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Balance Update: 2 October 2018
Gaile Gray.6029
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‘Allo Fellow Tyrians,
We wanted to let you know that next Tuesday the Systems team will be releasing a smaller balance update. This update is coming out a bit earlier than we normally release a balance pass – consider it a little bonus! The release is focused around updating some weapon traits to make them more broadly usable and splitting some skills between game modes.
Cheers,
The ArenaNet Systems Team
Gaile Gray
Communications Manager: ArenaNet
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Im surprised by this announcement and very pleased to here this! Thank you
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I will be perfectly honest: I'm a grown male, and I yipped when I read this. Thank you, Systems Team!
I like the cut of your jib, Systems Team! Thanks for the heads up!
Mmm don...I mean broadly applicable traits. 🤤
Be careful not to overhype the implications. Without details, this seems like it will probably only address a tiny handful of things, which might or might not be issues that have gotten the most (or loudest) attention from the community.
(As always, I'm personally waiting to see the details before worrying about it.)
Hype is the path to the dark side. Hype leads to unfulfilled expectations. Disappointment leads to anger. Anger leads to disgust. Disgust leads to "oh, new shinies! I'm back!"
Oh, I agree. I'm fully expecting something along the lines of three to five bullet points.
Still, small suprise updates make me happy.
Honestly id be plenty fine with frequent but smaller balance changes.
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Since I only play two classes I don't expect any changes to them but... I'm hoping to get a few awful traits changed regardless.
cough Give us that Staff ele rework soon though. cough
Bite me.
Revenant shield badly needs improvements. Its still considered worthless. the self root -NEEDS- to go!
My first thought when I read this. Although, it does say weapon traits, but they could surprise us. Anyways, nice news to hear regardless.
Healing orbs are a mistake. Please delete them ANet.
🤔 I'm always nervous about balance patch. Hopefully doesn't affect me as much.
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I wish warrior's 100 blades has no self root. Spins like Axe5 and while using it gains resistance/immune (for pve)
whelp.. might as well've told us nothing.
not sure what this announcement is going to do for, we don't know what it'll pertain, so its not like we can prepare for anything.
Does this mean DPS differences between weapons will be reduced?
or that traits will no longer be connected to weapons, but rather to simply fighting?
As long as this patch contains "Headbutt can now be used underwater, so berserkers can finally swim" i'll have nothing to complain about
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Will have to see the changes, but I think its important to commend more frequent update, even if its small changes. It allows finer adjustments of things that needed to be address and prevent yoyoing balance of under/overpowered builds that has happened in the past. I wouldn't hype it, but it is a step in the right direction.
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Probably neither of those things.
Probably more along the lines of something like https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ankle_Shots going
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So that while you gain more benefits if you are using the associated weapon but it can still be relevant even if you don't.
Hope changes are overall positive for the health of the game.
The real good news here is they are balancing way more often and we as players/community gotta make the fact we like this perfectly clear.
Thanks for the heads up
Thanks for this☺. More balance and updated skills and traits keeps me focused on the game more than.most other updates!
As long as they don't make using some weapon traits HARDER to use. If you use the Focus trait for Guardian you HAVE to consider using Meditation skills in your build as an example of how limited things are.
I doubt I'd be able to use Sword/Focus and Staff on Firebrand with this coming update. Surprise me though.
please don't nerf the only usable builds elementalists have in pvp/wvw again ty.
Lol this.
Focus Mastery has nothing to do with Meditations. Monk's Focus is the Meditation trait.
Guess what!! When I read the msg, Gaile mentioned "consider this a little bonus" has to be something good!! Maybe freebies lol or fix to the sigil? :P
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Hey guys, we see that Sword Ele is near the top of the dps charts, thus, we've gone ahead and nerfed lava font and meteor shower on all game modes.
I don't know, I'm going to be a bit hesitant on giving thanks until I see what the update is. For all I know, this is a warning. "Brace yourselves, It's coming!"
"Self awareness is knowing when you're sitting at the throne of ignorance." --Leo G.
Please tell me Juggernaut is getting improved.
The great god Lagki demands sacrifice!
They're in the same line meaning it pretty much does. What if I only want to use Focus Mastery? The traits other than Monk's Focus isn't worthwhile to the point I feel I have to use Meditation skills.
The entire Valor line looks a bit lackluster.
Then the patch will probably make things worse. It might become useful even if you aren't using a focus.
Also why the is Stalwart Defender a Major while Focus Mastery is adept?!!! They are basically the same thing for different weapons.
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Hope Necro's Focus 4 gets a rework. My Binding of Ipos is dying to see some use on my power Reaper again.
Thx System Team
Wish i could say i was hopeful but i'm not because thus far it's NEVER a balance it's always Nerf the ranger/druid to unusable even in PVE, OP the classes like Guardian and REV and make other pointless not needed changes all over the place, some even ending up function or game braking for a month
PANIC!!
PICNIC??
Death's Judgment when traited now hits 3 players? PogCHamp
Please let it be so the necro focus is more decent now and has some use
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Staff and focus for Necro need some serious attention!
i hope. as a flamethrower user, i am hoping it sees some change, which would be absolutely exciting.
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Is this a bad time to get back into game into building a Daredevil direct damager and Support Tempest xD? maybe i should wait after lil balance patch ?
This is the way it should work, you know. Taking months to do each balance pass is pretty silly.
More frequent balance changes, however small are always welcome!
(but the further skill split part has me worried for a few things - will wait and see first, don't want to say anything and jinx it)
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Would ANet consider sharing a preview of the notes in advance?
You got any examples for this or..?
Bite me.
@Gaile Gray.6029 If arenanet keeps improving as a company like this, how will I ever quit the game and get a real life? It's already been 5 years, 6 years for many others.
PS Just in case the joke was not clear enough, I'm actually very very pleased with this along with many other changes anet has been making as a company over the past couple years, I love this game and my ONLY regret I have was the night I drank too much and traded all my gold and ecto to a skritt for junk items and sorrow. Keep it up anet! I like what I'm seeing!
I would like that. I use the staff as part of my standard layout because well I like having a scythe staff for my necro and I do like having range with aoe's as such...but I always feel like I'm gimping myself and I'd like that feeling to change with better damage on the staff powers or something.
"In my experience, if you can't say what you mean, you can never mean what you say. The details are everything." ~ Minister Durano
Congrats on the shorter time between balance updates. I hope it becomes usual.
Aside from that, I'll wait with my support group in case there comes more suffering for my builds. Again.
Not really optimistic.. we have been in a very static position for a while now. I really look forward for changes that add diversity, but we are still doing changes only to the few builds/weapons that are meta, while everything else is ignored.
O.o sucha news.
I dunno what to do really, cry or smile. But anything new is always better, right? RIGHT?
"There is always a lighthouse, there's always a man, there's always a city."
Late birthday present i hope hehe. I cant images it being a big update coming this fast thought i would love to see smaller faster balance updates.
See ELE forms and you will get my views.
Please just nerf frustration.
if I could play condi engi in pvp/wvw again, I would be so happy .. please.
but .. would settle for some mirage/deadeye tweaks... sigh.