Guild Wars 2

It seems every profession’s skill choices are more meaningful than eles, if a ranger got GS and shortbow then swapping between these two sets really makes a difference. The ele skills on the other hand feels so much occasional, and not too much battle-changing, the rotation feels like whatever (specially for PvE).

Does anyone else feel squishy looking right at the profession core? All professions have changed dramatically throughout the game’s life, eles have only changed dramatically in the beginning of the game, when D/D was nerfed to the ground. It seems to me that every profession can offer much more, eles effectiveness seem split into tiny bits among their skills (some exceptions such as Shocking Aura).

If you are talking about PvE, pretty much everything is just meeh, cause it’s already easy as it is. Also Ele has one of the top dps in game, so idk why you would consider it to be less efficient than other classes.

You just have to better on the ele than other classes, it has a higher skill cap and is far les foirgiving of mistakes

Part of the Elementalist’s design is to feel fragile and squishy. It’s an intentional decision, meant to balance out the other abilities of the class. I don’t think it really leads to a higher skill level or anything, it’s just meant as a base way to balance out the Ele’s access to lots of skills and high potential for damage or healing.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/why-is-ele-so-squishy