ETA on this week's major skill balances?

Lagg

Lagg

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

W/

Any official word on when to expect the major ner-- *ahum* skill balances?

Gaile announced this last week.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10206449

DeXyre

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

Quote:
The skill balance has been written and will likely be posted quite soon, perhaps this evening. We will post an explanation of some changes in the form of a Dev Update tomorrow or early next week. This will be another test period so be sure to let Isaiah Cartwright know your thoughts on the skills, and you can comment on their impact in PvP on the page for Andrew Patrick, PvP Community Coordinator. -- Gaile 00:00, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Guess you're talking about that?
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_talk:Gaile_Gray

Lagg

Lagg

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

W/

Thanks, that's what I was looking for.

And so the wait begins...

Ghost Recon

Ghost Recon

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Mo/

Well the ETA is this week so only 2 days left.

Sekoria

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

Belgium

RoS

N/E

Thanks for the link, I was looking for that actually.

While reading it I stumbled across this piece of art about wintersday moa not being tamable:

"The designers have a limit on the number of tame-able pets in the game, for reasons of file size, download needs, and simple design decision."

Altough "simple design decision" might explain it, as an experienced programmer I fail to see how "file size" and "download needs" stopped the designers to make it tamable since it's already in the game.

Oh well, sorry for being a little off-topic, I wonder how the changes will be made. My necromancer is hoping to get a little love ^^

Taki

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sekoria
Oh well, sorry for being a little off-topic, I wonder how the changes will be made. My necromancer is hoping to get a little love ^^
Get a little love? Better get a little lube instead.

Lagg

Lagg

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sekoria
Oh well, sorry for being a little off-topic, I wonder how the changes will be made. My necromancer is hoping to get a little love ^^
I'm praying that a few of the really great builds I use won't be broken outright.


I rather dislike this period of uncertainty and the way ArenaNet handles skill balances in general. Okay on quantity, but subpar on quality.

I realise that balancing skills isn't quite as straightforward as it may seem, I only wish there would be more perfectionism involved.


Anyhow, too much has been written about this already, I hope a different system will be adopted for Guild Wars 2.

CHunterX

CHunterX

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Washington

W/E

In-b4 Splinter Weapon nerf.

Effendi Westland

Effendi Westland

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Isle of the dead

[DVDF][LDS]

P/W

It's going to be somewhere halfway my full-doa run and shortly after one or two of us will have an error and will not be able to reconnect

But still I will be excited and read up the skill-changes quickly after that

X Cytherea X

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

A/Mo

LEAVE SINS ALONE! they're a human! all you want is nerf, nerf, nerf! LEAVE THEM ALONE!!! *sob*

l Batman l

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Taki
Get a little love? Better get a little lube instead.
I el oh el'd.

Tachyon

Tachyon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Stoke, England

The Godless [GOD]

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Quote:
and you can comment on their impact in PvP on the page for Andrew Patrick, PvP Community Coordinator.
Does this mean that we can't comment on how this so called 'balance' affects PvE?

super strokey

super strokey

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Soviet Canuckistan

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Im hoping that they dont destroy the necros too much and i would love to see another boost to RT's and paragons as they are still the black sheep of PVE imho

Effendi Westland

Effendi Westland

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Isle of the dead

[DVDF][LDS]

P/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Azagoth
Does this mean that we can't comment on how this so called 'balance' affects PvE?
With skills like ursan blessing who cares about balance in pve.

super strokey

super strokey

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Soviet Canuckistan

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Effendi Westland
With skills like ursan blessing who cares about balance in pve.
Yeah its pretty sweet, its gonna be nerfed for sure though