Guild Wars 2

This is just one example, but I have been thinking a lot about Guardian builds as of late. With the round of nerfs, I’ve been pouring over the class design and the options available. I am noticing, in my opinion, faulty design in the Specialization trees.

From the title, Invigorated Bulwark & Empowering Might are the first two that come to mind. The location of these two abilities should be swapped to put IB on the same tier as Honorable staff. IB has nice synergy with Protective Reviver, HS would have nice synergy with EM. As it stands, well, we just cannot take these traits together. There’s really nothing overpowered about being able to use one or both of these pairs. In fact it would potentially give viability to two different choices but also make a “support” Guardian make that choice between mace or staff.

Anyone else agree with this? See other examples? I have a couple, but I don’t want to start down that rabbit hole if I’m way off base.

Looks reasonable and when we’re already at EM, that trait needs a big rework, i.e. no ICD and an increased range. Unfortunately, I doubt the devs have the brains to fix it.

As long as Radiant Retaliation stays unchanged and a grandmaster at that, it shows the devs don’t have any intention on reworking guardian’s traits.

Your suggestion is a sensible one, which is why it won’t happen.

CptAurellian.9537:

Looks reasonable and when we’re already at EM, that trait needs a big rework, i.e. no ICD and an increased range. Unfortunately, I doubt the devs have the brains to fix it.

EM has always been a dumb trait. Before the game came out I saw it and planned to make a build using sword in order to blind targets and provide a lot of might to the group. Then when the game came out I found out that EM had a 1s CD so it destroyed being able to use #3 to stack lots, and bosses being practically immune to blind destroyed the other part. I got over it and then PS came out and just made a mockery of EM and why it even exists. Then after another year, Rev was made and could stack might, and any other boon, way better than “the boon class”.

Which speaking of Rev, that class shouldn’t even exist and each legend should of just been a mist themed elite spec for different classes. Anet would of only had to make 3 more elites because the current 5 legends could have been given to different classes.