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Posted by: JonathanSharp.7094

JonathanSharp.7094

Game Design Lead

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Sup. I wanted to give you guys some quick updates and talk about a few things:

  • Blog post. So I thought I’d start with this and explain some stuff real fast. When any of us writes a blog post, it’s a group effort. My name may go up on the newest post, but a lot of other designers and members of other teams gave feedback and ideas on it. Once we go back and forth and everyone (marketing, community, design, etc.) sign off on it, we still have to get it edited. This takes a while, and usually means I sit with an editor going line by line making sure that my intention is preserved through the editing process. If any of you have written dissertations or college papers for a strict professor, you know that the editing process can take a while to get correct. That’s just how it is in the real world. I don’t just slap stuff down in notepad and then get it uploaded to the GW2 or Anet web pages.

    Then, another thing that takes a while is localization. I’ve been reading the threads lately, and I’ve seen some people say, “Screw it, just release it in English as soon as it’s done!”

    No. That’s not fair to everyone. We want everyone to get the information at the same time, so we wait until it’s localized into all our website supported languages before we post it.
  • Balance. Really, balance is pretty good. We’re very observant of the meta, we read the forums, and we’re playing the game with you. We don’t want to make knee-jerk balance decisions. And if did whatever the community wanted, what would happen to balance? How many threads are basically: “NERF X OMG!!” “Learn to play , X is fine” “Omg no, we can’t beat X at all!” “Just saying, none of the people I know even run X anymore” “Hey you guys forget X, let’s buff Y!”….then this just repeats over and over. We can’t just do exactly what players ask for in relation to balance, because different players at various skill levels view balance differently. So what we do is balance community feedback with gameplay results. We don’t want to play whack-a-mole with balance, so we don’t just nerf/buff everything as soon as someone posts about it. It would ruin the game if we did. We try to be patient, see if the meta fixes itself (because a lot of times, once you learn how to deal with something, you realize it may not be as imba as you first thought), and then make long-lasting balance changes. We don’t want to nerf X, then realize no one uses it, and buff it again, then have to nerf it again, etc. etc.
  • New features. People are saying that X feature is more important than Y feature for sPvP. Others then jump in the thread and say Z is actually more important than either X or Y. The truth is – you’re all right. I think a lot of the features mentioned in these threads are important, so we’ll use our best judgment to get them out in the correct order that makes the most sense. I talk about new features in the blog, so I won’t spoil them here. Just know that my team and I are devoted to PvP and improving it, so we’re working hard to get you guys the features that GW2 PvP needs. We are not ignoring you, we’re just busy working, which is why you don’t hear from us more. If we’re on the forums posting all the time, we’re not working!

So that’s it. Just wanted to give you guys some quick notes on where we stand right now. The blog post is still incoming – it’s just working its way through localization for ALL languages.

IGN: Chaplan
“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
-Arthur Schopenhauer

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Posted by: Sanis.1096

Sanis.1096

Nice! finally some update

-Apinamies-
-rank 41 guardian-
-Desolation EU-

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Posted by: PeteyPen.7136

PeteyPen.7136

Thanks for the update, nice to know you’re listening to the community. Hopefully I’ll get to sPvP with my wife!

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Posted by: Blazer Hellsing.9184

Blazer Hellsing.9184

Arenanet, never change. I beg you, never change this attitude. Decide the balance yourself by playing the game, don’t make the epic mistake Blizzard did with catering to forum cry babies. Read the forums and keep in touch with your player base.

We true gamers who value quality will wait patiently. I will always support you guys and have your back, to me you are the best MMO company I have ever seen! serious respect and gratitude! Thank you <3

Main: Thief
Alts: Warrior, Necromancer, Mesmer, Elementalist (bunker)

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Posted by: Ayestes.1273

Ayestes.1273

Pretty much exactly what I like to hear from design developers.

