Guild Wars 2

Was testing the Druid in Beta, some first impressions:

I’m not a fan of the two step process skills like targeted skills. I will use them, but not as often as I will auto target skills.

That being said, I am not a fan of the Druid. First of all, 3 of the ranger staff skills are targeted skills. That’s at least two too many. Second of all, the “celestial avatar” that reverses you from killer to healer only stays up for a short time making the use of most celestial skills a 3 step process (press f5, then target, then fire)

Sublime Conversion, skill 5 on the staff is completely useless when not in sPvP. I have played enough of this game to know there is little use for a healing shield in PvE or WvW. Making it a targeted skill makes it even worse. I’d recommend swapping staff skill 5 and “Glyph of Tides”, so skill 5 becomes a decent AoE.

Speaking of AoE, Vine Surge (staff skill 4) needs some work, too. Again it is ground targeted, but it really shouldn’t be. It would be more useful if it were targeted on a enemy/friend or pet, and then it should travel 1200 feet in that direction or until it hits an obstacle.

Ancestral Grace is also ground targeted, but like other skills of its type (Jump shot, Blink, Shadowstep) it is very useful that way.