Some tooltips fixes and also some nerfing has been done mainly to guardians, thief and necros have been buffed.

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/news/720-stress-test-changes-skills-traits-recipes-achievements/

Thanks for the link.

Looks like they mostly just currented the tooltips, but there's also a good amount of adjustment on skill cooldowns / initiative, and nerfing some of the conditions as well. That'd explain why I wasn't able to stack as many bleeds on my necro as I usually do.

Cool list. Many nerfing and buffing is going on.

As a mesmer I noticed some awesome changes to the class and some bad. But the good overshadowed the bad.

Btw was Mind Wreck on a 15sec CD on the previous tests too, or did they change it in this build? I kinda remember it having a huge annoying CD.

Also I've noticed that the shatter skills are no longer wasted if you use them with no active illusions.

Originally posted by stragen001
Mesmer greatsword ability mind stab is now almost useless since they made it ground targetting :(

But its AOE , deals more damage and removes boons.

They just have to tweak the radius imo and it will be awesome.

A lot of those changes are interesting. My only concern is, are these changes too much too fast? As someone on that site side, "the key to balance is small incremental changes over time...not HUGE sweeping changes at once." And for the most part, I am seeing huge changes in those notes. With a week and a few days til launch this is a bit worrisome.

Let us hope ANET knows what they are doing.

Originally posted by Zetsuei

A lot of those changes are interesting. My only concern is, are these changes too much too fast? As someone on that site side, "the key to balance is small incremental changes over time...not HUGE sweeping changes at once." And for the most part, I am seeing huge changes in those notes. With a week and a few days til launch this is a bit worrisome.

Let us hope ANET knows what they are doing.

If you think the game's going to be anywhere near balanced the first few months, you're going to be disappointed.

Originally posted by Draemos

Originally posted by Zetsuei

A lot of those changes are interesting. My only concern is, are these changes too much too fast? As someone on that site side, "the key to balance is small incremental changes over time...not HUGE sweeping changes at once." And for the most part, I am seeing huge changes in those notes. With a week and a few days til launch this is a bit worrisome.

Let us hope ANET knows what they are doing.

If you think the game's going to be anywhere near balanced the first few months, you're going to be disappointed.

They've already mentioned that if they need to they will split the skills into PvP versions of them. GW2 has a good backup system for balancing for PVP.

At least for the necro, those were some weird changes. Some bad skills are now utter crap, and some good skills are now as overpowered as they could get. I don't get it.

The death shroud AoE used to deal 138 (and still, it was good), now it deals 1245.

But also, they took lots of skills that gave vulnerability (-30 defense) and turned them into weakness (-50% endurance regen for a couple secs). What's the use in weakness?

By the way, anybody notice anything different with the visuals? 

The game seemed to both look better and play more smoothly for me. 

Or maybe I was imagining things... :)

Originally posted by Matheusor1

But also, they took lots of skills that gave vulnerability (-30 defense) and turned them into weakness (-50% endurance regen for a couple secs). What's the use in weakness?

That's probably due to the change for vulnerability, which now increases damage by 1% (per stack) meaning condition damage (which Necros excel at) benefit from it.

Originally posted by Elesthor

Btw was Mind Wreck on a 15sec CD on the previous tests too, or did they change it in this build? I kinda remember it having a huge annoying CD.

I believe it has been 15s for awhile.

Originally posted by Magnetia

Originally posted by Draemos

Originally posted by Zetsuei

A lot of those changes are interesting. My only concern is, are these changes too much too fast? As someone on that site side, "the key to balance is small incremental changes over time...not HUGE sweeping changes at once." And for the most part, I am seeing huge changes in those notes. With a week and a few days til launch this is a bit worrisome.

Let us hope ANET knows what they are doing.

If you think the game's going to be anywhere near balanced the first few months, you're going to be disappointed.

They've already mentioned that if they need to they will split the skills into PvP versions of them. GW2 has a good backup system for balancing for PVP.

Developers say a lot of things.  

Originally posted by Draemos

Originally posted by Magnetia

Originally posted by Draemos

Originally posted by Zetsuei

A lot of those changes are interesting. My only concern is, are these changes too much too fast? As someone on that site side, "the key to balance is small incremental changes over time...not HUGE sweeping changes at once." And for the most part, I am seeing huge changes in those notes. With a week and a few days til launch this is a bit worrisome.

Let us hope ANET knows what they are doing.

If you think the game's going to be anywhere near balanced the first few months, you're going to be disappointed.

They've already mentioned that if they need to they will split the skills into PvP versions of them. GW2 has a good backup system for balancing for PVP.

Developers say a lot of things.  

They did it in GW1.

'nough said.

Originally posted by Matheusor1

At least for the necro, those were some weird changes. Some bad skills are now utter crap, and some good skills are now as overpowered as they could get. I don't get it.

The death shroud AoE used to deal 138 (and still, it was good), now it deals 1245.

But also, they took lots of skills that gave vulnerability (-30 defense) and turned them into weakness (-50% endurance regen for a couple secs). What's the use in weakness?

Damn they nerfed duration of bleeds for necro hard. Nearly 50% less. 

Also nerfed my axe dps on warrior? Wow, not the thousand blade combo but the Axe's? Guess i'm going rifle warrior then ;)