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Posted by: Sondergaard.8469

Sondergaard.8469

Thank you for keeping us in the loop Jonathan. I really appreciate the hard work of everyone at Arenanet, and thank you for sticking to your guns on game balance. Don’t let the memes and nownows push you guys to hasty decisions. So refreshing to hear logic and reason prevail for once.

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Posted by: MaXi.3642

MaXi.3642

thanks for update Jon, nice to hear it

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Posted by: Mammoth.1975

Mammoth.1975

Good stuff. I’m guessing they’re still keeping a close eye on bunker builds and portals, but glad to hear they’re not outsourcing game design to the forums like some other games have.

If you’re not playing to win, don’t complain when you lose.

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Posted by: Seether.7285

Seether.7285

So the first 2.5 weeks can be explained with the whole collaborative process of writing I suppose, even though it was supposedly a few days away when it was originally mentioned, but I believe its been a week or more since while streaming you said it was finished and being translated.

In another post you stated that the reason the translation has taken so long was because the localization team was busy with other things as well. This last piece of information is what I find the most disconcerting. It seems that everything in PvP has taken a back seat to PvE in this game. I believe it was you, who in beta told the players that up until 1month before release, only 1 person had been working on PvP balance. If you glance over the patch notes since release, the vast majority of fixes are specifically for PvE things. There are just so many clear examples that PvP is taking a backseat to everything else in this game.

Pretty much everyone hates 8v8, there is no dueling, and teams can’t face teams on their own competitive level reliably even with the upcoming paid tournaments. Also, there is currently nothing worthwhile for SPvP players to buy with real money. You can please all of these groups and print money by putting out rent-able private servers. The fact that this game launched without rent-able private servers is a head-scratcher as a player and pretty mind blowing from a business perspective.

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Posted by: Sprawl.3891

Sprawl.3891

not sure what point of this “update” is? It’s basically just a post saying these are our excuses as to why we haven’t done anything with pvp since release… awesome.

blog post in a few days turned into, it’s getting translated, which turned into oh well there was a long editing process even though we said it was already at the translation process a week ago.

getting tired of same old boringness. And come on, posting on forums all day = no work? Because taking 30 mins a day to address the hottest topics is a bad thing?

Sprawl – Necro – Eredon Terrace

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Posted by: JonathanSharp.7094

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Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

IGN: Chaplan
“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
-Arthur Schopenhauer

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Posted by: Mammoth.1975

Mammoth.1975

You may want to rethink telling a game dev that their world seems to lack deadlines

If you’re not playing to win, don’t complain when you lose.

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Posted by: Defektive.7283

Defektive.7283

I love that you started the post with ‘Sup’.

Love it.

Love Love Love

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Posted by: Defektive.7283

Defektive.7283

Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

THANK YOU. Those are the ones that definitely need the most observation.

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Posted by: Ezekeel.2837

Ezekeel.2837

Thanks very much for this info.

One thing I would to mention is that your team needs to put more effort into fixing bugs. I play a necro and the rate at which the bugs for this profession are fixed is really disheartening. If you do not speed this up, it might take another two or three month until the most crucial bugs are fixed and we finally can play this class as intended and judge about balancing. These are really bleak expectations.

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Posted by: Cosmic Teapot.9162

Cosmic Teapot.9162

Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

Don’t forget to keep an eye on all of the other viable elementalist builds.

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Posted by: GankSinatra.2653

GankSinatra.2653

Sup.

K bye

Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

Nvm that lets stay together forever.

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Posted by: Loafers.4126

Loafers.4126

Thanks for the update, communication has been pretty dismal since you guys stopped posting on reddit last month.

Your points on balance are solid, but there is no mention of bug fixes. Bugs obviously affect balance, and fixing them will shift power one way or the other. I would like more information about bug fixes, specifically broken traits.

Thanks.

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Posted by: fiesta.3964

fiesta.3964

I wanted to know if the 5minutes of waiting time in free tournament is being look at?! Cuz TBH, we wait more than we play with that ridiculous wait time.

