Guild Wars 2

I totally agree with this post. Ascended shards were a good way to get some ascended equipment. You could only get 1200 of them in one season so no one could craft full set of ascended for all of her/his characters. It was rewarding to go to byzantium chest without being unbalanced.
Now it sounds like it’s becoming just another ingredient for an expensive piece of equipment.
Maybe arenanet should warned us before taking this measure. I was waiting another Season before buying my heavy ardent glorious armor. Now i have 1200 shards rotting in my inventory and i probably won’t do byzantium chest more thanks once. Not anyone is able to win 10 match in a row a day.

Sorry for my english

Personally I love the druid! I really like this celestial-themed specialization and think it goes well with the “nature theme” of the ranger.

But for what I have seen, I think that maybe it is a bit too much heal-oriented, for a game that was supposed to banish the “holy trinity” (DPS+healing+tank), and lack some damage. And i got the feeling that the pet is put aside from this specialization, even if the core mechanics of the druid is the celestial avatar. Druid are still Ranger and have to deal with them!

Suggestion:
The celestial transformation should be shared between the druid AND the pet! With the druid becoming some moon avatar, the pet could be like a sun avatar, irradiating enemies around with damaging ray of light! Or a more nature oriented avatar, becoming a groot-like version of the pet, not unlike the creature seen at the side of the druid on the art teaser. This way we got more synergy with the pet and more damage for the druid.
One stone for two birds!