Guild Wars 2

somehow, since the update it fells like my staff is doing a lot less damage :-/
I don’t know why, but I need ages for mobs

My staff build seems to be doing more damage in WvW, including against mobs there, so I don’t know what to tell you.

I think with the faster casting time they had to reduce the base damage a bit.

Swimsasa Stoon.8936:

I think with the faster casting time they had to reduce the base damage a bit.

Because staff has such OP damage it needs reducing…

I dunno what you guys are talking about. Since the change I feel like I’m doing massive amounts MORE damage. I throw Meteor Shower over a group of enemies and they melt like ice in a volcano. I’ve even been able to down two or three people at once with it.

Maybe you’re running a 30 water build? Because that did in fact get a damage nerf, but it has nothing to do with the staff specifically.

Damage significantly increased. Reduced cast time and after-cast times allow more skills to be used in a given time. Off the top of my head I would say 5-10%. Of special note, the increased radius a meteor will hit from meteor storm is a big increase in our aoe. Per the notes, each meteor we see on the screen is now doing damage. I have not verified that with testing. I see an awful lot of meteors.

Ehecatl.9172:

I dunno what you guys are talking about. Since the change I feel like I’m doing massive amounts MORE damage. I throw Meteor Shower over a group of enemies and they melt like ice in a volcano. I’ve even been able to down two or three people at once with it.

Maybe you’re running a 30 water build? Because that did in fact get a damage nerf, but it has nothing to do with the staff specifically.

I have to wonder what the heck you have Been doing with meteor shower all this time, that you haven’t always been downing 2-3 people with it?

Ehecatl.9172:

Maybe you’re running a 30 water build? Because that did in fact get a damage nerf, but it has nothing to do with the staff specifically.

Just to specify, the minor water trait at 25 got nerfed from 2% to 1% bonus damage for each boon.

Wryscher.1432:

Ehecatl.9172:

I dunno what you guys are talking about. Since the change I feel like I’m doing massive amounts MORE damage. I throw Meteor Shower over a group of enemies and they melt like ice in a volcano. I’ve even been able to down two or three people at once with it.

Maybe you’re running a 30 water build? Because that did in fact get a damage nerf, but it has nothing to do with the staff specifically.

I have to wonder what the heck you have Been doing with meteor shower all this time, that you haven’t always been downing 2-3 people with it?

Having really, really bad luck. Drop the Meteor Shower and watch maybe two meteors actually hit something for the entire duration kind of luck. Even if I dropped the thing right on the capture point as everyone was fighting.

It is very much hitting more frequently now.