The Guild Wars 2 Build Swapping Saga Explained!
789(Correction: At 7:48, the text suggests that the 98CM which used precasting was 30 seconds faster than the run which didn't use precasting. This was actually the opposite - Precasting was a 30 second time LOSS, not GAIN.)
In late August 2021, Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet published a game update which, while intending to improve server stability, unintentionally damaged a lot of strategies used by hardcore speedrunners of certain parts of the game. What followed was bitter community infighting unlike anything the game had seen before. What happened? Who was involved? What, if any, was the resolution? Watch for a full dissection of this rather unfortunate situation!
00:00 - Intro
01:56 - TL;DW
04:00 - How does GW2 speedrunning work?
05:43 - What is precasting?
09:34 - What's changed and why are speedrunners unhappy?
13:17 - Common misconceptions: "The change was very minor"
14:52 - "The change doesn't affect many people"
16:05 - "It's worth the sacrifice because it improves performance"
17:15 - "This was an exploit"
19:35 - "It was gimmicky and cheesy"
21:28 - "You have to play the interface"
22:05 - "Build swapping was overpowered"
23:19 - "The original gameplay was unintended"
25:24 - "You should commit to a build"
26:32 - "The tryhards can't adapt"
27:52 - How well was the build swap change implemented?
31:19 - How could the change be improved?
32:37 - Conclusion
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