Silly me, thinking Warriors had by-far-bar-none the best condition handling in the game. Maybe an Alchemical Tinctures Engineer comes close, but only if they take Elixir C as one of their options.
As someone who plays and loves their Necromancer, I can state that Ryn can only dream of being able to rinse off conditions as easily and regularly as Warriors do.
Actually, Ranger’s Empathetic Bond is the best condi cleanse.
3 condi cleanses for every 10 second for doing absolutely nothing vs. 3 condi cleanses for building up adrenaline and making the attack land.
Suggestion: For every 2 tracks, a T-charge is rewarded(What we have currently). Then, every 4th track, a Shard of glory as well as a T-Charge is given as a reward.
We have 2…. and they are both off hand. I guess shortbow technically counts but is very possibly the worst weapon in the game.
Axe
Dagger
Shortbow
Torch
I count 4. This is out of 9 weapons that rangers currently have.
Oh yeah… that 500ish dps that axe bleeds put out if you land every hit on split blade are pretty intimidating. Axe isn’t a condi weapon, it’s just the best choice out of the crappy choices we were provided with.
I rather that ANet buff Axe instead of making staff a condi weapon.
I say no. Bombs, mines, ext. sure why not? But a trip wire or spikes? How do you remotely detonate those? The only I can see this working on is Shadow Trap, and it already does that.
How do I summon minions, and create magic? How does my Spear stab hit 3 targets instead of one?
The elite specs should be able to work with several playstyles, with the talents tailoring them to whatever style your character works best with. The necro reaper, for example, can work for a condition based style, or a power based one, or even a hybrid of the two, allowing all sorts of necromancers to pick it up without having to change their specs too much.
The Druid is apparently only good for people who want to heal and heal super well. People simply want it to offer build diversity, so that people who are primarily dps can take it and, say, concentrate on the control aspect rather than the healing one. Or heck, give it an ability to do a little healing whenever it does damage and people would probably be ok with that.
Then there is the Power druid build. Ancient seeds work well for offensive oriented builds.
ANet, please give us the option to remove the giant crystals shoulders. It looks like a great outfit. The problem is the crystal shoulder makes it ugly. Please give an option to remove it.
Guardian
Healing Slot Consecration -Shelter: Consecrate the ground around you (radius:120), blocking while healing (Heals you for 4000~ and allies for 1200). Allies inside cannot attack. Spirit weapon Staff of Courage: Summon an arcane staff to heal you every few seconds.
Command: Command the Staff of Courage to remove condition from you and allies around you.
Elite Slot Spirit weapon Tome of Wrath: Summon an arcane tome to burn your foes while granting fury to allies.
Command: Command the Tome of Wrath to barrage a location with a Fire Storm.
Consecration Forbiden Ground: Create a ring that foes cannot leave or enter. Foes that try to leave/enter are burned.
I like all this.
Warrior
Healing Slot. Physical -Mending: Deal a little damage on enemies around you and heal yourself, curing three conditions. Banner Banner of Resilience: Place a Banner of Resilience that heals allies and grants protection and regeneration to allies.
Banner of Resilience: Inspire nearby allies, granting regeneration.
Elite Slot Stance Invulnerable: Take no damage from attacks and conditions cannot be applied to you for 4s. You are still susceptible to crowd control effects. Shout “Victory Is Mine!”: Damage foes around you, healing yourself and regaining adrenaline for each foe struck.
Warriors are not about protection. It is why you don’t see any protection boon on warrior. Maybe have something else.
I like the invulnerable. It will give me a reason to not use Endure pain. However, it might be overpowered when used with Defy pain + endure pain.
I rather than Victory is mine is an instant aoe daze.
Engineer
Elite Slot Gadget Protective Robe: Equip a robe breaking out of stun, gaining resistance, protection and stability.
Fastening Gaulets: Equip a gaunlet, gaining quickness. Break out of stun.
I like.
