Guard Needs Fixing Now, or Why We Have So Many Burst Damage Whines

Your argument is that Burst DMG should always win, and to balance the game so it always wins, else it's OP. You also seem to be assuming that it's 1v2. That one Bursty Class should be able to kill a target before either of the other two (the tank and the healer) can react. This is also STUPID.

Yes, but not to nearly the same extent.

The analogy would be like if sages had a passive 100HPS ability with 100% uptime they could just toggle onto a target, but the game was balanced so you could overcome that passive ability. That would be fine, but it would mean your damage on any target without the 1000HPS passive ability would be way overpowered.

Approaching different situations differently is fine but when one ability has such a dramatic effect on how burst damage works it is bound to throw things out of whack one way or the other.

When one ability means you have to completely change the way you play the game it's inevitable that balance is going to suffer either when that ability isn't present or when it is present.

The EQ example is a good one. If Shaman can lower PVE damage by 75% you have to either balance for a shaman in every group or against a shaman in every group. Either way the result is bad.

No, the high dps is here because of guard.

No, the high dps is here because of guard.

But it is not on 100% of the time. That is only applicable under perfect circumstances and/or you face a very nub team.

I'll give you a real example. As a vanguard I came upon a juggernaut and healer on a node. I see two stealth teammates approaching the healer, but the two are focused on me. I begin my initial burst dmg on the tank then pulled the tank over to me. He's far from Guard range and the stealthies pop and start pounding on the healer. At this time, the tank doesn't realize the healer is getting rap-ed, so he's actually fighting me for a little bit. By the time the tank realizes healer is in danger, healer is at 20% (if not less) and tank is around 60%.

So now the tank runs back and leaps to the healers defense and does a taunt. This delays the healer's death but not by too much longer as we keep interrupting the healer, and now I'm focusing on the healer, adding to the dps (and I'm not taunted). Now since Guard TRANSFERS the dmg over, by the time the healer died, the tank was down to 30% or so, thanks to all that dmg transfer, making him an easy target.

So in that example, I ask you, what is wrong with guard? Because these are real battles that took place, and I've had many similar fights that included me taking the tank out of guard's range.

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If you reroll Imp, come to Anchorhead. We need more 'situational aware' players like yourself.

I'll give you a real example. As a vanguard I came upon a juggernaut and healer on a node. I see two stealth teammates approaching the healer, but the two are focused on me. I begin my initial burst dmg on the tank then pulled the tank over to me. He's far from Guard range and the stealthies pop and start pounding on the healer. At this time, the tank doesn't realize the healer is getting rap-ed, so he's actually fighting me for a little bit. By the time the tank realizes healer is in danger, healer is at 20% (if not less) and tank is around 60%.

State your official source for this statement. If you have none, then it is nothing more than speculation. Your speculation is not fact.

So basically guard doesn't change the game dramatically because you found an idiot who doesn't know how to use guard?

Great argument there, chief.

So basically guard doesn't change the game dramatically because you found an idiot who doesn't know how to use guard?

Great argument there, chief.