Guild Wars 2

We will have our day when damage conditions are fixed for PvE.

MMO class balance is cyclical. The devs aren’t out to get us, and I bet they’re working on a way to fix the bleed cap right now. It’s going to take time, because it seems like the GW2 server architecture (which has been pretty rock solid IMHO) was designed with with an assumption about conditions that hasn’t worked out well in practice.

Remember, the problems with conditions in a group setting is one that effects all the classes (at least to some extent). It’s something that they’re going to want to fix for everyone. Once it’s fixed, necros will have their day.

This was a hard livestream to watch. I was excited, because NEW SKILLS!! The devs are obviously guys who care about what they’re doing, and who are excited about unveiling this cool new thing they’ve done. But when they got to the guardian, I couldn’t believe it.

They finally added a viable damage based heal to the game. For another class.

I paused halfway through because I was stunned. Then, when I started it again I hear this:

“And this is going to heal you for all the burn damage you do.”
“And this is going to heal you for all the retaliation damage you do.”
“It’s going to be pretty much all your damage sources healing you.”

It felt like a slap.

This game hadn’t made me feel bad before this. I still really like the game, and I really like ANet and everyone else involved. And it’s just a game. But this ruined my day, IRL actually ruined my day.