What exactly is wrong with P. Berserker?

What exactly is wrong with P. Berserker?

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Posted by: Jandau.5349

Jandau.5349

Forgive me if I’m asking something blindingly obvious, but I’ve been seeing quite a few posts mention how Phantasmal Berserker is bugged, but I can’t find anything definite about the bug. Something about it missing targets?

The thing is, I’ve been leveling a Mesmer lately and using GS almost exclusively (S/S as backup) and I’ve never seen the Berserker miss, not on the first “spin” and neither on the subsequent ones. Ever. And I’ve been watching for it since I started this character.

Am I missing something here? Does the skill bug out only under certain conditions?

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Posted by: Kamata.5762

Kamata.5762

iZerker used to miss some of its attacks indeed, but that was fixed a while ago. Now, it just doesnt do as much dmg as it used to and occasionaly still misses some of its attacks even though Anet never changed anything with iZerker. So what is wrong with iZerker? No one knows.

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Posted by: Eurhetemec.9052

Eurhetemec.9052

I was wondering the same thing. Hopefully someone who complains about it can explain it, because using GS in PvE, I don’t see iZerker do anything particularly wrong. Sometimes if a target is moving when he spins at it (using what is that, GS3 Warrior?), he will only have a couple of attacks connect, or he’ll spin through a nearby target doing minimal damage, but that’s just as with Warrior GS3. Most of the time he does good AE damage, and sometimes, esp. up against a wall (just as with Warrior GS3), he does awesome damage.

I mean, I wish he did that all the time, but it’s clearly not a bug that he doesn’t. Presumably there is something worse he does though.

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Posted by: Harbinger.9645

Harbinger.9645

I was wondering the same thing. Hopefully someone who complains about it can explain it, because using GS in PvE, I don’t see iZerker do anything particularly wrong. Sometimes if a target is moving when he spins at it (using what is that, GS3 Warrior?), he will only have a couple of attacks connect, or he’ll spin through a nearby target doing minimal damage, but that’s just as with Warrior GS3. Most of the time he does good AE damage, and sometimes, esp. up against a wall (just as with Warrior GS3), he does awesome damage.

I mean, I wish he did that all the time, but it’s clearly not a bug that he doesn’t. Presumably there is something worse he does though.

Anet confirmed it’s bugged and they are working on it so it’s not just a perceived issue by the player base.

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Posted by: zaxon.6819

zaxon.6819

durring the patch when they tried to fix presitge the izerker lost 1/3 of its damage. so youu wont notice a change or anything wrong unless you knew how it worked pre patch.

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Posted by: Pyroatheist.9031

Pyroatheist.9031

Also, some of us still remember the original zerker, before they really screwed it up the first time. They still haven’t gotten it back to its initial form.

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Posted by: Navi.7142

Navi.7142

Hehe, seems we all want to know more about our Berserker’s status…
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/What-s-wrong-with-Zerkie/first#post1710764

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Posted by: Ross Biddle.2367

Ross Biddle.2367

Also, some of us still remember the original zerker, before they really screwed it up the first time. They still haven’t gotten it back to its initial form.

I.e. it was powerful initially while completely bugged on the OP side. Then the fix harmed it the other way, and since then unless it’s as powerful, or more powerful than it’s OP bugged form, players will hate it and say its rubbish forever more.

And yet I still see iZerker users tear groups of players apart in WvW all the time…

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Posted by: Harbinger.9645

Harbinger.9645

I.e. it was powerful initially while completely bugged on the OP side. Then the fix harmed it the other way, and since then unless it’s as powerful, or more powerful than it’s OP bugged form, players will hate it and say its rubbish forever more.

And yet I still see iZerker users tear groups of players apart in WvW all the time…

Repeated because it’s reality: Anet confirmed it’s bugged and they are working on it so it’s not just a perceived issue by the player base.

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Posted by: Dhampyr.2104

Dhampyr.2104

And yet I still see iZerker users tear groups of players apart in WvW all the time…

It’s not used in WvW for its damage. It’s used in WvW for its cripple.

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