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Sadly banners are totally bad in WVW and PvP.. well, the Elite is okay for AOE Revive and Stomp

I would love this

Man.... You designed a whole new class around banners... Good job! Too bad Anet are so limited in their designs of skills.

Banners should function as a kit which you can cycle through like elements, allowing you to carry and wield them while maybe pulsing 1 or 2 boons per banner and activating for more and specific thematically appropriate skills. Maybe toggled and wielded, maybe replacing heal utility and elite skills, maybe being some kind of f key 2 actions + a swap button thing that works as a back banner. 2 interesting actives, a passive effect, a way to cycle them.

wtf banners can be picked up back in the day? thats really cool @@

"Bannerslave" was always a thing. Warriors were stat-buff bots even when Arah was the only farm in the game. Banners would've likely been a much more interesting route to take warrior over the gutted adrenaline system that neo-anet ripped from GW1. GW2 has an issue with role design and gameplay loop homogenization across all classes. This was evident when the game launched and only 3-4 out of the 8 classes mattered.

A lot of stuff is still broken. I think they test skills only on golems and bosses that stand still only. Engi aim assisted rocket and mech jade mortar fly over enemy heads all the time. I think they could balance if they group weapons and skills and make them the all the same just with different effects except maybe weapon 5 to make it different for each class. Maybe make the elite and maybe the heal kill slightly different. They could make all 5 of the core specializations the same for everyone except for maybe the master tier. All specializations could have condi on top, support in the center, and power on the bottom.

Interesting Warrior ideas. Let's nerf the class some more instead.

Controversial take, I preferred banners back when they could be picked up and used to smack people around.

as an ele main back when i was reading about this rework last year with a thief main friend i just thought this on the spot what if the banner still let you carry it if you interact with it when dropped, but instead of having it's own weapon bar or a blank weapon bar you just "strap the pole to your back" and carry the banner arround as an aura that still pulsates boons and time out as normal, with the combo fiel if it has one existing only when droped. also, you will be limited to only carry one banner at a time replacing the first one and instantly dropping it in the spot if you attempt to carry another banner. same current numbers just make the banners some sort of a "commander like" aura paragon of bufs while it's raised in your back

I would love to see u as a dev. Dont u wanna learn how to code and make ours warrior dream come true ❤

Can I get the build for the Hammer/Mace ? Looks fun to me ,want to try it.

When u said "their balance philosophy; kill it before it lays eggs" are words that hits on the nail, this is literally what they do, and some players also thinks like that, but it makes no sense at this point, since it doesn't translates well on practice, they just nerf and give no compensetion for the other specs to be playable, so they basically just don't nerf the a tool for spellbreaker, but the whole class and the other cripled builds are just (even more) wounded dogs now.

we all know went it comes to the warrior class ANET = has zero 0 clue on balance

This is something I hoped Anet would try when they made banners a bundle-styled mechanic for a brief period of time. I also really miss being able to pick up a banner if the current position is bad. The current pulsing boon effect just feels like it doesn't last long enough for the skill to be worth using a slot on the bar for. It's just... worthless in every game mode, I feel. Hoping it will improve some day, but it looks like that won't happen for a long time

they could make it like herald and make it use so much adrenaline so basically make it a (-1-2-3 adrenaline) production. but anet would actually have to program something new for warrior. which they wont do lol

I think after a strong inital effect with a short duration there should be a weak/minor benefit(not necessarily a boon) with a persistent massive radius that is center on the Warrior and follows you. "You rally the squad, now they are phyched up and ready for action." It's easy and straightforward to understand. I think the Soldiers Focus from Tactics should be built into Banner somehow for support role purposes. It could require traitline investment or not imo.

I would lean abit more into the conjored weapon stuff.. exept make it like a toolkit on engi with charges..

Good 'ol stunbreak banner that doesn't break stun 🥲 Some brainlet design right there....

I miss the old banners with the quickness aplication. :/

The warrior with the banners to me is like an inferior version to the one that can be used by the enemy npc's we face in the game. Even some of them can use them as weapons. Not to mention that the use of the spear on the warrior with skill 1 is only ranged, unlike the ranger who has chain and ranged.

warrior is the most fun class but also the most screwed.

Anet should just delete warrior at this point.

