Guild Wars 2

I have put this game on the back burner since the new lol patches came out, after black desert came out, and after other games came out. The reason isn’t because this came lacks aesthetics, or amazing game mechanics, or flashy combat, or even fast paced 5 vs 5 pvp. The reason I left this game behind is that there was nothing new to do. I felt like there was no new build worth exploring as the metas gets established so quickly leaving other builds hanging as nonviable except for exceptionally rare situations. Pvp isn’t broken it is well balanced at this point with fun options available. Sadly, there just is not enough variety to make you feel special. Perhaps it was the addition of spectate speeding up the metas. But in game balance and build standardization was bought at the price player creativity. With he loss of possibility, I will join new adventures where the unexpected can happen or be found in pvp. However, this game isn’t over for me and shouldn’t be for anyone. I just wish there were more possibilities.

I definitely agree. There are, what? 6 usable classes (everything except dh / thief / war) in competitive pvp? Sure, each class if played really well can be an asset, but the meta classes are outshining them on a much easier learning curve.

To be honest, I would like to see the old trait system come back, even if the stats aren’t a part of it.

There was so much more a person could do and be halfway okay with it. I came up with a junk condi survival ranger build and it worked really well. When I won a 1v1, people were shocked that a build that far off the meta beat their meta build in a fair fight.

It also rewarded the trait investment for grandmaster traits instead of automatically having them for whatever trait line you choose. Right now the only place where you might not have them on a trait line is in pve (where you haven’t unlocked it yet). Only having 3 options per tier is not healthy for the fun of a game.

To solve the problem of elite specs, you would have to invest 6 points in the trait line in order to get the benefit. For example, daredevil wouldn’t get 3 dodges or staff until they had invested all 6 points needed. They would just have 2 dodges unless the trait line is filled out, and wouldn’t be able to use staff

I hope that ANET would re-instate the old trait system, even if it excluded the stat portion of it. I feel it would be a step in the right direction.

Would anyone be for / against it?