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GOAT!!! Didn't have time to do more than a few random daily chores yesterday, not touched beta, bit unwell, so not up for experimentation.. so having Master Phandrel post such a video is a godsend! 🤩🙏

@phandrel

5 күн бұрын

Glad you like it! From my experience, missing out on the beta isn't that big of a deal. We'll get to enjoy the final versions in less than 2 months. Hope you feel better soon!

Thief spear is a LOT more involved than you mentioned. Sure, you can spam 2-2-2 and use the 3 combos when needed, but you can do really good damage using 2/3-2-2 and then 4 for a really nice damage buff that puts you straight back at your middle combo, so you use 2 then 3 and then a stealth attack to pile on a ton of conditions and get a lot of initiative back. But, if you try the hard way, be aware that it is really, really bad if you mess the combo up.

@shrimpmuzics7524

3 күн бұрын

I really liked the complexity of it though the only problem I have with it is that it’s numbers and damage distribution is a little weird. It looks like a hard weapon to balance by design meaning it probably going to absolutely gutted in the future like axe did a couple patches ago

I needed this. Bien travail si toujours

@phandrel

3 күн бұрын

Merci!

Glad to hear you liked it on Necro. I am waiting until we get the final product, but plan on going spear/dualswords for some amazing mobility and they sound like they will synergize far better than gs and staff do with the swords currently.

@phandrel

5 күн бұрын

Yeah, necros definitely hit the mark. They looked good in the teaser, and feel just as good when playing. I hope they don't change too much, unless there's a glaring issue that comes up, of course.

Necro spear should get a bit more lifeforce and maybe a fear on some skill.

@phandrel

2 күн бұрын

Fear would be cool on isolate, although I'm kinda scared we might see some (eventual) changes to the ability.

hope Anet will not nerf what is good already, and just fix what is underperforming.

@phandrel

4 күн бұрын

Agreed! I would understand they keep some builds in check if they impact other game modes too much (although they can balance for those specifically). I also mainly hope Warrior gets looked after.

Warriors always getting shafted as always 😢

@phandrel

5 күн бұрын

Sadly, yes. If you check the feedback threads, it's actually even worse. Spear 5 not following moving targets correctly, for example. I hope they get back to the drawing board and rework some things.

@duncanrobertson6472

5 күн бұрын

At least it's good in pvp

@DemethVLK

5 күн бұрын

It's pretty fun in pvp with berserker but yeah could be improved

@Rollingstone1988

5 күн бұрын

That’s why it’s a beta test. Hopefully they will listen to the feedback.

@duncanrobertson6472

4 күн бұрын

I have a recommendation for open world spear use. Defense spellbreaker with aggressive onslaught and spear hammer feels way better for casual mob clearing. Perma stab, perma quick, cc, evades, move speed, and range. [&DQIEPxY/PTWnAKcArQAAAGkAAACvAAAAnAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACMwAJAQA=] There might be an argument for body blow over great fortitude, idk.

I mentioned on live Stream that the "Molten tool set" was faster than the "Eldritch Horror set" From testing I found a few things. 1.hardware is a factor-I.e. Molten sickle is faster than Eldritch harvesting on my old Hardware but the opposite is true on my new hardware using the same account. an i7- Gtx 1660 vs i9-RTX 4090 both tests on a stable 1Gbps connection. 2. I stated it was the whole set but it turns out the Molten axe is the same speed as Eldritch horror wood tool If you cancel the animation. 3.I've gathered less per hour from nodes with Eldritch tools due to early animation canceling and missing the last gathering strike. 4. I'm guessing but think the molten is simply better optimized due to it being through so many updates. I hope it helps someone.

@phandrel

4 күн бұрын

Oh that is some interesting information, ty for sharing this! I've actually been getting more out of animation cancelling, due to the Item Booster having a chance to proc twice (only procs on the first strike IIRC). Hellmasker mentioned you can also do this with Glyph of Bounty, or have both active at the same time.

Tbh I was disappointed with Rev's spear cause I was not expecting a spear to be condi.

@phandrel

3 күн бұрын

Before the previews, I really thought we'd get a ranged (even if only mid range) power weapon.

So last I heard last night was Ranger was capping DPS over 50k with the spear??? Gonna have to watch the vid again for the necro part, I just thought it felt not to smooth, kinda sluggish...but will watch it again and log on and give it a go. Another great one brother!!! see you in game!!!!

@phandrel

5 күн бұрын

Thanks! Yeah for group content I see ranger spear working out pretty fine, you can "deplete" the cooldowns/charges and move back to something that further deals damage (x/axe for example), which will definitely alleviate the issue. Necro felt good to me, but I put in a bit of extra concentration on my gear to carry over quickness from shroud. Otherwise I could see it be more sluggish, which is the case for a lot of the builds I tried without quickness.

Every Power Reaper player (including me) right now: But, but me GREATSWORD?? Me like hitting fings wiv BIG SWORD! Seriously though it looks great.

@phandrel

5 күн бұрын

Haha yeah. Reaper having GS, staff, swords, is getting crowded.

