Ill come out and say it, I’ve mained an Ele since release, I play it everyday, I rarely touch any other class and I love WvW and tpvp. Ill be the first to tell you that Arena Net was correct, and we were well deserving of a good dose of the nerf bat. Im fine with all the nerfs, I still use Cleansing Water, and although it lost alot of its muster, it has in no way become a broken trait. The nerf to our signet heal was deserving and understandable, and even though it hurt me so much, I can live with the mist form nerf.
However, the nerf to RTL makes it so I can no longer roam (my favorite thing to do) in WvW, and completely forces me into the stupid bunker spec everyone seems to be running these days. Not only can I no longer escape from basic professions such as warriors, but I can barely follow my thief friend around the map anymore without him stopping to wait for me to catch up.
The nerf from 1500-1200 was perfectly justified but a 40 second cooldown, doubling (really, your not gonna at least try 30 first?) the original cool down when escaping is just to much. People can say what they want “cry more, you have plenty of mobility, look at us mesmers or necros.” But to be perfectly honest, that comparison just doesn’t work for me. mesmers have plenty stealth + blink combos that will safely allow them to escape combat, necros not only have an insanely high health pool, along with a second life force, but they also have minions and fear. You can go down the board and find something for almost all the professions.
Now people may counter this and say, well who cares if eles lowest armor, health pool, no stealth, no pets, no ability to swap between ranged and melee…etc..They still have best heals and condition removal. Alright, whether I believe that or not, ill accept that argument, and in turn propose that the developers instead find something else to nerf such as our already laughable damage or whatever they deem fit. I honestly dont care. Make churning earth a 5 second channel and lower fire grab to the damage of an auto attack. I couldnt give a kitten, just allow me to roam once again, I dont wanna be forced to roll a thief just like everyone else, a light armored squishy (at least, my build was squishy) melee spec should be able to have the mobility to choose their battles…at least give us that, because as of right now, I have completely lost the one thing that I truly enjoyed in this game.
TLDR: nerf what you have to, take away what you want but please give Dagger Dagger its mobility back.
