Guild Wars 2

I heard the new bosses are tough as nails making high-dps builds a priority, is that so? Are defensive stats required at all?

got to 76 so far only pugging and step by step.
till now it’s close to impossible to find a valid party setup, but tbh till now i never failed a fractal, so till now i’d say they are more easy than before.
defensive stats still are not required. running full zerk facerolling all, so they would just slow it down even more.
Also you can buy toics, that offer +/- 25% dmg/defence, so i dont think ther will be any need to not run full dmg.
Depending on your class conditions may be viable for higher levels, but direct damage still ok.