Guild Wars 2

I think its only fair.

If my AOE can only affect 5 players at a time, then a portal should only affect 5 as well.

No. It’s fine at 20.

Eh, I look at it in the same way as unsteady ground. But yeah, the fact that AOEs only hit 5 targets is ridiculous. They aren’t even AoE anymore XD

Mesmers need to be deleted. Nah they need a real rework. IMO they need it more than any other class. Portals and Veil are both Imba. I guess limiting this stuff like AoEs would help, but I think in general Mesmers just need a rework.

nah. mesmers (and their skills) are fine. otherwise GW2 will be just another hack-and-slash game without strategy……

azizul.8469:

nah. mesmers (and their skills) are fine. otherwise GW2 will be just another hack-and-slash game without strategy……

Yep.

Also, AoE being limited to 5 enemies is fine. If there were no limit on AoE, on some rare instances I could inflict over 100,000 damage on a zerg with a single ability as an ele, and over 500,000 in under 5 seconds. That would be way OP.

20 person portals are fine, and they add a lot of spice to WvW.

Sounds like someone didn’t get away from the big glowing shiny pink portal.

Portals are fine.

Someone just got wrecked by a portal bomb. C:

Dis zerg mentality.

People still portal bomb? I haven’t seen a successful portal bomb in weeks. They are rare in tier 1 now unless you want to wipe.

Burl.9567:

People still portal bomb? I haven’t seen a successful portal bomb in weeks. They are rare in tier 1 now unless you want to wipe.

Yeah I see BG do it every day lol. I got used to it, but its still OP.

sostronk.8167:

Mesmers need to be deleted. Nah they need a real rework. IMO they need it more than any other class. Portals and Veil are both Imba. I guess limiting this stuff like AoEs would help, but I think in general Mesmers just need a rework.

Says the thief.

someone got kicked by portal bomb XD

Burl.9567:

People still portal bomb? I haven’t seen a successful portal bomb in weeks. They are rare in tier 1 now unless you want to wipe.

It’s used all the time in T1.

Josh P.1296:

sostronk.8167:

Mesmers need to be deleted. Nah they need a real rework. IMO they need it more than any other class. Portals and Veil are both Imba. I guess limiting this stuff like AoEs would help, but I think in general Mesmers just need a rework.

Says the thief.

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Portals are hardly an overwhelming tactic any more. I only see them used in select situations.

Honestly Mesmers are right where they should be, Anet should only fix bugs associated with the Mesmer tooltip seeing that some of their skill does not work as intended. Classes that needs rework are Necro, Engineers and Ranger with Ranger being the most in need of a fix. With all these talks about nerfing Thieves, which I think is find BTW, Anet should actually look into bringing other classes in line with the so called OP classes.

That being said, the Culling issue needs a fix.

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Lets do it!
I support the 5 person mesmer portal idea!

Couldn’t disagree more. In fact, they should remove the cap and revert it back to how it was before. People don’t realize… portals, veil, guardian bubbles, ele swirls… these skills liven up WvW, removing or nerfing them makes WvW instantly more boring and less strategic. If anything, they need to add a relevant WvW skill for every class.

Instead of complaining about how powerful portal bombs are, you should try to realize that you can use them to your advantage. See an enemy mesmer? Think there’s a portal bomb incoming? Well, why don’t you focus AoE on the portal and devastate everyone coming through? Get a couple warriors to use hundred blades over it and watch as people melt. Honestly, portal bombing is almost always only effective against groups that are too focused/not paying enough attention to stop auto-attacking the door and focus attacks on the portal.

People think portal bombs are strategic.. wow just wow.

Portals allow players to traverse a distance without risk of taking damage. Of course they can be used strategically… But 20 is fine, it’s a shame the 90s cooldown stuck…

elderan.2638:

Couldn’t disagree more. In fact, they should remove the cap and revert it back to how it was before. People don’t realize… portals, veil, guardian bubbles, ele swirls… these skills liven up WvW, removing or nerfing them makes WvW instantly more boring and less strategic. If anything, they need to add a relevant WvW skill for every class.

Well said.

Exactly my point – the only time that it’s “strategic” is when it’s being used against a brainless mob to begin with. It’s laughably easy to counter otherwise and all the attempts at portal-bombing that I’ve recently witnessed have ended up horribly for the bombers.

That being said, I think that portal bombing will just continue to be ineffective and will disappear from usage in WvW, and consequently portal should not be changed as it has plenty of other WvW applications for transporting more than five people which would get inadvertently nerfed if people with little to no situational and environmental awareness keep complaining about this outdated tactic.

Bunzy.8674:

People think portal bombs are strategic.. wow just wow.

I’d say it’s tactical.

Yeah Bunzy doesn’t like mesmers because they repeatedly destroy him 1v1. I’d ignore him. Portals changing to a 5-man cap wouldn’t change much. Any smart group will have more than a few mesmers in it anyway.

bunzy o bunzy…. yeah.. he despise mesmers for owning his kitten.

Portals are fine, aoe should hit 20 ppl instead

Why is it always American players that complain about portal bombs? On EU they are a pretty much a non-factor. In fact, it’s a bad idea to try and portal bomb because it’s so incredibly easy to counter.

Bunzy.8674:

Lets do it!
I support the 5 person mesmer portal idea!

I agree as well, but only because if 1 thing is stupidly limited to 5, all things should be.

Bunzy.8674:

People think portal bombs are strategic.. wow just wow.

I said portals are strategic, not sure what you consider a “bomb” to be… is moving a force around using portals always considered to be a bomb or is that reserved for portalling directly on top of the enemy (which these days is really only useful to wipe a siege line)? Because the mobility factor that portal provides is pretty awesome for a coordinated force that can use it to outmanuver the enemy.

Vazir.5867:

Portals are fine, aoe should hit 20 ppl instead

That’s exactly my point.

Thanks for the support.

Intigo.1653:

Why is it always American players that complain about portal bombs? On EU they are a pretty much a non-factor. In fact, it’s a bad idea to try and portal bomb because it’s so incredibly easy to counter.

Funny, I find EU people complaining about it pretty regularly too. Nice try on the troll attempt though.

azizul.8469:

nah. mesmers (and their skills) are fine. otherwise GW2 will be just another hack-and-slash game without strategy……

Terrible defense of an imba class.

Making them balanced would not remove strategy. And the combat in this game will guarantee it will not be like any other MMO.

Except Wildstar. Their combat looks better. LOL Yeah I said it.