tbh, in all honesty, it is made out as if the fact of the matter is proffessions are crazily Overpowered, where it isnt the case, its the other way around.
Warriors and Thiefs need some serious attention to, and Even Dragonhunters have been deleted from the meta because how bad ESL has really made them look, when this expansion launched DH was pressume Meta due to the fact there was HUNDREDS of threads of QQ, but its just simply not overpowered at all, and finally players are now seeing this.
All 3 proffessions are completely abandoned in ESLs / high MMR Games, now i can understand the problems of this, walking into a Tournament erasing 1/3 of the games proffessions from the game, entirely builds for very static and boring teams and compositions, Im hoping to see a Rework on ALL 3 OF THESE PROFFESSIONS based on how long they’re taking to realistically bring them to scale.
Warriors Thief Dare devil and berserker all need buffing, Dragonhunters need Nerfing and buffing, purely because if u buffed the skillset uptoo par right now DH Would just scale out of control
now to the Elite v Core Proffession argument, i dont understand it, this game has not had variety, it hasnt existed, and its no less then what it was, the only reason this argument is Suddenly appearing after 3 years of Sticking to a Strict meta, is simply you dont like the Elite released for your main proffession and you want to go back to it, but u simply think “oh it has to be the Elites nullifying core proffessions” where actually it isnt.
Guardians just have NOTHING else good going for them, Why role a bunker Guardian when the Druid exists, Why role a Bruiser guardian when Scrapper or Reaper exist?.. you cant Simply Nerf another proffession Just cause it Out-classes it in a role, that simply would make more and more drop out of Meta and become considered unviable til the Entire game needs Rerolling.
Guardians just arnt good at anything, and Losing DH wouldnt give you ur Guardian back, Because no matter WHAT happens to DH its forever Ur ONLY build til bunker guardians or something come in the Meta, Metas Decided by what counters the Majority of other builds used not whats the Strongest on paper, Neither the Proffession or its Elite is useful at all, outside Tanking in PvE or being a Commander in WvW.
Chronomancer Revenant and Reaper are the only proffessions that are actually forced into their elite speccs, u arnt going to go DH for a bunker Guardian, you arnt going to Druid for a Power Ranger, you wouldnt go Scrapper for a Condi Engineer, you wouldnt go Tempest for a 1v1 Elementalist build.
at the end of the day it isnt YOUR elites pushing your builds out the window, its actually the other proffessions Development Pushing ur proffession out the window, One proffession will ALWAYS be the strongest in a Specific Role, Meta will forever Decide that, with DH Replacing a Guardians DPS role, and the fact Neither of ur other Roles can be fit into the current Meta at all, Isnt a Elite v Core specc problem, thats called a Meta change.
true “variety” exists in No MoBA no FPS or MMO, u cant suddenly Demand that, games have Run with “top builds” for a Loooong kitten time now, if it was so easily introduced, Why has NO OTHER game developed it either?
this is NOT a defence of Anets actions, Warrior thief and Guardian all Seriously need Looks at where both core proffession and Base proffession is
Warrior and Thief for obvious reasons, I dont play either proffession i’ve never even tried them, however i know they’re in a bad place and im sure the majority of the warrior and thief forum is full of ideas.
Dragonhunters Skillset is too basic, its Rigid and you cant do anything but what it Does with the abilities, this is setting their balancing in a high place in low MMR and a Really bad one in higher MMR, it needs changing and Depth is needed to be introduced, Nerf it Down and give the build Some Depth Counter play and Capability outside Trap spamming and True Shot Crit RNG Praying.
all 3 need some Serious attention that Anet are just ignoring, i wouldnt defend that or even attempt to cause the community is right there, however the whole Elite v Core is rubbish tbh, its Standard PvP costs.. Nothings truly balanced within the proffession things will always be stronger then other things in itself.
