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Eh no? No one has ever tried to convince me to stop playing Rev at all.. its my own decision after 2 weeks of playing and noticing more and more things i can’t enjoy. The 3 people PMing were not salty what so ever and actually had great discussions with them.
Assumptions 
Revs was nerfed to oblivion. Also added some bugs after those nerfs that are not being addressed. That and it being a melee effective class makes it a very hard class to master.
“staves are brittle fragile canes not made for smashing heads.” – not the Dominator Staff and Lightward’s Battlestaff. Plus staff 5 used to be good and does multiple whacks if aimed properly but the damage was nerfed to oblivion.
As for tips, hmm… If you put 4 different weapon swap sigils on your weapons and you change legend then swap weapons immediately, ALL 4 sigils procs. So effectively having 4 sigils work every 10 seconds and the same time if traited right removes condi and stunbreaks and copies remaining conditions to enemies.
So i keep hearing, guess im lucky enough to have started playing Rev after the nerfs i dont know what they used to be like.
I love the melee idea, just not so much that everything costs energy and thus dramatically reducing your effective options.
Good call on the stave skins! Sadly they are either from a high end raid or an RNG kittenstorm wich i rather not dip into
Going to try the swap sigils, hope it’ll be as effective as it sounds cool.
Rev is my favorite class in the game, thematically speaking, but it has a pretty major conceptual problem that needs to be dealt with. The tldr version is that they have an overly-restricting design, and that too much of their usefulness comes from the elite Glint stance.
Originally, they did not have weapon swap, but this was found to limit them too much as the ability to change utilities in combat didn’t do a great job of replacing the versatility of weapon swap, kits, and attunements, so it was added late in development.
This, however, really only served to further highlight the holes in their design. Not only does each utility set perform a specific function with little synergy between them, but each one of them is also tied only to a single weapon set. This means that both their weapon swapping and utility swapping are much less useful than you would expect them to be. The latter (only) sees a dramatic improvement in usefulness only upon the attainment of the elite Glint stance, which means Revs feel particularly unpolished and incomplete while leveling 1-80.
This issue is 90% of why Revenants feel clunky in play, especially during leveling pre-80. They need 1-2 more base weapon choices to help alleviate this, such as a condi or hybrid ranged weapon and a hybrid melee weapon. OR they need to have weapon swap removed in favor of something more creative to compensate. Lastly, they need at least somewhat better synergy between their different stances – focusing mostly on Jalis since it’s the main pre-Glint support line and it really should be more competitive with the other stances.
Exactly what i’m expiriencing, yes. Thanks for the brief explaination.
Imo Glint stance should be removed and implemented in a similair fashion as the Guardian Virtues, this would kinda make it lose its uniqueness but at least it’ll be effective.
And since 95% of the players are always running Glint anyway they might aswell make it more Passive to open more options for the other stances.
I would say Greatswords would be a good option for Revenant, it fits the role and would add some more balanced Abilities. Just having a stance and no weapon swap would be great but the stances absolutely need to be better to make up for that..
And yes Jali does seem the least effective so far but still quite good with the stability field and group Ultimate, it just feels like it lacks that extra ability that makes it worth using over other stances.
Rev is a great support class. We give other people boons while taking the conditions off them, so they can fight better. Our damage is decent, and we can give good chase with Axe offhand and even have a reveal for those pesky thieves. When timed right, Infuse Light can keep you in the fight longer than many classes. But for a 1v1, you’ll have to work much harder than the other heavy armor classes do.
You are describing Guardian basically, they can do the same with less effort and more utility..? I mean, yeh.. whats the point of Revenant in this case? :P
So i’ve returned to this wonderfull game after a 3+ year break, bought HoT, 4000 gems, bought a new class slot and was totally ready to kick it on my Revenant.
Sadly after playing for about a week and a half i cant help but feel weak and kinda bummed out. There doesnt seem to be much depth to the class at all, even though it has the different stances it feels like the least dynamic class so far.
Now i totally understand why i barely see Revenants anywhere, surely this was different when the expansion first launched but right now you’d be hard pressed to spot one… wich is unheard of for a new class in an MMO like this.
-Auto attacking is dull but way to often is the only option as everything costs energy wich you so desperately need for all the other skills.
-Condition Build seems to be promoted but not very good..?
-Hammer is ranged, Staff is Melee… I’m sure i missed something in the lore but to me this is so absurdly unlogical that i have trouble enjoying playing with either. This class needs a Greatsword, a “normal” Hammer or at least something cool to whack with, staves are brittle fragile canes not made for smashing heads.
-Generally i tend to feel like i’m missing something cool and epic that other classes have.
Dunno, Revenant seems like something i really should enjoy but simply don’t, it’s weird.
I’m considering just playing Guard again but since my new GF already mains guard (along with about half my server
) i kinda want to make this work.
Any tips or ideas would be most welcome
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Very dissapointing, we joined as a party and all got putup with random people who didnt speak a word.
Nvm this event i guess
As GW2 is all about cosmetics i went all out and spent a good hour or two browsing various sites and trying to find a fitting set beside the standard badge ones (wich aren’t too fantastic imo)
I currently have the CoE Shoulders and SE kilt but i seem to be completely unable to find gloves, chest and boots that fit my style at all.
Any input would be great, thanks!
