june skill balance update

lustnlood

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2008

Me/

i wonder what we will see. anyone dare share his ideas?

refer

refer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2009

US

the usual:
powerful skill "fixed" but still too powerful.
mesmer skill that nobody uses buffed.
no ritualist changes.
dartbord the rest.
RoJ left alone.

Raccoon

Raccoon

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2007

Me/A

LOLOLOLOLOL JUNE UPDATE?

Good luck. We will probably get another "We are working hard on other things right now" excuse.

Cale Roughstar

Cale Roughstar

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

Canada

Guy In Real Life [GIRL]

W/E

Searing Flames (PvP)
Energy = 5, recharge = 1
This skill now does over 9000 damage

Aegis (PvP)
Energy = 5, recharge = 5
Nobody on your team takes damage for the next 30 seconds.


Something like that

slowerpoke

slowerpoke

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2007

Cuba

buff to some pve skills
nerf of some key well used balanced skill
random buff to a mesmer elite noone will ever use

they are probably busy working on the next big update, which is due in X months so no time for balance!

Lishy

Lishy

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

I have my hopes this may be the big update we've been waiting for.
ANET had a hella' tight schedule in the past two months and it must be kept in mind how much of a small team it is.
However, now they should have had their free time. I'm interested to see how it goes and what kind of Buffs there are
I hope that if they do nerf RoJ though, that they only do it as a PvP skill. Otherwise it will totally ruin the current meta and fun we have in PvE with that skill.

Still, if they don't hype anything, don't get excited.

Xsiriss

Xsiriss

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2008

Yeh a real tight schedule, what with pathetic skill updates and GW2 parties every wednesday, I mean give them a break...

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

I'm expecting Shadow Form and RoJ to see no changes.

Copy-paste to future months.

street peddler

street peddler

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by refer View Post
the usual:
powerful skill "fixed" but still too powerful.
mesmer skill that nobody uses buffed.
no ritualist changes.
dartbord the rest.
RoJ left alone.
basically this, except ill add "random unnecassary elemantalist buff".

KiLLi4N

KiLLi4N

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2009

We Are From Poland [pol]

Rt/N

They'll forget about ritualists as usual.

"random unnecassary elemantalist buff" - that's a good one unfortunately true enough :/

zelgadissan

zelgadissan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2008

The Warrior Priests [WP]

Me/Rt

My best guess with one elite per profession, given recent skill updates:

Dwarven Battle Stance changed to 33% IAS with 50% KD chance on skills for 9001 seconds
Magebane Shot will disable any skill it hits
Withdraw Hexes will transfer all hexes to caster and shorten duration by 90%
Order of the Vampire will stack with all other necro enchants
Hex Eater Vortex will remove a hex from all allies in the area
Second Wind will remove all Exhaustion and buff Ele attributes by 3
Temple Strike lowered to 5e and unblockable
Tranquil was Tanasen will also grant immunity to conditions and hexes
Anthem of Guidance will scale skills from 1...4
Avatar of Melandru to 10e

Back then

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2009

My guess?

Nerf to random rit elite no one has ever heard of.

PvE buff to random mesmer skill

functionality change to at least one earth ele skill

buff to random paragon spear attacks

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

Hm... let's se...

[wishful_thinking]
- Fix AI to detect RoJ as AoE. If monsters leave Dragon Breath + Mark of Rodgort they should leave RoJ.
- Change in Shadow Form functionality.
- Something done to Spawning Power to be useful for more than just more health in creatures and weapon spells, for example, armor penetration for elemental damage spells (nothing extreme, something in the lines of 0..5..7% armor penetration).
- More PvP/PvE division in areas of effect. Make some PvE skills have wider areas than in PvP, that is, more things like the Fragility change.
[/wishful_thinking]

And, as always, more buffs to elementalists and nerfs to the rest! And this is not a wish, you know this WILL happen, and I LIKE it! Yay! XD

Lishy

Lishy

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

Nooooo don't kill my RoJ :'(

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

Yesh! Kill it! Kill it with fire!

Evil Eye

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

P/Me

Buff to Ursan Blessing.

BenjZee

BenjZee

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Overacheivers [Club]

Mo/

Raven blessing you mean...

Marverick

Marverick

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

R/

Make DShot go through Mantra of Resolve plz.

Archress Shayleigh

Archress Shayleigh

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2009

Guild Hall

R/

Cry of pain (no longer mesmer skill, but a core-all-profession skill.): For 989874317659465 hours, you are invulnerable. For every foe there is in the game, one foe in the same portal as you dies. 2e, 1/99 cast, 0 recharge.
RoJ: Also adds a big boom effect when ends and +dmg
Shadow Form: left alone
Imbagon- SY! now buffed to +9901242352356 armor and +9909812398471 health and energy.
Obsidian Flame: Now an elite causing 9765431897 dmg and no exhaustion.

