Did elementalist get the short end of the stick?

[Cariad]

Ele is a Light armour class so yeah, if you go full power build you will have no defense. Ele's in general are not amazing damage dealers, at least not without focusing on Might stacking (something which I'm not too bothered about myself)

Mine is something like this: http://www.gw2build.com/builds/simul...1.0.0.30.10.30

Feels a bit weak sometimes but it works well for me and I enjoy playing it a lot more than when I had similar traits to yours, mainly because it's a lot harder to kill me now.

For PvP I go with toughness/healing Runes but think I use Balthazar for PvE.

[thesserd]

Ele is a Light armour class so yeah, if you go full power build you will have no defense. Ele's in general are not amazing damage dealers, at least not without focusing on Might stacking (something which I'm not too bothered about myself)

Mine is something like this: http://www.gw2build.com/builds/simul...1.0.0.30.10.30

Feels a bit weak sometimes but it works well for me and I enjoy playing it a lot more than when I had similar traits to yours, mainly because it's a lot harder to kill me now.

For PvP I go with toughness/healing Runes but think I use Balthazar for PvE.

Thnx but ehm.. with your build i would feel useless because your attack is 1913. I assume 'attack' is the damage you do, right? and still, if i'd use your build, i'd die faster than a warrior who does more damage

[Cariad]

It seems to depend on what it is I'm trying to kill, mostly. It often does feel like I'm slogging away at it and having to press ~10x more buttons than my Warrior, but I think the damage output difference is a lot less than the damage received so I definitely prefer it. I prefer the play D/D when I can but find Staff much more appropriate for dungeons and WvW, can still do some serious damage with that and great support too, with Evasive Arcana and the buffs for switching attunements I am often the last one standing, but yeah, no room for error really.

[Alycaea]

I believe, though I could be mistaken, on the most recent state of the game I believe there was mutual consensus that the elementalist was in fact a little too good and needed to be toned down a little bit. I personally find it to be one of the most survivable classes in the game.