Jabett

got a source on this confirmation? I'd like to see this for myself

You understand this game is a power fantasy type game right? so why are you trying to limit the power fantasy? you compared nyx's ability to contol ONE enemy at a time vs revenant's ability to control a large quantity, without mentioning nyx has an even stronger immortality ability than revenant, but you aren't called for that to be nerfed??? Reave doesn't just restore health and shields either, it has a decently fast travel time and strips armour. In addition to this, reave converts all enemies stunned with mesmer skin into thralls. The only real points you've made is that thrall damage is lacking, and the pillars aren't very effective, in addition to a (very) lacklustre passive ability.

"Hey I am going to play this game that is narrative driven, but I am going to pay money to skip the narrative." Aside from this, it is a gateway into more malicious monetisation. DE may not do it on purpose, but they can and have missed the mark on multiple occasions. This is not something to just allow lightly.

They are streamlining old quests. The best thing for them to do would be to release a cinematic, but a really good one, summarising the whole main universe story (no continuity stuff or w/e it was called), then have the option for newer players to go through a curated list of main story missions to get to whispers in the wall, but not charge for it.