People cry about any class that does well, warrior honestly just needs some cool downs reduced on it’s survivability and sustain,but they are like that because people cry.. now its useless happy?? Nope go to the next class that is doing well. Rinse repeat and that’s 80% of the forums
They keep nerfing mesmer the power daze build was too strong plz nerf the alacrity bunker too strong plz nerf, now the condi mesmer?? Are you kidding me?? Ok i get it is a very annoying class for some to fight. My advice play one, you will see its not that easy. You will also learn the tells that you seem to miss if you are having trouble with them. Again we have struggled to find a playable build since the last nerf with this new build (actually is an old build with a new twist) so we can actually play the darn class. What next?? You want an icon above the real mesmer so you can 2 shot him in his light armor?? Why not take away the clones all together?? When will you stop crying about the mesmer?? ltp!
If everyone was given the best stuff Just for participating there would be no progression, nothing to work for and would be very boring for the majority. Once you finish the story, then what?? The game is over?? Trying to get your niche experience from a game not designed for it is kind of crazy Tbh.
There are Tanky amulets you can choose, but you don’t cause you want to try and one shot people with your Traps. Bookittenwhoo. Someone wants there cake and eat it too.
well torment does not do much damage if you don’t move, and confusion is useless unless you use a skill. my advice, stand still and don’t use any skills
that brings up another point, if everyone is worried about the condies from necro to the point EVERY class has to stack clears to counter it. look what it’s doing to build diversity, it does not exist, some classes are barley playable because of this. who ever decided to make boon corrupt 15 sec cool down should be fired!
1 vs 1 i agree there are class that can win, the way teams exploit it are with multiple necros spaming condi bombs. you may clear the 1st wave, but there will be second , sometimes even a third. is impossible to counter now that they nerfed the kitten out of there hard counter ele.
Is just a necro fest, spam chill spam chill , death shroud and game over. Teams running 3 necros, there is no way to clear all the condi bombs. The dev’s think this was a good idea?? We now have to play this for the rest of the season?? I"d rather sit this out and hope they fix it soon.. This is NOT fun for me!
Ive been playing a condi shatter build like i used to in the ol days , is pretty successful. I think people forgot how to play against it. Just bring a lot of clears, i been using the 3 mantra, shatter clear and menders purity. pretty hard to condi bomb me. Necro’s are just face roll now though, you don’t even need any skill to play anymore. I like the challenge!
For any who are wondering,some of the top players that left (see above mentioned) because they were not challenged on a skill vs skill base game. When one team can be terrible at their individual play BUT can rotate to points well, is not the kind of skill that pushes high level players to anything but frustration. Add in some very bad matchmaking mechanics, and serious balance issues that get a flavor of the patch favorites, what did you expect? Was actually watching TDM’s stream and he wants e-sports, just not the gw2 formula of point capture. He made a great point about the WvW roaming aspect of the game that got trashed and neglected more than a red head stepchild ever did, and pushed everyone to PvP. Skill gets rewarded over at B&S, bad players loose badly, good players rise to the top. There is no bad players who are just good at capping points there. If you like this formula and flavor of the patch metas, keep playing gw2 .
I have to agree with the pm , also my guild was 60% done. now they strip you of all you had accomplished and start you at 0 . thanks for kittening my guild
really getting sick of dragon hunter this dragon hunter that, my team faced 3 reapers, impossible to cleanse all. i think if they make a class so strong , it should be limited to how many can be on 1 team. thanks in advance
no skins are not anymore it seems. once you consume, that’ts it. also bought a finisher, not account bound either. just can use on the toon i bought it with
I’m having trouble even getting into the zones. Is very confusing. One would think if they bought the expac they would be able to try the content?? sigh
thank you for the pointer ill try that (must have it by now) l also found the trainer in pvp zone that fixes specializations. very nice. but still the SKINS!! lol
I guess i should have done research before buying. Already 2 hours invested into story and still can’t play HoT. Also very flustered that can’t use reaper in pvp?? So i have to do more story to unlock?? wow. And my rev i just made, i need to unlock all skills by quests. This a huge undertaking for my 14 toons. Also skins i buy are no longer account wide?? wow that’s just wrong.
I make 1 character build specifically for skyhammer (necro) And i make 1 for courtyard as well (ranger) i just switch when its time and i kitten ppl up, so no issues for me. I do like the idea of having a toggle between builds. Old i mean dirt old games like warhammer even had this option. Its 2015 and gw2 still can’t (or wont ) implement it?? I don’t understand
ha i obviously ruffled some feathers, and no one but employees would have access to my deleted posts. fair enough, your not allowed to bump your own post. noted. can we move on??
