Im not talking about pvp teams that have 4-5 players playing the same class, just wanted to point this out right at the start.
Okay, so i do get that raids are rather hard compared to the rest of the game and while i do understand the need of different professions doing different roles inside raids… and i do understand the combo system is there so different professions can interact with each other to buff or deal special effects on a target…
But i had a idea of stacking multiple of the same professions which are either super self sufficient or have multiple diverse builds that when stacked on each other will form a “super unit”?
A few examples:
-Revenant teams: Multiple revenants can apply all boons to all other revenants permanently, there melee and ranged dpsers, condi revs, there are fire fields blast finishers, and even healers with condi clense and projectile absorption.
-Necromancers: Necromancers by default are super self sufficient. They might not even need a healer if they use shroud and life force generation efficiently, and having 5+ necromancers with minions and “Rise!” skills (even without having a minionmancer builds) seems like a interesting idea.
-Elementalists: Very versatile, having multiple ones focusing on staff dps, auramancing healing /boon support sounds good enough
-Engineers: Same thing as with elementalists, very versatile.
-Warriors: Similar to revenants, but with less projectile reflects.
-Guardians: Symbols for boons, can guard and support each other from anything, melee ,ranged, burst, condi they have it all.
-Ranger: Similar to guardians, lots of aoes, dps, condi, pet coordinating and druid healing makes them highly survivable.
-Mesmers: Very interesting to see tons of illusions, quickness and alacrity for days.
Im not saying people should stack lots of the same professions with the same build, im not trying to say this would be much better than anything before in pvp or raids…
Its just a fun idea that i had to imagine how would a group of 5+ players with various builds on the same profession perform in some large pve events, dungeons or stories.
PS: I had this idea from watching 2 yt videos showing off a small zerg of minionmasters and mesmers in wvw. Tho not much fighting was showed.