Ranger
Healing Slot Signet Signet of Nature:
Signet Passive: You and your pet gain health every few seconds, based on your pet’s health.
Signet Active: Heal yourself and refresh all your pets skills recharges.
Elite Slot Trap Lightining Trap: Set a trap that dazes foes on every pulse and apply confusion when triggered. Signet Signet of the Hunter:
Signet Passive: Conditions you and your pet apply last 50% longer.
Signet Active: Removes conditions from you and your pet.
I would like to see Signet of nature passive to copy boons with each other. Just to make it more unique. There is too many heal passive.
I would like Lightning Trap to switch with Freeze trap and make Freeze trap stun.
Signet of Renewal is Signet of the Hunter. For the active, I would like to see the pet transfer all condi that they have to the target.
Thief
Healing Slot Trap Replacement Trap: Set a trap. The first enemy to trigger this trap swap locations with you. Also heals you and transfer conditions to that foe.
Elite Slot Signet Signet of Speed:
Signet Passive: Increases attack and action speeds by 10%.
Signet Active: Removes movement imparied conditions from you. (Slow, Cripple, Immobilize and Chill)
Trap Trap of the Thief: Set a trap that steals all boons foes when triggered. Also grants initiative.
Replacement traps wouldn’t work in PvE. It has a big chance to break the game.
Elementalist
Healing Slot Conjure Conjure Water Staff: Manifest a water staff in your hands and at the target location. Wielders of the weapon gain increased boon duration and healing power.
Water Blast: Spray a jet of water at your foe that splashes to heal nearby allies.
Water Trident: Cast a water trident that damages foes and heals allies.
Geyser: Create a geyser to heal nearby allies.
Cleansing Wave: Heal yourself and nearby allies, curing a condition.
Healing Rain: Call down a healing rain on the target area, granting regeneration to allies and curing conditions once every three seconds.
Elite Slot Arcane Arcane Agony: Your next attacks have increased condition duration. Signet Arcane Signet:
Passive: Improves healing power and boon duration.
Active: Deals a massive arcane damage. (This ability cannot critically hit enemies)
I like this.
Mesmer
Healing Slot Phantasm/Clone -Ether Feast: Heal yourself. Summon either a phantasm or a clone depending on how many active illusion you have in the world. Phantasm Monk heals nearby allies. Glamour Healing Wall: Heal yourself, creating a wall of energy that heals once and grants regeneration to allies who cross it.
Elite Slot Phanthasm/Clone Phantasm Martial: Summon an illusion that dazes foes. Mantra Mantra of Disillusion: Meditate, charging a spell that will slow your target and grant quickness to yourself.
Power Illusion: Slow your foe and grants quickness to yourself.
I like this.
Necromancer
Healing Slot Spectral: Spectral Veil: Heal yourself as you take damage. Removed when you enter Shroud. Also applies regeneration.
Elite Slot Well Well of Chaos: Target area pulses, striking foes, weakening them and absorbing life force. Signet Signet of Suffering:
Passive: Improves condition damage.
Active: Inflict bleeding on your foe with the next attacks, increase output damage by 10%.
Spectral skills don’t get removed when they enter shrouds.
Such a feature already exists in the game. A small hp bar shows up above the heads of allied players when you hover over them with your cursor. There’s justg no way of permanently showing it. It’s also hard to notice amidst all the skill effects and such due to its small size, but it does exist.
It doesn’t exist in a way it is convenient.
I suppose they could add an option to have the feature show up permanently, but wouldn’t that clutter up the screen even more than it already is by all the skill effects? I’m not sure if that’s the best solution, to be honest.
Then don’t use it. I will use it.
But if you have to use it to be effective THEN it becomes a problem.
Again this game isnt about playing the UI… though I’m worried it might turn into it because of druid but let’s hope not. And let’s hope Druid gets fixed.
