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[Retro]

That Colin shoutout.

Edit: ^Do you just keep that picture handy for occasions like this?

No, I was going through my GW2 imgur account and it was there and seemed appropriate.

 

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[Thorgal]

that quaggan is on LSD and just blew my mind .

 

[Zeroth]

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[Hedge]

Not.. what I expected for Druid.

 

[Dead]

Druid healer confirmed

not sure how to feel about that

 

[docbon]

t r i n i t y b o y z

converting harmful projectiles into healing projectiles whaaaaaat

 

[Hedge]

So 4 heal skills on staff?

 

[Dead]

Skill 5

Druid counters Ranger

lolol

 

[Hedge]

Also tigers confirmed pets I guess.

 

[_woLf]

Welp, time to level up a ranger!

 

[Dead]

Holy shit Druid Shroud

New attacks and changes all glyphs

 

[docbon]

yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


druids are insane

 

[Proven]

Druid is Elementalist + Inverse Necromancer.

 

[Retro]

Druid healer confirmed

not sure how to feel about that

Ventari Legend for Revenant is support-oriented as well and it didn't seem too bad. None of these look like they'll allow you to healbot, but they're definitely the heaviest support specs we've seen in the game so far.

Fake Edit: Scratch that, Celestial mode is straight up heal-botting with that #1 skill. Jesus.

t r i n i t y b o y z

converting harmful projectiles into healing projectiles whaaaaaat

GW2 has always had a soft trinity anyways.

 

[Hedge]

So staff has 4 heal skills, your glyphs are CC and then.. your class ability is even more direct healing and CC? So.. okay.

 

[Dead]

So staff has 4 heal skills, your glyphs are CC and then.. your class ability is even more direct healing and CC? So.. okay.

Can see Druid getting a pretty beefy bunker build for PvP

holy fuck, traited, F5 removes ALL conditions

This shit is OP!

 

[Hedge]

This.. is going to get nerfed the second it releases. This is the epitome of whynotboth.gif of healing and CC.

 

[Dead]

This.. is going to get nerfed the second it releases. This is the epitome of whynotboth.gif of healing and CC.

Yeah this is going to wreck

and they havent even gone over how F5 changes glyphs yet

People need to count how many new Rangers they notice in the starting zones later today, LOL

 

[docbon]

i must hear levyne's thoughts.


the dota 2 school of game balance. the best school.

 

[Thorgal]

This.. is going to get nerfed the second it releases. This is the epitome of whynotboth.gif of healing and CC.

twist : the skill ballance panel will reveal that instead of nerfing skills all classes get ridiculous buffs .

 

[Proven]

Grace of the Land saving Stronghold bombers day 1.

 

[Retro]

twist : the skill ballance panel will reveal that instead of nerfing skills all classes get ridiculous buffs .

There is a class balance panel coming up. Seemed odd that it was included in there when they just did a balance update when they changed over to the new specialization system, but... that makes sense, in theory.

Edit: Oh for fuck's sake, Smokescale and Wyvern pets?

 

[Hedge]

With celestial form, I'm not sure why you'd want to choose staff though. Depending on how long it takes for celestial form to charge of course. Every ranger could roll druid (and sacrifice a trait line) and be emergency heal.

 

[Proven]

You can tame motherfucking Smokescales?

 

[Dead]

Holy fuck these new pets

Ranger Wars: Heart of Druids confirmed

edit: WHAT

 

[Hedge]

Wyvern pet! Ranger redeemed!

 

[Thorgal]

You can tame motherfucking Smokescales?

better yet we get motherfucking wyverns .

 

[docbon]

probably the most ridiculous reveal yet.

 

[Dead]

Holy Shit. Fire Wyvern!

 

[docbon]

bros do you see the movement of the grass when it flaps its wings.

 

[Fishious]

I dreamed that we'd get that wyvern fire field, but I didn't think it could actually happen...

 

[Hedge]

bros do you see the movement of the grass when it flaps its wings.

Bro. Bro.

BRO!

The grass.

 

[Retro]

bros do you see the movement of the grass when it flaps its wings.

Grass always moves from stuff though, you can shoot through it and watch it get pushed out. Really noticeable in the Hidden Garden JP where they have that super long grass.

Edit: Yeah, class balance preview is going to have goodies for everyone. Later today, apparently.

 

[Hedge]

Rebalanced ranger. I'm more excited for that, than the healbot. I really, really, really hope they're touching on pet functionality. Please!

 

[Dead]

It kind of feels like they saved the best for last.

This thing is a beast. I mean, jeezus. Way to completely embarrass some of the other elites like Tempest, Daredevil and Berzerker

Also nice to hear hype for balance changes. Interested in what they change for Necro

 

[User Name Here]

Best class gets best update of course.

 

[Hedge]

I'm still not sure I'd choose staff when I can apparently deal amazing healing out and CC without it. Aside from the barrier and the immobilize, I'm not liking it too much.

Now my heal oriented guardian feels terrible, though. I feel as if there's no reason not to just opt for dragonhunter, unless they give guardian heals a massive boost.

 

[Dead]

I'm still not sure I'd choose staff when I can apparently deal amazing healing out and CC without it. Aside from the barrier and the immobilize, I'm not liking it too much.

Yeah seems to me you could spec it out to be a pretty good damage dealer with the usual Ranger loadout, then complement with Celestial Form and some of the glyphs in a variety of ways.

Seeing a lot of people complaining that Druid means being pigeon holed as only a healer but I dont think theyre looking at the big picture.

 

[Anno]

Damnit, all my old EQ/EQ2/WoW healer nostalgia is kinda coming back. That's a really cool looking spec; hopefully ANet continues to further ascribe to the "make everything overpowered" rule of balance.

 

[Ashodin]

Yeah Guardian healing looks pretty lackluster now, even with their new healing effectiveness trait.

 

[Fishious]

So that was... something. Not sure what to think about Druid as a ranger player. It's so different from anything the ranger or really any class save maybe Revenant with Ventari can do. I was happy to hear that there will be some core ranger rebalances. I noticed the new pets they showed off actually had a non-zero condition damage stat so hopefully they'll fix that for the existing pets. Of course we'll need to see more of the new content to really see how each of the professions/elite specs will fit in.

Edit: Also I feel like that bottom line of traits could be pretty useful on a non-healing druid so I don't think the takeaway is "everything was healing".

 

[Wanderer5]

Druid sounds pretty sweet. I not sure if I going to try it much even through it sounds like the type of thing I would be interested in for WvW, buuuuut Herald at least should fit the bill still.

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

im not home yet, anyone have any screens? can druids transform or is it just new pets?

 

[Ashodin]

My fiancee might come back as a ranger once she sees the wyvern pets.

 

[Wanderer5]

im not home yet, anyone have any screens? can druids transform or is it just new pets?

Looks like they can transform into Celestial Avatars.

 

[Hedge]

Looks like they can transform into Celestial Avatars.

Which, just to be clear, is their usual form just more shadowy I guess. No spirits or animals or cool shizznit.

 

[Astral/H3X]

Which, just to be clear, is their usual form just more shadowy I guess. No spirits or animals or cool shizznit.

Retarded.

Dervish still the best class.

 

[Hedge]

Retarded.

Dervish still the best class.

It is a bit lackluster, I agree. I was hoping an actual mashup of a humanoid spirit oakheart, like a morph of the GW1 druids and your character.

 

[Retro]

Druids don't want to be too flashy, they're going to get focused down by enemy zergs as it is in WvW. You don't want to hang a flashing neon sign on that kinda thing.