PTS v11.1.0 — I don't hate these balance changes

Cooperharley · July 9

propertyOfUndefined wrote: »

I honestly agree with most of the changes for once. I can at least understand the rationale behind them.

What’s the rationale behind making the arcanist class mastery give you a crux only when you don’t have one even though inspired scholarship already does that? I agree with changing it, but what do you see as the rationale behind them changing it to this?

KAPTOXA · July 10

doctorosen wrote: »

This is idiotic!
Why give a multiclass with a choice of unique, I repeat unique, class abilities, in order to unify them later? Then what is the point of sabclassing? Let's just make one class and let everyone play it!
Yes, I am outraged by the nerf of ultimate generation. They take away my unique NB ability to set ulta, making it a worthless buff that I can get from other sources. And what's the point of sabclassing then?
Magpies are robbed of their legitimate resists and resource pool, giving them the same buff as DC. At the same time, we are told that this is done to make the choice of subclassing more difficult. Or maybe it's worth complicating the content? Adapt it to the new capabilities of the players so that they don't carry through your labors in one evening.
@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_Kevin

I double it!
Let's just remove the classes, because there's no point playing without subclasses anymore. I remember the time when you had to make your build for each class, and it was great. Now everyone uses the same gear and skills and the gameplay is the same.
If, after adding subclasses, it was still possible to take other skill lines just for the passives, then now the variability will disappear, because what's the point?
Subclasses do not add uniqueness to builds. If earlier you could play on your favorite dk or necro in raids (at least as a support dd), now be kind enough to turn off your brain and make your beam do bzzzz
If it used to make sense for tanks to take the NB (for example) skill line for the sake of ults, sacrificing useful abilities, now it makes no sense. Just like the healers.
So really let's remove the classes - people, who want to play pure classes are getting weaker with your "improvements". Others will play with the same skill lines.

randconfig · July 11

DenverRalphy wrote: »

This one... I was hoping for something like this..

You are insane. Just delete Arcanist, there's no reason to play the class now, every other class uses the beam better, and as an Arcanist you don't even have the freedom to use other subclassed abilities or non-class spammables without the stupid banner crux generation. God it's so frustrating that they break my Necromancer main's blastbones summons forcing me to switch to Arcanist main, and now that's ruined unless I wanna just build to spam the stupid beam, but why bother when every other class can do that better.

I actually just want to quit the game now, like how are people on the forums praising this change

preevious · July 11

randconfig wrote: »

DenverRalphy wrote: »

This one... I was hoping for something like this..

You are insane. Just delete Arcanist, there's no reason to play the class now, every other class uses the beam better, and as an Arcanist you don't even have the freedom to use other subclassed abilities or non-class spammables without the stupid banner crux generation. God it's so frustrating that they break my Necromancer main's blastbones summons forcing me to switch to Arcanist main, and now that's ruined unless I wanna just build to spam the stupid beam, but why bother when every other class can do that better.

I actually just want to quit the game now, like how are people on the forums praising this change

You're a bit overboard .. "just delete arcanist".

I'm sorry, but yes, those nerfs are warranted. You can't have a build that's THAT superior in single target AND aoe.

I saw arcabeamers do 300k DPS on trash packs. That's completely bonkers, and OF COURSE it completely MUST be nerfed. Things can't continue like that..