Excuse me for probably saying a few obvious things in this, my first post as a newer player to the game.
My experience in WvW has added a lot fun to my game time, but it has also added a unique burden: if I want to survive long enough to contribute to my team in WvW I need to focus my crafting and build to a heavily defensive setup. And if my team wants to survive very long, and win some battles, we need to “min max” our group membership so that all the bases are covered.
I’m all for rewarding the well prepared, but it feels like if you haven’t coordinated something with your team to min max your build composition then you’re “not doing it right” as you try to challenge folks who no longer experience WvW as a real challenge, but rather as a routine mop up. So, not only does fighting seem restrictive to my game time, but I don’t even get the consolation of thinking that “at least my enemies can’t say it was too easy”. I’m afraid they probably do!