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Its defined the meta in multiple game modes since 2017. Calling any of the changes a nerf is missing the mark. If you actually nerfed firebrand in a meaningful way you would actually break wvw entirely that is how dependent that meta is on firebrand and firebrand in pve is the end all solution to every encounter. But the main stance i was getting at is of course they removed scrappers quickness (getting back to the point) without removing it from firebrand. They will never nerf their golden child in any meaningful way. The major rework of pages doesn't count. Only elite in the game with answers to everything without having to select utilities for it.

People who don't like kits don't belong in the engie class. I'll say it. Its one of the main gimmicks of the class. There are work arounds to not play kits but kits are intended. If they got rid of kits i would stop playing it, and being that i main engie that would mean quitting gw2 entirely.

The upcoming Shortbow 2 is a 6 second CD blast finisher. (4 3/4 seconds with alacrity) Its not unblockable though so it probably wont get used in wvw though i withhold judgment on that for now.

I wouldn't mind if they also removed quickness from firebrand. Not that they ever will. Firebrand doesn't get nerfed. Ever.

Its annoying but if they removed the leap.. it would no longer be a leap combo (it would be really weird to have a leap combo on a move that doesn't, so one could assume they would remove the combo complying with this. ) I kinda like the leap combo on scrapper for what its worth. Its really annoying in wvw to have a movement skill for one of my support skills but its kind of a necessary evil. Also i am a weirdo and sometimes try to heal scrapper for strikes and stuff. That leap is one of the ways i give quickness.

Avoid other mmos. Aside from maybe Palia. I have never seen a more pleasant community in the mmo space than this one. If you go to WoW your in for the rudest awakening.

I can do enough damage on any form of engie to be viable for every raid in the game. I probably cannot support on core engie or holo just because no quickness or alacrity = dead in the water but otherwise i could support on any engie too. I don't understand the complaint. Added note - Engie is viable and can do anything at least in pve. Wvw they are not always desirable as they took away our quickness and on the healing front druid is far and away the best healer above everything. Engie may not always be the best solution to a problem but they can solve every problem with enough creativity.

Small gripe of mine. It seems like shortbow is basically not gonna be viable for anything other than support. So if its just gonna support, why isn't it listed as unblockable? Maybe i am mistaken in my understanding of the skills and they cannot be blocked by projectile reflect / block but i imagine its going to be extremely problematic when i try to heal someone in wvw with shortbow 3 or give barrier with shortbow 2 and an enemy has a ventari tablet / firebrand bubble / whatever the mesmer bubble is / or spellbreaker bubble on top of me. Elixir gun 5 is unblockable, Mortar kit 5 is unblockable. I know there are slow conditions and what not but i don't actually think that is enough to warrant not making them unblockable. Just my 2 cents.

All it does is completely defeat the point of playing a pet class. If its attached at the hip anyway, why have a separate micro manageable entity at all. It also needs more options for control but that is a separate topic entirely. The boons should have a floor target, and or the mech should have a stand here button.

Yeah they don't balance for roamers. And they kinda shouldn't. Doesn't make them any less annoying.

Unless your firebrand. Then almost nothing meaningful happens or you are buffed. Because the meta defining class since 2017 will never not be balanced or balanced around. I wish i never had to play firebrand. I only play firebrand because there must be a firebrand in every wvw party. A class should never be auto pick.

Anet your favoritism for wvw updates are showing again. You ignore the classes that are auto pick and nerf the recent flavor of the month classes that are actually a breath of fresh air for the meta. You don't even pretend to balance most of the classes. Its more like Anet just decides certain classes aren't allowed in wvw at all and nerfs them every patch until people get the message that anet doesn't want you playing them at all.

I don't want anyone to get it twisted. I will admit i didn't know there was a snowcrows page of a high benchmark of scrapper but even with that in mind... its a benchmark and from observation it is clearly not a problem. I think I saw data that Mirage is played by less than 1% of the player base and it is getting hit too. Anet said in a post in 2022 they would stop nerfing classes based on benchmark tests. So that coupled with the fact that these builds really don't see play, i have to mock anet for nerfing them at all. I don't really care that they changed it. I care about why they likely changed it. Who was losing a spot in a group to a scrapper? Who was harmed by scrapper that they needed to change it? Its either a random change or anet has no clue what they are doing. The lead balance design fire wizard is working his magic.

I have never seen a scrapper sustain 40k but ill take your word for it. I don't exactly have a large sample size. Outside of content where you can quickly burst something down in like 5 seconds, i don't know why you would run a power scrapper. 40 k bench shouldn't even be an issue. I am firmly of the believe anet should stop glancing at benchmarks on snowcrows for balance design and focus on the classes that are auto picked for every party (firebrand since 2017)

Applied Force: Reduced the bonus power per might stack from 35 to 30 in PvE only. Who was this for? It's not power scrappers in pve... they don't take this straight. Not only are power scrappers virtually non existent because they are the incorrect choice in the majority of fights, losing out to firebrand pretty much always except 2 fights. But power scrapper the rare times i find them in the wild... are taken for quickness and power dps right? Meaning they aren't even taking Applied force. Who was this change for? Pure selfish power scrappers? Where? They exist? I have to mock Anet because i legitimately believe they just do random nonsense in the patch notes sometimes. This change makes zero sense. Did a power scrapper open world out dps an anet in drizzlewood? What happened?