Guild Wars 2

If you repeat the formula you used for hot, making new specs too op so the whole meta changes, you’re gonna loose almost half of your player base, it was enough to pay once so one could play with even builds but if we are forced to buy every single expansion, so we can have a fighting chance against new builds, im out, and i know im not the only one. Remember what made this game great! we love custom builds, variation, surprise factor behind every fight depending on each build a player can choose. If this game becomes a “play meta or stop playing” the second choice will become really appealing, who wants to be forced to play a build he doesn’t like just to have a fighting chance? Please devs we love this game, be smart and start listening to your playerbase.

Side note: I don’t have any kind of problem with having a meta, what i hate is a new meta every expansion, and to be forced to pay so i can play the meta cus if im not in im dead, look at pre hot builds on metabattle right now, theres only 1 for each class and its really underpowered, thas what im afraid its gonna happen with this new one, to me, in a game with open world combat, variation is the key to success.

A lot of people were “only meta or gtfo” before HoT. There will always be a meta build. It could use an elite spec or it could not.

This is not for having meta or not meta will always exist. I want more options in said meta thats all Pof making the old elite specs useless isnt a good move imo.

Exactly, my problem its not about the meta, i use often the meta to guide myself trough custom build tweaks, what im afraid of is to be forced to pay to compete, and to be forced into a build i dont like just because its a suicide to try a pre expansion one. Like for example when hot came out, i was happy with my pre hot build, but suddenly new xpansion came out, some more dodges, new evasion skills and boom, be daredevil or be dead. thats not fun at all. Same happened with mesmer, try a sword torch roaming build with no f5 to use dual ultimate for stealth, or shield for that massive stun, it sucks, and what you get? a tiny lil bit more of dmg that is worthless cus your dead before landing first burst, or running cus ur stealth is over.

The ‘Meta’ mindset is as old as MMOs…even as far back as EQ and Ultima. There will always be those people who believe you absolutely must play with a meta build or you will be trash. Personally, I like taking my own path in things, and that is how I will continue to play.

The expac releases in 6 weeks. Whatever they’ve decided for PoF elites isn’t going to change much.