I would very much like to know if I should even wait for any reply from dev team.
If Anet is not going to do anything about the last fix, please just tell us so we can move on.
“GS is still awesome. Guardian is sitll awesome. i main a hammer” Uh-huh.
I don`t main a hammer because it is an extremely boring weapon to solo with. And when I solo with GS now I notice a drop in both my dps and my survivability. If you mained GS you`d noticed it too. I`m not talking about some “on paper” effects, it is quite real nerf that I experience first-hand. All that for the sake of nerfing retaliation builds that came out of it unscathed.
Maybe 15s on both Leap and field (and return skill order), 1s less duration on a field and chain leap for a bit more damage (alternatively, just up a damage on a field or ww).
Frankly, I`m more in favor of just reverting all CDs and changing light field to fire field. We do have other weapons for light fields, mass-removal of conditions is more of a group priority, and in groups you are more likely to make use of staff or mace as a second weapon anyway.
I cant see Anet giving us anything extra like daze etc, but maybe they can do with minor duration/cd/damage tweaks.
I doubt you`ll get any refund. And now I doubt Anet reads their players feedback at all. Guardian has been nerfed repeatedly and will be nerfed again, of that I have no doubt. I`ve seen it in other games with offensive support – as a game progresses these tend to be “balanced” to the buff-bot state. It`s just simplier that way.
So, for me it is either reroll or deinstall. I`ll give warrior a try, if they`ll be the next hit by nerfbat, it`s a deinstall for me.
I haven`t seen any official responce. I am going to stick around until I can hear some explanation on mutilation of my gameplay.
Recent changes convince me that “all classes can play all roles” model does not function anymore, as Guardian is being continuously pushed into a pure support role. Every patch leave us with less and less damage options and we didn`t have a viable range weapon to begin with. If GS change was just a mishap and will be reverted, I`d give a game a second shot – if not, I do not think I`ll continue playing, as the “all classes play all roles” was the only interesting point that game had for me.
For the love of god, do NOT pick Guardian. We started together with a friend (he is a thief) and I picked Guardian following the similar suggestion. Since then I went through greatest pains to find a way to play that class, only viable solution appeared to be gs+shouts kit. Which have now been nerfed into the ground. I toyed around with new gs, it`s just bad. And all other weapon choices are just bad, non-viable for pve, generally uninteresting or are going to be nerfed along the gs (hammer/retaliation).
I`ve spent a lot of time on that character and now I am dropping it in favor of Warrior which is more viable than Guardian in every way possible.
I`m new to Anet games, but I played Lineage II for about 7 years. I`ve always thought they were handling the most painful nerf-bat there is, and boy was I wrong. So, a question to old-timers – is there any chance or precedent for Anet reverting the patch changes? or should I consider my money for that game wasted?