Guild Wars 2

Since changes to the game are supposed to make the game more fun, I propose that this change has failed.

How much fun was being lost because of a supposed animation glitch? How much fun was lost because people were using an auto attack as the main source of damage on a weapon?

Now how much fun has been lost because anyone using a shortbow suddenly attacks slower and deals less damage? This is clearly a net loss in total fun. Just revert the change and admit it was a mistake.

Honestly, one of the most fun parts about the shortbow was that it attacked fast. That’s what made the “feel” of the weapon. By slowing this down and changing the interaction with Quickening Zephyr, that feel and that fun has been noticeably lessened.

Well I’m not going to say that I quit, but I’ve certainly been playing a lot less lately. Maybe that’s not all due to this change, but it sure doesn’t help my inclination to play.

And of course Anet wants people to keep playing. Beyond the fact that they want people to experience what they’ve made, it makes sense financially too. Yes we’ve paid for the initial game, but I’m sure plenty of people are purchasing gems as well, which is only happening if people continue to play.

I miss being able to stack bleeds as high as I could before the nerf. Makes me sad I focused on conditions =(

I think it should be reverted. They should figure out a way to fix the animation so that it fits with the attack speed, not change the attack speed to fit the animation. If it takes longer to make that change, then so be it, just change it back in the mean time.

If the goal of a game is to be fun, then how much “fun” or enjoyment do you think they’ve taken away with this change? In comparison, how much enjoyment was being lost by rangers experiencing this supposed animation glitch or 1 spamming? Clearly this change has been a net loss and goes against a philosophy of fun.

Hmmm, well at least we know that the moderators are likely passing this feedback on, since it IS being read.

That being said, let’s try and make this about what the developers can do to make things better.

As an example, I felt that the fast fire rate was a defining part of the Shortbow experience for me. Each shot doesn’t do a whole lot of damage, but if I can get 4 off in the two seconds that a mob isnt chasing me AND proc bleeds on them, I can make a meaningful contribution.

Personally, it seems like slowing down the attack speed just changes the feel of combat. In fact, I’d rather take something like a 7% straight damage nerf and keep the defining speed, rather than trash the speed even if it meant my attack animation got switched with /dance.

So, bring back the speed, and tweak other things if you think we do too much damage. Speed was what made the shortbow fun, and I miss it.

As this nerf happened, I upgraded from a lvl 71 rare shortbow to a lvl 80 exotic shortbow. I now see no noticeable difference in damage. What a great way to make my time/gold investment seem worthless.

I’d like to know why this change was made without any sort of counterbalance. If the purpose was to nerf Ranger damage, then tell us that you felt we were doing too much damage. Either we were balanced before in the eyes of the devs or not.

If they think we were 7% overpowered before, then they should say so. If not, I’d like some sort of balance to make up for it. I found shooting very fast to be something fun and unique about the class, and this nerf (it’s a nerf, even if it only came about as a bug fix) has lessened my enjoyment.

It’s lessened it to the point that I’d rather spend this time typing than playing my ranger.

I don’t understand how using the autoattack is “spamming.” You use the autoattack for your main source of damage. As others have said, the rest of the SB skills are mostly situational.

How is a 7% nerf to this skill not compensated for in any way? Clearly rangers weren’t overpowered before this, and now they’re 7% weaker.

Stamen.9240:

There are thousands of people crashing (myself among them) but we keep playing because we’re having a ton of fun despite the headaches. But there will reach a point when it’s just not fun anymore. For example, I can’t finish my level 60 story mission without a crash.

Like so many have said, the problem isn’t on our end. We can run as many repairs or exams as anyone would like, but that is only going to apply to a small fraction of the players having problems. Most of us have decent quad-core or higher rigs, plenty of memory, and what is considered by most to be top of the line video cards. There’s no reason for us to be experiencing these kinds of issues short of some bad code.

Until that bad code is repaired, we’re all just sort of in limbo. Enjoying what we can, when we can – because this truly is an amazing game.

This pretty much sums it up…

This is happening to me as well. Repairing the file seems to help for a little while, but the problem comes back anywhere from a day to an hour later.