You seem to be missing the point. Popularity is irrelevant to the issue at hand. Despite 6/6 Centuar not being popular or optimal a guardian has the option to use 6/6 on heal proc, all classes do. With swiftness on demand readily available, centaur is not an optimal option but it is an option. You continue bring up a % duration inc, when the issue at hand is a on demand proc. The only other proc on ability rune set that is exclusionary is Rune of Soldier, shout cleans condition. Given the fact that all professions have a few ways to cleanse themselves, its not that big of deal.
Actually, I do think popularity matters. Why argue a position that has no context within the meta? I’m not here to argue with spreadsheets.
And the frame of my input in this conversation is solely that Manuhell claimed that classes have never before been excluded from runes; Runes of the Soldier and condition duration runes certainly exclude if not at least place preference on some classes over others.
No, Manuhell claimed that no other rune completely excludes a single profession and he is right.
It is my personal belief that not every rune set in this game needs to be usable by all 8 classes, because my Guardian sure as hell makes zero use of Perplexity in WvW and I’m not upset by it.
Not all runes are usable by all 8 professions (I’m fine with that), but none of them is a reward for newly introduced end game content. And whatever your preferences for your Guardian and Warrior might be, they are choices made by you. This choice is being taken away from engies.
Even if we got this rune set, I wouldn’t use it over Runes of the Forge or Runes of Perplexity. I don’t even plan on taking this rune set for my Guardian or my Warrior, solely because their signets are better used passively than actively.
I’m all happy for you, but you do not represent 100% of the GW2 players. Aegis on demand with a 30 second cooldown used e.g. with a stun breaking signet is a very nice tool to get out of a tight spot and not get your following heal interrupted.
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