Guild Wars 2

Personally I hated the nerf to epi because its our best resource for aoe.I personally think there should be a unerfed epi completely for pve and a split mode for WVW and pvp.

Its harder to aoe with epi past 5 enemies and targets die so fast, so imho i think that epi should be buffed in cd.I mean complaints are only there because the problem “they” have is because condies are spread by other classes and besides, if ANET actually instead of nerfing epi actually limited how many condies can be on a target to say like:10 in WVW, then we wouldn’t have a problem.

I prefer the new version, the increase to 900 range made it so much better for boss fights like xera

Its pretty good right now. Projectiles are homing and have longer range.

The only thing they need to fix is the projectile targeting. So often they will attempt to hit non-existent targets like supply depots or the platform you are standing on in shattered ob.

Personally i think it should become unblockable again.it hurts necro for wvw and besides:The problem isn’t epi, its condi stacks.Limit condi stacks and buff epi.

I like the fart bomb effects, tells you who gets affected.

I reeeeally like the new epidemic for one big reason.

The conditions that spread on targets is determined by the conditions on the parent target at the time the projectiles hit, not when the skill is finished casting.

This means that now, you can cast epidemic in anticipation for a condition bomb instead of when the conditions are already on the parent target. This means that if used well, the change actually solves the age old problem of epidemic, enemies getting condition bombed and dieing before epidemic is done casting.

Axl.8924:

The problem isn’t epi, its condi stacks.Limit condi stacks and buff epi.

There is a stack limit. It’s 25.

Coffietire.2783:

The conditions that spread on targets is determined by the conditions on the parent target at the time the projectiles hit, not when the skill is finished casting.

This means that now, you can cast epidemic in anticipation for a condition bomb instead of when the conditions are already on the parent target. This means that if used well, the change actually solves the age old problem of epidemic, enemies getting condition bombed and dieing before epidemic is done casting.

That’s not really better than before.

Your target is now more likely to die before Epidemic can spread because it takes longer until the projectiles hit.
So having to factor in this extra delay when anticipating the best moment to use Epidemic definitely makes it more difficult.

But imo the change to Epidemic was a good one. There’s now counterplay in PvP and WvW, but in return you get a higher range. And since Epidemic is mainly used in PvE that means in most cases you’ll have a more effective utility.