Guild Wars 2

I have been taking another look at GW2 because WOW has become stale.

I’m looking for the opinion of players here. The pvp forums have been overwhelming negative about the state of pvp.

Is this game worth another look, or are the Guardian problems in perspective to pvp just not worth it. I don’t think I can play a class with no run speed buff again.

I logged on to play my Guardian and it was torture w/o run speed. I played for a bit but it felt too much like work. What are the chances of this class really being worth it in the future and how long will that take?

Thanks.

I’ve been away form the game for 2 years +. That being said, my favorite class still does not have an adequate speed boost and is not viable in matches. That is why I did not buy the expansion.

From what I have read on the forums, with all the “unblockables”, and lack of viability as bunker and not being on par with other classes as far as support. I see no point. To say the least I am disappointed in the lack of response on these issues and the marked delay in patches.

Cant play the class as dps because of low HPs, and lack of speed boost. Non-viability of clerics gear in dungeons. Its just not the class that is unattractive, its the game also.

Maybe there will be a renewed interest, but from all that I have read on the forums. I doubt it. GL

I speak for only for myself.

I bought this game because it was advertised, or shall I say deceptively implied as a no gear grind game and to experience the highly recommended pvp because of GW1.

I supported the game through the cash shop, found the crafting somewhat interesting, and loved exploring.

Then you added fractals. I was ready to pack up and leave at that point, but decided to give pvp a chance first. What I experienced was a huge let down. Huge burst, a broken stealth mechanic, and anemic healing in WVW.

I’m going to tell you the truth, I won’t be purchasing any of your products in the future. I can’t trust you anymore. Regardless, good luck in the future.

I think the majority of posters have done a good job pointing out one of the glaring problems of this game w/o delving much into mechanics.

Alas, lets make a complete set of gear, introduce it into the game and have it be pretty much worthless for a popular segment.

Too much emphasis on dodge rolling and not enough on healing. The dismal scaling of +HP speaks for it self.

Bad game remains bad and this game will never be an e-sport.

Can’t answer the question for the OP as far as others are concerned.

GW2 did handle the thief poorly IMO and is one the reasons I barley log on to this game.

IMO, its a huge mistake to combine stealth, high damage, and high escapability. They took it further by not adding a long CD time on stealth.

I’m just not a fan of this model of massive burst and garbage healing. Downed state and dodging is just not my cup of tea in regard to mitigation.

Tack on Ascend gear, bad drop rate, and meh dungeons = I don’t log on much and don’t really care about this game anymore.

When I saw the necessity of the warrior to use ranged weapon in zerg fights I knew the pvp was a joke.

It may not fit the definition of a dying game, but the converse is not true either. Call it a holding pattern on the next patch.

For as many copies as they sold its not doing that well.

SPVP is trash. Cant grp with friends w/o being extorted. If they think that I’m going to pay $15 to do a tourney with the way burst/bunker is in this game they are Hi. Not going to do that when I can play WOW or War and grp with friends all month and get countless matches for the same cost.

WVW culling with thieves is a joke, and if they could have fixed, it would have been fixed.
Cattle hearding in Fractals, eliminating world drops to attenuate the rate at which legendaries are obtained pushing you to the Gem store. Obvious trolls are obvious.
Class balance is a joke and meta is nonexistant.
Bugs beyond belief and class abilities still not fixed. Not even going to get into the fiasco of certain runes.
Tossing out the Manifesto to garner more money. Seems like the Hamster Wheel is alive and doing well which is a sad.

Its an ok game, not great. But so many are this way. There is no perfect game out there, but this one falls way below expectations.

Here is to hoping that Elder Scrolls wont suck or Blizzards next MMO.

“So when we say we’ll show something “when it’s ready,” we really mean it. We don’t want to talk about it until we’re ready to show it, because it may change. "

The way we see it, Guild Wars 2 sPvP may be shipped, but it’s far from finished.
-Jonathan “Chaplan” Sharp

The above is from the link posted. Personally, I can’t resolve the contradiction.

The pvp in this game is just not fun for me, too much emphasis on burst/bunker and the downed state is irritating.

The cost to enter paid matches is excessive, and not even worth consideration based on the mechanics of the game.

Five years of development and this is all we have atm. One type of match, that is boring and I’d rather watch Oprah.

Corporation greed with prices and bad pvp is a not a good combination.

