DKShang.8792

Congrats! I had the precursor for Moot drop about 5 years ago and haven't seen another since.

It was a live stream and I am pretty certain it was Colin pre-HoT release.

Let me add that I think this would be great if it was focused down into a support and healing elite. Now, I'm not saying druid 2.0 ( =) ), but something along those lines would be great. Running into battle reciting chants and casting seals. Man, I can just imagine it now.

I agree with a prior commitment about this fitting revenant; however, I think a very strong argument could be made for guardian. The flavor of the seals, chants, and such scream guard to me and, since guardian doesn't use a dagger, this would slot right in for the new elite weapon.

The point is that neither of us know what ANet has for the "future". In other words, your point is a two way street. Thus my comment that you seem to be missing the point. As for their design philosophy it has been stated as expansions and elites. Regarding being on or off topic you have made a mistake. I am precisely on topic. You are suggesting that this be implemented as a new profession. I am suggesting that this be implemented as a new elite. I am providing my opinion and backing that opinion up with what we have seen from ANet thus far; which is, one new profession, 18 elites, and the comment by ANet that they will be developing elites. Please try to keep an open mind and remain respectful. You may not agree with my point of view but I am entitled to share it. Everyone has their point of view and sharing thoughts is what makes this community superior to others. We can all share our thoughts and opinions.

Yes, that is precisely the point you seem to be missing.

True statement. I'm just looking at GW2 history. GW2 was released in 2012. Since then we have had one new profession and 18 elites added to the game. Finally, we have someone on the ANet team saying elites where the way they are going to be going with future expansions, wish I could find that comment now. Just saying, things aren't looking good for adding a whole other profession, which would unbalance the current system of three soldiers, three adventurers, and three scholars. I guess we will have to agree to disagree.

Not really. As @"AlexndrTheGreat.8310" pointed out the logistics of adding a new profession would be massive. It just isn't logical for ANet to add a new profession when they are already adding new elites. ANet is already "adding new life" by giving us Living Season updates and expansions and nine new elites with every expansions.

Pretty sure the devs, maybe it was Mo before he left, said they won't be adding anymore professions and will be developing only elites now that they have their even selection with 3 soldiers, 3 adventurers, and 3 scholars. With that said there is nothing stopping this from being an elite. Taking it from that point of view this could go either to warrior or revenant but my opinion is that revenant would be a closer fit. It's been a while since I pulled out Guild Wars and played it but I may dust my copy off and fire it up tonight. This and the other thread about the differences between GW and GW2 is giving me a case of nostalgia.

Why? City dvelers need to eat, but they can't have many animals, so what would they eat? Maybe fruits, vegetables and berries, and who else is better at tending to plants than Sylvani? Also, lore wise Sylvani are already pretty keep on whole ancestors thing. Sylvari are only born from the pale tree. We know roughly the whereabouts of the firstborn and the sylvari that followed. There is no place lore wise for an entirely new floating city to the north to appear populated with sylvari. And yeah this sounds a lot like the revenant; could take some of the ideas and turn into an elite spec. I say that because I dont think anet will ever be adding a new profession to the game as they've gone the elite spec route which in my opinion is better. Ok, fair enough. But how about alternative way for Sylvani to be born? Is there any lore to state that they can't find an alternative?I answered this in my post right before yours.

Actually, Star.8401, there are Sylvari not born from the Pale Tree, such as Malyck. So, from that point of view it could be possible for Sylvari to be on a floating tower who are not from the Pale Tree. I'm on my phone and it's not easy to go into details right now; however, I do agree that there are lore issues that are not in lines with Guild Wars.

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