[Two glaring problems for all professions (Competitive)]

5 hours ago, JusticeRetroHunter.7684 said:

ironically they see it as a viable design element, since they shipped new skills with 300s cooldown in EOD…

 

They actually genuinely believe that Smiters Booning is a logical balance/design philosophy. 

The skills team are PVErs and then the PvP team has to go "nope this is garbage, not gonna let it in my game mode" and slap a 300s CD on it.

Aka, the teams don't interact or talk to each other.

[RAIDS, DISCORD, AND VOICE CHAT]

Discord is bad.

[This being carried by arenanet boon spamming is ridiculous]

6 hours ago, Sahne.6950 said:

the balancing is also a MILE better than WvW currently.  i say this as someone that HATES pvp but LOVES wvw.

They intentionally balance WvW like poop.

I wish SPvP and WvW were 1:1 balance, instead of the trash can balancing WvW gets while SPvP is legit fun to play classes in, just an unfun game mode.

[This is how good Balancing works:(in PVE)]

On 8/3/2022 at 8:25 AM, Obtena.7952 said:

I love how people think there is only one philosophy for balancing the game. 

There's two. Ele's balancing philosophy and every other classes.

  

On 8/2/2022 at 9:49 PM, Dante.1508 said:

I don't understand this modern obsession with these buffs, on everything.. I preferred when each class brought something to the table, not every class being the same thing.

FFXIV brain rot. Anet saw the FF14 $$$ and desperately wants to be the next FFXIV.

[Two glaring problems for all professions (Competitive)]

They're 300s CD because they shouldn't even exist so they ensure no one takes them.

[everything should be "automated"]

Anet setting up GW2 for the mobile version.

[Who Else Cant Find the Willpower to Log in?]

On 7/24/2022 at 5:15 PM, FrownyClown.8402 said:

I recognize they are focused on the new player experience,

PvP and WvW have an absolute trash new player experience.

I'd argue that any new player trying WvW or PvP will quit the entire game immediately from the terrible experience, honestly.

[This being carried by arenanet boon spamming is ridiculous]

On 7/31/2022 at 2:26 PM, Nokturnal Lunacy.3186 said:

When a player can't even do dmg to another player because they are being carried by arenanet and spamming boons then something needs to change. This is just ridiculous. Who thought this was a good idea? 

That lack of courage is astounding

This is their vision for WvW.

[How much effort is required to change skills & traits]

Depends on codebase. With proper code anyone who can do an elseif statement can change code for tuning.

The issue is corporate red tape to get your changes in.

[A new, mid sized PvP game mode]

PLEASE add a mid sized pvp game mode. The caatering to two extremes is so annoying at this point. BGs are WoWs most popular pvp  game mode by a factor of 10.

[Can devs make something new and stop changing the old. [Merged]]

11 hours ago, Tukaram.8256 said:

Female armor in games has always been problematic. 

No it hasn't.  Women like being  able to pick if they want to look cute, sexy, or cool. Men like dressing up their women chars how THEY want. Stop forcing your opinion onto people.

What's problematic is spending half your budget researching what won't offend  anyone.

[Are strike missions going to succeed where raid failed?]

Strike rewards are still trash.

[A gamemode dominated by same 3x professions for 10+ years....and players are triggered when killed by a lone roamer]

On 7/17/2022 at 5:09 PM, Xenesis.6389 said:

Purity of purpose was added in Feb 2018

Med kit reworked in May 2018

Gyros reworked in Mar 2019

Basically forced their way into the meta, they booted ele's out of the heal/cleanse role, they booted mesmers out of the stealth role.

Doubt any class has had as many major positive buffs as them in the past four years.

The game is more fun when Scrapper isn't playable.

[Theory: What if Stability Did Not Exist?]

superspeed stability and aegis need to be deleted from the game

[Genuinely afraid to pick one main to dedicate to.]

On 7/18/2022 at 5:46 AM, CraftyK.9062 said:

And sure, raid meta is one thing and the rest of the game is the other. Though, I think that it is an issue if the builds are nerfed so hard that they are not even mentioned anymore on a raid-primarily build website. Especially when Power builds are(/were) harder to get value out of, whether it is through gearing (Power-Precision-Ferocity vs Condition DMG/Expertise), coordination (Unique Boons + set-up) and the rotation being more punishing in general (Condis can still tick if you're not doing anything, power on the other hand not so easily)

My god. I just had a look and there's less builds there now than there was pre-patch.

