Downstate.4697 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Crits for 1000 on full zerker?? Scepter builds are complete poopy. Please rework arcane power. This skill has too long of a CD for what it does. 20seconds can hardly justify how it functions considering swapping attunements will proc it. Same reason ele cant use sigil of intelligence for burst. You wanna make core FA a viable build while not affecting weaver FA? Look into ways to allow the use of valk amulet with arcanes. For example, all attacks crit for the next 3 seconds after using an arcane could replace final shielding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fueki.4753 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 What kind of Attack did you spend your Arcane Power stacks on?For auto-attacks, I consider 1000 already too high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downstate.4697 Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 @Fueki.4753 said:What kind of Attack did you spend your Arcane Power stacks on?For auto-attacks, I consider 1000 already too high.Burning speed fire grab combo. Even with Phoenix you waste 2 hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stand The Wall.6987 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 yeah arcane damagers are complete crap. they said they wanted to tune down all instant cast abilities, but lol, these weren't overperforming at all. points for consistency I guess. they need new functionality for sure it they aren't allowed to damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fueki.4753 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 But Arcane Power's only effect is to give guaranteed crits.Unless the trail of Burning Speed wasted the stacks, I have no idea how the crits could only amount to 1000 damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan.9387 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Arcane power is used to spam immobilize by combining it with the arcane grandmaster trait. A low cd on that utility would be too strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downstate.4697 Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 @Fueki.4753 said:But Arcane Power's only effect is to give guaranteed crits.Unless the trail of Burning Speed wasted the stacks, I have no idea how the crits could only amount to 1000 damage.Sorry I meant arcane blast and arcane wave crit for 1k. And yes, burning speed wastes stacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downstate.4697 Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 @Ryan.9387 said:Arcane power is used to spam immobilize by combining it with the arcane grandmaster trait. A low cd on that utility would be too strong. It's a 1s immobilize on a skill that is never used. Druid gets a better version just by dazing. I'm more advocating anet needs to look at these skills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephoid.4263 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Unfortunately, there are a lot of skills that have been really, really bad in pvp. This last patch added a bunch more to the useless pile. I would really like to see them start buffing some of the least used utilities up after this last round of nerfs. Thief traps just got their rework, how about guard consecrations or shouts. Engineer gadgets, elixer gun, tool kit all need work. Ele needs frost bow and fire axe needs reworks along with the arcane line and utilities. I could go on, but its so unlikely any of this will get fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan.9387 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 @FrownyClown.8402 said:@Ryan.9387 said:Arcane power is used to spam immobilize by combining it with the arcane grandmaster trait. A low cd on that utility would be too strong. It's a 1s immobilize on a skill that is never used. Druid gets a better version just by dazing. I'm more advocating anet needs to look at these skillsIts a 1 second immobilize 4 times AND shares 2 times AND an aoe ferocity buff AND an aoe intel sigil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downstate.4697 Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 @Ryan.9387 said:@FrownyClown.8402 said:@Ryan.9387 said:Arcane power is used to spam immobilize by combining it with the arcane grandmaster trait. A low cd on that utility would be too strong. It's a 1s immobilize on a skill that is never used. Druid gets a better version just by dazing. I'm more advocating anet needs to look at these skillsIts a 1 second immobilize 4 times AND shares 2 times AND an aoe ferocity buff AND an aoe intel sigil. This is derailing from the point of my post. I dont think it's that good. If it was any good it would see some use in some sort of content, but I dont recall anyone using it ever. Its impractical, the CD is huge and other options are far better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine.5014 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 @FrownyClown.8402 said:@Ryan.9387 said:@FrownyClown.8402 said:@Ryan.9387 said:Arcane power is used to spam immobilize by combining it with the arcane grandmaster trait. A low cd on that utility would be too strong. It's a 1s immobilize on a skill that is never used. Druid gets a better version just by dazing. I'm more advocating anet needs to look at these skillsIts a 1 second immobilize 4 times AND shares 2 times AND an aoe ferocity buff AND an aoe intel sigil. This is derailing from the point of my post. I dont think it's that good. If it was any good it would see some use in some sort of content, but I dont recall anyone using it ever. Its impractical, the CD is huge and other options are far betterI'm not saying Arcane utilities are good. But I use Arcane Blast in WvW for easy downed tagging for bag. Staff cast time is too slow, by the time you landed a Lava Font on them, they may actually died, and you get no bag.I also use them in some zerging PvE train for tagging purposes. It's pretty useless outside of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor.6392 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 They destroyed arcanes for no good reason after spending 7 years buffing them.Ele has incredibly tough competition for utility slots, you can choose between things like evade with superspeed, stability and protection buff, invuln for 3 seconds, pulsing conditions, a teleport...or a 1k damage crit with 2 charges.Seriously, an autoattack hits for more. How do these people have a job? LULW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fueki.4753 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 The only Arcane skills I use is the shield.Blocking a few attacks saved my eles' bacons more often than I care to remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAlcedo.3281 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 @FrownyClown.8402 said:@Ryan.9387 said:@FrownyClown.8402 said:@Ryan.9387 said:Arcane power is used to spam immobilize by combining it with the arcane grandmaster trait. A low cd on that utility would be too strong. It's a 1s immobilize on a skill that is never used. Druid gets a better version just by dazing. I'm more advocating anet needs to look at these skillsIts a 1 second immobilize 4 times AND shares 2 times AND an aoe ferocity buff AND an aoe intel sigil. This is derailing from the point of my post. I dont think it's that good. If it was any good it would see some use in some sort of content, but I dont recall anyone using it ever. Its impractical, the CD is huge and other options are far betterThats why its heavly used in WvW.Imob spam with arcane blast and power is called OP in WvW and want it removed.But ok. Arcane blast hits like a truck there while being on a short cf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayga.3192 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Question:Valkyrie amulet ele with air arcane x and arcane utilities?Something like this (Just a concept, build might change): http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PGgAg2lNwOYKsE2JWcTarVA-zZALjGLgMTABHAMaybe take signet heal, bolt to the heart etcHowever, this means you have only 3% crit chance outside your arcane skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downstate.4697 Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 @"Tayga.3192" said:Question:Valkyrie amulet ele with air arcane x and arcane utilities?Something like this (Just a concept, build might change): http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PGgAg2lZwOYIsE2JWcTaLVA-zZALjMTgeLABHAMaybe take arcane heal, bolt to the heart, arcane restoration etcHowever, this means you have only 3% crit chance outside your arcane skills. I've tried it. Would make an okay dueling build. Yourbetter off with precision runes and maximising fury uptime so you can sit at 30% crit. Main issue is churning earth procs stacks with each pulse so need arcane power right before it goes off. Sunspot takes a stack. Arcane brilliance is a fantastic teamfight heal, but 1v1 it lacks the heal you want so if you cant kill your opponent in 10s or so you will eventually lose out to resource management.Another issue is very little condi clear so any encounter with druid is a loss. Condi mesmer cant keep up with damage pressure. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PGgAgilNwSYeMFGJOyL5LVA-zZALjGLgMTATGAGive it a shot. It's great seeing 6k fire grabs but will hardly be meta and is borderline viable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayga.3192 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 @"FrownyClown.8402" said:http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PGgAgilNwSYeMFGJOyL5LVA-zZALjGLgMTATGALol for some reason I totally forgot about sigil of intelligence.Why not use offhand focus and leave fury uptime + precision rune? I was going after max ferocity/vitality because ferocity is stronger post patch and vitality is just good overall.Also what about daredevil runes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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