[Balance and development choices are making less and less sense to me.]

I agree with everything OP said , I would also like to add as a returning player that everything is as stale as it was +2years ago.

Mesmer+Necro still dominate/pump out everything in PvE.

Guardian+Mech still best healers.

Elementalist is still Memelentalist , but now it has a gun.

There are.... so many 5+ year old bugs that are still in the game even after all this time.

I guess there's always next year

[How the new daily system in Wizards Vault reduced my enjoyment of GW2 [Merged]]

22 hours ago, Futeko.9405 said:

I feel the current direction spearheaded by the Wizard's Vault is making the game feel more and more like a mobile game experience

Just the Vault? What about the Skyscale Press 1 for Chest's Fireball Meta's?

Or the never ending "Chase the Rift" waste of time.

Or the 0 Social interaction because you mostly can clear everything in AutoPilot.

I do understand Anet decisions tough, from a business perspective that is , mobile apps generate quite the amount of income.

I would not be surprised to see GW2 ported to Android / Google Play in 2 to 3 years from now.

Current/past decisions taken by the team have been disappointing.

[Am I the only one not enjoying this expansion?]

I dont think Soto was meant to be a player retainer xpac , like many I got bored after a few days of chasings rifts almost falling sleep in front of pc , wish I could refund this one it is what it is.

[Whats everyone doing for SoO Open World Ele builds?]

On 8/23/2023 at 5:56 AM, Zigbert.6520 said:

Whats everyone doing for SoO Open World Ele builds?

Im playing other games

[Rotation vs reaction, work vs fun]

On 7/4/2023 at 4:49 PM, FrancisN.9276 said:

In order to make gameplay lean more toward "reaction" than "rotation" is making every class having 1 no CD attack skill with the HIGHEST damage efficiency and the remaining 4 short CD skills loaded with effects (CC, evasive movement, block, self buff,...) with LOW damage efficiency.

Yeah no , lets not bring the 2022-2023 Mechanist mentality into other classes ty

[Remake Guild Wars 1.]

4 minutes ago, Solvar.7953 said:

 "I've already bought this once, I'm not going to buy it again" mentality.

If it serves as an example, WoW classic really dissaproved this theory , I personally would not mind buying it again.

[I don't think I've ever felt more uninspired to play a game right after an expansion announcement than now.]

After EoD , im not preordering any more products from Anet, I'll wait it out, I'll watch someone on twitch then decide if I want to buy it or not.

[CC kills this game]

On 5/29/2023 at 5:16 AM, Ashlin.3708 said:

The big issue is... How does anet think that spending entire fights without the ability to do anything is okay? CC is totally out of control,

Big Skill issue sorry. There's plenty of tools to deal with CC: Stability,Dodge,Aegis, Blinks, CC breaks , even barrier at some degree can help you survive the damage you'll get during the stun duration.

If you're not changing your skills at all while you play and refuse  adapting/learning to the situation then its not the game's fault nor the company's fault is fully yours.

I main Weaver btw.

[Remake Guild Wars 1.]

I am playing it ^^ but a remake would be even better

 

[Remake Guild Wars 1.]

I miss this game when I look at GW2 present and future.

I miss the good combat of it and the strategy value it had both in PvE and PvP. I wont miss Blob fiestas.

I miss having 75 skills to choose from per profession, but only being able to use 7. I wont miss being restricted to weapon skills

I miss having 7 customizable (Both Weapons and runes) party henchman heroes that allow me to enjoy a game in a thousand different ways. I wont miss being alone all the time.

I miss actual professions full of identity and actual uniqueness. I wont miss perma alac/quick boon fiesta.(Remember the unique one stat you only got by being Main class?)

I miss being a random nobody that nobody has heard of or knows, not the commander of the Power Rangers famous for farming Dragons and Gods.

I miss actual Boss Story fights like Abaddon or Shiro that I still remember a decade later, I wont miss Zaithan/Pinhatas , I can't even remember the fight against SooWoon at the end of Story.

I miss Guild Wars, from a game called Guild Wars. I cant find them in Guild Wars 2 tough.

