Guild Wars 2

Chuck Zitto.2367:

The problem with healing singet is not any specific build its the heal itself. Compare it to any other heal in the game and its way better. Singet of restoration from ele. 200hp per cast each auto attack takes 1 second. So you have to actively cast to get half of healing singet. If ele had hs people would call it op. If guard had 400+ hps on top of thier f whatever healing and the big elite heal they would be considered op. Mesmer singet has to have 3 clones out to still get considerable less than hs. Mesmer with striaght 400 hps all the time would be op. The only comparable heal to healing singet is healing turret from engi which is also one of the reasons condi bunker decap engi is so annoying in spvp as well.

I disagree with this unless i’ve mistaken your point?

You can’t compare one class heal to another. Mesmer with a 400hps would of course be overpowered. Because they have so much damage mitigation through clones, blink, stealth etc that aren’t available to warrior. The fact is a warrior is going to soak a lot of damage the mesmer would avoid.

Same with guardian; if you were to run an altruistic healing build with 400hps on top it would be ridiculous, you’re right. But again, warrior doesn’t have access to that kind of healing through traits. Shouts are decent but don’t come close to a guardians ability to self heal through traits.

And again with elementalist; the access to heal though their water atonement on top of self heal provides a lot of self healing; while they also have access to avoidance and damage reduction skills.

Healing signet is nothing on it’s own. If i were to stand in front of any glass class or if i were to build full glass i’d melt in seconds; . It’s when combined with certain builds that allow you to avoid damage though stun lock down or area control that it shines.

I currently run a level 80 Warrior, Mesmer, Guardian, Ranger and Thief and if any are built in the right way they become a nightmare to kill; yes, even the ranger. It’s not the heal it’s how you build around it, how you play, and how you learn to counter other classes. Nothing more.