Unfortunately believe that’s just how some of these game modes play out but I’m glad it’s not just a gw2 issue

Tbh Im in the same boat as you, but Im still playing quite often because the build I really enjoy playing doesnt really need aboutface and works very well with action cam. That being said, there are a few builds that I would really love playing or trying out, but because I know you need to aboutface to perform well on them I dont bother. I dont mind getting out of action cam for blinks or tap targeting, but I find about face very annoying and unfun to use. Even the most action combat MMO, bdo, uses mouse movement on certain classes, but I would still prefer it if about face didnt exist or the action cam would make your character turn around and run back instead of backpaddleing while in combat. Its strange because, outside of combat, the action cam does indeed make your character turn around when using the S key. So the solution would be to improve the action camera, but idk if Anet will do that.

Thought the same thing lol.. like man is trying to convince "roamers" to come get blasted solo 😂

Can confirm, have roamed since and gotten blasted

Trying convince wvw players to fight anything at this point 😅

@@berrybadplayer I've been trying to find a durable power hammer ele build and it's been ROUGH lol. So many deaths.

Facts

willbender ,vindicator, harbinger, mechanist are the most common because most of these specs/builds have high boon uptime,decent dmg, mobility, ect but these kinds of builds normally create bad habits that hurt u in the long run. i say just find something that looks interesting to you

@@berrybadplayer thanks for the help :) I like the stealth mechanic, so chosen holo/scrapper, daredevil and mesmer :D

They’re dark matter skins

Play mirage. Sword/Torch & Dagger/pistol. Very easy and focused on dazes. Mesmer is quite easy compared to actual combo classes, you gotta get good with mindgames though

Omg THE island boy?? In MY comments? 🥰😍🥰💕🦶🏝️

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Least based mesmer main. You deserve grog's baked beans.

Man it’s an mmo it takes time not 2-3k hours. I have plenty of ppl to fight I enjoy seeing ppl get into the play style and go from new to the game or wvw to being able to 1vX consistently in a few months bc they took the time to actually understand what builds do, what skills do, and didn’t just throw skills at ppl until someone went down. Game is not that complicated each class has like 5 important skills u need to learn, the rest of the mechanics are game wide. Also I never said u need to counter swap builds that is terrible, you just don’t need to get stuck playing one build bc it’s so good it hides all the bad habits u have then when it gets nerfed and you have to change it up it reveals all the things you’ve been doing wrong.

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😂😂 I think that’s on ur end I wish I could get that

I just had a guy message me yesterday requesting more fights after I beat his cele soulbeast, trying to learn how to better 1v1 and roam. He just kept bringing cele build after cele build. Roaming/fighting on celestial doesn't teach you much and I genuinely think it's counterintuitive to learning game mechanics and matchups. Real shame that they're imploding such a unique combat system and open world PvP mode with a stat that essentially breaks a lot of PvP interactions

for non-skilled, non exp players, cringe are the builds that one shot or almost one shot them. Its a matter of perspective. On one hand its true that you dont learn if you dont get punished for your mistakes, on the other hand, if you die instantly there is not much to learn either. You need to come back and die and respawn 10 times to experience what with a cele you might experience in 1 or 2 fights.

Cele doesn't teach you anything You got one shot 1 or 2 times, you know what to look out for as you do not want to go back to spawn Cele you just don't die, thus don't learn

i'd argue that cele allows you to learn to read people better, much pressure doesn't always equal faster learning i play both cele and zerk, and cele deffo taught me to read some moves better than with zerk, because you can actually semi afk and learn people's movements. sadly cele is here to stay, because like someone above stated, getting into the game and being oneshot is not a fun and interactive experience, its flat out morale breaking, and has imo a way higher chance of making people quit wvw than cele does.@@_Bya__ they should honestly give wvw the spvp treatment, no cele fixed stats, free runes etc just pick and choose from the build section, it might not be the best of solutions but it sure as hell beats the power creep that is wvw atm. *TLDR:* i think cele is needed in for newer players in the current power creep meta, give us the spvp treatment and make stats trinkets etc (remove armor) be picked for free in the build menu, ergo removing cele for good, and leaving people on the same playing field.

It’s kind of unfortunate but tbh I’d expect a boon spam change/nerf before a cele nerf at this point

PvP is more about map rotation and what team plays together better. Besides the only thing worse than the wvw population is the PvP population it’s hard to find games that aren’t complete washes anymore unfortunately