A Universal dmg buff

Just due to the unique effects if some classes they always have a place in a raid/T4 group. Some other professions which specialise in support struggle to go rival against this.So lets say that there are universal dmg/condi/utility buffs that cannot stack in intensity, have to be reapplied with skill and will be granted to support specs.

For example: lets say a 7% raw dmg buff (lets call it "courage" for simplicity sake) is applied by frost spirit instead of a unique effect or it is granted by scourges if they grant bargier and so on (wouldnt put it on chroni they can do enough)It would prevent support stacking and would allow for more diversity.What do you think?

Anet has sort of gone in the opposite direction of this, by weakening all of the damage auras that classes give.

This is a pve part of the game. That means your opponent will act all the time the same -> there will always be best option. No kind of balancing can change that. The closest we can get to balance in pve is having specific fights favor specific classes. For that reason i dont understand why anet is trying to get small.and big hitbox dps closer together instead of further apart

@Blood Red Arachnid.2493 said:Anet has sort of gone in the opposite direction of this, by weakening all of the damage auras that classes give.

Yeah because they want to prevent stacking of support specs.But what if this is the only dmg buff provided by ANY support spec and is unstackable?So you still want it for groups but its not spec specific and thus gives more chance on diversity .

As long as it won't actually decrease group dps. Which, knowing Anet, it probably would.

@InsaneQR.7412 said:

@Blood Red Arachnid.2493 said:Anet has sort of gone in the opposite direction of this, by weakening all of the damage auras that classes give.

Or we could take the position Anet has already started with and go further. Remove all the passive aura traits and then respectively increase the classes who are weakened from this by giving them stronger personal versions of those passive auras.

No thanks. Classes need to be different. I hate when everyone can do the same stuff

@Malediktus.9250 said:No thanks. Classes need to be different. I hate when everyone can do the same stuff

Only for support spec lines though and providable by different means. Its not like they work the same its just that they can provide the same like prot or regen or might as boons.Just to give them the same cappabbilities to give equal opportunity.

just give each support spec their own unique buffs

So, like, boons..? That thing that we already have?

We don't need to introduce more boons to the game. We just need to streamline current unique buffs into the ones we already have.

They did it with GotL, mesmer's distort share and to a lesser degree Alacrity. and all that was wonderful.