I made a guardian to burn heretics enemies. Engulf them in flames and carry on with the zealot nature of true Templar. Started with a male norn, but they were so slow with the movements, that I switched to female (first time evar) and andded a valkyrie stick to the mix. So far so good
I made a Guardian because a) I like to be the last one alive and b) Out of all the professions i’d say that Guardians are most sought after for group-play. Yes, ‘all classes are balanced’ but I reckon if you asked everyone to compile their perfect team 99% of them would include a Guardian
I loved the look of it in the pre-launch videos. I wanted a tanky class.
In Beta it was a far more effective class -
initially it had medium health
initially aegis would block one out of 5 attacks
sadly they nerfed both things instead of just one
for a long time I feel we have been one of the top 3 classes in the game… with the big boost to conditions in pvp, I don’t feel overly tanky any more… my Ranger is more tanky than my Guardian and does more damage… it would be nice to get a little boost in the future to make us tanky again
We don’t need to make mandatory gear treadmills, we make all of it optional
I love being the spearhead of a zerg/group c: Nothing better than jumping right into an enemy zerg hitting Shelter and RF and watching the block/invul. text spam lol. I always looked at guard as having one of the larger skill curves just because there is no true escape mechanism and anti-burst/heals/condi. removal/boons must be timed very well while sustaining enough dps to actually kill someone
Quite a few guards I’ve talked to in-game have this sort of elitist mentality about guardian and how they’re just so intellectually superior from the meta game of dps/conditions..but hey i cant blame them lol – go blue
I made a guard cause I was sick of dying to zerker noobs and watching the pvers trying to take over wvw so I started healing everything! YOLO all boons!
