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Posted by: polariss.9071

polariss.9071

Was there actually anyone that thought the staff was OP? Sure, it was fantastic for tagging enemies, but that’s mostly it. It’s a gimmick weapon that lost the best gimmick it had. Did they purposefully want to make the staff worthless? Please undo this nerf.

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Posted by: ruvim.3620

ruvim.3620

For real man, sucks

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Posted by: Gnada.3016

Gnada.3016

No reason I can thing of. It’s feels awful now in combat and its completely strange to have 300 range main attack. It’s definitely not a ranged weapon anymore. Guardians now only have scepter for ranged—most unfortunate.

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Posted by: Hiwi Kiwi.7386

Hiwi Kiwi.7386

Anet effed up this time. :/

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Posted by: Bogus.1598

Bogus.1598

I recently came back to gw2, i saw the firebrand, loved the idea of supporting with tomes and mantra’s and wanted to make a build with it, then i noticed the staff nerf…
Im not saying its not justified, what i hate is that the base guardian has 0!!!! i repeat 0 ways to play along the event kills. I cant even get a kill of because the lack of aoe and range skills….Anet please undo the change or re invent the whole staff giving it a option to aoe loot with a decent range.

Scepter is poor to say the least, it divides the damage between targets, the symbol is 900 range, too less for events to get a tag of, cause the damage is divided, so not enough damage for loot what so ever…

Ooh and another thing, remove the cast time from spirit weapons, making it instant justifies the 900 range…otherwise make it 1200 range and make it so we can decide where we drop it…this gives the guardian the aoe it deserves

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Posted by: dusanyu.4057

dusanyu.4057

Wow, people still complaining about loot stick. Get over it, switch to longbow

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Posted by: Arcaedus.7290

Arcaedus.7290

Wow, people still complaining about loot stick. Get over it, switch to longbow

And get it unjustly nerfed a third time?

Pls no

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Posted by: Selendile.9106

Selendile.9106

And worse? The rest of the darn skills are 1200 range except for the auto attack. Anet can’t make up their minds on the staff’s role…

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Posted by: Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582

Wow, people still complaining about loot stick. Get over it, switch to longbow

And get it unjustly nerfed a third time?

Pls no

If you don’t use it, why would it matter?

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Posted by: Quarktastic.1027

Quarktastic.1027

RIP loot stick. You will be missed.

Protip: engis have a 1500 range loot stick. It’s called “grenades”

Those armadillos would be a lot cooler if they looked more like real armadillos. mmm armadillos
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Posted by: Brutaly.6257

Brutaly.6257

Wow, people still complaining about loot stick. Get over it, switch to longbow

Do you think longbow in any way is comparable to staff and used in the same scenarios and game modes?

I dont see the use for a staff on a DH build tbh just as i dont see any longbow ever to be used on a guardian.

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Posted by: Sifu.9745

Sifu.9745

Even if AA on staff would have been buffed to 1200 range it won’t be op at all imo. So i really don’t get this 300 range nerf …
Please, Anet, buff aa to 1200 range and you can lower its dmg a bit, if you really need to.

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Posted by: Ghotistyx.6942

Ghotistyx.6942

RIP loot stick. You will be missed.

Protip: engis have a 1500 range loot stick. It’s called “grenades”

When was the last time you actually played this game?

Fishsticks

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Posted by: Quarktastic.1027

Quarktastic.1027

RIP loot stick. You will be missed.

Protip: engis have a 1500 range loot stick. It’s called “grenades”

When was the last time you actually played this game?

idk like…2012?

Those armadillos would be a lot cooler if they looked more like real armadillos. mmm armadillos
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Posted by: Eros.6801

Eros.6801

Nade kit was nerfed to 900 range long time ago, but to some degree the lazy flamethrower is the new lootstick on engi now.

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Posted by: Aomine.5012

Aomine.5012

RIP loot stick. You will be missed.

Protip: engis have a 1500 range loot stick. It’s called “grenades”

Grenade is finger killer, and terrible at tagging foes above 600 range lolz.

The better “loot stick” right now is thief’s shortbow.
They bounce further and shoot at rapid pace.

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Posted by: Aomine.5012

Aomine.5012

Even if AA on staff would have been buffed to 1200 range it won’t be op at all imo. So i really don’t get this 300 range nerf …
Please, Anet, buff aa to 1200 range and you can lower its dmg a bit, if you really need to.

If they make it 1200, might as well change the cone attack arc same as Druid’s staff.
They both have terrible dps, so it’s ok for them to hit 1200 range while ignore every projectile blocks and hit a long range.

Also staff’s damage is never the problem, the problem is Permeating Wrath makes condition staff build too strong in wvw. No matter how you nerf the damage of staff 1, Guardian’s passive aoe burning proc will always trigger.