Guild Wars 2

So i was watching NA vs EU last 3rd match in the Allstars Tourny. Here’s a link:
http://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2/b/558734864

To quote Jonathan Sharp at about 1:11:48 talking about Tage who’s prolly the best EU bunker guardian: " He is A nuisance! But thats what we talked about, he’s doing all those little things you don’t really think about, he’s keeping ppl up, he’s knockin back, thats what he’s supposed to do, thats what the guardian does." Apparently we are the nuisance class lol.

What other builds besides the " bunker shout cleric " could take enough pressure while being this nuisance the devs want us to be?

I wanna be optimal but i dont like shouts or being forced that much into current meta. Also i dont like “doin the little things”. This class is feeling so pale lately and every test at being effective within this meta has set me back in some way. Feels always im lackin somethin no mather whatever other build i try and that i would be more effective trying the same thing with another class. Not to mention how ppl almost always will blame the guardian if a match is lost cause we didnt bunker dat mid. The class just feels so immensely locked into that one build.

Jonathan Sharp got me thinking of how much completely locked are these devs on us playing the kitten bunker role only. It seems they find it to be the most effective and only spot we can be at in that environment that they base their vision of balance around. The meta pretty much is set onto us being the nurse/tank mode as the only effective spot/choice. While most other classes are fully opened to playing some hybrid or condi, or burst or even outtank us with focused bunker specs it feels like the guardian is left with the choice of pickin up the scrubs and leftover of one spec only that is the bunker nurse.

It almost makes me wish for a nice shave/nerf on our bunker build to open up more chance for buffs of other things but that might leave the burst builds completely vulnerable to everything since we lack mechanics like stealth and disengage.

What worries me more is the upcoming changes to mesmers and rangers. They are an amazing 1v1 class and with the range dmg advantage that they classwise have they put allot of pressure on us while we play bunker on nodes and also even in zerker modes. Its a well deserved buff for ranger dont get me wrong, but offtopic a bit the mesmer one was completly uncalled for. We wont be able clense that much torment and confusion and that combo means “dont move, dont use skills or wither within seconds”. How this type of play is good for the game is beyond me.

From what i read our Skillbar is due this friday and it will prolly make it or break it for me as a guardian in this stale 2 year drought of versatility. Lord knows what buffs necros will get but im expecting a large amount of mediocrity that is the guardian buff.

/end of rant

Thanks for reading my thoughts and hopefully u can give advice on some more nuisance builds

Until we get more competitive PvP game modes, guardian will remain where they’re at currently. A point holder bunker support.

Hostility.4961:

What worries me more is the upcoming changes to mesmers and rangers. They are an amazing 1v1 class and with the range dmg advantage that they classwise have they put allot of pressure on us while we play bunker on nodes and also even in zerker modes. Its a well deserved buff for ranger dont get me wrong, but offtopic a bit the mesmer one was completly uncalled for. We wont be able clense that much torment and confusion and that combo means “dont move, dont use skills or wither within seconds”. How this type of play is good for the game is beyond me.

I am glad I am not the only one who saw the upcoming Mesmer changes and thought, “Holy crap! What am I supposed to do when I cannot move and cannot use skills or I die?”

The focus fire from Rangers is already quite withering especially since we cannot even hit them at the range they can hit us from.

The Engineer change to make crippling baseline with their tool kit wrench skills means another class that can near permanently kite us around.

It all points to that whole “You are meant to just stand there and take it while trying to be as much of a nuisance as you can” stance that ArenaNet seems to have with their view of the Guardian and what it is supposed to do.

After two years of playing a Guardian, I am just hoping that they offer a Profession change service in the Gem Store here soon!

Thanks.

The match had a medi guard too, and their reactions were like “hmm, ok, ehehe”. In overall, they glorified the bunker guard while refraining to comment much on the med.

Well, they buffed the medi guard, so now we have a whole ’nother way to be the “nuisance profession”.

Thanks.

that teleport with heal area wasn’t like that already on the beta instead of blink to close ally??

Aeolus.3615:

that teleport with heal area wasn’t like that already on the beta instead of blink to close ally??

I know from early pvp videos sword 2 blink was ground targeted 600 range. No idea on the Mercifull Intervention utility.