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Posted by: JayPanda.1304

JayPanda.1304

I’m considering making a Warrior, but after reading the warrior forum this last balance patch seemed killer to the class. I don’t know much about the class(I’m a thief main) so I was hoping to get your guy’s intake on the current state of warrior in both PvE and WvW.

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Posted by: perko.8309

perko.8309

WvW = Toast (roaming), but you can always run around in zergs and whatnot.

For PvE, the condi build with the improvement to Arms trait line and buffs to torch skills should be fine. Ofc, condi duration food got nerfed, but that’s across the board for all classes and probably deserved. On the power side, the 30% nerf to the Berserk Power trait is gonna hurt.

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Posted by: Apolo.5942

Apolo.5942

Depends what you want out of it.

-Power based warriors are a No go, considering you have no elite spec to back it up.

-Condition damage warrior are sort of more viable, but the Burst skill nerf hit them as well.

For the time being and until they roll back the nerf, i would stay away from warrior.

Just to be clear. The burst skill nerf did the following.
-66% reduction to adrenal health.
-66% reduction to cleansing ire.
-66% reduction to berserker power.

ALL pretty kitten central to playing warrior in general. Condition zerker is marginally better because you dont run berserker power, but it still sucks.

The term Exploit means nothing in GW2 –
Vials Maize Balm Exploit(Halloween) 2014
Locked out of JP (Wintersday) 2015

(edited by Apolo.5942)

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Posted by: RedDeadFred.1256

RedDeadFred.1256

Don’t know why people think the sky is falling… cPS and cDPS sound like they’re better than ever…

Physical is obviously worse, but condi has been meta for a while.

No clue about wvw. Maybe roaming? Bull Charge seems kinda nuts now. I don’t wvw at all though, my opinion is pretty worthless there.

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Posted by: GrackFields.7805

GrackFields.7805

From a WvW perspective on a core account (no access to HoT gear or specialization).

The core warrior is in a better position after the patch. I am finding good success with axe/shield & greatsword. I can put up a good fight vs almost anyone. That isn’t to say that a good Thief or Mesmer will not stomp me, but very few of the players I come across are of the tier where they are able to counter everything I am trying to do as a warrior.

I would say warrior is a B tier roamer. They are good, but there are better options. But if what you are looking for is to try something new and have fun, then there is no reason not to try a warrior.

For zerging I would place the Warrior bottom tier. Whatever they can do someone else can do better. You are basically there for a war banner and nothing else. I suppose they could maybe be a mercy resbot now with the change to tactics line?

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Posted by: Tinnel.4369

Tinnel.4369

I’d advise you to not let 99% of forum chatter shape your opinion on much of anything. Berzerker took a hit, but core warrior is in a pretty great spot in my opinion. Strength, Defense, Discipline is functional + SoR + Physical skills (especially Bulls Charge). Sprinkle in the trolliness of glide bombing with Death From Above as a passive from a usable trait, I’m having a blast personally.

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Posted by: CrashTheGrey.1492

CrashTheGrey.1492

Here’s a short dialogue to help you decide.

“Larry, We gotta balance this right, we gotta give these morons a reason to buy this.”

(Larry forcefully drinks an entire bottle of robotussin and slams it onto the table)

“LET’S BALANCE THIS kittenING GAME BOB.” he exclaims, his vapid eyes flickering between the berserker traits.

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Posted by: Vyrulisse.1246

Vyrulisse.1246

Don’t know why people think the sky is falling… cPS and cDPS sound like they’re better than ever…

Physical is obviously worse, but condi has been meta for a while.

No clue about wvw. Maybe roaming? Bull Charge seems kinda nuts now. I don’t wvw at all though, my opinion is pretty worthless there.

The sky is falling for people that enjoy power gameplay. The gap is growing wider and wider each patch and it’s a problem.

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Posted by: RedDeadFred.1256

RedDeadFred.1256

Don’t know why people think the sky is falling… cPS and cDPS sound like they’re better than ever…

Physical is obviously worse, but condi has been meta for a while.

No clue about wvw. Maybe roaming? Bull Charge seems kinda nuts now. I don’t wvw at all though, my opinion is pretty worthless there.

The sky is falling for people that enjoy power gameplay. The gap is growing wider and wider each patch and it’s a problem.

Core warrior is still good. Unless you’re doinh T4 Fractals and raids, you’re fine. It’s not optimal, but if you want a power build, either play something off meta, wait for the expac, or play another class.

I see people saying things like primal burst is dead or that there’s no reason to use berserker and this is simply not true.

I agree that the nerf to power warrior is unwarranted, but we’re still a meta class, so I’m not gonna kitten about it.

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Posted by: Sartharina.3542

Sartharina.3542

Core warrior will be trash in WvW until they upgrade Killshot to be as nice and functional as Gunflame – We need some CC (Even a 1/4 second daze, but I’d prefer a knockdown at T3), possibly a little bit of bleed, and NO kitten ROOT on that skill.