AkhRhaia: Sometimes I get sad when I read the patch notes, but assume it's probably for the best...but then I watch these ANet patch preview streams and hear their reasoning be like "We don't want this to be good." and "We're nerfing this (global mesmer skill) because of chrono" or "We made this demon conduit thingy mesmer themed because they're both purple" and I just... o(-(

Pirokh: They saw how much people disliked the last balance patch and said "Hold my eggnog"

gottschilawl: the way they balance is infuriating.. they can balance for different factors, but apparently they refuse to do it consistently and we get shit like the warrior staff block removal and moa signet nerfed for every mesmer....

incompetence at its best

wuzzle5261: Cutting an elite skill (moa) in half is *crazy*. I guess now I have a reason to use the well elite more often than I do.

What's wild about these chrono nerfs is they're not going to change the real, core reason chrono is played so much in PvE now, it's just going to make chrono more annoying to play. Sure feels like a "please play bard."

ArktheLark: This overall feels like the balance team itself needs to get changed up a bit or reevaluate what the devs want from the game as a whole, and less about trying to balance out some classes that are over-performing/under-performing. The philosophy of game balance the team currently uses has felt flawed and biased for years at this point, and I wonder if it will just drive players away at a certain point. Played Heal-Troubadour for the first time in strikes the other day and it feels overtuned in a really fun way, but chrono feels like it struggles to do the same without a lot of effort and good timing. These nerfs will make chrono a much less played spec again outside of the people already at the high skill ceiling. I really enjoy power catalyst and their rotation is rough to play well, but takes a lot of time to get good with, this feels like another barrier to new players that they're trying to get frontloaded into the game.

masterdoge: Warrior is nerfed again :/ we weren't able to do any damage in pvp without glass cannon build now we won't even be able to survive 1 second of combat

Sleper1010: AT tthis point make precog elite skill, it already has cd as one...

captaincrapface7337: Warrior is Simultaneously the most dead he's ever been, and most OP it's ever been, and we will not now, until the patch drops.

Schrodinger's Warrior.

mcnudelchen2190: We nerf it because of chrono

Meanwhile taking away the necro pull because of HsG

They take away the fun for casuals because of some who do big numbers/insane boons/heal

Rsjabber_: Right click > Clear Build Template

lloll69: Anet want all character to be without character.

DanPrattles: As soon as they said spicy I knew they actually meant "hated"

lexicon2792: Volume levels on the A-net broadcast were very uneven...I blame Muk.

sleepyzebras_: As a mesmer main, this feels like a punch in the gut. I understand the nerfs but my God does it hurt to be nerfed this much.

Clucker556: Just to clarify, Rev trident update isn't a buff, it just makes the weapon actually function with the new spec.

...*stares at underwater mech*...

Jmvars: Part of me loves how scuffed the streams always are.

aaronchong2194: The antiquary secret rotation with 68k dps is still gatekeeped because it's 100% getting nerfed if Anet knows it

mismismism: It's like they're trying to kill any enjoyment. The Chrono nerf is a lot, I could see it if they at least fixed Mirage, undid the collateral damage they did to it with dune cloak and shatter nerfs and fixed Troubadour bugs and made it feel usable outside of just the support build. They again, are nerfing all specs instead of the problem build, they don't know WTF they're doing.

Evoker, they did the same thing they did last time with Mesmer, they wildly swing the nerf hammer around taking out everything fun that wasn't broken in the name of nerfing fire when they could have specifically nerfed that builds damage instead of taking a shotgun to the only fun mechanics in the spec that made it different from Catalyst.

And Warrior staff... WTF, the balance team needs people fired at this point, it's beyond ridiculous how they try to balance things.

skulpturostone4621: Bullet catcher is a great loss. It was so spectacular

TheAlmightyTurkey: The ranger crash out was too real. That was me seeing some of my favorite traits going away. RIP Purity of purpose. you will be missed.

Edit: Actually no, f it, I hope they dont go through with these changes. Replacing PoP with Equal and opposite reactions is so, boring.

adonutplaysgames: Guardian main here, predominantly PvE but I do dabble in WvW and sPvP too. None of those changes were needed and getting an on-demand stun break w'o needing to trait for it is straight up busted. Having that utility locked to traiting or the utility skill bar was a fair balancer. Big oof from ArenaNet but y'know what? I'll take it and continue to bask in the glow of being ArenaNet's favourite class

abdulrahmantafech4173: They said they nerf warrior staff because they want it to not be a mandatory weapon but leave all other options awful

eligore6908: Holy shit that Improved Alacrity change was a fking jump scare

TheRedGauntlet: Staff is a mandatory pick because most of Warrior's weapon SUCK. Removing Bulletcatcher sucks

warisprofit1427: It's amazing that changes to a game yield overall sadness rather than "hooray"! I think someone should let them know the idea of games are to have fun and do cool things. Not destroy fun and limit what you can do...

Dec 17 2025

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