Rukioish

Choice =/= better gameplay.

In large part, developers get carried away with the idea of choice, and end up ruining great things. In this case, they made very shallow classes that have very little differentiation. Part of trinity systems is the feeling of importance and usefulness, the healers, dps, and tanks all know what to do, and feel like they are contributing meaningful things to groups. You can argue all you want that the gw2 system allows the same thing, but that is an illusion players cast upon themselves. Being able to be swapped out with any other level 80 player in pretty much any gear doesn't make me feel like a hero or a part of the group.

By offering this "choice" of "play how you want" they made what could have been a deep and meaningful tactical MMO into a zergfest of the same class with different skins running around doing stuff for no tangible gain.

Some will argue that the game is more tactical than other MMO's, but that is still an illusion gamers cast upon themselves. Real tactics come from players with different strengths and weaknesses coming together and fighting towards a common goal.

With no feeling of community or class differences, gw2 falls way short as a meaningful MMO game with any real goals.

I know it's hard for new gamers to understand, and your logic will dictate that everything I say is wrong, but just remember we come from different generations of gaming.

I am sorry but the whole point of trinity is to have a clear separation,  separating classes in one of 3 roles hence the name trintiy. Just cause my necro got aggro so I am essentially tanking the boss while my allies are supporting me because well while the boss is bothering me its leaving them in peace it doesnt mean we're playing a trinity game because the moment the boss breaks agro and attacks one of my allies I will stop being a tank and switch to dps/support depending on the situation. my class is just not bound to a singular role which is what makes the lack of the trinity in the game. No class is tied to a single role they can all satisfy every role with no separation you just cannot call it trinity. Every game in existence can have elements of tanking, support or damage even a racing game can include such elements so is a racing game a trinity based game in your opinion? (I can use my car to damage other cars hence you have damage. I can use my car to knock an opponent out of the race to assure my team mate victory hence I would be playing support. If an opponent crash into me to knock me out, I am technically tanking them)


I am sorry but I dont agree. Just cause it is not necessary to play at your best to win a fight all the time it doesnt mean you shouldnt play at your best all the time. PvE is death easy in this game there is no doubt about that. You can win most of the fights by spamming all your skills as they come out of cool down no problem does that mean thats what you should do though? I dont think so. If you play smart rather then spamming skills you'll learn to use your build properly and in some fights that will come in useful not to mention that playing smart will also speed up combat considerably.

Am I the only one who likes to just wander around helping people out at 80? There is so much to do.

Fact: You will have to settle for sub-optimal gear and grind for weeks/months to get the best gear and hit the power plateau. Yes, sadly ArenaNet lied to us. It was all pipe-dreams.