I miss simple and yet good looking armor sets, I wont miss Shining Wars.

I miss planning for a Hard Mode map or UW or FoW. I wont miss spamming 1 on my Mech and beat the game.

 

 

 

[May 2 Balance Update Preview]

Im happy about this , bringing some forgotten/not so popular specs back to the table withouth nerfing the popular ones thiiis is very good!

[How much time do you need?]

I saw ele catalyst yesterday at echovald meta, doing 180k , when I checked arcdps the only skill that showed there was Sunspot with burning condition being above beyond understandable this is a Fire Traitline bug. Something to do with Battle tonics too

 

But they have disabled Weaver spec instead, while catalyst still is playable? 

Don't get me wrong its something that clearly needs to be fix asap, but feels like they looking in the wrong direction.....once again

[How much time do you need?]

Overloads not giving their 100% alac value ,Vapor form kills you, weaver primordial stance bug when mounting , you name it, now this? 

 

Its been almost 10 hours since you shut the weaver spec down I was online when you did show message ingame , should not take this long to fix some class features but then again this only shows how bug and messy the entire Ele class is.

 

10 hours , and more to wait for some "minor traits", i've never seen this in any other MMO ever, disabling a class spec for 10hours , 6 years after its launch.

[Why are EoD maps so dead already?]

12 hours ago, Cynder.2509 said:

Nobody does metas anymore, they all fail constantly. Dragon's End meta is no surprise to fail because it's a huge failfest anyways with 90% of this playerbase being casuals who don't know simple basic mechanics that exist for 10 years. 

You answered your own question right there

[GEMSTORE REQUESTS: New Items; Items offered again - [Merged]]

Gem Aura outfit

[Mechanist is currently destroying the Raid/Strike. Please consider nerf it ASAP.]

6 hours ago, chris.9142 said:

many many builds can do better damage then mech

Yeah they sure do.... against a golem that does not move out from your skills nor its trying to kill you, or has an AOE that kills meele in range and they need to move out of it or dodge it, be it  boss mechanich or simple Red Dot 🙂. So many of you guys just see "Benchmark" and think Ok this is the game.

 

There is a reason why Mech outperforms everything else in Strikes/Raids and that  is called uptime.

 

You see as a willbender/elementalist  if you miss your spells, lets say the boss (Anka) decides to jump out of your Purging Flames(Guardian)  or your Primordial Stance(Ele) // or (Minister Li) does his Bladesworn stuff and moves away,

 

You my friend are going D-O-W-N in dps.

 

How many skills can Mech miss? Thats right not a single one since all it does is AA and 2 and Jade Mech is a walking Aimbot.

 

Mech is game breaking period, I play one myself in fracs/strikes for this very reason I am not ashamed in saying the truth, it is far from balanced its actually game braindead breaking and kills any trace of fun or class identity for other classes.

Also Alacrity+700 tick barrier 100% uptime in 11111111 Mace. Go tell your Ele friend that.

[Tempest buff? Hello?]

Player : I want to play Ele is my fav class, but its so bad it makes me uninstall

 

Anet: Okay , feedback

 

Player : *Provides Feedback*

 

Anet: https://ibb.co/7ysfsgV , Fk It too much feedback I'll clean my backside with it and just nerf it.

[Scepter changes - Heal tempest]

Water trident Its actually a nerf.... lost a healing skill and for what Strike damage that bounces to 2 extra targets? And need to be in water attunement? Wow.....thanks? I guess Scepter is now 100% out of the picture for HAT.

 

This is all a bad dream and nothing is actually happing right?......right?

[November 29 Balance Update Preview]

6 hours ago, Double Tap said:

Water Trident: This skill is no longer ground targeted, and instead it fires projectiles at the target and up to 2 nearby enemies. This skill no longer heals allies

This skill no longer heals allies

This skill no longer heals allies

This skill no longer heals allies

 

I think this is the last stone for my mental health as Ele Main.

 

Another Nerf jesusmariaandjoseph

[I play Reaper not because I like - I need help with other professions]

On 11/8/2022 at 10:04 PM, jojorne.2175 said:

I'm lazy

Confessions of a Necromancer

[Heal-Scourge, but Weaver]

44 minutes ago, Hedonismbot.3697 said:

Question: Can weaver adapt a build which would make it akin to plaguedoctor-scourges?

