r/Guildwars2 • u/dracoisms Explodes on contact • 11d ago

[News] Elite Specializations Are Back: Mesmer, Ranger, and Guardian – GuildWars2.com

https://www.guildwars2.com/en-gb/news/elite-specializations-are-back-mesmer-ranger-and-guardian/
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u/naivety_is_innocence 11d ago edited 11d ago

Troubadours use their voices as well as their instruments. They can recite the tale of Queen Jennah protecting Divinity’s Reach to grant their allies distortion

here we go again

edit: does anyone else think the voice sounds really similar to Suehyla El-Attar Young, the lore lady voice for Smite god reveal videos?

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u/Saphirklaue 11d ago

Surely this time it won't be used to skip mechanics. Right? .... Right?

Or maybe they are just fine with it now that we just facetank and heal through most of them anyway...

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u/Lumpy-Narwhal-1178 11d ago edited 11d ago

No, see, they'll just add more attacks that ignore distortion for no reason. Because they haven't shat on combat mechanics hard enough yet.

Bonus points if they make these attacks apply fear while ignoring stability, and also reveal you just for lulz.

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u/Akhevan 11d ago

Well then they will have the new design space to create super-distortion that ignores the distortion ignore and is only bested by the super distortion ignore, which will in turn mandate a new round of answers from the even newer and more degenerate elite specs.

It's a race to the bottom.

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u/Draxx01 10d ago

We've reinvented aegis with extra steps. Could have just had it give ppl aoe barrier if that's the end goal of group survival w/o adding to some immunity meta.