Guild Wars 2

SO…they’ve been saying they were going to nerf shatter builds for a long time because they make new players cry from instantaneous downs. Instead they nerf our best condition build. Are shatters (power) builds next, even with the already buggy iBersker having mediocre damage? What about scepter? Shouldn’t they re-gear it for conditions (make it apply either bleeds / poison / burns instead of stupid clone generation)? And what about the staff? I would have been ok with the confusion nerf if they made the staff more viable for condition builds by removing the vulnerability stacking. Instead I feel forced to run shatters, which I’m sure a lot of you are feeling pressured to play now. Won’t people just start complaining about shatter builds again once the other builds we could run are ruined, potentially causing us to have mind wrack nerfed unexpectedly by 50%. Oh, the day when nerfs were made to balance player skill instead of the profession itself.

yeah being forced to use a certain build because of this huge nerf is ridiculous.in spvp yes the confusion shatterer was ver very strong befor the nerf, but wvw is a whole different game. there is tons of people with tons of heals and tons of cleansing effects. take a look at the necros:with their marks and wells they can do wayy more dmg than a glamour mesmer and if u are hit with confusion u can actually run through without being insta killed if u dont use an ability. necros can turn any chokepoint into a deathtrap.but confusion is inbound of our class.this is terrible and not well thought through anet. rabid gear in wvw= usless and a abolute joke!