Guild Wars 2

Is this ever going to be addressed? My Chronomancer can break several bars before my Tempest has broken even one. The more Break Bars are added, the more this imbalance is going to show.

Some classes are better are different things. Your chrono will never do as much damage or healing as a tempest. If all classes do everything just as well as each other, then there’s no point in having classes at all, and that makes for a boring game.

It’ll probably be addressed through different elite specializations. When solo, break bars are normally not an issue. When in groups, the combined effort of the entire group is normally more than enough to break the bar. Some classes are better at conditions, some are better at stacking might, and others are better at blocks/reflects.

I don’t have much issue with breakbars on my S/D elementalist. D/D is not as good and staff is probably worst. That is without bothering with ice bow, lightning hammer or tornado.

I can usually almost fully break a bar using D/W Water 4 and Air 4.

Mesmer’s niche in the game is their CC, cant really compare theirs to other classes.

When talking about break bars and imbalance, you should also consider slick shoes.

It is not any more imbalanced than the difference in damage, defense, support or mobility depending on which class or build you play.

Some meta builds are just better at CC than others. Any class can bring quite a bit of it if they move outside of the current meta, though.