Any game in which a player can be burst down in 2-3 seconds w/o assisting dps is bad design and GW2 is full of such examples. Once your out of dodge rolls thats a possibility until it regens. The problem is made far worse with WVW.

There is no need to assist or even use CC to burst someone down in this game. Its trash pvp with a gem store. Grats if your still playing this garbage.

“thanks for the post! it is a great example of what we as a community do not need”

My post is not for general consumption, but rather to the company as feedback to why they lost a customer. Any loss of revenue should be a concern for them. However, I can offer you this. I am directing my posts to the corporation on why the opinion of the person I quoted is not relevant to me as a customer. If you can’t grasp that, its moot and of no consequence.

I can see where this game is going, and its too bad. They have more to be concerned about other than just money, and that is time which they are running out of fast.

This game is a mess, and I hope they can fix it and reverse this silly gear grind. I don’t see it happening though.

I don’t think they will fix existing bugs or the problems preventing them from becoming an e-sport in a timely fashion before they need to release an expansion to compete with Elder Scrolls or Blizzards next MMO.

Its cool, I can wait and refrain from spending anything. This game was not ready for release and the state of pvp is a clear example of it. They do not even have a LFG tool when it comes to Fractals.

Its a shame, so much hype and such a huge let down. I can assure you though, Blizzard is watching, and so is Bethesda.

“we should save all this vitriol and heated discussion for when Anet actually rolls out the entire ascended gear tier. only then, can we seriously discuss the effect it will have on pvp or pve or whatever.”

Feel free to do whatever you wish. However, don’t ever include “we” in your discussion when it comes to my money, and decision making it what is or is not a gear grind. I can think for myself thank you very much, and I prefer not to live in the land of grey.

From my perspective, the Ascend gear grind was just another brick in the wall and I will never give them another dime for it, that is their reward.

Bad pvp, bad WVW, no ladder system for tpvp, no seperation of premades/pugs, class bugs beyond belief, world bugs, exploits, hacks, bots, and now horrid economy and markedly nerfed drop rates since I quit. Check back on the boards now and then and see this game going in a direction I’m not interested in supporting.

“We”, err excuse me, I will not support this with one dime.

This how I see it.

tpvp was/is bad. Bad class balance. Overemphasis on burst and bunker.
Tons of pvpers quit.
WVW is bad because the game is balanced on 5s. Its essentially a gank fest where range rules. “We don’t need no stinking healing in this game”
More ppl quit.
Tons of class bugs, which are persistent and permeate the entire game.
More ppl quit.
Enter Ascend gear stage right to compenstate for loss of revenue.
Divide community because of vertical progression and entry locks.
More ppl quit.
Destroy drop rates to further entice locusts to buy jems.

Yes, Ascend gear and beyond will make a big difference and it will spill over in WVW which was not that great to begin with.

Check back now and then and see nothing that intrests me atm. Won’t spend another dime on this game.

/Disappointed.

Not no but *#&^ NO. I wold not recommend this game to an enemy.

Brilliant? No. Old, tired, worn out and emulated by other gaming companies trying to beat Blizzard at their own game and getting massively pwned.

Next…..

No, no second chance. I promise ANet they will never again see a dime from me.

Who knows, some of these guys may have a good second career as a word contortionist.

Carefully worded Manifesto so they can never be held accountable to strict horizontal progression is deceptive as far as I’m concerned.

I bailed from WOW to avoid this garbage, there is no way that I’m paying anything to do it here.

It will probably be a Gem with the name Nerfed-drop Rates with a huge mouth icon that reads “Feed Me”.

While the OP is entitled to his opinion, its is completely irrelevant to my decision making process in regard to how I chose to spend my money. I have some advice for the gentleman, mind your own business.

When a company does an about face, on the nature of their product, to the point where where it looks like deception I take it upon my self to have things clarified.
When you sell a product based on a premise that you advertise and then you don’t honor it, there will be problems.

If you do not have the disposition to be able to tolerate the boards, then I suggest you don’t read them.

Not playing at because they lied about not adding vertical progression which will have a negative impact on ppl who do not acquire that gear for WVW.
Fractals is a gating system.
pvp is still bad.
poorly implemented events.

Waiting for Monday to see if they make a statement regarding this. If I find it inadequate or if not presented, will complete my request for a refund.

" I have no ground to instruct you to do anything, but you also have no call to instruct (or if you prefer “inspire”) others all the same. You or your friend."

