Merrex.5384

When I used to play support in DAOC If I was able to keep a player alive in a fight and they managed to get a kill I also got credit for that kill. If was a great system which rewarded support players. This game only rewards the DPS players. In large scale battles the best rewards come from large AOE Damage skills as you can tag more players and have more chances to get a kill.

Mezmer has a 1200 ranged great sword laser beam Why not give Elementalist Hammer 1200 range attacks ?

Groups dont need big heals now when one profession can stop all damage With multiple Aiges buffs and another profession can Barrier the whole group constantly Tempest brings nothing to the table that is really needed for a group. Groups want Quickness / Barriers / Aiges / Alacrity / Loads of Boons no LFG message ever says LF Tempest Healer it does however say LF HB or LF Alac And as far as Auras go anyone can get a Aura from using a blast finisher durning the right AOE Field and if auras were a game changer you might actually see groups asking for it but guess what its not. I play a Ele in WvW and i have on occasion been able to camp water for a fight and actually turn the tides of battle to our groups favor once in a while but mostly your either up against over whelming odds or you are in a huge zerg that rolls over smaller groups and not to often do you run into a group the same size and skill level as the group your in. DPS is king wvw as the people who heal do not usually recive the same amount of bags as people who hit large amounts of enemies it is all about tagging everything as far as the eye can see ( Its a all around bad system if you ask me ) Someone once said that if they removed Elementalist from the game nothing would be effected. Its a fun profession for some but do not kid yourself its not needed by any groups to do any content in the game.

They have to fine tune DX11 ( I am kind of amazed that this works as well as it does ) plus WvW alliances ( Not sure this is ever going to function well ) And make sure that all the NPC's and encounters work well before Launch. Oh then they need to make sure we have fishing and new mounts. I could go on and on but the Elementalist is just one profession They need to redirect all resources to making sure the game is Crash proof and fun for everyone not just one Profession. It is not like the Elementalist has ever played a Pivital role in the game even from day one no groups are looking for the Ele in the LFG section ( go look for yourself ) Sadly Your never going to see a fractal or raid group looking for a Elementalist period. Like someone already pointed out the Calayst needed something new fresh and fun not Clunky Slow and worse in every way.

You could just take some time and get yourself a Dragon mount its not like the mount is a cash shop item. everyone who has one had to work hard to get it. Seeing other players Fly past me inspired me to work hard and get one myself. I personally got the griffin mount first then used that mount to work on the dragon.

They are already committed to what they already have I don't understand why anyone would want a hammer as a Ele but hey They know more than we do about what's good for the Profession and it's long term Balance in the game. The Ele has to be one of the most complex Professions out there to code into the game you get 5 special weapon skills for each element you are in that is almost like having 4 different weapon swaps on just one 2 handed weapon (And then there are the underwater weapons ) so its Most likely a major head ache for the Devs I can only imagine how hard it was to code the Weaver. so maybe this time around they are not going to spend as much effort on the profession as the last 2 times ( maybe this time around they told the team look we cant spend that much time on the Ele as we did in the past it is just not cost effective ) . I feel your pains no one really needs you for a Group because you don't bring anything special to the Table, what ever you can do other professions do it better . The new expansion is right around the corner they are not going to scrap anything or do any major changes they have way to many things that are more important to work on. I personally had dreams of a mage arch type with a Rifle ( Sniper ) or a Pistol (Gunslinger) that shoots magic out of it Or a Summoner Mage that can Summon Permanent Elementals Similar to necro minions or Just one real awesome single Elemental similar to the Engi Mech Or a Ranger pet But those Dreams have been shattered and I have come to except the Fate of the Elementalist . RIP Catalyst

Elementalist does not bring anything special to the table they DPS but guess what just about all professions can DPS. You are never going to see in any LFG add " Need Ele " I have never seen it and unless something major changes you will never see it either. There is always some profession that can do what a ele can do plus bring something special to the group like quickness for everyone ( Yay ) or alacrity for everyone ( Yay ) or Aegis for everyone (Yay) Or barrier for everyone ( Yay ) I remember someone saying how they could actually just remove the profession all together and no one would really care. I am starting to believe that statement more and more as time goes on. Just take the Ele out back and shoot it to put it out of it's misery if your not going to fix it .

I do not want a class that needs a group in order to be great !!! I need a class that can solo well and if I group with others they enjoy having me because I help make them great with boons buffs and other perks. I want to have groups ask for my class by name in the LFG channels. But I guess this role as already been taken by the Guardian !

When I first saw him play it against the golem I was thinking how cool it was but then I realised he has 0 second cooldowns turned on to all his skills so can do cool combos and get auras forever sure of course. In Reality you cant do any of the awesome stuff you saw him do in the video with normal 30 second cool downs.

That would be cool to have a minion elemental's i can control maybe like ranger pet or necro minions. I never ever use them for the obvious reasons mostly because they are totally useless They never even last long enough to finish a fight and I have to then wait for the cool down and resumon them. We can only dream , Maybe some other game will do this !

If you want to play a Aura Ele play a Tempest with overloads that end in a Aura no need to combo anything fancy just hit one button and move your character over the target. to many other weapons produce fields with much less cool down timers. the hammer is just so slow and not fun at all nothing even close to the attack speeds of daggers and swords. Would have been cool to have a Arcane Rifle that shot magic bullets

I am not sure if the designers are playing this in the beta test against live players ( I hope they are ) Maybe they tested it out on a Golem that just stands still never moves or attacks you back. Any player can see your huge telegraphed attacks and just simply move out of the way they don't even need to dodge. I wish I knew a way for them to fix it but nothing comes to mind. 600 range is not what I would even consider a ranged weapon. anyone with a REAL ranged weapon with more than 600 range is never going to fear a catalyst. Seams like the Catalyst is Doomed from what I see.

It says you get 40% damage reduction with protection but when i use it and hover mouse over the buff it says 33% so which is it ? Do we get 40% or 33% ? And if buff icon is wrong how hard is that to fix ?

Totally hate it as a cloth caster mage type !! Just don't give us anything at all it will be almost the same. 2 handed hammer ( Melee ) is not what first comes to mind when i say cloth caster with lowest health in the game. to many other classes are built for Melee and do it much better.

I totally agree with you they don't even care what we want at all. Cloth caster with lowest health in the game gets another Melee weapon with no range at all . We don't need more melee weapons !!!!!!