After testing Shattered Paths mythic, it’s not the bear!

HoundofTara · May 1

It’s very obvious if you test bear currently with the new mythic that it’s not the issue that’s causing it to parse high.

Once again it’s multi classing into Herald of the Tome and using maelstrom 2h. Without those two options Bear + shattered paths makes warden as high as a mid tier dd.
I’m currently hitting 150k with mythic and Bear ult without herald on my staff/staff warden, and 150K and my Dual wield/2h stamden. Both subclasses with Animal/Winters/Aedric, when I add herald and Mael 2h they become 165k-170k dds and when a better player uses it becomes 180k+.

I suggest looking into herald’s unique ink damage and maelstrom 2h’s interaction with all the best abilities in game before killing warden dpsing.

Side note, buff bow back bar again to be on par with maelstrom staff.

HoundofTara · May 1

Also to add, I made a bow/bow stamden that can only hit 130 with bear+paths in null/threads. If I remove bear it becomes a 115k dd. Off meta setups will really suffer with this nerf.

YandereGirlfriend · May 1

PvE folk are going to tilt but I would love to see Maelstrom 2H taken down several notches.

Now that basically all damage is Direct Damage, it has no business being as strong and easily procced as it is.

HoundofTara · May 1

YandereGirlfriend wrote: »

PvE folk are going to tilt but I would love to see Maelstrom 2H taken down several notches.

Now that basically all damage is Direct Damage, it has no business being as strong and easily procced as it is.

I agree, just make it a strong aoe dot like the maelstrom staff. Similar to what it originally was but AOE instead of single target.

Honestly the maelstrom staff/bow/2h should all be similar in dps with the 2h only pulling ahead of both because it’s melee.

coop500 · May 1

YandereGirlfriend wrote: »

PvE folk are going to tilt but I would love to see Maelstrom 2H taken down several notches.

Now that basically all damage is Direct Damage, it has no business being as strong and easily procced as it is.

PvE person here, don't care about this weapon, nerf it if you want lol, especially if it means WW stops getting nerfs.

You gotta specify 'meta' PvEers with this stuff, it's a range/spectrum otherwise. Most of us just want to have fun with sub-optimal builds in high end content instead of being FORCED into the meta like this or we suck.

coop500 · May 1

In general, the devs need to STOP balancing the game around only the meta, it causes so much harm and makes everyone forced into a handful of builds or they just SUCK. It needs to stop.