This is why people say Anet deletes more builds than they add.

Great work Anet.

[Can devs make something new and stop changing the old. [Merged]]

13 minutes ago, Tazer.2157 said:

I can also see FFXIV and every other games making similar changes in the future. 

sure, if they want to lose their entire player base overnight

 

[Can devs make something new and stop changing the old. [Merged]]

4 minutes ago, Tazer.2157 said:

Dragons and magic do not sexualize women. The robot in this case was clearly made with overblown proportions of the female body. You do not see male robots in the game that were made in a similar way. Anyways, it doesn't matter what you or I think. This is a direction the entire video game industry in the West has taken which I think its a change for the better.  

FFXIV is the most popular MMO in the world and has the most sexualized women with the most revealing outfits.

"For the better", if you hate money, sure! These companies absolutely do not hate money.

Enjoy bleeding money while turning women into fruit.

[Can devs make something new and stop changing the old. [Merged]]

9 hours ago, Tazer.2157 said:

They should also make the female armors more realistic IMO. No woman would go into combat with something like a winged armor. All armors with exposed thighs or bellies should be redone. The ornate guild armor and the Devout armor are on point and something we would realistically see women wear in battle. 

also remove dragons and magic wtf that doesn't exist irl!!!!

[Can devs make something new and stop changing the old. [Merged]]

Protip to Anet: People only play FFXIV for the lewd outfits and mods. If you make this game into FFXIV, while also removing all the lewd outfits, you're no longer going to attract the FFXIV crowd you so desperately want.

[Genuinely afraid to pick one main to dedicate to.]

Guardian is safe to main. Eng seems to be that way now too. Necro is pretty safe. Rest are unsafe. Ele is guaranteed to be gutted always, anytime it's played.

This is the only MMO I've played where people are legit scared of their spec being nerfed to the ground and afraid of balance patches. Great job Anet keep up the fantastic work.

[Nerf braindead dps mechanist]

11 minutes ago, AliamRationem.5172 said:

So, I guess my question is are these devs really so disconnected from reality that they didn't anticipate this? 

Game producer mains eng.

[What needs to be addressed about balance philosophy]

On 7/13/2022 at 9:43 AM, Astralporing.1957 said:

You've forgotten an even bigger hurdle they have yet to cross: Regardless of what it will be in specifics, the balance philosophy needs to be consistent across all professions and especs. We can potentially live with design team making decisions we do not like, as long as they are a part of a greater, consistent design. What we can't have is some classes getting nerfed/buffed on basis of design philosophy when other classes in similar situations are being skipped over. We can't have different classes being adjusted on basis of different design ideas, nor should we ever see stated design ideas for the same class change from patch to patch. Or even conflict with the actual changes implemented in said patches.

Ele abides by different rules than the rest of the games balancing.

[Nerf braindead dps mechanist]

9 hours ago, AliamRationem.5172 said:

Judging by the "success" of the latest balance patch they may wish to reconsider the wisdom of that vision. 

Their plan is to milk the steam release for all it's worth by making this a mobile game.

Short term success at the expense of the long term.

[Nerf braindead dps mechanist]

On 7/11/2022 at 5:58 AM, AliamRationem.5172 said:

but should ranged utility specs that get half their damage from AA spam and passives be competing for top DPS?

This is their vision so yes.

[Follow up to the June 28 Balance Update Preview]

On 6/29/2022 at 8:12 PM, Trigg.9402 said:

Gw2 will lose all the reasons that made it different from other MMOs. Gw2’s selling point was its unique class identities and ability to make whatever build you like to play however you like. With this gone, what’s going to be their buy-in for the fourth expansion when all the classes are the same? Because lets be honest, it was the elite specializations that kept players and gained new players. Without new unique elite specs and actual unique abilities, it’ll become another MMO with new maps, new pets, new skins and mounts, so nothing exciting really. And with how poor the marketing for this game is, it’ll suffer greatly. 

Yeah, they're just trying to make the game into FF14 now. Can't wait for this to not work since FF14 isn't played due to it's gameplay, it's the mods and outfits.