Dante.1508 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) 4/10 because it looks like two of my favs didn't get touched.. in inappropriate places yet.. Lets be honest the GW2 vets knew this was coming. Edited June 25, 2022 by Dante.1508 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fueki.4753 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 How far are we allowed to go into negative numbers? 8 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikali.9651 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 uninstalled/10. 10 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Marshal.4098 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Cannot be described in numerical values. That bad. 6 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotride.2187 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 2/10 At least theres a patch and it will be on time. Credit given where credits due. 1 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zraurum.8493 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) 1/10 because they didn’t add anything to the mirage, (Master fencer) they just changed the awl for soap, creating the appearance of work, and for the last nerf of the torment rune, minus a big one. Still not changed mesmer useless staff skill 3... Edited June 25, 2022 by Zraurum.8493 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaleban.9834 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Low for sure. Played since launch. Took a break for a year, mainly due to how badly balance patches were implemented, and the seeming lack of care, concern and general ignoring of the wider player base's concerns. Remember almost wistfully how Elementalist was nerfed after daphoenix trolled people in WvW, and the Meteor Shower nerf. Come back, drop some cash on gems and boot up my Elementalist main. Unlocked Catalyst. And now this patch. It's almost like ANet is competing with the SCOTUS leak for attention. If they're smart, they'll stop using insane benchmarking guilds who represent the top 1% of 1% of what can be eked out via full optimization, and actually play their own game and find out where the issues are. Or listen and institute a PTR like 99% of games do and players have suggested. At the very least the balance team should be fully up to speed on how all the professions play and interact if they're going to continue this ham fisted and ill advised approach. Or maybe it's a server stress thing? They figure they can cause a good chunk of people to bail and uninstall so their system doesn't go up in flames? I dunno. 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rysdude.3824 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 dontseeanythingworthspendingmoremoney/10 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oiler.7129 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 21 minutes ago, vardeleanu.8972 said: 0/10 "complexity is not an excuse for a class to overperform" can someone fire the braindead skill-clickers in the balance team already ? agree with score and with suggestion 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaomagar.2396 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Been playing for years as a warrior main, seeing all forms of eldritch incantations being conjured to throw my favorite class into the deepest depths of the balancing abyss, I told myself "Well, it can't get any worse, can it?" Boy was I wrong. Quitting the game/10. 10 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasumi.8532 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 To quote a certain someone: 'There'll be some amazing salt. I can't wait' / 10 8 4 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kozumi.5816 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 The classes that were already strong are going to remain strong, while the weak classes are going to remain weak. This was a massive waste of development time and resources. 0/10. Hire people who know how to play the game they're working on. 14 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoser.7245 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Someone with enough power in Arenanet should stop the release of the upcoming balance patch and postpone it indefinitely until it's really worth it. At most, only release the engineer changes or grant them for the future balance. If you watch the whole picture, the work they have done is disgraceful. And more if we add some information and attitudes that have been made known... 6 months and they even have not imagined a single new mechanic for the advertised changes, and probably not even a single new animation or sound. Imagine those wonderful reworked banners, spirits and signets!!!! 🤥🤥🤥 For release an update that will push the game to a worse state, better don't do it. Prevention is better than cure. It will be better for both, Arenanet and players. 17 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconious.2751 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 2/10 Honestly, this patch is in line with my expectations of ANET's balancing team. The additional material and context surrounding the changes just proves what many have believed for quite some time. The balance team does not have a complete understanding of most of the classes and balance on spur of the moment decisions when something flashy is done. I still love this game as it is one of the few MMOs left that provides content and complexity I enjoy. With the track record of ANET, balance patches have devolved in to a single question for me: Is this a game I still want to play? Its has become a resounding NO. I am tired of playing classes suffering from half baked ideas, trees with "temporary" 300s cd traits, balancing patches with roundabout methods of nerfing over preforming builds, over preforming builds which are never touched, empty promises of soon TM, etc. I have no hope for the future of this games balance with its current team. 11 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jski.6180 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Waited 2 years for big update / 10. On the patch preview. Waiting to see how it plays / 10. When the patch drops. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Fey.1035 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I'd say 3/10 if I specifically remove my personal thoughts on all of the hype ANet was promoting with this being "a massive balance shakeup". You won't see anyone running any changes to builds that they weren't currently already running, the same weapons will still be used (barring outliers like Engi Rifle), and certain builds that were already being pushed to the sidelines (Spirit Ranger, Banner Warrior) can no longer provide their primary PvE role due to increased clunkiness and doing a worse job of boon coverage that other professions (Mechanist, Renegade, Firebrand) provide more easily and with greater coverage and consistency. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfshade.9251 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 1/10 The only positive aspect is that my niche scrapper dhuum kite with a rifle is now a tiny bit more viable. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Min.5834 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) I Told Youuu/10 Edited June 26, 2022 by Mil.3562 6 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BumboJumbo.1308 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I can't speak on other classes but I'd say ranger balance is a 6/10. Would have been a 10/10 if spirits acted like gyros, and if the spirits pulsed boons when activated (like gyros) instead of 1-2 seconds of a boon every 3 seconds. It seems the spirit revamp was more gearing towards druid play than untamed, or at least ranger as a whole, but oh well. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexelot.6584 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 10/10 Gives me time to catch up on my gaming backlog! 3 2 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue.8235 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 (edited) 8/10 I enjoy changes taht make me rebuild my classes. I play all 9 professions, with thief, mesmer, and warrior being played a little more than the others. Most patches don't change anything on my builds, and after a while game gets stale. I prefer changes taht rock the boat. Edited June 26, 2022 by Rogue.8235 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey.4207 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 1/10 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gajex.2386 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 0/10 I love playing engineer. In fact, it's the only class I consistently play and the changes made to them are... okay. The slight nerf for condi mech sucks but eh, power got some much needed buffs at least. Anyway, even then I'm not going to ignore the virtual landslide of soiled nappies other classes and roles got buried under. 3 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeceiverX.8361 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 2/10. Solely because of thief. Thief's changes were excellent for the future. Took nine years but they finally had the balls to nerf camping stealth. The rest of the patch is generally horrible lol. But kind of what we all should have expected. The bar is SO LOW, and we're still disappointed. 4 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Schrodingers Cat.2497 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 3/10 Thief changes primarily. The thief changes would be great... if the the insurnumberable problems that we've been complaining about had gotten fixed first. Right now? It doesn't help in the slightest. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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