Where are buffs?
Just don’t use RTL as a opener/combat skill. Save it to run. You now have your ele mobility, at the cost of a very predictable combat skill that wouldn’t even hit against a half decent player.
Just look at how broken the engineer class is. It’s garbage.
…and yet every patch they find a way to nerf it more.
It’s a nerf to ele’s that RTL away, and then come right back for more over and over, just be sure to save RTL for when you want to leave a fight and not look back… It’s fine.
Playing the engineer “as intended” is simply not viable.
Just look at how broken the engineer class is. It’s garbage.
…and yet every patch they find a way to nerf it more.
It’s a nerf to ele’s that RTL away, and then come right back for more over and over, just be sure to save RTL for when you want to leave a fight and not look back… It’s fine.
Naw you’ll still get caught no way around that.
To the OP we don’t get buffs. Devs do not come here and say that they are looking at fire and air. They don’t say that they are looking at staff. No one mentions focus. TBH excuse my language but they don’t give a kitten. DD ele has been a target for so long that getting nerfed into the ground could only be expected. Staff hasn’t received any love in months. Focus “Who gives a kitten about focus?”, seems to be the status quo. And scepter gets attention here and there but noting meaningful. Don’t expect buffs they aren’t coming. I do not say any of this with anger or resentment or anything like that. If you don’t expect them then you can’t be disappointed.
To be fair they feel other classes are in a more dire situation so they get more attention. Ele have needed toning down for so long that we have been prisoners of a balance team that never comes and talks to us. That’s our situation.
Wrekkes-Engineer Kore Rok Thief-Asraithe-Ele
Just look at how broken the engineer class is. It’s garbage.
…and yet every patch they find a way to nerf it more.
It’s a nerf to ele’s that RTL away, and then come right back for more over and over, just be sure to save RTL for when you want to leave a fight and not look back… It’s fine.
Naw you’ll still get caught no way around that.
To the OP we don’t get buffs. Devs do not come here and say that they are looking at fire and air. They don’t say that they are looking at staff. No one mentions focus. TBH excuse my language but they don’t give a kitten. DD ele has been a target for so long that getting nerfed into the ground could only be expected. Staff hasn’t received any love in months. Focus “Who gives a kitten about focus?”, seems to be the status quo. And scepter gets attention here and there but noting meaningful. Don’t expect buffs they aren’t coming. I do not say any of this with anger or resentment or anything like that. If you don’t expect them then you can’t be disappointed.
To be fair they feel other classes are in a more dire situation so they get more attention. Ele have needed toning down for so long that we have been prisoners of a balance team that never comes and talks to us. That’s our situation.
As this guy said: don’t expect any fire/air trait buffs or reworks. There have been a ton of suggestions that look pretty easy to do(making that 30% fire field duration trait in fire into a smoke field after the fire field ends, turning the minor traits into actual dps traits instead of a mini fire aura…) but it seems they don’t want to/don’t have the time to test them.
Month 7. Eles still don’t fit their class description…
“Elementalists are multi-faceted spellcasters that channel elemental forces, making fire, air, earth, and water do their bidding. What they lack in physical toughness, they make up in versatility and the ability to inflict massive damage in a single attack.”
Judging by the patch preview month 8 will be the same.
Gunnar’s Hold
Remember the two most widely used lines by Anet devs:
“Want to bring down cantrip Ele without affecting lesser used builds”
“We want more viable Elementalist builds”
Then they do the COMPLETE opposite, both nerfing non-bunker builds more than bunkers, AND not giving anything to other builds.
Remember the two most widely used lines by Anet devs:
“Want to bring down cantrip Ele without affecting lesser used builds”
“We want more viable Elementalist builds”Then they do the COMPLETE opposite, both nerfing non-bunker builds more than bunkers, AND not giving anything to other builds.
This is the truth and it has always been that way. from the fury nerf to EA it just pushed more players into DD bunker. This will do the same. They drop bombs to kill flies.
Wrekkes-Engineer Kore Rok Thief-Asraithe-Ele