Guild Wars 2

after 700 hours as guardian a must stay he is really weak.

guardian need fix on this trait: Empowering Might (ally and you gain might when critical hit)
Two-Handed Mastery (recude cd on GS by 20%)

Warrior trait:Forceful Greatsword( Gain might on critical hit with a greatsword or spear. Greatsword and spear skill [sic] recharge 20% faster.) so 2 trait in one

Remove from Empowering Might ally gain might and make same trait what have warrior

Spirit weapons: after patch spirit weapons can be destroy by attacks so they are totaly useless now 30-60cd for spirit weapon what you can destroy with 1-3 hits ( in wvw i destroy spirit sword by 1 critical hit) so spirit weapons need ( more hp/apply boon or it or reduce cd to 10-15s)

Guardian range: guardian is absolutly weakness class in range dmg (staff is only for support/ scepter suck (auto-attack is very slow and his range 1200 is joke at range from range 700 you can easy dodge by only runing around. Smite 15x hits you never have after using 100x times on dummy my hits is 6-12 and its not move. guardian need better range weapon every class can kit him from range without any problem.

Guardian Elite: Tomes is useless ( long casting time= no chance before you cast skill 4/5 you get stun ( skill 5 in wrath tome Judgment can be remove (5s casting time and 600 range lol)

Trait: guardian Zeal trait need fix because nobody use it (only 10 points for 10% vs burning). Greatsword Power +5% GS dmg (warrior have 10%) Zealous Blade 25hp is very small vs Altruistic Healing 69 + scale from healing power where with Altruistic Healing have better heal (bigger if fight in group) have 300 thoughness and 30% crit dmg and better trait is Zeal trait line pointless

1h sword : auto attack have low dps vs other 1h guard weapon his 2 skill need change to leap and zealot defense is good only vs close dont move emeny when emeny start move you miss all attacks so we need change it to use in move

There have been numerous threads about this already, and I must say that you’re not really bringing anything new to the debate.

The problems you address are there, but I’m not sure if your solutions are that viable/good.

I’d also not call for a buff or a fix. “Buff” has strong emotional connotations and clouds people’s judgment. It also implies that Guardians are too weak (they aren’t) or need to be a lot stronger (they don’t). “Fix” is also not a word I’d use, although this is less strong than buff. There are things about the Guardian that could stand to be fixed, but the overall profession doesn’t need a grand fix. It also implies that the Guardian is completely broken (which it isn’t).

@Empowering Might: Personally i consider buffing ally with might much stronger then 20% recharge, especially if used with a strong support weapon like hammer. Would never give it up!

well my guardian does the 3rd most dps out of 6 level 80’s so regardless of its weaknessess, its still decent considering the survivibility

Dps order: warrior, thief, guardian, mesmer, ele, ranger
(Dont have necro/engi yet)

empowering might is awesome.
instead of selfishly buff yourself, you buff all your party!

two handed mastery is UBER! one trait affect three weapons! GS, hammer, staff!
nobody else have single trait that affect three weapons!

guardian elites, lol, two of them are one of the best elites in game (renew focus and healing book) and the damage book is ‘OK’, it has very good offensive buffs for your party but you lose all your attacks.
you can stack 25 stacks of might on your group and , 20 seconds of fury+6 seconds of quickness and weakness for all the enemies in 1200 range for the duration of the book…
bottom line all three elites are viable and renew focus is all around “oh kitten- save me” button.

spirit weapons and zeal tree: agree can be revised.

range? guardian is not a ranged class, just get over it.

Pecar.1236:

1h sword : auto attack have low dps vs other 1h guard weapon his 2 skill need change to leap and zealot defense is good only vs close dont move emeny when emeny start move you miss all attacks so we need change it to use in move

wait… what? sword auto is low dps vs scepter and mace? my sword autos crit for 1.7-1.9k with a 2.4-3k third attack, scepter at most crits for like 1k for me.