Guild Wars 2

Funny that Necro got a teaser a day ahead of the previous two. But yeah there should be an official blog post tomorrow, if not there’s the POI on Friday.

Inventory tabs. More space would be nice regardless of how many X slot bags you have

Bank space. Not sure why we have so little space there so adding a tab or two would help.

Dyes. More of a convenient boost especially if you want your gear/ Outfits to look a certain way.

Costumes The main reason for buying gems. You get to preview them before buying!

Gem to Gold conversion Pretty good if you need a small boost in profits, though the conversion rate is horrible. Use as a last resort.

IllegalChocolate.6938:

CodeHavoc.7926:

IllegalChocolate.6938:

what gear is being invalidated exactly

Zerker/ Celestial meta.

Is there a clear source on this? from what I gather scholar class mobs will want to be countered with power builds like those associated with the zerker meta based on mordrem menders and trolls who are both scholar class mobs.

Celestial is just well rounded and a lot of people speculate being very powerful for general use by the revenant when considering dual aspects like King Jalis + Mallyx, but of course celestial is also heavily dependant on might stacking, is might stacking getting another nerf?

Just take a look at build videos or build suggestion forums posts. 99% of them either involve zerker or celestial gear. It’s been prominent for mainly PvE and somewhat in WvW.

To answer your second question, im not sure if might is getting another nerf and im not sure if they can completely fix that especially with boon duration hanging around some gear sets. Besides even with the previous nerf people can still stack might with food and other boon duration bonuses (ie, Might duration runes and jewelry)

rapthorne.7345:

Rebound.3409:

No..for an mmo and for the CONSTANT demands and expectations of an mmo that IS a micro team. For a single player that’s an OK team…but even then not that big.

The vast majority of f2p mmo’s have developer employee numbers barely in the 10’s, let alone the hundreds

Unless you’re Dota, Starcraft, League or Smite.

IllegalChocolate.6938:

what gear is being invalidated exactly

Zerker/ Celestial meta.

Illuminati.3089:

We already know Trahearne and Jory are gonna be using GS as a necro.
and We know Rytlock is the first revenant.
Who is the dragonhunter? Dear Logan? If so, he has to follow dragonhunter lore and hate all things related to the dragon including sylvari.
I guess Kasmeer is going to be the new tempest.
Is countess Anise going to be a chronomancer?
So many speculations

Don’t leave Logan out of it. True, Jory might as well have the new spec over Trahearne since she is more necro-like while Treeman will remain a hybrid •hint•hint•

Can we have new characters that teach our current party these specs instead. It would be kinda weird for your members to suddenly “learn” said specs….aside from Jory.

Probably something Anet will look into, but don’t expect anything like that for a few years at least.

Major reason posts like these pop up just about every week.

1) They invested into zerker or celestial gear

2) They think they’re entitled to a refund or Gear reset because “Big bad anet ‘ruined’ your build”

No, your gear isn’t going to be useless. There are 25 combinations of gear, yet zerker gear is the most used gear for a long overdue while, leaving the rest to be piles of gear to be looked at once and tossed in the TP. Anet is finally realizing this and throwing the other gear sets back on line.

Ive been playing Necrmancer since launch. I guess that makes me an outsider, considering the class has been all but abandoned except a select few. We’ll see after Friday if I change my mind or not.

That’s good Gw2 managed to raise some eyebrows, hopefully they can raise that number higher when the Xpack drops.

Side note, Wildstar needs to swallow their pride and go F2P already. Every time I see WS all I need is numbers falling rather quickly. I don’t see how doing that will impact them negatively. (Tera and Rift did the same thing, they are very much successful currently. They aren’t NCSoft but you get the point.)

Wanze.8410:

gem store was updated, have fun with it

You wanted updates, there ya go.

I remember Collin saying prior that there were no plansfor an expansion and would release enough content to keep us happy. The expansion is long overdue yet Anet tried to break outside “The traditional MMO” by releasing content updates every two weeks, yet it did very little to keep players logged on for hours on end aside from the Southsun event. Living story was fun but only kept me logged on to do the little things (occasional zerfest patch and two hour story event.) I guess Anet figured out it was going to take more than an injection of content to bring in the audiences. Hence, the expansion. Whether or not that was the plan, that’s the way I see it. Two week patches weren’t enough to bring in people so they used the expansion trump card to bring in the masses. Hopefully it works.

I don’t really have a problem with the outfits, They’re fun to dye, but I see your point.

lordkrall.7241:

Don’t have any expectations except for what we have been told. That just leads to frustration and anger and posts about “lies and marketing talk”.

Exactly why they haven’t given a price nor a release window and I really can’t blame them. The way things worded from Anet are pretty sure to succeed very well or hurt them in the long run. The hype and expectations will be so high if they screw up like they did back in pre release beta, it will make this the worst expansion release in…ever.

