You must be playing a different game to the rest of us then,WP main attack is melee ,they are a hybrid support class (healer/melee) so what else are they supposed to do?..I'm playing WP at the moment and what do Destruction guys always do yes root and root and root,try going after any Destruction class that has root,first thing they do is root you and thats it you can't do jack...Example yesterday I was rooted 5 times within 3 mins (lucky my team kept me alive).
Speaking of hybrid classes ,lets take WP for example if he or she is only healer in the group then your MAIN role is going to be healing,if there are other healers then you can mix it up a bit with combat and healing,that's what I do,our melee offence is decent(epecially with decent 2 handed weapon and strength stats) .
We have no roots of our own,crappy snare is only thing I have.
I have played many games with roots but WAR has gone over the top with roots being spammed all the time,they should change cool down on the timers or even limited more of the classes that have it.
The game is not balanced for 1 on 1 or group via group,its only balanced if you get the right combination of classes in RvR and Scenerio's,which 90% of time never happens....RvR is empty in a lot of areas (unless there is a keep battle siege going on),this is on busiest European populated server and most times you may stuble into a small group of Destruction guys that will gank you,rarely do you find 1 on 1 situation,probably why most players prefer scenerio's since at least you have the numbers even if nothing else.
People are playing Destruction classes because they look cooler(tank on Order side is a little short dwarf,you know he/she does not look cool,a 6ft human tank would look better) Sword Masters are elves do they look cool no(artwork design of characters you have to say Destruction classes look better then Order classes),population is more biased toward Destruction classes on virtually every server if you bothered to check stats,you think its going to be fun longterm playing Order..personally I would have to say not at this time....The game has a chance but changes have to be made,personally I like to see more new classes on both sides.
Speaking of bugs,I hope they fix the one where buffing your group in PQs it stops you being flagged as PVP/RVR if anybody in your group is already flagged,annoying when you just done hours of PVP and had your flag status removed to have it back again when you just want to help your group with the PQ etc...yes I have seen DoKs attack players in PQs,if I want to be flagged then I'll decide when,remember players expect buffs in PQs but not at the expense of being flagged everytime.
I'm going to play the game today and see how it goes,main problem I have is not what I said above but the lag etc that a lot of players have on my server ,if they want us to pay a sub for this game they better fix the lag ASAP.Try to take a keep is a joke in a group I was getting like 1-2 FPS with no AA/AF on fastest frame rate settings(4870 card btw) and before anybody says its my hardware theres a huge thread at Waralliance with players with top hardware etc having same problem on my server,took like 5 secs before I could click an attck button,by then was dead.Some areas are better then others just like some RvR scenerio's are better lag wise then other areas,so ones like Murk temple on tier 2 I avoid,Troll crossing and Phonenix are more or less ok.
WarAlliance lag thread.