It’s funny how most of you forget about the fact that the rev has to micromanage energy and just throw skill names in the list as if it is generic warrior firing off abilities
Just goes without saying what skillfloor you guys are at.
EVE Online’s PTR is great, but they change the whole ruleset of the game there. Your pilot can learn everything and everything is supplied through the market and everything costs like 1 copper (in gw2 money) so you can test everything your hearts desire.
That’s how I got to test capital ships back when I was playing. As a solo player I knew i’d never be able to make one for myself unless I joined a corp but I didnt feel like it.
It was cool
heres the thing, will ppl actually go through that extra miles to obtain ip address? address that might not be static?
yes, is rather easy to obtain address via skype, public voip and so on
but will people actually go beyond that to create public sites and so on to obtain ip address? is not like you are some big shot.
It’s actually very easy to do since the browser sends this info everytime you request to open a webpage.
Sometimes when you use a web proxy, the proxy providers attach extra headers to your request which contain your real address, so thinking that using proxy maeks you safe by default is a big problem.
And idk when I told you about public sites, i didn’t mean a real page.
Here’s an example. Have you heard of those URL shortening services? Like bit.ly t.co etc etc. You can mask a bad URL in a bit.ly and send it to someone via text message
1) The victim clicks the bit.ly link believing that it’s a youtube vid since you said its a super funny vid too
2) The Bit.ly address you gave the guy actually resolves to yoursite.com
3) Which in turn saves the user’s IP address and immediately redirects to Youtube
4) Victim seems the video and business as usual
But you actually stored some data about that user. Including the OS version, web browser and IP address of the user.
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Rite proc from rev? Rev atm with protection+vengeful hammers (20%) and rite can reduce all incoming damage by 100% and rev wont take any damage unless you apply vul to him. It should work similiar in similiar way to ele drastically reducing damage but unlike rev he wont gain 100% reduction. If i recall correctly there was a thread some time ago with a 12 damage vault on ele.
Thats said ele sustain is over the top and we all know it.
Well if they get hit for less than 20 damage by one of the most powerful abilities in game, they don’t really need to sustain
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Can we get like a moa trainer NPC into HotM?
One of the big problems with moa is that people don’t know what to do with it. One of the PRO league guys even scored a Chieftain kill while moa’d.
True. I also don’t get it why when I cast emergency moa (see when my hp is ~500-1000) my opponent decides they have to run from me rather than hit me 3-4 times. It’s never going to work.
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I can think of many skills, that can hit for more than 5k. Not everyone has perma protection and other dmg reducing stuff. And not every condi cleanse is on high cooldown and removes only 1-2 condis.
And what would keep those almost “unkillable” bruiser/bunker builds in check, if we nerf the only things that can counter them? Currently condi necro/mes is kinda necessary to deal with scrapper/ele/rev beause those are just as op in their own department.
Retaliation doesn’t protect you from dmg.
Increasing resistance aviability would nerf all non necro condi builds more than necros, because they can’t get rid of the boon. And high uptime of total immunity against anything is not good for the game imo.
Power builds keep other power builds in check. For example, last year before the June nerf nobody was running power because thief was shredding every and any power build with few strikes. It sounds easier to pull of than it sounds but thieves had 2-3 viable builds and all of them were heavy hitters with good “sustain” and basically panic strike meant death. In retrospect, Immobilize is hugely ignored these days because of random “movement abilities cancel immobilizing conditions” kind of traits. Brought to you by #Gw2HoT
And high uptime of total immunity against anything is not good for the game imo.
Like the mesmer’s double block + distortion + well of precognition?
I get it
Power has no counter play amirite?
So what? Condi mes wins vs power rev? No surprise. Rev is still meta despite being weak vs condis.
It wouldn’t have mattered if you were the greatest revenant in existence. Even then you might not die due to kiting but you’ll leave the capture point which is all i need anyway. Meanwhile, I’m far from the greatest mesmer It’s just what I used to climb up the ladder because thief was ineffective. It was a lot easier on mesmer even though I have about a thousand of games on thief and I consider myself good on it. My girlfriend was switching druid/necro depending on enemy team comp. We needed truly terrible teammates to lose these games. I hardly died, even in loss.
