Paradoxoglanis.1904 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) Only having 2 new gear stats is kind of disappointing. They look interesting, but there are still a lot of other possibilities that would be fun to play with. Ritualist’s equipment provides a large increase to condition damage and vitality, and a small increase to concentration and expertise. Dragon’s equipment provides a large increase to power and ferocity, and a small increase to precision and vitality. Edited February 12, 2022 by Paradoxoglanis.1904 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucianDK.8615 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 wait, where did you see those? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanBB.4268 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) A news article should be coming soon to guildwars2.com. You can see it now through the twitter link. Ritualist and Dragon prefixes. Edited February 11, 2022 by DeanBB.4268 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucianDK.8615 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 1 minute ago, DeanBB.4268 said: A news article should be coming soon to guildwars2.com. You can see it now through the twitter link. Ritualist and Dragon prefixes. Can you list them here? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanBB.4268 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/guild-wars-2-end-of-dragons-strike-missions-balance-and-rewards/ Way more than that in the article. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucianDK.8615 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, DeanBB.4268 said: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/guild-wars-2-end-of-dragons-strike-missions-balance-and-rewards/ Way more than that in the article. Intriguing news. Ritualist might be useful for Harbingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brokenangel.1389 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Ritualist’s Major - Condition Damage / Vitality | Minor - Concentration / Expertise Dragon’s - Major Power / Ferocity | Minor - Precision / Vitality Are these supposed to be impressive? Like, seriously, these stat combinations are trash outside a small handful of specific boss fights or possibly WvW, maybe. 1 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucianDK.8615 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 1 minute ago, Brokenangel.1389 said: Ritualist’s Major - Condition Damage / Vitality | Minor - Concentration / Expertise Dragon’s - Major Power / Ferocity | Minor - Precision / Vitality Are these supposed to be impressive? Like, seriously, these stat combinations are trash outside a small handful of specific boss fights or possibly WvW, maybe. Ritualist is almost a condi version of diviner. Which is used a lot by boonbots. But with ritualist it opens for more specs to bring boons. For example Harbingers really want to focus on condi damage as their power damage is pathetically low. And since they have an elixir boon buff line, ritualist will be a great help in keeping it up. Since they have a trait for making vitality contribute to concentration its even better. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega.6801 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Maybe more will be added with later releases. But I also expected 4 new stat combinations. Dragon's fills a place between Berserker's and Marauder's gear, not reinventing the wheel there but a good alternative to finetune your gear without using toughnes. Ritualist's sounds like the combo Plaguedoctor's wanted to be, will definitely try to build around this. Condi-Support Scrapper maybe... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moira Shalaar.5620 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I had at least hoped for some sort of Condition/heal option too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucianDK.8615 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 4 minutes ago, Moira Shalaar.5620 said: I had at least hoped for some sort of Condition/heal option too. Hrm? Plague doctor already exists Major Condition damage/Vitality Minor Healing Power/Concentration 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikijinX.6258 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) Dragons stat combo mixed with marauder. Man… specter thief power sc/d gonna be scary with higher hp plus a 2nd life bar from shroud in WvW for roaming/duels 😊 Edited February 13, 2022 by AikijinX.6258 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moira Shalaar.5620 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 24 minutes ago, LucianDK.8615 said: Hrm? Plague doctor already exists Major Condition damage/Vitality Minor Healing Power/Concentration Sorry I was not more explicit. I wanted Major: Condition damage/Healing power Minor: Vitality/Concentration, or something along those lines 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Pj.2193 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Brokenangel.1389 said: Ritualist’s Major - Condition Damage / Vitality | Minor - Concentration / Expertise Dragon’s - Major Power / Ferocity | Minor - Precision / Vitality Are these supposed to be impressive? Like, seriously, these stat combinations are trash outside a small handful of specific boss fights or possibly WvW, maybe. IKR? I can’t believe they would actually create something that would benefit WvW. 🙄 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeftheWicked.3076 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Ritualist - Condition Damage + Vitality major, Concentration + Expertise minor.Dragon - Power + Ferocity major, Vitality + precision minor. Wow the gloves are off with these two. Them broken..Ritualist basically makes your plaguedoctor supports hit like a truck thanks to expertise at expense of some healing (which wasn't their primary focus anyway, being secondary stat). Dragon eclipses berserker and marauder as long as you have some extra crit chance on you to fill the precision gap (hi necros, renegades etc). As strong if not stronger than berserker, yet with vitality cushion just like marauder. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athel.2076 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Not sure how Dragon will compare to Marauder/Wurm runes synergy? I'm going to have to toy around with this. If ritualist is as fun as it looks I'll be salvaging my PD trinkets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeftheWicked.3076 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Athel.2076 said: Not sure how Dragon will compare to Marauder/Wurm runes synergy? I'm going to have to toy around with this. If ritualist is as fun as it looks I'll be salvaging my PD trinkets. Wurm runes will be slightly less effective on Dragon than on marauder. They have same vitality, but Dragon has way more ferocity and all stats (save precision) face diminishing returns. In short ferocity gain is exactly the same, but marauder needs that extra ferocity far more than dragon will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucianDK.8615 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) Ritualist looks perfect for elixir flinging harbingers, as they have a trait that gives you 13% of vitality as concentration. Which gets better if they take the vital persistence soul reaping trait that gives you even more vitality. But its good to see a condi variant of diviner. Edited February 12, 2022 by LucianDK.8615 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero.7369 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) Ferocity on a 4 stat combo as a major seems a bit off, cause i think you can push to new highs on crit damage with it. Didn't do the calcs yet tho, but it could lead to an buff to insane one shots in wvw. Ritualist seems interesting tho Personally i hoped for stuff like Power + Precision major and Ferocity + Toughness minor Condition + Precision + Concentration + Expertise, with Condition Damage and any one of them being major Edited February 12, 2022 by NeroBoron.7285 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIHILUS.4168 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 So its just 2 new stat sets in eod? Shame was kinda wishing they’d make alot of Em like for heart of thorns, well rekon ill have to keep dreaming bout my berserker condi variant then. (Condi damange major, precision expertise minor) ’sigh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Monarch.6058 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 I was hoping for two new healing sets. Healing + Toughness, major, with power + precision minor, basically a better clerics set to make use of water runes. Healing + Vitality, major, with condi + expertise, minor, for the new scepter specter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuickFox.3826 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Let's first start by reintroducing all existing stat combinations in sPvP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlitheSlivier.1908 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 The thing is, if you do the calcs, generally precision is better than ferocity, iirc up to like 98-100% crit. (I had run these calls for a power staff weaver so it may differ depending on stat combos... but I suspect it will be similar). For a staff weaver in wvw with a mix of Marauder and zerker, which I think hits like 97% crit with fury, it's better to take the power/precision for instead of the steak that gives power/ferocity. Dragon will be nuts if you can actually get over 100% crit tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jski.6180 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 If it realty is just the 2 we are getting an update on the level of an living story not an expiation. I hope they add in new food (i guess fish) and new enchantments (jade oils stones cyristals). 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obtena.7952 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Too bad Dragon is redundant with a mix of Berserker/Valks. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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