Xae.7204

So power necro is so broken they can double the coefficients but the best swap weapon is still Axe despite axe having such miserable coefficients that only one skill is worth using.

All around great changes says my crystal ball. I hope a more frequent patch cadence makes it so we don't see skills that need effects doubled, or more, to be viable.

Disable boons in WvW. Its the only fix.

This is how you can tell they based it on necro.

Elite Specs have broken sPvP and unless they're going to hire 10-15 dedicated people for sPvP balance it will never unbreak. A PvP game can not survive with broken specs surviving for 5+ years. You are right, the mode should be dead. People are hanging on out of nostalgia and dreams of what could have been. The good news is that you can look at FFXIV and it shows that players love a come back story. Provided the devs are open and honest about where the game failed in the past and are willing to explain how they will address the short comings.

There are a some hard truths that need realizing here. 1. Quickness was a mistake. It is way too powerful for one buff. As long as quickness is in the game the design of all builds will seek to maximize it. It is the uber-strat. Just delete Quickness. 2. GW2's balance has been in a rough shape almost since release. Entire specs have been dominating the game for *years* on end and others have been useless for *years* on end. 3. ArenaNet is in denial about #2. A couple of 1-2% nerfs every 6 months are not going to dethrone 5year old meta builds. Nor will some 1-2% buffs suddenly make dead builds viable.