Guild Wars 2

I am actually completely opposed to what you are suggesting.

First off, no trait lines on any other profession combine two major stats in one trait. Power, Precision, Toughness and Vitality don’t get paired up with each other, only get paired up with the 5 minor stats, Con dmg, Con duration, Crit dmg, healing power and boon duration. So if we start doing exceptions like that for Ele’s, why not do that for all classes, which would just put the Ele back at square one.

Secondly, If you take away Earth’s bleeding, you take away a HUGE chunk of D/D Ele’s damage. So, just no.

Also considering you are not building to stay in one attunement forever, build your trait lines for the utilities and types of damage you want. If you like conjure fiery greatsword and high crits, go Fire and Air with some in arcane. If you like cantrips, Fire and Water are your friends, and Condition dmg + signets can go a Fire + Earth trait focus.

An Elementalist rarely wants to go 30-30-10-0-0 in any combination of traits because we rely so much on our swapping and diversity unlike the other classes. Lets not just make the Ele feel like a guardian. Let the Ele be unique.

The classical element of “earth” has been in thought since Plato back in 400 B.C. Our planet was named after it some time in the 1400’s…

Very possible that the inhabitants of Tyria named the classical elements of fire, air, water and earth first, and than named their planet whatever they wanted.