Versatility is pretty simple: 1% Versatility grants a 1% increase to your damage, healing, and absorbs, and reduces the damage you take by 0.5%. It's a straightforward, obvious upgrade to your primary role's performance, but also gives significant boosts to secondary role performance and survivability.

Is versatility good for PvP?

“First, we're shifting the stat distributions on Conquest gear to always include Versatility,” community manager Kaivax said. “This will ensure that every PvP player has access to the most important PvP stat on every gear slot, Versatility, which increases damage done and reduce damage taken.

How much difference does versatility make?

In one study, building the versatility skills of the sales force yielded a 53% improvement in market share. To illustrate the impact of this kind of result, consider a company with 6.29% market share.