Guild Wars 2

stayBlind.7849:

Oh, but why would you keep playing if you don’t have shiny new items which may or may not have better stats that are introduced in new patches to waste your time on.

Thank you for bringing up my next point … Kids please say NO to drugs.

A legendary isn’t your typical fotm “shiny” it is a massive investment of time and resources that shouldn’t be made useless due to a heavy handed “balance” dev.

I am currently about 2/3 of the way to my legendary greatsword for my Mesmer. Your “balance” people have just made me question if I should even be playing this game.

If you nerf a skill group into the ground you also nerf the weapon as well. Why even make legendary weapons if they will be made obsolete by skill nerfs?

To help the Warrior out Anet should give them a passive 250% run speed buff and 1/4 second cast on all skills. If they need more attention later they can give them a passive health regen of say 5k per second. Oh wait … that is in the next patch already.

plasmacutter.2709:

If I want a condition bunker build I’ll roll a necro.

I play mesmer for the greatsword.

And no, I don’t play glass cannon, I play a well-rounded support build focusing on anti-projectile, kiting, and lockdown, and this patch HURTS me badly.

The berzerker issue is not even the tip of the iceberg.

These toolsheds seem to forget phantasms are far more than just damage for mesmers:

They’re a source of group buffs like regeneration and group utilities like projectile block/reflect.

They’re a fully-fledged resource used for utility spells like distortion and diversion.

These toolshed devs who took over for the REAL mesmer dev on holiday decided it would be perfectly ok for anything that blinds or evades to gut our core class mechanics and resources, and cost us a minimum of 1 attack and 2 utility spells for each evasion, block, invulnerability, or blind, and to make it impossible in PVE to put up one of our most potent projectile reflects while the target is invulnerable.

I am in the same boat and to make it worse I am 2/3 finished with the crap for my legendary greatsword for my Mesmer. If they are going to do broad sweeping changes to classes then they need to revert back to GW1 and not have weapon type linked to the skills used.

Substance E.4852:

leprekan.7248:

Substance E.4852:

leprekan.7248:

Want feedback? STOP NERFING THE MESMER. There you have feedback.

Iknorite?! Just think of how much harder it will be to portal bomb and cast illusion on keep/tower walls after this patch!

So are you saying you were one of the mouth breathing people that couldn’t figure out they could 1 (tops) 2 shot the illusion that was on the wall attacking them? I have no issue with the portal being adjusted if it was needed but killing the damage on the entire class was uncalled for. My ele is better at clearing walls than my mesmer would ever be. This is an across the board hit to the mesmer not just in WvW.

It’s an issue when I have to jump of a ballista to keep the constant parade of illusions from causing irreparable damage to it. Sorry you have to think when casting illusions from now on, it must be very stressful.

You really think an Ele wouldn’t do MORE damage to you or that siege equipment? Again this is an across the board Mesmer nerf that was not needed. My Ele can farm people on walls all day long better than my Mesmer ever could. This was a knee jerk reaction from Anet to a non-issue.

If it was a huge issue in WvW then separate the skills already. Killing the class in all aspects of play because people aren’t bright enough to take 2 seconds to one shot the illusion in WvW is ridiculous.

MLieBennett.9031:

Kitten hate it, to be honest.

No bug fixes (that weren’t just simply Nerfs).
Mesmer’s buggy LoS now affects the Phantasms completely (Gee, no only do I need to worry about where the Phantasm will spawn due to Terrain and AoEs, but I need to try to predict how the LoS works on this invisible missile of unknown speed).
Can’t hit a bloody thing on walls in WvWvW, or anything above me reliably.
Making Mesmer Illusions even MORE limited then how Necromancer/Ranger/Thief “Pets” work. (Oh, why can an Illusion do THAT when Necromancer/Ranger/Thief pets can’t do the same. Nevermind that they die when their target dies, have insanely low HP, can be readied before a fight, can’t exist outside a fight, Clones doing no damage, etc.)

Why not just go all the way?
Make Mesmer Illusions have 1 HP at max.
Nerf Confusion to not be affected by Condition Duration, and lower its damage to just 8 + 1% Condition Damage at 80?
Permanently Cripple the Mesmer Illusions and Clones.
Reduce Portal’s maximum link length to just 10 units.
Reduce Mesmer’s Max HP pool to 2150 HP (Previous Phantasm HP Pool)
Lower Phantasm Damage and make them only use their attacks once.
Require all Mesmer Attacks to need perfectly flat and open ground to have Line of Sight. No up or down movement, and definitely no walls nearby.
Rename the class to “Work-in-progress”

Because each time I see “Patch”
I know its “I hope you weren’t trying to use a Mesmer in PvE, as we are nerfing it even more just because. And no, no Dev will still speak about the class.”

