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Not really, fb is just op currently but otherwise its a great class atm.

Mesmer and guard are my two mains, last patch i might as well had put my mantras on aa but now they have so much more character and nuance depending on the mantra and the situation.

Channeled abilities have been part of gw2 sonce its inception.

They now have character and that alone is a massive buff to them from their previous forgettable state.

I like the new mantras more,i love the animations, the icons and the voicelines amd i find it to.be a massive improvement gameplay wise to the old mantras that you put zero thought into and spammed them off cd.

You can still jump and move during mantra channels making most potential attacks avoidable, imo having to channel at the right time in a hectic fight is part of the mastery and blocking dmg while doing so would remove that.

Imo its a cold take to say that fb does too much dmg, especially qfb atm is insane for the utility it can provide and the dmg it does out dpsing even pure dps builds (with allies) when it imo should be around ~33k dps tops. Cfb imo does slightly too much dmg but for me that build should be around 39-40k dps. The problem is that its very easy in the attempt to nerf one to also massively nerf the other as their overlap is extensive, they have very similar kits and traits and the space between the 2 for nerfs that hurt qfb more is very tight. Do you have any idea and suggestion as to how you nerf both but qfb gets the bulk of the nerfs without cfb suffering too much? **EDIT** : Ok i got a couple ideas on how to tackle the fb nerfs. First nerf the quickness output of the quickness mantra baseline, the goal is for qfb to have to take weighty terms instead of legendary lore to be able to put out perma quickness (enough of s nerf where you wouldnt want to stack 3 firebrands to avoid taking weighty terms). Id follow this with a couple smallish nerfs to tome 1 skill 4 and/or 5, flame mantra final charge (not enough to not use it) and potentially puting more of the axe's power in the axe trait while also buffing the axe trait. The goal here is to have qfb have a largely diff trait path from dps fb which makes balancing the 2 much easier, by compensating for the nerfs by buffing the axe trait we ensure that dps fb gets nerfed but not nearly as heavily as quick fb which really needs the nerfs. The goal dps of these 2 builds (IMO) should be qfb around 32k and cfb around 39 to 40k.

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Some awesome changes but pls revert the cd increase on longbow 2 for dh, reduce the aftercast on greatsword 4 and or buff possetion of blades abit dmg wise. Especially with the sword and focus buffs longbow is more undervalued for dh now. Pls reconsider the cd increase and reduce the aftercast on gs4 because everyone hates it. As for reaper reduce litch form cd in pve to make it have more than 2 uses per encounter lol. EDIT: Reduce the timewarp cd in pve as well, literally no reason to do that only in competitive. EDIT2: Not going to lie im shocked that lb2 still roots but you are removing the slow on gs2. At least make us move at half speed.

Longbow is stronger than sword focus at afaik (unless smth changed this month). I woupd also love if they reverted the cd increase to lb2 and also went ahead with being able to move slowly while channeling it.

Theres some confused reactions so i wanted to make sure i am clear on what im asking. Im asking fir a tiny .5 to 1 second cd similar to the cd you get when you enter the tome. Im not asking for an actual big cd when you leave tomes like pre rework fb.

Not being required doesnt meant it doesnt matter distortion or aegis share werent required but they mattered a ton in pve.

yes

Still having acess to it and just being able to cast distort even with 1 or 2 blades on top of all other tools the spec has is fairly op. In pve virt never needed distortion.

Its totally useable but yeah it needs mroe love.

The amount of times i have accidentally reentered my tome1 because i was double tapping it or because my keybind for it is shift 1 and i didnt lift my finger off shift is alot more than i would like and while the tomes do have a small cd when you enter to avoid leaving via double tapping they dont for when you exit them. Why is that, because kits for engi do have the same small cd when you leave and that negates this flow halting experience from happening. Can fb tomes get this as well, please.

If the boss in a strike or a raid has stab then sure i dont see an issue.

But it doesnt above 50% on bosses even if you are ccing them which makes half the trait not apply.

Title the precious big competitive patch introduced the idea that traits tbst affect the cd of a weapon or utility type would be reworked for extra clarity in competitive mode, this patch came and went and we still have traits that alter cds that are untouched, same thing with traits that work against disabled enemies, many were cjanged while some are left as they were. Can we exoect the rest if these traits to change as well?

Last patch made alot of the traits that work against cc'd enemies also aply against defiant foes but i dont recall superiority complex getting this same treatment. Am i blind or they didnt do it for this trait, if so why?

For pvp specificly could you (anet) increase the duration of f1 effect, or lower its cd slightly and also increase the alacrity output from f2?

quick ele is in a tough spot yes but ele in general is doing great.

0.5 seconds cd on keaving tomes is so small that the times i accidentally reopen the tome and kill all the flow of my rotation are very common. Would it be oossibke to infrease the cd to like a second or smth?

This is still an issue even after the page fix, yiu never get a reason to use it because by the time the tome skills are off cd you have the pages to use them.

The new recharging and persisting pages system for fb has had an unfortunate outcome for this skill. Pre rework you only had 5 pages so you would always use this skill once per tome 1 (the rotation was 2 5 4 1 2). Now because you can save pages this skill has become a dead button because its worse than core weapon skills and autos and you'd rather hold on to the page instead. An easy fix would be to buff this skill to make it worth using, however fb is already performing very well and it doesnt jeed another buff. To that end i suggest nerfing flame mantra and or tome 1 skill 4 slightly and giving that to searing spell.