Guild Wars 2

Can’t have that anymore.
Before the patch, I used to run 30-10-0-20-10 with full Knight’s armor+Soldier’s runes, Berserker’s trinkets and axe+mace as main weapon-set. Second set was quite flexible: Sword+warhorn for movement or Rifle/Bow for range were my favourites.

Now, the 10 points in Discipline are wasted, but the rest still works.
My traits are:
V, X, XI Strength
V Arms
none Defense
V, IX Tactics

Put those last 10 point where ever you’d like to. I, personally, will have to get used what feels like 15-20% less damage due to not having Hightened Focus (Discipline XII).

The following is directed directly towards the “balance guys” at arena net.

As much as I hate to cry about this, but thanks for ruining my warrior build.

I used to run 30-10-0-20-10 with full Knight’s armor+Soldier’s runes, Berserker’s trinkets/weapons and axe+mace as main weapon-set. For the other weapon set I mostly used sword+warhorn for movement, or a bow for ranged engagements.

The 20 points in Tactics allowed for a really flexible build, while 10 points in Discipline and Arms ensured I still do a bit of (critical) damage while not using a Greatsword, like everybody else.

Well.. can’t have that anymore. In order to get a decent crit-chance (talking about ~50%), I’d have to invest 30(!) points in discipline to get a hold on Hightened Focus.
What do I get for that? Adrenaline-builders, that I don’t need or want (because I don’t hit F1, it’s just not worth it on an axe), reduced cooldown on weapon swap and a bunch of procs that will probably never trigger because their usage is really quite niche.
What do I have to drop for those 20 wasted points? Flat out 5% crit chance from Arms (and procs for bleeding and vulnerability) for starters. Additionally: 10% boon duration and a lot of diversity without Quick Breathing, Lung Capacity and Burning Arrows.

Now, I can either go play a generic greatsword build or fool around with those 10 points that will not end up in Discipline and get used to what feels like 15-20% less damage.

This is just sad. Didn’t you blog about bringing more build diversity into the game with this balance update? Well, you severely damaged at least one great build.

(But thanks for AoE looting.)