Guild Wars 2

I’m playing Stronghold PvP during the weekend on longbow/sword ranger, as a defender. I have most things in my build for that role – snares, long range, high damage, temporary invulnerability – allowing me to take down NPCs efficiently and fight from the trebuchet hills. But I could use more swiftness and snares and, most importantly, ally heals – I’ve noticed how much Signet of Courage can turn the battle in the lords room. Druid has all those extra things, while letting me keep the elements that made power ranger a good defender in the first place.

Druid could be the ultimate Stronghold defender. I guess dragonhunter and pony revenant are contenders.

Pretty much, yes. Even better, you can lock down enemies long enough for the lord to get off their gigantic spin attack. Fend off an attack with the Lord at a sliver of health? Druid stays nearby and makes sure that the next time they push, the lord is at full health. Possibly the guards, too.

From my experience, at least untill the inner gates are broken, it’s more than healing/support does better on offense rather than defense, while good defensive wave clearer is often your dps.

Rym.1469:

From my experience, at least untill the inner gates are broken, it’s more than healing/support does better on offense rather than defense, while good defensive wave clearer is often your dps.

Now that you write that, I remember ending up playing my revenant pretty much only on offense. That’s sustained healing though, I’m not sure it applies to burst healing – the guardian signet wasn’t that useful on offense, even if the weapon heals were (I’ll test some more).