Actually, I do. If I tell the truth about a topic, that is my right. I am a big fan of the Bill of Rights.

I can tell you are in the advertising industry, by your flawed logic. The difference between you and I, is that you are in the business of coercion, and I in logic and data/fact assessment.

“If you want the truth? Guild Wars 2 is a flawed game, but it does not deserve 1/5 ratings. "

That is your opinion, and I am not here to discuss that. You have deviated from the point at hand to suite your argument rather than discussing the issue, which you obviously want to deflect.

You assertion that others should not go on a “campaign” to smear ANet because it is “childlish” is the point. Your ethics are irrelevant, the behavior of ANet is.

You attempt to coerce does not deviate from the fact that you have no ground to tell anyone anything in regards to any attempt to inform the public at large about the unethical behavior of ANet.

“It’s not the what it’s the how, Godorn . . . that’s his point.”

That is your point, and its is irrelevant. There are no shades of grey here. Either you tell the truth or you don’t. You can be an apologist all you want, that is your decision, but you have no right to tell others not to disclose the truth about the practices of a company and their unethical behavior.

I applaud them to go out and tell the truth, because if that is what they do then there is no moral dilemma except on the part of ANet.

“What I am saying is dont actively tell the community to go and write a bad review. If someone feels that a change is negative, leave it to them to write a review. Campaigning to bomb review sites with negative reviews is childish”

Again, who are you to tell others not to post the truth about events which have transpired? The only “childish” behavior here is ignoring reality.

There is no moral or ethical conundrum in asking others to take part in telling the truth.

“I understand, my only issue is really telling people to go out and do it. Let them decide for themselves. It’s annoying, and just makes everyone look bad.”

I could not disagree more. If I was perusing web sites to get opinions about a game, what I want to see is the truth. Here is the truth, ANet lied to us. Get it? I don’t even need to see one word about the game play.

All I need to see is that these guys did a 180 and introduced a gear grind when they said explicitly in the past there would be none.

You are complaining that ppl encourage others to go out and tell, the absolute unadulterated truth. There is nothing wrong with that so long as it is the truth. I feel sorry for you that you can’t take a stand when it comes to telling the truth.

The amount of appeasement and apologists on these boards is amazing. Least we not forget that many people bought this game not to put up with a vertical gear grind.

By all means let them walk all over you and talk out the sides of their mouths and put up with it. I for one will not let that slide, there is no way that I can recommend this game to my friends and there is no way I will spend one more dime on this game.

If your the kind of person who will let a company slide after they blatantly lie to you only to squeeze more money out, then your weak and a lemming.

If you don’t like the course the game is on, you do have recourse. Don’t spend another dime and get a refund. I will do the latter if they don’t rescind this garbage. I’m giving them a couple of weeks to make a decision, then I’m going to make it for them.

I have nothing against the ppl who like vertical progression, and its not a me vrs them situation. Its was. I was lied to and I won’t put up with corporate greed.

As far as ppl possibly losing their jobs over this. That is not my concern, and its the peril of working for a dishonest corporation. They get what they get. Its a clear case of “killing them with their love” to paraphrase The Green Mile.

At this point, I have no problem seeing ppl take a proactive campaign against this company even if ppl lose jobs. ANet deserves it.

“im sick of all this kitten on these forums. if you guys feel like your grinding or being forced to do something then don’t do it.”

Apparently, some ppl don’t know how to read. If you want to be able compete in WVW, you are going to have to get Ascend gear because of the increased stats.

If you don’t get it, you will always be at a disadvantage. Thats not a far and level playing ground. I’m not interested in that, but you go ahead and keep paying them for more gear grind that will eventually end up in WVW.

“NO ONE is forcing you to play a so called “numbers game.” You choose your play-style, not Anet, not “elitists,” but you”

Obviously, you have not been paying attention. Ascend gear will have such a high stat increase that it will imbalance fight between ppl who don’t have it. The gear will be allowed in WVW.

How many times are you going to ignore the facts as a matter of convenience?

Best MMO ever? Not by a long shot.

If its the best, why is tpvp dead and the prospects of becoming an e-spot with it. Simple, its about gankfest sandbox point control and less about interesting fights. The pvp is balanced according to 5s and as such, WVW is a worse FPS gankfest. Sorry man, but ppl dying in <3s is trash pvp. You don’t even need to assit to kill someone that fast.

