Guild Wars 2

you are 1 year late m8

This video really shows how pathetic and terribly useless dd ele is after Elite specs, nice effort anyway

Combat log has always been bugged, you never know if those numbers are corrects, expecially with condis

watch and learn

Exedore.6320:

OP is spot on. Power creep has killed any fun in GW2 PvP.

and WvW, for how much it counts =.=

Asrat.2645:

Loving this.
Digging out smthng like this is like a big punch in the face of all ‘the game used to be great but HoT ruined it/elitespecs ruined it/trait overhaul ruined it’-folks.

Actually the game used to be way better before HoT/eslitespecs/trait overhaul ruined it.
This doesnt mean it was perfect, I’m sorry but if you dont realise it you are just a blind folk

Aza.2105:

Allie Murdock.8152:

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The solution has always been there, INTRODUCE more counter play mechanics. Dealing with players who abuse evade? There should modest portion of skills that go through evade. Got a player who abuses block? There should be more skills that are unblockable. Got a player who abuses stealth? There should be more anti stealth skills that exist for each class.

And this is exactly what we DONT need, STOP INTRODUCING START REMOVING

But ye, we shouldnt even bother tbh It’s not worth anyway..

God bless OP, agree on every single one of your points, being thinking about this for a very long time.
Powercreep actually started way back the 23rd of June 2015 aka Specializations Patch (trait system rework once again)
There is also something else to say, all the solutions are really nice to read but you all have to realise Anet is (sadly) completly clueless about balancing the game in his actual state, they are not ever gonna be capable of fixing such a complicate and long time stacked powercreep.
Accept the game in the state it is or simply quit, it won’t get fixed.

Mike O Brien.4613:

We shipped a new region full of extremely repetitive, boring and frustrating content, a new grindy and mandatory mastery system, gliding seriously?, guild halls time-gated? ? gold sink? ? useful? barely, a new clearly OP so more people will buy the xpac profession, nine unhealty for the entire game new elite specializations aka upgrade for existing professions, and more ???. Then we shipped precursor journeys for existing legendaries, and said, “We’ve been working hard on new legendary weapons except the Raven Staff has been data-mined something like 2 years ago, the first handful of which will be introduced in Heart of Thorns, with more to come in subsequent updates. except we only get 1”

Let’s add something..
- the failure of PvP Leagues and Stronghold
- Desert Borderlands and WvW, probably the biggest failure
- Raids, the new level of dungeon farm restricted for hardcore pve players, and it’s only 1, and it’s not even finished yet :>
- Fractals update, people still speedrun 4/5 Swamps x day, Instability are still an example of terrible design, just like the increase of thoughness/Hp pool on bosses.
- Adventures, which gets locked by map events, why would u even..god…
- Legendary backpacks, nope, only the pvp one is available
- I guess we can consider the Action Camera Mode as content at this point.

What if instead of working on the next expansion you work on this expansion, make revenants and new elite specs less braindead, improve pvp leagues, do something for WvW kitten , for guild halls even, release raids, fix kittening mai trin, where the kitten is legendary equipment?

Ithilwen.1529:

Look, Mesmer just got kicked clean out of the meta by this sort of QQ thread. Please go complain about something else. I’d suggest thief.

You got what you wanted. Mesmer is dead. GO AWAY

Not sure if stooopid or Kappa

the problem is those passives are usually super kittening strong

Leet0 Interview BabyRage

Warcry.1596:

Over.2137:

Probably everyone who wanted it since there are no requirements.

What sort of requirements would there be? You do have to win A lot. And maintaining a win streak can be hard for some.

Q with parties, get matched against solo players, profit.

Probably everyone who wanted it since there are no requirements.

You may wanna do a “Top 5 Plays of the YEAR” with the current meta…

I dont think “making <insert core class here> work” is in the radar sorry mate.
Ah and probably will never be. FeelsBadMan

Dont’ do it, save time, effort, money and u won’t be disappointed

Wait, are you telling me there actually are people in WvW?

Even if the overhaul will be somehow half decent I highly doubt people are willing to go back to WvW.
My prediction: it will attract some old and new player for a little bit before completly fallin into oblivion.

LEET0 TAKE MY ENERGY

So, yes, they hope to add autoloot to wvw some time, but no idea on when they will be able to do so.

You probably need to wait 3 years again and maybe pull in another 50 dollahs, meanwhile enjoy this new shiny outfit :^)

Always hated EB. capped Stonemist 56 times in 3 years of WvW.
Now it looks like heaven compared to borderlands

The way they “manage” WvW is going to kill it and I believe we aren’t so far from it, everything will become EotM-Queensdale Train very soon if nothing happens

Dahir.4158:

I’m sorry that you fell victim to a build you couldn’t beat before.

