Guild Wars 2

I’m curious as to this new patch and I just wanted an explanation. Will berserker warrior still be viable after this nerfing? And will let’s say, my precision infusions on my ascended still be worth for max dps? Or should I swap them out for power infusions since crits are getting nerfed? Will the current 30/25/0/0/15 still be the best dps build?

I’m worried for us Warriors

I haven’t done any math but I expect Power > Precision in all cases (as Precision is only slightly better at the moment). But shouldn’t be a big dps loss with Precision infusions.

As such then trinkets will be changed?
And trait lines?

The nerf will decrease the critical dmg by about 30% (to equal a dps nerf of 10%).

Right now, power is better than precision except when you have high power and high crit dmg (like in high dps build of 3k power and 95%+ crit dmg). At this point, precision become more important and that why some mix and maxing is needed to max your DPS (like using 3 pieces of Assassin, sigil of perception, curry butternut squash, signet of fury, etc). I’m pretty sure that some of these will still be usefull, but a lot less than before. The exact math will need to be done when the real numbers are available (we only know what will come from gear, but not the numbers from foods, skills, trait, etc are all assumption. Even if some assumption are more likely).

The nerf is equal on everybody. I don’t think that a profession will more affected by this than the other. Its more about specific build. The DPS meta will change in subtle ways and we still don’t know everything about the balance and new trait (just a brief description, not all the info), but if you had a full berserk warrior, you won’t gonna have to change any of your gear. Maybe the power infusion could be better, but i think that you will still need to source of precision somewhere and not ALL POWER, so i’ll keep those if i was you.