When specs drop it will be cast at your feet. Kinda sucks if you’re trying to stay at range.

Kilger.5490:

A guy… who knows a guy… who knows a guy.

I’ll believe it when we get a link.

OlliX.1705:

I guess the defiance bar kinda fits with that idea too, though we don’t know who’s getting that yet.

After two years of saying "We don’t have stun breaks or anti-cc/ Invulnerabilities " you’d think a defiance bar is exactly what we need and I’m sure anet is picking up on that. We’ll have to see.

TheGrimm.5624:

OwikGall.1607:

The Blackguard.

Wait if we get Blackguards for the Nerco does that mean we get Choppas for the Warrior? I am good with this.

Get to the choppa

Necroman/Woman

Roe.3679:

CodeHavoc.7926:

1) That the changes are stated hopefully in tomorrow’s blog post
2) Necro will finally has some meaning in the grand scheme of class balance
3) No more nerfs please
4) Death Shroud shouldn’t reguarded as a Second Health Bar to justify not having utilities in DS
5) The upcoming POI won’t be a 35 minute troll fest
6) No more nerfs. We get it.

Is the blog post tomorrow? I thought these were on Thursdays.

I would assume so seeing Dragonhunter was revealed on Tuesday as well as a lengthy blog post as a set up for Friday.

I’ll reserve judgment until I see that blog post on what the specs are and how the way Necro will be placed from then on.

TheMaskedGamer.5708:

Invictus.1503:

Scoobaniec.9561:

I still dont believe in melee staff. Also where is greatsword? Would be silly to not have one.

I do believe in melee staff (after all, we have ranged greatsword), but in that we can simply agree to disagree as it could go either way.

As for greatsword, please please please NO! Greatsword is overused and I hate that so much attention has been placed on this single weapon by Anet. Ideally I’m hoping the melee staff is their TH melee weapon in place of the greatsword.

I disagree with the “No greatswords”. To me All heavy armor classes should have a Greatsword. (All the Light armors have staves for example.) It wouldn’t feel right for the Revenant not to have the weapon. If not, at least I hope they give him a Specialization for him that gives him greatsword.

Give Rev a greatsword and it’s another guardian.

Doggie.3184:

The name needs to be something Trehearne or Orr related since he was the Original Necro GS Gangsta.

Risen Fighter
That or Toiletbowl cleaner.

1) That the changes are stated hopefully in tomorrow’s blog post
2) Necro will finally has some meaning in the grand scheme of class balance
3) No more nerfs please
4) Death Shroud shouldn’t reguarded as a Second Health Bar to justify not having utilities in DS
5) The upcoming POI won’t be a 35 minute troll fest
6) No more nerfs. We get it.

Rym.1469:

Anchoku.8142:

Maybe the teasers are misinformation; did you ever think of that?

What if GS is the new weapon but will combine traits with dagger in Blood Magic.

What if, instead, Necromancer got kits to mix up potions?

That thing behind the Asura could be a spectral kit.

The Witcher 3: Wild DragonHunt specialization.

Mordrem Hunter gets no love?

Rising Dusk.2408:

Bhawb.7408:

I know ANet knows about our issues, the problem is do they agree with our fixes for them, and do they have people really invested in the profession who are going to have imaginative and insightful ways to implement those solutions.

I’ve never really doubted whether ANet knew about the problems, but seeing the way they change us has often left a feeling of disconnect between what we need and what they seem to think we need. Ex: Dhuumfire was a direct fix to one of our issues at the time, but done in a particularly unimaginative and bad way, and then immediately after they demonstrated that they didn’t understand the issue.

All I can say is that I hope that I’ve communicated the issues and proposed solutions effectively enough that they’ll be able to do something meaningful with it. I may not be a profession-specific specialist, but given that I have their ear I’ll be kittened if I don’t take advantage of it for the betterment of classes at large in all formats.

I think the biggest issue they face with Necromancer is the fear of it becoming hyper overpowered because of how Death Shroud functions in its current incarnation should they make all of the changes suggested. There’s also of course the “it mostly works in PvP now, so any buffs will send it over the top” angle that they’re contending with. The best we can do in either case is to simply hope and see what they get us.

If their biggest fear is death shroud, get rid of it and change the rest of the useless skills, starting with our broken minion AI. I get it, even even tweaking DS will result it breaking class balance. But that doesn’t save them from other problems we sent their way: Uncontrollable minions, no protection, useful stun breaks, party support, reflects or anything of that sort. If the “second health bar” is the reason we have these other problems strip it and replace it with something we can use.

DrArmature.4619:

met.9653:

Dude where this thing got head Oo ? I don’t want to play something with big hole instead of head.

It’s an asuran with a deep hood. Think ringwraithes with floppy ears. ;O

Necro’s Creed: Dark Path Chronicles

Solori.6025:

Well if it’s gonna be a PoI, prepare for the most lackluster preview, with no trait reveal.
Cause thanks ruby

Also.