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Posted by: RamzaBehoulve.5640

RamzaBehoulve.5640

Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

Before you do anything to Bunker Guardian, please have the decency of having a couple good devs play with Necro or Mesmer boon/condition manipulation builds and see how easy it is to shut down the Guardian.

People are just unwilling to adapt in my opinion.

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Posted by: WAD.6548

WAD.6548

“Really, balance is pretty good”
Do you, guys, really think that? Everybody knows how WoW idiotic unbalance crap is, but i play WoW battlegrounds hours and hours, hours and hours. Why? Cos you have chance survive even against 2 permanently bugged rogues in that game. But here, in situation 1vs2, wich always happened in spvp, you dead in 1.5-2 seconds if one of them thief.
Topics full of messages about that, but u think “balance is pretty good”.
This is absolutely abnormal, when in pvp games happens situations with instant dead with full hp for 2 seconds against 1-2 players. I classify it as bug.

“We don’t want to nerf X, then realize no one uses it”
And what you have now? Games full of thiefs and ruined pvp gameplay…

How many people say “remove quickness, it may help for a while, until next decision”? A lot. You not listen…

Nobody like insta-dead, nobody enjoy it, but game full of zerg.

Just remove (nerf) burst abilities, lower overall damage multiplier about 50% in pvp and game become a legend. So close to heaven..

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Posted by: Galdethriel.7524

Galdethriel.7524

I’m hoping that ‘watching’ is a good thing, rather than a we’re-considering-a-nerf thing… :/

Embrace simplicity! :D

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Posted by: Warmage Timeraider.5861

Warmage Timeraider.5861

Meh, make an condition build engineer.. The guardian and ele wont smile that much anymore…
But this is ofcourse no discussion thread, yust want to say i really like this post and think its the best attitude developers could have. Even though there are slightly more bugs then i hoped (they seem not that hard to fix, but i know how bad it can become ), i still think arenanet is following the right path… And even though they listen to the players yust like all other MMOs.. At the same time they also store and ignore it. And im NOT saying thats bad.. No its the opposite. At the start of an online game it is best to not be carried away by player reports because with a new game these usually are based on opinion, inexperience etc. And dont forget that 1 change to 1 proffesion can change the balance of all others. Therefor i am quite happy arenanet is carefull and thinks before pushing changes into the game.

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Posted by: kabaal.1832

kabaal.1832

Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

Ouch, tank ele is the only worthwhile spec they have. I hope you look at improving them elsewhere before nerfing it.

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Posted by: konvay.2157

konvay.2157

Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

Noooooo, you could have forgotten to say that. In your team’s opinion, what is wrong with the tank heal ele? It really doesn’t do much damage, it just survives, but not as well as the guardian it seems. I assume most issue with the mesmer is shatter effects (damage included) and the ability to carry the repair kit through portal :P?)

Appreciate the update, I’m sure many are saying “this could have been done months ago”, I don’t disagree with them (as I think I’ve stated in another thread) but you’ve explained all this elsewhere, it’s good to see this info on the official forums now!

Thanks again.

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Posted by: GankSinatra.2653

GankSinatra.2653

Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

Ouch, tank ele is the only worthwhile spec they have. I hope you look at improving them elsewhere before nerfing it.

All eles could stand to do a little more damage, and holy crap is the tank heal ele one of them. They also arent that much different from the Holy Trinity Healer which Anet doesnt want in their game.

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Posted by: Arheundel.6451

Arheundel.6451

Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

Ouch, tank ele is the only worthwhile spec they have. I hope you look at improving them elsewhere before nerfing it.

Correction-

Tank ele is the only viable build for newbs, take a decent power/balance ele and they’ll rip you another hole by the end of the fight…regardless of the profession you play

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Posted by: MajorMelchett.6042

MajorMelchett.6042

I’m really not looking forward to the next update for guardians, a 70% nerf on a skill this time (almost making it wothless to even take now), so i wonder how much of a hit preotection is going to get.

