Originally Posted by
Karoht
I'm a healer. That said, I think it's great that GW2 is trying something new. I just doubt I'll find a place for myself in their game.
I've seen their initial gameplay vids. It's something like this for every class.
dodge dodge stab dodge stab stab stab dodge heal dodge stab stab heal stab dodge heal heal stab stab stab.
Dodge and heal are buttons you push, on top of 'dodge' being the usual 'do not stand in the bad stuff'
If range, replace stab with shoot.
If you are KO'd, you mash buttons until you get up or until a party member gets you up.
Mind you, this was an earlier video with dev commentary on youtube, probably about 8+ months ago so maybe this has changed. But lets assume it hasn't.
It's a dance. Some people will be good at the dance some won't. I'd wager that many won't. And how do gaming communities treat 'bads' these days? Not like a community, that's for sure.
If you think people did poorly when Cata brought back hard heroics, wait until you see what happens with GW2 when people fail at the dance.