Just delete Bladesworn at this point

[Zekent.3652]

Imagine making such a frenetic combat system and yet you make an Elite Spec that:

>Has the worst and most easy to avoid weapon for competitive.

>Has selfroot (in a game with an insane mobility + spike dmg)

>HAS A TELEPORT, FINALLY a teleport with 300 range and 60s CD...

>Got its main feature, the gunsaber, is just slower.

>Got its stability from DT removed.

This deserves great merit ANet, making a clunky elite spec, even clunkier with your changes, instead of making it fluid and better, you're doing literally the opposite.
 

Edited February 19, 2023 by Zizekent.2398

[Hotride.2187]

I thought it benched well in pve?

Theres also this one player I saw frequently (stubbornly even) on bladesworn in conquest, after the nerfs. So some enjoy it I guess.

 

[Zekent.3652]

6 minutes ago, Hotride.2187 said:

I thought it benched well in pve?

Theres also this one player I saw frequently (stubbornly even) on bladesworn in conquest, after the nerfs. So some enjoy it I guess.

 

Yeah it's doing around 40k dps, it's just that bench/dps numbers are not everything. You would be surprised how many builds are never played although their numbers are fine because they just feel bad to play either overall or versus the previous version of them.

And for pvp, it's just clunkier, literally.

Edited February 18, 2023 by Zizekent.2398

[draxynnic.3719]

There are at least some raids that use bladesworn. Usually in situations where you have predictable but short burst windows.

[eXruina.4956]

1 hour ago, Zizekent.2398 said:

Yeah it's doing around 40k dps, it's just that bench/dps numbers are not everything. You would be surprised how many builds are never played although their numbers are fine because they just feel bad to play either overall or versus the previous version of them.

And for pvp, it's just clunkier, literally.

yes, thats on a golem, live numbers can still vary greatly, its why so called benchmarks are not the be all end all. yet people defer to it religiously.

 

the idea of making gunsaber ranged was great, sadly what they pushed out wasn't.

 

and bladesworn is just too terribly designed for competitive modes. the entire concept of the elite spec to turn class flaws into features. without a big pay off its just all failure.

 

the same can be said with warrior's core design, they took away all the rewards and the class is being punished with all the flaws designed into it.

Edited February 18, 2023 by eXruina.4956