Ele spear in open world feels best with either core or weaver. In instance i prefered tempest because i could either achieve better dps or give alac

@phandrel

4 күн бұрын

I'll give those 2 a shot, thanks! I need to put in some work on ele specifically, due to playing it so much less than any other profession. How did you like the weapon in instanced content? Did it feel smooth to play? Or would you rather go back to one of the older weapons?

@gabrielpelegrini6135

3 күн бұрын

@@phandrel it feels really good, imo they did a really good job capturing the flow of the elementalist gameplay but in a new format. The only thing it lacks rn is higher numbers

Thank you very much for showing this, helped me decide. If the only thing new about this expac is this spear then i think im gonna skip again. Still no new race, no new professions, no new mount, another scam expac.

@phandrel

5 күн бұрын

I was actually surprised with what we're getting: spears, homestead (caught me off guard, looks better than I expected), raid wing 8, convergence. Granted you need to like those things for it to be worth.

@nemnymeria7873

5 күн бұрын

@@phandrel Yeah I'm a solo player and I find joy in trying new things, I don't feel like paying for a spear so im just gonna wait till they release something big like HoT, PoE, EoD. Thanks for the reply.

9:59 you posted the chronobuild twice instead of the virtuoso build

@phandrel

5 күн бұрын

:O did, that one slipped through my revision. Thanks for letting me know! There's a build link in the pinned comment, but I gotta make sure that doesn't happen the next time.

Just a heads up. Your recording is very low quality. I think you might have recorded at 360 and then uploaded as 1080. I have it on 1080 and it just looks terrible. This can't be a pixel over 480.

@phandrel

2 күн бұрын

I downloaded the VOD from Twitch instead of YT, as the latter kept failing for some reason. Hopefully this should be fixed with the next one(s)

thief wins once again. 53k-58k prelim bench

@eternalvigilance5697

5 күн бұрын

Link? The damage felt really low to me in sPvP, so I would like to see how this was achieved.

@phandrel

5 күн бұрын

At this point I'm scared to get my hopes up for thief when the beta is that good. The scepter changes were rough (esp that cleave on scepter 3 being scrapped), axe (although that one retained some of its numbers).

3:50 Are you joking?

Thief, mesmer and engi are top, gameplay and animations. I also like revenant but it’s too slow. Necro spear is most boring to me.

@phandrel

5 күн бұрын

Those 3 are indeed top tier. For necros, I've heard both opinions. I like them personally, but the good thing is that they've got multiple viable weapons, so you don't have to necessarily miss out. Revenant should indeed be sped up a bit, although I'm not sure if ANet sees it this way, since we have quickness.

@sanguin3

5 күн бұрын

Another 2H power weapon is a bit weird to me, especially when Necro GS already exists.

Mesmer spear should have been ranged.

@phandrel

4 күн бұрын

I've been wasting a lot of auto-attacks, as I kept forgetting it was melee. The mobility on Spear 4 and 5 did make up for it a little, though. I feel like it could've gone either way, indeed. We already have sword for melee and greatsword for ranged. So I wouldn't have minded this being ranged either.

@pwk50

2 күн бұрын

Why tho? Mesmers already have ranged power weapon (gs) and the melee one (sword) is used mostly for its defensives and mobility which are more useful in pvp/wvw than in pve, so I feel like a melee/assasin-like weapon was exactly what was missing in its roster.

@Rollingstone1988

2 күн бұрын

@@pwk50 Because unlike other squishy classes Mesmers have little to no defensive abilities for decent survivability. This will make the Mesmer spear practically non-existent outside of PVP. In order to make a melee focused weapon work for Mesmer in PVE, they’d need to either buff base toughness, health pool, or both.

@pwk50

2 күн бұрын

@@Rollingstone1988 that argument only works in Open World content and is still very much a matter of correct build customization and skill issue. Not everything is supposed to be broken or overpowered. Personally, and I know many ppl will agree with me on that one, I like a challenge and if a weapon is harder to play (even if due to making my character squishy), it just makes it more fun and satisfying to pull it off.

@Rollingstone1988

2 күн бұрын

@@pwk50 the video is literally “I tried spear on all 9 professions in the OPEN WORLD” so of course I’m talking about open world lol

Wow, a bunch of “Debbie Downers” commenting. I’ve been enjoying land spear beta on Mesmer. Seems a little clunky at first but skills hit like a truck 🛻! For those complaining about the cost, I know you can’t buy a WoW expansion for $25. ANET has kept their promise on getting out content every three months. SOTO wasn’t my favorite so hoping Janthir will be more engaging.

@phandrel

4 күн бұрын

Oh I agree on the content pacing/price. I'm a big fan of the new model. I do think it's natural that people will be faster to list their grievances compared to those who would just say "I like it, I bought it". I'm in the latter camp, though :) I can't wait for the expansion!

if you like it on revenant then you have absoluetly no idea how to play revenant.

Ranger spear looks really underwhealming. Nah I think i might pass on this expansion. Maybe buy it on sale. We all know the story will suck and housing is not enough to make me buy this.

@phandrel

4 күн бұрын

That's the good thing about the game. There's no real punishment for waiting to buy the expansions when they go on sale. Nothing (early) you miss out on.

@bl1tzcraft

4 күн бұрын

thanks for your opinion that no one asked for, are you seeking validation by posting this? hoping someone esle will agree with you?