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First of all, sorry about my poor English. What i am trying to mention in this post is the importance of dueling in this game. Seems that most people on this forum thought GW2 is a team based game and so duel shouldn’t be on high working priority. However, duel is the core element which makes team based game balance. Dueling arena may not be the top priority but balancing classes based on duel should be.
Lets begin with the current mechanism of tPvP, Basically, most team formed up by 1 bunker + 2 roamer +1 supporter + 1 side node holder (sure there are variety, but this is the basic formation of a team). Normally, besides the team fight started at the very beginning of the middle node or sometimes the side node, tPvP is all about how the roamer/supporter support around the side point and middle point. base on this, which means most of the time, the side node holder and middle node holder needs to duel or even handle couple enemies on their own until their roamer/supporter come. apart from that, almost every team pick their side node holder base on how good they can duel meanwhile with some mobility. No victorious can be gain if a team lose every single duel in the match.
In fact, There are just some classes good at dueling in nature than others at the current meta, this is not about HOW you build your class, it is all about WHAT class you are. And that is also why some class are so popular in tPvP and some doesn’t even show up.
Just an example. How can a basketball team be pro if the player itself is not? Can you imagine Lakers are full of unskilled noobs who cant even dribble properly and still get the championship? That cant be possible because a good team is based on skillful player. TEAMWORK is based on PERSONAL SKILL. A team works well because people inside the team does well personally + communication with each other. Same sense, how can a so called team based game neglect class duel balance as it is the essential part of team fight balance? as the current tPvP meta need good dueler in a team, balancing through class duel is a must in my opinion. Surely the devs can balance the class secretly and test by their own. But a better way to do that should be implant the duel arena without ranking, let player test it out and take their suggestion for class balancing. So, please give us duel arena
What is your thought about it?
I understand you want the game to be balanced in 1v1 as well as in a team situation, but that’s not really feasible while retaining class individuality. To play on your NBA example: every player absolutely needs to be talented and skilled, however they don’t need to have equal talents and skills. They do, however, need to have talents and skills that complement one another and the overall increase the efficacy of the team. Part of the fun and challenge, in my opinion, is playing to your teammates strengths and compensating for their weaknesses.