Guild Wars 2

Going to start off by saying, love the new Warrior changes and especially mainhand sword changes! However I have issues with the animations.

Crippling Strike’s downward slash seems a bit rigid, is it the same animation used for Pommel Bash? and the big swoosh effect at the end doesn’t seem fitting like it was for Final Thrust.

Final Thrust’s animation is very sluggish, and doesn’t use the big swoosh effect at all!
I suppose the speed could be a balance issue, but it’s really missing the flavor from that special effect (that was designed to be used with Final Thrust in the first place)

Could you explain the new cripple to me. Like im seeing at the end of every sword chain my char leans over and bends down? Is that there so we are ready to be owned? I ask because im stuck at work and cant see it for myself. Only have your pic there

That’s pretty much what happens, downward strike, pommel first. Like I mentioned it’s very similar to Pommel Bash and happens on every 3rd sword auto attack.

I was afraid it would look kittened. Ill have to judge how dumb when i get home. Could you give me damage numbers for final thrust. Any damage buff? And how much more does below 50% give

i mean,,, this is like actively looking for things to complain, yanaw? but yeah new animation looks like im chopping firewood, and the after effect doesnt match the motion :0

Aarean.5398:

I was afraid it would look kittened. Ill have to judge how dumb when i get home. Could you give me damage numbers for final thrust. Any damage buff? And how much more does below 50% give

Well depending on armor I did 6.9k crit on a heavy golem dummy in HoTM. A lot better than what it did before.

Aarean.5398:

I was afraid it would look kittened. Ill have to judge how dumb when i get home. Could you give me damage numbers for final thrust. Any damage buff? And how much more does below 50% give

Its the same as its was, under 50% its doubled tho but animation is too slow. And 15cd? nty

^ exactly, in the time it takes for the animation to complete, with sigil of earth and arms traits, one can apply 2-4 bleeds. Considering that condition warriors dont invest in strength to begin with,, i dont know what they were thinking with this change.

Alphard.4308:

^ exactly, in the time it takes for the animation to complete, with sigil of earth and arms traits, one can apply 2-4 bleeds. Considering that condition warriors dont invest in strength to begin with,, i dont know what they were thinking with this change.

Not everyone runs sword as a pure condition weapon…it scales quite well with power. It is a very good hybrid weapon.

I just always felt like trying to balance my power and conditions in the gear left me without excelling in either solid physical dps and good condition, but i suppose its all up to personal discretion and styles

I really do want to use this weapon, I figured the new animation for crippling strike was a glitch and would be patched in one of these hotfixes, but if this is working as intended I will end up using sword even less than I did before the patch. It may be nitpicky but a large part of why I play the game still is because of how things look and feel.