Guild Wars 2

There is no need to make the “solution” to Eles more complicated than it actually is.
Just give Ele’s 15k base health already and call it a day. Everything about the class screams for the need for more base health, right across PvE and PvP.

What was the design philosophy behind making a class with the lowest health+armor and giving it worse survival abilities compared to other classes?

15k base health will fix virtually everything that is wrong with Eles, because suddenly they will have the breathing room to actually PULL OFF their crazy setups, explore builds, etc instead of just getting 2-shotted right off the bat or being pigeon-holed into arcana+cantrips.
Where we can actually SUSTAIN ourselves, instead of relying on one-trick-pony Fresh Air burst and spending the rest of the time waiting for cooldowns, sitting in downed state, or waiting for res.

Water+arcana cantrip bunker is the most painful build I have ever played with non-existent damage output and sub-par capability to what a warrior, guardian or engineer can achieve. Can you really blame me for seeking more damage but finding out other classes can simply faceroll for vastly better results? Especially Thieves, good lord what a rage-inducing cheesy class.

Fix FGS Rush exploit in PvE for all I care…but Ele base health needs to go up urgently.

I do not agree. I think with the new GM traits, plus survivability buffs, we need to see how the meta plays out first.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
I don’t want passive defenses
Just give us easier access to more active ones.

Ele needs some of its cool downs reevaluted before we do something like take a hitpoint dump.

style.6173:

I do not agree. I think with the new GM traits, plus survivability buffs, we need to see how the meta plays out first.

You mean D/D buffs and GM traits sitting in trees which are terrible for PvP.

But yeah, lets see how the meta plays out with Ele’s…or should I say without. The changes are so misguided and focused on increasing healing when that’s not where the problem lies.

Lostwingman.5034:

Ele needs some of its cool downs reevaluted before we do something like take a hitpoint dump.

Ele is renowned for having some of the longest cooldowns on abilities in the game for little reward. Or did you mean shortening them?

P Fun Daddy.1208:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
I don’t want passive defenses
Just give us easier access to more active ones.

Oh come on P, we know you hate passives, this isn’t a passive defense as much as giving you more room to actually DO STUFF with the class that you’ve always wanted :P

Wintel.4873:

style.6173:

I do not agree. I think with the new GM traits, plus survivability buffs, we need to see how the meta plays out first.

You mean D/D buffs and GM traits sitting in trees which are terrible for PvP.

But yeah, lets see how the meta plays out with Ele’s…or should I say without. The changes are so misguided and focused on increasing healing when that’s not where the problem lies.

Lostwingman.5034:

Ele needs some of its cool downs reevaluted before we do something like take a hitpoint dump.

Ele is renowned for having some of the longest cooldowns on abilities in the game for little reward. Or did you mean shortening them?

P Fun Daddy.1208:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
I don’t want passive defenses
Just give us easier access to more active ones.

Oh come on P, we know you hate passives, this isn’t a passive defense as much as giving you more room to actually DO STUFF with the class that you’ve always wanted :P

I guess I wouldn’t turn down any buffs, but more seriously I don’t think we need buffs that would affect PvE because we are already pretty valuable there. I would be happier with this idea if there was a strict PvE/PvP split.

It follows that the lowest HP, least armoured class ought to have the best active defences right? There’s no way this is the case in gw2 – ele is easily the squishiest class. So IMO something needs fixing, I don’t see anything in the incoming patch that will really change that.