Guild Wars 2

Ive had worse experiences with the change than before tbh.Also thieves are able to blind spamm against it again.

How can thieves blind spam when the resistance is up? You should be in better shape against blind spam with the new stance than the old based on duration alone.

Choppy.4183:

How can thieves blind spam when the resistance is up? You should be in better shape against blind spam with the new stance than the old based on duration alone.

It’s what i noticed,somehow the blind got through the resistance each time..It were 2 thieves though..But usually i popped berserk when it happend and i Knew for sure i would not get blinded when trying to burst.

Atm,i just dropped berserk completely,mind you i used it in every build before.Im trying out sig of might or fury even sundering leap was fun to use,gives full adren aswell and acts as an extra gap closer, with balanced stance/ep.

Caedmon.6798:

Choppy.4183:

How can thieves blind spam when the resistance is up? You should be in better shape against blind spam with the new stance than the old based on duration alone.

It’s what i noticed,somehow the blind got through the resistance each time..It were 2 thieves though..But usually i popped berserk when it happend and i Knew for sure i would not get blinded when trying to burst.

We should run some tests then to figure out what’s going on. It shouldn’t matter how many thieves are spamming blind, tbh, resistance should stop them all. So if it’s a bug, we definitely need to document and get that sorted out.

Fwiw, I haven’t experienced it myself and I was fighting two thieves today. They lit me up, but they didn’t blind me with resistance up.

Choppy.4183:

Caedmon.6798:

Choppy.4183:

How can thieves blind spam when the resistance is up? You should be in better shape against blind spam with the new stance than the old based on duration alone.

It’s what i noticed,somehow the blind got through the resistance each time..It were 2 thieves though..But usually i popped berserk when it happend and i Knew for sure i would not get blinded when trying to burst.

We should run some tests then to figure out what’s going on. It shouldn’t matter how many thieves are spamming blind, tbh, resistance should stop them all. So if it’s a bug, we definitely need to document and get that sorted out.

Fwiw, I haven’t experienced it myself and I was fighting two thieves today. They lit me up, but they didn’t blind me with resistance up.

I dont know if it was a bug or not though,maybe boon steal was part of it aswell.I just dont feel as safe with berserk atm as i was before.

Caedmon.6798:

Choppy.4183:

Caedmon.6798:

Choppy.4183:

How can thieves blind spam when the resistance is up? You should be in better shape against blind spam with the new stance than the old based on duration alone.

It’s what i noticed,somehow the blind got through the resistance each time..It were 2 thieves though..But usually i popped berserk when it happend and i Knew for sure i would not get blinded when trying to burst.

We should run some tests then to figure out what’s going on. It shouldn’t matter how many thieves are spamming blind, tbh, resistance should stop them all. So if it’s a bug, we definitely need to document and get that sorted out.

Fwiw, I haven’t experienced it myself and I was fighting two thieves today. They lit me up, but they didn’t blind me with resistance up.

I dont know if it was a bug or not though,maybe boon steal was part of it aswell.I just dont feel as safe with berserk atm as i was before.

Can confirm:- Resistance > Blinds

Choppy.4183:

Cerby.1069:

Well melee warriors had a fighting chance against necro with the old berserker stance in their build. And we could traverse in group/zerg fights with it. ‘Now’ it’s insta death. I think it important we recognize the difference. I’ll gladly take “hard” over “impossible”. And what other necro are there in wvsw if not chill/power/condition? Tank? lol…

I honestly have trouble syncing this up with my own experience, which has been the opposite, for the most part.

The old Berserker’s Stance bought you 8-10s at most… if you were lucky, they’d use all their condi burst while the stance was up. If you were unlucky, they’d know to wait, or you’d use it when they weren’t about to bomb you anyway.

The new Berserker’s Stance allows you to wait until you’ve actually been bombed, and lasts 12-15s (or up to 18s if you have boon food on and aren’t in EBG). Resistance is less obvious on a boon bar than the old stance icon but, even if they see it, there’s little for the necro to do but try to corrupt the boon. But corruption is random, so the necro has to get lucky to actually corrupt the resistance (vs your other boons), and it’ll reapply in 3s or less anyway.

And it’s not as though every skill corrupts. Plus they’ll be busy kiting like hell while your resistance is up.

Honestly, while necros/reapers were the only thing that had me a bit hesitant about the stance change, the experience hasn’t really born out the concern.

This*2. Choppy has said it all here, really.

Before the patch, the only Necro’s you could beat with melee warrior were terribads. Seriously. They counter us as hard as Dragon Hunter counters thieves.

Honestly, with the pulsing resistance I think we are way better off against necro’s.

Well, Reapers can trait for additional boon corruption. I have fought some very good ones and can honestly say my experience now is the opposite. I prefer the old Zerk stance.

The reason being is I would use healing signet after baiting their condi bomb and as soon as it was corrupted weapons swap (brawlers) – then zerk stance.

infinityandbeyond.9652:

Well, Reapers can trait for additional boon corruption. I have fought some very good ones and can honestly say my experience now is the opposite. I prefer the old Zerk stance.

The reason being is I would use healing signet after baiting their condi bomb and as soon as it was corrupted weapons swap (brawlers) – then zerk stance.

So then you died from the condibomb?

Brawler’s only recovers 1 condi, resistance recovers none, so you would enter Zerk Stance with the entire condi bomb minus 1 condi on you…