Jury Duty.3704 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Because of the orb mechanic I don't see hammer being a ranged weapon even if there are ranged skills. I always felt like I need those orbs to be hitting things so I stay in melee regardless. To bad I can't do something like command the orbs to circle around an enemy and debuf/damage them. That would be a cool ranged mechanic. I still have problems with the slow animations (earth 2, 4, 5, fire 4, 5, air 4) and knowing which orb I have active. Wish that was easier to track other than knowing which attunement I've already cycled through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie.3184 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 4 hours ago, scerevisiae.1972 said: nah not 100% ranged, just made to be actually 60-40 ranged not the 30-70 melee-ranged split it currently is, since that is actually a unique niche. a niche that shoulda been sword's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draxynnic.3719 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 5 hours ago, Jury Duty.3704 said: Because of the orb mechanic I don't see hammer being a ranged weapon even if there are ranged skills. I always felt like I need those orbs to be hitting things so I stay in melee regardless. To bad I can't do something like command the orbs to circle around an enemy and debuf/damage them. That would be a cool ranged mechanic. I still have problems with the slow animations (earth 2, 4, 5, fire 4, 5, air 4) and knowing which orb I have active. Wish that was easier to track other than knowing which attunement I've already cycled through. The orbs do just enough damage while orbiting to count as a strike for energy generation, that's all. If you're not playing catalyst, it really doesn't matter if your enemy is being hit by the orbs or not. You might be missing out on a few dozen dps but not anything significant. Give the fire and air skills more range and projectile speed, and using fire and air for ranged while water and earth can be drawn on in melee would be a workable system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juniper.8197 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 On 2/26/2024 at 2:00 PM, scerevisiae.1972 said: If you go back and read the beta EOD hammer thread there was TONS of negative feedback given about this but it was basically all ignored, they just don't care. Did ANet acknowledge it at all like they did for the new weapon proficiency? I want to at least hear their rationale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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