I believe Arenanet is trying to open options rather than one or two 'must' have setups. The ability to easily have all of the boons put most of the weight on one class, and ANet did not do itself any favours by allowing that state to exist for so long. Before previous nerfs to Chronomancer, a good chrono could essentially allow his team to ignore mechanics entirely, through boons and distortion. If this resulted in a highly specialized build to that job to a lesser degree, and perhaps one other job, that could have been a valid option to an encounter. But they did too many jobs too well, deforming everyone's idea of how an encounter could and should be beaten. Now, finally, after several iterations, it has been nerfed. Chrono's current role looks a little more vague currently, but even after the nerfs, still strong. If the patch had been any bigger, how large would the howls of rage be? Likewise, boons and other skills need to be reigned in. Too many skills and traits do too much, too easily. It makes further balancing more difficult, content harder to make interesting, and all the more likely for some broken combination to be used to exploit. I applaud the thinking behind the latest changes, though at least one looks questionable to me 'squints hard at Dolyak Stance' This is clearly only the first of many patches, and for the good of the game, I sincerely want the significant patches to come faster, and be significant. As a note to the systems team and balance team: please pick a power level you wish the professions, skills, traits and elites to operate at. I understand it is an incredibly complex, everchanging chimera, but Hot increased the powerlevel of skills, and traits. PoF greatly did the same. Skills and traits do too much, too easily. Stats and choices have not really kept pace. The recent patch seems to indicate a desire to reign in at least some outliers, so please continue that trend. A general, all over reduction of damage, defenses, and multipart skills would be useful balancing option. Despite what some would have us believe, there is not 'one way to rule them all' Other options exist, and at least several of those options should be valid. Boons are currently out of hand. Time to reel them in.