[the new patch in a nutshell]

@"Trevor Boyer.6524" said:

Yeah I'm really starting to question this "CCs deal no damage" thing. It's... wrong on so many levels.

Cutting CC skill damage by 50% would have been adequate. Having all of these skills dealing 0 damage is just weird man. Not sure it's going to feel good in application. They really need to test server this patch before release.

I agree, look no further than Rampage for proof. I know it's still "better" than other elites but it just feels off and I don't like using it anymore.

[What are your hopes and wildest dreams for the upcoming balance patch?]

@Paradoxoglanis.1904 said:I just want staff projectiles to hit people.

Yassss, a little extra velocity and shorter cast times would go a looong way :)

[Reworking overloads into burst skills]

@Fueki.4753 said:

@"kodesh.2851" said:-Harmonious Conduit - should apply more stacks of stab and/or pulse stab. As-is it's just enough to make the overload an okay stun-break but you usually need to "cover" overloads with other skills to have a chance at completing, especially if there's a necro around cause it WILL get corrupted.I'd rather see Stability, alongside with Resistance, to be

removed

from the corruption table.The amount of CC and condition application is too disgustingly high to justify these two being corruptible.

I agree with this, stab should just get removed not turned into a control effect, and imho chilled makes no sense for resist to corrupt to. It would make more sense to corrupt to vulnerability (if it must be on the table) and would still make resist worth corrupting but wouldn't totally shut you down. Right now the corruption on stab/resist makes them more of a liability vs. good necs as you hand them free fear/chill procs.

[Favorite spec and weapon for what modes?]

@Stallic.2397 said:Dagger/Focus lightning Rod is pretty fun for Pvp. It can't carry a bad team like some of the Meta builds (ex. Fire Weaver) but it's a great duelist.

If perfected you can become a great sidenoder or team fighter. Works well with a duo.

Second, I play D/F Lightning Rod Tempest and it's funnnn

[Reworking overloads into burst skills]

I may be in the minority but I really like tempest and the feel of overloads. Only a few things I would love to see tweaked to bring it up to level with some other specs:

-Harmonious Conduit - should apply more stacks of stab and/or pulse stab. As-is it's just enough to make the overload an okay stun-break but you usually need to "cover" overloads with other skills to have a chance at completing, especially if there's a necro around cause it WILL get corrupted.-Channeling/canceling overloads - I think the increased attune CD should only happen if the overload completes successfully. I'd also reduce the channel times from 4 seconds to 2.5-3 seconds.-Aura application - IMO It would be nice if it was at the beginning and not end of the overload.-Overload Water - Add a pulsing (low) damage effect and chill enemies in your path, bubble briefly dazes enemies when it "pops" at the end of the overload.-Overload Earth - Make the final dust storm effect larger and pbaoe on the caster-Overload Fire - Make the cast time the same as other overloads (currently says it's 4 but is actually ~4.5)-Overload Air - Increase # of enemy targets back to 5 from 3.

That's about it imo, some minor tweaks that would really help tempest viability in pvp without a major re-work or making anything stoopid OP.

[PvP Weaver; How do you deal with core fear necro? Heavy condi in general?]

I much prefer tempest or core FA for fighting any flavor of necro. On weaver I usually go fire/sage and find it pretty even, just try not to let them stall the fight long enough for them to get a plus

[Fix Ele Elite Skills]

@thepolishman.2348 said:With the upcoming balance patch in mind, could Anet finally take a look at ele elites? Aside from the weaver elite, they all suck. FGS needs to be on a shorter counter. Ele summons should be permanent. Also, let the melee summons (i.e. earth and water summons) use their abilities out of combat. Make rebound skill last longer than 5 seconds (at least 10-15 seconds), or increase the heal it gives upon killing blow, or give the aura automatically when the skill is activated rather than only if the killing blow is not received. No clue how tornado could be fixed, but its a kitten elite as well. Maybe replace it with something new and actually useful?

Any of these things would help core and tempest while avoiding buffing weaver, which is already in a good spot.

Second. I like all of these suggestions. All of the elites are SO spec specific and situational I often don't even pop them in a match or just use them for some mobility then drop FGS or nado when I'm safely away. The only one I actually find impactful is Tornado but only when specced with Air/Lightning Rod and even then it's clunky and hard to use effectively without blowing a bunch of other CDs first to support it.

[PSA: Don’t be mad because Rev OUTSKILLED YOU]

While I do think rev is fine doesn't need any further nerfing, the OP's reasoning is laughable at best, and makes me wonder if he may suffer from ptsd from abuse because of the glaring insecurity it shows :/

[What's a good/easy class and build for a total pvp newbies?]

Easiest to pickup and learn quickly imho: War, Ranger, Necro, Holosmith and core Guard bringing up the rear.

[Soulbeast is most broken！]

All professions need the same build diversity. Soulbeasts and scrappers are overtuned, but there's only one profession that has been OP for over a year AND STILL has 3 builds in the meta.

Necro? Yeah lets nerf it xD

[New PvP Titles - Season 17]

Not a fan of the new titles, but I only play for the sake of the gameplay anyway so whatever.

[Bots do +3000 matches per season with total impunity]

@Khalisto.5780 said:any chance those are anet bots to fill up the matches?

LOL and reporting them probably places hidden dishonor stacks on you

[D/D weaver - Prepare to be refuted you naysayers]

Thanks for sharing the build. It got me playing with D/D again and it's excellent. A couple changes for spvp made it even better:Drop water for fire. Yep! You actually get more clears from auras than water regen application if not taking weaver GM 2. Also you no longer need to blast to keep might up because of pyromancers puissance. You just shred things, it's super fun compared to sword also imo. So much more mobile.

Better still was core d/d. Air, fire, arcane. Take lightning rod and swiftness runes. Nothing can kite you and you can kite everything. Chain rupts and immobs. It was especially fun vs spellbreakers and scourge, they simply don't expect to be stunlocked by a core ele ;)

[Bots do +3000 matches per season with total impunity]

@avey.4201 said:How to get rid of bots 101: ban all accounts with a mirage ;) j/k, but would be a good April fools joke hint hint Anet who technically wasn't here, and didn't see anything B) .

PHEW good thing both my mes are core rn ;)

[Bots do +3000 matches per season with total impunity]

A game is about 8-10 minutes. You can count that + taking into account the waiting time in the lobby + time spend before games really launch.

It's why I'm questioning about Anet.After watching how these bots are working and giving all the details + reports, I still see them by 2 sometimes at every matches.There is something fishy about all of this, really...

Wow great catch on this. In the early days of HoT I played ranked basically "full time" for a couple seasons and never cracked 2k games in a season. That was being on 8+ hours daily. Side note it totally burnt me out on ranked for good so I would be doubly suspicious of anyone putting in thousands of games a season. The ranked fatigue is real lol.