Balance patch

[EthanLightheart.9168]

I thought this came today? When now?

[Patrick.2987]

Maybe we can get a balance team with crowdfunding. I think many would be up for it.

[Soilder.3607]

Ben said it would be mid season. So probably late February - early March.

[Cynz.9437]

@Patrick.2987 said:Maybe we can get a pvp balance team with crowdfunding. I think many would be up for it.

fix'd

[EthanLightheart.9168]

Ah so maybe in december 2026

[aelska.4609]

This week's patch is the best one we had for months.Finally one that doesn't worsen the pvp balance.

[reikken.4961]

balance patches are every 3 months. Last one was Nov 7th. The closest Tuesday to 3 months from that is Feb 6th

[Master Ketsu.4569]

What are you talking about? The balance patch today was fantastic. Didn't buff scourges/mirage/FB again. Didn't nerf core builds again. Definitely better than the December patch. Step in the right direction.

[primatos.5413]

So be it .. if doing nothing means they´re not screwing things up more and more this seems the best way to handle the overall issues .. sad but true

[Svarty.8019]

@primatos.5413 said:So be it .. if doing nothing means they´re not screwing things up more and more this seems the best way to handle the overall issues .. sad but true

How much worse can it possibly be?!

[primatos.5413]

Idk .. there is a way i guess.. it´s anet .. they will find one .. but u´r right .. clown builds all over the place .. tanky as hell butt hitting like trucks .. ridiculous bs

[Ziggityzog.7389]

@Svarty.8019 said:

@"primatos.5413" said:So be it .. if doing nothing means they´re not screwing things up more and more this seems the best way to handle the overall issues .. sad but true

How much worse can it possibly be?!

Remember the last patch and it being a condition "nerf" patch hahaha yet things just got worse. That sort of thing, because fixing the issue by maybe just lowering the condi damage just wouln't work i guess.

[Karl McLain.5604]

Assuming that all goes well and we don't have any unexpected issues, the next balance update is scheduled for February 6th.

[sephiroth.4217]

@Karl McLain.5604 said:Assuming that all goes well and we don't have any unexpected issues, the next balance update is scheduled for February 6th.

:scream:

[Emtiarbi.3281]

@Karl McLain.5604 said:Assuming that all goes well and we don't have any unexpected issues, the next balance update is scheduled for February 6th.

Are you guys going to give us any sneak peak of the Balance Patch? D:

[Wichidi.9281]

@Karl McLain.5604 said:Assuming that all goes well and we don't have any unexpected issues, the next balance update is scheduled for February 6th.

thanks for finally setting a date. i assume the balance patch is suppose to be a major patch unlike the last ones?

[Rufo.3716]

@Emtiarbi.3281 said:Are you guys going to give us any sneak peak of the Balance Patch? D:

That would mean players would actually have a chance to give feedback. We all know that's not allowed. That and they don't want to hear all the complaints about the FB buffs and more nerfs to core abilities to sell xpacs.

[Darknicrofia.2604]

I look forward to the meta shifting 5 second cooldown reduction and 5% damage increases

[Master Ketsu.4569]

@Karl McLain.5604 said:Assuming that all goes well and we don't have any unexpected issues, the next balance update is scheduled for February 6th.

That's good news. Any hint of a preview? Not expecting heavy details would just be nice to know which specs are being toned down / which are being buffed.

[Theros.1390]

@Karl McLain.5604 said:Assuming that all goes well and we don't have any unexpected issues, the next balance update is scheduled for February 6th.

Thank you @Karl McLain.5604 for this official information :)

May we please have a thread from the Balance team with a little Glimpse of the incoming changes ? That would be great ! :)

[Za Shaloc.3908]

@Karl McLain.5604 said:Assuming that all goes well and we don't have any unexpected issues, the next balance update is scheduled for February 6th.

It goes a long way to have an estimated date. Thank you very much.

[Karl McLain.5604]

@Emtiarbi.3281 said:

@Karl McLain.5604 said:Assuming that all goes well and we don't have any unexpected issues, the next balance update is scheduled for February 6th.

Are you guys going to give us any sneak peak of the Balance Patch? D:

We are planning PvP/WvW splits, changes to the Confusion condition, regeneration effectiveness prioritization, boon/condition conversion table changes... PLUS MORE!! There are some mesmer changes we're excited about and hope to talk them about in more detail as we draw nearer to the update. Stay tuned!

-Karl

[arenta.2953]

@Karl McLain.5604 said:

@Emtiarbi.3281 said:

@Karl McLain.5604 said:Assuming that all goes well and we don't have any unexpected issues, the next balance update is scheduled for February 6th.

Are you guys going to give us any sneak peak of the Balance Patch? D:

We are planning PvP/WvW splits, changes to the Confusion condition, regeneration effectiveness prioritization, boon/condition conversion table changes... PLUS MORE!! There are some mesmer changes we're excited about and hope to talk them about in more detail as we draw nearer to the update. Stay tuned!

-Karl

yay!

also...can you PLEASE give Deadeye a source of stability?for a class whose weapon (rifle) removes all mobility, its sad the class has no stability skills at all. specially with the knockdown spam.

or at least protection =/ (maybe something similar to engineer's flamethrower grandmaster skill. where it pulses stability)

[Za Shaloc.3908]

@Karl McLain.5604 said:

@Emtiarbi.3281 said:

@Karl McLain.5604 said:Assuming that all goes well and we don't have any unexpected issues, the next balance update is scheduled for February 6th.

Are you guys going to give us any sneak peak of the Balance Patch? D:

We are planning PvP/WvW splits, changes to the Confusion condition, regeneration effectiveness prioritization, boon/condition conversion table changes... PLUS MORE!! There are some mesmer changes we're excited about and hope to talk them about in more detail as we draw nearer to the update. Stay tuned!

-Karl

That's exciting news to hear. So regeneration effectiveness prioritization meaning regeneration application is prioritized based on healing power? If that's the case I wonder how that'll work with traits like Cleansing Water if the Ele has low healing power. Playing something like Ventari Rev that has so many healing modifiers makes regeneration much more potent, so it'd be nice to have it stick on the targets rather than get overwritten.

[Link.1049]

@Karl McLain.5604 said:

@Emtiarbi.3281 said:

@Karl McLain.5604 said:Assuming that all goes well and we don't have any unexpected issues, the next balance update is scheduled for February 6th.

Are you guys going to give us any sneak peak of the Balance Patch? D:

We are planning PvP/WvW splits, changes to the Confusion condition, regeneration effectiveness prioritization, boon/condition conversion table changes... PLUS MORE!! There are some mesmer changes we're excited about and hope to talk them about in more detail as we draw nearer to the update. Stay tuned!

-Karl

-- hopefully this means you're nuking Mesmer into the ground.