Grand Marshal.4098

Meh I guess anything to break the monotony of yet another day in WvW. Other than that, meh

> @"Sajuuk Khar.1509" said: > * The Flame Legion being evil? Done. Original leadership killed, and remnants brought back into Charr civilization with Efram at the head, Gaheron did nothing wrong!!!

I cant roam or zerg with a group without knowing how to make the most out of my or my team's moves. The moment I see a water field, I blast it, if a fire field is down, ill use it for might and burn dmg, light field cleanses are a basic thing to do. Stealthing is essential for fights. Being unable to perform basic combos is a ticket out of competetive gameplay (wvw at least) in my eyes. How do you expect to play any class and not know that when you drop water fields you blast them, or cleanse burning underneath oils with light fields? Granted mass swiftness or mass aura combos dont see much use, but they are always better than no combo.

This is a certified _hood_ classic

> @"hugo.4705" said: > I'm very angry that it seems you cut out the part shown in trailer implying centaurs and I guess, kraits. I expected 2 more maps instead of 4 chapters, one left of drizzlewood and one north or harathi hinterlands, making somehow a link between core maps and icebrood saga. Again, angry and sad. YES! I'd love to see the Verdant Cascades return (with perhaps Tengu trying to keep out any Charr and their civil war), and some way to feel the gap between Harathi, Snowden and the Cascades. Isn't Anvil Rock supposed to be there? Just imagine this region filled with leftovers of Stone Summit Dwarves who wish to assault southern areas (they are corrupted from Primordus I think in the strike mission no?) and a spot where more destroyers would start appearing.

All this and unfortunately, I'm under the impression that the Expac will be rather limited. 4 maps, smaller than PoF maps and that's it. I mean it would be the same as the other 2 expacs, but the whole effort that's being said to be put in the expac, ontop of the game receving scarce updates for the span of probably a year before said expac comes out, tells to me that EoD will not sustain the game for 2 or 3 years like PoF. I joined in 2019, so old players may disagree, but thats what I feel like. As a rather new player.

> @"Randulf.7614" said: > > @"Grand Marshal.4098" said: > > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > It's just more DRM's so no enthusiasm from me, although seeing the instanced Lake Doric frozen over was quite cool. > > > > > > There doesn't seem to be anything else noteworthy. Lets just hope these DRMs are at least interesting and worth replaying > > > > Wouldn't a new map north of DR feel much better :) , or maybe a map between Fields of Ruin and Desert Highlands, or a map connecting Deldrimor with the SHiverpeaks, or the Snake Way in the Streamspurs! All those DRMs could have easily been open world metas in new maps. Ofc this is me simply fanboying, but since these are strictly cosmetic/pve updates, at least do that correct and make it feel rewarding! > > > > > > I wanted a whole Shiverpeaks area for this Season. That dream is prob gone forever at this point and I've been looking forward to it since launch And see them not even making a Kodan allied faction by the end of this, hell centaurs even. Means what we saw in release trailers was all fake worldbuilding lol.

> @"Randulf.7614" said: > It's just more DRM's so no enthusiasm from me, although seeing the instanced Lake Doric frozen over was quite cool. > > There doesn't seem to be anything else noteworthy. Lets just hope these DRMs are at least interesting and worth replaying Wouldn't a new map north of DR feel much better :) , or maybe a map between Fields of Ruin and Desert Highlands, or a map connecting Deldrimor with the SHiverpeaks, or the Snake Way in the Streamspurs! All those DRMs could have easily been open world metas in new maps. Ofc this is me simply fanboying, but since these are strictly cosmetic/pve updates, at least do that correct and make it feel rewarding!

something else on the skill. glitchiest skill on warriors period.

I wouldn't mind. Don't see how it takes away from other things. You can't always glide in some spots anyway and you can't always use mounts to reach other spots. Does this suggestion server a purpose? I'd assume yes. Is it justified? Most certainly, as skyscales become the #1 mount for most players by the end. So why not?

