Guild Wars 2

Buran.3796:

Revenant is a very hard class to play; they have amazing tools to pressure and burst, excellent combat mobility and sustain, but also they have very clear weak points -condition cleanse, limited access to breakstuns-. You make a mistake with the rotations, a bad management of the energy and it’s over.

Every time I see a Rev recking people is due the player is good. Some classes are still underpowered, but I find the current state of the Rev fine, a spot to aim for most of classes: being strong at specific roles but weak at some others. I find that currently Scrappers are stronger (with less burst but more sustain), but didn’t saw any class being “op” in the current meta.

Well, rev is op, the only way to outrotate a rev is to bring another rev

Well, not a PvE master, so dunno which weapon is likely to be used always for raids/fractals, but crafting a legen is a lot of work (I’ve 2,5k hours played and 0 legen), so in my opinion you should take it easy and play a lil bit more the game :p

Not saying you should not focus on starting your legen, but reach high lvl pve first so you can see how the game works and all that stuff

Not gonna miss it tbh

necro stacked teams are bad, you just need double rev and they will nullify every single nec on the match

Anomaly.7612:

Krysard.1364:

Waiting for the OP to face good revs/thieves so they make nec feel like utter trash

Revs have no condi clear. They have stab on dodge. Just AA when they dodge and turn it into fear. GG. Necro and condi mez are literally the biggest counter to them. If you’re dying to a Rev, you’re really doing it wrong.

You talking about 1v1 mate? Then you’re the one doing something wrong

Signet metabuild has more mixed and burst damage and sustain, while Corruption metabuild has more condi dmg and own condition management thanks to the heal, so you’re likely to have the upper hand against necs using vamp signet or surviving condi bursts wthout an ele

Its pretty good on khylo cause you will proc 5 targets most of the time cause random hitboxes around the map (same with all other shouts), but on other maps it generally sucks when 1v1/2v2 compared to other options

Storms Fury.9307:

Anet doesn’t know how to design anything right.

They need to copy the Starcraft 2 matchmaking system

1.) Go back to MMR as primary matchmaker (like SC2)
2.) MMR Persists through seasons (like SC2)
3.) Everyone resets to Amber on Season Reset (Not like SC2 but for good reason)

At end of Season everyone is Amber however:

Legendary/Diamond players will play each other at start of season (and throughout)

Amber/Emerald players will play each other at start of season (and throughout)

In this system you still get league resets however you get fair matches the entire season.

Season 1?

Waiting for the OP to face good revs/thieves so they make nec feel like utter trash

TBH foefire lord has always been easily soloable in less than a min, which doesnt mean that its working as intended, but at least it has been working like this for a while

Condi mesm is actually quite strong, and so thief, dunno why OP is complaining about them

Revert Phase Traversal nerf revs sux

velmeister.4187:

ele d/f aura share seems to be your things if u did engi to div 5.

Actually I think ele is one of the most difficult builds to be useful with due to the fact that they explode when focused by a nec/rev, and so bad eles are free kills

Nerf the evades of a rev, not the damage

Jourdelune.7456:

It’s one problem of a RANK system based on GRINDS.

Not enough players did grind to DIAMOND yet.

So… you need to wait for the players to come into your division.

Having a Match-Making based on skills and MMR is way better, so the queue time are lower. Why? Because you didn’t divide your QUEUE by 6. Actually… it is divided by 6.

It’s like giving you 6 queue options.

This is bad. We need to get matches to our SKILL level and grinds from there the Legendary Item. Not grinding bad matches to get a PVE useless item (with a bad skin layout that get overwrite).

But grinding competitively our MATCHES into the same SKILL level to get that reward. PLEASE ANET, remove the grind from SKILL and put that grind TO PVE REWARD or TITLE/AA.