You say you don’t want to play wackamole with balance and nerf skills so no one uses them, but you took a trait in the last update from 10 seconds to 3 seconds, that to me sounds exactly like what you said you aren’t going to do.

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Posted by: Kalar Meadia.8439

Kalar Meadia.8439

Actually, I’m glad they’re watching Mesmer closely. That means if they do some sort of adjustment, it’ll be an intelligent one, and not the knee-jerk nerf recommendations they’re claiming.

Hopefully, it also means they’ll see some aspects of Mesmer that’s not working properly, and funneling builds into the same areas. Mesmers should be a bit more varied than they are now.

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Posted by: Arheundel.6451

Arheundel.6451

Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

Thank you Jon! +1 for keeping an eye on overly defensive builds and too to easy to use specs:

1) Bunker Guardian= the game mode simply can’t support a profession which can sit indefinetely on a cap point and require team coordination to be overcome or even the specific of specific professions and skills.

Unfortunately this kind of playstyle is favoured by your typical “tank” player from other MMO, hence it attracts far too many people.

But as Anet stated, in GW2 offense>defense therefore any profession should be able to take out ( based on personal skills) a guardian defending a node, when a team is forced to use certan professions to counter a guardian, then we go against the marketing principle used by Anet :" the player make the class"

2) Mesmer= Unfortunately at the moment there is no way to distinguish a pro mesmer from a bad mesmer, because the automatic pets do 80% of the job and this is bad because those phantasms do a much better job compared to what the majority of mesmer players would be able to do on their own.

I believe the power balance should be switched from phantasm and given to mesmer themself, by reducing the power of the illusion and giving this power to the mesmer skill, we won’t have a situation where every newb can use the same OP build over and over without fail

3) Tank ele= passive healing builds are always the favourite of new players who can’t adapt to the new system, the removal of this gimmick will force people to look over their shoulders…hopefully

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Posted by: Ryld.1340

Ryld.1340

Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

Please don’t destroy my healing as Ele.

It’s all I have and all I’ve ever wanted to do.

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Posted by: Aether McLoud.1975

Aether McLoud.1975

Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

WHAT? Does this mean you’re going to nerf the only viable spec that eles have? Because if you don’t go high toughness and heal on an ele you simply aren’t viable.
Ele damage output is extremely subpar, even more so in tank spec. Burst specs simply are not viable at all. And you’re “watching” (by what I get “waiting to nerf”) our only viable spec? So should I simply reroll right now?

Also, no mention of ele downed state?

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Posted by: KogarasuMaru.7036

KogarasuMaru.7036

Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

Please don’t destroy my healing as Ele.

It’s all I have and all I’ve ever wanted to do.

I feel your pain. I used to have a D/D ele back in BWE 1 that did damage.

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Posted by: Arheundel.6451

Arheundel.6451

I’m really not looking forward to the next update for guardians, a 70% nerf on a skill this time (almost making it wothless to even take now), so i wonder how much of a hit preotection is going to get.

You say you don’t want to play wackamole with balance and nerf skills so no one uses them, but you took a trait in the last update from 10 seconds to 3 seconds, that to me sounds exactly like what you said you aren’t going to do.

Funny how even ele got 3s duration traits giving protection..and I’m doing just great with it! I believe that Anet never wanted a profession to sit idle on a point while defending against 3 people while calling them “noob l2p”….time to adapt

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Posted by: Knyx.5926

Knyx.5926

Well most MMOs have test servers to test builds or patches, but I think they should be exponentially more liberal, just with a disclaimer (like don’t ever expect ANY of this to reach live). Like a test server where there are devs dedicated to just doing knee-jerk changes; Doesn’t matter if it is a buff, nerf, or just to test out a bug fix.

