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Hammer wasn't to bad to control on Untamed, it was just a pain with Fervent Force since you would only use 3 and 5 then unleash when the enemy was stunned for 2 and 4. Now it's more clear how to use. Staying Unleashed most of the then just switching back for break bars or 5 skill as an opener.

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I know we don't have the best relationship but 100% agree. I mean they even had to disable 2 traits after update went live, i guess no QA testing. I mostly farm Bitterfrost and net about 200 gold per week which fuels my Gem expenditures, last gems I got were for my Wife's account.

Just wait for the dust to settle. I'm sure some adjustment will come if a particular Elite that is underperforming. I would rather then that what happened to Engineer Rifle buff where people expectations for the weapon got ruined when they nerfed it.

I'm just honestly amazed this came true in the current expansion announcement

Use this! Power Virtuoso Build | Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Builds | Snow Crows There are few changes I would make: Cheaper Rune set, Eagle is pretty good alternative Eventually run full Dragon/Marauder mix for Vitality boost and trait synergy (Quiet Intensity) Swap Dueling for Illusions so you have two F1 shatters (Shatter Storm) Off-hand focus for grouping Mobs, you don't need to weapon swap often since you have no sword precision trait (Fencer's Finesse) Run at least one stun break (Mirror Images), swapped with Rain of Swords Using Phantasmal Defender on grouped mobs can keep them at bay (Phantasmal Defender), swapped with Mantra of Pain Use Infinite Forge over Bloodsong since it will provide passive healing (Infinite Forge) I use these changes for Raid/Fractal/Strikes, you can face Tank bosses most of the time.

I honestly don't think they care; they found the winning formula for this MMO and it does not include sPvP. The biggest thing they could do to fix it would be dropping bronze rank and push everyone up. Currently no one is even in Legendary rank in US, so no one is benefiting from the Pips. If you only get Pips from winning, then it would create a situation where people would actively not AFK and try get into Plat.

It's really just a default filler Pet (due to stealth). What would be better if to provide another pet that can create a smoke field so it can compete with Smokescale.

Well, they can always use two Longbows like I do on my Soulbeast.

I have practiced Shortbow + Axe/Warhorn for years so it's a bit unfair to compare. I do have a chasing variant with the teleport which gets reset pretty fast with Fervent Force. I also use Soulbeast too but its not Celestials, so it is very squishy.

Longbow/Longbow, then use Quick Draw to spam one of the 2-5 skills. The other one I use is Shortbow + Axe/Warhorn, Lots of CC and condition damage.

Your timeframe is too small, this current expansion has drastically increased the player count more than any other content drop besides the launch of the game. I found two websites, but the results are all over the place. They seem to paint a picture of it not increasing or decreasing. Guild Wars 2 5 Year Subscriber Stats Server Population & Player Count - MMO Populations (mmo-population.com) Guild Wars 2 Live Player Count and Statistics (activeplayer.io) Seem like we did lose a lot of players during Icebrood Saga but gained majority back at EoD's launch.

I'm fairly certain the games popularity is increasing not decreasing.

@Macmoarning.3208 I mean that is your answer, it has some uses in PvP primarily WvW (like Mirage). Generally, the only Meta Mesmer in sPvP is Chronomancer and that's about it. What you want in sPvP and also in WvW Zergs is jack of all trade's elites; something very flexible given the scenario. What is bad in these game modes is cheese builds or one trick pony elites, Virtuoso is definitely that. Check out the one-shot Confusion builds for F2 on YouTube.

Virtuoso still can, no changes to it since launch.

3 years.... I meant the entire life of game, for 3 years I can agree it's not been OP. Bunker Chronomancer was definitely OP, Mirage is harder to say. It was more broken in WvW roaming I believe, being able to 1v3. Mirage was mostly broken in PvE after launch since it had the Mechanist problem of being Low Intensity but honestly, It was not as well-known so it got left unerfed for a long time.

Poison field is unique and can synergies with a few builds. It has a 10 second longer cooldown than the spider version but can last longer so good for burst. I'm not really claiming it's good but just not useless like the Pheonix.

They would nerf it if it was in every game. The popularity of it has risen but not to the point it needs a nerf so i think it is a good thing we don't see it in every game.

Outside of the Pheonix all new pets have some uses, at least as many as the other introduced expansion pets. Turtle alone is amazing especially in WvW since Ranger has zero access to bubbles outside this.

I think what people don't realize is that Mesmer has always overperformed. Virtuoso is the first Mesmer elite that has not needed repeated nerfs after launch. I think the reason and problem Arena Net has faced (outside people hating Mesmer) is the simple fact that so many people switched in PvE and PvP due to how broken it was. Same thing happened with Elementalist last season in sPvP, which is why it got some nerfs. Regardless of if they should have nerfed it to the extent they did, it was still broken and needed some changes.

He is right, 40k is impossible without full raid buffs, healing, enough enemy health and a complete rotation. You are unlikely to anything close except for burst elites or something that has no build up. There are very few exceptions in the open world, Vindicator and Mechanist for instance.

I essentially just go into PvP for the daily and nothing else. Most games I Carry hard so the only time I lose is when I get countered or people side node really hard. I do re-rank myself every season with the placement matches but still sit in gold 1 or 2.

Seems like the Top 250 keeps dropping. After almost a month of Ranked the top 250 in the US had not gone above 1450. I could see a point where being platinum is reserved to the top 50 players. They should just remove bronze and boost everyone's rank by a tier. Literally no one is benefiting from Legendary division in US, 0 players are in there.

One cleanse at the end of the guardians burn parade basically prevents you from dying.

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