Guild Wars 2

Thanks for the balance update.

One thing really sticks out as a problem, though. Warriors were comically broken in the amount of sustain they had while still doing damage in spvp and wvw before, and to my eyes their only change was increasing their damage.

increased the damage on guards to. And then nerfed ele’s damage in pve… Even I am now beginning to lose hope here…

Though I like the changes to the thief (cuz they didn’t destroy vital parts of the meta build :P ) I still don’t think the changes will fix the problem of omnipresent guards/DH in sPvP.

The only change that goes towards that is the increased cast time of the Spear of Justice (F1). Apart from that, I see various skills damage increased or have their cooldown reduced.

Please note, that Guard / DH is a very strong while incredibly easy-to-play class with too little counterplay. Although this is a step in the right direction, I’d like to see some changes that disallow a guard to be invulnerable/blocking for more than 5s straight (e.g. chain: Elite + F3 + Weaponskills + Heal).

Fhynix.2105:

Though I like the changes to the thief (cuz they didn’t destroy vital parts of the meta build :P ) I still don’t think the changes will fix the problem of omnipresent guards/DH in sPvP.

The only change that goes towards that is the increased cast time of the Spear of Justice (F1). Apart from that, I see various skills damage increased or have their cooldown reduced.

Please note, that Guard / DH is a very strong while incredibly easy-to-play class with too little counterplay. Although this is a step in the right direction, I’d like to see some changes that disallow a guard to be invulnerable/blocking for more than 5s straight (e.g. chain: Elite + F3 + Weaponskills + Heal).

Warrior immunity to damage makes guardian look like glass, but I see what you’re saying.

The only real counter play to guardian at the moment might be necro, and everything else is counter play to that.

Of course. Necro got GS buffed (again), which still doesn’t make it any useful, and its condi side got practically ignored. Also again.

ANET more-or-less invalidated the entire Chronomancer specialization. Revenats are now chronomancers too.

I find that deeply insulting and on top of that.. the change didn’t actually help rev much.

All hail the PvP lord DH.

Ithilwen.1529:

ANET more-or-less invalidated the entire Chronomancer specialization. Revenats are now chronomancers too…..

Really? Hmm..

Was there a stealth buff in the patch notes where Revs were given the ability to provide 100% quickness uptime, in addition to their alacrity?

ANET sold Chronomancer on it’s unique ability, Alacrity. Now that ability isn’t unique. In doing so, they invalidated an entire HoT specialization. That’s not cool, no matter how you spin it.

Ithilwen.1529:

ANET sold Chronomancer on it’s unique ability, Alacrity. Now that ability isn’t unique. In doing so, they invalidated an entire HoT specialization. That’s not cool, no matter how you spin it.

so you’re saying that single ability makes up the entirety of the specialization?

It was in fact the primary selling point and unique ability of the profession. I say “was.” now Revenants are chronomancers too.

Pretty soon the will be casting portals and Moa too.

Ithilwen.1529:

ANET sold Chronomancer on it’s unique ability, Alacrity. Now that ability isn’t unique. In doing so, they invalidated an entire HoT specialization. That’s not cool, no matter how you spin it.

Pretty sure that they never said it would stay unique to Chrono’s either, just their unique flavor. If you have a source that they said it would remain unique, I would gladly accept that.

Also, if you thought about it long enough, you would have realized that it wouldn’t be healthy for the long term health of the game for Chrono’s be the only ones with access to alacrity, it needed access else where in the game.

Ithilwen.1529:

It was in fact the primary selling point and unique ability of the profession. I say “was.” now Revenants are chronomancers too.

Pretty soon the will be casting portals and Moa too.

Ithilwen do you have to QQ about this in every single class forum?

mending meta inc lads
it now heals more hp/sec than heal sig

Stand The Wall.6987:

mending meta inc lads
it now heals more hp/sec than heal sig

If you also count the 1sec castime. So devide by 16.. you get around 30hps more compared to HS. +3 condi cleanse..

Big difference is you can be interrupted.. dunno i will try it out more

Ithilwen.1529:

It was in fact the primary selling point and unique ability of the profession. I say “was.” now Revenants are chronomancers too.

Pretty soon the will be casting portals and Moa too.

go complain in the chronomancer section or the revenant section. this is not related to warriors at all.