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  1. Fair enough, I agree. I wish ANET was more consistent with the clutter. A boonball will instantly cleanse the torment and reapply the boons from sandstorm shroud, yet is has a very distinct aoe warning/tell. While skills that root you and are responsible for most deaths are impossible to see.
  2. Every class has been power crept to the moon, so I wont comment on nerfing ele specifically. However, I have an issue with tempest and aftershock. This skill is obnoxious af; I get hit with it pretty much every engage versus a boonball. No tell, no counter-play, just immobilized. Either give aftershock the sandstorm shroud treatment where the skill has a detonation aoe circle that can be kited/dodged, or have the immobilize effect only happen in the blast radius (240) so the tempest actually has to be in melee range to land it. Being able to just play piano in a boonball and press a button with such a devastating effect is lame as hell. Also, different class, but the same goes for reapers and chilled to the bone; it should have a detonation effect. Getting immob'd or stunned for 4 seconds next to a boonball is instant death unless you have full cd's. Give players the opportunity to dodge these skills.
  3. That's the whole issue in a nutshell with today's meta; every player has one singular role. During core (and HoT to a certain extent), players had to consider: - water regroups - timed leaps and weapon swaps (melee) - pick teams (thieves/mesmers primairly) - awareness to float from melee to 900 range, either to avoid bombs or assist pick teams with downs, and to avoid being picked yourself (casters) - stab rotations - down calls / banner placement - avoid red circles (what a concept) - I'm sure other old-school wvw'ers can name more Players just had more personal agency in general. My point being, GWEN comps were not perfect, but they were driven by coordinating all the tasks I mentioned above. That coordination is what drove the meta and allowed smaller groups to take on larger groups and was also the deciding factor in gvgs. If I were to just sandbag on guardian and play a singular role like firebrand today (providing stab), most fights would be lost due to lack of dps. And having a singular role is also just flat-out boring imo. I can join ANY group running today on a firebrand, not equip weapons or any utilities besides "stand your ground," camp my courage book, and w-key on the commander while watching youtube on my other monitor. Minstrel gear and over-powered specs/traits do 99% of the work. So no, I don't think simply being "organized" with minstrel gear and over-powered specs that perform one singular role should be the deciding factor in fights. It should be coordination and skill. Being able to stay on tag and w-key in the tankiest gear possible, with every boon, ignoring all the game mechanics, requires little-to-no skill, awareness, and the bare-minimum of coordination. It's a pathetic shell of the what the game used to be, and the main reason why most of the old-school gvg'ers quit or just cloud these days. Or they've endured the trash meta due to friendships and guild comradery, which I totally understand.
  4. Here ya go! The dev got his wish - in 2023, WvW is officially a full-on EOTM simulator. GJ ANET!
  5. The Alpine maps cater more to group play, and with the dwindling population, it's difficult to find action on those maps outside of prime time. EB funnels all the skirmish activity to the center of the map, making it better suited for pugs and smaller groups. IMO, the only hope to repopulate Alpine during off-hours is if the balance patch actually fixes the trash large-scale combat and guilds/players return to the game (lel). If white knights adamantly defend Desert bl despite no one playing it, I can only imagine the tears over potentially removing Alpine; ANET will never do it. Having said that, at this point, I wouldn't be opposed to ANET eliminating the borderlands altogether for a week-long event and having 3 instances of EB; each server can start at a different spawn in each instance (green/blue/red). At least it would shake things up for a week. I have some great memories on the Alpine maps but they feel just as dead as the pos Desert bl these days.
  6. Yup, actual activity numbers tell a different story. Seems clear to me the bottom NA tiers have started transferring to BP/JQ/Mag.
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