Guild Wars 2

I know this is adding to the plethora of threads on the Necro already but I’m just done.

I was so excited for the changes that came in the Lost shores patch, then I actually read the changes for necro.

I’m just done. The class is broken. playing 1 spec isn’t fun

Sorry to whine/moan/whine/complain/kitten etc

But I’m just so dissapointed in those changes and nerfs.

The necromancer is AWESOME. I’m in love with that class. I Always wins any 1vs1 fight without exception.

But i’m pretty mad that the Flesh Golem AI is not fixed.

It’s not about winning fights 1v1 and it’s not about lack of damage

it’s about the fact that the skills and traits don’t work and are broken. I win lots of fights as a necro but I don’t like playing a broken class

Yep me too. This game was not ready for release and has not improved. Guardians, theves, mesmers and warriois are all i see, because they were working. The other classes are kittened and anet is fixing/focusing on the wrong things. Good thing they added new content to attract new players because they are going to lose alot of current players. You dont deserve the solid necro communit you have anet.

Havent played for quite some time now and feel the same, the class is a mess.

It’s like during devolpment they figured out it wasnt fun and a complete mess in so many ways, then the ppl working on it just got told to make it viable and forget about it ever being fun to play.

all non elite minions dont regen out of combat
elite minion dont work under water
other elite skills desummon minions
toughness trait forces you to take minions.
condition line is attached to precision <- for a necromancer really?

seriously arenanet what happen during devolpment ?

If this game wasnt free I would quit, man Im so kittening upset at these patch notes.

Would i pay a monthly sub to play the necro class? No. But since its free after the initial purchase, i’ll keep shuffling my weary necro feet hoping for that patch that sets things right.

I’m not the kind of guy that just says “thats it, I’m done!”. When i quite a game its usualy over given time that I just find my self playing it less and less. Till I get to a point where I’m only checking the forum to see if the next patch will add somthing to bring me back.

So far in the history of my gaming life, going from mmo to mmo. I cant remember I single time when a large patch hasnt let me down.
Chances are in another week I wont even be checking the forums any more.
I had such high hopes for GW2, Much like I had for SC2. I guess when a game is perfect the squeal has no where to go but down.

You get 3 choices fellas…

1. Bang away a bit longer with a busted class, which ‘may’ one day be brought up to par and ‘make do’ with the single-spec, half-dozen skill-slots which work and just get by. Necros are busted, don’t let me tell you anything otherwise!
However, they just creep over the playability line by about a fingernail, you can play one, it will be very, very hard!

2. Give up, roll a Warrior, Guardian, Mesmer or Thief and go kill some scrubs in PvP or WvW. None of those four are ‘perfect’, however in terms of playability and crossing the line… they have lapped everyone else. You get to keep you in-game friends, in-game guild, move cash from the necro onto them and start over from scratch.
One day, they might fix the necro. It won’t be this week or this month, play-on.

3. Quit, go play another game. I dunno which game, I don’t know what you like, I do know you don’t like Necro’s, so its not going to be GW2.
Anet doesn’t really care if ‘you’ or me don’t log on for a month or 10, they might notice if you and 30,000 others didn’t, but neither am I in the mood for inciting a global rebellion because its entirely too much work.
In the best tradition of 1st World Problems, we just say screw it and go watch TV.

they fixed the problem where you heal enemies when you are scaled down, do im happy for the time being.

