Sigmoid.7082

> @"coso.9173" said: > if anet stopped making so wilrdly different armor designs for males and females that would already cut their work bt 1/2 though. I really don't think that's how it works with how they have described making armour and how our character models are. Outfits already are one of their biggest time savings when it comes to designing a full set of armour. Being a 4th armour weight allows it to ignore a bunch of rules.

> @"BetweenHeadphones.6954" said: > Reaper, necromancer + warrior, getting GS and shouts focussing on melee damage (power DPS/bruiser type) I would say its closer to necro/guardian. Reaper GS has almost the exact same skills as guard GS. 1 Strong auto 2 strong spinning move 3 mid range ability that applies a debilitating condition 4 AOE field 5 a pull It also has modifiers off chill, much like guard has modifiers off burning. Also I get everyone's obsession with minions but I hope that is the exactly what the spec doesn't get.

Matched with lower ranks: I only lost because of those players. Matched with higher ranks: I obviously carried..why is my rank not higher than theirs..something must be wrong. Matched with the same rank: people here are terrible...my rank should be higher. These people are holding me back. And more. I can see it now.

> @"Highlie.7641" said: > well it's a good thing thieves haven't been running SB for that extra mobility for 8+ years, I mean there is nooooo way where going to just swap to rifle.... > > IA for 8 int, and travel 900 range Or you can > Rifle 4 x2 for 8 init and travel 1200 range, > > Arena net, being Arena net.... > > The opportunity cost is very very different.

"Anet were only supposed to classes/builds I said and wanted nerfed...not my class/build. Garbage patch."

> @"shadowpass.4236" said: > Makes it harder for hackers and bots to ruin the gamemode. Also makes it harder for people to get into and enjoy the gamemode.

> @"Swagg.9236" said: > > @"Brimstone Jack.3462" said: > > Or you could use sigils and stop trying to face tank condi builds when you know they'll melt your face off. > > A perfect example of what I was talking about in how a player is forced to curve their build's purpose toward mitigating the assumption that someone else on the field is using certain abilities. You do the same thing for power damage, change build choices, just you don't ever really think to much about it since power has almost always been the dominant damage type.

> @"otto.5684" said: > > @"Sigmoid.7082" said: > > > @"otto.5684" said: > > > > @"Sigmoid.7082" said: > > > > > @"darren.1064" said: > > > > > This poll isn't even close. > > > > > > > > Ah yes. The ever indicative, conslusive, and comprehensive, at cutrent time of posting, 56 vote poll. > > > > > > > > > > There are multiple polls. > > > > Still not really indicative of anything for me besides vocal players are angry/upset. Also considering who comes to the forums, how biased polls tend to be, and how universally people who are unhappy are more likely to speak out, is always the case. > > > > Since playing from release I have never really seen a poll for "Do you like the meta" return with the answer yes. I think there may have been one...but the countless others are all negative. Then you get the people who vote negatively, not because of the meta, but because of the lack of follow up patches. Which, regardless of if they undid everything meta, would still be an issue. > > > > The grass is always greener. I honestly feel you could revert everything, wait 6 months, run the same poll and get the same "no" answer to "do you like the meta". > > > > First, there are poll with 300+ and multiple polls. Is it pin point accurate? no, but saying it is not indicative is either hypocrisy or idiocy. Take your pick. > Its actually neither but if you need to attack me that's ok. You could have 50 polls all with 300 votes each but of that 300 how many are the same people? How was the question asked? Of those times how many times has the same person cast a vote? etc etc. There are a whole bunch of questions along that line of thinking that you can ask. Along with quality of the poll, which 9/10 times on the forum is questionable since they are almost all inherently biased, you need volume of answers. Also I did say its indicative...that "vocal players are angry/upset" nothing more to me. > Second, this poll, and the similar polls to it, are not asking if you like the current meta. It is a specific question regarding the February 2020 patch. Saying “people always hate the current meta” has nothing to do with this. It has everything to do with this. It doesn't matter if you label the two points in time you're asking if someone likes an old meta compared to the current, to which like likely polled answer will almost always be no. Said it before but the grass is always greener. Especially when viewed through rose tinted glasses. If they reverted everything people would soon remember the things they didn't like about it and start remembering the things they liked about the current meta. Eventually leading to a poll "do you like this meta" / "do you like the current meta compared to the last", again , to which the answer on the forum is almost always going to be no.

> @"otto.5684" said: > > @"Sigmoid.7082" said: > > > @"darren.1064" said: > > > This poll isn't even close. > > > > Ah yes. The ever indicative, conslusive, and comprehensive, at cutrent time of posting, 56 vote poll. > > > > There are multiple polls. Still not really indicative of anything for me besides vocal players are angry/upset. Also considering who comes to the forums, how biased polls tend to be, and how universally people who are unhappy are more likely to speak out, is always the case. Since playing from release I have never really seen a poll for "Do you like the meta" return with the answer yes. I think there may have been one...but the countless others are all negative. Then you get the people who vote negatively, not because of the meta, but because of the lack of follow up patches. Which, regardless of if they undid everything meta, would still be an issue. The grass is always greener. I honestly feel you could revert everything, wait 6 months, run the same poll and get the same "no" answer to "do you like the meta".

The thing i want most is a main hand weapon, condo or hybrid, and a spec that doesn't use shroud but uses life force for other things, like scourge does.

> @"darren.1064" said: > This poll isn't even close. Ah yes. The ever indicative, conslusive, and comprehensive, at cutrent time of posting, 56 vote poll.

I find it so weird people get so upset with others trying to play the game the way they want, with people they want to play with just because those people don't include them. "People are free to play however they want...as long as it includes me".

Because from a mathematical standpoint power is almost always a better stat to have compared to ferocity and there are plenty of power and toughness runes around. I may be cool to have but there are already enough poor choices or anti patterns to pick from. I feel one of the things they are trying to do is reduce introducing those since there is such a huge disparity between poor and average players. Even more so the disparity between average and good, roughly 10x effectiveness.

I would be incredibly surprised if it isn't a main hand weapon

> @"blackheartgary.8605" said: > Thanks to all of you for responding this way. > While I did ask for posts about what you _ enjoyed _ in the episode, there were some posts here that ignored that option and chose to, _as usual_, condemn the patch in it's entirety. It's one of my main gripes with the forum. A: I like this B: I don't, neither should you, and here is why you are wrong for liking it. A: I enjoyed this B: I didn't so there is no possible way you could. Here is why your opinion on your own enjoyment is, not only invalid, but also wrong. .