Guild Wars 2

The new changes to AC have baffled me. I don’t disagree or agree with the changes. I will learn and adapt. my only real complaint is, they’ve changed all the bosses and what they do, But they have not updated the text under the boss names that warn you of what they do.

The spider queen for example says “sprays posion” Does not mention the new web or the fact that she throws 6 stacks of bleeding on you when you she hits you in melee.

I was busy fighting for my life against the cave troll, but i am sure there was no mention of fearing in the name description either. nor kholer now summoning adds.

I appreciate the need for changes, But for the sake of new player and old. update the text under the bosses HP bar to more accurately represent what you are walking into to, after all isn’t that why the text is there in the first place?

I have had no issues on paths 1 or 2, on many of the different classes i have been levelling, Path 3 i have had issues on, but that was mostly due to a lack of communication with the group.

I was on my thief (level 55 or so) at the time. and out group kept up with the burrows for awhile and began to get overrun, after this happened twice i changed my utlities over Withdraw, roll for Intiative, and shadow step. Once we got to the point where we were not able to keep up with the burrow spawns i simply kited the huge mobs of enemies around the room.

By this stage 3 out of 5 of us were dead leaving only two of us left kiting enemies from 60% to 100% complete.

I guess the point is, If you don’t have the raw damage in the group to burst the burrows down, then don’t try to do it, use a different approach and play the kite game, throw on evasions/dodges/survivability and lead the gravelings around until the timer is done.

The biggest issue i always have with path 3 is getting the whole group to co operate on a plan, or when we fail the first time no one is willing to change the weapons/skills they are using to something more effective.

Main point (for path 3) DPS isn’t the only way to do the burrows.

In an RP perspective, wouldn’t it make more sense if thieves went to the dungeons for for you know, being a thief? just saying :p

AC Path 2.. at the end where Detha is putting up the turrets, I either staff #2 or illusionary leap into the turret, get stuck.. no blink on my utility bar, Can’t waypoint out due to having mobs of elementals trying to get to me. rest of the team dead, unable to revive at a waypoint due to the new way it works. and none of the enemies could hurt me, even with the AoE they drop. . .

Doh and omfg i hate this game at the moment, that one.

Anet: Can you guess what this is?
Engineer: Oh my God, it’s a NERF!
Anet: That’s right, my dear! Enough to nerf engineers off the face of the earth! Vehicle of my own design; 5,000 gallons of heated nerf, pumped at enormous velocity through a pressurized water cannon. Engineers will be erased in a matter of minutes.
-Who Framed Roger Rabbit

And of course.

Alright, listen up, people. Our Engineer has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground barring injuries is 4 miles-per-hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your target is Engineer. Go nerf him.
-The Fugitive.

Yeah it might have only been on the Cave Troll in AC, But all i know is before the patch a Mesmer could Arcane thievery it and steal all 25stacks of it’s troll regen (or whatever special regen it was) and have all 25 stacks of the regen.

And after the update. you cannot steal the regen.. You can’t even use the Arcane Thievery to take off the buff. but other skills still work (Null field for example) will remove the buff. but the thievery won’t steal it.

/shrug it may just be a bug on the one boss and there fore not really that terrible. I just miss giggling at stealing 25 stacks of regen.

This may not me a mesmer nerf excatly but i was messing around in Ascalonian Catacombs and when the cave troll spawned i naturally automatically put Arcane thievery on my utility bar, because stealing the Trolls 25stacks of Regen just makes me giggle constantly.

However, after the patch Arcane thievery doesn’t steal the trolls regen anymore. (I don’t know if this is a change else where. or just a bug.. either way made me sad.)

I levelled my Mesmer to 80 with little real difficulty, I also used the scepter and pistol and a greatsword for most of it. (I did not take the Deceptive Evasion either) so it can be done easily enough without it.

But since i’ve hit 80 and began actually looking at the skills and traits more. I can understand and appreciate why certain skills appear to be essential. I just didn’t need them when i was levelling

Only a Mesmer, Thinks with portals.

I barely read past the first sentence and disagree entirely, The mesmer is the most entertaining class i have played, It’s complexity is what i love so much about it. If they wipe the mesmer in the manner you are suggesting i believe i will just stop playing the game entirely.

Change mesmer.. pfft get out >.<*