Guild Wars 2

Maybe, the HoT mobs around Verdant brink are just harder then what’s in Tyria, but on my Mesmer and hell, even my Necro they both seem to be able to take the abuse as well as dish it out, and my warrior with 2600 toughness is still getting hit hard? Did they nerf warriors mitigation or is it just the strength of the mobs? I don’t know, seems awfully weird and my warrior has never felt so squishy before.

I run mostly zerker with some knights which has never afforded me problems before.

My Warrior seems pretty glassy as well. I run Valk/Berserker, and I’ve never had problems before… taking Endure Pain in PvE has become a requirement for HoT.

Right? It’s downright brutal…like what gives? Was it a stealth nerf? To warriors or just toughness all around? I mean, of course someone is gonna say “Run full zerker.” But, honestly i’m pretty sure that’s a death sentence going full on glass considering how hard some of the jungle mobs hit.

Roxhemar.6039:

Right? It’s downright brutal…like what gives? Was it a stealth nerf? To warriors or just toughness all around? I mean, of course someone is gonna say “Run full zerker.” But, honestly i’m pretty sure that’s a death sentence going full on glass considering how hard some of the jungle mobs hit.

I wouldn’t say Warrior took a direct nerf, it’s just like you said: the mobs are more damaging and numerous in HoT. Toughness isn’t as valuable when you get hit more frequently, as a lot of the mobs in the new zones seem to do. It’s all about evades, blocks, and invulns. Plus, the mobs seem to cc a lot more: tons of knockdowns and stuns flying around in PvE, which is new.

The other professions got elite specs that offer more survivability and new tricks to compensate. Unfortunately for us, Warrior got Berserker…

I always run full zerk new map no exception. There are a couple monsters. Smoke Scale, pocket raptor that hit hard other than that everything is fine. Learn to dodge, use a gs, axe/shield if you have to. Equip stances. Learn to play.

I find that running a stunbreaker is absolutely mandatory for the jungle. Sometimes, there’s just too much stuff happening to reasonably be able to dodge everything. If you get stunned, it often means you die. I like Dolyak Signet for the stunbreak and a bit of extra toughness. Plus it synergizes with our signet trait.

I did die a lot at first, but I now know the attacks which are important to dodge and just in general, better at fighting the jungle mobs. I run full zerker gear.