Guild Wars 2

Ok so we all know the stats of choice for a tankier build is Soldiers aka Power/Vitality/Toughness. But what if you want to go full tank/bunker and therefore have no use for the power? Well how would you like the too keep the toughness and vitality of Soldiers, but also have healing power? Anet could distribute the stats however they see fit, but I honestly feel this would be an excellen addition to the game and promote build diversity and make a full bunker/tank build much more effective. Perhaps it would be too strong in pvp but thankfully they dont have to put it into the mists for to be happy with it.

freelancecoma.8629:

Ok so we all know the stats of choice for a tankier build is Soldiers aka Power/Vitality/Toughness. But what if you want to go full tank/bunker and therefore have no use for the power? Well how would you like the too keep the toughness and vitality of Soldiers, but also have healing power? Anet could distribute the stats however they see fit, but I honestly feel this would be an excellen addition to the game and promote build diversity and make a full bunker/tank build much more effective. Perhaps it would be too strong in pvp but thankfully they dont have to put it into the mists for to be happy with it.

Pvt is not the strongest for that its sentinel Vpt ig gives you more hp;)
but adding healing power will make some classes impossible to kill in wvw and they would be way to strong in support(looking at you eles) makeing them something any raoming groupe has 2 off and just makes the groupe close to impossible to kill makeing a stalmate and that is borring

Ah yes it would be quite strong. But not unkillable. Nothing is entirely unkillable in gw2. some things/builds are just more difficult and require specific counter play.

facts of GW2:
tanks = FAIL
dps = WIN.

That’s just the way it is.

Sorry but I don’t see the value of this? I don’t think there is really any way to gauge it, but while it would make a tanky character potentially unkillable it would also be neutering them. What situations would having someone who doesn’t go down but can’t actually hurt anyone be useful for?

incognito.4019:

facts of GW2:
tanks = FAIL
dps = WIN.

That’s just the way it is.

Dungeons and PvE aren’t the only thing in the game.

The “purpose” is build diversity. to have the ability to use a build to its full potential. So what if a full tank build isnt “viable” shouldnt I be able to play it as effectively as posdible if I so choose? Well if yes then I feel these stats are most effective for such a build. If I cant directly kill other players with it, well then good thing thats not my goal in using such a build. The whole point is to promote build diversity which I though gw2 was all about tha. Maybe not lol

This is the “suggestions” page not the “this will happen page” so go easy on my eh? This is just an easy way for Anet to promote new builds and playstyles. Sure it would be kinda broken on some classes with certain builds IF you just watch people heal without doing anything about it. So what if it might take more than 1 or 2 people to kill a good bunker with these stats? Isnt that the point in a bunker/tank build? To live as long as possible? And yea if Anet really cared about build diversity, they’d ayt least consider it, cus who runs full tank in anything anymore? Exactly, and perhaps more people would if it was more effective. Aka: t/v/hp vs p/v/t what looks better on paper for a tanky build? Opmess is relative, but it would promote counter play to beat it and hence more and more diverse builds.

And another thing, Anets repeated dislike of “elitism” means that gw2 is not inherently about being “the most viable” its about playing it how you want and having fun and by goodness, if I want to be “the best nearly unkillable bunker” I can be then why not? Im not hurting anyone right? Lol get it? No power lol just healing and defense therefore not a lot of dmg. But a bunker doesnt kill players directly. A bunker simply outlasts them. Thats all I really want guys is an effective new build/playstyle is that too much too ask really? Compared to other peoples more imba requests? Rifle thief? Pls lol too stronk imho

freelancecoma.8629:

The “purpose” is build diversity. to have the ability to use a build to its full potential. So what if a full tank build isnt “viable” shouldnt I be able to play it as effectively as posdible if I so choose? Well if yes then I feel these stats are most effective for such a build. If I cant directly kill other players with it, well then good thing thats not my goal in using such a build. The whole point is to promote build diversity which I though gw2 was all about tha. Maybe not lol

No, actually. If a build is legitimately nonviable (and I’m not talking optimal, I mean it just doesn’t work cause you can’t actually hurt anything,) then no. You can’t use it to its “full potential” because it doesn’t have any potential, it’s nonviable. Sacrificing all aspects of damage (Power, Precision and Condition Damage) in favor of Vitality, Toughness and Healing Power produces a fully useless character. It is a survivor, but what is it going to do with its survival other than survive?