Guild Wars 2

Just give professions the ability to use the elite spec weapons once an elite spec is mastered. This simple change can open so many options and at the same time make core specs more desirable. Core necro with a gs, core guardian with longbow, etc. It would still require a player to buy the expansions because in order to use the weapon you need to max the elite spec but at the same time it doesn’t invalidate the core professions while adding to old content.

They won’t. It has to stay as it is to sell the expansions. Each expacs elite will be slightly more powerful to sell it.

Aside from that, the expacs will each have a single unique feature (non-overlapping) so that future sales of them can happen.

HoT – gliding
PoF – mounts
3rd expansion – likely customizable home instance (that’s my guess).

Purchasing an expansion gives access to masteries, so really, any expac should give the ability to earn autoloot.

I like that concept but you might run into issue’s like if a thief had sniper riffle and spec’d daredevil with dash and three dodges. It could make kiting and issue even if they were slowed due to being in combat.

Ubi.4136:

They won’t. It has to stay as it is to sell the expansions. Each expacs elite will be slightly more powerful to sell it.

Aside from that, the expacs will each have a single unique feature (non-overlapping) so that future sales of them can happen.

HoT – gliding
PoF – mounts
3rd expansion – likely customizable home instance (that’s my guess).

Purchasing an expansion gives access to masteries, so really, any expac should give the ability to earn autoloot.

According to anet it isn’t their intention to make elite specs more powerful than the previous one. Also older expansions would still sell because if you wanted a greatsword necro you would have to buy hot in order to unlock the elite spec.

Calador.2804:

I like that concept but you might run into issue’s like if a thief had sniper riffle and spec’d daredevil with dash and three dodges. It could make kiting and issue even if they were slowed due to being in combat.

Isn’t anets job to balance this sort of thing? But then again anet is very bad at balancing things. What can be done is just restrict this feature to core specs alone. So as time goes by and more elite specs are droped, the higher your options are as a core spec.

Solzero.5380:

Isn’t anets job to balance this sort of thing?

Yes. And the way they have chosen to balance it is by keeping the new weapons and elite specs tied together.

Tanner Blackfeather.6509:

Solzero.5380:

Isn’t anets job to balance this sort of thing?

Yes. And the way they have chosen to balance it is by keeping the new weapons and elite specs tied together.

And the game is really fun right now, right? So exciting!

Solzero.5380:

Tanner Blackfeather.6509:

Solzero.5380:

Isn’t anets job to balance this sort of thing?

Yes. And the way they have chosen to balance it is by keeping the new weapons and elite specs tied together.

And the game is really fun right now, right? So exciting!

It is! Think about it….. at the rate they have to nerf things, do you really want them to have even more reasons to nerf one thing that indirectly breaks 12 other things?

starlinvf.1358:

Solzero.5380:

Tanner Blackfeather.6509:

Solzero.5380:

Isn’t anets job to balance this sort of thing?

Yes. And the way they have chosen to balance it is by keeping the new weapons and elite specs tied together.

And the game is really fun right now, right? So exciting!

It is! Think about it….. at the rate they have to nerf things, do you really want them to have even more reasons to nerf one thing that indirectly breaks 12 other things?

How many core specs are viable and is there variety? You know people tend to get so caught up on balance that they forget what a game is really about. Fun; a game needs to be fun above all things in order to enjoy it.

I too would prefer more viable options than just the new fotm shiny. Sure it’s a balance issue but here it also has a lot to do with the introduction of new specs. I realize they need to be good but often they’re too good at least in terms of maintaining diversity.

Ubi.4136:

They won’t. It has to stay as it is to sell the expansions. Each expacs elite will be slightly more powerful to sell it.

Considering that in the HoT announcement, Angry Joe’s interview with a dev about HoT, and the PoF announcement they expressly stated that “Elite specs are NOT meant to be stronger than the Core specs, but instead, merely provide new ways to play the class”… There is ZERO intention of PoF Elites being stronger than HoT Elites, and nor will any future elites be stronger than existing elites. However… they still need to address the elephant in the room… the fact that Elite specs ARE stronger than Core, despite the fact that they explicitly stated that they wouldn’t be MULTIPLE TIMES AND CONTINUE TO STATE IT TODAY!!!