I agree that it isn’t about playing the UI, I should have to look at the top left corner to see my party health to make sure they are alright. If they aren’t. I shouldn’t have to see if they are anywhere near me. I shouldn’t awkwardly hover my mouse over players for low hp.
Instead, I should be able to see their health on the screen. So I can actually play the game instead of the UI.
Key points:
-Staff skills and damage are very “MEH”
Play the power druid build. Staff skills and damage become very strong.
You have no clue what strong means. Literally none.
We need DPS meters in this game so these lies can stop.
Staff auto does virtually less DPS than greatsword (which is already pretty terrible), and only more than axe autoattack (which is the worst autoattack in the game in coefficients).
The only good things about Staff are skills 3 and 5.
I ran full ascended zerker druid and you could virtually kill things faster by using PVT armor instead and a shortbow.
Staff does horrendous damage, and negligible healing. It’s like the guardian staff, but worse because at least the guardian staff heals for something wortwhile and tags targets while being a worthless damaging weapon.
Staff has good sustain damage. The very fast attack speed and instant damage means enemies cannot escape it easily. Couple this with Wisp leap means enemies cannot escape you ever.
Celestial Autoattack- Please add a green colored field like the orange AoE field from bosses when I am using the Celestial autoattack. This is so that players will know that I am trying to heal them.
Let me see the HP bars from allies. It is so clunky trying to be a healer druid.
Staff 4: This skill is clunky to use. I am okay with it being clunky to use, but I need more than 1 second immobilize then.
Staff 5: Don’t forget to put in the tooltip that it is a water field.
Celestial Skill 3 has too long of a daze. 3 second daze for every 5 seconds.
Celestial skill 5- Please make this mobile and then remove the Immobilize. I am fine with being just a cripple + slow channeled skill.
Glyphs- I am fine with theses.
Celestial Utility glyphs- They are weak. If celestial form can be switched on demand, then I would be okay with them. The problem with them is that they aren’t. I need condi removal at a moment notice. I need my stun break at a moment notice. They’re worthless if I can’t do that.
Celestial elite glyph- I can’t heal players when I am at full health. This would solve all the hard to heal other players problems.
Such a feature already exists in the game. A small hp bar shows up above the heads of allied players when you hover over them with your cursor. There’s justg no way of permanently showing it. It’s also hard to notice amidst all the skill effects and such due to its small size, but it does exist.
It doesn’t exist in a way it is convenient.
I suppose they could add an option to have the feature show up permanently, but wouldn’t that clutter up the screen even more than it already is by all the skill effects? I’m not sure if that’s the best solution, to be honest.
Such a feature already exists in the game. A small hp bar shows up above the heads of allied players when you hover over them with your cursor. There’s justg no way of permanently showing it. It’s also hard to notice amidst all the skill effects and such due to its small size, but it does exist.
The healer druid is clunky as hell. The reason is because the lack of HP bars. I have to look at the top left screen to see the HP bar + figure out who is who. If it turns out that ally has low hp, he is already dead before I could heal him. So it turns out that I ended up playing the druid as a bunker rather than a healer.
Power Druid uses a trait called Ancient seed which will immobilize disabled enemies. This is especially strong with the Point blank shot + autoattack. It will immobilize enemies for 5 seconds(ICD is 10 seconds). With the staff as a second hand, it is stronger than GS. The staff travel is insane. Its fast, reliable and fun. Staff 1 has good sustain damage. It is impossible to escape staff 1, you cannot sidestep, you cannot hope to escape staff 1 as the autoattack will damage you wherever you go.
Not just for healing. Almost anyone could use this.
If I see a ally with low hp, I am going to run up to the melee attack and stun him so that my ally can get away safely. I could also drop boons on him to help him stay alive, or dps the player down.
After running staff instead of GS, I found it to be a lot more effective. Especially when I have the staff daze trait. Now, if I miss with my PBS, I can switch to my staff and immobilize them from there or maybe escape with staff 3.
