Specializations
I told you so! To all who supported this shift, it is YOUR fault. You took away all creativity and are now playing (and complaining) about meta builds. You have 0 choice, either play what they buff or get rekt.
Um, the original complaints were that you had to play zerker/power on all classes in PvE. Specialization, Magus Falls, and HoT have changed that. Even so, there are a variety of builds and team comps successfully progressing in Raids, so I don’t think it’s fair to say that there’s a clear, single meta for each class. It’s inevitable that a plurality of the community gravitate to particular builds, unless the game’s mechanics (or popular instances) evolve nearly as quickly.
If you are referring to PvP, there are balance issues that aren’t directly related to the existence of elite specializations; they seem to derive from players having figured out some clever ways to use the new skills to bunker in ways that ANet doesn’t seem to have anticipated.
ANet has promised a balance patch early next year. I’m reserving judgment until it’s out about whether elite specs are “required” for PvP.
John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”
I told you so! To all who supported this shift, it is YOUR fault. You took away all creativity and are now playing (and complaining) about meta builds. You have 0 choice, either play what they buff or get rekt.
I was confused until I glanced through your post history and realized that you’re one of those. Carry on.