You probably have a chart of what traits/weapons/utilities people do not use. There is a good reason they do not as well.
Can you please buff things people do not use?
Bad logic is bad. Just because something is underused does not mean it is underpowered.
Perfect example are d/d eles. At launch, d/d eles were very rare in sPVP since few people knew how to make it work. Turns out that once players figured out the class mechanics, the “underused” setup/class was actually too strong and is now getting balanced.
The same thing is also true of 100nades engies, and now HGH. The builds were available since launch but the community hadn’t figured them out yet so they weren’t popular.
A small number of people were ahead of the curve and figured these things out early.. then posted videos.. then they became FOTM.
I know of at least two overpowered s/tPVP builds that Anet is unknowingly buffing in the coming patch. They are OP right now and will be even more so in the next patch. I wonder how long it will be before one of these “underused” builds gets posted on the forums and becomes FOTM. I give it about a week, maybe two. Players will be demanding nerfs to previously underused skills
dude, tell me when will “Acidic Elixirs (Thrown elixirs cause damage when they land.)” EVER be a good choice? (It does 250 damage in berserker gear)
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What’s needed to be done depends on what strategy is agreed upon. And you can’t agree upon something unless you talk about it.
P.S. “Strategize” is a pretty common word
There is no strategy, we improvise.
Speak for yourself. Tell that to all the other winning teams who have a strategy.
I could say “Tell that to all the teams who don’t communicate.”. I know i sound like a broken record but if the group is filled with people who know the game then we can be just as good as those who do strategize.
What’s needed to be done depends on what strategy is agreed upon. And you can’t agree upon something unless you talk about it.
P.S. “Strategize” is a pretty common word
There is no strategy, we improvise.
Why nerf it?
best counters are proper played engis necros maybe rangers very good mesmas and very good thiefsjust overload the ele with a deadly mix of all condis and u will see him dieing
No you will see him CLEANSING, any good ele will be running enough cantrips and cleansing to completely negate condition damage, I know this because I used to run it on my Ele. And that is the problem, water as it is gives an Ele too many ways of clearing conditions, with the 3 cantrip cookie cutter build, you have:
Cleanse when you switch to water
An on demand cleanse when you use a cantrip
Cleanse on dodge roll with Cleansing water
Cleanse from the Glyph heal OR Ether Renewal.Your essentially immune to CC (You have 3 very good stun breakers/mobility tools), you negate burst with the nature of this build, you can put out some pretty decent self healing, not too shabby DPS and you have mobility, it’s too much in one package and needs balance. This is coming from the perspective of someone who has played D/D Ele from beta and stopped playing my Ele about a month ago, it just feels to imbalanced.
Hopefully aNet will review and tone down the amount of cleansing Eles can do and that way condition damage could be a viable counter.
you do know that cantrips are on a long cooldown and can’t be reliably used as condition removals? as an engineer it’s pretty easy -> start damaging the elementalist, he enters water, apply 8second chill + prybar their faces and they are pretty much done.