Warhammer and WOW have much better pvp, and you will not see anyone die in those games as fast as you do here. The WVW pvp in War is far better. Its mechanic has much better mitigation and with healing fights can last for a half an hour with equal numbers. Now that guardians dodge rolling healing is nerfed to 5 ppl, it will get worse here.

I admit, the NPC interaction and art is spectacular. The personal story is nice too, though a bit on the cheesey side. The pve is not on the same level compared to a lot of games, especially WOW.

It was interesting for a while, but the vertical gear grind they added is insult to injury. Average at best pve with a massive gear grind and garbage pvp. No thanks.

Its not the manifesto, its the business model.

Sub based games see all customers as equal and try to please them all as well as possible.

AH and gem store based games run demographics and then orientate the game further toward that demographic, and the manifesto be kitten if they do not coincide.

Its explains everything we have seen to date. I made an error in judgement in looking at this company’s manifesto only. I should have looked beyond that to their business model and would have realized that they would only honor the manifesto if the sales from the gem store were commensurate.

Here is the lesson. Do not believe one word about what they say they they will do. Rather, try to realize what they will be forced to do if the game starts doing poorly from a financial perspective.

I made a huge error in judgement, and its my own fault.

I did not adequately evaluate their business model before I purchased the game. I drank the KoolAid of their manifesto and was fool enough to believe that they would honor it.

My mistake was not realizing that monthly subscription games are superior to “free based” games who made their money off an AH or gem store. The temporal relationship to the events which has transpired only confirms this.

Subscription based games sees all clients as equal and tries their best to satisfy all parties and maintain as close to possible the core of their game as advertised.

AH and gem store based games run demographics on the individuals who do the most purchases and then evolve the game orientated to those customers. It is inherently biased and in the interest of the company above any and all other interests. This is true even if it become necessary to violate their own manifesto.

The manifesto is nothing more that a minor inconvenience to them. They have ran the numbers and have made their decision. I have made mine, you shall not get one more dime, and I will seek a full refund.

“Man you sure are a whiner.”

You don’t need to run into 3-4 ppl to get instagibbed. One thief or warrior might do it.

The new vertical grind is not optional as pointed out by several preceding posts. However, that does not matter, nor does your opinion when it comes to me making any purchases with my money.

I was sold this game with the design ideology that there would be no vertical progression which is why I bought it. WOW is > way and if I wanted it as a consumer, I would have bought it over GW2.

I have time to sit and wait it out. If they don’t reverse this process, I’m more than willing not to spend any money and request a refund.

Its simple. They sold the game to me on the premise there would be no vertical progression. I was excited to hear that and bought the game.

With that mantra, I was more than willing to support them through the purchase of gems, which I did. Then I got a load of the gankfest instagib pvp and stopped purchasing. I was willing to give them time to work it out.

Since then, they did a 180 on the concept of no vertical grind. I was lied to, and that is unacceptable.

Now if they want to me spend any money on this game, they need to demonstrate that they VALUE me as a customer as much as they do the vertical progression people.

Solution:

1. Apologize.
2. Immediately make exotic gear as powerful as Ascend or reduce Ascends gear to the level of Exotic.
3. Continue to tweek pvp so its less of a gankfest.

Didn’t know where to post to find an answer to this question. Can you get a refund if you did not purchase the Head Start? Also, does any refund include subsequent purchases of gems?

If you can, where do I need to go to start this process.

“The real Million Dollar Question is “Will they make another tier with better stats than Ascended?”
If no, then we have nothing to worry about.
If yes, then we have a problem”

Umm, Huston, we have a problem. There is a startling lack of extrapolation on these boards.

Hi yall, my name is Jethro and I boughted this game called GW2 and they promised me like the Gov from La. that there would be no shiney grind, and then umm they lied. But then they said they would not do it again and I belive em cause my sister heard from hey boyfreinds cousin who happpnes to be in prison that some guy said they their truly sorry.

They said all their woes would be behind em if we all toss in a bit more in the collection plate at church on Sunday, and while we were they id probably good idea if we all held hands and tossed em a prayer for baby Jesus.

Just say’n and did I mention that I’m Jethro and I like 4wheeling and moonshine.

“You cannot really vote with your wallet if you already bought the game. "

Sure you can. Don’t buy gems. This entire exercise is because we don’t have to pay a sub. It would not surprise me after this entire fiasco of them lying about no vertical gear progression, that whenever it suited them they would make any change no matter how radical if it benefited their bottom line.

