Guild Wars 2

Both BP and HF are powerful, so much in fact that every build used 1 or both (pre-todays-patch).

Yet, both of these traits reek of bad design. They’re passive effects that do little to further the class, aside from tacking on some +damage%. Moving them to grandmaster is hardly a “fix.”

My thoughts are to remove both traits. Bring up warrior baseline damage across the board just a tiny bit to compensate, and replace them with more compelling and active traits that actually help define a build and plays tyle beyond “sit on 100% adrenal and spam 100b kitten ”

The entire class needs a redesign after the update I feel.

Lol why does everyone think the sitting on adrenaline playstyle needs to go away? Is it not enough that they made it less accessible and provided a new trait to reward adrenaline usage? In time, I’m sure we’ll see more.

@Veritas
Hopefully you’re right. But any trait that rewards you for not using your class mechanic seems to fly in the face of that very mechanic, does it not?

You guys are completely out of control. The patch has not hit yet, and even then : putting the zerky power traits at the end of TWO traitlines means there will STILL be flexibility and zerkypower. It’s just not gonna be available from a 10 point trait, that’s all.

Hell, all i need to do is to dump the 10 points in str i had and put that into discipline to have a better equivalent to what i had before (if the rumors are right).

Go take a chill pill and wait for the patch before you complain.

I don’t know about you guys, but both of these traits have been extremely useful in unloading high burst. When you’re earthshaker or evis is ready you can do a lot more damage with these traits. That’s what I used them for. Then again, I don’t pve.

That being said, if the leaked notes are true, warriors are going to suck in all areas of the game now.

Veritas.6071:

Lol why does everyone think the sitting on adrenaline playstyle needs to go away? Is it not enough that they made it less accessible and provided a new trait to reward adrenaline usage? In time, I’m sure we’ll see more.

I agree its bad for to use sitting on adrenaline playstyle that being said, were were not adequately compensated for their removal.

Dand.8231:

@Veritas
Hopefully you’re right. But any trait that rewards you for not using your class mechanic seems to fly in the face of that very mechanic, does it not?

Hmm these traits don’t invalidate use of your burst.
Adrenaline as a whole is your mechanic, not just the burst skill. They make you get more powerful over time (as you accumulate adrenaline) and can continue heavier pressure until you’re ready to burst.

Hey guys, I’m gunna come outa the closet… I’M AN BERSERKER WEARING ADRENALINE SITTING EVISCERATOR! Oh gosh that felt good.

Now anyway, there are other classes that give the option to sit on their mechanic. Mesmers, Necros, Rangers have a trait in BM that buffs the pet/kill until you swap it, eles have some traits that grant bonuses while sitting in an attunement, Juggernaut for engies. There could be more…

And the point I want to make is that these classes have always had those traits in addition to the ability to build towards a more active style. Being able to sit on your class mechanic isn’t the trademark of a crappy or lazy class. It’s half the equation to a flexible class. But the warrior never had the other half the equation. We were pretty much exclusively, sit on your adrenaline and burst. They designed us to be a simple class, but it hasn’t worked out. Now, instead of cutting off our right foot, let’s keep it and let the devs give us the left one by increasing our skill ceiling.

Disclaimer: I didn’t thoroughly read all the replies so it’s possible I just outed myself needlessly. cries