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No shade but the close up of your toon makes me wish they would REALLY update the faces and hairs for humans in particular. I am SO tired of the meta dumb human female generic face. Give us some diversity, in age, cultures, expression, features. If they want to make money in the gem store, THIS is a better option than yet another crappy chair or lazy mount reskin.

Tbh, how many times can you expect people to do the same content day in and day out. The last few fractals have been poorly designed and annoying. I actually have more fun running the even OLDER dungeons; which in mind mind says a lot about the status of this games 5 man content.

Yes of course there will. Expect another immersion busting skyscale soon coming to the gemstore for 2k

But what about River Road haha

I absolutely agree with all of this. When the talk about POF raids began, I thought they are BOUND to include mounts in someway, like using raptors to escape a collapsing area or something. In effect all they did was have the rather token sand portals for the Jackals. Instead of giving someone one shitty job like KITING, they could have thought out of the box and required someone to use a raptor to collect an artefact in a fight or ANYTHING.

SO I cannot really be bothered to do W7 anymore whereas I still do 1-4 on a regular basis. I just find the whole Djinn aesthetic dull and the fights themselves were utilising same the old stale mechanics; jumping , red circles, get into the bubble, or one shot etc etc. It is a rather soulless and tedious experience and I don't find it fun to play at all so I'm passing on it. I hope the next raid wing, if there is one is a more unique and unexpected setting with a fresh take on mechanics. I'm bored of the same go to mechs they use, and this bizarre ritual they have of giving one or two people truly shitty roles to do the whole fight; dhuum kiting, demios hand kiter, pylons and lamp in qadim etc etc. Think out of the box. Research other mmo's and see what FF and WOW do. Even SWTOR comes up with more innovative thinking Raid wise. Raids in GW2 started out so good but it feels like ANET has lost their mojo.

I would like it to be a spec where you stay in ONE Elemental attunement and instead have 2 weapon sets. One of the things I really dislike about Weaver is the Mozart like grasp you need to get the decent dps by having to swap to all the different attunements. Imo, it asks too much of your patience for competitive dps. For the next spec I would like to be able to stay in ONE attunement. Thematically there is nothing like a pure ice mage or Lightning caster and it would be unique for the ele to switch weapons rather than constantly swapping between all 4 elements.

Yes condi builds are popular in both fractals and raids. What people prefer and what is totally viable or better are two completely different things. I'm not sure what part of that you don't understand? I already stated in my first reply that DH is a great power bursty build but as he is new, it can be very squishy, so suggested a more forgiving class. You're acting like he's going to jump into Dhuum CM from the get go lol. Plus I suggested CLASSES, not necessarily condi/power. The advantage of Necro and Ranger is that they can do both and are reasonably quick and cheap to gear up and have simple rotations; information you just totally glossed over. With regards to raids, it's clear you don't know what you're talking about. The only bosses you wouldn't bother with condi are KC and CA. Literally every other boss uses condi, especially top tier ones like dhuum. Yes you can use power or condi, but why lie and say that condi is hardly used when it clearly is and is actually NEEDED for some of the bosses.So yes, you are quoting an opinion and in a very disingenuous way; an opinion defined as a fact. The fact that you're quoting metabattle, which no one who is truly skilled at the game uses means I wouldn't personally trust your judgement. Now you can suggest all sorts of builds, but you should be honest enough to the OP, that you're pretty inexperienced yourself.

In your view. Leave it there.

Don't feel bad for me. Feel bad for yourself that something so utterly trivial is keeping you awake at night. Tragic.

Scourge is not a popular build in high level fractals at all. Same for condi soulbeat. You probably wont be able to join cm groups on those. I do them all the time with both classes and I happily accept them into my groups from pugs. "YOU" may not like them but your personal preferences do not speak for the entire player base. Also the OP, didn't even mention cm's and both classes are a mainstay in raids. Next.

I mean there is a difference between promising the earth and saying diddly squat. I don't know why they can't put out a common sense approach roadmap and let the playerbase know their plans. They have used the excuse before that, Oh we don't want to promise you guys too much incase stuff doesn't make the cut. But frankly, I'd prefer that than NOTHING. People are likely to be much more forgiving if Anet are honest and say well we tried to do this by a certain date but it's been delayed. Frankly, I have so little desire to log in these days because it "feels" like the game is going into limp mode.

