Why give melee weapons to squishiest class and then refuse to give them any sustain?

It's a simple question really...I will try also on some specialised game designer forum and will try to get some answer from devs of others MMOs because I am completely lost

Would you mind expanding on this mysterious class?

I belive the mysterious class is Thief =)

@Aeon.4583 said:I belive the mysterious class is Thief =)

My money is on Ele :)

play harder

if you're talking about thief, it's probably because they hoped that stealth, blinds and dodges would be used to stay alive instead of face-tanking

@sephiroth.4217 said:Would you mind expanding on this mysterious class?

Arheundel is a well known ele main

on the forums

Kek

Well, as an ele main myself, i'm more concerned by my pitiful damage than my survivability. If i spec for damage, i hardly have any time to land it. But i found my own sweet spot between damage/survivability/team utility and my playstyle.

Don't forget that there's no range on that thing either. You have to be, quite literally, in your opponent's face to land your abilities. Feels like you are fighting with a toothpick, not a sword.

@Imperadordf.2687 said:

@sephiroth.4217 said:Would you mind expanding on this mysterious class?

I am not that stupid to use such a broken UP class when I can switch to a ranger/mesmer/warrior/guardian and done so 3 years ago while riding the steady but inevitable decline of the elementalist...but I still vouch for this class because it remains the one I spent the most money on and the one where the majority of achievements is concentrated , sorry to break your bubble but I play for efficiency not following some childish sentimental attachment idea , I am happy and comfortable on ranger/warrior , fully developed already and starting with mesmer training as we speak......so for now I will keep trying to salvage my time investment with ele and I can either...:

1) Try to rise awareness dreaming of a possible decent rework

2) Suggest to introduce a class change feature in the gem store, for how much I wouldn't care...for 6 years of time investment I would pay nearly anything

Now which one is more likely to happen do you think?

@Arheundel.6451 said:1) Try to rise awareness dreaming of a possible decent rework

2) Suggest to introduce a class change feature in the gem store, for how much I wouldn't care...for 6 years of time investment I would pay nearly anything

Now which one is more likely to happen do you think?

i think there is not much against a profession change item in the gem store, harder would be a race change because of story. but with the amount of characterslots and the ease to level / get equipment i am not sure anet will see a reason todo so. what is more important are skins that you have got for your ele that you might not be able to use on your new and did cost a lot like some legendary weapons.a decent rework tho is impossible, because what you feel is decent is just stupid in the eyes of another.

They gave rifle to thf. So there not completely opposed to squishy classes getting 15-30k range damage.But for ele they gave a sword 130 ranged weapon. Kinda makes no sence in terms of fair gameplay. The way weaver plays is so frustrating to deal with or just not fun to play at least for me that i dont do sword ele at all. I HATE the idea of evade skills and the way the ele has them in there kit with the attunement mixing with weaver just seems weird and not good with how squishy the class is.