^^^^What? Your eyes can’t see, you didn’t see the stats on the new gear. You did not understand the implications of the new gear on how it would become an exclusionary wall to game content for ppl who don’t have it?

They reason they are silent is because they want to see if they made a big mistake and are trying to access the situation. They are like bad swimmers trying to keep up with big brother crossing the lake and are becoming exhausted before the half way point.

Its simple, will they lose more if they do or if they don’t. IMO, they will lose far more if they do. Why? WOW is a better pve game, no debate there. Its probably a better pvp game atm IMO because scs are better that GW2s WVW. Why? Because in WOW you are not instagibbed by any class in pvp.

Behave accordingly and vote with your wallet.

They did communicate. You have a problem reading between the lines.

This game is now a carrot chase, they only worded it in such a way as an attempt to appease the ppl who are not interested in a vertical gear grind.

No thanks, if I wanted a vertical gear grind I would play WOW. They are no WOW, and never will be. They will never be able to compete against them, and all this will do is drive off more players.

This is a travesty and the only reason that I bought this game in the first place was by the word of the devs that there would be no vertical gear escalation/creep. If I wanted that garbage, I could have stayed with WOW or Warhammer. If they do implement this, I have no cause ever to trust them again as they lied.

So let me get this straight. We have many problems with current gear with bugs. ie air runes, etc doing massive damage. We have OP garbage on some classes causing massive spike in this game and ppl dying in < 3s for whatever reason.

So now they are going to compound the issue with stat creep? Brilliant! Most of the ppl I know who left this game was due to the silliness of instadeath in regard to pvp and WVW issues like permastealth and not lack of pve content.

So you can’t complete the high end content w/o having the specified amount of “proper” gear? Well, that is counter intuitive to grabbing a buddy who does not have that gear as they will not be able to get through the content. So there goes your “you can play with friends” at your discretion argument.

This reeks of desperation. This is different from WOW how?

To the OP, don’t worry about it. The responses you get are immaterial. If ANet does not respond to this adequately like Warhammer, then they too will be just another game that let a stealth class decimate their player base.

They will respond when it begins to affect their bottom line, you can count on that. Vote with your money and the rest will fall in line, or you can be like many others who went back to other games.

Aragiel, I agree with you though I never played GW1.

I only picked up this game because of ANets reputation from GW1. I am beyond disappointed with this publisher when I recollect their mantra of, and forgive me for paraphrasing, “it will be released when its ready”.

This games pvp was not ready at the time of release. The multitude of class specific bugs, stealth rendering issues, massive spike dps relative to healpool, exploitable orbs in WVW, etc are contrary to my expectations.

They have lost me as a customer. GW2 is now nothing more that a marginal pve placeholder while I access my options for a new pvp game. Do I go back to WOW or Warhammer, neither of which I’m excited about which further exacerbates my disappointment in GW2 because of wasted time and money.

“So the problem why there are so few teams trying the challenge of paids in the first place really is that the influx of new players into the less casual pvp scene is not existent.”

Could not agree more. However, you have made one critical omission. People did try the casual pvp, and rejected it.

I among others tried it, evaluated it and came to the conclusion that I will not pay for a gankfest sandbox model. I will not tolerate the spike dps relative to healthpool, anemic healing, and will never tolerate a game with rendering issues with stealth like this one.

With the above said, people made their assessment of this games pvp, and decided consciously not to pay for the next tier, and when you think about it, your post was completely unnecessary because any temporal relationship between free and paid is a logical inference.

Group support Guardian or Ele make runs much easier. Not faster, just easier.

Take a full exotic healpower guardian with food and its easy to get 1500 heal power. Spec in BS and all symbols heal allies and you can almost keep regen and condition removal constantly. It provides a lot of breathing room when ppl make mistakes.

Bring a D/D ele with the above guardian geared in healpower exotics and speced in water and there is more that enough healing for warriors to almost face tank.

Or run all dps and hope you get reses off before the grp whipes. I prefer the former.

LOL, and ppl wonder why there is a marked decrease in participation in this games pvp.

Thief, the class that keeps giving. The comedy never ends. Glad I quit pvp and only occasionally pve.

Should have waited to purchase this game and let the dust settle. This games pvp is trash.

Thought better of even asking guild mates to consider a tpvp. Thought it might be a good idea to see where balance is atm, both spike, meta, etc.

