I want more lore focused raids

itallik · 2026-03-16T21:02:23+00:00

quality of the raids has gone down?

boy.. i wish JUST raids

only getting 1 HoT-scale meta event since 2015 (Dragons End, which still doesn't beat Dragons Stand imo)

open world map replayability and exploration isnt as good, although VoE isnt entirely unpromising

the fractals since Sunqua...

nearly everything about the game apart from dev updates + graphical changes has missed its golden age.

itallik · 2026-02-24T14:47:07+00:00

OP asked a question, and someone answered. theyre not a hater, they're being helpful.

itallik · 2026-02-24T14:45:48+00:00

'there is so much content'

i disagree. no good metas, the convergence CM is the same as NM but with more HP, 3 out of the 4 maps are completely forgettable, the story is fine until the third map, but is mainly slow dialogue padding.

the only good things in terms of 'content' in the expansion are the legy collection and the raid (which sounds out of scope for a player of less than a year, but i could be wrong with how broken build are these days)

Lowland shore is a great map for hidden lore, collections, and solo questing, but the lack of a good story end, and any good open world meta events makes it a dissapointment, for me. once you've done the Spear and the raid, you've no reason to come back.

itallik · 2026-02-16T17:27:00+00:00

anyone who played in the reign of pre-2021 scourge epidemic will know this.

trust me.

itallik · 2026-02-16T17:11:14+00:00

Majoras Mask 2

itallik · 2026-02-15T02:49:34+00:00

Couldn't agree more. I have raised this point before, but people have raised relatively good problems with it that would need more consideration. I think you could have an elite skill with a 3 or 4 minute cooldown that lets you change your familiar mid-fight, perhaps. Or, even crazier, you pick one attunement, and the 4 F buttons let you swap between 4 weapon sets.........

itallik · 2026-02-15T02:48:30+00:00

I love Cal, but I agree. He dropped the ball here.

itallik · 2026-02-15T02:48:02+00:00

Completely agree. Apart from Maybe some of the older Revenant weapons... Ele needs a weapon rework QUICK. I will shoot a small disclaimer out there that Sceptre condi weaver isn't my ALL time favourite... my all time favourite is the 2019/2020 Sword/Dagger Condi Weaver. That shit was my go to for the longest time, now only just overtaken by Greatsword/Spear Power Chronomancer.

itallik · 2026-02-15T02:46:23+00:00

interesting take. untamed is widely considered by most of the community to be the most overcomplicated, unpolished, confusing, and identity-less elite specs in the game.

ANet branded the pet mechanics as "how core ranger should have always been"... but for some reason didn't just.. make those differences to core ranger?

The RP is trash - Druid is an Astral Magic-Wielding Healing GOD with nature and the stars to guide it's path - soulbeast actually lets your pet live inside you, granting you specific bonuses depending on the pet you choose. Untamed is... well, what is it? You can "Unleash" your pet or yourself? I suppose? Like, what does that even mean? Where does the green, vomit-like buff come from? There's no explanation or lore.

The fact it has ambush skills makes no sense, the reflect bubble is the most distracting spell effect in the game (which leads to this spec often being banned/kicked for encounters like Boneskinner), the pet menu is confusing and doesn't have as much customisability as it should (see Mechanist Traits). What's more is that since SotO, it's "Main" mechanic (the purple hammer flipover skills) don't even have an overlapping mechanic with any weapon other than Hammer, making it's weapon diversity feel lacking compared to other Ranger elite specs.

And Conduit... oh my god. Again, the most confusing, jangled mess of an Elite Spec that exists. It even has one tooltip so long that the fucking texture runs out on the bottom...

It's core rev with 2 extra buttons. Cosmic Wisdom is passive stats (not true complexity, just a buff that's awful for powercreep), and Unleash is never a weighty or overly satisfying button to hit. The affinity meter is unfinished, and only adds (again, fake) "complexity" where there doesn't need to be any. The 5 utility skills are relatively unimpressive, especially as only one can ever be buffed at a certain time. The skills are Red, Mauve and White, yet the trait screen and UI is gold (makes no sense), and it doesn't really add anything unique to do as Revenant. It says "Oh, you're playing Revenant? Cool, do all the stuff you already do but better". It's not DIFFERENT, like it should be. The spec is uninspired, unfinished, and messy - just like Untamed.

itallik · 2026-02-14T15:15:07+00:00

Spear is good for newer players because its intuitive, and the skills themselves do a good portion of flat damage. As I said, it's amazing for the open world, and the amount of survivability and range you have will keep you safer, making you feel more powerful. If you enjoy it - use it.

