Joncal.9623

Ah, yes. I'd love it if it were more in line with Fallout power armor.... but no, we're stuck with a gemstone powered construct. 😞

a HEAVILY CENSORED WORD HERE working/non-pathetic staff on elementalists, for the love of Charr! 😵‍💫

but in truth: I am Groot!

I mean, you already have warriors with insane boon range so why not just expand it to others, right? But that’s asking for a lot when it comes to aNet.

Which can easily be fixed/bypassed with an increase range of all boons (and/or heals). The lazy route is the easiest tho.

We’ve so many “should not exist in current state” with ele across all specs it’s kinda pointless to list them all. Eventually you’ll find a way around them, even if highly frustrating. I’ve been trying to switch main for years but I keep coming back to ele despite having a blast on other classes. 🤣

Best suggest I can give ya is to go with the "one build, all modes" celestial tempest/cata. 😂 You'll not push out insane damage (45kish) but at least you'll be able to tank more than 3 hits. 😚

I honestly find the heavy focus on melee across all its e-specs, and also core, to be the biggest turnoff. Staff is available but it's a dreadfully slow, and boring, weapon. Scepter is just.. whatever, dagger is better. And now we've 1h sword across all specs. I've mained staff ele (tempest & cata) for years now but I still get turned off by the forced "Battle Mage" class fantasy, yet I always come back to my ele. 'Tis a toxic relationship we share. 🫡 Also I didn't quite catch what game mode you've issues with, but honestly Celestial on Ele (pretty much all specs) work wonder in (almost) all GMs - I can't speak for PvP/WvW.

Yes please! Theorycrafters, and what not, work your magic!

It's gon' be a looooooong wait, innit?

If you push away the BIG DEEPS mentality to the side you'll have more fun exploring and finding your main. I personally hate weapon swapping classes (altho mesmer is/was my main- pain!) and tend to stick with Elementalist or Engineers while also avoiding conjure and toolbelt weapon BS. :c I'm a-OK with giving up X amount of pewpew if I can avoid that horrid mechanic.

Ah yes, gotta love how healers has gone from healing to baby dps with buffs the past few years. GW2 ain’t even the one starting that trend. The healers here are the best example tho only because our DPS powercreep so hard. /sincerely, a “bored of playing as a poor man’s DPS” healer.

Celestial works wonders on everything OW, but especially the floortank class #1! I usually roll basic core ele staff full minion build whenever I cba to play at my "best". It's nice havin meatshields soaking up the damage that would (almost) otherwise obliterate you. 😁 Otherwise it's a staff minion catalyst for some spice of life. Or specter if you want more oomph.

*firmly grasps my staff and stares at y'all* let my necro-staff be, kitten you! 😱 It's one of very few staves in game that isn't utter "sUpPoRt" only, and multi-functional/versatile at that too! Go and suffer druid/ele staff if you want moar supportive stick. 🙂

Melee pistols yes pls! Bashing your face in with the butt of my gun = very painful! 🤭

I bet the elementalist community would like a word. 😂 No, but in all seriousness I agree with you.

I'd say they'll nerf dps druids before the general population catches on we can dps. Because currently it's still "OMFG SH!T DRUID HEAL" in fractals. 😂

I’m feeling lost now. Druid alacrity healer in fractals is the only game mode I play, casually, and it has become utterly stressful to do so now. I have nothing else to fall back on, nor any interest to abandon my beloved main. :c I’m currently stuck waiting out this butchery and couldn’t be less salty. :c

I don't have a guardian to fall back on, but I do have a specter (and a HAM I hate playin) and so far they feel amazing with the new changes in fractals, as heals (gotta drag him to raids and strikes yet). However I'm not knowledgeable enough with specter enough to pinpoint a END ALL BE ALL build yet. :c

I’m still running my full celestial Druid with whatitsname grand trait that give you fury whenever you pop a Survival utility (quickening zephyr + entangle) along with flame trap and spike trap + whatever heal utility you want. Short bow + axe n torch (but have replaced them with staff for better support). I’m running around with mad king runes (lol, IK). Also focus on traits to up your bleed dmg + give bleed on crit procs. I’m not sure how much dmg it does but it performs decently in fractals so far. Although really squishy in OW, where it used to be GOAT. Ancient Seed was so much better before these changes. :c Oh! and the pets will always be murder snekk plant + murder tree for me. ❤️

even more reason for the fractal runners to desperately cling to HFB and, to lesser extent, HAM. As if fighting for the support spot wasn’t bad enough.

We traded Druid healers for Druid cDPS, that’s something. 😮‍💨😒

The new changes do look bleak in PvE, agreed. Instead of the spirit rotation we’re now sweatily spamming CA4+5 and 1 for alacrity. Much improvement. So fun. Much wow. 🤦🏻‍♂️ I can’t reliably keep alac up in fractals and I do have 100% boon duration + full harrier.

How is this alac change BETTER than spirits? We traded 3-4 utility slots (+ GM trait) for 1 GM trait that plays out the same way we did with spirits, only sweatier? Even with 100% boon uptime (+ full harrier) the alac buff is too short- and yes, that's with constant CA spam. 😒

*sweats nervously* are you talking wvw dead or pve dead? :c