Guild Wars 2

Many Guardians don’t like the new vittues because of the cast time. I personally think that new virtues are a slow downgraded version of the old ones.

But this thread is to discuss a design choice. Dragonhunter and Reaper have their mechanic replaced. Choosing them is giving up an old one to gain a new one.

Chronomancer and Tempest have a mechanic added. Chrono has a completely new shatter on top of the old ones. Why is it not replacing shatter 4? Just an example.

Curious to know why some specs are specs and some are class upgrades.

I’ve only herd from the grapevine, but apparently the mechanic extension vs mechanic change is to offset weapon choices. Ele and mes get an offhand, so they get extensions to make up for less overall weapon skills gained. Necro and guard get replacements because they got more weapon skills.