-.-

You summed up how most Mesmers feel. To make matters worse my original main was an Ele … talk about one bad experience after another. GG Anet.

Substance E.4852:

leprekan.7248:

Want feedback? STOP NERFING THE MESMER. There you have feedback.

Iknorite?! Just think of how much harder it will be to portal bomb and cast illusion on keep/tower walls after this patch!

So are you saying you were one of the mouth breathing people that couldn’t figure out they could 1 (tops) 2 shot the illusion that was on the wall attacking them? I have no issue with the portal being adjusted if it was needed but killing the damage on the entire class was uncalled for. My ele is better at clearing walls than my mesmer would ever be. This is an across the board hit to the mesmer not just in WvW.

Want feedback? stop nerfing hte mesmer. There you have feedback.

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You know what they say about arguing on the Internet and the Special Olympics … let Syn keep his gold medal. He is probably a casual that gets more enjoyment out of debating on the forums than actually playing the game.

No matter how it is sliced or sugar coated … the Phantasmal Berserker got hit hard with this nerf. Even when it doesn’t miss it is doing LESS damage than it was before the patch. If they are going to nerf then own up to it in the notes.

No grinding? Have they looked at the ingredients of the Legendary weapons? Or tier 3 cultural armor prices? Or /facepalm the Commander icon?

To make the “no grinding” even more fun they gave us DR!!!!!! What’s that you need 250 Powerful blood? We will make it even more fun and throw you some DR for that rare drop so you can have 7 out of 10 NPCs drop AIR yes that’s right AIR!!!!!!!!!!

It’s an MMO I expect to have to grind. I will grind for things I want. I am LIVID over the AIR drops though. As if spending days/weeks/MONTHS grinding for low drop items isn’t bad enough without there being farm code on the very NPCs you are forced to grind.

I am on my last leg with this company and I was there when they started. This is not the company I felt compelled to talk up and sell to my friends to play.

LMAO! Thank you, after this latest disaster of a patch I needed a laugh.

They are about to lose another customer over this. I am 2/3 of the way to my legendary (greatsword) and they nerfed greatsword into the ground. The berserker is doing same damage as the freaking auto attack now.

Hitting Phantasmal berserker for a 60% or better damage reduction and not even having the courage to list it in the patch notes … you didn’t think we would notice? Insulting at the very least. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

JonPeters.5630:

There was an update a little while back that limited oricalcum farming via server and overflow swapping. This update was too harsh on normal players and we will try to increase the supply of these resources again soon. This requires some more number crunching and testing than the other change we made so it might take a bit longer.

Thanks,

Jon

Any chance we could get an update on when you are going to be fixing this? Just put a no gather for 24 hour debuff on people transferring from one server to the next. Punishing ALL players for a few that are exploiting isn’t fair or good for repeat customers.

Either way, I and many others would greatly appreciate an update on this.

Melphina.9035:

Perhaps it is to stop people with 4+ level 80s from farming ore ?

And what purpose does that serve? They do not want us camping DEs yet there is an obvious need for gold in the game. Farming ore is somehow bad? lol there isn’t much of a profit margin courtesy of how much it costs for waypoints.

Perhaps, they should limit us to one character slot too? Try again Knight.

I would really appreciate feedback on what and WHEN you will be doing something about the DR you placed on Orichalcum nodes.

You stated that it was put in place because of people switching servers and abusing overflow servers to farm them. So why penalize the legit people doing it that have NEVER switched a server or been in an overflow on their server in Orr? Put a no gather restriction on any character that has switched servers for 24 hours … problem solved.

Before the white knights show up … this isn’t a timer issue. I have 4 level 80 characters and it is account based not character based. I have had the nodes broken by the time I get to my third character before so it is obviously being limited per account not just by the clock.

arcaneclarity.5283:

leprekan.7248:

I have a level 80 ranger … before people wonder, the shortbow NEEDED a nerf.

Probably 90% of ALL bots are RANGERS using SHORTBOW. Why do you think that is? There are literally PACKS of them running in every zone. Why? Because it was TOO GOOD. When it is so good that it becomes the bot standard you had better expect the balance bat to fall your way.

