I used to dungeon a lot earlier(before cof farming and those 4 beserker warrior+mesmer times). i occasionally dugeon run now as “most” grps wont run without a warrior or gaurd in the grp (making most runs the same old runs with no change in style of runs as a team).
ALL classes- trait effects should supplement and not complement the stat boost they gives and hence reduce min-maxing. Example- power and precision stat trait lines give lesser dmg buff/skill effects.
Elementalists:
1) maybe more love in the earth trait.
2) i am unsure but i dont think there is a nice condition build for eles out there yet Oo.
Mesmers-
2) Shatter builds need player micromanagement-hence- there shud be one support and dps build for shatter builds(best is to change how f1-f4 effects change with trait lines).non shatter builds- shud have lesser support or dps (than shatter builds) since they will need lesser micromangement and more “faceroll” gameplay.
Thieves-
3) less cloaking. if they are allowed to keep thier near constant cloak give them a debuff. Example.. if cloaked more than 5-6 secs they automatically get weakness(50% fumble) and another condition. so that some players who want that long cloak playstyle will have to deal with the conditions that auto proc after long cloaks.
or
Long claoking? – more than 4-5 secs of cloaking.. all conditions put on the target get erased and makes target immune to that individual thieves conditions for 1-2 secs. thieves would then maybe cloak 3-4 secs for battle style.. or longer to escape with thier lives/res teamplayer.
4) give them a less squishy+ less evasive+medium dps + medium support build possibility. Thieves can tank with evasiveness. so tanky thieves are alrdy posisble.. but “effective” semi-support thieves arnt currently viable.
Warriors-
5) players tend to go more dps and “tunnel vision”. Greater tendency among warrior players to except support while they do the work(aka dps). Reduce dps buffing trait effects from trait lines that add to power and precision stats to reduce min-maxing. it is not conducive to gw2’s tactical style of gameplay and is currently producing cookie cutter build requirements by a section of the community (which was not the original intent when traits were introduced by you guys in beta 2 or beta3).
Gaurdians-(maybe baised here.. )
6 months after release… every party now wants a gaurdian. aegis, reflection and passive regens -led to other classes tending to less support or semi support build.. cos hey! a gaurd in party can make up for the lack of team supporting each other while killing mobs.
6) do not buff aegis, reflection and passive regens easily early in trait lines to make players gain buffed regens, aegis early on.
7)plz try to encourage garudains to move during combat more thru changes in trait lines if possible. this maybe more complex and not possible in current feedback. but more mobile utility and weapon skills needed than the current ones which are once more affected by trait lines.
8)1 or 2 semi support builds. With thier current aegis, passive regen and reflections- full support trait builds would make them extremly supportive- making all other trait changes among other classes pointless. when a gaurd can be super supportive there is no need for most of the community to semi support most often- which has led to cookie cutter dpsy builds amongst others. (biased)… i ask for a serious overhaul of gaurdian playstyle especially in the way they support so other classes pick up some support traits too to help the team while all work at killing a mob.
Thank you for asking us for our feedback. sorry for the wall of text.