TBH what you say doesnt makes sense

Minionmancer, lich, plays pvp only cause backpack, still have some close matchups, not that bad imo

As long as thieves run Dash, they hard counter necros(for the ones saying its a bad matchup). Just kite their Shorud and spam evades when he’s out, necros have really slow attacks. Also, d/p definitely works better against reapers cause blind and interrupts, but you should be able to take down a necro with s/d anyway thanks to dash

I feel like GM traits are a lil bit lackluster for power builds, both PvE/PvP. Waddaya think about some reworks like “Do x% increased damage against chilled foes” or smth like this so power builds have a proper GM trait based around chill application too, which is one of the “core features” of Reaper?

Are a lil bit too spammy lately :/

Tarhana.3561:

top 2 or 3 on the score

that carry tho

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJAoYhcMowhNOwzB8RMsBYVPYDeDoPQGYEMNgAQBE-TJBIABB8AAmvMAAnAgM2fAA

EDIT: You can swap Earth Embrace with Elemental Shielding and Geomancer’s Training with Rock Solid

style.6173:

I think you are mixing MMR and PIPS. For season 2, MMR is being ignored and you are instead being matched with others who are at a similar PIP level as you.

In the PIP model, you can have a newcomer to ranked being matched with a pro league player at the beginning of the season. That’s the cause of the issues. It will eventually get better, but the beginning is painful.

Your teammates are matched through division and rating

Novuake.2691:

Being able to Q with 2 div below you should not be a thing.

Novuake.2691:

Krysard.1364:

MM uses the highest division and tier as reference

I think you are missing the point.

Not the whole point at least

Anyway, I do agree full premades should just be matched against other full premades

Elspeth.6380:

Krysard.1364:

Elspeth.6380:

Necro pre-buff is a-ok to begin with. It turned into an overpowered monster when they give a lot of access to boon corruption which was in response to the bunker boon stacking meta.

Now that the celestial amulet and runes of durability is gone, then they give the Reaper boon corrupting buffs which was way too dumb to begin with.

All the buffs were centred around Curses which a lot of necros dont even take

15s cd of corrupt boon isn’t okay to begin with. 10 seconds (when traited) is much worse.

It makes the skill viable, with the old CD it wasnt worth

Elspeth.6380:

Necro pre-buff is a-ok to begin with. It turned into an overpowered monster when they give a lot of access to boon corruption which was in response to the bunker boon stacking meta.

Now that the celestial amulet and runes of durability is gone, then they give the Reaper boon corrupting buffs which was way too dumb to begin with.

All the buffs were centred around Curses which a lot of necros dont even take

Crimson Shi.5047:

No it’s not mostly chill….wtf … lol chill damage is just icing on the cake. Also why wouldn’t he run terror since fear also adds chill duration, if you corrupt their stab that’s a free 1.2 tick right there.

Check your combat log and the info tag when you’re dead, you’ll see Chill as the top skill 90% of time

Wanderer’s tankiness so op

People complain on the forums that if you lose consecutively, your rating drops, and you enter a vicious cicle where you’re stuck with bad teammates. Thing is, do your mmr really drop when you lose against a higher rated team? I dont know if it does or not, but if it does, I think it shouldnt. Pretty much it should work like old pip systiem, where if you lsoe agains a better team you dont lose pips, and if you fight a better team and you end with a high score you win a pip, this obviously traduced to rating. Like this, people on a losing strike, even when being matched with worse teammates and lose, can carry to certain score and so improve their rating.

I dont know if mmr actually works like this, if someone knows more about it please share it

Imo scrapper is the best class to carry with, just force a 2v1 and hold it or win most of your 1v1 arounds, while having decent damage/support/mobility if needed for X situation. Also, you have crazy rezz potential, and this coupled with the fact that the enemy team isnt coordinated makes it so ez to rezz

Novuake.2691:

What a nice matchup.
3v5 is not how it should be.
Being able to Q with 2 div below you should not be a thing.

BEST PART : Lost a pip!

Sigh… Frustrating as all hell.

MM uses the highest division and tier as reference

Legiion.7385:

hi
i tested much and i think axe is much better than sword .
what do u think ?
is it a viable option to shield?

