Ok let’s try being constructive. This is just another pretty much useless patch, those changes won’t really do much for the class (this is criticism…criticism is constructive).
I think the guardian is in a really good spot right now, the dps guardian is probably the only thing that prevents me from leaving this game. It’s definitely fun to play, not that spammy (compared to other classes) and rewards intelligent gameplay. The problem is your pretty much forced into certain builds. I know pretty much every class in game has this problem but I think that, when it comes to guardian, this can be solved.
- Zeal V – Shattered Aegis. Damage instead of Burning.
Ok, but tbh I don’t think this will be worth taking, so quite pointless.
- Zeal VII – Zealous Blade. This trait now scales with Healing power (2%.)
Just increase the base healing a little bit, but not too much, I don’t want another warrior healing signet.
- Zeal XII – Kindled Zeal. Increased conversion from 10% to 13%.
This is not that bad, could improve hybrid builds a little, but I won’t take this anyway.
- Radiance V – Searing Flames. Reduced cooldown from 20s to 10s.
Ok.
- Radiance X – Powerful blades. Increased damage from 5% to 10%.
Jon, as you have already realised, this won’t make the sword good, the dmg is not the problem, the problem is zd roots you, as a dps guardian you need as much mobility as possible.
- Valor V – Retributive Armor. Increased conversion rate from 5% to 7%.
This one is quite good.
- Honor VI – Pure of Heart. Increased scaling with Healing power from 25% to 40%.
Might be decent for healing builds, but we have better options in that tree.
- Virtues VIII – Supreme Justice. Number of attacks going from 4 to 3.
Ehm ok, why should I take this instead of Absolute Resolution? Especially in a game filled with condition spam.
- Symbol of Swiftness: This skill now applies 4 seconds of swiftness per pulse, rather than 8 seconds if you have no swiftness and 1 second if you have swiftness.
I like the symbol as it is tbh, no reason to change that.
Now, I think most weapons can be easily improved without making them op.
Greatsword: this one is perfect as it is.
Staff: really good support weapon.
Mace: I know some people don’t like the mace, but I think it’s one of our best weapons, even for dps, amazing burst and additional defense.
Scepter: most of the time I’m forced into taking a scepter for dps, that immo is amazing to set up your burst and a ranged option is often good. Imo smite should be changed somehow, maybe it could become a new symbol which grants might. No need to buff the aa, it’s already good at close range and I don’t want the scepter to be the new mesmer gs or ranger sb (aa spam weapons).
Sword: just change zd, make it castable while moving or rework it altogether.
Hammer: very good for control, I know some people use that even in dps builds, but I think the aa is too slow imo. Make the symbol 1 sec cast and lower the dmg, this won’t really make the weapon op and that aoe prot will help countering aoe dmg spam. Hammer 5 is clumsy, make it castable while moving and lower the duration a little bit to compensate that. Imo.
Focus: amazing, perfect as it is.
Torch: good for burst, can be improved, especially Cleansing Flame.
Shield: I don’t really like the shield tbh, the focus is so much better. The cooldowns should be lowered a bit. Shield of Absorption is not that bad but imo the whole weapon should be rewoked.
Vigorous Precision should be moved to a different tree. Dodge spamming in this game is disgusting. Still a dps guardian needs vigor. Moving that trait to a more offensive tree would solve the problem imo.
the 20% CD on focus skills may not seem much, but i’ve used it before with something similar and it’s nice to ahev the shorter CDs.
so you are implying that you want to wait 1h to win 1 game and get a useless chest. You really need to get a life!
