Guild Wars 2

So I know I had all the attunements on my level 20, I unlocked all the staff/dagger skills and with the patch, my earth attunement is gone!

From the game update notes:
"Skill unlock requirements for some professions, such as elementalists (attunements) and necromancers (death shroud), have moved. Elementalists in a moved attunement will remain in it until they change. That attunement will be reacquired upon reaching the new level requirement."

So your attunement is locked out until you reach.... whichever level it now unlocks at?

Same here! My earth attunement is magically gone, and I was just using it a few days ago…

They deleted it so you new players wouldn’t be confused until later levels. Because they think that new players are complete idiots. They even removed mining nodes below level 7.

I just logged in to my Ele, who is also level 20, and noticed this. Anyone know what level we do get earth attunement now? And why in the world would they do this, do they think new players are idiots?

Maybe they feel like since their devs play P/P thieves, all the community is as clueless.

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Level 20 and still no earth attunement?!?! I understand they want it to be a learning process, but the best way to learn is usually by doing, and as far as I’m aware ele doesn’t have 3 elements :/ it just sorta gimps the system, and how a lot of the attunements interact with each other eg. blast finishers and the like. I’m really not impressed with a lot of this patch.

oxtred.7658:

Maybe they feel like since their devs play P/P thieves, all the community is as clueless.

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That probably means our accesory slots are the next target lolololol.
Having those slots just too confusing for new players!

how to make both new players and the PVP community happy in one foul swoop? get rid of downed state.

I think it’s unlocked at level 30(I never found any mention of the new level requirement). I’m only guessing, my lowbie(level 38) on my main account has it. I’ve been playing this game since beta and I don’t understand this change at all. People aren’t dummies, after you select an *Element*alist and gotten through unlocking air attunement, why would anyone be confused or overwhelmed by an earth option? I play primarily WvWvW and it’s bad enough I get the shaft with the revamped trait system but now I don’t even have magnetic aura to keep all these kittening Rangers off me, even if for a short while. Two steps forward and three steps back, the story of GW2.

Yea this is freaking stupid. It’s BARELY acceptable for brand new players in the form of time traveling old people from the renaissance but absolutely kittened if you already have played the class. What a load of kitten.

scerevisiae.1972:

how to make both new players and the PVP community happy in one foul swoop? get rid of downed state.

Really? There’s no way we can lose the downed state mechanic now.

Current burst builds can pump out a lot of damage all at once, and don’t have a particularly high skill floor.
Not all classes have personal access to powerful prot/damage mitigation/anti-spike… and the team support in the game is either boons, projectile reflects, occasonal blocks or heals. A good team can help keep someone who’s getting focused alive – but the difficulty curve for effective prot/healing is rather steeper (or starts higher?) than that for (most) bursters.
Downed state means it’s not possible to pop into a group that outnumbers you, burst someone down, then retreat, rinse, repeat. Without it we’d be pushed even more towards “roll a heavy or a thief”.

I really have to laugh and shake my head at this change.

Let’s make a class that emphasizes self-comboing weapon skills to excel!

Let’s level gate Attunements!

What?!

Level 30 may not seem like much, but this really discourages me from ever making a new Ele again. I’m so happy I leveled my Ele with the old system. I refuse to believe that there are people out there who were so hopeless regarding Attunements.

Ya thank god i am a lvl 80 ele now. The major reason i wanted to take an ele is the variety(20) powers i get and the boons i can offer. Now the new system is plain stupid. Can some one confirm if it is the same in PvP. If it is like that then lower level eles are equal to mosquitoes.

It’s now unlocked at level 22. Seriously, what was the point in that?! lol

gennyt.3428:

It’s now unlocked at level 22. Seriously, what was the point in that?! lol

Well you see, by not presenting it to you from the start you learned through osmosis.

See, Staff has all its combo finishers in Earth Attunement. I’d expect to see Fire/Earth up first, then I guess Water then Air, for gating them.

Is there a worthwhile combo field/finisher tutorial yet, actually?

Never been a fan of locking out stuff like this for new players. I think the average new player is harmed rather than helped by not being encouraged to experiment.

I am ok with them locking out attunements for a couple levels, but 22?!?! That is INSANE. You can’t even play the class properly without access to earth. The last attunement should be available at level 10 AT THE LATEST.