sPVP only nerfs
SPvP nerfs being applied to PvE is just about the most consistently frustrating thing in this game. I have to imagine they’ve lost a whole lot of potential customers after their class has been nerfed again and again due to the balance of some game mode that very few play.
Sometimes the same logic that applies to sPvP also applies to PvP in WvW, which is treated like PvE in many ways. I imagine that at least some of the complaints about D/D eles escapes and heals are WvW related. Yeah, I’d love to keep playing my ele in PvE, but I’ll have to see if these nerfs kill it for me. I know I won’t be switching to Scepter, and I only use staff when being in melee seems like a really bad idea — because I hate the staff, but not as much as I hate the scepter.