With that said, I think any next generation MMO that wants to advertise highest balance possible will do something like the following:

Introduce a downloadable “test” server package. It will open the game but the area you play in might only be like the size and scope of The Mists. It will also have it’s own specialized admin console, and screen recorder built in (like fraps). It may also come with an editable database file where people can make changes like " Let me take this self root off Pistol Whip", save the build, then load it into the “test” server on the customer’s machine. From there they can test the build, and all changes at different angles, spawning mobs or having multiple clients on their machine logged into the server to test the effectiveness on certain/all classes and builds. At the same they can record their testing and publish their findings with the video and the database changes on a website or specialized forum. From there the devs can view and critique ideas from the community as a whole, a community that would know have an exponentially better understanding of the game, the work that gos into it, and show that they care about the health of the game itself. This will in turn will actually help developers do their job, cut a huge chunk out of the “OMG NERF X and BUff Y” threads that spam every MMOs forums.

Just my idea for the future

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Posted by: Arheundel.6451

Arheundel.6451

Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

WHAT? Does this mean you’re going to nerf the only viable spec that eles have? Because if you don’t go high toughness and heal on an ele you simply aren’t viable.
Ele damage output is extremely subpar, even more so in tank spec. Burst specs simply are not viable at all. And you’re “watching” (by what I get “waiting to nerf”) our only viable spec? So should I simply reroll right now?

Also, no mention of ele downed state?

Who ever said the healing build is the only viable one?..

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Posted by: Aether McLoud.1975

Aether McLoud.1975

Who ever said the healing build is the only viable one?..

Pretty much everyone who plays ele in tournaments.

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Posted by: Ayestes.1273

Ayestes.1273

In regard to Mesmers, Phantasm builds aren’t even an issue. That’s something that people are overreacting to. Losing to a Phantasm Mesmer is like losing to a 100B Warrior or Pistol Whip Thief. The problem is the Shatter Mesmer build, which is a little too powerful due to it’s damage combined with massive boon removal. Mostly due to the low, low cooldown of Mind Wrack and what it can do with Illusionary Persona. Portals are also a problem on with Trebuchet repairs, in my opinion.

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Posted by: Arheundel.6451

Arheundel.6451

Who ever said the healing build is the only viable one?..

Pretty much everyone who plays ele in tournaments.

So…it’s just you then…I play d/d or s/f in tournament and do great with both of them, the d/d is the best roamer/assaulter in the game while s/f is just a little different

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Posted by: BobF.3509

BobF.3509

“When did they say that there is a deadline for that blog -_-” ?

Stop being so disrespectful, you are not that important. You are one amongst many and for every hater there is out there, 10 lovers of Arenanet stand ready to support Arenanet."

I’m afraid Sprawl is 110% correct. I’ve worked for big companies, and small ones, and the Reality of the situation is always the same: you make a commitment to finish something by xyz date, and if it isn’t done, corrective action is taken. All the while, you have several other projects you made commitments on. THAT is reality. Some things are done by committee and signed off by various depts, other times you are expected to produce mind-blowing, award-winning results all by yourself. The fact that there’s this delay on a blog post, of all things, is disappointing. It speaks to a paranoia that somehow your executive leadership is somehow fearful of misrepresentation and an online reprisal from a bunch of rabid gaming nerds. Well here’s more reality: every other company, big and small, is guilty of the same thing. This leads to one logical conclusion: priorities change, plans change, mmo gaming development timelines change. Everyone who has had a professional job and modicum of maturity will not hold your feet to the fire if just one of your lines of blog text happens to be less than 100% accurate. This “update” is, frankly, empty excuses imo, the kind of thing I would say if I was weeks late on a project and had to answer to someone.

All people want is a written commitment to the improvements in pvp that are sorely needed, and a general timeframe on when we might see those implemented. Dancing around this with some “update” on when we’re getting an update is just more blatant marketing brinksmanship (I’m in marketing, and have developed collateral much to the same effect, so this kind of thing is transparent to me). You’re going to lose players and profits by waiting, regardless if your blog post is pristine or not. Communication, communication of substance, is key here.