Got a good dose of thief ST damage, not even needing to assist and seeing damage far exceeding ppls total health pool. Decided, right then and there, not only was I not interested in tourney play, there was no way I was going to pay for it.

Spike damage is out of control, there is no way that I’m forking over hard earned dollars to participate in a gank fest. So really, don’t ask where the player base is on this, they already decided.

I agree, no need to be disrespectful. However, adamantly describing complaints is valid and should be considered a courtesy on why any individual decides to terminate a business relationship.

ANet has lost my business because of spike damage in this game. I have seen posts and SS of some thief damage and find it unacceptable that some ppl are being killed in ~1.5s.

I also take issue with Orbs, time interval of free player transfers, latency issues relative to stealth mechanics, and the capacity of dungeon mobs being able to kill a player through the duration of one stun. You only get 2 dodge rolls for a specified time interval.

What ANet decides to do, and/or lack thereof will influence my decision to reenter the fold as a customer.

Best regards……

Offence, I don’t think you get it, and it really does not matter what you think or say.

I do not support game companies that subscribe to the FPS model of gankfest pvp. Its uninspired laziness, that I will not tolerate.

ANet can do whatever they like and I will respond accordingly. Here is the bottom line, I will not under any circumstances support a game company financially that allows that kind of burst relative to hit points, mitigation, and/or healing.

At the moment, IMO, this game is nothing more than a FPS style of play I find unsatisfying and I prefer not to support. That alone is enough for me to retract my support.

Additionally, I am not satisfied with the WVW model, its bonus system, punitive repair bills for the undermanned faction, Orb hacking, latency issues in regard to stealth, and myriad of ineffective builds on almost every single career.

Not only do I find that solo burst damage is ridiculous, and thieves are not the only culprits. The problem is further compounded by assisting dps. Its why WVW is a joke IMO, and why heal power should be reevaluated.

It was a novel approach to disregard the Holy Trinity, but its was implemented poorly.

“Maybe try and play some organized wvw and start playing competitive tpvp and paid ( with a premade, guild , friends ) and you’ll see the state of pvp is more then good. You can always get back to hotjoin for some pubstomp little zerg.”

There is no way that I am investing one more dime in this game, with the balance the way it is. The SS offered by the OP is all the definitive proof I need that I have wasted my time with this company. They are walking on egg shells with the thief class at the expense of other players which is their call, but I refuse to reward them for it.

I have done WVW in organized groups and its a joke. Ppl die so fast in this game it may as well be a FPS.

You are entitled to your opinion, and I’m glad that you still find value in this product. However, I do not because of the things I mentioned above. Many of the ppl in my guild are logging on less and less, and I am more inclined to play Warhammer as dead as it is.

I heard so many good things about GW1 that I was excited to try this game. So far I have been disappointed on pretty much all fronts. The pve is ok, WVW is a Orb hack fest mired by free transfers to imbalance populations, bots run rampant in the pve zones, sand box pvp is a gankfest.

Did I miss anything?

That kind of damage in that short of a time period is extreme. IMO, the pvp n this game is a joke. WVW is a mess with Orb hacking, latency issues, and extreme damage.

I feel like I got ripped off buying this game.

Guardians are stacked with toughness on most gear. Claiming that a low health pool is somehow is an advantage relevant to mitigation abilities compared to the warrior is a misnomer and obtuse considering that warriors can have similar toughness.

The warrior is subject to receiving most of the mitigation abilities via the guardian. Focus block for the guardian is an obvious exception.

Condition damage is probably the great equalizer, and in that regard if your running around in pvp with < 15K health, good luck.

IMO, your better off sacrificing some toughness for vitality. It makes no sense, to stack toughness over 2K knowing that there is a plenty of condition damage sources.

Clerics gear with heal power, dungeon gear with heal power, and weapons with heal power are what you are looking for. It won’t matter how much healing power you get if you don’t trait for specific abilities.

To get the best synergy, you need to trait passive resolve for group mates, all symbols heal, and heal with dodge roll.

Healing power scaling is a joke compared to dps, and its that way so dungeons are not made easy mode. The best scaling with heal power is with dodge roll.

Best weapon set is mace/focus-shield and hammer or staff. GS is done for IMO because of the CD on its symbol. They really trashed that weapon.

I doubt they will ever up scale healing power becaue they don’t want to hurt their precious sand box tpvp.