Warrior sounds like it will get a hard counter to condi and some ranged magic, if I understand correctly, and ele might have power damage with the sword. There is some interesting stuff in the new elite traits.
I wish they would rework the combo system, though. It is too simplistic and its effects are minor for something that is supposed to be planned and coordinated by groups.
People been saying that since very start of the game back in 2012. Nothing haven’t been done too much since then sadly.
I’m just wondering what they will do with all the core traits that only works in shroud or on activation… Almost half of all the traits have to do with shroud in some way or another. Will they be changed or will they be worthless?
Going to have to wait for a balance update sometimes before the expansion. Most likely for the anniversary that coming up later this month.. I hope.
The only protection we going to give to people is Aegis which going to get nerf if they gave the torch too many stacks. Then there is the benefit of the boon “Protection” but they going to nerf the duration down to like 3 secs like thats going to do anything for anyone.. if you think I’m lying there is a similar trait like that If when you 1st cast a well and it grants protection for like 3 WHOLE secs. so….yea fun stuff :/. Then there is Resistance but we wont get a long duration of that either and it only works on condis.
This is me guessing at what benefits the torch might provide. Keyword might.
I feel your pain. on Nevermore IV too and anet too busy wasting time on feedback thread for a item that they going to nerf the visuals for with in a year anyway.
Yea but the general fear a lot of necros might experience later down line is the meta stuff for fast runs because too many people have gotten used too it from all the dungeon running., especially when it comes down to Pugs. We’ll wait and see.
Please share you story here. Might as well start a thread about it so far any. Hope it we are kept in groups and not sidelined Hopefully….Q,Q Well this is day 1 so lets wait and see.
My overall experience so far is decent but so I only feel like we are better as a tank in general if one isnt presence in the group. Dps experience Good for the most part as a power necro when pair with other teammates but mobility really does rear its ugly head when you need it the most. if anyone find a good power build or condt build it would proabbly help me or someone else out there looking. Happy raiding and pray Meta don’t force us out of a group.
Look for a thread where they post on recently if they have. Click on their name and there should be an option that says send <insert name> a Pm. if you cant find no one sends one to the closest active Arena net employee like Gaile Gray.
I don’ t know for everyone, but this is kittening depressing. Not in clinical terms but concede me poetry.
Not that is really bad as it looks, it’ s more a matter of feel: everything feels underwhelming, i can appreciate some challenging moments but the more things progress the more the future looks dire.
First the inherent problems of the class that can and can not be worked around in some cases ( i still rejoice from the foot in the grave change like it was my son!), then the trait exposition that not only felt uninspired about necros, but only raised eyebrows and compared to the uberflashiness of other specializations made us feel really underwhelming, and now the chronomancer that talks about wells taken from the necromancer, a thing that by itself is fine since skills alike exist in many ways but the wording adds a knife in an already open wound.
To this there is to add stuff about the revenant, that is basically the necromancer as it should be but melee, and a sparse sense of “what the heck we will have now?” about the future.
The forum only aggreviates this part, from whines to different proposals that sometimes gets drowned or scrapped totally and still no word about the elite, that is already doomed by some as half failed only because one spec on 3 can’ t save a whole build, coupled with usual posts of the great classics as “how can work pve necro” and so on that already darkens the mood.
Is not mostly a matter of actual situation, i mean we know traits and skills can be tought upon, but if we talk about morale it’ s so down that i still ask myself why the hell i keep looking at the Necromancer subforum.
I know the feeling. Been waiting for over 2 years now and it starts to wear on you after awhile.
In general PvE/dungeon/fractal content the pet based necro is fine. It isn’t until you get to speed run parties and very specific dungeons that it becomes a problem.
Good example of this is Caudecus’s Manor. if you was trying to sneak pass something and stealth runs out or doesn’t cap all your minions then you’ll end up with a truck load of bandits in your face.
Wells are not remotely necro-only. They could have called them whatever they want, wells are simply (now) ground-targeted AoE abilities that leave pulsing effects for a few seconds after casting. This isn’t unique to Necromancers by any means.
Also, I’m more and more getting the feeling that we could get shouts (a great way to reintroduce Orders, we know someone is getting shouts and it most likely won’t be any of the 3 who already have shouts, and we’re one of the better professions to get it), which could be a really good addition as far as getting group utility is concerned.
Well yea, Wells isnt necro only stuff I’ll admit.But the way it being handle right now is making people move away from the class a bit further than intended.
They made it clear they were mixing up the skill types between the specialisations. So why not wait until the Necro specialisation is revealed to see what skill type we get instead of creating another doomsday thread.
