GNB is TERRIBLE now!

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Originally Posted by Rithy255

If a job has to adjust due to downtime why is this automatically a bad thing? Not always being able to play optimally and adjusting to situations can be fun to some people right?

You may not like that but people do at the end of the day why does everything have to be 100% clean and safe and predictable in terms of job design, why can't we expect some adjustments based on the encounter?

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Would you rather be able to adjust your rotation to suit the fight, or, having the fight force you to change the rotation and then you having to play a less optimal rotation for the rest of the fight?

I'm pretty sure most would rather be able to adjust their rotation to suit the fight. If I use Gnashing Fang slightly earlier, I can get it out before the boss jumps and still have it align with the buff window. Before the changes, Gnashing fang might have come off of cooldown and it just drifts with no way to adjust. I know which on I would prefer.

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Originally Posted by AstreaLove

This just tells me how uninformed you are. The change killed GNB, if other players were struggling with it, then it was a skill issue from thier side. Real GNB mains like myself didn't want any changes, it's unneeded and uncalled for.

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I'm sorry but if you think these changes are bad for the job then you really don't play the job in content that matters.


These changes are insanely good for the job and the flow of it's rotation.



~1% damage nerf is not going to make your casual content unclearable.



I think you saw the potency reductions and were like "WTF WHY THEY NERFING GUNBREAKER THESE CHANGES SUCK"


It's called balance - Gunbreaker was already the best in class, giving it those changes without taking something away elsewhere would have made the job pretty overtuned.

Job seems fine to me, it could had stood to lose damage anyway as it's been way ahead for like years.

The golden Powder gauage thing needs to go though, it's gunbreaker not goldbreaker. SMH. I hate the Gold carts and flashing gold UI going on. Looks awful.

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Originally Posted by arnisong

tell me you've never used GNB on a fight with downtimes without telling me you've never

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I'd have loved to see them play it in FRU before 7.4.


That fight is downtime city.

If DT content is where it breaks these should've been upgrades it gets in DT, not just slapped into the base kit. That's something even MCH did with Drill's 2 charges.

The fact they did this 4 major patches into the expac really just highlights how much jobs are an afterthought to fight design.


Also aside from that the job's bursts are busier for less damage and it gives its filler inbetween hold much less meaning.

The changes are pretty good. The difficulty didnt really change, just some bad design decisions were rectified, that removed points of annoyance when it comes to moments the player itself has no control over, like drifts due to the boss being gone at the wrong time.

Also getting to burst twice as often, is certainly rather nice, it heightens the rhythmic engagement and enhances the high intensity cadence of the job, pretty much doubling down on its main appeal.

I'm really not a fan of the changes. After testing gnb in a few fights, it just didn't feel good to me. I definitely prefer the old version.

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Originally Posted by Derio

Seeing what happened to GNB makes me fearful for what will happen to DRK in 8.0

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Drk is pretty much already warrior with less healing so idk how much worse it can get

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Originally Posted by Kelg

Drk is pretty much already warrior with less healing so idk how much worse it can get

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If I had to guess:
-Living Shadow cooldown reduced to 60s
-Shadowbringer reduced to 30s CD with two charges
-TBN no longer costs MP to use
-TBN no longer grants Dark Arts on break
-TBN when hit grants a regen
-TBN's CD increased to 25s

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Originally Posted by Oizen

If I had to guess:
-Living Shadow cooldown reduced to 60s
-Shadowbringer reduced to 30s CD with two charges
-TBN no longer costs MP to use
-TBN no longer grants Dark Arts on break
-TBN when hit grants a regen
-TBN's CD increased to 25s

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You forgot salted earth to 60 seconds