====== GW2 Stats redesign ======
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Because I hate the current design, and how useless half the stats are, and how rock/scissor/paper they work.

Instead each stat should give you uses and bonuses for multiple situations and play styles.

===== Old =====

  * Power	(Godstat )
  * Precision	(Needs power to be very useful )
  * Toughness	(Only reduces Power damage, does nothing against condi )
  * Vitality	(Only useful to survive burst, prolongs bad situation )
  * Healing Power	(To low efficiency to be worth it on anything, good synergy with toughness )
  * Condition Damage	(godstat )
  * Ferocity	(useless without power+precision )
  * Boon Duration	(best defensive stat, best support, almost impossible to get )
  * Condition Duration	(secondary good condi stat, hard to get, useful for support )

===== New =====

  * Damage	(=Power. Damage is king )
  * Critical	(=Precision+Ferocity. Tune the numbers down a bit )
  * Defense	(=Toughness+"-"Condition Duration. Makes it work against both power/condi damage )
  * Health	(=Vitality+Healing Power. gives more health and heals health better, lets you survive bursts, and gives you an edge in longer fights with sustain. )
  * Malice	(=Condition Damage. Damage is king )
  * Support	(=Boon Duration + Condition Duration. Boons is the best support in the game, Condi Duration second best for things like criple, chill, imob, vulnerability and other none damaging condis. )

Numbers would need to be crunched and adjusted, and this probably would require a lot of redesign in the game, items, traits, classes etc.

===== Tri-Stats =====

This idea would make a physical damage build require only 2 stats (Damage+Critical), thus the third stat is optional if you want to go defensive, party support, or mix into condition damage etc.

This would make a condition build want to have at least 2 stats (Malice+Support for the condi duration which also gives boon duration), the boon duration will actually help this stay a attrition type of gameplay. And you can pick a third stat for defensive, pick up critical for using traits and sigils that triggers on crits.

If you want to go tanky you have several options from Defense+Health for the traditional bunker style, to mixing in Support for hte boon duration and also helping the team. If you go all 3 you will hit like a wet noodle so most will mix in at least one of the damage stats. Damage for the traditional soldier style, or Malice for the Dire style.

===== Example Tri-Stats =====

  * Apothecary = Malice, Support, Defense
  * Berserker/Assassin = Critical, Damage, ???
  * Carrion = Damage, Malice, Health
  * Cleric = Damage, Support, Defense
  * Dire = Malice, Defense, Health
  * Knight/Cavalier = Critical, Damage, Defense
  * Magi = Critical, Support, Health
  * Nomad = Support, Defense, Health
  * Rabid = Critical, Malice, Defense
  * Ravager/Sinister = Critical, Damage, Malice
  * Shaman = Malice, Support, Health
  * Soldier = Damage, Defense, Health
  * Valkyrie = Critical, Damage, Health
  * Zealot = Critical, Damage, Support