Guild Wars 2

My build was based on a synergy of abilities: Smash Brawler, Adrenal Health, Cleansing Ire, Eternal Champion
Build was focused on maximizing survival while maintaining acceptable damage.
I emphasize that the build was built for the solo pve.
The main damage was dealt by Primal burst ability.
Variations of the build were possible for both power and condi.
Now you nerf the ability Smash Brawler. The base ability for my build.
The nerf might not seem that significant as it changes the reduction of cooldowns from 33% to 20%. Reduced by 13%
But in fact now 67% cooldown on abilities is up to 80%.
Therefore the cooldowns will increase by 20%.
Therefore there’s already at least 20% less damage and survival.
Survival will decrease, because the ability to remove conditions depends on Cleansing Ire, which is tied to the Primal burst, the cooldown of which will increase by 20%.
But we go further.
Damage will decrease by more than 20%.
Really, the decrease will be more like 25% to perhaps 40%.
The thing is that now, because of the increased cooldown of Primal bursts abilities I’ll be able to use less cycles during Berserker duration
So, earlier I almost always used 4 Scorched Earth.
Now it has become almost impossible. Therefore this is already 25% decrease in DPS.
You also nerfed Eternal Champion. Stability now holds only half of Berserker uptime. Which in turn might affect DPS evem more if Warrior is more subjected to control.
In addition, the cooldown on the berserker mode itself has also been increased.
Once again, I emphasize that my build is for PVE solo. I do not consider the potential of permanent alacrity, which can be accessed in raids and groups.
As the combat efficiency depends on both survival and damage the total reduction in combat effectiveness can reach 50%!!!
Anet, why do you dislike Warrior?
Nerf just makes playing this class a lot less fun.
If you want to make it a pure support, then say so directly.
Like useless Revenant isn’t enough.

Its just a seasonal thing for A-Net. Don’t take it personally, warrior hasn’t been trash bottom tier in awhile, they had it coming. Don’t worry we’ll get an amazing buff to some odd trait that no one uses and continue to NOT use because of how worthless it is.

Barmaglot.7958:

Anet, why do you dislike Warrior?

I see “Anet why do you dislike [my current favorite profession]?” in every subforum. Which one is it? Which one do they dislike? We must know!

Pls stop.

Turk.5460:

Barmaglot.7958:

Anet, why do you dislike Warrior?

I see “Anet why do you dislike [my current favorite profession]?” in every subforum. Which one is it? Which one do they dislike? We must know!

Pls stop.

Why don’t you stop responding? If that many people are upset about it.. doesn’t that tell you something?

Gambino.2109:

Turk.5460:

Barmaglot.7958:

Anet, why do you dislike Warrior?

I see “Anet why do you dislike [my current favorite profession]?” in every subforum. Which one is it? Which one do they dislike? We must know!

Pls stop.

Why don’t you stop responding? If that many people are upset about it.. doesn’t that tell you something?

Yes, it tells me that they should grow up and accept that their profession of choice was overtuned in certain areas, and needed shaving. I love my warrior, I killed a lot of players that I shouldn’t have been able to kill because the profession carried me. I saw this coming, it happened, and still the profession carries me, continuing to kill a lot of players that I shouldn’t be able to kill…

The only time anyone is not going to be upset after a patch is if their profession of choice was buffed and only buffed. Get a grip.

@Turk, sure Warrior did needed some nerfs.. but what most ppl dont like including myself is why so much at once?

-healing signet
-defy pain
-endure pain
-Stability (eternal..)
-Longer cooldowns on berserkmode/burst skills
-Longer casttimes on the most used weapons

All this is pretty much at once and very drastic also..

They could have done something like this:

-healing signet -5%
-defy pain 3sec
-endure pain (stay 2 sec.. cause 30sec cooldown)
-Stability (eternal..) ( maby 1 pulse at start and 1 at end? so its not totally for nothing.. look at how much boon hate sigils there are now)
-Smash brawler from 33% to 25%
-Longer casttimes on the most used weapons (not sure what to do whit these..)

So these are still allot of nerfs but minor nerfs.. smash brawler from 33% to 20% doesnt sound much but its allot less burst attacks AND less berserk mode uptime in general meaning less boons less bonus dmg etc etc.

Not to mention it effects the warrior in pve which I suppose some don’t care but I do.. and that’s putting me at less damage than i was before.. What with those crazy animation nerfs that go slow no matter if you have quickness.