Daeth.8912

I have one I use for open world and PvP, because the dazes / interrupts are amazing and you can stack up conditions quickly (I use Demon Queen relic). It has poor sustain though, so for any instanced content where you aren't really getting the benefit from constant daze / interrupt you would want to use Virtuoso instead.

I think linking healing to mantras was the biggest reason heal Mesmer never took off. Glamours would have made more sense from a functional point of view to tie heals too. Wells also make sense, but it's a shame that's elite spec locked.

You could build Ritualists who weren't healers, and like it or not, healers actually exist now. My GW1 Ritualist was DPS with turret cursing ghosts and spirit weapon buffs. There is nothing in GW2 remotely like that. The interaction of spells and ghost turrets was fantastic. The scraps of skills like the elite Urn Vindicators get really don't count. There are more than enough GW1 unique skills and builds to make a GW2 Ritualist class with multiple elite specs.

I think you will find that they are ill tempered mutated sea bass with jade cannons on their head.

They should just unlock all 3 modes dailies (15 total) and cap you at 5 completed, with 4 for the daily objective. That way you can jump into another mode if there is something you can't or don't want to complete. Having to gamble beforehand whether you want to do that type of content (and what options you'll get) isn't great.

Half of them you'll get passively anyway, like log in, dodge things, or do combos. Really no need to overcap when the option to drop 30 for gold is there. And often the 3rd/4th is so low effort / quick there's no reason not to do it for a few gold.

If you are going to cap why not just get the 30 point gold?

If it was more difficult to get the 'exclusive' items I would agree, but I comfortably got them all and am now just churning out the repeatable gold. I don't feel like I cant miss a day, its just in game currency I am missing now. If they keep costs about the same for future seasons I would be happy to skip days.

A toggle would be good for griffon / skyscale, there are plenty of free hotbar buttons left to use while flying to make a toggle.

After you've hit ascended quality, everything else is fluff and meaningless. Do the story, chase shiny stuff you like the look of. If you are having to work too hard to have fun, you should probably find something else to do.

Yeah I was hoping it would be better if they were going to replace it. Currently the easiest way is sPvP. And it's still going to be that after the update. Disappointing. They should look at ESO PvE dailies. Much less annoying than the ones GW2 does.

The example photo had a jump puzzle or a strike. Both types of content that annoy a lot of players. Can you try to accommodate all playstyles with the daily, sometimes all you feel like doing is some open world combat or content (Yes I know the jumping puzzle fits that niche, but when you have a larger ping its more annoying than fun). This change will still just bottleneck me into doing sPvP as the easiest way to complete the daily, even if I am not in the mood for that.

I don't think motherly is a good word to describe her given her historical relationship with her actual son.

Yeah no, no class has ghost turrets or held relics like Ritualist did. It was such a unique class in the genre, they would be silly not to bring it back in its full glory. I know they were going for a similar theme for Revenant, but it's not even close in practice. Paragon on the other hand? Could just add throwing spears as a weapon and a Shout Warrior / Guardian would basically be one. Probably suit Guardian as an elite spec if they ever do those again.

Yeah I 100% agree. Scepter with attack nature magic would have been amazing.