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[Immortal Scourage]

switch staff to pistol/dagger

[Nerf Guardian , elementalist and necromancer.]

On 12/6/2023 at 5:53 PM, Sansar.1302 said:

Willbender,  Harbinger and Catalysts 😉

ok but we have to remove ambgushes from Mirage, longbow from ranger, the whole berserker and spellbreaker elite specs, stealth and shadowsteps from thief, anything that's not an elixir, turret, or the flamethrower kit from Engineer, and double the energy costs on all rev weapon skills. /s (satire for those that miss it)

[Pet restructure idea]

I know Rangers have often griped about pet AI in the past. Well now we're get punished when the mech doesn't have ranged and decides to move to hit something outside of literally 2 steps away.  Those of us the prefer range need an alternative to mashing F2. If the mech is going to be bad if it's not next to me, WHY ISN"T IT JUST A GYRO WELL? Why not give a mode that's a "stick to player within X circle and only attack if foe is in range,"? Be better Anet.

[February 14 Balance Update Preview]

Why is the Firebrand heal mantra still only healing for 200 in WvW?

[If you're going to force LoS on Forced Engagement, force LoS on everything else.]

On 12/11/2022 at 10:34 PM, otto.5684 said:

I agree. All skills should require LoS.

The grass in this game has already been given enough brain damage! It doesn’t need more! 

[The 4th specialization, what is left for the class?]

Condi spec that has rage skills?

[Can we scale back wvw legendary armor requirements?]

Simple solution: give a few tickets for capturing objectives and some more for holding per tick (a couple if you contributed to capping and more if you actively defend) scaling by size and upgrade level of objective. Basically instead of making it so you have to zerg WvW for 40hrs per week, you have to actually actively play WvW.

[Wvw Rewards - Guildpride - Serverpride.]

Good Idea-ish. Basically if you aren’t a large guild, your guild won’t get much in the way of these rewards. Small roaming guilds that cap camps/towers while the blob guilds bash their heads on T3 keeps are just as important to overall PPT.

[SA changes have ruined my special build]

On 7/30/2022 at 4:47 PM, itspomf.9523 said:

Agreed. I also take umbrage at the fact they're too busy balancing around elite specs and dramatically altering core thief.

However, I'd protest that quite a few classes currently have "100% agency" over their survivability, such as necromancer, mechanist, and guardian, to name a few.  Even mesmer can be quite potent at survival, if spec'd well.

Warrior and elementalist, on the other hand, well ... they're still working on having agency, period, but that's a rant altogether else.

The reason why thief alone had 100% agency and no other class does is because all of their defensive tools have either a limited duration or some level of counterplay, which stealth had neither. DE was able to permanently stealth very easily. While revealed is a mechanic, DE has the capability to remove that one piece of counterplay. So in short it basically had an unlimited duration on its big defensive tool which gives it pseudo invulnerability, the ability to withhold important PvP information like location and skill animations, and also a target break (which can happen on dodge for some reason), all with no counter play.

[SA changes have ruined my special build]

On 6/30/2022 at 11:49 AM, Paradoxoglanis.1904 said:

I used to enjoy playing SA thief in pvp and wvw but these changes have ruined my playstyle. I used to be the ultimate assassin, hiding in stealth undetected waiting for the perfect moment to strike. And if I slipped up I could dip back into the shadows planning my next move, the ultimate tactician. No one could hunt me down for my ability to befuddle foes with invisibility was unmatched. I used to laugh with glee at my enemies attempt to target me, and watch them with disdain as they tried to hit me with their aoe. I would frequently stop mid fight to type out taunting messages while invisible, goading them into a furious haze. It was the ultimate competition of wits and guile, and I was feared as a god is among peasants.

But que this latest patch and my build exists no more. I cannot be the invisible assassin I once was for my stealth uptime was nerfed. I try to duck into the shadows to escape my enemies but cant get away before they spot me. I try and say my taunting messages but drop out of stealth when im only halfway through typing. Instead I am forced to run around with permanent superspeed and more initiative than I know what to do with, it is so unfair! Please give me back my stealth. The thief archetype is about subterfuge and should have lots of stealth to fulfill that class fantasy.

