[Balance downstate skills across the board or get rid of it.]

@Eddbopkins.2630 said:Quick balance fixes are not anets things. I fear all ur posts will fall on deaf ears and we wont get a proper balance for 3v3.

I feel the same way. But I wanted to say something anyway. it is better to say something than nothing at all.

[What next elite spec must have to be worth the purchase... - [Merged]]

If they remove the elite spec requirements to have certain weapons equipped, i would be more inclined to buy the expansion. All weapons should be accessible without a trait line requirement.

[Fix the broken teleport spots in spvp maps]

@Avatar.3568 said:If you are not on the same terrain it's intended to not port there, because it has no valid pass

If that is intended then there should be no inconsistencies. Being able to port to a level that is accessible except for one small cluster of pixels is unacceptable. Remove all the teleport spots or fix all the telport spots. There shouldn't be any inconsistencies in the teleport rules.

[Mirage Advance fails to execute but goes on CD anyway]

I've noticed a bug with this skill for the last 3 years. Mirage Advance sometimes fails to execute, but still goes on CD. It isn't very often, but it is common for the initial shadowstep of the skill to not send me to the target but still triggers the next action of the skill. I love this skill and it is always on my bar in open world PvE and in Spvp/WvW. Please fix.

[Fix the broken teleport spots in spvp maps]

There are spots in various maps that you are supposed to be able to teleport (shadowstep/blink/etc) to but you cannot. If you try to teleport to the spot on the same terrain and elevation right next to it, it works without issue, but that little cluster of pixels it fails. And when in a crutch, it will get you killed when you quickly try to outmanuever an opponent and it fails for no good reason.

[Fix the persisting skill animation bugs that persist indefinitely!]

Spellbreaker is notorious for this. Once they use fullcounter at the start of the match, the animation never goes away. They are always in the full counter golden bubble for the rest of the match, even when they are lying on the ground dead. Elementalist's frost breath is another one. These are fun little bugs in PvE, but in pvp they are horrible. I can't believe they've gone on for this long. You can't see the tells of the player you're fighting because their the skill animations are in an endless loop, and you can't see the skill animations of their teammates because it covers their characters. It's just more visual bloat that makes pvp in this game more of a joke. These are bugs that should have been fixed in the first week, and here it is years later...

[Balance downstate skills across the board or get rid of it.]

Downstate is as much of the combat as when you're battling at with a full hp bar. It is absolutely ridiculous that downstates are consistently ignored in balance changes. Balance downstate, or get rid of it. Some classes downstate are ridiculously strong compared to others and it's simply not fair or fun to be on the short end of it.

[Time to reconsider Rallying in spvp.]

Rallying, in my opinion, takes away from the heart of competition. It is a cheese. Having everyone that hit a target instantly get up from downed when the target dies makes sense in PvE, but i don't think it belongs in PvP. Downed state, as controversial as it is, is a unique and fun mechanic and I think it has a spot in all game modes, albeit with better balance. But rallying really should not be in spvp, especially in deathmatch game modes. If a player dies in a death match, all players that tagged that player shouldn't instantly pop up from downed state. They should still be ressed by another player, or rise on their own, or just die.

[Chances of getting greatswords with the new expansion?]

@Kichwas.7152 said:enough classes already have them...

it would be nice to see every weapon on every class eventually. if anet can continue to be creative in skill design, it will be amazing to see greatsword on ele. I'd prefer to see dual pistols on ele sooner than greatsword tho.

[Chrono needs to have more time manipulation skills.]

would be nice if it had runes and sigils to support the slow effect.

[A small list of unavailable cultural armors sets.]

the bottom right sylvari one is accesssible to players. it's the nightmare cloth chest and the human tier 2 cloth pants. may be others that are accessible.

[One-shot Mesmer is bad for the game.]

i've been complaining about one shot builds for a long time, specifically mesmer's one shot build. Anet think one shot builds from stealth are fine. So this build isn't going anywhere.

[Is it just me or does armor skin choices feel a bit lacking?]

i've been feeling that way for a long time. back in 2012 to 2013 anet used to put full armor sets in the gem store. they were awesome and we got them regularly. But we complained that we'd rather not have them in the gem store. we said we preferred to have them in game where we can earn them instead. Anet listened, and since then we've gotten full armor sets drastically less frequently, and worse quality than what we would have gotten had we let them continue to monetize it. since then they have started to release boots, shoulders, helms, and gloves, but i dont think we've gotten any chest/pants int the gem store. If I could go back in time, i wouldn't have complained about anet putting armor sets in the gem store. Cause now I would greatly prefer them over the endless amount of outfits.

[No, HoT should not be further nerfed. It is not meant to be the regular power fantasy.]

i soloed HoT on my awesome pre-gutted berserker chronomancer and it was some of the most fun i ever had in PvE in this game. I'll never have that much fun in open world ever again :anguished:

[Invisibility has Gotten out of Hand]

I think thieves should always have stealth and high access to it. Mesmers imo shouldn't have stealth because we have clones. Having clones AND stealth is too strong. It should really just be one or the other. Engineers blasting fields for stealth been a thing since the game launched. It's annoying to fight against but I think it has a cool factor since engineers should be able to do a little of everything. Keyword: A little. Rangers blasting/leaping is a bit much for me. Trap runes that give you stealth when you put down a trap is just stupid and needs to go.

[From the Devs AMA- “to make power vs. condi into a real choice.”]

If I were to make changes, i would:1) make all non-damaging conditions (immobilize, cripple, weakness, slow, etc) be unaffected by expertise.2) make confusion and torment stack in duration only, not intensity.3) remove the damage over time part of Poison. And have it stack only in duration. Keep the reduced healing aspect.4) Traps don't begin recharging until triggered.