Would the Mesmer be less unique if Thief got access to Glamours or Mantras?
The class itself already have problems and people trying to find out what direction is the class going in. Some of us already experience this trend in the past guild wars games. if you don’t know what happen to the paragon class in the 1st guildwars then I honestly doubt you would understand how some of us is feeling right now.
The clkitten up being the least played class for the game because it was neglected and ended up with nerfs that it didn’t deserve. Instead of them trying to rework the class so it can be use as much as other classes. It ended up being a lot of players mule to hold and transfer items off of. I want this class not to end up the same way. I’ll wait and see but if they dont change and fix trait line to be better then having a new weapon and skills to be use wont mean anything.
I’m depressed more and more when i look at what they give to other classes and don’t to us.
Actually the necro is the more useless class ever appeared in GW2.
We have find a little glory with the advent of Condition Meta in spvp, but then every other classes find that they also can deal condition damage, frequently more condition damage than the necromancer (engi for example).
Then we’re actually without a role, without a image that reflect us. We’re always been the class with high hp that use conditions, die slowly and kill slowly. And it can be good, but acually even more classes can deal better condition damage, survive better (because they have different skills to evade the damage and we don’t have one) and we die very quickly because the enemy can deal so much damage in direct and condi build that make us unable to survive or escape, because we haven’t skills to survive or escape from a combat.
If 4 enemy focus on a bunker warrior, he can survive for 13 sec jus with Immunity skills, then they have to skill he’s high amount of hp, toughness and healing.
If 3 enemy focus on a necromancer, if the necromancer haven’t already the DS bar full he can’t neither active it and if the DS bar is full he can survive for almost 4 seconds before a dps group strip away the DS from he. Then kill the necromancer is more easy than kill a warrior. We have only Fear and protection, but the enemy can use a breakstun or stability to evade our fear and protection reduce by 33% the damage, but all alone isn’t good enough to make us survive. Also because without the DS our damage is very very very low (you can use the dagger but it’s not very good in spvp or in wvw).
-Warrior is still the brainless fighter with high damage. And now is able to don’t die.
-Mesmer is still the class that make you mad to be killed.
-Ele is still the hybrid class that can do everything with a DD build and deal high damage with the staff
-Ranger is still the long range fighter that kill the enemy before he come to deal damage (more or less) and fight with his pet to deal even more damage
-Thief is still the hiding finger in the… that make you speak bad words when you drop dead in 3 sec while you’re running in www or when you flee away from the mid in spvp
-Guardian is still the bunker support that everyone want, but that can reach high damage if he want
-Engi is still… I don’t know what ANet want to do… but it’s still it!
We’re no more what we’re planned to be.
Our class is a class without a real identity.
Engi is basically the jack of all trade class even though Anet say they didn’t want that or care to admit to it. The options of skills that this class alone have is high.
I understand the concern. But im pretty hyped about chrono so this doesnt bother me so much. Will probably start playing mes again.
Well its nice that mesmer gets this stuff but that doesn’t bold well for the necromancer since the traits and skill they have can already be easily outshine by other classes.
I mean first with the ready -up episode that pass where it sounded like they hardly did anything worthwhile with the traits that we have already. Now, some in this article here.
With the line saying that “One particular piece of information regarding the chronomancer that has me particularly excited is that the necromancer now isn’t the only profession with access to wells, with the mesmer granted access to a selection of them.” I mean really though. Is it not bad enough our traitsand skills isn’t up to par in situations where its needed the most ,but our unique utility skills feels like it being strip away too now. Seriously I’m starting to get really depress more. Sorry if it sound like a rant just concern and getting really worry .
Ever since the reaper of souls hunt was done with it left me with a need to go find clues for a new weapon that haven’t been discover yet in game. So far, I have fail at finding any new items with in the game that have already been discover. Are going to get a another hint or story for a scavenger hunt for us to do before the expansion , or did we hit our limit now? Starting to run low on karma and other means, Would be nice from Anet to start us off with a few hints at multiple recipes to go find as we wait for the expansion.
Well my drama is over with. It had randomly reappear on my Engineer character just now after I had close and open my inventory bag by mistake. I wonder if this was some kind of timed out response problem. I dont know for sure.
I went to double click to show someone the visual cutscene from the Zephyrite event and it disappear from my bag and it not in my bank space. I already report it as a bug. Just here to clairfy if anyone else (who actually have it) model just disappear on them? Faster it is known the faster it get fix. Please and Thank you.
