Guild Wars 2

in WWW ist a huge Problem. basically theres always some lag around, doesnt matter if you solo/small Group roam or zerg around (even if you are alone on other side of map, when theres a bigger Group battle going on every1 on the map gets lag).

so what happens with lag is, u RTL to some1, but due to lag u end up a few Yards away – it Counts as not hitting your target, bam full cd. with my other classes i can accept not hitting stuff due to lag – warrior rush, ok i dont hit my target, every1 else gets hit by lag aswell, no biggie, but at least MY COOLDOWN DOESNT GO UP!

so WWW Shows exactly why a design like that is totally bullkitten in an mmo where theres always Problems due to lag. simply designing skills like that should be a big no go for any competent mmo Designers.

TGSlasher.1458:

@coven & BlackBeard
People called OP because some D/D players specced glass cannon and wiped the floor with an enemy expecting a bunker and wet noodle damage.

Oh I agree. People were definitely confusing bunker with cannons and combing the two. The resulting changes were due to the devs listening to the whines instead of paying attention to reality.

I want to apologize to the ele community though, because I believe I am responsible for one of our class changes. Killed an ANET tagged player several times the same way, and the very next day a stealth nerf (bug fix) went it. No more abusing that summoned weapon for me :p

covenn.7165:

TGSlasher.1458:

@coven & BlackBeard
People called OP because some D/D players specced glass cannon and wiped the floor with an enemy expecting a bunker and wet noodle damage.

Oh I agree. People were definitely confusing bunker with cannons and combing the two. The resulting changes were due to the devs listening to the whines instead of paying attention to reality.

I want to apologize to the ele community though, because I believe I am responsible for one of our class changes. Killed an ANET tagged player several times the same way, and the very next day a stealth nerf (bug fix) went it. No more abusing that summoned weapon for me :p

You sir are living the dream.
Wish they played EU so I could gank them

Treat yourself to a cookie.

I also want to try them out to see are they really know what they are doing with the class they are running… I am NA btw.

dagneyandleo.6378:

Hint: Fluffy little ambient creatures are placed all throughout the map… Planning RtL around them can seriously increase your mobility by halving the cd. If you really really want the old cd, spec Aeromancer’s Alacrity. The capacity of most non-sPVP elementalists to complain without ever playing with non-standard builds astounds me.

Oh cool….I never realized those fluffy creatures could be positioned in the direction you need to go, were easy to target, and easy to find while getting your teeth kicked in. Thank you so much for clearing this up for us. IT NEVER CROSSED OUR MINDS!!

Yeah and when you RtL to the creature, suddenly, you are teleported back 400 unit, Yah, now you have 40s CD RTL…Too much for mobility.

covenn.7165:

TGSlasher.1458:

@coven & BlackBeard
People called OP because some D/D players specced glass cannon and wiped the floor with an enemy expecting a bunker and wet noodle damage.

Oh I agree. People were definitely confusing bunker with cannons and combing the two. The resulting changes were due to the devs listening to the whines instead of paying attention to reality.

I want to apologize to the ele community though, because I believe I am responsible for one of our class changes. Killed an ANET tagged player several times the same way, and the very next day a stealth nerf (bug fix) went it. No more abusing that summoned weapon for me :p

Frost bow 5 for stun?

TGSlasher.1458:

@coven & BlackBeard
People called OP because some D/D players specced glass cannon and wiped the floor with an enemy expecting a bunker and wet noodle damage. I used to run 0 15 0 25 30 with zerkers and divinity, I did not hit like a wet noodle and the build made up the defences I needed.

That was the entire point (understandably) of the bountiful power nerf: it used to be optimal to get those great defensive traits + the 25pt minor provided a good offensive boost. I also agree that glass specs like this confuse people. I was relatively new and would get soooo confused with the complaints about D/D. I would see:

You hit X for 400 with lightning whip
You hit X for 200 with lightning whip
…You hit X for 1439 with CE
You were hit by X for 10,439 with backstab

and be utterly befuddled where the complaints came from. I now see how misguided it was. They really dealt a huge blow to the viability of roaming D/D with the RtL nerf, then they proceeded to nerf it further with: mistform (justified), bountiful power (justified), cantrips in general (justified with included buffs), and cleansing wave (didn’t affect me, but this kind of destroyed the trait). All of these have slowly added up taking D/D from an indomitable pvp beast to a wvw underdog. The D/D bunker is also useless roaming in wvw, as you can’t run from fights, so you might as well spec more offensively and pray you don’t meet poor odds while FGS is down.

Maybe this was all a ploy to retrain people to use the other weapon sets, but it still makes me sad to see my old D/D gear sitting by rather uselessly.