Psycoprophet.8107 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Devs maybe when u get a chance can u evaluate the balance disparity between classes such as firebrand,scourge,soulbeast,holo/scrapper and spellbreaker as compared to the rest of the specs? Maybe shaving these down to be more in line with other specs might change this perma meta as well as add class and build diversity to the competitive modes of your game. Maybe let them draw ur attention for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeolus.3615 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Game is working has devs want, they only nerf something that is useless already or there’s masss complain about something, sadly game is ment to playboverperformance builds and classes. Expect more aoe spam, easier and faster gimmicks next expansion.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaith.8256 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 It's not like Mirage, Chrono, Reaper, Weaver, Thief in general, Berserker, Herald are far away from the specs you claim have a huge power advantage. Put a competent player behind the wheel of any of these specs and you will crush. Many of these implied 'leftover' are far better than monster specs like Scourge/FB in environments like un-organized ranked queue, or other situations too. We're just a few balance tweaks from re-shuffling the top 6 commonly seen specs that will be moaned about instead. The only specs that are really objectively trapped by a power disadvantage are things like: Most core specs, Dragonhunter, Druid, Renegade, Tempest. There's really not a lot.. hopefully some uplifting tweaks to these as well as more shaves to the top 12 popular specs (not just the top 6). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RisenHowl.2419 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Chaith has it right, just gotta know how to use them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth.7623 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Eternal Bond vs Emergency Elixir vs Dead or Alive Traits no one takes but blatant examples of how ANET isn't even trying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxoglanis.1904 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 As nice as it would be to have real balance & build diversity in gw2 pvp/wvw, it really seems like the meta has been set in stone and wont be changed again. FB, Scourge, engi and Herald will continue to dominate any other competition. Even though you can play as other specs and do well with them, in many situations you are just limiting your effectiveness. If you want group support, FB is the best, no question about it. If you want condi, boon stripping/corrupting, and point control? scourge is the best, no question about it. Power dps? Play herald. Scrapper if you need a bunker, holo to fill empty spots since they can play almost any role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolLookAtMyAP.8394 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 > @"Paradoxoglanis.1904" said: > As nice as it would be to have real balance & build diversity in gw2 pvp/wvw, it really seems like the meta has been set in stone and wont be changed again. FB, Scourge, engi and Herald will continue to dominate any other competition. Even though you can play as other specs and do well with them, in many situations you are just limiting your effectiveness. If you want group support, FB is the best, no question about it. If you want condi, boon stripping/corrupting, and point control? scourge is the best, no question about it. Power dps? Play herald. Scrapper if you need a bunker, holo to fill empty spots since they can play almost any role. This claim, that the "meta won't be changed again" is silly. Scourge/FB is a good point but Necro has always been paired with an ele post D/D era. Just that it's now Necro with Guardian instead of ele. But now let's move on to your holo/scrapper/herald claim. I'd like to remind that a few months ago Chronobunker and Soulbeast and even bunker-bruiser Spellbreaker were considered top-tier side noders instead of Scrapper. Holo was in a weird spot few months ago where it wasn't the best but it was above average. In fact it feels a bit like that ATM. Herald is a good point but honestly Anet has the power to squish it at any given moment. Let's not kid ourselves here when we say Herald is a delicate spec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxoglanis.1904 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 > @"LolLookAtMyAP.8394" said: > This claim, that the "meta won't be changed again" is silly. > > Scourge/FB is a good point but Necro has always been paired with an ele post D/D era. Just that it's now Necro with Guardian instead of ele. > > But now let's move on to your holo/scrapper/herald claim. I'd like to remind that a few months ago Chronobunker and Soulbeast and even bunker-bruiser Spellbreaker were considered top-tier side noders instead of Scrapper. Holo was in a weird spot few months ago where it wasn't the best but it was above average. In fact it feels a bit like that ATM. > > Herald is a good point but honestly Anet has the power to squish it at any given moment. Let's not kid ourselves here when we say Herald is a delicate spec. Again, I havent claimed anything as undeniable fact. I am merely stating that the meta has been run, more or less by those 4 classes in pvp and wvw for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaith.8256 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 > @"Paradoxoglanis.1904" said: > > @"LolLookAtMyAP.8394" said: > > This claim, that the "meta won't be changed again" is silly. > > > > Scourge/FB is a good point but Necro has always been paired with an ele post D/D era. Just that it's now Necro with Guardian instead of ele. > > > > But now let's move on to your holo/scrapper/herald claim. I'd like to remind that a few months ago Chronobunker and Soulbeast and even bunker-bruiser Spellbreaker were considered top-tier side noders instead of Scrapper. Holo was in a weird spot few months ago where it wasn't the best but it was above average. In fact it feels a bit like that ATM. > > > > Herald is a good point but honestly Anet has the power to squish it at any given moment. Let's not kid ourselves here when we say Herald is a delicate spec. > > Again, I havent claimed anything as undeniable fact. I am merely stating that the meta has been run, more or less by those 4 classes in pvp and wvw for a long time. Engi as a top4 dominant class in WvW as well for a long time? Anyone want to fact check this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coro.3176 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 > @"Chaith.8256" said: > > @"Paradoxoglanis.1904" said: > > > @"LolLookAtMyAP.8394" said: > > > This claim, that the "meta won't be changed again" is silly. > > > > > > Scourge/FB is a good point but Necro has always been paired with an ele post D/D era. Just that it's now Necro with Guardian instead of ele. > > > > > > But now let's move on to your holo/scrapper/herald claim. I'd