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I am getting tantalizingly close to finishing Flameseeker Prophecies…
Currently glint’s regen (combined with prot boons) is superior to ventari healing for sustain
Unless, you know, there’s a second source of regen anywhere in the party. I love Glint, but Glint is not the better choice for healing support over Ventari.
As for the Jalis taunt, I’d rather make the duration increase from the trait baseline and give the trait something else. The ability on its own doesn’t seem worth the cost with a 2-second duration
Revenant doesn’t strictly have an unblockable effect,
You forgot malicious reprisal in Devastation (unless this is getting changed and I forgot), which makes attacks unblockable for 5s after getting blocked (30s cooldown)
Changing the way facets tick for Share Empowerment will just get it nerfed. Currently, with Facet of Nature, Facet of Strength and a rune set like Strength you get 12 stacks of permanent might. Just increase the ICD to 3 seconds and call it a day.
It doesn’t need a change. It is fine as it is.
Defense has can actually fail rather fast if people don’t stomp holes at north. I saw one fail last week in less than half a minute. Pretty sure I was the only one stomping holes.
As for the explosion that killed a bunch of people, that happened in that same run as well. As mentioned above, I think that is because of the creepers, but not sure.
On Saturday, I was having problems in Orr getting UA to activate. I was literally standing right next to an opponent on what appeared to be flat ground and getting a “no path to target” message. Of course I didn’t think to take a screenshot, and when I tried the next day, couldn’t get it to work.
There were some good suggestions regarding ways to balance UA a bit for 1v1 after BWE2 without gutting the skill for PvE use, like having a damage spike at the end of the skill that would hit the main target. So far, at least, they have chosen not to implement any of those. With the number of complaints about it, though, I have to think it is at least on the radar.
But by looking at their reasoning behind the complaints theres no hold to it. Its standard qq by people who got mad ingame cuz clueless and then they turn to the forums filled with baseless accusations. This has proven to be the case countless of times, hundred blades and rapid fire qq being clear examples.
And I’m not saying it needs to be changed. The point is that there were a number of suggestions that COULD have been implemented if the developers felt a change needed to be made. Thus far, they have made only small adjustments, like changing the cd. Whether that means they are comfortable with where it is, or they are just taking a wait and see approach, I couldn’t tell you.
You can’t just compare 2 arbitrary skills from 2 different professions, on weapons designed for different purposes no less.
Guardian hammer 1 gives perma protection! Why can’t rev hammer give perma protection as well?
Exactly. You have to look at the entire range of abilities on the weapon and the role they perform for the given profession. Revenant Hammer 2 has 1200 range, why doesn’t Guardian hammer 2?
Comparing Revenant hammer 2 with guardian hammer 2 simply because they both happen to be hammer skills is nonsensical. That makes as much sense as comparing Fire Ele staff 5 to Druid staff 5
There were some good suggestions regarding ways to balance UA a bit for 1v1 after BWE2 without gutting the skill for PvE use, like having a damage spike at the end of the skill that would hit the main target. So far, at least, they have chosen not to implement any of those. With the number of complaints about it, though, I have to think it is at least on the radar.
I would love seeing Coalescence of Ruin turned into a ground targeted ability
The cooldown is way too low for that to make any kind of sense. I think that would feel terribly clunky.
If I want to use an evade skill, it needs to be instant. Sword #3 needs a shorter cast time before the evade is active. Reduce the damage and might gain, but also reduce the cast time prior to the evade.
A skill that I can compare this to is burning speed. I often use it just for the evade when I am taking heavy pressure.
No, this is an offensive skill that was given a defensive component because it was a death sentence without it. It isn’t truthfully intended to be a defensive skill. It is already very strong. The last thing it needs is a buff that would make counter-play even more difficult. If anything, the cast time should be a bit longer.
My one big, massive huge complaint on Rev was the skill lag time on upkeep skills. ALL of Glints skills could be switched on/off instantly. Every other legend’s upkeep skill had a 1-2s lag (after swapping legends) before i could activate them
Hmmm, this sounds like it could potentially be related to the energy issues on legend swap people have described.
As SyDragon said, this particular interaction is not a bug. You will not be able to activate IO if any other upkeep skills are running, because the maximum upkeep allowed is -10.
I know what you’re saying, but what I was seeing was that if I had some facet upkeeps going including facet of nature, if I popped F2 to get the boons and then pressed F1 to swap legends, I’d still see it take 2 or 3 seconds for the regen rate to reset itself so I could activate an upkeep on the new legend.
And I wasn’t addressing that at all. I was specifically referring to the one interaction, which is why I worded it the way I did.
As to what you are referring to, I have seen it suggested that it is might be due to the fact that the facets pulse every three seconds. I agree that it makes legend swap feel clunkier than it ought to.
So you’re saying there are 2 revs in party and one is already in glint spamming regeneration? Then yes I completely agree Ventari would heal more because an extra regeneration would do nothing. But thats kind of like saying a warrior running phalanx for might stacking is worthless (but only if there is already a warrior doing it). I guess I just dont understand the logic?
