Aethilmar wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:11 pm
It is so "niche" that significant amounts of mdps are running it all the time and it costs hundreds of gold to outfit characters in this way. I know I've seen it heavily on Choppas and WE. Hard to tell if a Mara is using it b/c they already have a significant regen options. I can only presume it is being used by Order mdps as well. While I don't have any regen gear on my WH, I do use DG + Sanctified Bullets for a very nice (like 4-5k) heal in RvR mass combat situations that combined with my escape tools keeps me very safe even solo.
Bottom line is that good sustain on high dps classes (or above average dps classes when they spec into sustain) creates significant balance issues. But you know that. You just don't want your ox to get gored.
I asked a question but didnt get an answer, it looks like a bad sign for me, but i guess ill keep up a discussion for a while:
"Significant amounts of mdps are running it all the time"
And doing it wrong. They would have benefit their duo/trio/6men way more in approriate spec for duo/trio/6men then running solo build/gear being in a group
and if not then they are running wrong duo/trio/6men that is not synergies well. Selfsustain build (regen included) is a solo thing, trying to fit it into group play would not end up well against any proper opponents,
otherwise everything works to stomp pugs.
I dont see any kind of "significant balance issues" nor "regen devaluating healing classes and team play". Your claims are nonsense.
It all works like this:
1) pick a game "mode" - solo roam orvr; solo q sc; <6 roam orvr; <6 q sc; 6men roam orvr; 6men q sc; 6v6; wb for orvr; wb for city
2) build your character appriately, according to your group composition and chosen game "mode"
Each mode has working builds, different group synergies. There are things that work and things that dont work. Selfsustain builds with regen works in solo roam orvr and solo q sc. Nowhere else they are any kind of an issue to call for broken balance. As a simple example, one can, of course, q solo rankeds with his oRvR AoE bomb build on BW. They quickly meet the consequences tho. It doesnt mean that BW needs a buff nor does it mean that it cant be played in rankeds. But it does mean that you can fit a square into triangle hole. So if you choose to play BW in solo rankeds than you have to build yourself approriate and rethink your playstyle. There are people who did it and didnt fail like the others who cant grasp this simple truth.
So again. Selfsustain builds with regen are not fitting for anything other than solo roam orvr/solo q sc, they do lack burst and do lack DPS, usually they lack the crucial group synergies as well.