Greatsword is fun again

[itspomf.9523]

Dropped maybe 18 gold (Devona's armor, Marauder trinkets, Ebonblade, Superior Sigil of Accuracy) on a quick and dirty power warrior build yesterday and oh my kitten, did I have a blast doing Silverwaste events for dailies.  Greatsword hits like a a truck again and the 25k I was regularly getting off Hundred Blades was absolutely delightful.

I'm actually enjoying warrior again.

[Azure The Heartless.3261]

Good yes yes good

 

Pvp adjust next ty

Edited August 24, 2022 by Azure The Heartless.3261

[Myror.7521]

@itspomf.9523 would be even more decent when they wouldnt have bugged bloody roar so it now use the 15% pvp power dmg bonus instead of the 25% they actually want to enter. Ends up that Power zerker now deal only like 28k dmg xd!

[Verdict is Vengence.6912]

10 hours ago, itspomf.9523 said:

Greatsword hits like a a truck again and the 25k I was regularly getting off Hundred Blades was absolutely delightful.

I'm actually enjoying warrior again.

This has always been warrior's selling point. Hit slow and with obvious tells but hit like a mack truck. It's also why warrior suffers in pvp and wvw. Without damage, warrior is slow and obvious for no reason, which makes it zero fun.

[Ferus.3165]

Hundred blades wasn't even buffed.

[Lan Deathrider.5910]

I was seeing regular 20k Arcing Slices in OW.

[Gorem.8104]

So, best way to play Greatsword now is to just never use Hundred Blades? 

[oscuro.9720]

7 minutes ago, Gorem.8104 said:

So, best way to play Greatsword now is to just never use Hundred Blades? 

So they’ve ported competitive balance into pve?

[Gorem.8104]

1 minute ago, oscuro.9720 said:

So they’ve ported competitive balance into pve?

Looks like it, as it wasn't adjusted and everything else was, its a dps loss if the last hit doesn't connect. And then you avoid the self root and long cast time. So even if its a slight dps gain with the last hit, it'll always be better to not use it so you can move out of the bad ground or dodge roll. There is really not much point to use it anymore besides aesthetics.

[oscuro.9720]

8 minutes ago, Gorem.8104 said:

Looks like it, as it wasn't adjusted and everything else was, its a dps loss if the last hit doesn't connect. And then you avoid the self root and long cast time. So even if its a slight dps gain with the last hit, it'll always be better to not use it so you can move out of the bad ground or dodge roll. There is really not much point to use it anymore besides aesthetics.

That’s unfortunate that it seems to be trending that direction in pve as well because the skill is, as a whole, a fairly good concept for a high-damage-positive skill imo. Though I know people hate the self root, I feel like it would work well on warrior if it had the appropriate damage values (or cast time).

[Lighter.5631]

because it finally started doing damage outside of arc divider.

still outdated weapon overall

need after cast reduced across the board

Edited August 25, 2022 by Lighter.5631

[Reverielle.3972]

On 8/26/2022 at 5:49 AM, Gorem.8104 said:

Looks like it, as it wasn't adjusted and everything else was, its a dps loss if the last hit doesn't connect. And then you avoid the self root and long cast time. So even if its a slight dps gain with the last hit, it'll always be better to not use it so you can move out of the bad ground or dodge roll. There is really not much point to use it anymore besides aesthetics.

 

It would be great if we could move whilst using it, and maybe it could (have a chance to) destroy projectiles. Both, wouldn't give the skill more dps but certainly some more utility.

Edited August 26, 2022 by Reverielle.3972