Guild Wars 2

Ive been competitive in every game ive ever played. I hustled older kids in street fighter 2. I never left an arcade with less money than when I went in. Ive tried to compete in literally every single game ive ever played.

except gw2, and this is the game ive put the most hours in, and the game I love. I have been waiting years for true balance, because it just bothers me how the beta has been so awkward since launch. I barely pvp (I do, but casually, which disgust me) because the balance is just so bad. I dont understand how there arent another 5-15 people hired just to test numbers constantly and raid these forums and reddit to see what we want and solutions we have. The solutions keep getting worse and the difference between classes effectiveness has never been so large.

Since gw2s launch ive said the best way to balance this game is to make every class almost too powerful, thus making them equal. Virtua Fighter uses this tactic actually. In VF, any character played perfectly can end a fight near instantly, or can be completely untouchable. As broken as it sounds, its probably the most balanced fighting game series. Now MMOS work different, obviously (somewhat) but im starting to think that even this wont save pvp now. The Elite Specs have changed some of the classes so drastically in terms of effectiveness that it will take a major overhaul to even start a change.

I truly think ANET needs to look at their design and balancing teams, if they exist I truly dont know how they operate tbh, look at the core classes and elite specs, and get to work. There have been SO MANY WEAPONS and SO MANY TRAITS that have been screamed and yelled about since launch that simply dont do anything. Main example is the Revanent, and how all of its weapons have a use, despite how limited the class is, it can do so much. The Warrior on the flip side is stuck in the past. You cant even tell if the Mace is supposed to be condi or power, and its absolutely terrible despite how great it could be. Warrior, the weaponsmaster, sucks with weapons. Lets not talk about how much weaker melee hammer is compared to revs ranged hammer.

These things keep getting put off or on tables, and its been years. I remember a talk about buffing necro axe. It got the slightest buff ever, after 3 years, and then forgotten again. Now theres a pro league using roughly 3-4 classes for the most part.

Long story short, If my FAVORITE game doesnt turn ME onto PVP, the game mode ive loved since bill clinton was president, theres a lot clearly wrong.

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