Guild Wars 2

The October update seemed to target skills for nerfs that could be scaled beyond original intent in group play. Trait changes were largely absent, too.

Usually, we see more scattered skill changes and more trait reworks.

Do you think the changes were meant to set new profession baselines for a larger balance and, possibly, new elite lines?

If they need to nerf us/classes in general in order to not make the power creep from new elite specs too strong then they should look at their elite specs and realize they’re an unbalanced mess which instead needs to be reworked, simply put. I really hope this is not the case.

Larger balance is definitely needed and they’ll hopefully finally adress at least some of the issues necro is suffering from (hah, as if) but for now it’ll be some dark months for necros in PvE, again. I’m happy we’re moving away from the whole “jagged horror are a good amount of our dps” thing, but just gutting that skill without compensating us otherwise just hurts badly.

don’t get your hopes up

I think there might be more, but I’m not sure because this is profession balance, and we can only have a small handful of changes every 3 months, apparently.
I want more balance patches. I don’t play sPvP seasons, and the pace at which QoL for Necromancer changes, I’ll retired by the time we can see utility cooldowns in shroud.

Cecilia.5179:

I think there might be more, but I’m not sure because this is profession balance, and we can only have a small handful of changes every 3 months, apparently.
I want more balance patches. I don’t play sPvP seasons, and the pace at which QoL for Necromancer changes, I’ll retired by the time we can see utility cooldowns in shroud.

I’m not even sure why we only get balance patches every three months. Iirc it’s in order to not upset the sPvP-season balance? While I don’t play LoL or follow it in any way, I’ve been told by some friends that the guys at Riot really don’t give a kitten and even make changes during the middle of huge international tournaments which could potentially shift balance by quite a lot. So if that is the only reason Anet is keeping back, they should probably not be so afraid as it’d be fine.