Yep… I can think of plenty of “f2p” korean titles with more balanced game play. With much more effort put into visually distinguishing classes. Only thing good about gw2 is that they put a truck load of effort into little details in level design. Yeah some npc that 99.9% of people will never talk to or read what he/she has to say, can have really interesting thing to say. So does that book in Durman priory with story about hunter and a “pet” which turned out to be asura. Was it praise worthy? Yeah… hardly ever see games that have details. But the rest is cabbage with sour milk. This pvp scoring/maps how its handled feels about a decade behind… well not a decade but a good 5-6 years in the gutter for sure. Besides level design there isn’t a single other redeeming quality. Music is sub-par… voice acting in most cases is horrible. Game engine is unstable and unpolished and still suffers multitude of problems. Controls are clunky with a bunch of things that could have been done better. UI is unappealing. Story is generic. Loot…. well there is no loot. Its farm to buy. There is no team pve worth noticing. Pvp scoring and maps as I said are terrible. Even failed mmos had done this better in recent years. Anyway… for a free to play after you buy it…. Its not that bad. At least you can play w/o needing to feed “cash cow” a few thousands just so you can level lol.
When the only thing that matters in pvp is how many ppl you STOMPED, not even killed… you know the subject was not cared for even remotely.

This is somewhat depressing actually. Makes you wonder if Anet was just simply trolling us with the promises only to back hand us on patch day and say “U MAD?!”

Flame Of The Titan.3649:

I know this is adding to the plethora of threads on the Necro already but I’m just done.

I was so excited for the changes that came in the Lost shores patch, then I actually read the changes for necro.

I’m just done. The class is broken. playing 1 spec isn’t fun

Sorry to whine/moan/whine/complain/kitten etc

But I’m just so dissapointed in those changes and nerfs.

What the HELL is with you people and kittens? >:[ Puppies are way better!

Lady Grey.4125:

Flame Of The Titan.3649:

I know this is adding to the plethora of threads on the Necro already but I’m just done.

I was so excited for the changes that came in the Lost shores patch, then I actually read the changes for necro.

I’m just done. The class is broken. playing 1 spec isn’t fun

Sorry to whine/moan/whine/complain/kitten etc

But I’m just so dissapointed in those changes and nerfs.

What the HELL is with you people and kittens? >:[ Puppies are way better!

kittens is put in by the forum filters automatically.

I never understood why a MMO isnt automatically rated M. They cant control what people are going to say ingame, even with in game filters. There for its unfit for small children whos parents dont want them exposed to profanity.

XelNigma.6315:

I never understood why a MMO isnt automatically rated M. They cant control what people are going to say ingame, even with in game filters. There for its unfit for small children whos parents dont want them exposed to profanity.

Some words are not even mature in any manner. I dont remember some that trigger the filter but i am sure some place on the internet.

XelNigma.6315:

I never understood why a MMO isnt automatically rated M. They cant control what people are going to say ingame, even with in game filters. There for its unfit for small children whos parents dont want them exposed to profanity.

They don’t want you cursing and cussing the air blue. It’s a standard of behavior and manners, not age or maturity.

I for one was quite excited about the patch notes, a lot of awesome changes IMO. I don’t know why you guys are so bummed out, it’s not like it’ll take 1 patch to fix all the numerous problems we have. Besides we are not a bad class to play, in terms of beating other classes, and dungeons.

Sorry if you feel like your “done”, there’s the door, no one’s stopping you. This is an MMO and we have updates every week or so, the fact that some select players get pissed because their specific bug, or skill wasn’t fixed is childish. It’s a big game, with a lot of content, no korean F2P is as detailed and complex as this. my opinion of course =)

Bye.

Seriously, I’m frustrated to, but necro is still the only class with the flavor I enjoy, so that’s that. Until they fix minion AI or our gazillion other bugs, I’ll just find something that works, because I still have fun playing it. If you’re not having fun then that’s your call, but if you’re quitting just out of principle because Anet seems to be borderline trolling us, I don’t think that’s the right way to go about things.

I am done 1 month ago… All I wanted was Minion AI fixed.
Had to move to a previous MMO that I played, that has WORKING PETS.

Ksielvin.1587:

XelNigma.6315:

I never understood why a MMO isnt automatically rated M. They cant control what people are going to say ingame, even with in game filters. There for its unfit for small children whos parents dont want them exposed to profanity.

They don’t want you cursing and cussing the air blue. It’s a standard of behavior and manners, not age or maturity.

So its like the precursor to thought crimes.
First they regulate what you can say, next its what you can think. =O

Bye!
So long!
Sayonara!
Ciao!
Au revoir!
Arrivederci!
Auf Wiedersehen
Tot zien!

