dronte.3416

Might be a bit offtopic but anyone knows why ROM isn't streaming any more? He was drawing up big plans in the last steam but since then, nothing.

thief was ruined in the past?

l o l

what are u smokin

Great patch, might consider a comeback actually

Placements have absolutely nothing to do with your 'personal ranking' at the end of the season. If you were placed low in placements, you can climb out in a handful of matches, worst case. If you were not placed at your actual skill level, that is.

Not to mention what you are writing (dc-s, afks etc.) happen to all people, so it is calculated risk.

This is just another case when someone thinks 'I am better than all the people I am playing with' when you are clearly not. If you can't climb, it's your fault on the long run. If you feel like you are carrying, you have to carry harder.

I am sorry to shatter your world.

I mean mesmer is obviously still overpowered. It's very hard to find the real one.

In yesterday's mAT I actually saw one guy running mirage in about 20+ games so that means it's totally viable for top tier gameplay. He was farmed tons of times in the quarters I think, but he played it, therefore Mirage should be nerfed.

Misha also played holo ignoring the fact he is basically the best mesmer in game. Guess what? He LOST not playing mesmer. Is that a coincidence? Don't think so.

tl;dr nerf mesmer, it's too overpowered.

Well this mini-season you have to try hard NOT to be in top250 as players are super inactive. 1500 should do the job, but noone can tell thanks to the players under the game limit.

Hammer seems to be the obvious choice (looking at you, GW1)

I would like to request from Anet to have the special tournaments more often. I have had a lot of fun with random people in these ATs, and stream content was top notch and something different finally.

If we could do this like every month, it would be amazing (or have one specific AT, like 2v2 for a week and then constantly rotate).

Great idea, it was fun. Sadly missed the Stronghold one (although probably it's the worst for competitive play)

> @"Dantheman.3589" said:

> Make it top 50 imo. Also the current titles are the lamest thing in the world. I think if anyone reps them ppl would make fun of them.

Problem is they already used up great titles for meaningless achievements e.g. Gladiator.

First I also kinda liked these titles but now I am not even showing them up because it looks stupid. Time for a change imo.

> @"ollbirtan.2915" said:

> > @"dronte.3416" said:

> > I mean you can't argue that the nerfs were very much spot on. 80% of the forums were complaining about ...

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> Sorry buddy, I stopped reading your post after this. The game should never be "balanced" based on complaints from vocal minority on the forums. Period.

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While in general I agree with you, you should read on then because what you call vocal minority opinion was very closely matched by all the top streamers as well this time. There were times times when these two were super far from each other (looking at you mirage), but I think we can all agree that this time core symbol guard, holo and renegade were all overperforming on ALL levels.

The nerfs are good and were much needed Specifically, which nerf do you disagree with?

I mean you can't argue that the nerfs were very much spot on. 80% of the forums were complaining about holo nades (nerfed) holo might stacking (nerfed) and knockback scrapper (nerfed). Core guard bunker was ridiculous, it's still okay after yesterday's patch, but this nerf was also spot on, with only one trait modification. Tornado nerf also good. Can't say anything about Renegade.

You can argue that there are still some changes that are required (Lich form AA, Shocking Aura, Shiro rev), but nothing REALLY groundbreaking as the things that were nerfed.

The point is, it's very disappointing that in such a long time they did the absolute minimum.. But at least, this time very accurate. I am still hopeful we will get some reworks and buffs in the near future.

For me, the quality of this patch is 8.5/10. 'Content' wise, it's a 2/10.

edit: one note though, Flashbang nerf is still stupid.. reduction of blind is NOT the way to nerf blind spam. mesmer got an ICD, so why not do the same for engi?

> @"Lighter.5631" said:

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> what's balance, i think it does not exist in this game.

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> killshot can barely do 7k on tier 3 with for great jutice and on my mark combined.

Add Explosive Entrance and you get 10k+ on one skill. Then the standard holo burst. Fun

Hi all,

Just a note, I really hope some of these new tournaments will be available to watch on Anet partner streams. Wanna see how creative people get for example at Stronghold and 4v4. Really hoping someone picks it up.

> @"Tayga.3192" said:

> > > It's good for a plenty of things, misha talked about the build a few days before mAT in a public discord.

> > I would be happy if you shared his ideas.

> You can join it and talk to him yourself, no need for a middleman tbh

I was genuinely interested.. if he already discussed it you could have shared but whatever.

Because it does not give you significant advantage, like ever.

