What is the class is always in meta for pve content?

[The Boz.2038]

That's a stretch of a backronym.

[Armen.1483]

> @"The Boz.2038" said:

> That's a stretch of a backronym.

 

Nah, I don't think making a backronim of a greek word that has nothing to do with the META meaning makes any sense. The greek word today is used as a prefix, why would we create a backronym of a prefix, it just happens to match by accident as it is a 4 letter word. Regardless even if it were a backronym you'd still write it in capital letters.

[Lan Deathrider.5910]

> @"Dadnir.5038" said:

> > @"Agrippa Oculus.3726" said:

> > If I have to answer the question in the title it's quite easy actually: it's the Warrior. Since launch of the game (2012) it's the _only_ class that has never gone out of Meta in PvE (endgame) content.

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> It is not totally true.

>

> They were meta with great damage at launch of the game, but those damage took a serious nerf and they fell out of grace for a few month. Then they were blessed with _phallanx strength_ which gave them a second breath, yet, if it allowed them to enter and even be essential to casual groups, it wasn't enough to make them "meta" in front of the elementalist almost absolute dominion. After HoT release, they indeed ended up being meta but I believe their spot isn't very solid since banners lost a chunk of stats.

 

Warriors have always been able to provide banners buffs, 100 power from Empower Allies, large AoE fury, swiftness, and vigor uptimes, and lots of AoE might because PS has been in the game since launch. The core of warrior support has been unchanged for 8 years, which is in part why they are due for a support based e-spec.

 

As much as I hate banners now I always brought them back in the beginning because they were one of the biggest things you could do at launch to help party DPS. Now they are kind of a marginal increase really.

 

They should bring the base stats back up to 150 at least.

[Dadnir.5038]

> @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said:

> > @"Dadnir.5038" said:

> Warriors have always been able to provide banners buffs, 100 power from Empower Allies, large AoE fury, swiftness, and vigor uptimes, and lots of AoE might because PS has been in the game since launch. The core of warrior support has been unchanged for 8 years, which is in part why they are due for a support based e-spec.

 

PS have been introduced in April 2014 along with a few other traits (5 traits per profession that ANet made us unlock throught PvE). Prior to that Warrior was more about blast and shouts for might stacking, to be more accurate, you needed 2 warrior for might stacking in a 5 man group. Which is why elementalist initially rose as he was a lot more convenient when it come to fart fire fields and blast. At a point warrior even took a damage nerf that ended up with it's support totally replaced by the elementalist. PS is the thing revived the warrior in PvE after this damage nerf.

 

At it's peak, the warrior's support was _Empower ally_, 2 banners and _Phalanx strength_ coupled with _forceful greatsword_. I won't deny that, but saying that it was always there? Nope.

[Tseison.4659]

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