Guild Wars 2

Hi players,
there’s something that recently I can’t get over it and it’s the fact that we shifted from the original mindset of create many builds for each class to have all the roles you want to 1 effective build per class. I mean why should I take a power necro when a revenant with a tank amulet like paladin do more damage? Why should an ele go full dps while every other class can outdps it?Or why a guardian should go support when there’s an ele or druid that performs better…
I think that this kind of mindset is destroying the fun of playing with a class because in this situation the idea that Gw2 is flexible mmo where everyone can do everything goes away. Frankly I would love to play a great support necro or power necro or dps ele or support warrior or condi guard or whatever i like but since there’s this cancerous meta kitten I can’t actually enjoy playing a class like I want it to play because “you always must take that 1 build for a class that it’s op on the moment and that 1 build becomes a fixed role for the class”.
I also think this influence a lot the way devs balance classes… since it’s easier to balance that 1 build for each class instead of “x”.
I want more build diversity among classes. Where’s the original Gw2 concept?Should we abandon it for fixed roles easier to balance?What do you think?

thats not true for example i run a druid trapper and other rangers use the meta druid builds. so that is two builds i am using sword/dagger axe/torch and the meta druids run staff/bow or staff great sword . witch all work well

Yeah i get it… like me you actually try more builds but the majority of players don’t.
For what I’ve seen in ranked arena many runs the meta build and stop and don’t even think about creating one. This behavior imo leads to a way of playing Gw2 classes that it’s unhealthy and blind because not only you don’t want to create your own playstyle but you tend to follow the op build of the moment

Well. Inter class balance came first and that right as they did it.
1) Inter class
2) Intra class
You can see it when you analyze the april 19 patch.
For example for classes like warrior and thief, being too weak in the current meta, they buffed ‘mainstream’ traits.
Lead attacks for example. They took something every thief has and made it stronger.
Classes, however like mesmer, ele, scrapper did not receive buffs to the popular stuff, rather to underused weapons, traits and utilities.

So basically they are doing it the right way. They just do it like very slowly.
Can be a good thing to take it slow, can also be seen as negative. Depends on your point of view. (If you dont like your current build you will probably want them to work faster)

I agree with you Asrat they’re doing it but really slowly. They should have began this kind of work before giving HoT to the gw2 community. In this way half of the work or maybe one third would be already done.
It’s not that i don’t like my current build I just find it boring to have to play 1 effective build per class because the other that u can get don’t stand a chance with your current one or there’s another class with a similar build that performs better.

You made a valid point in the OP. Some effective changes can be made by altering the trait system, and by placing traits in a different more suitable traitline.

Not only the trait system need changes to get more synergy among different lines but also there weapons and utility in every class that sucks and need to be buffed and others that need be toned down

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Yeah i get it… like me you actually try more builds but the majority of players don’t.
For what I’ve seen in ranked arena many runs the meta build and stop and don’t even think about creating one. This behavior imo leads to a way of playing Gw2 classes that it’s unhealthy and blind because not only you don’t want to create your own playstyle but you tend to follow the op build of the moment

if players would just experiment with builds not only could they make one just for their play style but might be better then meta build . really tried the meta builds but i did not like them . so made my own costume build that is perfect for me.