Warhammer is ftp and is run in a private server. Devs are hardcore fans who would not let the game die. They work for free and have restored 2 tiers and some pvp content.http://www.returnofreckoning.com/index.php
Mechanically GW2 is based on Warhammer Online (which died years ago). The next closest I can think of is TERA Online, which has a notability different, but also very movement oriented real time combat system. Its easily one of the best combat systems for an MMO to date…… enough so that I wish GW2 took a few cues for its own combat system.
well warhammer is Not compeatly dead they have a private server and plenty of hardcore support, mostly in the way of devs who work for free and have restored 2 tiers and a few pvp arenas. Is so fun to play it again i suggest everyone support them if they can they are non profit and is ftp
The downside for TERA is it being very much a Korean MMO in every other aspect of the game. The combat is super fun, but you can see where they stuck with the classic RPG design. After playing GW2 you can see how both of these games got things right, and the places where they both didn’t do nearly enough.
i would PAY for a token that would let me mix and match all the current outfits i own with wardrobes in game. come on you greedy kittens at the helm. my cash is ready!!. we would see some pretty awesome combinations i’m sure
I could be referencing the 1 shot engi, or the symbol guardian (that has had its trait suspended). Do you not feel more powerful? of course you do,this is to usher in the specialization huggers who will defend this system because they feel stronger and therefore credit the new changes. In order to restore balance, they will have to turn the dps down and fix the bugs, what you will be left with is fewer choices. Look at the state of PvP, is now unplayable and is ripe with burst builds designed to exploit this new found power. Gone is strategy or skill, is just about burst now.
i think all outfits should be able to be mixed and matched. You would see some real fantasitc combinations. Sadly i think they feel they would loose jem purchases for new ones people are starving for, because in 3 years the wardrobe department has failed. But probably intentionally .
So the more i read and the more i play, i have come to the realization that they turned everything to 10 to make you believe your playing a more optimized game. In reality this has caused so many bugs, exploits, misfires, ect. When they fix the bugs and turn it down a notch the specialization huggers will be in for a shock, and the real truth will be revealed!
i guess what they did is buff every thing to 10 so it appears they did the right thing . when in reality , when they fix all the bugs and turn it down a notch. we will see exactly how bad this patch was
I love these posts with the generalizations all the previous builds were trash or * so many of the old traits were useless* No examples, (trust me we had uses for them) it’s kinda sad you can’t think out of the box and make viable builds without dumbing down templates with 10x buff on everything to make you believe its better. these people need 3 choices per class, thats it, dps bunker or condi. click and play, is the direction were going in this game
dodging for another clone does not help that much?? really?? not nearly as big of damage gap?? really?? i don’t give a kitten if they buffed the heck out of some trait to make you feel better about it in the short term. nerf will happen and you will be in the same position , with a kitten choice in that line PERIOD! sugar coat it all you want (anet employee of the month??) is bunk , end of story
Pvp is broken. 1 shot engi that can take out 3 players with 1 shot, everyone running burst builds. there is no more strategy in this game. really dissapointed in this patch in general, not enough space to rage
well it is still a free game, so don’t get so bent. Am i disapointed they didn’t do more testing? well yea. this is a pretty bad patch that only a few anet huggers are enjoing
1 shot engi wins, simple as that, nothing has ever been more over power’d . People are practicing more ways to get it off so no dodge, no nothing . You take it in the FACE. i quit pvp now . So mad they let this happen
My biggest beef with mesmer is that they moved clone on dodge to a grand master and put it in the same line as 3 charge mantra. Any mesmer worth a pinch of salt would know 3 charge on the heal is highest per second and gives 6 condi clears with the minor. But man i can’t get used to playing with out clone on dodge so i have to take a sub-par heal and use an ability slot for clears. Is a total rip off !!
I really enjoy this post because it does address things in an informative way, not just generalizations, like oh old traits were useless with no examples of what ones. ( i bet we had a use for it ) Dumbed down responses for people who can’t think for themselves, just like specialization templates. I find a lot more well i really want this trait so i guess i end up with a gimpy one . I don’t give a kitten if it was buffed 10x over i wanted a different one !!!! Removing stats from lines is awesome i have to admit!
Ive read a lot of views on this subject, it seems the pve side loves the change so they can quickly optimize without much fuss. While pvp and wvw players miss the customization to build for specific situations. I think a lot of unique builds were lost and saying they were useless is just false . Even if they made the traits interchangeable on the template would really go far to restore some feeling of diversity.
