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The patch nerfed an ability that was good in 1v1s, as the down side did not come into play if you exclusively 1v1. So yes it specifically targets Guardians in 1v1 situations. How is that for “any way, shape or form”?
It’s designed to be a support ability, not a 1v1 ability. The way it used in PvP went against its intended use as designed by the developers.
I do believe that “Save Yourselves!” was nerfed in an incorrect fashion but I understand why they did it – it’s supposed to be used to take conditions away from allies, not to turn yourself into an indestructible beast.
A more appropriate nerf would’ve been the following:
“If you do not take any conditions away from nearby allies upon activating this Shout, the boon duration is halved.”
But that’s difficult to include on a tooltip.
And I agree. If you want to be 1v1 supreme, the warrior might be more suitable for you.
But I’ll tell you this – three warriors versus three guardians? God kitten those signet babies are going down.
Frankly, my opinion at this point is a guardian shouldn’t be going solo. You shouldn’t be trying to engage an opponent in 1v1, you should always have at least one partner around you. The guardian class exists to make his team stronger and in the process, make himself stronger.
Sorry but it looks like we’re a teamwork class.
Each class is meant to have its little niche. Warriors are good for raw damage output, rangers are good for their sheer range, engineers are good for their endless utility and guardians are good for their incredible capacity to support. Of course you can specialise outside of these areas and often successfully – but it’s simply easier to spec into support and damage sponging.
I think it’s likely that the next nerf will probably hit Altruistic Healing.
My guess is that they will add a cooldown that restricts you to one AH heal per second, in order to bring it in line with other crap Grand Master traits like the GS healing one.