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From another post, but more to the point… https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/What-happened-to-Play-your-way/first#post5233643
Warlock.7136 “People have run the math. there are literally less build options availible now. this is a simple immutable fact. i feel the pain of the “we lost play your way” crowd. i posted a similar thread about how this update made 20+ characters’ builds(MY builds) unrecreatable. my main a rez engine ret dmg tank for wvw was able to be recovered to 75% of what he was. but it cost me 100g+ and 70 ectos. this was just because of the stat change. would it have been so hard for anet to given us a one time stat change on our gear instead of charging us a ludicrous amount of gold just to deal with this update?
on the trait note 1-2 charcters per class can now play the only useful builds in each class. i had 4 level 80 wars all with differnt fun builds. now all my wars read the same. Max trait line for weapon/max trait line for healing/max trait line for utility.
they have taken the spectrum of build “colors” as it were and replaced it with a black and white min/maxer system. i have been with gw1 sense initial NA release of prophecies. i buy from gem shop to support them including my 20+ character slots that are now useless(thanks for taking my money and then reducing what i bought to garbage) i also buy 2 of every expansion they have made.(one for me and one for my wife) but that too won’t be happening unless we see a rollback update or an announcement of a minimum 5 new trait lines for each class. my wife who has enjoyed playing with me all these years has all but stopped playing because they ruined the one character she played. i think it says something about the direction of the game when they chase off so many original gw players who have supported this company for years(as mentioned above even financially) again i’ve said my piece let your unhelpful hate posts spew forth.”
I have played since beta, but the recent changes (or restrictions) on build choices (traits) has me seriously considering moving to a different game.
My builds used ALL aspects of the game as I expect most seasoned players did. From trait stats, mix/match armor/weapons/trinkets, food, infusions, runes, sigils, wvw buffs, etc. I enjoyed robbing stats from one to prop up another which seems no longer available since the June 23 patch. It has also add the need for more of the same stat weapons/trinkets/armor (more crafting, ugg).
This seems to be a pattern for MMO’s as a very similar situation happened in World of Warcraft when they expanded WOTLK to CATA (imo of course). It also seems to be done to find new players by care-bearing the system, but it also profoundly steps on the backs of the seasoned players that supported the game from it’s release.
If I have to relearn my entire play style due to the sweeping changes the devs made. I might as well look at all MMO’s on the market since I’m relearning how to play anyway.
Just my two cents, glad I didn’t pre-purchased, came close, let the flaming commence <smirk>.
BTW, It doesn’t seem as if the healing stat scaled up with damage either. Yes/No?
I tested this for about 3hrs. IMO the math is solid. You have surpassed this “bug” with runes. Thx for responding…
[“Guard”] 1/15 (Shout Mastery – 15 – 20% = 12)
Beastmastery – [Shout Mastery] Shouts Recharge 20% Faster.
Nature Magic – [Nature’s Voice] Swiftness 13 Sec (33% Speed).
1.135 sec before [Pet Recall, F3] can be cast. 0.135 sec added to a 1 sec cast timer.
13.05 sec before [“Guard”] can be cast again. 1.05 sec added to a 12 sec cooldown.
That’s a total of 14.185 sec to recast this skill chain OR 1.185 sec w/o speed.
In conclusion if the skill cast time + skill cooldown = 13 sec and the boon from that skill is 13 sec there should be zero downtime if timed right. What am I missing? Tool Tip error?
Thx
There’s a similar post for Warriors and close to the same timing issues here – https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Boon-Duration-vs-Cooldown-bugged/first#post4186777
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[“Guard”] 1/15 (Shout Mastery – 15 – 20% = 12)
Beastmastery – [Shout Mastery] Shouts Recharge 20% Faster.
Nature Magic – [Nature’s Voice] Swiftness 13 Sec (33% Speed).
1.135 sec before [Pet Recall, F3] can be cast. 0.135 sec added to a 1 sec cast timer.
13.05 sec before [“Guard”] can be cast again. 1.05 sec added to a 12 sec cooldown.
That’s a total of 14.185 sec to recast this skill chain OR 1.185 sec w/o speed.
In conclusion if the skill cast time + skill cooldown = 13 sec and the boon from that skill is 13 sec there should be zero downtime if timed right. What am I missing? Tool Tip error?
Thx
There’s a similar post for Warriors and close to the same timing issues here – https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Boon-Duration-vs-Cooldown-bugged/first#post4186777
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Normally I would not respond to a straw man argument, but I really wanted to express my appreciation for those that have supported me. So there is one photo/video of me allegedly stuck in a wall w/o any name tag visible in said wall, right? And this is proof of a hack? I can’t even begin to count the times I have jumped/dodged/bannered/knocked into a supposedly solid structure or thru the map. I have also seen other players scale walls only to have them return to the ground five seconds later which was due to lag, but it would make for a problematic screenshot if taken at the right time. Of course none of this will matter to my detractors because it’s not convent for them to admit they made a mistake and missed finding me.
For the record I have never hacked into a keep that I have ported players into, period. Furthermore I don’t intend for this post to be an invite for an open dialogue as I will not respond to future posts. The “opinions” are now out there for ANET to decide.
P.S. BTW only one poster was accurate with my account name, could there be another player with a similar character name, special letters, etc?
P.P.S. ANET it would be appreciated if enemy to enemy tells could be globally turned off to prevent harassment.
./peace
@penatbater.4710 – Spot on… Thx vm…
Yesterday I bought the “Krytan Armor Skin” it has yet to be delivered to my in-game mailbox. Same thing has happened to the free “Wizard’s Hat” x3. Is this a known bug and if so what/how to fix it. I submitted an in-game bug report. I’m a bit irritated at the lack of in-game GM support/contact. Thx …
@RossBiddle – Whenever I see a response discounting/ignoring one of the main points “A player should not be forced into a build they don’t like either.” I wounder why they even made the post. The point is ALL specs should be viable. Furthermore this is about iBerserkers as the tag line notes not clones for a shatter build.
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@Disastro – shatter builds only work if “IF” your summing spells work and as of now due to the changes they don’t work very often. A player should not be forced into a build they don’t like either. Also this is about PvP for me as I don’t PvE unless I have too.
Phantasm (Berserker) – Now that they (all Phantasms really) have profoundly suffered from the nerf bat. What is the replacement AOE dps for this class? Oh, wait there isn’t one… The Berserker could be made into an unkillable gtarget (twice the size of other classes since it’s moving) that hits everything within a specific area similar to other classes. If not then other classes should suffer the same in their AOE spells in that they can’t wrap over walls and areas they can’t see and remove splash damage too.