Longest text ever, if you are felling lazy, go watch some youtube videos instead (don’t say I didn’t warn you)
After reading a threat about a guy complaining that Rev has no access to reflect I just first laugh, but then I though… what if this guy is not trolling?
So this is my story on a Rev that is not a “80 tome of knowledge” but instead a rev that played from lvl 1 to 80 killing mobs and doing story and events (as I always do with my characters)
I maxed herald few weeks ago, but I have the same impression as I had on lvl 9 when I instakilled a centaur (lvl 9 also) with a single UA.
“Isn’t this too much?”
While I played my Rev on pve leveling normal content I realy felt like godmode…
While exploring, shadowstepping from mob to mob using shiro shadowstep on such a low cd felt godlike alone, aside from being able to kill (or take 80-90% of the health) of any “not champion” mob with a single sword 3 key during all early and mid phases of my leveling.
Then I leveled till 80, played some HoT content, got full elite spec, etc…
But still keep this opnion.
Don’t you guys fell the same?
Or maybe you prefer to hide it so that your new character continue to fell like Batman? Because idk I realy like my herald, invested a lot on her style also, but I wish my other classes weren’t so much weaker than her.
Think about the things that Rev have at their disposal, and if you won’t agree with me, say why is that, I hope I won’t need to go into details and numbers because that would just be stupid, you guys play Rev and don’t need to dwell on denial, right?
I have the strongest (by kitten far) single target dmg of all classes I’ve played… with assassin/berzerker split I get 92% critical chance while on fury (could get higher or just more power if wanted, but I like crits). the fury on heal trait gives you enough time with Imp Ods to realy hurt something or most of times kill it. (specialy with the dmg from shiro heal)
I have a strong aoe, unfortunaly i’m not much of an aoe type of player, but while leveling (especialy story mode) I faced a lot of content when the aoe dmg was needed, I was using only hammer at first and it was already strong, but “okish” strong.
But when I started spamming Mallyx jump on mob groups, oh boy… that spell is just insane (Why does it hit that much on power build? oO), Well, for me it trivialized all “huge invasion of mobs!!” content.
I ll give a point to “it is balanced” team now, because I felt that Ventari was indeed very weak on solo play, felt like I absolutely needed his traitline to be a viable legend, and jalis seemed so better on increasing survivability without demading that I sacrifice one spec (on earlier levels with only 1-2 spec, ventari felt unplayable)
But then again, if traited (no sure of that) would not be op that the same class that I play so offensively can build celestial and be a very strong group healer ONLY when needed just by changing a legend? No? Realy? Ok, well realy though it was. My bad.
Imo other classes seem to have 2-3 ways of doing the same thing, just different methods, while rev actualy does 2-3 different things, while beeing extremely good on each if traited (only one trait line) for it.
My mesmer, for example, If I want sustain and cleanse, I would have to build fully arround it to and use mantras, including 2 grand traits on different specs so thats 2 specs… well if I want cond build I must have illusion, if not I already lost depcetive evasion so power shatter will be a lot harder to play.
To get one thing, you have to sacrifice a lot for it…
With my thief the same happens but even worst… thief has to choose only 1 “attack pattern” (or “engage strategy” if pvp/wvw) and build everything else, traits, runes, sigil and utility spells around it…
See the difference?
Back to Rev.
About Jalis, he is not op imo… he is fair, the problem is he beeing on the same class that stacks so much might and 40% fury that always, and group heals, and outruns anyone on the whole game… (maybe beside SB DD, that only moves sightly better than rev, while rev have all other things on the game).
And about Herald… well… just too much of sinergy with any other legend like it makes the Rev better than anyone on that chosen role that the first legend focus…
My conclusions are:
Traits are too forgiving… everything you spec will be ok and will do just fine assuming you don’t go like “salvation/retribution” mallyx/shiro.
Too few weapon options… especialy when you consider the only ranged weapon is hammer. and power>sword, cond>mace… so, unless we are going hybrid we don’t have MH option at all.
OH weapons are only 2, and both are not interesting… OH is, ok another block and this very strange skill that I may use for interrupts maybe? when you need your energy for imp ods, engaging and dodgin+breaking stun you are probabily not doing strange back teleports with pulls. (suggestion, make it a 2 chain spell, one shadowsteps back, the other one pulls, that will make it a nice disengage spell with option of reingage with interrupt)
Axe… the first spell is realy redundant with phase transversal… and it is a power one, not so good for cond, while the second is cond that combos well with mace build but sort of lame on power build… Idk what suggest here realy…
Thats it… hope this will be usefull for some dev or even you guys complainning about not having reflect (lol, I always laugh at that)