SurrealFi

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2008

Me/A

I seriously doubt there will be any skill updates whatsoever in June. :-P

.HunTer

.HunTer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2009

W/E

Move distortion to energy storage,so elementalists can have their secondary back.

Lishy

Lishy

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by MithranArkanere View Post
Yesh! Kill it! Kill it with fire!
Noh! Revive it! Revive it with water!

Buster

Buster

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Elona

Clan Eternal Legion

D/W

Arenanet is going to set a Guild Wars record in rehashing skills. Why even bother at this point ?

Wish Swiftdeath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2007

Mo/W

In all seriousness: Hopefully a small nerf to hexes in general.

Xsiriss

Xsiriss

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2008

To be honest i'd rather see alot more powerful stuff than total nerfs, it would shift the metas and liven things up for a bit...

Zahr Dalsk

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Canada

ritualists will get neglected again

White Lies

White Lies

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

Nerf to shadow stepping when the solution is easy, nothing done to ritualist, pointless elementalist buff, smiters boon nerfs, 'sorry guys GW2'.


~Lies

Pinkest One

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2009

Ohio

Amateur Pwnography [SeKz] Officer

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by lustnlood View Post
i wonder what we will see. anyone dare share his ideas?
June Update- The addition of females to the interwebz.

ryan__ryan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

Vanquished Memories [VM]

Mo/

Personally, I'd like to see imbalanced skills even more imbalanced.
Just make SF last like an hour so there is no need to reapply.
Make RoJ remove all enchants with each pulse, increase damage, and make it poison daze and bleed.
Players may now carry all full PvE only skills bar
etc.
etc.
etc.

Hanging Man

Hanging Man

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Deep in the Shire

I love all the pessimists and sarcastic posters in this thread lol

but honestly
id love to see something done with rits Sp, it makes me hate my ritualist now
something done with the gawd awful tatics line
moving CoP to mesmers fast casting

and i'd absolutely love to see a new bad ass set of armor for each profession

Massive Impulsa

Massive Impulsa

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2007

In Viking land! (Norwaii)

Beyond the Gates of Infinity [sKy]

R/Mo

Tbh i really enjoy the current meta!

Im a hardcore gvg'er but tbh, i would really see a nice update to the other arenas this update.

HB
TA

exp.

Also i hear pver' complainin about RoJ and SF - suppose fix that too

Also toning down some hexes would be nice

Boogz

Boogz

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2008

Variable Speed Farmers[VsF]

Mo/

amity will be useful i hope

smilingscar

smilingscar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

Frontline Legion

Me/

Most likely 1-2 skills from the Rit and paragon lines will get buffed, but the classes themselves (or their mechanics) won't be balanced.

I vote for an all Rit and Paragon update one of these months. That would sort of make up for being ignored all this time.

Helix Dreadlock

Helix Dreadlock

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2009

Imperial Sanctum

Legendary Drunken Masters [DUI]

E/Me

Warrior's Endurance now gives you a Gift of the Traveler when it ends. Tiger stance turns you into a wolf, Patient spirit gives you +3 manner points after it ends. Executioner's strike is now a 1-hit ko, Assassin's Promise now gives you a third profession. Ex. W/Mo/A.

AnClar

AnClar

Elite Guru

Join Date: Sep 2005

Texas USA

Sanitas In Absentia [SiA]

R/

And let's not forget yet another random Ranger nerf.....just because they can!

Fubo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2008

Scions of Carver [SCAR]

N/A

Make Spawning Power usefull

One can dream

pkodyssey

pkodyssey

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

In a cardboard box with Internet

The Order of the Frozen Tundra (TofT)

N/

Starting in with the June update every Tuesday is going to be called "ALL ELITE TUESDAY" You will be able to carry 8 elites across all 10 professions and make the most uber of uber builds.

Let the QQing begin.

BTW... Anet forgot to tell you that all the mobs get the exact shutdown build for your bar too. +200% speed buff and casting/recharge buff... Infinite energy and health.

Lishy

Lishy

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by pkodyssey View Post
BTW... Anet forgot to tell you that all the mobs get the exact shutdown build for your bar too. +200% speed buff and casting/recharge buff... Infinite energy and health.
FEAR ME!

Kumu Honua

Kumu Honua

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by MithranArkanere View Post
Yesh! Kill it! Kill it with fire!
You cannot kill RoJ with fire. You can only kill RoJ with RoJ...

Scythe Of Thunder

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

Exiles of the Ironguard [EotI]

R/Me

I am hoping that instead of nerfing things in pointless ways they just make more things viable. The way to balance isn't to take away the flavor of the day it is to make it so the flavor of the day is good but it isn't the only flavor. This doesn't mean power creep this means giving answers to problems and creating alternatives, not just another unbalanced skill that gets nerfed next month.