Guild Wars 2

If you can spam damage conditions rapidly, you want condi damage over duration any day. Since people will inevitably cleanse, duration can be countered a lot easier. For example, guards can spam burn like crazy, so Sinister is a much better choice. I haven’t really tried condi necro, but with Reaper’s focus on chill, duration is likely better. I’d be curious what the duration spread is on a full set of of Viper, actually.. if you could increase the length of your chills by, say, 50%, that would be pretty great.

Really digging the changes I’m seeing there from when I tried (and hated) DH back in BWE2. The instant cast virtues are a huge improvement. That trap is also huge when used on a d/d ele, because it kills their manic mobility. Can’t wait to give it a shot later today.

After this disaster of a beta, I feel sorry for the countless devs that will be working 80 hour weeks up until release to get this mess solved.

And considering that the biggest patch they ever did post-release was the April 2014 patch, which left me unable to play for a week, I’ll wait a few hours after release before I update so I can figure out if it’s (sadly probably) some sort of game-breaking issue.

Isarii.2804:

I can’t even begin to address how poorly thought out this thread is. Space being taken up on an imaginary map is literally meaningless. This means nothing in terms of what they can or can’t add in future releases.

“They’re taking up world space on a map that doesn’t actually exist and can change at any moment to suit their needs. I want a refund!”

laughs

Spicyhash.7605:

If not everyone is playing the elite specs then not everyone is overpowered. Where’s your rebuttal now?

I don’t need one. Your argument is comical, and everyone thinks everything new that they haven’t learned to counter is overpowered. Some of these specs haven’t even had a full 72 hours to simmer and you’re already saying they can’t be countered? I believe that you, like the rest of us, simply don’t know how to play against them yet.

It’s a good thing posters like you are the vocal minority and Anet has learned long ago not to pay too close attention to someone whose posts make up a quarter of the total posts in the thread he himself created.

If everybody is overpowered then nobody is overpowered. What a silly argument.

I would script the hell out of my pet if I could. I’m a professional AI programmer as it is.

No, you’re a jerk for suggesting I think something I don’t.

I personally think Druid is a great idea, and it’s still entirely possible to make a high damage spec Druid using gear and the other two trait lines. If we weren’t able to swap weapons, Druid would have been a terrible choice. As it stands, we can, so I’ll probably end up running a combination of celestial/zealot. I do kinda wish they had given staff damage on auto attack, and I think they still might.

Spike Trap is indeed a launch. It’s a straight vertical launch, but it’s a launch.

I eagerly await your thread in a couple of months after you’ve bought the expansion telling us how great it is or giving feedback on the content. Because you will buy it. Nobody takes the time to write a 6 paragraph essay about something they have no interest in.

Magi, Shaman, Zealot’s. Next.

Could that red dye on your outfit somehow be doing it?

Ryou.2398:

Ark Bladesteele.2943:

Can I have your stuff?

No, seriously, complaining about something that you didn’t preorder and are supposedly never going to buy (you will!) is the lamest crap ever.

To be fair so is posting in the forum your complaining about.

What? That doesn’t make any sense? I’m not complaining about any forum you jerk, I’m personally very excited for Druid and I think it’s great that we’re finally seeing some relevancy in the competitive space.

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

This is more meant to be a place to collate that feedback into something constructive, though.

Thanks for not being a clown and just immediately posting when I had the title “Please don’t post here yet” Luckily I got the reserved posts in a few seconds before you did.

The other thread has 500+ posts. Why do you think you’re the special snowflake that doesn’t get merged into it? You’re welcome.

note: “I don’t like that thread” is not a valid reason to make a dupe. They merge everything into superthreads for a reason.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/Druid-Healer-Confirmed-Feedback-merged/

I’ll post here if I feel like it, since there is already a merged feedback thread and this will get dumpstered into it just like all the others.

You started your topic with the name “Feeling so Good about Not Preordering” and then proceed to complain about something that you were never going to play anyway. I don’t really care about anything you say.

Can I have your stuff?

No, seriously, complaining about something that you didn’t preorder and are supposedly never going to buy (you will!) is the lamest crap ever.

Lyger.5429:

Levetty.1279:

While I wouldn’t mind a spec that can result in us not having a pet, the new pets are the only good thing about this reveal so I’m fine with keeping them for druid.

Where do we draw the line then between Ranger and Druid? Let Ranger be the pet guys and Druid the healers with a spirit form. Nothing wrong in having to spec Ranger if I want to use the new pets.

Because it’s just a trait line and not an entire class?

Sigh. Hopefully this is an acknowledgement that there’s a problem.

I think Blood is a better choice over Air these days. I really think it’s stupid they don’t include stealth nerfs in patch notes. Do they really think people won’t find out?