As i say gw2 devs hate warrior they would take it out of the game if they could

an idea from someone who has no idea what does warrior do we want power dps and boons/heal, right? how about this auto: 3 hot combo that gives good adrenaline and aoe fury and/or barrier on last hit 2: leap to target in ground to deal aoe damage, cripple enemies hit in area and heal allues hit in area by a bit, could even give... haste? i don't play on english, the boot icon boon 3: channel a block, can be pressed again once after the channel finishes or it blocks damage to do a shout that deals aoe damage and heals for a good amount, interacts with shout traits. burst: hits someone for a lot and stuns them in place for a bit 2 and burst can be other way arround even

Hi Cap, this comment is going to be a bit long. What you say in your videos is true and seeing the infinity of builds for all classes in the game without a doubt the Warrior is.... By far the most disadvantaged class in pvp. Seriously, there are rangers with dual maces that have and do more dps than the warrior and revenant combined. And now you see rangers and engineers with maces again, build support type. In my opinion, the warrior is like this on purpose, a fun class in wvw and pve, but in pvp you have to sacrifice and overlap traits that do not serve in the long-medium term in the games. The shield, mace, spear, mandoble, longbow, pistol, axe and warhorn are nerfed to use them properly. I have 2 of them, but with these new "swings" they keep getting left behind.

bro stop making sense it ruins the comedy!!

I for one would love to see the mace auto do some confusion on top of your changes, I think weapons should more than just one single purpose

Eh, pan kapitan, this is very interesting, but I am afraid... Arena doesn't care. :(

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I wonder if just making mace skill 2 block an attack, or ending the skill gave enough adrenaline to perform a burst skill, so at least you could combo it to make a lvl 1 burst

Great video, nicely structured and concise; keep it up! If I can voice a thought about the skills you proposed, the idea of a mace being a blocking/counterstrike weapon feels off to me. It's small-ish heavy stick with a heavier thing at the end, and the big "THUNK" experience is what it's all about. I personally feel that blocking and fancy counters belong more with shield and sword, respectively, at least from a thematic standpoint. I would keep the leap, but how about instead of the third skill being a block it is a boonstrip hit that removes defensive boons and makes something vulnerable (as if you're literally putting a big dent in their armor).

ARENA NET HIRE THIS MAN.

It's insane that ranger maces, probably the funniest and most satisfying weapons in the entire game, and warrior maces (mostly main hand) exist in the same game

I find this type of content interesting 👍

I kept rewatching 23:02 to 23:15 and laughed every single fucking time. Pure comedy, perfect delivery. ...if only it wasn't so sad. ;(

when i fart my balls vibrate hehe 🎉

bro turn that mf bloom off my brain is being melted through my eyes like the sun hitting a magnifying glass

honest ly i wont to disagree but i cant :(. Its just true

Wait in what way are all these weapons worse than sword mainhand xp. To me atm no weapon right now is more useless than sword mainhand....... cause its litterly a condi weapon with 3 skill beeing a clunky Animation that can be more than easily be dodged a 2 skill that does not hit at all 99% of the time an a f1 channeled skill that is the only okayish part xD

It's ok, Earth isn't in danger of that either.

Dude... Don't knock my Axe-Pistol - Dagger-Sword core warrior >_> WvW. Won't work anywhere else.

So go torch/torch + rifle?

Good riddance

Love the intro overlooking the arena. Epic!

I really hate the dagger leap. The mh sword with bulls rush is my combo of choice.

I have a question, would a combo of two two-handed weapon become a better set than it is alone, Im thinking main hand only use 1.2.3 skills and off hand is the 4.5. Like being able to use Rifle and great-sword at the same time. Think 'titans grip' from world of Warcraft. Sure longbow would look more jank than ever but just wonder what skill combination of two-handed weapon would become better.

By the way, i know this is a warr channel, but i would really like to watch your take on other class weapons as well. For some reason i feel this is better than a class guide

The leaked dev chats from anet should say enough,as they did 2 years back or so. Where the dev said he couldnt wait to see the thief tears after nerfing stealth to the ground. It actually got me a full time bann from their forum for posting it there. Their balance team is just god aweful and it has been for years. I think shortly after Hot got released a change happend.

Hundred ffffffffffffffffffffffff-ucking blades hahahahahah