Remaining Four ProfessionsFollow

i agree with this...however like they did with the mesmer in GW1...i hope the 4th and the BML to be completely not what we expected, or at least the 4th. The majority of the public seems to be going with an engineer type class, it only seems logical lore wise and fit to what we know/see, but it would be awesome if they kind of smacked that down and came up with sumthing other MMOs/games havent done before.

(i know many havent done an engineer class, but how many people thought a prof like the mesmer was coming out in GW1 :P...(granted no1 quite knew the game then XD))

Edited, Nov 25th 2010 6:11pm by Struckd

I agree with what appears to be the consensus:

Mesmer
Rogue/Highwayman
Blue Mace Thingy - support soldier

Though I'm not sure if I think the Mesmer or Rogue will be the "returning" profession. A straight assassin from Factions doesn't seem to fit, but neither does the Mesmer given the removal of enchants, interrupts, energy, and hexes. Also the Mesmer seems to be begging to be remade into a sort of dandy-adventurer swashbuckling profession - I wouldn't be at all surprised if it wound up being an adventurer.

I'm frankly also a bit curious if the BML hasn't been a dead end all along. It seems so very similar to what the warrior already does - heavy armor, melee, with support... I mean the warrior has shouts and banners, isn't that already support of a kind?

I just wonder if those roles are really distinct enough. I suppose it would be pretty different if the BML actually had support-oriented weapon skills, for example a melee strike that heals nearby allies, or a sword flourish that applies regen and might boons, that sort of thing. The BML could also be sort of a spiritual successor to the smiting monk, but that seems unlikely.

Also, has ANet mentioned that there will be 3 total "support" oriented professions, or am I making that up?

As for the 4th profession, I think an engineer of some kind is a strong possibility, but I'm skeptical if that would be a good match for a Norn or Sylvari character.

I agree mostly with Jeahr, and most of the posters in this thread.

From what I have been told, the last professions will be released with: 1 having the same name, 1 having a different name but still a copy of Guild Wars 1, and two new professions. There will also be one more "scholar", two more "adventurers" and one more "soldier".

The one coming with the name back is in my opinion the Mesmer. It was specific to Guild Wars, so why should it be renamed in the next game? I think it's such an iconic guild wars character, that it will be welcomed back with open arms. This will take up the scholar slot.

The returning name changed character will probably be the Assassin, but renamed something like "Rogue" or maybe "Emissary". This is such a popular archetype and class in Guild Wars 1, and to top it off there is some "leaked" concept art of a very assassin-esque looking character. This will take up one of the remaining adventurer slots.

The new soldier that will be coming back will be the "Blue Mace Lady", which is essentially a "Paladin", "Valkyrie", "Cleric" or for a more Guild Wars themed name, "Knight". Basically, a Holy Warrior that buffs/heals and deals subpar, but still substantial damage. There has been concept art leaked for this character as well, so it's not too far off of what they were thinking... or it would seem that way. I personally think this character will be named the "Knight" for this reason: When the Shining Blade and the White Mantle come together at the end of the War in Kryta, they form the Seraph. The majority of the White Mantle were "White Mantle Knights" so it would seem like a name that could stick. Might be a stretch, but that's my call for now.

The last adventurer will have to take the role of ranged melee DPS in my opinion. Some would say the Ranger are the masters of this, but from the look of it and all the sayings of Arenanet point to it being a primary pet class. This leaves the ranged melee dps open to something like a "Gunner" class. It has also been said that there will be more "fire and forget" pets that you have no control over. This is where they could add that in, with turrets and such.

Those are just my ideas, and reading over this I came to the conclusion that this post was very long so sorry about the wall of text!

Edited, Dec 2nd 2010 3:10pm by Scathlann

I think the ranger takes care of the druid/nature based character.

"Spirit skills — summon a nature spirit that influences the area around it."
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ranger


I think that the 3rd adventurer class will be something different. Hopefully escaping what would be the mmo norm.

That's an interesting theory. As I mentioned in my earlier post, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see the mesmer merged with a more swashbuckling class - frankly I don't see any other way to make the profession work - otherwise they're so dependent on hexes and conditional abilities, how on earth would you give them any basic weapon skills/attacks? Thus I think mesmer will return to the game, but I imagine it will play and feel vastly different than what we expect.

As for what the completely new profession could be, I honestly don't even have a guess. the Guildwars lore already has druids, but they're sort of like the dwarves - they've left the world. I kind of doubt for that reason that they'd be a playable profession.

I dunno, I still think there is probably going to be another ranged specialist - it feels strange that the only real physical ranged character is tied to being a pet class - and mixing that with the mesmer or assassin doesn't feel right to me. Sure, an assassin can probably use pistols, but they're not going to be a "ranged specialist" - nor do I see the mesmer being anything other than a magic-something hybrid at most. Certainly not carrying a rifle.

Perhaps they'll be content with only having the one ranged profession, since the warrior can play as a ranged character so well...