Bishop.2690

I agree with what others have said, warclaws should be available to all WvW players regardless of PoF ownership. They have enough problems with WvW retention, why create this barrier to interest more people. And honestly I think introducing mounts into WvW was a bad idea. A very minority opinion I'm sure, but I don't like the fact you can basically be anywhere on the map in a matter of seconds. Might as well have put incontestable waypoints everywhere.

Don't like this change, it hurts people who do not open chests often, as the only way to get these items now is to purchase them direct from the gem store. If that is the direction Anet wanted to move, they should've removed the items completely and made the services cost Gems direct at the barber NPCs. If they wanted to give big Gem spenders less useless items, as a few suggested, then make them either exchangeable for statuettes (for example) or make them trade-able so that they can be posted in the Auction house.

Its only been a day, but so far I haven't found anything to really appreciate with the changes. Nearly every class elite and even some core professions I've tried are a lot or otherwise noticeably worse in PvE than before. And by worse I mean, less dps, and less survivability. My weaver used to be decent. Nothing spectacular, but could handle a couple of vets and small groups handily in the Maw of Torment event. Now, you sneeze on him, and he goes down. My Reaper still manages to take a punch or two, but Shroud is practically non-existent. I no sooner activate it, than it disappears. At least the Scrapper, despite the rework, seems to be doing ok in PvE. They barely touched Holosmith, but whatever they did, made it not worth playing. At least when Scrapper and core are around. Warrior seemed unchanged, but that could just be me. I have yet to PvP other than a couple of hours of WvW, where things are difficult to judge given gear and uneven group battles.