zyra.7860 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 https://imgur.com/a/odUj49i How is 18,2k dmg in one second acceptable. There is barely any animation on pig pull so you cant even dodge it and double maul is almost instant cast. 7 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowki.7194 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 (edited) 46 minutes ago, zyra.7860 said: https://imgur.com/a/odUj49i How is 18,2k dmg in one second acceptable. There is barely any animation on pig pull so you cant even dodge it and double maul is almost instant cast. Trevor will be here to gaslight you very soon; Can you even count mate???? thats only 3k dmg in 5 seconds.. Edited August 13, 2023 by Flowki.7194 1 20 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atshadow.8695 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 (edited) i've actually been playing support guardian as of a few days and i've got to say the pressure coming from a single soulbeast is bonkers. a team with a SB vs one without will come on top in a group fight solely because of the pressure coming from a SB forcing most cooldowns, if not outright deleting people and forcing ress signet. no other class does this bar maybe an engineer I think, but that is far more avoidable and telegraphed and i'm fairly sure on a far longer CD. Edited August 13, 2023 by atshadow.8695 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowki.7194 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, atshadow.8695 said: i've actually been playing support guardian as of a few days and i've got to say the pressure coming from a single soulbeast is bonkers. a team with a SB vs one without will come on top in a group fight solely because of the pressure coming from a SB forcing most cooldowns, if not outright deleting people and forcing ress signet. no other class does this bar maybe an engineer I think, but that is far more avoidable and telegraphed and i'm fairly sure on a far longer CD. Thats the issue with a lot of the toxic specs, people defend them from the perspective of a 1v1.. when in reality, smart players can work these toxic specs into a group fight, mostly thanks to the rng mixed skill matchmaking, where they then create absolute havoc. It has happened to me a few times on support, I always check my surroundings within a group fight, but multiple times I look down to see evade frames, and my health dropping like a stone. I guess its my fault for not seing the behind terreain stealth up? A very similar issue existed with willbender aproaching group fights. They can get to a position where they know you are there, but you don't know they are there.. TP > before you even know it you just lost half your hp. Its not good game design. Edited August 13, 2023 by Flowki.7194 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atshadow.8695 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 7 minutes ago, Flowki.7194 said: Thats the issue with a lot of the toxic specs, people defend them from the perspective of a 1v1.. when in reality, smart players can work these toxic specs into a group fight, mostly thanks to the rng mixed skill matchmaking, where they then create absolute havoc. It has happened to me a few times on support, I always check my surroundings within a group fight, but multiple times I look down to see evade frames, and my health dropping like a stone. I guess its my fault for not seing the behind terreain stealth up? A very similar issue existed with willbender aproaching group fights. They can get to a position where they know you are there, but you don't know they are there.. TP > before you even know it you just lost half your hp. Its not good game design. agreed, although I personally find willbender less oppresive, i've constantly got to eye a SB in order to not get clapped out of nowhere by them, willbender's damage combo costs a bit more "time" I think, there's still time to react. learning as I go though i'm not an expert. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurDent.9538 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Damage there would be 6k+ higher if they had OWP active. Consider yourself lucky. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritech.1048 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 2 hours ago, atshadow.8695 said: i've actually been playing support guardian as of a few days and i've got to say the pressure coming from a single soulbeast is bonkers. a team with a SB vs one without will come on top in a group fight solely because of the pressure coming from a SB forcing most cooldowns, if not outright deleting people and forcing ress signet. no other class does this bar maybe an engineer I think, but that is far more avoidable and telegraphed and i'm fairly sure on a far longer CD. I also main support guard and tempest, the current meta is totally garbage with too many builds pumping out 15-20k damage combos in a second or two. It makes me feel like I'm just spamming my abilities off CD instead of using them reactively and skillfully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuma.1503 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, veritech.1048 said: I also main support guard and tempest, the current meta is totally garbage with too many builds pumping out 15-20k damage combos in a second or two. It makes me feel like I'm just spamming my abilities off CD instead of using them reactively and skillfully. Definitely not enjoying this meta from a support perspective. Game is far too roamer dominated. Frankly I'd be okay with them leaving the damage where it is now. But we should re-introduce some of the counter options people had to punish over-investment into glassy builds like these. People complain to high heavens whenver those kinds of builds are viable, but I genuinely think it's better for the game to allow them. ...So long as they're not full do nothing bunkers of course. Edited August 14, 2023 by Kuma.1503 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mell.4873 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 10 hours ago, Flowki.7194 said: Trevor will be here to gaslight you very soon; Can you even count mate???? thats only 3k dmg in 5 seconds.. Dude be careful calling people out by name. Threads like this can be wiped if you resort to that. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mell.4873 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Honestly it's not that hard to counter. You just can't be solo king and run off to 1v3 the other team since this new Soulbeast build can shut you down. I personally can dominated the Soulbeast meta on my Untamed. Probably the funniest thing is having them disengage to only be one shot. