Guild Wars 2

Generally, the problem with Necromancer is that it was supposed to be a de-buffing profession but conditions are too effective and too difficult to keep track of on the servers. This lead to condition nerfing, condition capping, and every profession getting access to conditions for more equality. The dev’s had to strengthen Necro’s power builds to make up for condition nerfs and now the profession seems confused.

The Death Shroud mechanic is sort of a poor man’s blink tank because it only works actively. Mesmer’s clones make the job a real blink-tank because they work passively.

I am still confused whether Necromancer is a de-buffing mage class or some kind of unholy and selfish paladin/guardian trying to face-tank everything without giving any group support.

Lordrosicky.5813:

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I’m going to have to agree. Even if you’re extremely skilled, there are a lot of things working against us. Which I personally enjoy, however.

Necromancer was my first character which was soon followed by my Ranger. I played the two evenly, bouncing between them before fully maining my Ranger for over a year. I enjoyed it because it was challenging and it required me to not only beat, but to outplay my opponents. Now that it has seen it’s well deserved buffs and everyone and their grandmother is playing their Rangers, I’ve gone back to my oldest character to give her some love. I’ve forgotten how much I enjoyed Necromancer and I’m extremely glad I decided to get some practice in. We have some major weaknesses and some fights, like versus hammer Warriors, are pretty one-sided. But I’m a glutton for punishment and maybe it’s just me but.. Any buffs we get are just icing on the cake. So I’m very happy with the coming changes and despite our position, I believe I will be spending a lot more time with my Necromancer (: