Koen.1327

> @"Fueki.4753" said:

> > @"Bazsi.2734" said:

> > Nothing short of a new expansion pack can save PvP now.

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> You expect elite specialization, which naturally are over-powered to drive expansion sales, to somehow save PvP?

> Most likely, all they'll do is blow even more unbalanced winds into the game mode.

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first they perfectly balance pvp then 1 month later release new overblown specs

> @"Aihao.5824" said:

> > @"rng.1024" said:

> > If you struggle against scourge or necro in general, please post your profession/build (traitlines, weaps) and I can try to give a few 1v1 pointers :3

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> im d/p thief. what i can do vs healscg?

give basilik venom for cc chain

nothing u can do in 1v1 though

> @"Shiyo.3578" said:

> > @"rng.1024" said:

> > > @"Shiyo.3578" said:

> > > Yes, you have to game the system to actually progress unless you're a god. Your rank will always be 1-2 divisions below where you actually are skill wise if you just spam queue.

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> > > The rank system and matchmaking system is really bad.

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> > Boyce proved this a myth a few seasons ago, he spammed queues on his holo (which was fairly balanced back then) all season and still ended up in top 50.

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> What you said doesn't prove my statement wrong, it actually helps support it. I said "be a god" OR "game the sysatem". Boyce is a good top tier player thus a "god".

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> Someone who belongs in plat1/2 is going to struggle to belong in plat 1/2 unless they're actually legendary/plat3 in skill level. If you spam play, you'll absolutely always be 1-2 divisions below where your real skill level is.

ive been spamming q every season (solo) and get around the same rating every season - regardless of balance or anything

rating is rather accurate id say

matchmaking isnt really good but both teams get shitty and good players so its just up to you

pls change toss s to smoke pulsing blind big nerf

> @"DanAlcedo.3281" said:

> > @"Shiyo.3578" said:

> > > @"DanAlcedo.3281" said:

> > > Just change the stats it provides to something useless like concentration.

> > >

> > > This way they have to sacrefice alot of stats for the effect.

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> > They already sacrifice a lot of stats to use this rune, it's condi damage on a power build.

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> DH puts out enough burn with the F1 passiv procs that the condi dmg is not wasted that much.

the increase is about 30 raw dmg per proc, and power dh uses burst dmg anyway so totally wasted

for burn dh its very good rune though (solely carries build)

first nerf more core engi traits and then pull all toolbelt skills into chronos gravity well

the current condi thief is nothing like sd condi thief before, im all in for keeping as it is

its strong but is situational and has many counters

doesnt even have easy interrupt

if im in queue for 12 minutes off peak i dont think there is 100 playing, more like 10 including bots

save the rework and keep 50 endurance but make ambush skills stronger

despite no changes to mes/mirage in pvp, the patch turned out really bad

buff for engis, scourge, guard even warrior will cleanse all condi away with just their heal

tiny nerfs to ranger and rev not gonna make a difference rather condi rev might just take the dmg oriented traits which were as strong to begin with

nerf to leech for dp thief (lol) perhaps the only thing in favor of mes

next balance patch of this size is sooner, been mid season for a while now

so expect random patch in about 9-10 weeks (last one was 28 april)

big balance patch comes every year in spring

not on weaver either

no not since a long time actually

power rev still weak to condis but you have to be very cautious

there is no other fair way of gain/loss rating, especially since top stats don't reflect performance in any way (maybe 0 deaths, which isnt even a top stat)

to my experience, while matches aren't always balanced, rating is pretty accurate and myself hanging around the same rating for many seasons

> @"mistsim.2748" said:

> Someone has been ratting on this build. Never thought it was OP in the slightest, but just right. I think some of the higher level players have been getting wrecked by this in duels, and they probably complained to CMC.

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> Viper's Nest nerfs are quite significant. Duration never matters in spvp. The condi burst we lose from the nerf is big, and it might be worthwhile running the fire trap instead.

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> I'm considering running this instead now:

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> http://gw2skills.net/editor/?POwAUx/lVwsYfsH2JWePlvzSO3EA-zZoOkCUAJICyUK42B

its a buff, 2 psn stacks for 13 secs is insane

not every spec has on demand cleanse all the time

look at holo or rev who use resistance over cleanse, or anyone rotating/trying to get out of combat

not so significant i think but still a buff

if phantasms become immune you can just toss disenchanters in wvw blobs no?

> @"Multicolorhipster.9751" said:

> > @"Koen.1327" said:

> > there is multiple ppl who just blindly spam q solo and get legendary every season

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> Uh-huh. Just none of the ones that stream, or any that i've run into. They've also have to jump up from like 50 to 80% of their games won out of nowhere, but the last one i'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt.

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> This is all on NA too, I don't know anything about EU.

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> > youre also assuming that if u q as high player u automatically get 2x duo legs in enemy team which is not the case ofc

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> Ok so maybe it's not guaranteed but it definitely increases the chances pretty drastically. If two legends are on one team and there's three legends playing the game total at one time, that third SoloQ legend is almost always going against the other two if they're DuoQ'd. That's just fact, it's how the matchmaker works.

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> It takes an average of the two team's ratings and matches based on that.

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at many times ive seen drazeh or boyce stream solo and reach legend

frostball got legend on a naked rev solo in the past i think its still on youtube

on NA i guess there are just fewer but pretty sure helio has plenty of solo trips to legend

legendary has become a lot harder for the casual player but legends will be legendary

> @"The Fear.3865" said:

> "Multiple people who just BLINDLY spam q solo and get legendary". What a joke.

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> I manage to get top 20 with a 1770 rating on a 100% solo q season with 200 games, and it's really hard-core to end at this point. You need to think rating only, every game you launch is crucial and you need to carry so hard to deal against the better duos.

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> The strategy is the complete opposite of the duoq one, you have to play at prime only, even in EU the window is really close, between 8 and 11pm basically. The only way to climb up the ladder is to play against the other plat 3 players. Every day I put every top ladder peeps in my FL and launched every game when most of them where quein at the mists. Complete opposite of dodgin strat, which brings you the most exciting games btw. This is the only way to not lose more than 15 ratin per lose and avoid hard throw.

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> If you queue during the day you will face the farmers offprime duos + some gold 3/plat 1 so you will lose more than 20/30 per game with no chance of wining.

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> We were at this season only two peeps on the top 25 playin solo Q, and the other one got exactly the same ratin than me. We would probably throw if we tried to get to legendary. But this was before the feb patch cause now the game is so unbalanced that duos are almost impossible to fight against on soloQ...

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> The 100% soloQ players on top ladder are really easy to spot, they got a 60% winrate. If you see on top 25 a 60win/10lose it's 100%duoq, but the 80win/50lose is 100% soloq (and this one hard carries).

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> Imo, right now, it's almost impossible to solo legendary even if you are really good, maybe at the begining of the season if you manage to >90% winrate the first 15 games on prime. But that's it.

have u ever seen boyce or drazeh care about ranked and not get legendary since ever

even tallbarr got legend on 5 different accs alone last season 100% solo

ofc not easy but still some players can legend in any way they want

> @"Multicolorhipster.9751" said:

> There were a few that made it when the game was SoloQ-only past 1600 rating.

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> But just barely, and their win/loss ratio was more like 50/50, 60/40, or 70/30.

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> Anyone who claims it now is probably lying because you cannot beat an 80, 90, or even freakin' 100% of games won with the old SoloQ winrates.

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> Keep in mind SoloQing has gotten much harder too with DuoQ being a thing. If you're queuing as a mid-high level plat/legendary player solo then the matchmaker is going to put you against the legendary DuoQs time and time again because you're the only semblance of challenge the matchmaker can throw together for them.

> It happened to me over and over after season 13 up until season 18 when I quit playing Ranked, and I only sat around the plat2 level for the most part.

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> If it happens to a plat2 player, then it's going to happen even more for higher rated players.

there is multiple ppl who just blindly spam q solo and get legendary every season

youre also assuming that if u q as high player u automatically get 2x duo legs in enemy team which is not the case ofc

Good patch holo needed some upzz

Maybe scourge would be little viable in wvw with this change

Just chrono sound very OP in pvp again

hope swordman phantasm will hit (even) more like sword ambush now

Good patch holo needed some buffs

you assume that everyone just want the dodge back, IP or dist back - my assumption is that anet wanted to have trade offs for elite specs and im ok with this actually (mirage still has 2 dodge in pve - inconstant)

especially chrono feels unique now, problem is more that abilities that chrono enhances (mostly phantasms) are complete garbage resulting in a extremely downgraded mesmer

in the past they nuked phantasm dmg and other core mesmer skills, traits instead of chrono and mirage - now everything is swept down

for chrono phantasms really need consistent dmg, otherwise you'd never pick chrono over core or mirage

both mesmer and mirage are mostly fine with me, i would just like some constancy in either 1 or 2 dodges in all game modes instead of a cheap -50 endurance in only wvw/pvp

for mesmer to become meta in pvp a revert on portal would be enough otherwise it's fine for ranked atm

my point of view:

mostly pvp (high plat / top 100), OW Pve (also some strikes/fractal), only little wvw

omg nec best teamfighter for 7 years

best strategy is to just go far and win all duels in low mmr