Well imo DH is great damage but it can be very squishy. If you want something more forgiving, then I would suggest either condi Soulbeast or Scourge. The rotations for both are very simple, especially if you play Shortbow Soulbeast. They both have good damage, good cc and are more survivable than DH if you are a novice. Scourge in particular has group wide condi cleanse, a large Healthpool and is a popular choice in both raids and fractals. Both core classes also have the benefit of being able to do a wide variety of roles once you get the gear. Ranger can do power or condi dps and of course is the mainstream healer of the game with druid. Necromancer is now a popular choice in power dps with reaper, condi with scourge and now has a strong role in support with scourge heals which allows a lot of carry within inexperienced groups. If I was starting from scratch I would pick one of these two for sure.

I'm not denying that Snowcrows have been very useful for the game and especially the raiding community, but I think you're overstating the impact of them moving on. People said exactly the same thing when QT was THE guild that did all the benchmarks and nothing happened. The game is bigger than one or two "top" guilds. Someone else will no doubt take their place and if not, we and the game will survive.

I dunno why they insist on saying nothing. This game is SEVEN years old. There is no hype around it now and they do absolutely nothing to even address this. I mean I got my value for money from it, but considering it's now their sole franchise, you'd think they would put out even a general statement of their intentions.

SC is moving to FF14, other guilds are dying, skill cap in pugs is falling, last 2 wings were to easy and people are leaving, tpot quitting along with other streamers? Do I need to name more? It's not hard to notice if you are actually raiding. Ok, so you have zero proof then. You need actual data..you know, hard evidence? This is just what you think and anecdotal experience lol. Tpot quitting? Wow, how will we EVER cope???

How do we know this?

No point making huge maps if there is nothing in them.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Hot was criticised in the day because people were expecting more for the money. The whole fiasco regarding legendary weapons didn't help either. However, I think it's fair to say that it was a deeper and better thought out expansion than POF. While Pof gave us mounts, there really isn't much reason to go back to those maps unless bounty is one of the dailies and you want to unlock elite specs on alts. Even know the core HOT maps are always very busy. The metas in each map keep people returning to the point where commanders have to switch maps and taxi people in because other instances are full. Also, there simply isn't much to do in POF or the LS4 maps. Go to HOT and there are events around every corner. In the LS4 maps you could be wondering for ages before stumbling on something to do. The LS3 maps also have access to the much more relevant trinkets and amulets. Vipers is still meta for all condi classes and you can only get them with the LS3 currencies. I am sure there will be a new expansion but they need to take the best bits of the previous two in order to make a 3rd one compelling.

Huuuh... The composition suggestions on Snowcro have 4 DH for Vale Guardian. 6 for Gorseval. 2 for Slothasor and Keep Construct. 5 for Deimos (Speedclear Guilds don't do Ranged starts) and one for Samarog... And in Quadim they write that DH is a good replacement for Daredevil. I think that's quite a lot of DH's being suggested to counter your "They don't even suggest DH's". Just saying... I stand corrected. Is this since the latest patch. The last time I looked, DH's weren't even on the radar. Time to dust mine off then.

Because other 3d based games have never been done and the combat is terrible. Gee I guess the makers of Tomb Raider, Destiny and Anthem should just shut up shop now....

For a DH to use Bane signet, it's a huge dps loss. A thief can bring Basi venom with strong CC and no loss to dps.

DH is op atm, way too much burst, they absolutely have to reduce that, preferably by reverting the changes to dragonhunter traits, so power firebrand doesnt get kitten. Condi renegade is a close second to that, and mirage is on third place, but only because its unsuited on a lot of bosses due to confusion being so horribly reworked (its either completely OP, or not worth at all). This is so untrue. DH is OP? It's literally not brought for anything only for the fact people like playing it. And how would you know that? Whats your sources? Please dont tell me gw2raidar. On the other hand, I know for a fact that at least 1 speedclear guild is running at least 1 dh on the majority of raidbosses. Only because they like playing dh? No, sorry, but you are misinformed there.But lets just wait until after next raidwing release and teapots ERP, if Anet doesnt nerf it before then, you'll see how OP DH atm is.1 Speedclear Guild. Well Snowcrows and other Guilds don't even suggest DH's. For Qadim you're better off bringing Daredevils. For KC, deadeyes and Holo's. Ranged Demios? Rifle deadeyes will ALWAYS outdps a DH. There is literally not one Raid fight where you would bring a DH over something else specifically because of what it offers. DH's have their place, but for you to suggest they are OP because of anecdotal evidence is absurd. If they were THAT OP , everyone would be using the and they ARE NOT. If there's anyone that's misinformed, it's you.

DH is op atm, way too much burst, they absolutely have to reduce that, preferably by reverting the changes to dragonhunter traits, so power firebrand doesnt get kitten. Condi renegade is a close second to that, and mirage is on third place, but only because its unsuited on a lot of bosses due to confusion being so horribly reworked (its either completely OP, or not worth at all).This is so untrue. DH is OP? It's literally not brought for anything only for the fact people like playing it.