Guild Wars 2

Don’t get me wrong I think this game needs balancing and more variety, it almost feels like every class when it gets to 80 everything revolves around Zerk gear and being a fast killer.

So yes I think balance and changes, new traits, and new skills, are very much needed.

However it has always bugged me how little respect does balancing show to a big bunch of players.

Let me explain myself: many of us spend lots of money and even more important LOTS OF TIME to get to have the particular gear that works well with that ONE particular build.

When balancing takes place many of us are left stuck with gear that costed lots of money and/or took us lots of time to get that has been turned into less effective, less useful gear.

This wouldnt be a big deal if player had the freedom to re-sell their gear, but because of the soul bound/account bound mechanics this isnt possible.

Thus BALANCING in many cases also hurts and punishes hard working committed players.

While many might enjoy going out there hunting for new gear for the new trending build others like me just want to stop grinding and start playing less repetitive parts of the game that while they might provide more fun do not provide the amount of loot and/or money that grinding does.

Balancing is particularly dangerous for ascended gear since it is not craftable and cannot be bought at trading posts, getting this gear takes many days of playing and many hours of fractals and doing daily achievements.

So MY SUGGESTION IS: whenever a MAJOR balancing takes place it would be good if ANet allowed players to do ONE exchange of stats for ascended gear.

For example if you have ZERK trinkets that you dont need anymore because of the balancing that took place you can take them to the laurel merchant and exchange them for different trinkets with different stats ONLY ONE TIME.

This wouldnt be mandatory so those who want to grind for new gear can still do that.

Thats all, what do u guys think?