(I would lose vs anything with rev, because i suck at playing it. I wouldn’t mind dueling you with ranger though)
I’m willing to try your druid with a necro (a class i’ve never played)
I think i never lost a match against 3+ necros with a more power focused team. They don’t stack that well.
What do you mean by ‘more power focused team’? Because against 3 necs your revenants would fall flat on their faces most of the time. Even the mallyx ones. An ele could trip the scales but people hardly play ele good these days. I usually am teamed with bad eles that don’t sustain teammates.
And i never said anything about wvw (ppl are crying there about condis as much as in pvp – no difference)
Hmm my bad then. I thought you were talking about WvW in previous posts of yours. Probably I confused you.
EDIT: And to answer your questions, it’s better to bring defense because condi cleanse abilities are bad and have awful utility. 50% damage reduction AoE with 15 second uptime and daze trumps condi to boon convert, unless you are chilled but this is very conditional. And well, if there are necros they’ll probably instantly convert those converted boons back into conditions.
I’ve never played druid but I suspect protective ward has a better utility against random damage against whatever else you said.
On the explanation of bulwark….once you use elixir c you forget about that utility for about 40 seconds in which time you eat power and condition damage
With bulwark … there’s nothing a necro can do to convert your non existing boons so in a way it even lowers application. And it is on a 20 second cooldown.
Perhaps if elixir c was buffing my whole team with resistance too and anet rework resistance into non-convertible boon, maybe every engi under the sun will pick elixir C. Oh and a lowered cooldown will surely help.
EDIT 2: Not to mention that most condi cleanse abilities cancel 1-3 conditions completely on random and that makes them utterly useless. Skills like shadow step on a thief a great because they strip everything, but majority of condi cleanse is partial, on high cooldown and no other utility. It can’t be compared to stun breaker type skills that come from power countering abilities.
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What argument about CC. I like CC. It’s better than some bogus chill/burn/etc damage <o> CC abilities are a lot better balanced than condi damage abilities.
Nevermind misread.
Although the fact that you think CC lock is somehow related is esports is amusing.
Do watch some Blade & Soul PvP
Or even Dota 2. There are certain classes with key CC abilities that can win you the game.
What’s that? Weakness doesn’t affect condi damage? Awww :c Those power builds are spewing such nonsense.
I mean … your low power attacks are reflected by retaliation so its fair amirite. Totally neglecting the fact that its one thing getting the turnaround of 200 damage and its a whole different story to eat the turnaround of 2-3k damage, which btw is your only source of damage.
As a power build you cant stab twice and run away waiting for condis to tick down the enemy while you recover from the retal return. Well take this attribute reduce and -66% power output. Oh, your enemy had protection too? Well F you power user! Go cri for balance!
OH BUT PLS … THE RESISTANCE BOON EXISTS. Now, let’s neglect the fact that only 2-3 classes can apply it …. and let’s focus on the fact that it is a corruptable boon c:
In other news, Gw2 is trying to be an esport. However condition damage is incredibly boring to watch. You do some bogus attacks and start kiting while applying minimum pressure and poof, your target backpedals.
Ever wondered why there is no such concept as condition damage in true esport games? Weakening conditions (through slows or damage neutralization) are perfectly fine, so is CC and hell even CC-lock mechanics because they require effort and timing.
Don’t you dare tell me it’s hard to land conditions. If you do, you can go ahead and uninstall the game because that means you are terribad and your opinion means jack.
Blade & Soul is doing bad but still has a better esport scene without pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars And the combat there is basically who can CC lock better. Nothing spectacular, but fun to watch nonetheless. On a bad day it has more viewers than Gw2 on pro league day :c
Personally I’d like to see more effect from weakness, immobilization, cripple, chill and taunt rather than some artificial burns and poisons and loltorment.
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