First off I thought the balances were to be for PvP and WvW content, not Pve. Guess I read wrong. For Pve it is totally uncalled for. I myself as a Soulbeast concerning the pet swap now "need" to swap pets to survive certain situations. Some of the new maps the mobs have extremely high aggro range and not just a couple mobs, a blob of them. Needing to change pets like to a bird for "swoop" so I can get the heck out of there when over whelmed with aggro for instance. I really don't understand this for Pve at all. No one is crying over Pve builds. Now for PvP and WvW I do understand some things needed to be toned down, my profession included. But you kind of knocked down a little to hard. You have taken away what makes each profession unique in some cases. You might as well just have only 1 profession with multi builds the way it stands now. I was hopeful, not sure why as history has not changed in making things right, it seems to be only getting worse. Kind of like all the new content and new store items as such. They are just ....blah really. Thrown together or remade copies of other past gem store items. I don't mean to sound down about all the changes, but GW2 is a wonderful game, best out there right now. Shame to let it keep sliding instead of making it "Great" again. Unless that is the point that staff is tired of it and slowly letting it die?: I don't know.....just my 2 cents.