WvW abilities - What's in it for Guardians?

WvW abilities - What's in it for Guardians?

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Posted by: Heinel.6548

Heinel.6548

Anet announced WvW abilities – https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Upcoming-WvW-Updates/first

Though there is no details as to what they’re about yet. Previously they had expressed a wish in interviews for giving something to every class that is supposedly as fun and impactful as mesmer portals.

Assuming they’re going to be profession specific, what would you like to see for Guardians?

I personally think Guardians are mighty powerful as is in WvW, but only in very specific circumstances or if you have a perma-group. It is very casual / hot-join unfriendly. For some quick fun and making a big impact I login my mesmer—randomly hit up a zerg and down peoples 5 at a time with confusion is something I can enjoy in 5 minutes or 50. Then, golem duty with portal make me feel like an MVP of the day every single time.

For the guardian to be more well-rounded as a class choice for WvW, I want to see a playstyle along the lines of a powerful smiting priest. The Ray of Judgment of GW1 was one of the strongest AoE nukes in the game, and Banish was an anti-summoned-creatures ability (whole mechanic is absent in GW2), Shield of Judgment was like retaliation, but it also knock down aggressors, making it a very strong target denial option. Any of these skills are unlikely to make the sPvP pass, but in an environment where you’d get focused down by at least 10 people plus 20 minion/clones/pets they suddenly make a lot of sense. It’d give guardians many more opportunities to shine, instead of being pigeonholed to grunt work (which everyone can do) and stability bots.

“… but I hate the idea ‘It may not make sense at first’.
I want it to make sense right away, then another sense later. Murkiness =/= quality "
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Posted by: Danicco.3568

Danicco.3568

I’d like to see a Siege-sized Shield of Absorption that eats trebs, cats and ballista projectiles.

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Posted by: Heinel.6548

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I’d like to see a Siege-sized Shield of Absorption that eats trebs, cats and ballista projectiles.

I had thought about that as well, but it needs to be made more fun to use. Right now marshaling eles to siege block you get the “urgghh I’ll do that for a few minutes…” a lot.

Either turn siege blocking into some sort of mini-game-like activity, or maybe give you a stacking buff (like bloodlust) for each shot blocked.

“… but I hate the idea ‘It may not make sense at first’.
I want it to make sense right away, then another sense later. Murkiness =/= quality "
- CCP Abraxis

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Posted by: akamon.2769

akamon.2769

:OO tha twould be ridiculous.

i wouldn’t mind seeing some escape abilities. though i honestly don’t think we’re THAT bad. the only times i wasn’t abel to get away was when got ganked by a zerg. or my own mistakes. so when you have 20 people CC-ing you, doesn’t matter what you have. i feel. o rmaybe i’m just trying to make myself feel better.

definitely interested to see what the brings to the game.

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Posted by: Danicco.3568

Danicco.3568

I had thought about that as well, but it needs to be made more fun to use. Right now marshaling eles to siege block you get the “urgghh I’ll do that for a few minutes…” a lot.

Eh I did it a few times with my Elementalist and didn’t felt bored.
Although I’m new to this (I discovered I could eat siege better than Guardians yesterday lol), so I may feel the boredom later, like trebbing.
I used to go so fast so happy to treb stuff, that after I time when you’re trebbing the same place for like 20 min I’m “eh, why don’t the wall just fall so I can go do something else…”

At least people repairing are running around instead of clicking 1 button…

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Posted by: Vitu.3580

Vitu.3580

I kinda like the holy fire aspect to Guards. Maybe something like a huge self-centered AoE fire proc that pulses huge waves of blue flame out from the guardian doing nice damage to all enemies around and healing or removing conditions on allies. Something like 10-15 waves over 10-15 secs.

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Posted by: Heinel.6548

Heinel.6548

I kinda like the holy fire aspect to Guards. Maybe something like a huge self-centered AoE fire proc that pulses huge waves of blue flame out from the guardian doing nice damage to all enemies around and healing or removing conditions on allies. Something like 10-15 waves over 10-15 secs.

Agreed about the blue flames. I definitely think more can be done with it. I think that stylistically a lot of people were initially drawn to the Guardian class because of the magical flame. It is what sets us apart from warriors. If this aspect were to be developed further, we can craft a strong Guardian identity from this concept and break the buffbot mold we are forced into.

“… but I hate the idea ‘It may not make sense at first’.
I want it to make sense right away, then another sense later. Murkiness =/= quality "
- CCP Abraxis