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadnir.5038 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Time is always relative... But yeah, porcine's beastmode Maul's coefficient is a bit high in competitive modes at 2.2 (especially if you consider that for feline's beastmode Maul's coefficient is 0.4 . Cleaving don't justify such a wide coefficient difference) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahne.6950 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mell.4873 said: I have no problems playing my ranger against a ranger, ergo... its easy to counter for everyone. -a ranger Edited August 14, 2023 by Sahne.6950 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnfall.9573 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 (edited) Ranger Profession is not a bad design Profession so; nerfing its damage is not the problem. The real problem that has plumbed Guild Wars 2 population, reputation and players retention is; Bad Design Professions. It is the Bad Design Profession who should be on Anet top list to resolve or continue to allow it to massacre the game image, its reputation, players retention including its players experience. Ranger Profession does not even come close at the top of the pile of years and years of damage done by Bad Design Professions like; Thief Profession, Mesmer Profession, Engineer Profession, Guardian Profession-Willbender Whereas, non-Bad Design Professions can be nerfed, Bad Design are immune to nerfs Start focusing on reworking/redesigning Bad Design first, before starting anything else. Edited August 14, 2023 by Burnfall.9573 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyra.7860 Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 8 hours ago, ArthurDent.9538 said: Damage there would be 6k+ higher if they had OWP active. Consider yourself lucky. Thats actually true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyra.7860 Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 https://imgur.com/a/U3hQaTn There is no better thing than fighting a ranger and there pops 5-8k hits everywhere without even one wolf pack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mell.4873 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Dadnir.5038 said: Time is always relative... But yeah, porcine's beastmode Maul's coefficient is a bit high in competitive modes at 2.2 (especially if you consider that for feline's beastmode Maul's coefficient is 0.4 . Cleaving don't justify such a wide coefficient difference) True but I find people don't rely on it to much. They tend to stay smokescale more and use random other stuff. It's definitely not as bad as when the Drakes were popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mell.4873 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 11 minutes ago, zyra.7860 said: https://imgur.com/a/U3hQaTn There is no better thing than fighting a ranger and there pops 5-8k hits everywhere without even one wolf pack You can avoid both Mauls relatively easily, it is really just the other skills that are harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyra.7860 Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, Mell.4873 said: You can avoid both Mauls relatively easily, it is really just the other skills that are harder. I agree you can avoid GS maul, but pig maul is always used after prelude lash, which is very fast CC without much animation and there is also ímmobilize instantly after that. That skill is overally broken and needs to be looked by Anet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mell.4873 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 4 minutes ago, zyra.7860 said: I agree you can avoid GS maul, but pig maul is always used after prelude lash, which is very fast CC without much animation and there is also ímmobilize instantly after that. That skill is overally broken and needs to be looked by Anet. Fair, the pig Maul should copy pet version which is 1,114 (0.66). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyra.7860 Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, Mell.4873 said: Fair, the pig Maul should copy pet version which is 1,114 (0.66). Maybe there could be better animation for pull, or if not that, keep it as it is and remove immob. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arazoth.7290 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 12 hours ago, Flowki.7194 said: Thats the issue with a lot of the toxic specs, people defend them from the perspective of a 1v1.. when in reality, smart players can work these toxic specs into a group fight, mostly thanks to the rng mixed skill matchmaking, where they then create absolute havoc. It has happened to me a few times on support, I always check my surroundings within a group fight, but multiple times I look down to see evade frames, and my health dropping like a stone. I guess its my fault for not seing the behind terreain stealth up? A very similar issue existed with willbender aproaching group fights. They can get to a position where they know you are there, but you don't know they are there.. TP > before you even know it you just lost half your hp. Its not good game design. that's why you have to stay on guard and not relaxing, you got to expect any moment a sudden attack and have your counter up as soon as you can, even if it is a dodge to start with 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreams.3128 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 4 hours ago, Mell.4873 said: Dude be careful calling people out by name. Threads like this can be wiped if you resort to that. Who cares, dude was on the forums for literal weeks complaining about Cata nonstop, every single day, at least once a day. If someone wants to point out that goofiness, let them. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccccc.4963 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 5 hours ago, Kuma.1503 said: But we should re-introduce some of the counter options people had to punish over-investment into glassy builds like these. Condi 5 hours ago, Kuma.1503 said: Definitely not enjoying this meta from a support perspective Stop playing support into power roamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mell.4873 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 27 minutes ago, Dreams.3128 said: Who cares, dude was on the forums for literal weeks complaining about Cata nonstop, every single day, at least once a day. If someone wants to point out that goofiness, let them. Again, I have been his shoes before so I know the end result. I used to have countless posts removed my Mesmer threads messing up the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shion.2084 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 6 hours ago, zyra.7860 said: https://imgur.com/a/U3hQaTn There is no better thing than fighting a ranger and there pops 5-8k hits everywhere without even one wolf pack The really really funny part of your post is that @Trevor Boyer.6524 keeps brining up engi as being equivalent. And at the bottom of your picture you see how the egis super powered grenade barrage stacks up to the 5 hits from the ranger 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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