> @"DaFishBob.6518" said: > Do you mean mortars like those that get built into the ground or the potato cannon sounds of the engineer mortar kit? the built ones. the potato sound wouldnt fit XD

Support Firebrand (heals/boons mostly), Support Scrapper (cleanses/heals), Support Chronomancer (boons/strips), Support Spellbreaker (strips/low heal, low boon support) are the current meta. Metabattle and any other sites have these builds in their first page about wvw. Each site may tweak them a bit depending on the situation. Overall choose Guardian and you can be offensive or defensive at any given moment.

Not a big Ranger player, but what if these Totems worked like warrior banners which you can carry on you? No wait, that's Gyros...

Condi Druid with Trapper runes lol

> @"CutesySylveon.8290" said: > > @"Grand Marshal.4098" said: > > > @"CutesySylveon.8290" said: > > > > @"Styros.8931" said: > > > > don't care about condi zerk because condi builds specially burn = cancer . Buff power zerk, want to see same life sustain and etc like guard instead of glass cannon or zero dmg with 2h sword > > > > > > Dual swords are condi on warrior anyway so you're still going to do terrible damage. Condi berserker is actually really fun with mace. > > > > Cant disagree, but the point stands. Berserker is only useful as condi in groups. No other way to play it. Power is there for 3 bursts and it's over. It's a very pve spec. Only there can power berserker be sustained. As a warrior main, I just dont want to play SBP or Core (with the same weapons and skills mind you) all the time. > > > > Granted a more wvw response than a pvp response, but small scale roaming is just like that. > > Aside from the issues both condi and power berserker have, power is an entirely different beast to tackle in terms of balance. The CC damage nerf hit it much harder than most, and power zerk has much more predictable and easier to mitigate damage than condi. Add in that you need squishier stats and the degree that the damage power does is nerfed so much, I don't know when it will be viable again. I'm afraid that with EoD, Berserker will never be viable again and be forgotten. My hypothesis is that they may pull off a hybrid warrior build (defense + offense) without being SBP or Berserker tier in either. Basically an enhanced Core warrior. I doubt that they can introduce a roamer as good, if not better than spellbreaker, but in both cases, I don't see Berserker keeping up with the game anymore. It requires greatsword for mobility and shield for blocking. Skills that root you (Gs 2) in 2021 meta, kill you. warrior suffers as a whole. It's not about getting the power creep back, but at looking how this class can finally breathe. Ofc I mention what has been said ever since PoF, so meh. Let's wait and see.

> @"CutesySylveon.8290" said: > > @"Styros.8931" said: > > don't care about condi zerk because condi builds specially burn = cancer . Buff power zerk, want to see same life sustain and etc like guard instead of glass cannon or zero dmg with 2h sword > > Dual swords are condi on warrior anyway so you're still going to do terrible damage. Condi berserker is actually really fun with mace. Cant disagree, but the point stands. Berserker is only useful as condi in groups. No other way to play it. Power is there for 3 bursts and it's over. It's a very pve spec. Only there can power berserker be sustained. As a warrior main, I just dont want to play SBP or Core (with the same weapons and skills mind you) all the time. Granted a more wvw response than a pvp response, but small scale roaming is just like that.

> @"Yasai.3549" said: > Breath really. > Watched too much KnY? Had to draw some inspiration from somewhere B) Full Counter already a major callback to SDS Just your normal daily espec suggestion

