Guild Wars 2

I have a suspicion that druid will soon see a change (perhaps change back) to astral force (AF) generation. I love the current system and I believe it was enacted to account for the very reasonable critique that a healing spec should have heals at the ready for when they are needed, especially with the opening of raids and given the potential niche of druid in said raids. The cries of “OP” or “overtuned” may be a bit much, its hard to say since the last time ranger experienced anything close was beastmaster or pvp spirit build well over a year ago.

For a profession to be balanced, I believe it has to have a yin and yang sense to it rather than a “have your cake and eat it too” feel. I think I might have an approach which of course will anger some, may have been said prior, and/or may satisfy both ranger and other professions alike.

Instead of adjusting how AF is gained, I think base healing of celestial form abilities could be lowered, while the multiplier for healing power would then be increased. Berserker builds would lose some healing effectiveness, whereas healing specs would keep or gain healing effectiveness for all healing abilities respectively.

Thoughts?

Or they will add a flat out damage output reduction and a healing boost to the adapt minor.