Guild Wars 2

1. Regen does not contribute with CA energy.

Which is silly considering it’s also a huge source of heal from Ranger. A Healing Spring without Druid spec can heal 60-80k for allies in a pvp match not to mention tons of other source like from traits (special mention to shouts), weapon, pets and skills (spirit).

2. Condition does not count toward CA energy.

And Ranger has a lot of access to conditions with and without full condition build. A lot of great weapons got trashed.

3. Pet/Spirit does nothing for CA.

There are some pets, spirits and traits that add heal to pets and they never see any use. Disappoint to see no synergy between pet and CA or at least between healing pet and Druid.

4. Staff is such a meh weapon.

It has no big impact but play a big role in CA generation so you cannot ever swap it out. Thus lead to a very boring passive playstyle. Meanwhile the best trait that make Ranger truly fun is Quick Draw (I wish it was a Minor trait so you can always have it) allows Ranger to be a very flexible and active class.

It’s not even about being weak or strong but along with the fact that Druid players rarely ever enter the Avatar form, Druid feels very disconnected compare to the dynamic playstyle of Ranger that I love.

I feel like all of above issues could be addressed and make Druid a much more fun class to play.
Make Regen and Condition partly count toward generation.
Pet/spirit heal contribute to generation.
Improve the impact of staff skills while increase the cd so good players won’t be forced into the weapon.

Plus a small suggestion: put Quick Draw icon to the buff tray so people can time it better in Avatar form.
Not critical but CA’s 1 an 2 (Cosmic Ray and Seed of Life) is very similar and the click to drop feel very unnecessary for two super low cd skills (not to mention very annoying for high ping users). I don’t see any reason for Cosmic Ray to be there as the Seed is already very good. I hope Cosmic Ray will be changed to something like a channel heal to be less clunky.
I’m not too happy with the current energy design of CA too but look like it’s being worked on.