Guild Wars 2

So I’m going to skip passed the energy mechanic issues, because they really aren’t THAT bad, aside from starting with half OOC, and one form of generation. Oops.

Anyways I thought the revenant was supposed to be this hardcore heavy armored group supporting figure, and during the beta the only support I offered playing it was being the first in group to be focused.
Many of the things I think make a class/build the revenant totally lacked. Then they announce Glint stance, and it comes equipped with everything I found them lacking. Literally.
Not one but two damage immunity abilities(Move over Jalis Ironhammer, your “tankfulness” is no longer required). Until Glint the only swiftness available required your brick road ability+hammer 3 or 5 or staff 4 mace 3, and no one has energy to spare for that. The healing abilities, imo, are laughable. Assuming your running Marauders Amy they heal roughly a quarter of your health(Mallyx +xhp per condi) and you can trait to siphon health as well, but that means you need to be constantly offensive to get that HP. Where’s my panic button? If I’m getting bursted, a 4k heal isn’t really a heal its more like relying the inevitable. Well good news, Glints got your back with his healing ability. I can’t remember the initial heal amount, but its hardly worth mentioning since the ability also provides a duration of negating damage and turn x amount into health. \(0)/. The new profession mechanic provides party members with additional boon duration, and also can be used to grant all the boons the other boons Glints utilities offer.
Now I want to play the revenant, and I want it to be challenging and exciting, but I think that the Glint stance offers too many of the things other classes/builds have that make them excel. Reading the glint abilities and traits and watching the POI side featuring glint made me think one thing: if you aren’t using Glint stance and the e spec w/ shield you are dead weight to your team.
These are all my opinions of course, feel free to disagree or point out any mistakes I made above.