the direction of this balance patch is so much better than anything we've had previously. it was almost entirely buffs and CD reductions instead of the usual patch day fare of nerfs nerfs and more nerfs. sure nothing was changed too much, but is sooo nice to see buffs instead of nerfs.
Wow, not gonna lie Crapface, when i saw those strength trait line changes i _almost_ got my hopes up there! That was before remembering I've hard locked myself in to Defense & Discipline ever since i got access to my Berserker line. It's just too good to pass up 😀
Only Banners of Strenght and Defenses got their castime/aftercast reduced because both of these banners provide key defensive boon like Stability and Aegis, so Anet wants these banners to feel more reactive and smooth to use while reducing the possibility of interruption. That change was mainly focuses on Heal Berserker in PvE to make stability/aegis access more reactive and responsive.
yeah, that's obvious (except it's banner of tactics not strength) though it doesn't change the fact that the only banners that got buffs were those ALREADY being used, while those needing buffs the most recieved literally nothing. Arena has dumb tendency to just forget about skills if they are so weak that they stop being used, queue - remaining two banners.
While Anet may have had Power berserker in mind for strength changes, what it is really going to do is buff bladesworn. Combat stimulant and tactical reload means you get 3 chances to proc resolution on top of dodge rolls from defense. Increased healing on might means dragon trigger is now just a 1027 heal every 8 seconds on top of adrenal health. If the other team isn't condi heavy, you can even swap to relic of twin generals for an extra 900 healing with combat stimulant while keeping weakness up.
the main problem is that the things defence and Discipline have are just too mandatory to even try and compete with the other classes.. Mainly cus our main mechanic ( adrenaline) is a problem instead of an asset and we need an entire traitline to fix that problem... as well as the 5 sec weapon swap being the only thing that warrior has going on for him compared to the other classes. Honestly, adrenaline shouldn't be a problem that needs fixing.. all these adrenaline solutions that discipline has, should be baseline as well as the 5 sec swap. And then just completly rework discipline. It won't be enough for warrior to break the game or something, but maybe we can finally see warriors with different builds.
For what it's worth: They Billed Martial Cadence with PvP/WvW #s, so they probably forgot it even gives Stability in PvE at all assuming everyone takes the Shout Heal trait even though you rarely have room for shouts on your bar. Imo. They should just make it give Vigor in PvE and leave any icd off it. We already have enough on-weapon swap traits with awkward/outdated icds of 4,5,9s etc. that no longer line up. Just remove them all. It's not like cleansing 1 more condition in PvP via Brawlers Recovery is going to kill anyone.
I don't play warrior, I just like watching your videos. Until you mentioned it, it never occurred to me that traits for burst skills couldn't be proc'd by bladesworn. That sucks pretty bad for bladesworn. Also, are you sure there are even 2 bladesworn players left? I haven't seen one in over 6 months.
@@FinalShieldnobi mmwhaaa haa haaa! You have fallen into my trap! I have finally uncovered the last remaining bladesworns! Time to turn you over to anet and receive my 2 copper reward! In all seriousness though, they still have some reworking to do on a few of the EoD elite specs. Lots of janky mechanics and some things being weirdly over or under kit'd compared to their class's other elite specs.
Bladesworn can prock Burst trait, as Dragon Trigger is considered a Burst skill, though unlike every other elite speck which have two, sometimes three burst skills on separete cooldowns, Bladesworn has one, and to top that, purely offensive one, which makes him significantly worse at utilizing every aspect of Warriorness that requires Burst skill interaction, or access to more than one set of weapons.
Can't tell for shure, as there are many factors to be considered, but such option is entirely possible. My biggest question is; would Staff-LB work as a suport setup?
@@mrcraftyketchup6376 as much as sword is a great mobility tool, and does well in upfront confrontations, 1vX especially, it doesn't benefit point support oriented playstyle as much as LB would, with its area denial, ranged blind and immob. Not to mention if need be, one [Combustive Shot] could prock [Soldier's Comfort] up to three times, after the buffs. Furhter than that [Schorched Earth] gors trough projectile block, and with unblockable stacks from staff, so would other high-impact LB skills. To top that, Warhorn is mostly an answer for insufficent cleanse, with which [Martial Candance] helps tromendously.
I like this update so much after I completed weekly on 2 accs I booked myself a chemo therapy session. DP Daredevil is absolutely useless when I play against unkillable builds like sb, ranger, harb and dh. It’s insane that they are not going to nerf sb, dh and harb. At least they did not yeet holo from the game 😅 so I have a backup spec. The 3 stooges know whats up. Maybe Cal is a secret agent and his mission is to completely destroy wvw and pvp
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I already love the topic even tho it starts only in 44 min. Your warrior content is imo the best stuff regarding warri all over youtube
You have more faith in me, than I have faith in myself.
I mean, i saw it, and i still (as usual) have doubts.
the direction of this balance patch is so much better than anything we've had previously.
it was almost entirely buffs and CD reductions instead of the usual patch day fare of nerfs nerfs and more nerfs.
sure nothing was changed too much, but is sooo nice to see buffs instead of nerfs.
Wow, not gonna lie Crapface, when i saw those strength trait line changes i _almost_ got my hopes up there!
That was before remembering I've hard locked myself in to Defense & Discipline ever since i got access to my Berserker line.
It's just too good to pass up 😀
Great review of the patch! Always happy to see arenanet get mr crapface on a slightly positive tone.