like to remind that a few months ago Chronobunker and Soulbeast and even bunker-bruiser Spellbreaker were considered top-tier side noders instead of Scrapper. Holo was in a weird spot few months ago where it wasn't the best but it was above average. In fact it feels a bit like that ATM. > > > > > > Herald is a good point but honestly Anet has the power to squish it at any given moment. Let's not kid ourselves here when we say Herald is a delicate spec. > > > > Again, I havent claimed anything as undeniable fact. I am merely stating that the meta has been run, more or less by those 4 classes in pvp and wvw for a long time. > > Engi as a top4 dominant class in WvW as well for a long time? Anyone want to fact check this Not really. Holo has been a good roamer for a while, but not "dominant" like mirage or thief have been in the past. In larger comped fights engi was virtually nonexistent until support scrapper became a thing after the reworks (purity of purpose, medkit, scrapper gyros). So no, engi being "dominant" in WvW is a recent thing for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxoglanis.1904 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 > @"coro.3176" said: > So no, engi being "dominant" in WvW is a recent thing for sure. Support scrapper has been pretty much a requirement in zerg fights for nearly a year. > @"Chaith.8256" said: > Engi as a top4 dominant class in WvW as well for a long time? Anyone want to fact check this I played, and played with support scrappers for nearly 8 months every night. They are a requirement for any party that wants insane amounts of condi cleanse, multiple skills applying superspeed, and they have one of, if not the highest heal rate in the game, which is incredibly important for keeping party hp topped up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obtena.7952 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 ^^ Not sure that makes it a dominant class. Are you talking about desirability or performance here? There is a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stand The Wall.6987 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 its more like balance despairity. hah! get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crepuscular.9047 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 think it's already discussed multiple times, the general consensus from the community is PoF elites specs seem to be designed from PoF PvE content from ground up to handle pressure from large number of mobs, hence they are so imbalanced in PvP situations; and it's going to be a huge pain for the devs to retune themWhereas HoT elite specs were designed from the perspective to handle single target raid boss, hence they arent as imbalanced compared to PoF specsi think most people will agree is we need a huge dmg nerf to all classes and elite specs to wind back the massive power creep we've had for the past couple of years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khalisto.5780 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 they working on that I think, with the tradeoffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aza.2105 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 > @"Khalisto.5780" said: > they working on that I think, with the tradeoffs I don't think it will work well. But I guess its worth a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto.5684 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 > @"Chaith.8256" said: > It's not like Mirage, Chrono, Reaper, Weaver, Thief in general, Berserker, Herald are far away from the specs you claim have a huge power advantage. Put a competent player behind the wheel of any of these specs and you will crush. Many of these implied 'leftover' are far better than monster specs like Scourge/FB in environments like un-organized ranked queue, or other situations too. We're just a few balance tweaks from re-shuffling the top 6 commonly seen specs that will be moaned about instead. > > The only specs that are really objectively trapped by a power disadvantage are things like: Most core specs, Dragonhunter, Druid, Renegade, Tempest. There's really not a lot.. hopefully some uplifting tweaks to these as well as more shaves to the top 12 popular specs (not just the top 6). This is not correct. If I use S tier - D model rating, with S being Over performing and D not viable. All core builds except guardian and thief is a D. Renegade is a D. Any condi build except scourge and mirage is D. Core guardian, berserker, DH, tempest, condi mirage, scepter weaver, DD brawler (staff or sword) and deadeye are C. Weaver sword, reaper, DD decapper, core thief and are B. Rev, scrapper, scourge and soul beast are A. Holo, FB and SB are S. Anything below A level is underperforming. The B ones have a fighting chance, but everything else does not. So we have 7 highly competitive builds? And good luck with few tweaks. The S tier has been locked for almost a year now, with only soul beast moving down to A with removal of boon beast. And the movement in A was removing core guardian, deadeye and mirage from A and putting scrapper instead. The balance is shit and diversity is non-existent. So let’s not sugarcoat it. The devs have been doing very poor work for the last few month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilyanna.9361 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 > @"crepuscular.9047" said:> think it's already discussed multiple times, the general consensus from the community is PoF elites specs seem to be designed from PoF PvE content from ground up to handle pressure from large number of mobs, hence they are so imbalanced in PvP situations; and it's going to be a huge pain for the devs to retune them> > Whereas HoT elite specs were designed from the perspective to handle single target raid boss, hence they arent as imbalanced compared to PoF specs> > > > i think most people will agree is we need a huge dmg nerf to all classes and elite specs to wind back the massive power creep we've had for the past couple of yearsI actually like this observation. Never thought of the PoF and HoT classes like that. Doesn't mean it's any better for us PvPers, but it, at least, gives us insight on WHY everything is so damn AOE based in PoF and at bigger radius's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeolus.3615 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 > @"Aza.2105" said: > > @"Khalisto.5780" said: > > they working on that I think, with the tradeoffs > > I don't think it will work well. But I guess its worth a shot. Anet is not fair they won’t create fine trade offs on classes they want overperforming in damage output. It will end for sure in placebos. In 6 years they failed to make gw2 as good gw1 pvp was and even gw1 had its own gimmicks and metas... game player skill is still far away by miles, gw2 compared with that still the lamers and scrubs pvp mmo not only for the lack of decent iteration on skill and class design but the pvp game mode itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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