[Nerf Drizzlewood map!]

having more materials more become more accessible to a blessing for me. I havne't even unlocked the new map, but after reading this post i'm gonna play

[Lack of players suddenly?]

@Firebeard.1746 said:

@Hot Boy.7138 said:i can't speak for everyone, but my interest drastically declined when they introduced 2v2s, then took it away. it was so much fun, it just killed my vibe entirely. Then they brought 3v3 but only for 2 weeks. After I read it was only 2 weeks I didn't even bother with it. Lastly, i'm finding it difficult to enjoy my main class anymore. I started playing again last week and at least in NA Gold 3 and Plat 1, there was enough people for me to get competitive games going. Most of my matches seemed very fair.

PSA: even the 2v2s were only supposed to be 2 weeks at a time. It's called a mini season.

I know. The fact that it's not permanent put me off. The fact that the duration was only 2 to 3 weeks ruined it completely for me.

[Do you like the addition of barrier as a mechanic?]

I thought barrier was really cool when it first released. And I thought it would be only a scourge mechanic. Necros have little escapes so I thought it was nice that they got access to barrier. But so many classes have barrier now. I like scourges having access to barrier. i don't think other classes should have access to it at all, unless it is shared by a scourge.

[Lack of players suddenly?]

well anet said there would be a lot of balance patches after the big feb 25th patch to pull everything all together, but it didn't happen. anet lies a lot to the the community.

[Lack of players suddenly?]

i can't speak for everyone, but my interest drastically declined when they introduced 2v2s, then took it away. it was so much fun, it just killed my vibe entirely. Then they brought 3v3 but only for 2 weeks. After I read it was only 2 weeks I didn't even bother with it. Lastly, i'm finding it difficult to enjoy my main class anymore. I started playing again last week and at least in NA Gold 3 and Plat 1, there was enough people for me to get competitive games going. Most of my matches seemed very fair.

[Toughness should be a deterant to conditions]

I wouldn't have agreed with this back in 2013, but the way the game is now. It actually makes more sense for toughness to affect condition damage.

[There's potential for some new aura traits]

@Taril.8619 said:

@Hot Boy.7138 said:I don't need to my own aura skills.

You kind of do if you want traits designed around them. You need to be able to consistently get something from your traits irregardless of if you have allies around to provide you with the necessary skills.

@Hot Boy.7138 said:Having a lot of leap finishers is reason enough for good synergy with aura traits.

It really isn't.

Especially when the leap finishers are mostly consigned to a single weapon set of a single build. Outside of Mirage with Sword, Mesmer does not have that many leap finishers.

Most people have separate builds for solo play and for group content. Separate builds for sword, separate builds for scepter, staff, etc. It's fine if there are aura traits that directly benefit sword builds. And it's fine if it's better for group play rather than solo play. If you're running solo, can swap builds. If changing to another weapon set/ gear set up then you can change builds.

[There's potential for some new aura traits]

@Taril.8619 said:Aura traits for Mesmer seem a bit out of place.

Given that the only Fields they can make themselves, is Ethereal. Meaning they 100% rely on other players to provide other fields, which is a poor thing to put traits in for that are only functional if you're playing with other people AND they put down fields.

Aura traits can make sense for Elementalist and Scrapper because they can create several different field types (Scrapper can create all fields bar Ethereal and Dark, Elementalist can make Fire, Ice, Water and Lightning fields) with Elementalist also having skills that literally just apply Auras allowing them to apply up to 2 different Aura types depending on their weapon set up (Staff can create Magnetic Aura, MH Dagger can create Shocking Aura, OH Dagger can create Frost Aura, Focus can create Fiery Aura, Warhorn can create Magnetic Aura) in addition to having Utility skills that can provide auras (Conjured Earth Shield can apply Magnetic Aura, Aftershock provides Magnetic Aura, Feel the Burn provides Fiery Aura and Flash Freeze provides Frost Aura) as well as the Tempest traits that provide Auras (Unstable Conduit and Elemental Bastion)

In comparison... Mesmer really has no synergy with auras with only natural access to Chaos Aura and 3 skills that provides a different field (Well of Eternity and Temporal Veil for Light field and Gravity Well for Dark field)

In addition to this lack of fields, they also don't have particularly high synergy with proccing fields to get Auras. There's what? Staff 2, Torch 4, Sword 5, Axe 3, Sword 3 and Sword Ambush. Basically with just Sword/Sword Mirage having any real amount of combo potential and just via Leaps (So self only, rather than Blasts which provide to allies in an AoE)

Which if you compare to classes like Thief whom has Dagger 2 (Spammable Leap finisher), Staff 5 (Spammable Leap finisher), Shortbow 2 (Spammable Blast finisher) and Rifle 4 (Spammable Leap finisher). Or Ranger with GS3, Sword 2 (Can be refreshed with Sword 3), Warhorn 5, Staff 3, Dagger 3, Merged Birb F1, Merged Wolf F1 + F2, Merged Drake F2, Merged Porcine F2 and Merged Ferocious pet F3. Whom have more plentiful ways to combo with fields to gain Auras with a number of different build set ups.

I don't need to my own aura skills. As I stated, i have a very high uptime on auras even without my own aura skills because there are always ground skills, and sword mirage has a lot of leap finishers. Having a lot of leap finishers is reason enough for good synergy with aura traits.

[There's potential for some new aura traits]

When playing in groups, mirage sword ambush has very high uptime for auras because of all the ground effects from all the other classes. It would be nice if there were some traits that could manipulate those auras to make it more powerful versions and/or give unique effects for having an aura. Right now they are easily ignored and just visual clutter that doesn't have any great benefit. Introduce some new aura traits for mesmer. Seems like a good time to add something fresh to mesmer. I for one would love an aura build on mirage if it hits hard, has cool effects, and is fun to play.