> @"Tayga.3192" said:

> > @"dronte.3416" said:

> > I haven't seen a fair amount of mesmers. I go further, I have only seen Misha and Helseth play mesmer (specifically chrono)

> Because they are the only good mesmer mains left in the game lmao

It doesn't change the fact that basically noone is playing mesmer any more (mesmer, chrono and mirage included). In top ranked you see one like every 5 games or even less, in mAT there were 2 players who can make mesmer work with literally any build because of skill differences.

What's your point? That mesmer is still viable? You are wrong.

(not to mention Helseth's team crashed out thanks to him being farmed constantly in games)

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> > Chrono is good for one thing, countering holos, which we had an abundance of in most games.

> It's good for a plenty of things, misha talked about the build a few days before mAT in a public discord.

I would be happy if you shared his ideas.

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> But I give 7/10 for having an actual idea about mesmer, congratulations.

You listened to Misha talking about mesmer and now you act like someone who has a clue, congratulations.

I haven't seen a fair amount of mesmers. I go further, I have only seen Misha and Helseth play mesmer (specifically chrono) because they are the only ones who can actually make below average builds work considering they are the best mesmers in the game. Let's not even talk about Mirage..

Chrono is good for one thing, countering holos, which we had an abundance of in most games.

Condi rev is useless now. Soulbeast is great meme, and that's it.

> @"Luclinraider.2317" said:

> Holosmith, Scrapper Flamethrower, Rev (Condi and Power) and Soul Beast.

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> I sure hope they nerf them before Steam launch or the Steam PvP crowd will only be around a day or two before quitting. No one likes to try and get into a new game just to be 1 shotted or killed by conditions in under a second over and over.

I mean bringing in condi rev and soulbeast in a discussion of overpowered classes.. How these discussions lose credibility. Both of aforementioned build are totally unviable in top level gameplay right now. Especially condi rev.

Holo, on the other hand is so incredibly busted that is easily above anything.

> @"Trevor Boyer.6524" said:

> > @"Shiyo.3578" said:

> > There's VERY LITTLE diversity.

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> This meta is actually the least diverse meta we've ever seen.

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> There are only 4 classes/builds that are considered meta right now:

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> 1. DP Thief

> 2. Tempest

> 3. Reaper

> 4. Holosmith

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> Really though, that's actually happening. Even Herald has fallen out due to how much passive CC is rolling off team fights with Tempests & Holosmiths, and the small amount of stability that Herald gets isn't enough to deal with the CC meta being driven by shocking aura share and flashbang. Essentially what we have happening is a meta that is gated by how much CC & Stability a class/build has access to while still remaining viable in combat. DP Thief is the only exception to that for obvious reasons.

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> See for yourselves -> https://metabattle.com/wiki/Conquest

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Since when is metabattle, a page edited by a few PvE players, considered to reflect the actual state of the game / meta? It's like quoting an article on wikipedia as a reliable source.

There are much more builds that are more or less on the same level in the current meta, with the exception of holo and in some ways tempest, who are outliers.

I need Hammer rangers. Please. For old times' sake. RaO hammaaaahhh

Now that they removed pet swap, it has dumbed down Soulbeast so much that I finally picked it up and I have a lot of success with it. And I am not even joking,

Hi all,

Just came back to play this season and I am climbing from.. low, almost platinum. Seeing a lot of core ranger who are running condi. Anyone out there who could share the build? I think it's played with iboga / jacaranda, some traps (spike trap or vipers nest or both?) etc. Seems like something super gimmicky, but want to understand it clearly. Can't see it on metabattle either, only a soulbeast version.

Thanks!

> @"Kuma.1503" said:

> Holosmith is and has always been the problem. Core Engi is the worst core spec in the game next to core Ele, and it's due to the fact that it gets repeatedly nerfed to tone down it's overloaded Elite spec. I quit this spec months ago for this very reason.

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> Fix the root of the problem and stop nerfing a dead class.

Welcome to the club of basically every other class (mesmer, war, ele etc.)

It will always be happening. Anet does not care about core spec-s to be usable.

Reducing the length of blind applied is probably the most useless nerf I have ever seen. Do they even know how Blind works? Reducing duration works perfectly fine with most conditions but with blind it's so pointless, noone is going to stand around for 2 seconds not hitting after getting blinded especially when it's spammable.

Meanwhile mesmer blind spam (Blinding Dissipation) got nerfed to ground (now utterly useless) even though it was actually LESS spammable than Flashbang currently.. What a joke. Throw an ICD on blind and problem solved. It's dumb spammy gameplay that shouldn't be rewarded.

And don't get me started on the other 'nerfs' on holo.. Still easily outperforming every single class in the game.