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&gt; I've been wondering whether or not they will be mandatory or somehow flat-out better

arenanet themselves have said no, they wouldn't be. everything we've seen so far however says yes, they are.

i suspect that arenanet meant that elite specs would be balanced against each other, but the base is still weaker.

this makes sense if you think about it. the specializations are meant to fill a hole the class has (like guardians get a better ranged option). that's flatout improving the class, so plainly this means it is better to have an elite spec instead of no elite.
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