Before I start, I want to say I'm a long time player of gw2 who has been with a guardian main since the game came out. I'm a pretty casual player though -- I only do PVE and living world.
Incompatibility with the Virtues Build Tree:
I have the virtues tree activated. Some of the last skills (? Unsure what to call these) in this tree, such as permeating wrath, battle presence, and indomitable courage, give additional bonuses for the passive effects of virtues. However, it appears that the Willbender's virtues don't have any passive effect, thus making this last tier of options not as useful as they could be. The only one of those that would be useful at all is indomitable courage because it has an effect on an active virtue. The other options are completely useless as they only add benefits to the passive virtues. If the willbender virtues do have a passive effect, it's not clear at all what it does.
More ranged abilities:
I agree with another poster that more ranged utility skills would be nice. I usually play the Dragonhunter and love the utility range gives me (especially in fights where you need range or can't do damage at all. I'm thinking of some of the Elonian bounties).
Positives!
Overall, I really love the Willbender. I love being able to move. I always loved the wings of resolve ability for the dragonhunter and this spec feels like that but more. The willbender's movement makes for dynamic fights versus the dragonhunter where I feel like I always do the same things over and over again, and it seems less complex than the firebrand which has always intimidated me. I remember in the HoT beta, the dragonhunter's virtues were incompatible with the Virtues tree, so I have faith this will be fixed in the final release. Looking forward to playing it!
