that Areanet are not looking at the bugs and broken parts of being an ele but i feel that has been more of a challange to get to lv 80. So we are not as strong underwater (learn to be crafty your not a heavy armoured tank). i was just hoping that a nice positive thread about why we like running around with our staffs out would be nice for a change. look forward to hearing your HAPPY thoughts.
I have fun flailing wildly about in a select few builds, but it wears you out faster than other classes. Sort of like everyone’s playing an MMO and you’re playing the final round in a Counter-Strike tournament where everyone only has AWP’s.
Yeah my ele is only around lvl 45 so far.. and I’ve been having fun with it all the way. I can sort of see how they are called underpowered and such, but it doesn’t really affect me too much.. yet, I’ve been pure PvE so far and probably won’t PvP/WvW until I get to level 80 and finish all the story quests.
They better fix fast thosekitten bugs on ele and balance a poor pvp game…
I just look to see if anything change with the incoming patch because i rly losing interest every day with the current state of game.
I like my Ele and the idea with the 4 attunement and resulting playstyle.
However the synergy between our (tuned down and stiff) skills, (limited usage of) traits and (dynamic) playstyle doesn’t feel harmonized and need some more love and adjustment.
All other professions feel so much less involved I don’t want to play them. I love this profession, but all my love won’t fix what is broken (and some things are just plain broken).
Love Ele all you want, but you will not be as good as any other class in the game.
There is easy mode, there is hard mode. And then there is Ele’s, the cloth wearing ranged class who does the least amount of ranged damage with the least amount of survivability.
There is just nothing fun about that. It’s quite pathetic that such a busted class even exists.
Love Ele all you want, but you will not be as good as any other class in the game.
There is easy mode, there is hard mode. And then there is Ele’s, the cloth wearing ranged class who does the least amount of ranged damage with the least amount of survivability.
There is just nothing fun about that. It’s quite pathetic that such a busted class even exists.
Ok so ele is a choice for a player who wants a bit of a challange. I personaly get more satisfaction out of taking down mobs through skillful play rather than charge on on there and spam the 1 and 2 key.
We are all entitled to play the game our way i was just hoping to find like mined ele players on this thread not moaners who always say its busted beacuse they can be bothered to learn the class.
But like many others here, I’ve tried to enjoy the class and I have learned it. I mean gratz on killing mobs using 20 abilities per fight that do less damage than what every other class can do by pressing 2 buttons and getting satisfaction from it. The fact is, and you even said it yourself, the class is broken.
Even the most skilled players do not make the Ele work when in comparison to other classes. Yes the Ele takes the most skill to play due to the spell system, there is never an argument there. Fact is though, you are rewarded the least amount by doing so. Which is the problem.
And yes, people who have learned the class are saying this. Go play a different class, such as a warrior or thief just to name a couple. Then come back here and call us all whiners.
I leveled my elementalist up to 80, and got to watch my friends with their classes take down skill challenges in less than half the time while using 3 skills, whereas I switched attunements at least 5-6 times during the fight.
Personally, I am done with elementalist until they fix it, which I hope is soon because in reality I love the play style.
I love playing a mono-element elementalist when others say it’s playing as a ‘baddie’ in PVE (LOL WUT). Especially since I can outlast most veteran NPCs without breaking a sweat (I <3 Bleeds).
I’ve never been so poor as a mage in any game (from teleport resurrect to armor repair). Most of my friends have about 10gold by the time they are level 60 where I have less then 2 gold. ANet needs to fix it. It isn’t even a glass canon…the spells are way to weak to be considered a “canon” more like a pea shooter.
I do so love my Elementalist ; currently Water / Arcana specced wielding a staff for healing support. The overall idea for the class is great, application a little less so, but all in all, I won’t give it up.
I’m making a second Elementalist solely for the use of Written in Stone, which I regard to be the most awesome Trait (even if not the most powerful) that we have available.
Oh, and I’m pretty sure we’re the only class that can give ourselves 15 seconds of auto-rezzing. So that does count for something, no?
The issues have been said over and over again, so I won’t even mention them.
The other classes, in comparison, were just… redundant. Elementalist has been so much better.
Love Ele all you want, but you will not be as good as any other class in the game.
There is easy mode, there is hard mode. And then there is Ele’s, the cloth wearing ranged class who does the least amount of ranged damage with the least amount of survivability.
There is just nothing fun about that. It’s quite pathetic that such a busted class even exists.
This is how I feel right about now. Most games a caster is a Glass canon, I’m feeling more glass and a hell lot less canon at the moment. I got to 50s and just saw a complete drop in survivability, I even dropped coin on armor and weapon upgrades and still spend more coin on repairs and ports back to way points because I just die too easy.
I have a lot of fun playing my elementalist. But, at the same time, I feel terrible queuing up for PvP knowing that I am not contributing as much to the team as someone playing… well… any other class really. I don’t like letting people down, and in structured PvP, the elementalist is nothing if not a let-down.
SInce I hit 40 I kind of do. It’s annoying that I need to use so many buttons to do anything and I still have to do everything overlevelled but the Inscription trait is giving me the flexibility I chose Elementalist for in the first place.
Oh PVE only of course, if I do SPVP I get with the program and use a Thief. Number 2, like a boss!
For me, Ele has been the best class of all the ones I’ve played. The versatility is absolutely amazing and I can’t express just how powerful I feel. I decided to reroll a human Ele, for aesthetic purposes, and despite redoing the same levels all over again it still isn’t getting boring to me. Its amazingly easy to take on veterans 2 or 4 levels above me, though taking progressively longer amounts of time the more levels added, simply because I either have to make a terrible mistake or lag out to actually get hit.
As a kiting class, I couldn’t ask for anything more. I’ve been playing kiting classes in MMOs for almost a decade and everything about this one just feels right. Absolutely LOVE Elementalist. Ditched my ranger main for it in a heartbeat and will never look back.
As for PvP- in both sPvP and WvW I just focus on air and water (primarily water). I’m getting closer to feeling skilled enough to be 1v1 viable, but I’m not there yet. I got so used to my faceroll ranger that it’s been a difficult transition to such a high skill class, but I’m getting there. In the meantime I’ve been focusing on basic controls and heals for other members. Very happy with the healing output I can drop
I used to dislike elementalist not too long ago, but I tinkered around with it some more and it’s growing on me. I would like a weapon swap even if it is an out of combat only swap.
