Guild Wars 2

I’m only rank 12 and don’t PvP a ton. I have fun with my guild goofing around in our custom server and I have played a great deal of WvW.

I have talked with people quite a bit about it though, and it seems like this game is really built around that while some builds are very powerful, there seems to be other builds out there that completely destroy them.

So, essentially, there’s a lot of scissors to some build’s paper to other build’s rock, etc, etc.

First off, what are your thoughts on that?

That leads me to my next point. IF that is true, do you think some classes and/or builds are ultra powerful because in 5 on 5 games, you have a low chance of getting a build that counters it? For example, I used to play “that other MMO” and except for arenas, there was no battleground map with less than 10 players on each team.

Do you think that if they introduced maps with more than 5 players on them, that might help alleviate or increase the balance issues BECAUSE you have a greater chance of getting a player that might counter that other strong class or buid?

I’m honestly curious of your opinions, if what I said made sense.

I play condi engi, which is on the losing end of a few of the strongest hardcounters in the game.

Condi necro > Condi engi every time.

Low stability uptime means I have a high chance of getting destroyed by cc-heavy comps.

The thing is this is a team game and not balanced around 1v1, so while a necro will absolutely destroy me 1v1, if its a 2v2 where we both have a support player backing us, it will be MUCH more even.

Yeah, pretty much except some builds are both rock and scissors.

On the current maps, and with how the game is set up skill wise, more than 5vs5 is pretty chaotic. I don’t see how it would add to balance, although new game modes might suit more players better.

Balance isn’t that bad anyway compared to other mmos.