Infusion.7149 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Quote Elementalist Catalyst has landed strong in group content and currently has damage-dealing potential that is higher than intended when compared against other professions. We've realized that we made a mistake with the specific durations of quickness in the catalyst's kit, as our other professions require a damage tradeoff in trait selection to bring a strong boon support role while the catalyst currently does not, leading to the catalyst dealing about a third more damage than other quickness support options. With this patch, we're tuning the catalyst to parity with other professions in damage and setting up Sphere Specialist as a strong trait choice to enable boon support builds in PvE. Catalyst Deploy Jade Sphere: Cooldown increased from 5 seconds to 15 seconds in PvE, matching PvP and WvW. Shattering Ice: Damage coefficient reduced from 0.3 to 0.15 in PvE only. Relentless Fire: Damage bonus reduced from 15% to 10% in PvE only. Empowered Empowerment: Elemental Empowerment effectiveness increase changed from 100% to 50% in PvE only. Sphere Specialist: Raised the base duration increase of Jade Sphere boons from 20% to 100% in PvE only. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flori.2194 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I think they should delete the whole spec already... 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephalem.8921 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Not sure what this group content is that they are talking about. It was strong in the golem area but was still lackluster in 99% of the groups. It was only really that powerful in high end speedrun groups. Well they murdered it. Now its just garbage. Its a power dps with no burst and clunky af gameplay. and you still have to park inside the hitbox. Cant they just fire the 3 devs and hire decent ones? They showed often enough how useless they are. Ele actually did dmg for once again. for 2 weeks at least. Its still a giant hitbox only or play something else spec. and honestly its just a play something else spec now. 8 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laken.9018 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 And theres the nerf. We all knew was coming. God forbid ele reward its rotation with good damage. Agreed. Just delete the class. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotDelirium.7984 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 RIP Catalyst February 29, 2022 - March 15, 2022. You had a sad and miserable run but at least you aren't in pain anymore ❤️ 3 6 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flori.2194 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, HotDelirium.7984 said: RIP Catalyst February 29, 2022 - March 15, 2022. You had a sad and miserable run but at least you aren't in pain anymore ❤️ Hey, you could use the date for the fourth beta as the starting date, because nothing changed when it got released, it would make its run a bit longer... 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPK.1796 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 And nothing of value was lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceris.2189 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) Any refunds of EOD considered for ones maining Elementalist? Since you made the class unplayable to the core and didn't take any feedback seriously, i guess it's in order. Edited March 15, 2022 by Ceris.2189 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnarox.9601 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 hahaha still playing tempest 😄 catalyst is trash 😄 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrollingDemigod.3041 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Just now, Ragnarox.9601 said: hahaha still playing tempest 😄 catalyst is trash 😄 It was trash since the preview stream and nothing much changed beside expected nerfs to DPS because of doing "decent" on stationary golems as benchmarking tool. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnarox.9601 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 2 hours ago, TrollingDemigod.3041 said: It was trash since the preview stream and nothing much changed beside expected nerfs to DPS because of doing "decent" on stationary golems as benchmarking tool. yea but Hammer is worst of all hammer weapons, did they notice that? I mean...what the hell 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obtena.7952 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 The best part is that Anet is LITERALLY telling us they are balancing specs within a role to have more equivalent performance ... which is something people have be squawking about for the last 9 years in this game. Well, here you go; THIS is what equivalent performance balancing is going to look like. Congratulations. Careful what you ask for. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serephen.3420 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I really regret craftingy legendary hammer now... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anbujackson.9564 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 5 hours ago, Obtena.7952 said: The best part is that Anet is LITERALLY telling us they are balancing specs within a role to have more equivalent performance ... which is something people have be squawking about for the last 9 years in this game. Well, here you go; THIS is what equivalent performance balancing is going to look like. Congratulations. Careful what you ask for. By that logic firebrand should have been nerfed again in this patch. Its performance is op everywhere. And no the removal of aegis out of the mantra was barely a nerf at all. You still have the easiest and most ways to provide aegis for a group. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obtena.7952 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, anbujackson.9564 said: By that logic firebrand should have been nerfed again in this patch. Its performance is op everywhere. And no the removal of aegis out of the mantra was barely a nerf at all. You still have the easiest and most ways to provide aegis for a group. Yup, it should have been but I have no reason to think Anet is done balancing the game. This is just the start. Edited March 16, 2022 by Obtena.7952 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeTect.5918 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Obtena.7952 said: Yup, it should have been but I have no reason to think Anet is done balancing the game. This is just the start. They shouldve started with the hammer 3 issue. Because even if there are positive changes incoming, catalyst is totally useless until then. Edited March 16, 2022 by SeTect.5918 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obtena.7952 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 10 minutes ago, SeTect.5918 said: They shouldve started with the hammer 3 issue. Because even if there are positive changes incoming, catalyst will be totally useless until then. Maybe they are? Maybe it's not an issue to them at all? Why do you assume so much about how they set their priorities? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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