In b4 “druid is so bad I’m quitting”

…can I have your stuff?

Block them (right-click on their name, block), go to contacts, type their name into /whisper, unblock them.

Nephziel.6053:

I believe that_shaman already data-mined the Druid art.

Most exciting thing for me is absence of pet

That’s just the art for the background image of the trait line. It wouldn’t have a pet anyway.

Don’t forget that if you play a corruption build, you draw conditions from your teammates to yourself in addition to conditions applied directly to you. Like Derek says, if you transfer those conditions to an enemy and that enemy dies while anyone else on the other team is downed, all of them will rally.

It’s amazing this bug has been around as long as it has.

Maybe you should, uh, I dunno contact the guilds on your server instead of
a) Posting a matchup thread that’s going to get locked
b) Telling everyone about your super sekrit plan

Can I have your stuff

Personally, I love gyros with extra tzatziki sauce

obesejuanjacobi.1269:

Ark Bladesteele.2943:

obesejuanjacobi.1269:

Show me the money trolls. Screenshot it and post it. I’ll eat my hat. I am looking for a screenshot with an isolated solitary elementalist putting more than 10 contemporary stacks of burn on a target with a condition tick higher than the one in the warrior screenshot, with no food or utility activated. That makes it apples to apples.

You’re delusional. It’s well known that ele already has the highest burn-stacking capability in the game. In fact, many don’t see a problem with the burn condition in PvP… we see a problem with how ele can stack so much of it, carry so much sustain, have so much mobility, and still maintain such high raw DPS.. all while stacking a ton of might.

Maybe read up on what other people have to say:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Do-something-with-this-insane-burning/first
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Balance-Cele-DD-Ele-Please

You’re also highly derogatory to your fellow players. I would not be at all sad if you did rage quit.

“It’s well known that ele already has the highest burn-stacking capability in the game. "
Again show me the money and I will eat my hat. This comparison of burn stacking with Berserker clearly demonstrates your claim as false. It’s in the poi vid anet posted, not my vid.

“You’re also highly derogatory to your fellow players. "
Please provide examples. I think you’ve mistaken things that were said to me as things that I said.

Thanks for the other forum links I will look and tell u the value I found in them

The burden of proof is on you, not me. I’m not going to go capture screenshots or video because one jerk on the forum said something that isn’t true.

obesejuanjacobi.1269:

Show me the money trolls. Screenshot it and post it. I’ll eat my hat. I am looking for a screenshot with an isolated solitary elementalist putting more than 10 contemporary stacks of burn on a target with a condition tick higher than the one in the warrior screenshot, with no food or utility activated. That makes it apples to apples.

You’re delusional. It’s well known that ele already has the highest burn-stacking capability in the game. In fact, many don’t see a problem with the burn condition in PvP… we see a problem with how ele can stack so much of it, carry so much sustain, have so much mobility, and still maintain such high raw DPS.. all while stacking a ton of might.

Maybe read up on what other people have to say:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Do-something-with-this-insane-burning/first
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Balance-Cele-DD-Ele-Please

You’re also highly derogatory to your fellow players. I would not be at all sad if you did rage quit.

Garbage spec is garbage. There is absolutely nothing in this spec that could possibly make me give up another trait line. None of the traits are interesting, the bow is still junk, and the lack of choice when changing from instant-cast Virtues to what DH uses is a no-brainer.

Aviate.1376:

https://youtu.be/-V06vAr04MA

My video with Kinght gear + berk weapons + food

Not nearly as many crits as I expected. I’m not sure why that is. Damage would be substantially higher if that crit rate was better.

Esreyr.6304:

Revenant’s do have one. It is a Herald trait.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Radiant_Revival

And to be fair it’s a pretty amazing one.

Human. Just because all the armor fits right.

Sigh. Another ridiculous rifle rant. File it away with all the other dumb closed threads.

Muse.8473:

Not that I don’t appreciate free stuff… but why does this outfit have to be so darn ugly? I can’t even tell that my character is female in this armor! Thanks for nothing (because I’ll never wear it), I guess.

That’s too bad. I, for one, am glad for not another set of boob armor.

Halloween Pails are a great way to avoid the cost of Holding runes. Safe Boxes and the like are still expensive, but I only use one per character.

I don’t.. what?

I would submit a support ticket. Did it say anywhere on the order page that there would be a 72 hour wait? Either way, support is pretty nice. They can probably help you out

I think map chat in the starter zones would be acceptable. If I had no map chat when I first joined the game I would have been very, very confused. There’s a lot to take in.

The boots and gloves are soooo nice. It’s really too bad it’s an outfit

But a gift is a gift!