I hate to be blunt but, no it is not , your only source of barrier only comes from Dual Strikes and the traits don't work well with each other most of weaver traits are dps focused or self buffs.

 

Your water sword skills only heal up to 3 people not 5. (Probably the only skill in the entire game that affects 3 people only), that means in fractals you're not even healing your full party just you+2 party members.

 

Lack of boons everywhere no alac, no quick, not even 25 stacks of might, which tempest can easily give.

 

The idea looks pretty on paper but  It lacks consistency and purpose , the damage on viper Weaver is already laughable so going Plaguedoctor not only will cripple your dps but it will also be pointless since you don't even have tools to buff the group why would you want Concentration if you don't have skills that buff.

 

Hell even HealquickCatalyst seems good when you compare it to Healer Weaver

 

[POLL: The Quest for The Skyscale: The Long and Grindy Road]

With the addition of Jade Bot Gliding Assist level 3 , I just jump off my Springer and ride my griffon mid-air  plenty of Zip-Lines in EoD too. Never started skyscale collection I feel like I can do better and more fun things in my playtime and in the end its just another mount that is not required for anything, its a premium mount you get it if you want it and if not, nothing happens at all.

Also once you start knowing the layout of maps Roller/Jackal/Raptor become faster options. I usally see people in EoD meta who use skyscale fall behind.

While I dont have it myself, I think its the most well implemented mount in any game ever it actually has some story and context, you help them , you feed them, then you saddle them, and then it  becomes your loyal beast, sure some collections are annoying but it is perfect the way it is.

Its not something that should be buyable from your local stables or just given to you like 95% of the content in this game  😁

[Shift Signet for all profession]

Signet of Earth

½

25

Signet Passive: Improves toughness. Signet Active: Immobilize and bleed your foe.

 

Shift Signet

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/a/a0/Not_available_underwater.png/20px-Not_available_underwater.png

25

Signet Passive: Increases movement speed. Boons you gain are copied to your mech. Signet Active: You and your mech shadowstep to the target location. Removes conditions on you and your mech.

Barrier Signet

½

30

Signet Passive: Incoming strike and condition damage is reduced. Signet Active: Create a projectile-blocking dome around yourself. You and allies inside the dome gain barrier every second. If your mech is active, the dome is centered on it and is larger. The mech does not count against the target count for this skill.

 

Balanced as all things should be.......kappa

[Want to roll an Ele, but am i wasting my time?]

3 minutes ago, Joxer.6024 said:

because thats braindead and boring as...but at least you gave some valid reasons, unlike the "longtime ele player", so thanks!

I agree its braindead and boring, but still outperforms many classes.... which kills any reason atleast for me to play Ele again. If I stop in Story to read a dialogue i'll probably die with Ele while as Mech you can read the entire dialogue while ordering a pizza.

[Want to roll an Ele, but am i wasting my time?]

47 minutes ago, Animism.7530 said:

It's bad and you're better off playing something else

 

28 minutes ago, Joxer.6024 said:

Lol, theres always one....

You know he's right. As for the OP topic. I used to play Ele, not anymore tough.

 

1-Bad class outperformed by every other. Even in terms of Hp/Armor. 

 

2-Bad class for open world (power builds are bad and non existant). Taggins skills suck aswell animations are way to slow + mobs die too fast.

 

3-The Damage is trash, piano rotation that will do 20k at most, 30k-35k with Viper gear but..... I would not be wearing full viper with Ele in Open World if I were you ;).

 

4-You need to know your spells as weaver and not mess up with the rotation.(You know like a charachter from tekken or any fighting game you need to know the entire list of inputs what I mean by this is that you'll be in the practice room for quite a long time until you know what comes after what and your muscle memory does the rotation for you. Expect to die aswell.

 

Its bad you're wasting your time and you're better off playing something else. It makes your effort look silly and is not rewarding at all to play just the opposite its frustating.

Also what is the incentive of playing this class while Mechanist is around?