Where are the Balance Patches?

[Enasalin.2871]

No, seriously, where are they? Every self-respecting game with any kind of pvp has regular balancing patches, yet GW2 gets a balance patch every, what, 3 months maybe? if not longer? It's a joke. It's pathetic. Do they even HAVE a balance team over at Anet? And this applies to all gamemodes, not just PvP, but lack of balancing is so much worse in PvP environments.

Why is Scourge still Z tier while being the most braindead and forgiving class in the game?
Why are ranger pets still basically just a 2nd character you have to deal with?
Why are Guardians still the way they are? 200 boons, 300 invulns, 5 million damage?

For the love of all that is sacred this game seriously lacks regular balancing patches.

[DanAlcedo.3281]

Technically we have 2 Teams who handle balance. 

 

The Balance Team and the Skills Team. 

 

The first one (CmC) can only change numbers. 

 

 

The second one can actually change traits, skills etc. 

 

[Exile.8160]

12 minutes ago, DanAlcedo.3281 said:

Technically we have 2 Teams who handle balance. 

 

The Balance Team and the Skills Team. 

 

The first one (CmC) can only change numbers. 

 

 

The second one can actually change traits, skills etc. 

 

And sadly the skill team only cares about pve so cmc is basically the whole pvp dev team.

[Paradoxoglanis.1904]

Just now, Enasalin.2871 said:

Do they even HAVE a balance team over at Anet?

At the moment i dont think they do

[Khalisto.5780]

1 hour ago, Paradoxoglanis.1904 said:

At the moment i dont think they do

They do, but apparently raid/frac balance is ok

So EVERYTHING is ok

[Stand The Wall.6987]

the leader ship at anet is a total failure

[anbujackson.9564]

 

5 hours ago, Khalisto.5780 said:

They do, but apparently raid/frac balance is ok

So EVERYTHING is ok

Well except the balance there is not ok. Too much damage and again too many (bugged) scourges.

[Genesis.5169]

They are alive and have been following the chimes of the forums for 8 years not knowing most people come here primarly to cry instead of adding constructive criticism to the dialogue which leads to 8 years of pruning itemization, builds, underwater combat and sometimes entire classes out of spvp.

 

I can say for certain spvp has less options in it now then in core.

Edited August 5, 2021 by Genesis.5169
Typos

[otto.5684]

8 hours ago, DanAlcedo.3281 said:

Technically we have 2 Teams who handle balance. 

 

The Balance Team and the Skills Team. 

 

The first one (CmC) can only change numbers. 

 

 

The second one can actually change traits, skills etc. 

 

And neither team has been remotely successful so far.

[otto.5684]

30 minutes ago, Genesis.5169 said:

They are alive and have been following the chimes of the forums for 8 years not knowing most people come here primarly to cry instead of adding constructive criticism to the dialogue which leads to 8 years of pruning itemization, builds, underwater combat and something entire classes out of spvp.

 

I can say for certain spvp has less options in it now then in core.

I dunno about dialogue. I don’t think I have seen this before PoF release. And even before that it was not stellar. I would like to do constructive criticism, and have done so in the past. It is futile. Only yelling and controversy seem to work, sadly. Plus the current pvp devs completely butchered pvp beyond any redemption, that the only corrective course now is to go back pre the Feb 2020 patch and start from there. You cannot fix this cluster kitten. It is broken on a fundamental level, and the only thing the current devs is press one of two buttons: nerf or delete. 

[Eddbopkins.2630]

8 minutes ago, otto.5684 said:

And neither team has been remotely successful so far.

Successful? Hell i want productive? As long as they put man hours into pvp its all good but they dont. I dont see any updates/balance/meta changing/ or anything done that has been remotely as impactfull as the feb 2020.

Edited August 5, 2021 by Eddbopkins.2630

[Guirssane.7082]

we'd be lucky to see any before EOD lol. Game wont ever be balanced but at least buff the underdog specs/traits so we can have diversity

Edited August 5, 2021 by Guirssane.7082

[Zizou.2358]

10 hours ago, Enasalin.2871 said:

No, seriously, where are they? Every self-respecting game with any kind of pvp has regular balancing patches, yet GW2 gets a balance patch every, what, 3 months maybe? if not longer? It's a joke. It's pathetic. Do they even HAVE a balance team over at Anet? And this applies to all gamemodes, not just PvP, but lack of balancing is so much worse in PvP environments.

Why is Scourge still Z tier while being the most braindead and forgiving class in the game?
Why are ranger pets still basically just a 2nd character you have to deal with?
Why are Guardians still the way they are? 200 boons, 300 invulns, 5 million damage?

For the love of all that is sacred this game seriously lacks regular balancing patches.

Basically, you nailed it. Nothing more to say. I play only WvW but I'm also sad with you all here pvp folks 😕

[DanAlcedo.3281]

6 hours ago, otto.5684 said:

And neither team has been remotely successful so far.

Because CmC can't to kitten with the "freedom" he has. Unchain CmC! 

 

And the Skills Team only cares about PvE. 

[otto.5684]

2 hours ago, DanAlcedo.3281 said:

Because CmC can't to kitten with the "freedom" he has. Unchain CmC! 

 

And the Skills Team only cares about PvE. 

Well… he definitely did a half backed poorly thought major change in Feb 2020. I do not want him unchained I want him gone (not literally, just nothing to do with class balance).

[Grand Marshal.4098]

REMOVE MORE AMULETS!!! 😫

[ClanWars.5746]

 As of they give an F about PvP. Low player base = ignore. 

[Guirssane.7082]

You can still have fun and get close game in pvp, just don't play warrior lol