Its still one of the best patches for warrior ive seen. Need to make some of those pve only buffs into pvp and wvw and warrior might comeback
Only Banners of Strenght and Defenses got their castime/aftercast reduced because both of these banners provide key defensive boon like Stability and Aegis, so Anet wants these banners to feel more reactive and smooth to use while reducing the possibility of interruption.
That change was mainly focuses on Heal Berserker in PvE to make stability/aegis access more reactive and responsive.
yeah, that's obvious (except it's banner of tactics not strength) though it doesn't change the fact that the only banners that got buffs were those ALREADY being used, while those needing buffs the most recieved literally nothing.
Arena has dumb tendency to just forget about skills if they are so weak that they stop being used, queue - remaining two banners.
While Anet may have had Power berserker in mind for strength changes, what it is really going to do is buff bladesworn. Combat stimulant and tactical reload means you get 3 chances to proc resolution on top of dodge rolls from defense. Increased healing on might means dragon trigger is now just a 1027 heal every 8 seconds on top of adrenal health. If the other team isn't condi heavy, you can even swap to relic of twin generals for an extra 900 healing with combat stimulant while keeping weakness up.
I tought about Bladesworn, sure its a buff, though i strongly doubt it'll be enough to bring him back.
you have turned me into a warir main my friend, it is time to wpierdol
the main problem is that the things defence and Discipline have are just too mandatory to even try and compete with the other classes..
Mainly cus our main mechanic ( adrenaline) is a problem instead of an asset and we need an entire traitline to fix that problem... as well as the 5 sec weapon swap being the only thing that warrior has going on for him compared to the other classes.
Honestly, adrenaline shouldn't be a problem that needs fixing.. all these adrenaline solutions that discipline has, should be baseline as well as the 5 sec swap.
And then just completly rework discipline.
It won't be enough for warrior to break the game or something, but maybe we can finally see warriors with different builds.
You may wanna hear the good news, buffed strength is fun a s hell.
AHAAH the banner casttime reducing not happening for all banners and your comments on it had me burst out
For what it's worth: They Billed Martial Cadence with PvP/WvW #s, so they probably forgot it even gives Stability in PvE at all assuming everyone takes the Shout Heal trait even though you rarely have room for shouts on your bar.
Imo. They should just make it give Vigor in PvE and leave any icd off it. We already have enough on-weapon swap traits with awkward/outdated icds of 4,5,9s etc. that no longer line up. Just remove them all. It's not like cleansing 1 more condition in PvP via Brawlers Recovery is going to kill anyone.
my only gripe with removing on-weapon swap cooldowns entirely is that it's technically a buff to discipline.
@@captaincrapface7337 Yeah that's fair lol 🤣
I don't play warrior, I just like watching your videos. Until you mentioned it, it never occurred to me that traits for burst skills couldn't be proc'd by bladesworn. That sucks pretty bad for bladesworn. Also, are you sure there are even 2 bladesworn players left? I haven't seen one in over 6 months.
One and only bladesworn left here o/
Yeah I rarely see another bladesworn...
Bonksworn here! Yeah... Bladesworn's really rare now :/
@@FinalShieldnobi mmwhaaa haa haaa! You have fallen into my trap! I have finally uncovered the last remaining bladesworns! Time to turn you over to anet and receive my 2 copper reward!
In all seriousness though, they still have some reworking to do on a few of the EoD elite specs. Lots of janky mechanics and some things being weirdly over or under kit'd compared to their class's other elite specs.
Bladesworn can prock Burst trait, as Dragon Trigger is considered a Burst skill, though unlike every other elite speck which have two, sometimes three burst skills on separete cooldowns, Bladesworn has one, and to top that, purely offensive one, which makes him significantly worse at utilizing every aspect of Warriorness that requires Burst skill interaction, or access to more than one set of weapons.
well what did u expect, they literally nerfed it to the ground.. pretty much forcefully saying to everyone to NEVER play it again.
I love the salty commentary 😆
Do you think Heal Berserker with Sage Amulet could be a thing post-patch?
Can't tell for shure, as there are many factors to be considered, but such option is entirely possible.
My biggest question is; would Staff-LB work as a suport setup?
What about Staff Sword/Warhorn?
@@mrcraftyketchup6376 as much as sword is a great mobility tool, and does well in upfront confrontations, 1vX especially, it doesn't benefit point support oriented playstyle as much as LB would, with its area denial, ranged blind and immob. Not to mention if need be, one [Combustive Shot] could prock [Soldier's Comfort] up to three times, after the buffs.
Furhter than that [Schorched Earth] gors trough projectile block, and with unblockable stacks from staff, so would other high-impact LB skills.
To top that, Warhorn is mostly an answer for insufficent cleanse, with which [Martial Candance] helps tromendously.
I like this update so much after I completed weekly on 2 accs I booked myself a chemo therapy session. DP Daredevil is absolutely useless when I play against unkillable builds like sb, ranger, harb and dh. It’s insane that they are not going to nerf sb, dh and harb. At least they did not yeet holo from the game 😅 so I have a backup spec. The 3 stooges know whats up. Maybe Cal is a secret agent and his mission is to completely destroy wvw and pvp
Bladesworn should be deleted ASAP and should be a new elite spec for support warrior.
May? Not june?
It's a preview that came out May for the actual patch in June, iirc
yeah, its for June.
I'm just illiterate.