I will get hate for this post, I don’t care. This kind of tough love is necessary; people are passionate about the game, myself included, and desire a greater transparency into what we can look forward to. Game development is not a matter of national security, and the corporate veil of secrecy is getting tiresome. Patience will wear thin, and people will move on to other games (your competitors). Holding onto some notion that fanboys will keep your franchise afloat is highly dubious. Please see the massive graveyard of other mmo games for reference. People want to see some confirmation that things are getting fixed, implemented and adjusted. Otherwise, it’s failure and layoffs, and the gaming universe sadly watches another game not reach it’s full potential. This game’s pvp is excellent, much more highly evolved than what currently exists. Don’t waste this potential, please, with corporate processes and paranoia.

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Posted by: Aether McLoud.1975

Aether McLoud.1975

Who ever said the healing build is the only viable one?..

Pretty much everyone who plays ele in tournaments.

So…it’s just you then…I play d/d or s/f in tournament and do great with both of them, the d/d is the best roamer/assaulter in the game while s/f is just a little different

Weapon selection has pretty much nothing to do with spec on ele. You can play tank with all the weapons, it’s still one and the only viable spec.

Also, if you really think D/D ele right now is the best roamer in the game you should seriously try to play another class too. Everything eles can do (besides being tanky/healy) any other class can do better. Engineers for example, or thieves.

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Posted by: Sprawl.3891

Sprawl.3891

Sup. I wanted to give you guys some quick updates and talk about a few things:

This takes a while, and usually means I sit with an editor going line by line making sure that my intention is preserved through the editing process. If any of you have written dissertations or college papers for a strict professor, you know that the editing process can take a while to get correct. That’s just how it is in the real world.

I work in the real world too, but in my “real world” we have deadlines, so if I tell a Client we will have the report issued, including all edits, revisions, etc. by a certain date it is our obligation to meet that date at all costs. Your real world seems to lack deadlines.

When did they say that there is a deadline for that blog -_-" ?

Stop being so disrespectful, you are not that important. You are one amongst many and for every hater there is out there, 10 lovers of Arenanet stand ready to support Arenanet.

that’s my point. there isn’t one. yet in the real world there are deadlines. instead we were told a few days which turned into a few weeks.

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Posted by: MajorMelchett.6042

MajorMelchett.6042

@Arheundel.6451 (can’t quote), true the ele has traits that last 3 seconds, but that really isn’t the point. The point was they took a trait that was being abused on a specific build and hit it with a 70% nerf on duration that affected all builds uisng it.

In essence they took the trait from 1 extreme to the other, from being way to long (it really was), to being way to short (for how often it can be used) – this is something the 1st post states they aren’t going to do (wackamole balance changes).

Zilori: Guardian – Desolation.
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Posted by: Arheundel.6451

Arheundel.6451

In regard to Mesmers, Phantasm builds aren’t even an issue. That’s something that people are overreacting to. Losing to a Phantasm Mesmer is like losing to a 100B Warrior or Pistol Whip Thief. The problem is the Shatter Mesmer build, which is a little too powerful due to it’s damage combined with massive boon removal. Mostly due to the low, low cooldown of Mind Wrack and what it can do with Illusionary Persona. Portals are also a problem on with Trebuchet repairs, in my opinion.

Pretty much this!
The shatter build does far too much dmg combined with the 2-3 sequential daze with keep you in place for the whole shatter duration…

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Posted by: Kalar Meadia.8439

Kalar Meadia.8439

…maybe you can tell me how to be bad with a power based phantasm build which doesn’t use moa form if ..eventually losing, in case you forget bad or good mesmer…the phantasm still deal the same uber dmg and still have a -10s CD

And if you’re getting hit by the predictable damage from Phantasms, and not properly clearning them, you’re bad yourself.

Every phantasm summon, without exception, has a cast time, has a motion.

A glass cannon Built mesmer will have Phantasms that hit hard, and little else. In which case, you’re foolish not to have your roamer pursue and kill said mesmer as their survivability is limited, and you’re playing into their hands by giving them breathing room.

Let me make this clear.

