Guild Wars 2

Hi Anet,

Thanks for a great game, and despite a few hiccups I am loving it so far.

I realise this might not be the correct channel but I’m unsure where else to direct my question.

When do you think you will have time to address profession balance? Do you have an ETA?

I primarily like to casually pvp however at the moment the hot join maps are filled with nothing but 2 or 3 professions which stand head and shoulders above the rest of us.

Hot join is supposed to be instant fun but to be honest, this has put me off pvp altogether. At the moment it seems that if I want to get maximum glory I’m going to have to roll one of the professions which are dominating, but I want to play my own profession and have fun winning knowing I am on an equal footing. I even want to spend lots of money on glory boosters but see little point in doing so right now.

Please do let us know what your plans are!

PS – I didn’t mention specific professions on purpose. My question relates to “what is the ETA for balance” not “nerf this specific profession” or “buff this specific profession”

You’ve asked for balance without specifying what’s wrong?

In SWTOR, it wasn’t necessarily that anyone was OP, but the stun-locks completely broke the pvp. Some basic feedback about what general abilities (AoE, DoT, CC) are OP and then Anet can look at them).

Also, you’ll want gameplay issues.

My post asks “When do you think you will have time to address profession balance? Do you have an ETA?”

There are too many specific issues regarding overall balance to put into one post and I’m not interested in hearing about individual balance changes right now. Furthermore, I don’t want this to turn into a debate about strengths, weaknesses and bugs associated with specific professions. Rather, I’m interested to understand if profession balance is on their radar and if so when they plan on addressing it.

The reason I ask is because there are obviously some other issues which need addressing first – security and partying being two that spring to mind – and it would be good to know when they will turn their attention to other things like balance.

Well your asking a question and indicating they know there is a problem with the balancing and also in turn know which professions and skills are causing this, you’re assuming a lot considering. You will have to be more specific. They might actually think pvp is fine and there is no problem with balance and that it’s more a case of l2p or just that certain professions are more favoured which is pretty normal.

I think they know there are balance issues. Hell, all they have to do is search Elementalist
in their own forums.

Getting hit by a Warrior for 16k as a Necromancer is never fun. Considering I only crit for around 600 with my scepter, and my DoTs tick for around 250 or so, it seems a little ridiculous. I’m able to hold my own against all classes but when a warrior comes anywhere near me, I’m pretty much doomed. :/