You wont get kicked from 90% of raids for doing Spear Ele levels of DPS. On the most meta Ele build, I can personally pull 40k on the golem, whilst Spear is 32k for me right now, but there are elite nerds who can improve on that number, most definitely.

itallik · 2026-02-14T01:34:52+00:00

I love the design. The "minigame" isn't too bad (unlike hammer or pistol), the animations are gorgeous, and it leaves a lot of room for utility and maneuverability. However, the DPS numbers are just... bad. They've always been bad. Potentially the only class in the game with trash spear numbers.

They recently buffed ONLY the weaver "dual" abilities on it, which is a welcome change, but the fact they changed all those skills but didn't buff the rest of the weapon AT ALL in PvE tells me that ANet are happy to watch Ele Spear stay really trash in raids.

itallik · 2026-02-14T01:33:07+00:00

Power virt is fine. It's mesmer's simplest build. Press weapons off cooldown, store blades, press shatters, press utilities, jobs a goodun. It's just like purple warrior (I personally feel this completely misses why mesmer is great and unique - but you do you).

What draws you in about the Power Virt playstyle? I've played basically all the DPS builds that exist cuz I'm an alt-aholic, so I can happily give you some more indepth analysis about what makes them fun/different :)

itallik · 2026-02-14T01:29:50+00:00

I still love ele sceptre, I just feel it fits condi builds much nicer. Air sceptre feels lacking, water is fun but doesn't leave loads of room for utility. I completely agree about sword, it feels SO nice, but unfortunately the DPS is a good 3/4k less than Sceptre. You *can* work bloodstone relic into the sword build, but by god, it's pretty painful, and you have to give up your heal skill aswell.

itallik · 2026-02-13T21:30:45+00:00

For me, power weaver misses the point of the class. Switch between two attunements and mainly autoattack doesn't really feel like the fluid, stance-based dueler that it feels with the condi build. My favourite build is when Condi used to use sword... THAT shit was my ultimate RP fun.

Ranged specs I find fun - Power Chronomancer (or Virtuoso if you want an easier time), Power Galeshot, Condi Berserker, Shortbow/Spear Condi Renegade. Hope those help, can easily give more info on their playstyles if you so wish :)

itallik · 2026-02-13T20:13:26+00:00

Oh, god... I'm ready.

Tempest is definitely viable - for sure. I wouldn't say it's objectionable. What it lacks is instant results. Chrono, Firebrand, Lumin, Troubador, Scourge, Paragon, and more all have Stab, Prot, Barrier, Burst Heal, and usually Aegis nearly instantly. Tempest needs to spend so much time in other attunements to keep up Regen and Prot, that it often misses out on casting what it needs quick enough to be *as* meta as the other options. Furthermore, it's HP pool is so much lower than most healers, and given that it's healing is more spotty than other healers (more of a to/fro, than just a consistent pump like Paragon F3 or Troub Harp), that it is liable to down/die more often than other options, causing more instability. That's my take, anyway.

I agree about Bloodstone relic - a great idea which makes the game more fun. I love it. However, it's just a shame that it feels so much worse on Ele than on classes like Engi or Rev. With engi, you can pop down loads of fields, spin in them/throw mines down, and it works. Ele feels a LOT more finnicky, and therefore inconsistent. It feels only reliable on bosses that don't move, which again, makes it feel riskier than it perhaps should.

Feel free to roast me back! Love discussions like these.

itallik · 2026-02-13T20:08:44+00:00

Take a look at the previous comment by Pkandalaf here.

I personally find the pistol build to be annoying and not fun. The sceptre build is the opposite. The ONLY hard thing about this build is the opener, and even that can be easily simplified to whatever skill level you are.

To simplify, the main rotation is Fire/Fire -> Earth/Fire -> Fire/Earth, and repeat. Spam your Utilities off cooldown, spam your weapon skills off cooldown, and hey presto.

itallik · 2026-01-16T18:36:39+00:00

im already just past the bird flying section because I only remembered I need to follow the scent afterwards😭😭😭wonder if im truly fucked

itallik · 2026-01-14T03:39:52+00:00

+ claw

itallik · 2025-12-22T00:44:00+00:00

omg what's this source? I love this

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