Far Shiverpeaks
having the same issue, not entirely sure why as the signet of restoration nerf (18% less healing) seems to be the only thing for me that has changed while in battle
Might just be physiological but it does feel like i receive a ton more damage
But then again, might not be something on our end, might be the buffs every other class that already make up 90% of WvWvW got buffs…
Far Shiverpeaks
As far as at least keeping swiftness up in D/D, that shouldn’t be a big deal.
With 10 in elemental attunement in arcane, you get some swiftness every time you switch to air, so switch to it and out so you can switch back asap to get more swiftness.
10 points in air gets you zephyr’s boon, which applies fury and swiftness upon aura use. So use your auras while traveling.
It’s common for eles to run boon duration runes, which lengthens the swiftness (along with the other boons of course) as well.
While just roaming around, using the glyph heal in air attunement applies swiftness as well.
There’s always air sig for 25% speed increase, if you’re willing to use a utility slot for that.
But my point is that we have to use our valuable traits JUST to keep up with others while they have one or more abilities that they can use without sing their valuable traits for it
The same applies for using runes just for movementspeed
Far Shiverpeaks
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So since the annoying update, RTL have been basically not an option when it comes to keeping up with the zerg in WvWvW due to the 40 sec timer, 40 sec is simply too long for me so i save it till i need to engage in battle which is needed more than ever since i now fall behind the zerg
But that’s like the only movement spell the D/D ele got. Updraft does apply 13 sec movement speed, but that hardly does anything due to the backflip.
Then we have burning speed which doesn’t really get you that far either, also it’s one of our most damaging spells so it really does not make sense to waste it for a so minor movement
As far as i’m aware we are more or less locked at normal run speed unless we use specific traits which will give you some movement speed compared to many of the other classes with one or more spells that will apply runspeed or charge forward that doesn’t have a 40 sec timer which makes it useless for getting around
So basically my question is, what do you guys do to keep up with a zerg in WvWvW?
Far Shiverpeaks
The class is still OP, so more nerf is required to tune it down further.
Just. Stop. The. Bologna.
Let me know at what point in time in the last three months a D/D Ele in full bunker spec was destroying in WvWvW and raking in loot bags. Oh that’s right, NEVER. Any full bunker D/D was not killing anybody, just delaying and harassing targets. A perfectly viable tactic.
But apparently not if you’re an Ele, only if you’re Thief, Guardian, etc. Its so pathetic how all the “ELE ARE OP” whiners are obviously the ones who can’t time CC like a block or interrupt on a 3.25s CE, or complain because their glass cannon warrior didn’t bring any condition removal and so got KO’d by the bleed stacks.
Our problem is that our spells are too colorful and shiny that the other classes just instantly think that we must be OP with all the fancy spells we cast around us… only reason i can see why people think we are OP in WvWvW, the only time we shine in WvWvW is with staff while defending a tower/keep
Maybe an exaggeration but if there is any class out there you will notice in battle, it’s the ele (fire and such going everywhere).
Far Shiverpeaks
And I swear RTL range has been reduced, the tooltip just doesn’t show anything.
IT has, in the patch note it says it’s been reduced from 1530 to 1200 (not because the cooldown was enough to start with…)
Far Shiverpeaks
It’s so freaking annoying to use RTL in WvWvW and CONSTANTLY worry about, oh am i going to hit this guy, what if i don’t, hmm i should save this till later because if i miss, i will have to wait 40 seconds before i can use it again, and what if he blocks it? maybe i should just wait a little longer and see what happens.
it’s not fun at all to have to worry about this…
some might say just adjust and that it now requires “skill” to use it and i’m not saying it useless now because it isn’t. All i am saying is that they made one of the most fun spells to use in the entire game into one of the most annoying spell to worry about in the game…
Far Shiverpeaks
Anet did make it possible to still have a 20 sec cd on rtl. Elemental just have to hit something
You missed the part about it still being 40 sec if your target in anyway shape or form does not take damage which is like 50% or more of the time you use it (it’s not like the player can’t see the giant lightning ball headed towards them and then dodge it)
i used RTL on an NPC in WvWvW that still had the immortality boon (idk what the real name of the boon is) and the cooldown was 40 sec even though it was a hit, just did 0 damage…
Far Shiverpeaks
Exactly, WHY?
and if it is because of PvP, THEN SPLIT THE SKILL. plenty of other skills are being split. several skills in gw1 were split.
its not just a pvp problem, its also a pvE problem too.
How is it a PvE problem? it’s not like you can’t just casually walk away from the AI in GW2…
Far Shiverpeaks
Not only did they nerf it, they also bugged it…
If you use autorun, you will have to move the camera in order for it to start moving again.
I guess it makes sense in their head since they already limited the travel distance, i guess this is just another small adjustment to make us move even slower due to the occasional times you forget to move the camera
Far Shiverpeaks
GJ nerfing RTL and then bugging it…
You need to move the camera in order for autorun to continue after using ride the lightning
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