^^
Pick one. I’ve learned a bunch since landing in Europe.

I’ll be having fun playing when I get back to Canada next month.

P.S. Feel free to mail me any of the stuff you’re leaving behind. No sense wasting it if you’re not going to use it.

Why is everyone kittening? I think the class is doing great and has viable places in PvE and PvP? What’s the “one viable” spec? I certainly don’t know it and am doing fine. I know it’s not my spec cause noone is my spec.

The class gets straight buffs this patch and that’s it? You’re done! It’s over!

But seriously. What nerfs?

I just reread notes and the only remote nerf is:

Mark of Evasion: This trait is no longer a blast finisher when the mark is created.

Mark of Blood wasn’t a blast finisher in the first place.

I’m in the same boat as TC. Long time Necro main, but I think it’s time to leave it in the corner, collecting dust. I’m already working on a new class to be my main. The Necro isn’t unplayable, it’s just so kitten disheartening that nothing’s being done to improve it.

After this patch I don’t know it might just be me but minions feel much more responsive. Every once in a while the bone minion might stand still but that just reminds me to use his skill to send him hurtling into the enemies. Also minions are only attacking the target i am attacking and if i switch targets they switch immediately .

Who are these gods of gaming that beat good mesmers 1 v 1.

Likely they are people that beat undergeared kids in WvW or some rank 3 mesmer in spvp lol.

That said it was a good patch for necros I dont understand your complaints, yeah we need more but at least some bugs were fixed and other classes were looked at. Anet should continue on the path of smart small changes and bug fixing in 6 months it will be a solid balanced game.

I think they need more testers. They have two guys working on balance changes and thats fine easier that way, but i think they need more testers. Its atleast 400 skills they have to test to see how they react with so two guys working on all the class’s and the skills, traits etc is alot of work.

So my crazy Idea is open a test server that anyone can join on with out using the transfer up. I would love to test things in the works for them if it helps make the game alittle more balanced.

I haven’t played for 3-4 weeks except on time. Both teams consisted mainly of thieves and mesmers which made me log out again. Since then I come here now and then to read the patch notes or the boards and see if there are any meaningful changes. It seems this patch didn’t change anything and if it is true that only 2 guys work on bugs and balance…well, I guess we won’t see any significant changes like minion AI for a loooong time. Nevertheless they do a good job for a 2 men team.

The problem of this game is imo: actually you see mostly 4 classes being played and on top of that most of them run the same build. In short: the game lacks diversity which makes it somewhat dull.

Anyway, the game has no subscription or else I’d have unsubbed a long time ago. As it stands now I will just come here now and then and do some reading but will give ANet not one more cent.

As for the initial cost of the game…I played quite a few hours which entertained me. Therefore I don’t throw a fit .)

Minions are in the Toughness tree, because you are the tank for the minions. Minions should be secondary agro and you should be the primary. Do everything you can to keep the enemy focused on you. Necromancer is an endurance class, outlast the enemy and you win.
Current stats:
29,652 Health, 2,791 Armor, 3,191 Attack
I do enough consistent damage to wear out the dummy in Lion’s Arch solo. They are immune to conditions and crits yet I can run them out of health.

Sadly I too am done until they balance the classes.

I loved this game so much, and wanted it to be good so badly. I had a lot of fun, and loved my character, but until they make some changes us necros just cant compete. You can be a good necro player, and you can even be a great necro player, but unfortunately you will never be as good as the other classes. A great necro player = a mediocre player in a different class. I’m not mad at ANET, they have a lot on their plate, but they do need to try harder to balance things out. I understand that they’re running a business, and new ways to increase revenue is priority number one (balancing means nothing if you cant afford to run the servers), but to put fixes and balancing so far back in priority is really disheartening to the player base. It really makes it hard to want to continue playing. When they balance and fix things maybe I’ll come back, but…

Until then good bye Necros, you guys are the best.