PvP and PvE skills separation
The capability to split them has been in since launch. A few abilities are split, but most aren’t. Examples:
- .Retaliation and Confusion do 33% less damage in WvW and PvP.
- Boons from the guardian shout “Save Yourselves!” last half as long in PvP.
ANet doesn’t want the skills to have drastically different effects in PvE and PvP/WvW, so they’re reluctant to split. A few more skills were split, but with the specialization changes, they removed the splits. They may add more as they iterate on design/balance.
Kirrena Rosenkreutz