Concerned with the skill splits for PvP and WvW

[Cpt Crunch.7058]

For some time now the player-base has asked for a reduction to all the power creep damage in the form of skills doing less damage, less healing, less condi spam, less cleansing, less boon uptime and less stacks of certain boons like stability and might.

 

Aside from the fact that the proposed reductions seem to go too far, and other underlying issues such as condi spam, cleansing, and stealth up-times not being addressed... What I do not see mentioned a lot is the current philosophy of having different cooldowns, cast times, channel lengths, charges, etc. between the different game modes.

 

Skills should behave the same across all game modes. This leads to a build up of muscle memory from which the player can draw on and play effectively at high levels. Otherwise what it seems is going to happen is that PvP, WvW, and PvE might as well be released as 3 separate stand-alone games because nothing that works the way it does in one game mode will work in the others forcing the player to have to memorize 3 rotations and timings... for each build... for each profession they play.

 

A player who normally does one game mode should be able to step into other game modes and have a firm grasp on how their chosen profession handles, minus a few minor things here and there, based on the knowledge they've acquired in other game modes. What I see with these splits is that players will focus more on their preferred game mode and might just kill the desire to try out other aspects of the game.

 

Could it be possible to make changes to healing, damage, condi, cleansing, and boons without affecting drastically how one game mode works, feels, and handles compared to the others?

[DanAlcedo.3281]

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