There are MANY sources of regeneration in the game.
Revenant is actually quite easy to get into (not necessarily master) once you stop trying to play it like other professions. You don’t necessarily have to constantly swap weapons/legends to be effective. I find it far less complex than Mesmer, elementalist, or engineer. To me, the closest analogue is probably Necromancer.
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It’s possible that it doesn’t work for technical reasons if it tracks the player position.
If it doesn’t get fixed…. Sword AA is the strongest AA in the game at the moment. I didn’t have a chance to compare the raw dps to UA, but it is likely quite close.
A LOT of Revenant dps comes from auto-attacks. It kind of has to be that way because of the way the energy system is designed and the fact that most of the utility skills support AA dps rather than providing burst damage themselves.
if Facet of nature is active it nvr becomes available.
As SyDragon said, this particular interaction is not a bug. You will not be able to activate IO if any other upkeep skills are running, because the maximum upkeep allowed is -10.
Buf jalis ? are you freaken crazy ? they allready almost unkillable Knock spamming CC machines lol
No idea what you’re talking about, but it most certainly isn’t Jalis.
i just also noticed that glints regeneration from healing skill is higher then ventari’s tablet which is meh
Yes, but regeneration stacks duration. Ventari’s heal is vastly more powerful in the presence of another regeneration source.
It seems pretty reasonable to me to have the particle effects fade when not in combat or when your weapons are stowed. Sometimes I like seeing my full armor set without particles over them non-stop.
Perhaps they could fade after a minute or so out of combat?
Or perhaps be a bit softer OOC, so it could kind of flare when entering combat?
I think adding a toggle specifically for this is unlikely because of the back-end engineering & UI work required.
No, what we need is a time machine so it can be October 23rd. right. now.
I hardly ever even notice it.
Waiting for the objectivity. Sorry, couldn’t help myself.
The elite specs are comically overpowered.
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They do seem to have a lot going for them. My main is a guardian who I play as a tanky support, but after playing the druid and revenant, they seem very strong in comparison so far. The druid has a few issues of its own, like the celestial avatar meter building up too quickly when healing, but the burst is high. I might be wrong about this, but the revenant so far seems to take the guardian’s role and does a better job at it.
Actually, they go together like peanut butter and jelly. Guardian excels at a number of things Revenant isn’t so great at (stability (outside retribution trait line), condition clear, reflection) plus offer aegis, etc.
That is true. :P I was mostly worried about the Revenant’s condition clearing and powerful boon uptime in comparison to the Guardian. The Revenant’s Purifying Essence skill seems to be very good for removing conditions. I guess the small radius and the need to position it correctly are a bit of the downside though.
I think the number of people using Ventari will be modest. Most popular build is liable to be Shiro/Glint, which has zero condition clear, aside from possible single condition removal on legend swap. And if they are using Ventari, they are giving up a lot of offense to do so. In that regard, it is fair that they’d be rather good at healing/support. Boon duration increase from Herald is great, and makes all that stability and protection a Guardian is putting out last longer.
I’m jumping from Guardian to Revenant, but for my money, there is ALWAYS going to be room for both in a group. Revenant is good at lots of things, but they aren’t really masters of most of them. For instance, a Herald can put out a nice chunk of might, but if you have a phalanx warrior, then can put their energy into fury instead. They can adapt to group composition, which is One of the things I like about them.
have you nvr been hit with a 10k dragon tooth or 6.8k meteor shower tics? zerk necro wells pulse at 4k and death shroud AA 6k also pierces.
rev dmg seems on par with the rest of the crap flying around in wvw. this vid is not rly the rev dmg, your running in a group catching all kinds of might and class buffs then the execute trait adding on 20% dmg to targets under half hp. those big crits were probably on up lvls too.
They could be using the trait that gives more damage after a block, too. Anyway, as others have said, nerfing because of WvW zergs is silly.
Honestly not sure what we are supposed to see. The frame rate makes it tough.
According to the wiki, Engineer Rocket charge hits the same number of enemies for more damage on a shorter cooldown. Have you complained about that one?
That is why I have the combat log open for everyone to confirm what they see. Watch on HD and pause to see the exact numbers.
As for Engineer rocket charge. It doesn’t increase damage with distance and hits as hard as the first cascade from hammer 2. That isn’t a substantial amount of damage. The third cascade is what is doing stupid amounts of damage.
No, the numbers on the wiki (which could be wrong, of course) say it does more damage than the second hit.
The elite specs are comically overpowered.
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They do seem to have a lot going for them. My main is a guardian who I play as a tanky support, but after playing the druid and revenant, they seem very strong in comparison so far. The druid has a few issues of its own, like the celestial avatar meter building up too quickly when healing, but the burst is high. I might be wrong about this, but the revenant so far seems to take the guardian’s role and does a better job at it.
Actually, they go together like peanut butter and jelly. Guardian excels at a number of things Revenant isn’t so great at (stability (outside retribution trait line), condition clear, reflection) plus offer aegis, etc.
Honestly not sure what we are supposed to see. The frame rate makes it tough.