Someone said it perfectly earlier "I loved having 100% agency over my own survivability". No other class has that, so why should thief? As a non thief player who despised the infinite stealth, I do take deference with some of the changes. removing stealth on steal AND heal while also removing a CDR trait without any repayment of cooldowns is pretty bull kitten imo. Basically, if DE wasn't able to abuse stealth having 100% control over survivability at 1200 range it may have been left alone.

[Nerf braindead dps mechanist]

Why nerf mech when they SHOULD be uplifting every underperforming spec instead?

[ArenaNet have broken my Thief/Deadeye]

SA rifle is still a thing. You just can't abuse infinite stealth any more. If anything its way better at 1v1s rn because you can get 3 initiative for dodging?

[How can we make Death magic more desirable? Some suggestions]

In terms of WvW it probably needs a nerf. It gives harbinger the option to rock 4k armor and have permanent protection, drop a condi every 3 second or 2 with antitoxin runes and have -30% condi damage taken.

[The Banners of Nerf]

I love how warrior has to take 2 whole traitlines, 3 utilities, and their elite skill, with a specific weapon to achieve the same quickness as FB with the FB trait line and 2 buttons.

[NERF guild siege]

Ah yes the feature from GUILDS in GUILD Wars 2 should be worse than free seige especially after GUILDS invested in the upgrades to be able to make them and pooled together the extra resources to make them, which is more than superior. Yes its less supply, but it takes more upfront cost to just get the blueprints...

[Anet. You Going To Remove One of My Legs Now?]

Now you know how it feels to not just have a get out of jail free card to abuse baked into your whole class. There are definitely other ways to survive as a thief, especiall dd...

[So... Arena.Net destroyed the concept of "shadow arts" ???]

6 hours ago, Ian.8340 said:

From a WvW pespective, the SA changes are a sad nerf to deadeyes. Prolonged stealth was a deadeye's best defensive utility and the best way to approach outnumbered situations. Having complete agency over your own survival and playing patiently was such a fun playstyle. I really wish they would revert the shadow arts changes.

I hate to say it but the extended stealth abuse was probably the reason for the changes. Fighting a deadeye in WvW isn’t fun, even if you’re also playing a thief.

 

I will mention the two people that play deadeye a ton in my guild switched to Malificent 7 and say they never run out of initiative.

edit: I do think the deception trait removal was horse kitten though. Any non elite spec skill should have a CD reduction trait.

[how is necro staff?]

In WvW and PvP: simultaneously essential and the most boring weapon in existence.

[WvW Players now have to do 5 runs of each explorable path to get back the ability to buy the Dungeon gifts??]

Wow just when I thought WvW couldn’t be dunked on any harder… I don’t play dungeons because they’re boring and have essentially no rewards.

[Mechanist is currently destroying the game. Please consider adjusting it ASAP.]

Well I think you missed the point of the low APM mechanist builds. They were originally meant for someone with a disability and cannot play regularly, while also wanting to raid and not be dead weight. In fairness some of the low effort mechanist builds have a buttload of work behind them.

[Which profession is the least useless with a hammer?]

Scrapper and Rev. Everything else is peepeepoopoo.

 

[Either sell Warclaws or bloody DELETE them.]

You wanna know the secret?
 

step 1: Play a hammer herald. Ranged damage and permanent swiftness. Also have a defiant stance.

 

step 2: follow a blob. EBG is your best bet.

 

step 3: there is no step 3. Just repeat step 2 until complete.

 People who only play WvW do not get 30g/hr… we’re really lucky to see 1g/hr… how do you think we feel when we see griffon and skyscale?

[Competitive "Balance"]

The nerf to rise was done as it created up to 5 minions and in a blob you always get the 5. The thing about skills in GW2 is that they all have a hard target cap of 5. So basically for every minion hit, it was an ally not hit. Also when they die, if you trait for it, you make a stinky poison field and start chucking poison and weakness like its candy.

[Guardian weapons are great now but hammer...]

Can we just get a new skill on sword 3? In PvP/WvW you might hit 1 or 2 of the projectiles on a skill that roots you for the animation…