Guild Wars 2

I cannot be the only person who has played a support Ele in WvW and found i get next to nothing when it comes to event participation (copper if i am lucky). Swap to any other class or go DPS on my Ele and thats a complete 180 degree flip to getting gold participation.

The others in WvW are happy i am there, they love that they did not get focused down and didn’t have to get rezzed. I am not happy though, i walk away with a sour taste in my mouth thinking why do i participate in this if my hard work is far from rewarded like the zerks.

Introduce the Druid, it is heals, people will want you in the group to heal, they will have expectations that you heal, guildmates will expect it from you. Sure a druid can do damage while engaged, but they will not be doing the expected job by the rest of his fellow adventurers.

There has to be a retooling of participation for healing. If i spend 75% of my time rezzing fallen players i should be getting a gold event participation. Not copper or nothing, if not for the rezzing i did, then the event might not have finished, could have even wiped. If my heals that i chose to do, over damage, kept the players who had aggro from dying, i should be recognized by the game mechanics not just players who remember it. It is all great to get a thanks, but the game should be congratulating me also, just like it does to Zerks.

I am embracing the idea of healing on my Ranger, but its on very shaky ground, considering if i do what others will expect of me i will more than likely get shafted by poor game mechanics.

I hope this is actually given some thought and consideration, it is a big deal.

It is a big deal.

Truth be told, Rangers have less problems with this because they can grab the 1st ranged pet in mind to tag 3-4 mobs and never see the copper again.

But the issue you are mentioning is there. It definitely is a topic to discuss.

As someone who primarily plays a Support/Healing Elementalist…..

Yeah, this is an issue.

I only ever realized how much rewards I were “missing” when I first played WvWvW with another class. It’s really weird that healing doesn’t give you credit.

I am hoping that maybe we can get some positive movement on this. Seems like it has been ignored long enough by the Developers.

I have included this issue in my feedback thread, encourage posting there so I can add your concerns to the OP there. In my sig.

Agreed. It is rather puzzling as to why DPS > HPS when it comes to getting shinies. Why go full Druid heals and not be properly rewarded in the end?