Guild Wars 2

The word is thrown around a lot on these forums. Why don’t we call it like it is.
Damage while supplying Healing and Protection.
If your class has sustain, I guarantee it is due to those two things.
It isn’t some magic “sustain” that makes classes better.
It is literally access to those two things.
Consistent pressure damage while healing yourself and access to protection boon.

There 2 types of sustain imo:
- sustain as far as survivability goes
- sustain dmg – ability to deal relative high dmg continuously; opposite to burst dmg

well yeah, I’ve always thought of sustain as DPS + defense in some form

it can come from heals + prot

but also second hp bars

or iframes/blocks/evades/etc can be really important

stealth would obv be an ability that lets you do the opposite, burst damage