Guild Wars 2

Bhawb.7408:

I think more to the point is that they were suddenly overwhelmed by a rush of people saying a single thing, and it took the other side a while to even realize there was a problem (I don’t think anybody was thinking these changes were going to be considered OP) and respond in kind. The latest quote from Allie Murdock shows that they are hearing the other sides now, and frankly I think they will realize that the idea that Necros are too strong defensively is ridiculous.

And…now its 17 hours after Allie asked for post-patch video proof of necros being OP, there have been four more pages of comments with no real video evidence.

From: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/Like-that-the-devs-are-now-in-the-forums/2493665

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JonathanSharp.7094:

1:30 am…long day at the show.

THe reason I quickly jump into the sPvP forums is because that’s usually the best place to talk overall game balance.

It’s honestly just easier for me to look at that 1 forum, and then the WvW base forum, and get a sense for those 2 game types. For PvE, there are many layers of balance, from story steps, to dungeons, to fractals, to events, to new content for the living world, etc.

For the class forums, it’s just looking at 8 individual forums, which, when you’re on trips like this with a slow wi-fi connect, is just much harder and slower.

It’s not that we don’t love PvE, or balance for PvE, it’s literally just easier for me (personally) to check 1 sub forum, rather than 8, when I have limited time and a “meh” wi-fi.

Don’t read too much into that.

Also, if I post in 1 class sub forum, then I feel like I need to be fair and post in the other 7…which adds up fast at 1:30 am. Heh.

Just being honest! Thanks for all the constructive posts and honest questions guys!!!

-Chap from China

I know he says “Don’t read too much into that”, but geez…

I just commented on this in my post

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Cashing-Out/first#post2494451

It’s ridiculous and makes me want to qui

Gnat.9405:

I just commented on this in my post

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Cashing-Out/first#post2494451

It’s ridiculous and makes me want to qui

It is ridiculous. I’d like to give him the benefit of the doubt and the fact that he wrote it at 1:30am after a long day, but the underlying logic implied (PvP balanced = GW2 balanced) just seems bizarre.

Maybe he is thinking is that PvP amplifies imbalances; therefore, PvP acts as a early warning system for imbalance in other modes? I dunno.

What he means is that he goes to PvP forums to see the current state of the classes rather than going to the forums dedicated to the classes because it’s less work.

Why don’t they just remove the class forum then, and the suggestion forum because we all know that that is a joke.

He literally said he doesn’t check them because its 1am and he’s got crap wifi in China. I wouldn’t go through all of them either when I have one place to get an overall picture. It isn’t that they are ignoring class forums, but one single person isn’t able to read them while he’s on vacation, I think that is more than reasonable.

You honestly believe that this method isn’t used more often than when a dev has bad connection? With all the changes and more notably all the neglect to PvE content (not balancing, but CONTENT that matters to end gamers like dungeons and fotm) I refuse to believe that this is a temporary behavior.

Yes, I know for a fact that devs watch every single class forum.

Habit or not. It’s just one of the stupidest dev comments I’ve ever read. He better not to say a word or just lie they care about everything. He doesn’t even try to lie anymore.

If ArenaNet is actually serious about wanting to balance things here they need to talk to necromancers and not a bunch of elementalists crying for nerfs for everyone they can’t instantly burst down. Their attitude has me very worried and trying to balance the game around 1v1 is just ridiculous. While necromancers are indeed powerful facing single opponents we fold like paper when up against organized groups since we have no tools to deal with being assist trained.

And we die instantly against bosses with insta-kill attacks (of which there are many) that other classes can absorb through invulnerability.