Is it just me or has nothing been done to disincentivize the use of Elites compared to Core specs. I mean, for the most part the Elites do everything better then the Core classes and are simply an upgrade. Where is the trade off? Please note that everything i write here is not about balance but about balanced design
The two closest Core vs Elite specs are Necromancer/Reaper and Guardian/Dragon hunter. They do not get anything extra. They get their 5 or 3 buttons replaced with another 5 or 3 buttons. The problem is that these replacements are much stronger. But this is not a design flaw, it is a numbers issue.
It is a question of the F skills having parity. But these two are the easy part.
What about the rest of the field?
DRUID:
I will first talk about druid, seeing how Ranger is my main class. Quite honestly the Druid is an upgrade and there is no reason not to take it in any game mode at the moment.
My suggestion would be to remove weapon swap when choosing a druid. Having said that, some things need to be done to give the Avatar form a bit more utility and not just be a healing mode. Add burning and damage to the Astral 1. Add some damage and some confusion to Lunar impact. *
WARRIOR:
While the Warrior is in a pretty sorry state at the moment when it comes to balance in PvP, it is pretty badly internally balanced as well. As with Druid, the Berserker is an upgrade design wise. Simple suggestion is to when using Berserker simply replace F1 with Berserk mode.. i.e. no more F1 and F2
SCRAPPER:
Replace the F5 the normal engineer gets with the Gyro function. This way the Scrapper is not an upgrade design wise. Everything else however, is a mater of balance.
CHRONO:
This one is difficult. On one side, the chrono needs all the 4 basic shatters, especially if he is to go glass mode. On the other hand, design wise, it is a major upgrade to the core class.
My suggestion would be to add a harsh penalty. Using Continuum puts all shatter skills on a very long CD. It would still refresh weapon and utility skills.
DAREDEVIL:
-Perhaps a nice penalty here would be to have a passive -1s or -2s to stealth duration when you take Daredevil.
My 2c
