Downed state's Place in the game
its a kitten bad idea and anet are a bunch of kitten bads for ignoring all the beta testers who cleverly finessed ‘kitten bad’ into more palettable words.
thats what i think.
does it work during leveling? not really no. you mostly level solo, or with 1 partner. if grinding was a viable leveling system it’d be fine though, but its really not.
pve world events? sure? theyre kitten anyways, you just dipping bird your keyboard and get gold.
pve dungeons? see above, but no more dipping bird, now you have to pay attention, so no more fun for you as you dodge overly telegraphed 1 shot kills and spam buttons without real strategy, just ‘dodge’ events.
spvp? its pretty kittenty, and bad, but at least its entertaining for the spectators of our massive esport following to see… o, wait.
world pvp? rallying is… exactly as the op described it.
so overall its kittenty and bad and they shouldnt have removed the holy trinity when their replacement was kitten bad. i have no love for the trinity, but it was a lot better than this.