Azel.4786

He mentions that he was with a 2120 power, but no mention of how much ferocity he has. Regardless, I agree, the core shatter seems much better, both being instant and stronger on the damage side. I was initially looking forward to a more power oriented mesmer that has not been gutted, but the skills and the traits are so meh that I lost interest. Willbender seems very strong, and one grandmaster seems super problematic for WvW, but seems interesting. Necros, well they are all the rage now a days, so not unexpected that Harbringer is also very good. Hope ele gets something on par with Willbender and Harbringer, cause I don't see mesmer working out.

So far my experience with Path of Fire has been much more positive than Heart of Thorns. The good: Much better map design (dreaded Tangled Depths / Verticality based maps).After so long playing the story and not caring at all, I am finally paying attention to see where this is going. It is more engaging now and the smaller cast is much preferred.Very nice QoL inclusions.Mounts are great additions - kudos, they feel great to use and are very nice.Getting Masteries. - Feels like a grind, but not painfully so. Think you got a nice balance there.Holosmith looks amazing.The bad: Many events are not rewarding enough to motivate people to play - We are barely one week in and many events are simply not played (like races and other active events), this makes maps feel barren because people are simply not there due to the lack of rewards.Weaver - I am truly trying to like this spec, but the sword, the traits and the stances really kill my motivation (please urgently do something about them - check feedback in ele forums). Sword needs a damage buff (power) and traits need to offer versatility and build defining choices (please don't just slap stats or %damage buffs, but add interesting stuff like so many other specs have done it so well, and give us options) and stances need a serious look into (Unravel is simply not an utility as is, and stone resonance and weave self need changes).Besides the good and the new specs, I honestly admit that the game is lacking a bit in content (we got 1 new reward track in PvP and WvW - which needs to change from getting non sell-able skins for weapons to actual weapons, no new PvP maps, nothing new for WvW, and as said above, not much motivation for people to keep playing the maps). - This needs to be addressed.I will close saying that I feel Path of Fire brought a nice breath of fresh air to the game and I am happy to buy gems and contribute to it, but I really wish you take a look at the "bad" above to improve the shortfalls of the expansion - I don't think they are very troublesome to address (exception maybe to the WvW one), and resolving them would really bring the expansion to a 10/10.