Guild Wars 2

I was thinking about how everyone complains about balance in this game and the view that all classes should have an equal chance to defeat each other in 1v1. But then I got to thinking the concept of balance in runescape. Generally, magic could kill people in armor easier rangers could kill mages easier and melee could kill angers easier. If we apply that concept of balance to this game then not only should classes have more trouble fighting other classes, it is necessary for healthy group play. The problem then isnt about changing class mechanics; its about fixing the team play experience. Any food for thought?

Hmm in my honest opinion GW2 balance isn’t that bad. I am not a fan of 1v1 balance it probably would be very very difficult to balance.

If you balance something for 1v1 then it becomes even stronger in group play. I see what your concept is (i never played runescape) but I think that sounds alot more rock v scissors v paper. Which shows up more so in GW2 in a duel but when the numbers get to about 5 or so Rock v Scissors v Paper becomes much less of a influence.

My main issue with complaints is people say things like balance it for 1v1 then make it change when the numbers get higher. What is that? It’s a dumb suggestion because that doesn’t even make sense. All of a sudden traits and skills scaling means more load on server more lag in WvW. Then whats the radius etc. I just hate whines that people make as if programming is magic and you can do anything you want. Triple A titles ship with bugs and issues and that is millions on millions development money.

Also my other big gripe with balance whines is you can tell when someone doesn’t have perspective of other classes and builds. I won’t ever comment much on Ranger because I will never make one. I now have 7 classes at 80 and as much as people complain about thieves and stealth imo the only problem I have is D/P perma stealth play everything else is fine imo.

There is no one build for each class to rule them all if there was everyone would play those builds hence they want there cake and eat it too. People don’t like to accept the fact that even in guilds wars where you can overcome Rock v Scissors with good play in most cases people just don’t like to lose.

Everytime I play one of my 7 characters I put on a different hat basically.

I’m on my Warrior I hate P/D condi thieves

I’m on my thief running power I hate pu condi mesmers Im running condi thief I hate pu power mesmers.

I’m on my mesmer running PU I hate necros because I can’t get away with no condi removal like most PU builds have except torch.

I’m on my new engi I hate stun warriors, because you have no stun breakers usually in bombs condi engi builds.

etc.etc.etc… Everyone has mains but if you have another class people should really step away from there mains and hop on one of their other classes for a bit then put that hat on. Everyone says eles are bad blah blah blah but then you hop on a guardan fight a Ele and it is one of the most frustrating fights you can have.

Sorry I ranted.

No you are exactly right. The game is fairly balanced. Ranger and ele do needs buffs. Warrior and condi mesmers need to be brought down a little. Other than that its all about advantage. Get a solid 5 man team that covers each others weaknesses. Those are the best fights anyways.

lol runescape
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I don’t think the Rock Paper Scissor balance would work in gw2.