Loxias.2375:

The warhorn notification for a PVP match beginning is perfect; exactly what I would expect from a warhorn.

Hey, that’s a good point! I always thought that was a fantastic horn call. How did they manage to drop the ball so badly on this?

Knighthonor.4061:

Some how I told you so, just doesnt quite say it.

but Raids are coming. I told you all that the new Elite Specializations were built and balanced around the new Raid group content and not the Vanilla content.

all their insider testers were using a different build of the beta Elite Specializations and using it in the new Raid content, which is why some of the feedback they were gettinf was radically different from what public beta feedback was.

The public beta elite specialization were pre-nerfed so they dont appear OP for the vanilla content which they wasnt built for.

Raids are all about coordination.

Dragon Hunters for example are meant to be good for AoE defending against pack mobs and blocking damage for group and providing nice burst heals for the front line. Those things are useless roles in vanilla pve content.

tempest is built around group healing. A Raid leader will set up a few Tempest around the tank group to provide large burst heals from heal shout, while using elite shout to reset heal shout cooldown. Coordinated this could be some major constant healing unlike anything we have seen before in vanilla pve.

Revenant is built around this new pve content as well. Major heal spams, as well as a coordinated face tank of projectiles for the raid group. Also Raid leaders can set up Revs to provide massive damage reduction to the tank group.

all the Elite Specialization are built around this new Raid content, and are nerfed for the current public beta intentionally.

Told who so? Told us all what? Did you.. not know it was public knowledge that Anet was hiring a raid content designer?

You didn’t tell me anything. You don’t own the trademark on the revelation of raids. Go back to yelling at clouds.

Happened to me twice two days ago. Also saw an entire other team disconnect and then come back mid-match. Presumably they all crashed as well.

Constant crashes here. 3 teammates all crashed at the same time as me in PvP. I went to hit F1 to toggle shroud with necro and they all crashed, although I’m unsure if it was me.

Error was something like “fffffff” and nothing else (buffer overflow?). I’ll screencap it if I get it again.

No response yet, but here’s the merged thread for you:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Warhorn-Audio-Feedback-merged/

And yes, we all think it sounds like farts.

Khristophoros.7194:

Also, it would be cool if commanders using a warhorn skill would sound around the whole map.

Oh please god no

You think this is a great idea until 30 people pop a commander tag in a single map and all blow their warhorns. I’m glad you’re not a designer.

Farting warhorns. Seriously. Farting warhorns.

And I didn’t think it was possible to make Howler worse, but Anet, you proved me wrong. applause

Lol. It’s not a spear. It’s not a rifle. The model was datamined 2 months ago. It’s a staff. Sorry.

http://dulfy.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/gw2-staff.jpg

Preview it yourself: [&C6EXAAA=]

Nike.2631:

Ark Bladesteele.2943:

How it’s possible to completely misunderstand why instant cast Virtues are a staple of the class is completely beyond me.

Ok, really its not THAT hard to figure out: Right now Renewed Focus is our absolute staple Elite choice. In no small part because you can dump all your virtues mid-channel and have them refresh at the end. Making the virtues have cast time makes RF less appealing and is a direct attempt to wean us off of the one-and-only and make the other Guardian Elite skills more desirable/relevant.

Its not gonna work for many, because like every complaint about traps not giving sustain/cleanses/teleports people don’t want to try something new, they want all their old advantages plus a little more. Horizontal progression is about trade-offs and people already in a good place don’t want to move sideways, they just want to move up.

That would be fine, if it was actually horizontal! But I think many people agree that it’s a downgrade. How many of us said, “yeah, we really need another 1200 slow-fire weapon. And while you’re at it, make it root us!” Also, I don’t use RF. I haven’t since they introduced FMW. So that’s a progression step that I’ve already made without going DH.

Now, if the virtues were all worth actually having those cast times, there would be something to say for it. But a 600 range leap on a ~40 second cooldown? Who wants that? The shield isn’t a bad idea, but why isn’t that instant cast to begin with? The spear… again, 600 range, and if they get outside of it, the skill is over. It’s not particularly hard to move out of a 600 range on a class that isn’t very mobile to begin with, and it’s not really that powerful of an ability. Three strikes, you’re out. Now, if we could choose if we wanted to go, say, 1/3 or 1/2 on the Virtues, like how Revenant can change legends at will, that would be something! I like the shield, I’d probably use it, but I don’t want the spear or leap. They’re not worth it.

It’s also telling that in an attempt to make it seem like horizontal progression, they nerfed all Virtues by 600 range. If they truly thought the new Virtues could compete on a horizontal level with the old, they would have been able to stand on their own.