Guild Wars 2

Sure they suck and fighting a Warrior means a guaranteed autowin but even classes that suck are played by a few but Warriors seem to be completely gone?
Maybe 1 out of 100 players i see in sPvP is a Warrior.
Has Arenanet nerfed them to death?

i cant even image how devs did what they did, 1 class is entirely UNPLAYABLE in pvp. Maybe they should fire/ give jobs to new people?

Acidcors.4296:

Sure they suck and fighting a Warrior means a guaranteed autowin but even classes that suck are played by a few but Warriors seem to be completely gone?
Maybe 1 out of 100 players i see in sPvP is a Warrior.
Has Arenanet nerfed them to death?

Oh the irony, a warrior (a person specializing in combat or warfare according to wikipedia) cannot fight lol, like at all.

In all seriousness I don’t think the devs did this on purpose, they tried to keep warrior “simple” for beginner players and berserker is actually one of the best choices for pve in terms of damage. That did not translate to pvp. Taking into account the fixed stats and how the playstyle of the warrior is pretty outdated i nthe way it works.

Healing signet was great because warriors could take a hit an balanced each other out, toughness was nerfed and warriors don’t have nearly enough defensive options to compensate for this. Burning berserker definately has potential, it’s capable of doing tremendous amounts of damage and I think with the right buffs it would be a very viable option, sort of this meta’s burn guard.

Yes, but Warrior needs more sustain, atm. Try the Indistructible Berseker of Cygnus n pvp

You will see a HUGE different between this uild and the Vanilla GS/Hammer build

Of course I’ve used other Runes and weapons instead of mace (sword,axe…) but you are no more one-shotted. I had a lot of fun with that build. If we only had a little more sustain, we can brake bones again!

Tristan.5280:

Yes, but Warrior needs more sustain, atm. Try the Indistructible Berseker of Cygnus n pvp

You can only run Cygnus’ build in wvw or pve. Defender runes, which are key to making that build work, aren’t available in pvp. On a related note, I’ve seen very good hybrid builds running those runes along with Viper gear as well.

To the OP, it’s just that there’s always a better choice than warrior for just about anything you’d want to do in pvp. That, combined with the high number of builds that can out sustain and/or out damage just about any warrior build has led a lot of people to switch to the better alternatives.

Plus, you can get a lot of hate from your team for running a warrior, apparently.

Choppy.4183:

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You can only run Cygnus’ build in wvw or pve. Defender runes, which are key to making that build work, aren’t available in pvp.
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I´ve been using a similar build which also heavily relies on rousing resilience.
Since I wasn´t able to use defenders runes in pvp I substituted them for Rune of the Tempest, which gives another 1,100 healing per stun break, but for the whole party, which adds a little bit support. So around 3.6k health per stun break for yourself and 1.1k for any friendly player near you.

Completely agree with the rest of your post, it´s really hard to make warrior work and then other professions simply out-perform us or bring more utility than us.

Berserker is THE class in PvE (Raids to be more specific) right now, with some of the highest DPS ever seen in game.
And that will probably hurt its PvP side even more. It’s harder to balance a class that is doing amazing in one setting and awful in the other.

One thing’s for sure, we’ll see nerfs to the condi aspect of the Warrior.
Just hope that they’ll actually buff something else in return.

Tristan.5280:

Yes, but Warrior needs more sustain, atm. Try the Indistructible Berseker of Cygnus n pvp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSWNtmYDIRE

You will see a HUGE different between this uild and the Vanilla GS/Hammer build

Of course I’ve used other Runes and weapons instead of mace (sword,axe…) but you are no more one-shotted. I had a lot of fun with that build. If we only had a little more sustain, we can brake bones again!

“You’ll be hitting between 2-5k bursts,..chilling your foe and leeching health from them….”

So in other words, play your warrior a little less like warrior and a lil’ more like necro. I chatted with the author of this build when it hit the warrior forum. The build exists around 2 key principles; 1) it has a dedicated warrior player at the helm who through no help from their profession positioned themselves well and was aware of bursts before they happened. A seasoned player on any profession is always a strong advantage. 2) slap durability runes on any build and its sustain is going to dramatically raise. In the end I don’t anet hates warrior,..they have simply ran out of good idea’s for them about 6 years ago.

I don’t think warriors are so weak in PvP, i play aß Berserker and get nearly 10k bursts and I can survive 2 and with good kiting 3 people so i think they’re really strong

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Zeghart.9841:

Berserker is THE class in PvE (Raids to be more specific) right now, with some of the highest DPS ever seen in game.
And that will probably hurt its PvP side even more. It’s harder to balance a class that is doing amazing in one setting and awful in the other.

One thing’s for sure, we’ll see nerfs to the condi aspect of the Warrior.
Just hope that they’ll actually buff something else in return.

it’s not hard, only anet stop buffing warrior by numbers and actually give some utilities that are not that useful against AIs in PvE. like freaking telephort, boon rip, mobility, and actually easy to land on enemy player skills..

I think the biggest reasons to move from warrior was the changes to adrenaline.

If you go out of combat for even a full second you entirely lose your combat mechanic.

Actually Anet loves warriors! They are so kittening kitten in PvE!

That title… I don’t know why people still think that game developers play favorites. Hint: they want their game to suceed, and occasionally, they kitten up! Grow up.

For me its the best meta, warrior is very good in pve, in pvp i just rerolled to revenant but whatever, i hope it will stay like this.

I see someone is upset that their profession isn’t #1 in every game mode anymore. Welcome to how Necros once felt with a switch up of which game modes they suck at.

So there is no longer a hope for some Warrior Buffs?