I’m sorry for all the people who need builds like this to actually have a chance to kill something.

Dahir.4158:

Over.2137:

Condi ele meta? nice joke m8

Typical d/d ele yh?

There are already enough kittenty players getting carried by cheesy builds, you are only promoting that.

Condi ele meta? nice joke m8

Azure.8670:

Perplexity runes? Garbage.

I gotta get me some

Killing bad players you wouldn’t even kill without Perplexity runes, yeah pretty garbage.

Avead.5760:

i think the shock wave when its churning earth is a thing for a very long time.
Just a description error.Btw i wish it becomes shockwave even without the blast..
It used to be like that in beta and it would be just amazing in every possible way

Ye I just noticed aswell, weird tho…
Why isnt it fixed yet? It’s only confusing…

EDIT: Wiki says Churning Earth (with substantial differences ofc)

The Evasive Arcana proc on Earth Attunement is being changed from Churning Earth to Shockwave according to that_shaman and IntoTheMists build calculators, I have re-watched the Ready-Up Livestream and Anet doesnt mention anything about it.
Can I have this thing explained? ‘Cause that’s a pretty big change imo.

Class doesnt matter, buy Perplexity and autowin everything

Totally agree with you here, I just want to say that Condi is not THAT MUCH passive, it depends on the build, there are Power builds that are even more passive then Condi ones.

Joe.4178:

How to get condition damage?
- Condition Damage stat

I think you should add Condition Duration and Precision here, making this…

Joe.4178:

How to get power damage? You need to combine:
- Power stat
- Precision stat
- Critical Damage % stat
That’s 1 stat verses 3. Condition damage can be coupled with defensive stats aka condition bunkers, working at maximum damage output and maximum defence 24/7.
Power builds cannot have maximum damage output coupled with maximum survival.

…Not true.

Joe.4178:

How to avoid taking direct damage (power builds)?
- Kite
- Stay out of their range
- Use CC’s
- Dodge roll through melee so they have to 180 and get back into melee range again
- Build distance through leaps/shadowsteps/charges
- Evasion/blind/block/0 damage abilities

I think this is wrong, u can AVOID Power AND Condition with all this things you listed.

Joe.4178:

How to avoid taking condition damage?
- Only through condition removal skills (of which there is not enough to combat the condition spam).

Wrong, once again.
Condition removal is what you need to “be safe”, “cleanse” (i dont know how to explain it, my english is a bit poor, but i think you can understand) from Condition Damage.
Exactly the same way you need Heals to “be safe”, “counter” Power Damage
BUT
Heals still counters Condition Damage!
AND
You can use Condi cleanse as soon as you get hitt by a condition -> you take 0 damage from it, and obviously the Power counterpart doesnt work the same way (ofc Power dmg is istant dmg).

Joe.4178:

So how is the condition stat going to be addressed?
As you can see, avoiding direct damage is much easier than condition damage, once the condition is applied you constantly take damage, no matter of defensive play will stop condition damage, only removing the condition. Yet condition removal is almost non existent compared to condition spam.
You are already reducing the effectiveness of power builds when it is much harder to not only build for, but to play. Condition application should NOT exist on auto attacks.

Well, i think I explained the thing about “Avoiding dmg”.
I agree about the fact that Condi spam > Condi cleanse.

This is not supposed to be a flame text, just some criticism, I hope people wont get mad.
I like the video, I played the same build for a long time but with a different Gear (more Toughness and a bit of Vitality, not fully Zerker), Traveler Runes and Sword in offhand instead of Pistol.
I really like the playstyle but, no offense, your Charr is ugly! x)

EDIT: Grammar >.<

Will absolutly try something like this after the patch,
awesome clips

Anyone of you guys know Doiid from the old RedGuard guild?
He is nr.1 imho
Special credit to Osi, main reason i play mesmer since the beginning, even if he doesnt play shatter sometimes (why Osi why >.<)

I’ve been called “cheater” because of your Necro being too much mobile! x)

Question is Will they do something for this?
I can’t play anymore

+1
Freezing everywhere, Pve-pvp-wvw makes no difference
Game is freezing every 10 seconds for 1-2 seconds and it’s a game problem because i have no connection problems.
Never had a problem before patch.
Anet pls ._.

How can I join the guild?/Can u add me to it?
Glad to see more people interested in duels