Guild Wars 2

Things like ethereal fields in general are really bad, as are comboed guardian symbols, and even things like fire shields and frost auras.

You need to find a way to make fields and combos desirable without the whole “you ruined my fire field with your symbol, I hate you”. Taking a look at the strngth of might stacking with just a couple of fire fields is probably needed, it’s too easy to reach high uptimes of 25 might stacks and its benefits entirely dwarf the benefits any other field provides.

And ethereals, especially chaos armor, are just bad if they don’t provide the 4 seconds of protection chaos armor from the mesmer staff innately provides. Randomized boon gain is just a really bad idea, especially with the short boon durations.

Can only agree with your post!

I think pretty much every field besides fire, water and smoke are horribly underpowered. Lightning is nice for swiftness, but only Elementalist gets Lightning, and Revenant will when it releases, which is still a bit too restricted.

I agree, the whole lot needs balancing a lot better, so fields besides fire/water/smoke have a purpose.