Please let the next Elite Spec be a hybrid

[Sunshine.5014]

It's okay if it's range or melee, but please do not make a Power only spec like Staff. It's horrible for Ele.

[Kodama.6453]

Isn't basically every elite spec for ele hybrid anyway? With the 4 attunements.... as far as I know, ele got new skills which inflict burning  and bleeding, while also having new power skills from fire and air.

[Jski.6180]

Even staff is kind of hybrid and its lacking for not being a good hybrid fire balls not burning is one of the foolish chose i seen anet make.

 

I like to see water atument get torment seeing how frost bite was the first version of torment. I would also like to see air get the new condi type of "do burst dmg when you hit a stack number" that we see the new dagger mez getting. A build up charge.

[NICENIKESHOE.7128]

Don't think we need to worry about power only. Weaver has fair amount of traits for both power and condi, allowing meta to shift from power oriented on initial PoF release to now more condi oriented.

Edited August 2, 2021 by NICENIKESHOE.7128
Phone autocorrect

[fuzzyp.6295]

I'd be happy with either a hybrid weapon or power. Pure condi focused would be too easy to play, unfun, slow and utterly destroy any hype I have for the expac. Weaver is already condi focused enough if you ask me...

 

EDIT: actually to clarify, I'd find another condi focus build that can only do reliable damage with burning incredibly dull. If Anet can make an for example a water control condi spec, that could be very interesting.

 

Thankfully, most Ele weapons are hybrid already...

 

Personally instead of a hybrid like power/condi I hope the weapon has hybrid range, some close 300 range attunment and some further 900+ attunments. One of the biggest issues for Ele in PvP is its locked into only one range set whereas other classes have more options.

Edited August 4, 2021 by fuzzyp.6295
Clarify my condi hatred

[frareanselm.1925]

100% disagree with the OP. The main problem with ele is that all the weapon combinations with every atunement mixes a bit of damage, cc, a mediocre healing... which converts this class into a (never described better) CLOWN FIESTA

What we need is focused damage

Edited August 4, 2021 by frareanselm.1925

[HowlKamui.5120]

Ele specs will ALWAYS be hybrid.

 

What I understand you want to say though, is that the staff, which is an ele weapon regardless of the spec, should be a better condi weapon, and I agree. 

Fire 2 and Fire 5 should inflict burning (I mean what is up with lava and meteors not inflicting burning???). Earth line should be able to apply bleeds better (maybe auto-attack should be able to bleed), and air should generally apply more condis for cover (aoe weakness on 4 would be nice).