Its waaaay better than sword, shield is still the best offhand tho

basz.6129:

No joke, try blast gyro. Works great

I would rather take Elixir C

MadVisions.4529:

Krysard.1364:

MadVisions.4529:

Krysard.1364:

MadVisions.4529:

on second thought on weapon swap instants could use a look at too.
Edit: i mean both sigils and traits

I dont feel like this is that much needed

sure… https://youtu.be/87nYgHkpijE

Revs have the same, and even if its instant you can predict when they’re going to weapon swap

y iknow i just dont play reve so demonstrated with necro.
ps: go predict it if you have any endurance left after you evaded 2 precision strikes unrelenting + mace 5, mace 3 etc.

Well, anyway I feel like sigils need to have some impact on your build, not just some useless procs.
I also use double porc, but there were multiple traits involved there that will not proc always at the same time than your weapon swap.

MadVisions.4529:

Krysard.1364:

MadVisions.4529:

on second thought on weapon swap instants could use a look at too.
Edit: i mean both sigils and traits

I dont feel like this is that much needed

sure… https://youtu.be/87nYgHkpijE

Revs have the same, and even if its instant you can predict when they’re going to weapon swap
EDIT: Also, your vid is an extremely situational and optimized scenario :p

Marthkus.4615:

Thief needs more blinds, evades, and endurance refill mechanics

Well, Im not sure about that one :p

Cynz.9437:

Krysard.1364:

Miss-dodges are punished when the enemy keeps track of your endurance

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA tell that to scrappers.

Well, being fair punished except revs/thieves

MadVisions.4529:

on second thought on weapon swap instants could use a look at too.
Edit: i mean both sigils and traits

I dont feel like this is that much needed

You know score doesnt mean anything and this will punish some type of roles right?

Miss-dodges are punished when the enemy keeps track of your endurance

Katoh.4069:

So does not give me a buff? My target a debuff? How can I monitor its uptime and its stacks?

By watching how many vul stacks your enemy has

wot

Vargamonth.2047:

Mightybird.6034:

Vargamonth.2047:

That only applies to full premades.
With the first season system, someone with a too high MMR would have been outweighted by placing a lower MMR player on his team.

The really good players who advanced fast during season one, did it mostly not only on full premade but also including a smurf account which lowered their mean MMR and division placement.
Even if they did it to lower stupidly high queue times, it definitely also helped on having even overall easier games.

thats just false. I watched plenty of soloq streams that proved otherwise.

I guess there might be plenty of different cases. I can recall some Helseth stream where he got a negative progression on emerald after playing for several hours.

Thats exactly why ppl complained, cause everyone would eventually hit legendary, but Pro League players were already struggling against each other on emerald

R O C.6574:

What should Herald do when coming up on a 1v1 with Reaper?

Should it really be a given that Reaper destroys Rev?? That goes against the lore of the game! Didn’t Rytlock cheat Death??

Give Rev an “uncorruptable” boon effect. Throw it into the Salvation trait line

Play Mallyx, praise RNGod

Mightybird.6034:

Krysard.1364:

So ppl get matched against players of their same rating? I feel like this wouldnt solve anything but the infamous “mmr tank”

Uh there wouldn’t be tiers or stop gaps anymore to let you (see 2). So you couldn’t freely tank your MMR. You’d drop alllllll the way back down if you lose games on purpose and have to claw your way back up with worse teammates. Gluck with that.

Mightybird.6034:

1. Revert MM changes/bring back season one MM

2. Make ALL tiers/divs losable. (yes even amber tiers)

This makes fights fair again. Keeps bad players from climbing into legendary.

So ppl get matched against players of their same rating? I feel like this wouldnt solve anything but the infamous “mmr tank”

Get gud Kappa

This suggestion tho, I really like it

Death magic+lich form Kreygasm

Any good thief will destroy a necro 1v1(maybe on a legit 1v1 you can defend yourself, but you’ll eventually die), evades/blinds/interrupts are the direct counter of necros

Tell your rev/engi to spam blocks/evades while you 0-100 them. Gonna see how funny it is for the enemy team