A bad mesmer throws his illusions at you in hopes they do the job for him. A good mesmer insures the illusions preform their function. They save their cooldowns so that the illusions come up at the correct time instead of chasing you until they shatter on the invisible wall of their maximum range.

You’ll fight a bad mesmer and be frustrated. You’ll fight a good mesmer and wonder wtf hit you.

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Posted by: Alzzary.4102

Alzzary.4102

How about Frenzy / haste / etc ruinning gameplay ?

I mean, killing someone in 3 sec is not what I call gameplay. That is uninterresting, and the only viable way to play thief (for instance) atm with no condition build is to play with haste… Because haste is really stronger than any crit based build.

If you find this normal, then forget that. But I just hate the “I win button” builds like 100B and Pistolwhip builds, because they have very, very, very, very, very low skillcaps.

Guild Wars 2 is the first MMO in which I see a buff such as 100% attack speed for only 150% damage taken (frenzy for instance) while is was 33% attack speed in GW1 with 200% damage taken.

Do you really plan to build any E-sport or skill-based gameplay with such broken mechanic ?

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Posted by: Sanis.1096

Sanis.1096

How about Frenzy / haste / etc ruinning gameplay ?

I mean, killing someone in 3 sec is not what I call gameplay. That is uninterresting, and the only viable way to play thief (for instance) atm with no condition build is to play with haste… Because haste is really stronger than any crit based build.

If you find this normal, then forget that. But I just hate the “I win button” builds like 100B and Pistolwhip builds, because they have very, very, very, very, very low skillcaps.

Guild Wars 2 is the first MMO in which I see a buff such as 100% attack speed for only 150% damage taken (frenzy for instance) while is was 33% attack speed in GW1 with 200% damage taken.

Do you really plan to build any E-sport or skill-based gameplay with such broken mechanic ?

venom share is viable

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Posted by: Kalar Meadia.8439

Kalar Meadia.8439

On Shatter Builds.

Shatter builds end up being heavy burst damage, and looks good on paper, but it’s not sustainable.

Shatters can be evaded, Clones, the essential fuel of shatter builds, and be destroyed before they get to you if you maintain your AoEs.

As far kittenter cooldowns. The reason why cooldowns seem like such a problem with Illusionary Persona is because it’s 30 points down the Illusions line, which, as it’s passive stat increase, lowers the cooldown of shatters by 30%. (down to 12 seconds on mind wrack) without other skills/traits that colors.

Problem is, hitting the recast on Shatter would hurt shatters further on every other build.

It also takes a 30 0 0 0 30 build (10 randomly) to really do. Push the most out of shatters, which leaves a Mesmer lacking in defensive measures many mesmers take advatnage of.

Easier to kill a shatter based mesmer.

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Posted by: denyitbattle.2609

denyitbattle.2609

Thanks for the update!

Personally, I think getting the tools to better help form a competitive community will be the single biggest boost in helping the meta shake itself out.

If there was a great avenue to see high-end players participate in tournaments, it would help quell a bunch of the “OMG NERF X!” “X is lame and you are bad” “…..”.

Simply the main issue is ignorance, but it is an extremely reasonable issue because the community is at its very infancy along with the PvP esport support.

I think the ideas and the framework are all in place making it just a matter of time really. I would just encourage the devs to really look at strong promotion for winning major high-end events and providing avenues and promotion for the viewing of high-quality streams (really just developing a great community, I’m not saying anything they don’t know here). It seems like there is really a community out there just chomping at the bit for the opportunity to invest themselves in the competitive atmosphere of this game.

Right now its like we are all playing in a dark room with no windows but with a bunch of confusing shouting echoing off the walls. Playing in the light of day with a gold carrot on the horizon will be glorious =).

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Posted by: Khenzy.9348

Khenzy.9348

Oh ya, wanted to add: yes, we’re watching Mesmers, bunker Guardians and tank heal Ele’s. Forgot to add that.

Another one here, you made my day!
Don’t forget Thieves, they are pretty rampant in tournaments right now, and that’s for a reason.