Guild Wars 2

How do you choose a build when certain classes are just trying to find one that even works at all? And this meta is better? I’ll just say I disagree and leave it at that

It isn’t now either though.

Not to worry I’m sure someone will come up with a build that lasts a whole 7 seconds and claim it was a good patch for ele and they like how it is now. That was sarcastic but I’ve actually seen it in a couple of threads already sad state for ele and this game

@July same here they asked if I wanted them to start playing gw2 with me but all I could say after this patch was don’t bother

I was fine with that when it was said in the preview as were the other ele I talked to

Actually it isn’t balanced for an ele. The low health and Def make an on hit trait for removal almost useless. As exactly how many hits does it take to take an ele down? If you’re going to compare it to Guardian you also have to take in how much health and armor the guard has

Would fireball not be considered a projectile as well? I mean it is an object hurling through the air

Lol yeah only it’s worse now

This patch was all about taking down Def and increasing damage

@Thaddeus thanks didn’t know that

You wanna do nothing but support go for it. I didn’t say there was anything wrong with supporting teammates I said for (for me) not being able to do anything but support isn’t fun

That’s my point they don’t have anything to choose atm. They can do dps but they don’t actually do enough
They can go defense but can’t do that as well anymore
The only real role they have is team support and I’m sorry but hiding behind a teammate isn’t fun. If every fight has to ele/x vs anything else it isn’t teamwork it’s dragging the team down

Ele isn’t a hard counter to anything atm. It can’t survive a burst and even specd into full damage doesn’t do enough to put down anything but a thief (lots of people playing thief now who don’t know the class well enough)
Yes an experienced thief will know how to get out of the burst was meaning the ones who aren’t

Haven’t found a build yet that works against reaper so if anyone does plz share

Nobleman and Mr Balance really? Wow yup think what ya want

Anet has a thread for people to post about the patch
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/January-26th-Update-Your-feedback

Elementalist scepter needs a lot of work and warhorn hasn’t been used in pvp since it came out because it just so clunky

It could also be the ele is just fun to play. That’s why I use it On the other hand ele spent a year being completely useless everywhere
PS the classes who are just out for revenge will be the ones to gloat and say thing like ele crying

New DS with signet equals dead against condi build… necromancer eats it alive. Tried that

Sorry was referring to the previous comment that says DS nerf doesn’t matter

Lots of necros now. So no worries there will always be a couple around to melt ya

Did you test in pve or something? Ele is not strong anymore

Actually there are a lot of condi necros going now so no ele isn’t ok. I’ve ran into them every game. Condi seems to be the big thing this season

There’s a thread Anet started for feedback on the patch. If you don’t like it then tell them
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/January-26th-Update-Your-feedback

Everyone knows all classes need work I don’t think that has been argued. His point was the Cele amulet covered them for ele and now that it’s gone instead of it coming back like last time if the class could be fixed
PS no anger to project was just trying to help

Wow what’s with the anger?
Ele was good in the past because they gave us tools to counter the design flaws. Now those are gone and instead of another quick fix it would be nice if the class got the work it needs. I think that is what was meant

They have a thread asking for feedback from this patch.

That is a personal opinion. I honestly hated halo 2. Different game modes could work but copying another game’s is prob not the best way to go about it

Ele was good in the past because they gave us tools to counter the design flaws. Now those are gone and instead of another quick fix it would be nice if the class got the work it needs. I think that is what was meant

From a pvp perspective
elementalist are in a very poor state right now. Their entire play is arounds boons and active defenses, and right now a fear or two followed by the condi loading and boon convertions is enough to A) get you off the fight for a few seconds until you can heal back up (and hope they dont come after you) , or b) simply die. Well played thieves just demolish us (nothing new) as well in a few seconds. With the amount of boon stripping and conversion ele can’t defend itself. I realize diamond skin needed taken down a bit but to make it a on hit skill on a profession that has the lowest health and armor to begin with is just too much. People were ok with what was said in the preview but the on hit part took us by surprise and hasn’t been taken well. With the removal of Cele and the skill changes ele needs some help

Wow so messed up but I love it

I tried this build earlier. Maybe I just need more practice with it but got melted by conditions

It’s alright not super high damage just remember to run away from condition specs…. if ya can completely bypass those you’ll be somewhat alright

Fair warning ya will prob get bashed by others. For the record I agree for the most part

Same build I ran only when I got a boon it was stripped or corrupted and lots of condition pressure. Though I didn’t use a staff

Yup I ran it too… the other team had two condition necros it didn’t go well

Ele is bottom tier now

Lol you don’t want to hear us then dont. You came into the thread ya don’t like it leave but don’t tell others to shut up

Great so the rest of you will be lowering your health and toughness to match the ele? If not your comment doesn’t really count now does it

Atharian.7092:

I get that the change has left Elementalists in a wierd place, but please don’t pretend it was not needed. Condition builds were completely, utterly, and absolutely destroyed by the mere existence of an Elementalist and this kind of change was long overdue.

We aren’t saying it couldn’t be taken down a bit just not to the extent that it was

Better question when does the next season end so we can get (hopefully) a better patch?

I thought the new trend was try really hard to kill someone in the 10 seconds of life you have?

So you’re going to quit now? These forums are ignored lol

That isn’t saying much considering what this patch did to ele

Surprise it’s dead

Don’t worry warriors now have plenty of company in the low tiers

And yet here it is!

Ele had it because they have the lowest hp of any class. If they can’t get conditions off them they go down fast

Ele got a hard nerf also

Then go try them out lol just saying