We have a dragonhunter.
Now we get the Dragon Slayer

I kinda want another host that isn’t Ruby, she’s monotone, enthusiastic and dry. But yeah, “Chronomancer! Whoo! Dragonhunter! Yeah! Necro…..meh, lets go for a ten minute troll stream!”

• Banshee
• Death Knight
• Witch Doctor
• Reaper
• Death
• Ritualist
•Shaman
• Lichman

Ok that last was a troll but here are a few names.

Farm Sw like suggest, but I would go a bit further and say run megaboss events like Triple Trouble or Teq. I managed to get a Exotic out of pure RNG that was worth 30 gold.

I was hoping for the Jekyll and Mr. Hyde elixirs. Sure they damage you a bit like Potion XI will cause hemorrhaging (3 stacks of bleeds) but grant 3 stacks of might for 10 seconds on a 25 second cd. Something I came up with at the last minute where it’s high risk, high reward gameplay. I prefer to have a version of this instead of what we currently have.

Blackgate for US not sure on EU. And welcome to GW 2

A tweet came revealing the next Spec, it was the Necro. Was it too soon or will this be another “Necromancers are in a good spot” situation? Regardless I’m glad we aren’t dead last in terms of reveals so question is: Spec name?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/external?l=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FGuildWars2_DE%2Fstatus%2F597793730016444417

Risen killer. Just joking. I really see Banshee becoming a thing. Why? It doesn’t fit Ele with shouts, Warriors obviously don’t need more shouts, possibly Revenant but I highly doubt it and thief it would be a contradiction to it’s profession.

Sagat.3285:

CodeHavoc.7926:

does plague signet work inside of DS?

No utilities work in DS…what are you trying to accomplish?

Trying to see if I could use Plague Signet in combination with Unholy martyr but it’s a bust. Trying to see if I can make DS last a bit longer.

Quick question on which one is better and does plague signet work inside of DS?

It isn’t a question of would or could. Necro NEEDS a defiance bar. Warrior is powerful enough, eles definitely don’t need one. I can’t see why necros wouldn’t have one.

I was hoping there would be an event to rebuild LA since..you know..it’s still broken.

Maybe you’d understand when the devs tell you to give feedback on any possible changes, you suggest changes, and either they don’t knowledge these suggestions or they make they make changes and it’s far from the ones we suggested. It’s been a tug-of-war situation for 3 years now and people are fed up especially that four hour specialization stream that slapped necromancer players in the face when they changed almost nothing. Why? “Necromancers are in a good spot.” I fully disagree with that statement. We have no team support, vigor, invulnerabilities, skills that allow stability or stun breaks. Almost every class available has skills that either match or are better than current skills necros have. No, not all of us are complaining, but it’s been proven that necromancers are at the bottom of almost everything in terms of viability or team support. Fix? Revenant.

Warrior: Pistols
Mesmer: Dagger
Ranger: Rifle
Thief: Mace
Engineer: Not sure, don’t they have enough?
Necro: Scythe
Elementalist: Greatsword

It was never good, got nerfed even though a select few used it . You’re better off using Consume Conditions as it has the best condition clearing skill in the game.

Their policy doesn’t allow them to talk about it.

Rising Dusk.2408:

I liked the article, and found it amusing that the one place where a developer might have seen it, it was censored by moderators for a pretty laughable reason. At least the reddit moderators can’t censor my specialist reports, sheesh.

Yeah, it was a bit underhanded and hugely unnecessary especially when the devs themselves welcomed feedback. I guess one of the Mods have something against necros? ?_?

I don’t really care about Ascended gear mainly because it’s a grind I rather save for the next set of Legendary weapons and because Exotics are pretty close minus a few stats.

Its no secret to why Anet is clamp lipped when it comes to content updates or rather any updates for that matter. So whats the issue? I rather tell you or have you read an article written a few days ago. Careful though it’s a bit lengthy but will make sense when you read it.

Hey Anet, change your policies please.

They can’t say more ourside of their policy.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Communicating-with-you/first

I was hoping on lines of “Screamer” or “Kali” for necro elites.

Please note this article is a few days old and right after the Ten Ton article that released not that long ago as well giving and additional view on the necromancer

https://toughlovecritic.wordpress.com/2015/05/02/one-step-from-death-the-necromancers-curse-part-1/

Apparently there was a part two as well do here ya go

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/external?l=https%3A%2F%2Ftoughlovecritic.wordpress.com%2F2015%2F05%2F06%2Fone-step-from-death-shrouded-in-black-and-white-part-2%2F

TheRandomGuy.7246:

Guardian now a Dragonhunter? Whats next? Warrior a Paladin?

Actually I was hoping Guardian being a paladin, assuming they’ll fix the shield skills.

Hopefully this’ll focus on more physical damage instead of conditions and having to rely on zercker gear to get any damage output.