Scepter Cata Will Still Be Broken.

[Razor.6392]

12 hours ago, Master Ketsu.4569 said:

Just because it has been in the game for a long time doesn't make it good for the game. It just means Anet has refused to fix it for so long that players have developed Stockholm-Syndrome and so they make up dumb reasons for why it's good as a means of cope.

Those of us who look at balance from a big-picture design perspective have been calling this one out for years. Freecam+superspeed+running away while casting skills has always been degenerate. It's one of the reasons why nade holo is still playable even after tons of nerfs, because running away with Holo2 superspeed then swapping to nades and throwing them behind you is an extremely effective strategy that comes with virtually no drawback.

Anything that allows players to not have to choose between attacking and defending will always be ripe for exploitation as it promotes "low risk + high reward" gameplay.

 

 

 

You know, the drawback being that you can't do that kind of kiting in a small node...

There are many things that could classify as "degenerate" and bad for "big-picture design" in this game, and they have been here just as long. I'm not sure who named you design police or what makes you think you know where to draw the line.

Fresh air is meant to be played like that (kiting), it has clear disadvantages which is why it has never been labeled as overpowered - because despite the inherent design problem, it has always stayed weak. Catalyst changed that - how come anyone can't see this? If you nerf the kitten spec, this will go back into irrelevancy.

Fresh air weaver is one of the most difficult specs to play.

Fresh air catalyst is by far the easiest scepter variant and it carries bad players.

Fresh air weaver is squishy, has difficult rotations, lacks most boons - notably stability, lacks aoe.

Fresh air catalyst has easy rotations (even more with that elite), access to auras, access to stability and most boons, spheres cover a lot of ground.

We could argue all day about what's "good design" while you try to destroy a class / weapon / playstyle solely because a elite spec is abusing it to cover all of its weaknesses.

 

[Master Ketsu.4569]

8 hours ago, Razor.6392 said:

You know, the drawback being that you can't do that kind of kiting in a small node...

 

 

You literally can do that kind of kiting on a node...