Next Skill Balance

Regina,

Please buff all of the skills I like
Please nerf all of the skills I don't like or think are overpowered
Please add a /gold command so that I can get rich without having to work for it
Please don't make me have to come up with innovative builds, as I am unable of running any build that isn't on PvXwiki

As we all know, Guild Wars is all about me and my ego

I know it was just meant as a back at you comment, but, show me any person who has a neutral and unprejudiced perspective on anything, and I'll show you a robot who's been hiding among us. It's human nature, the best you can hope for is to try to keep an open mind despite your preconceptions.

The kicker thing being that noone would be surprised if this happened.

How does anet expect its future games to be taken seriously when they're full of empty words? Sure you've given us these costumes, but who really cares. When the gm's came to gtob about it you seemed surprised that all you got was flames and questions about balances and other issues, but instead of addressing them you've divided your "so very limited" resources to include working on this stuff.

Also please do something about ranger/mesmer interupt bots. They're a joke.

Sephir gives a sh*t about farming?

Anyways, this ain't getting me excited. At least not for another 6 months (when it's finally implemented). Sorry to be harsh Regina, but that's the kind of distrust that's been generated.

This was probably not being serious but just in case it was...did you ever get a chance to attempt a vanquish on Arbor Bay before it was "adjusted"? Sadism doesn't even begin to cover what that ambush heading due west into the ruins from Vlox's was like. The last thing this game needs is even more unfair sheer numerical advantages and monster skills to counter equally unfair consumable and PvE skills in a never ending power creep arms race.

Yay for the Tactics attribute change!

At last! I've never used it in everyday PvE and I bought a Tactics FoW Helm which I never use... what a waste. I hope I'll be able to use it much more often. Thanks Regnia, these are great news.

That's where you're wrong.

SF grants you invulnerability, because attacks miss and spells can't be cast. When you 600 you still get hit and, if you're not using Spell Breaker, mobs can still cast spells. Also, a 600 on its own is useless, since it won't be able to do much damage, if any at all.

You're comparing apples with bananas, honey. They're both fruits, but they taste completely different.

Don't get your hopes up.

The likely changes are increasing the duration of the dozen block stances by 2-3 seconds.

Yup. Unless you can tell me how wanting both builds to get the same treatment is not neutral.

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SF grants you invulnerability, because attacks miss and spells can't be cast. When you 600 you still get hit and, if you're not using Spell Breaker, mobs can still cast spells. Also, a 600 on its own is useless, since it won't be able to do much damage, if any at all.

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invulnerabilty means NOTHING could hurt you, there are skills that go through shadow form, and it can be removed. If you don't believe me, cast it and run through the jade sea by a creeping carp, (expunge enchantments) Yes 600/smite isn't as quick but it still operates on the I can take on unlimited groups (since it is possible to perma SoA). The more there are, the faster energy regen I have. I use both as farming tools and don't really care if both are killed, you don't need money to be effective in the game, my collector shield works just as well as that torment you have.

Can't we just agree that both are overpowered and be done with it?

no because sf takes a lot of skill stop trying to hold down the little man

No, because 600 is slow and it requires 2 players.

Last time I checked the enchantments used by a 600 can also be removed, making your previous statement about SF useless.

Also, "isn't as quick" is an understatement... (And no, I'm not taking into account undead)

The basic problem is that power creep and PvE skills have made Tactics abilities redundant. You don't need block, PvE skills obsoleted Balanced Stance and "Charge", and the other skills are absolute garbage in PvE. They'd have to rework this line from the bottom up for PvE for anyone to use it, which is unlikely.

A start would be changing the dozen block stances into something more than a 5 second stance that ends on X.

to those who think 600/smite doesnt take skill needs to remove their head from the sand. i've maxed a lot of titles with cof runs and let me tell you it takes skill. sooo many times i had idiot cof runners that die more then a squishy sin and that says something. or when idiot runnies run into your agro to grab loot extra. so its not easy as everyone thinks. example a Rt600 is even harder to use.

See this is the problem. Everyone thinks they're build is harder to run than people make it out to be and the other persons build is too powerful. If you're one of the crowd yelling for this nerf or that nerf, don't qq when they nerf you.

Or, you could do like I do and play the underpowered professions.

I play a 100b w/n. I don't think that's ever been accused of being overpowered.

1) i dont yellfor nerfs or buffs just to give us info and actually keep the time they say in it.
2) you never been on any cof runs or other dungeon runs with a 600/smite have you? or did it in uw? didnt think so.
3)600/smite does take talent lets see you stay alive in a mob of meele/squisheys when your heal and sb get interrupted.