Guild Wars 2

I really wish the devs would stop saying this. It really gets on my nerves because it’s not completely accurate. The truth is, BUNKER guardians are in a good spot, every other guardian spec is meh. And with these latest round of updates, I don’t see much changing.

I do like the quality of life updates however.

DPS-Guards are not in a bad spot either. And with the upcoming changes, they’ll get some more options.

DPS guards are not in a bad spot, but they are not in a good spot either. They are just what I said, in a meh spot. How many med guardians do you see running around in Tpvp. That should tell you all you need to know.

The guardian changes were not good, already suggested changes in a tread below

DPS guards can be very effective. It’s just harder to pull off, than playing a braindead-specc like any sort of Warrior, Spirit ranger or decap-engineer. At least in the EU side there is still a really good dps-guard left.

Meditation guards are fine. The only downside of a meditation guardian is that a bunker guard is usually better.

However, you can blame that on a system where Conquest is the only game mode. If sPvP wasn’t all about stacking on a small area and surviving the AoE/knockbacks, then bunkers wouldn’t be what they are now.

Dahkeus.8243:

Meditation guards are fine. The only downside of a meditation guardian is that a bunker guard is usually better.

However, you can blame that on a system where Conquest is the only game mode. If sPvP wasn’t all about stacking on a small area and surviving the AoE/knockbacks, then bunkers wouldn’t be what they are now.

And it’s because of statements like this why guardians have remained stagnant in the past 1 1/2 years, and most every other class has had some substantial changes.

Have you actually given DPS Guard a shot? That is all I have been playing in tPvP and it’s yielded some very good results.

Though I was bummed to hear about the trait changes because they don’t pertain to medi DPS in any way. Litany of Wrath is down to 3/4 but it’s still meh – nobody will really use it. The vigor nerf sucks but now that 2-handers will have two sigils you could do an Energy sigil + any DPS one.

That dps guard that’s been trolling all your solo qs is me, and as I’ve already said in a different post radiance GM needs to be some way of dealing with condition pressure for a viable build to come out of running into it. Who’s going to run a settlers ammy radiance guard?

Today I saw a thief spam pistolwhip on a guardian inside his symbol of wrath, killing himself on retaliation and calling guardian OP.

Phaeton.9582:

That dps guard that’s been trolling all your solo qs is me, and as I’ve already said in a different post radiance GM needs to be some way of dealing with condition pressure for a viable build to come out of running into it. Who’s going to run a settlers ammy radiance guard?

I was talking about a settler’s build with my guildies. Definitely worth a try!

sorrychief.2563:

Today I saw a thief spam pistolwhip on a guardian inside his symbol of wrath, killing himself on retaliation and calling guardian OP.

its OP if the guardian can just stand in one place without dodging and letting a passive boon do all the work

Malediktus.9250:

sorrychief.2563:

Today I saw a thief spam pistolwhip on a guardian inside his symbol of wrath, killing himself on retaliation and calling guardian OP.

its OP if the guardian can just stand in one place without dodging and letting a passive boon do all the work

Retal’s already been nerfed mang

Actually, wait till you fight a condi radiance guardian post april 15 – then complain about retal.

Malediktus.9250:

sorrychief.2563:

Today I saw a thief spam pistolwhip on a guardian inside his symbol of wrath, killing himself on retaliation and calling guardian OP.

its OP if the guardian can just stand in one place without dodging and letting a passive boon do all the work

Surely you must be joking…

Right? Lol

sorrychief.2563:

Today I saw a thief spam pistolwhip on a guardian inside his symbol of wrath, killing himself on retaliation and calling guardian OP.

Not saying it’s OP, but dps guards will not only murder thieves: They will rip out their heart and scream, “KALI MAH!” then eat it.

Chicago Jack.5647:

sorrychief.2563:

Today I saw a thief spam pistolwhip on a guardian inside his symbol of wrath, killing himself on retaliation and calling guardian OP.

Not saying it’s OP, but dps guards will not only murder thieves: They will rip out their heart and scream, “KALI MAH!” then eat it.

We’re the only dps spec that can hard-counter a thief. It’s nice for sure