You really think you know a good bit about this don’t you?
It would be difficult to balance every class for 1v1, but it is the best option in my opinion. If you balance for 1v1, everybody in a Zerg can take care of him or herself. They ditched the trinity for a reason.
I won’t go past that. I have valid views, you have yours. Don’t call mine illogical when yours are very similar to mine, just on the opposite side of the spectrum.
No one called your views illogical, they arent. Misguided, probably, filled with an agenda most definitely, but not illogical. They fit perfectly with someone who is not happy with facing things they dont know how to beat yet but is slow coming to the realization that they cant, wont and possibly arent supposed to.
Anet didnt ditch the idea of the trinity, they just renamed it and swaped around how each part is handled. damage is still damage, tanks are now control, and healing is now support. Instead of every class falling into one main role and possibly into a second, they all have a little of each but can build to focus on any role they want.
This has been just about the only important topic in the mes forum for about a month now. I seen valid arguments to 1v1 concepts but at the end of the day they all have one fatal flaw, anet did not build this game on 1v1 foundations. Dueling may be fun but its just not what the game is made for yet people still attempt to fabricate “information” like this to try and influence the devs one way or another.
Are our opinions similar? I cant say. the only point ive made is that balancing around 1v1 is not a good idea in a game like this. All i can say is that close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, and that i will continue pointing out blatant opinion labeled as fact where ever i see it.
This is the profession balance forum, lets balance around things that are actually a thing in the game…
My opinions are misguided? I think you just turn a blind eye to whatever you choose you dislike. You dislike duelers and roamers. That’s fine, just admit it.
Anet ditched the trinity. Nobody can be a pure healer, and the most optimized players are the ones that give ancillary healing.
Your opinion expresses poor build crafting. If you’re a healer, you can only heal five people. So mantras, shouts, and eles come to mind. Staff eles can support with heals, but at the same time, the GOOD ones are dealing most of the damage in your beloved zergs.
Tanks are control? People who build intelligently make highly defensible classes that dish out conditions. Period.
Everybody is truly dishing out and building for a 1v1. And in my opinion, and I express this to my guild, if you can’t win a 1v1, you shouldn’t be running with me.
I also “seen” arguments towards why small mans and duels should be overlooked, but none have convinced me. Zerging isn’t skill. I’ve seen 5 people beat a 25 man Zerg. This is the epitome of how I play this game. I love taking on 1vX, and classes that can’t compete deserve a fighting chance. One person doesn’t matter in your map zergs. My agenda is this: get classes balanced so that each has a fighting chance vs one another in 1v1. Most do have good 1v1 builds but their users are terrible at build craft.
Secondary agenda? Conditions aren’t in a good place in WvW or spvp.
You want to talk about agenda.. You pick one thing to speak on and turn it into why you hate duelers. My take on it? You can’t build craft and you lose duels vs good players.
They gave duelers a new map, and they attempted (and failed) to make a map which accommodated zergs and roamers together. To say anet doesn’t appreciate small man fighting is the most abhorrently biased thing I’ve ever heard. Go troll elsewhere.