Be honest … DPS wise you could easily get away with a Bear and skill 1 (auto attack) and do nothing else and down almost anything. Oh no we might have to work 2-5 into the rotation now. Anyone crying about a nerf should be forced to play an Ele for a month for perspective.

Because the Ranger is the only profession with a permanent pet and the short bow is the only viable Ranger weapon and it is a ranged weapon. It has absolutely nothing to do with it being overpowered.

I know it isn’t something you want to do but … I did say “be honest”. Gold sellers are in it to make REAL LIFE MONEY. There is a reason they were choosing the ranger. Any class can be used to bot (pet or no pet). The Ranger was just too good to pass up … like it or not. No amount of spin will get you out of that logic trap. Sorry, if that helps any

I have a level 80 ranger … before people wonder, the shortbow NEEDED a nerf.

Probably 90% of ALL bots are RANGERS using SHORTBOW. Why do you think that is? There are literally PACKS of them running in every zone. Why? Because it was TOO GOOD. When it is so good that it becomes the bot standard you had better expect the balance bat to fall your way.

Be honest … DPS wise you could easily get away with a Bear and skill 1 (auto attack) and do nothing else and down almost anything. Oh no we might have to work 2-5 into the rotation now. Anyone crying about a nerf should be forced to play an Ele for a month for perspective.

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tolunart.2095

Does anyone here saying “hire more people” actually own a business, or at least work in a management position that involves hiring workers?

There’s a lot more to it than grabbing someone off the street and saying “sit here and watch for bots.” Advertising, interviews, hiring, background checks (you don’t give just anyone off the street access to your computer systems and the ability to mess with real paying customers), training, benefits, Social Security payments, taxes and paperwork, employee turnover rates, hiring someone else to replace every employee who quits or gets fired, it costs a lot more than $10/hr to hire a worker, and watching over dozens of servers (I counted 24 American servers, not sure about elsewhere) by manning three shifts a day, seven days a week… you’re talking about hiring a staff of dozens if not hundreds of people.

So, you would pay $50 a month to play a game with a live anti-bot team on staff? More?"

Yes, I own a business. Yes, they could easily redirect manpower to this issue. Yes, the fanboi is strong in you.

The bots aren’t trying to hide they are bots. One person yes … ONE person could cull the packs running set waypoints in ONE day on all servers. I have personally leveled 3 toons to level 80 and many of the SAME bots are running the SAME waypoints. This isn’t rocket science. Anet has already been given a cheat sheet on the suspected ones by people just like me taking their time to follow the packs and report each individual in it. As if someone with GM rights couldn’t “right click BAN” if Anet so desired.

The DR isn’t for the bots … it is targeting the player-base, just like in GW1. Anet is SELLING gold and would like to sell MORE gold. Make a shortfall and drive people to that gem store. DR on Karma? Simple, there is very little end game and people were burning through it at an alarming pace.

Will DR be removed? We have YEARS of GW1 to know that it will not be. I for one am about done with this company and I have been there since they came into being.

I was getting hit with air bags while farming so leveled multiple toons to gather with. Why? Being a guild leader and trying to do WvW without being able to put all bodies in ONE group is a pita. So my quest for 100 gold was born courtesy of Anet. There is DR on gathering now as well. Really? Any goodwill you had with MANY of us Anet just flew out the window.

“A few weeks” There isn’t much of an end game … “a few weeks” will be all it takes to drive players away for good. Lower server load = fewer servers = win for NcSoft?

“A safety net for when we cannot be there” … and why pray tell can you NOT be there? I have reported at least 100 unique bots in the process of leveling 3 toons to level 80 … most are still running their waypoints.

The bots are not even remotely difficult to spot and you KNOW IT. If so inclined and actually concerned you could pay a low level tech for a week to server bounce and ban them. They run in clusters for God’s sakes, this isn’t rocket science.

Bots aren’t the inspiration for the DR .. we the player base happen to be the target. DR on Karma and Exp says it all and only the most blinded fanboi doesn’t see that. No oops, no fine tuning issue … they are looking for the thresh hold for when server populations slow on decline over it. Then welcome to the in game store!!!

I have been supporting your products since your company came into being. This isn’t the first time you attacked your player-base to try to fix a perceived problem … original 55 monk ring any bells?

I feel like I found out a friend was ripping me off intentionally.