I tried to like it...
I’m not sure if I get you right but are you saying that you can take a lvl 1 in the frostgorge and do the events there ? There is no upscaling in open world, he will get butchered and so in dungeons, only fractals, some rare one-time dungeon and WvW do have upscaling.
I agree that the PvP and the WvW queue is a mess.
But in WvW there are strategies and tactics that make 20 guy kill 60 blind folded if the 60 are just a random bus. And involves only 3 Elementalists.
They did NOT remove the trinity, they made it so every classes can be everything. When you see a necro, he can be playing burst dps, condition dps, tanky healer, condition tanker … Though you can’t handle the aggro anymore, support class are needed and underestimated in PvE. The effort to keep a group of paper berserker alive is huge, you have to know every encounter and change your skill while running to the said encounter and use them at the right moments, launch the combo field/finisher at the right moments…
Guardian ? Don’t make me laugh, necro, thief, engie, mesmer, ranger, elem, warrior all have keeper build that can hold 3-4 guys for over 3 min alone, more if they are not very good. I am a necro keeper and with my engi keeper friend we holded for ~8 min (the whole match) 8 guy on their proxy and won 500-0 and killed one of them 6 times. Though they were prideful enough to try to kill us the whole match letting our team mates three cap and waiting for them…
Plus, guardian are easily eaten by necro or mesmer with an anti-bunker build and I’m sure the other classes can have anti-bunker build that I don’t know of because didn’t encountered/developped one on them.
I hope you come back and truly play how gw2 was meant (in my opinion) to be played, in a team, where you don’t even have to talk and sync all your combo skill (beginner in sPvP and WvW usually overlook the potential of combo, that are, in PvE less decisive.). Actually you are more joking and laughing with them while playing, even if we loose or make mistakes.
Nobody is forced to dps, nobody, you can run a shout support warrior, a banner tanky support warrior in PvE and condition warrior, CC warrior, keeper warrior in sPvP, “condition nightmare” warrior that is quite fun to play in WvW or even the very in vogue Fotm Warrior in WvW, etc… (Tough, I only play my warrior in PvE as DPS berserker, my necro is everywhere and constantly changing build for fun sake.)
BUT it’s your choice not to, and I respect your personnal choices, as we all have different point of view.
(edited by The Sixteenth.2561)
The Sixteenth is right.
In order for you to play GW2 you have to let go of pretty much everything you’ve been “brought up with” and learn to let go and just play with new mechanics, styles, and builds.
Before you quit altogether, try this:
Make a character. Level it without looking at guides or “suggestions” and build it yourself. See what works for you. Once you get to 80 on your terms, then play with the builds and armor, and see what you can do. I bet you will surprise yourself. Also, get with a group of people who of the same mindset you are and build a team. Go out in the world and kick kitten .
Even in GW1, if you took a build that was successful for others, it didn’t mean that you could play it as effectively as someone else, so you adjusted for your play style and you enjoyed the content on your terms. You played with people who liked the things you like, and you enjoyed yourself.
If you play GW2 with the idea that there is only one way to play, you will be disappointed.
Are you sure we’re playing the same PvP? There’s auto-balancing in the servers so the teams are almost always equal numbers, 1v4 is very unlikely unless you joined near the end of the game or were in a custom server where they’ve disabled Auto-Balancing.
Also, sPvP is dominated by Tank/Condition builds not the other way around.
Are you sure we’re playing the same PvP? There’s auto-balancing in the servers so the teams are almost always equal numbers, 1v4 is very unlikely unless you joined near the end of the game or were in a custom server where they’ve disabled Auto-Balancing.
Also, sPvP is dominated by Tank/Condition builds not the other way around.
Though it’s always a pleasure to have solo roammer that gets in a point to help you and leave 30s later with 3 corpses and run to an other point. (I might be exagerating on the 30s, but well played burst dps do have huge impact)
Are you sure we’re playing the same PvP? There’s auto-balancing in the servers so the teams are almost always equal numbers, 1v4 is very unlikely unless you joined near the end of the game or were in a custom server where they’ve disabled Auto-Balancing.
Also, sPvP is dominated by Tank/Condition builds not the other way around.
Though it’s always a pleasure to have solo roammer that gets in a point to help you and leave 30s later with 3 corpses and run to an other point. (I might be exagerating on the 30s, but well played burst dps do have huge impact)
I meant dominated as in most of the builds ran in sPvP consists of Tanky/Condi ones. Though I classify tPvP as sPvP as well, so I’m talking about tPvP pretty much.
Leave now….i just gets less fun with every update.