Guild Wars 2

Regarding the GS player you mentioned, his playstyle sounds a lot like mine, minus some of his abilities and behavior/attitude. Let me say a few words-

I could understand that GS and some of those abilities aren’t optimal. I used to raid on WoW pretty solid and strived to maintain the optimal build/stat builds and shot rotations(I played a hunter in Burning Crusade). That was fun, to an extent, because I played pretty seriously and I wanted to be the best. However, my attitude has changed as I’ve grown a little older and gained a difference perspective about gaming in general, and how I viewed them.

What was once something I put a lot of time into being the best at, I now use as a source of entertainment. I have no ambitions of being the best Guardian ever, rather, I want to enjoy myself. I stick with a GS because I spend more time by myself questing than in a dungeon, so I gather groups up and AoE them down which I find to be fun. I take support type abilities in dungeons to attempt to be helpful, since I am in a group. I’m working with MY character to contribute to the group. I feel as though if I play a game to enjoy myself, and desire to do dungeons because I enjoy those too, but force myself to do something I don’t find enjoyable, then I defeat my purpose of playing.

I understand that these thoughts may not apply to who you’re talking about, but I wanted to at least defend why some people don’t use an optimal build. I am with you 100% though using the most optimal strategies.

However, my argument actually in a way supports what you’re saying, in that dungeons should probably have two separate difficulties. One for a guy like me, and one for a a guy like you. Not to say, though, that the optimal build for your character specifically isn’t something you personally enjoy. It’s my understanding that guardians are more of a support/tank type class or whatever, whereas I enjoy their potential as a damage dealer. I do plan, however, to maximize my personal playstyle to give the most I can in a dungeon.

I didn’t mean for this to be argumentative, just maybe insightful to the thought process of your fellow gamer.