> @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > @"Yasai.3549" said: > > > @"Grand Marshal.4098" said: > > > kitten, I would never be able to 3v1. I've 2v1 a couple of times but this is very good. Any tips to someone who wants to start playing weaver (builds, tactics)? > > > > > > > Ez. > > Don't use yur defensives haphazardly. > > > > If yu watch his video carefully, he isn't using his ToFs, his Lava Skin nor his Focus defensives randomly. > > They are always used right after he is done with an attack attempt to prevent the opponent counterattack from doing too much damage to himself. > > > > Weaver builds, especially builds that use Healing Signet, are extremely vulnerable to spike damage that they cannot recover from, which is why yu have to time yur defensives or use defensives properly, because there is no way passive healing is gonna help yu recover fully from spike damage, and besides, S/F Weaver has soooo many defensive cooldowns to easily rotate through if yu don't panic and use them all at once. > > > > > This. > > I feel like ‘rushing through’ is what the failing of many players (including me) is. Focus on patience and needing to plan ahead a little (with the way weaver skills pop) and you can be very effective with it. > > If you aren’t used to playing in someone’s face, S/F (or S/D) Weaver isn’t really for you. > > > I'd say meditrapper DH, Staff DD and Berserker Roamer have given me a good taste of face to face combat with very bad sustain and bursts. Weaver seems to have many alternatives. It will be tough, but i wish to try it out. I imagine this class isnt supposed to kite at all tho?

Just give me new EoD WvW meta and I'll be satisfied. B)

Goddamn, I would never be able to 3v1. I've 2v1 a couple of times but this is very good. Any tips to someone who wants to start playing weaver (builds, tactics)?

I personally have a crazy time playing Daredevil. Not the sw/pistol or sw/d daredevil. Double staff daredevil (for the sigils). It's viable, deals 11k with vault, can deal up to 15k if pumped, and bound is an amazing dodge (reckless impact poop).

> @"Tycura.1982" said: > > @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said: > > Scull Crack having a small leap has been mentioned several times on numerous threads. > > Yep came here to say just that. > > Make it a daze and give it damage back while they're at it. Instant viability. > > Skull Grinder is such a beastly skill. Shame it's on berserker. Lmao fr. Cause rn the only use I find for mace is an extra block for my support sbp. Other than that the dmg is to laugh at. Berserker kinda compensates with the skill, but yeah...it's berserker lol.

Only issue with PoF maps and LS4 is the god awful lag that appears when doing group content.

> @"Dadnir.5038" said: > > @"Grand Marshal.4098" said: > > > @"Dadnir.5038" said: > > > I'll be honest then: this isn't true. There wasn't more build diversity before they introduced the elite specs. > > > You'd only have this feeling because players weren't as much reliant on Metabattle at this time than they are right now. Pre HoT, PvE basically had a single statset used, Berserker, and PvP wasn't faring much better. PvE meta was "rigid", WvW meta was the GWEN hammer train (until they changed stability) and sPvP was the flavor of the month meta. > > > > Does GWEN stand for Guardian, Warrior, Engineer, Necro or something? > > The "E" stood for Elementalist, but, otherwise, you got the gist of it. Pre HoT players were relying a lot on combo fields and elementalist with it's staff was the best pick for that. Engineer, while able to more or less substitute for an elementalist wasn't "dominant" due to it's water field being "subpar" compared to elementalist's waterfields. I see, so this was the meta beyond a single Guild. In any case, I have kind of a hard time thinking that water fields aren't used anymore and a support spellbreaker, I always use my blasts on water fields or light fields for sustain. I guess it's simply not effective?

> @"Dadnir.5038" said: > > @"Avatar.3568" said: > > I am not sure how far cmc's plan goes and how many changes he will numericaly make but I believe that you can't make some proper balance with the elitespecs in this game, since they showed up the game went down in build diversity > > I'll be honest then: this isn't true. There wasn't more build diversity before they introduced the elite specs. > You'd only have this feeling because players weren't as much reliant on Metabattle at this time than they are right now. Pre HoT, PvE basically had a single statset used, Berserker, and PvP wasn't faring much better. PvE meta was "rigid", WvW meta was the GWEN hammer train (until they changed stability) and sPvP was the flavor of the month meta. Does GWEN stand for Guardian, Warrior, Engineer, Necro or something?