Guild Wars 2

Ragion.2831:

We got some reasoning behind why Rev gets nerfed so much. Anet says Rev is hard to play but once mastered it causes a lot of damage on the battlefield. This is true. I know they are heavily against rewarding high level play, but isnt this the way it should be? you master a class, you do very well with it.

The problem was that rev when mastered outperformed other classes even when those classes where mastered.

We literally just had 4 seasons of rev having a near 100% pickrate amoung tourney and proleague teams. Power rev is basically a upgrade power warrior, while also infringing on thief’s role as a roamer.

Also surge of the mists is/was a dumb gimmick of a move and it’s about time it got fixed.

Crinn.7864:

Ragion.2831:

We got some reasoning behind why Rev gets nerfed so much. Anet says Rev is hard to play but once mastered it causes a lot of damage on the battlefield. This is true. I know they are heavily against rewarding high level play, but isnt this the way it should be? you master a class, you do very well with it.

The problem was that rev when mastered outperformed other classes even when those classes where mastered.

We literally just had 4 seasons of rev having a near 100% pickrate amoung tourney and proleague teams. Power rev is basically a upgrade power warrior, while also infringing on thief’s role as a roamer.

Also surge of the mists is/was a dumb gimmick of a move and it’s about time it got fixed.

Rev was only effective cuz of one reason only and it wasnt staff. Glint heal hard carries rev. People who support revs constant nerfs always conveniently leave out the fact that rev has no disengage. All the evades in the world will not save a rev that takes 10k damage in half a second. Even if rev did 30k with SOTM, without glint heal rev is useless.

If staff and sword was so good and had to be nerfed then why arent they used effectively with other legend combinations?

As far as I understand the balance philosophy is Rev should be only used as a boon bot.

I don’t see why it is argued that rev has to be nerfed because it was picked in every tournament, wasn’t mesmerfor example a standard pick as well? I didn’t notice it being completly destroyed

One of the Dev’s involved in the making the balance mains a DH and was badly beaten by a Rev.

How depressing. I just returned to the game and just finished leveling a Revenant to 80 and now they get nerfed. Apparently the nerf of Oct 18 was bad enough and instead of compensating for what they did, they nerf Revs harder? Guess I should have been reading the forums.

I really liked my Rev too Died too easy in melee to things like Smokescales, but still fun.

Any suggestions on a alternative class for doing PvE, Fractals, and WvW in that order of priority?

Oneira.7691:

How depressing. I just returned to the game and just finished leveling a Revenant to 80 and now they get nerfed. Guess I should have been reading the forums.

Any suggestions on a alternative class for doing PvE, Fractals, and WvW in that order of priority?

The nerfs were all PvP related.

You are still as strong everywhere else. Definitely strong in fractals and WvW.

It is currently not optimal meta in PvE raid but it is still a worthy member to take because it brings in a variety of utility to the group. Strong CC, boon duration, easy access to fury, protection and swiftness, competitive dps.

Exciton.8942:

Oneira.7691:

How depressing. I just returned to the game and just finished leveling a Revenant to 80 and now they get nerfed. Guess I should have been reading the forums.

Any suggestions on a alternative class for doing PvE, Fractals, and WvW in that order of priority?

The nerfs were all PvP related.
You are still as strong everywhere else.
Revenant is currently not optimal meta in raid but it is still a worthy member to take because it brings in a variety of utility to the group.

Hope you’re right. The hammer at range is pretty underwhelming though.

Hirasaki.6208:

One of the Dev’s involved in the making the balance mains a DH and was badly beaten by a Rev.

I was just saying to my guild earlier that the only explanation is that when the balance team all gets together to play, the only good player amongst them plays Rev… So, like, it seems way over the top awesome.