According to the wiki, Engineer Rocket charge hits the same number of enemies for more damage. Have you complained about that one?
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this is exactly how I felt until herald. Now I use herald and stay in glint, and switch to other things when need be. before herald I could not get into rev at all
Yeah, for better or worse, Glint kind of ties a lot of builds together. Not all, mind you, but many. Most builds are likely going to use Glint, with the possible exception of those built to stay in Ventari or Mallyx the bulk of the time.
All I want to know is how they new dyes are going to be acquired.
If you have more specific questions after you take a look at that, please ask.
Yeah, I love the idea of Jalis. I intend to use it as an off-legend for Glint.
I made or supported a number of suggestions after BWE2 and those still stand for the most part. For me, the heal and elite are in decent spots, so I will focus on the utilities.
Inspiring Reinforcement: apply multiple stacks of stability in an area at start of cast. Road pulses swiftness.
Vengeful Hammers: ideally changed to be a non-projectile AoE. Would love to see hits cause .5-1 sec weakness or (if changed to AoE) revert size decrease and apply damage reduction to allies standing in radius.
Forced Engagement: would still love to see a pull or shadowstep added to this. As of now, I don’t see using it. When I have tried, it doesn’t seem to do anything.
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Don’t forget that you can rearrange the utility skills if you like. I find that helpful on certain legends.
Sword 3 feels buggy now. For whatever reason, it’ll just not activate sometimes. I’ll have an enemy targeted, they’ll be well within range, and then nothing will happen when I press the button.
Apart from that bug, I’m loving everything about this profession.
It’s because it can’t find a path to the target. Yes, this happens even when standing right next to them in some places. It was happening to me in Orr earlier.
It’s pretty annoying at times. I don’t understand why they can’t loosen the parameters on the detection a bit, but wouldn’t claim to know all the intricacies.
That’s a good point. I just think enough points should be earned on the first story mission to unlock gliding tier 1 at the point you enter the map.
That’s very different feedback from not liking Masteries at all.
- NO CONDI CLEAR – apparently “soothing stone” is supposed to condi clear but it doesnt
I just tested this multiple times and it worked perfectly, so not sure what tot tell you.
To be completely honest, i don’t believe for a second that ascended will be REQUIRED for raids. It’s 5% superior to exotics.
This. The difference isn’t large at all, much less than having a solid build that complements the others in the group and good teamwork. If it were the case that you had to have builds that meshed perfectly, great teamwork, and ascended gear, the number of people that ended up completing the raids would be miniscule.
Might it give you a slightly larger margin for error? Sure.
Can I use account bound unidentified dye to mix with regular unidentified dye to make the Bifrost? Thanks.
Not positive, but my understanding is no, because you can only put a single item stack into the forge.
Santa,
I’ve been a good guardian this year, could I get a psychotic orange dye, please?
That was very funny. Sad, but funny.
Love the music choice.
I give it an 8.5
Hey guys, i know a lot of people felt like Soothing Bastion was problematic because being suddenly rooted could be bad in a lot of situations and also because of a conflict between the new trait Roy had proposed.
What if Soothing Bastion were activated when reviving a downed ally, a situation where you would be rooted anyway.
Thoughts?
I’m not sure this is technically possible because it is a channeled skill, but it would be great if it could.
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Well, no one profession is right for everyone. Maybe this one just isn’t for you. If you have specific questions, we will try to answer.
Nice, welcome to our little corner of the forums.
I agree, being challenged by veterans was tons of fun. Even normal mobs weren’t afk-food. It feels different now imo.
That’s a shame because it was quite fun before. And, at least the parts I played, while they had a learning curve, weren’t what I would call punishingly difficult, ankitten ot an elite player by any stretch.
I agree with some points (can’t say anything to the others since I don’t know if it’s accurate).
What I like:
- some champions still posed a threat to soloplayers
I haven’t been in Verdant Brink, but this point jumped out at me. Is that what you meant, that some CHAMPIONS posed a threat to solo players? Because in the last beta, there were VETERANS who could smoke you if you weren’t paying attention.
Hammer 3 made me so incredibly motion sick the first time I used it, that my time on Scrapper was quite brief.
Base rev cannot make much use from fury and that is troublesome. Sure we can always pick up elite spec – Glint but the questions remains..what if Glint wasnt here? And what will happen once they release cooler elite spec, perhaps another dps one..without fury in it?
Amen. I thought Revenant felt incomplete until Herald was revealed. If it were up to me, Glint would be a base legend.
You’re too busy complaining about what doesn’t sync when you should be focusing on what does sync!
Yep. This entire thread is a trumped-up attempt to demand more utility skills per legend, which we do not need and are not getting.
Who says ventary and Shiro cant work? maybe im wrong but who says i cant swap from ventary to shiro and use jade winds to stun all the foes (thats a role in support is called control), and who says i cant use imposible odds and using my staff auto attacks for generating a lot orbs (quickness + autoatacking)
Now that is some outside the box thinking. I like it!
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Pretty sure what they mean is 7am Monday UTC
Hammer is the only ranged weapon we have. If you think that will be useful, it is the obvious choice.