Guild Wars 2

Having an alternate theme for some professions’ skills could add a lot of variety to the game, giving people a better way to associate with their characters.

For example: mesmers could switch to a theme of darkened effects with bats replacing butterflies; necromancer minions and skills could be ghostly instead of fleshy; engineer devices could look like asuran tech instead charr/human; and gender dimorphism for animals could enrich the ranger experience.

(On a general note, even letting characters be left-handed could be a fun touch.)

Any other theme options come to mind for your favorite class?

Elementalist
Blue fire
Murky Green water
Red lightning
And earth skills get kind of a moss type effect on the stones and earth spikes

I would love that so much XD

For mesmers; birds, snowflakes, confetti, fireworks, puff of smoke, small nuclear explosion… Hell, I’d be all over bats during Halloween! I’d be willing to pay $5 for each theme or $20 for 5 of them. If they’re REALLY good and allow a lot of personal customizations, like choosing a specific effect per weapon and/or map location, I’d even go $10 per theme.

Just don’t pull a “random drop from black lion chest”. We really don’t need any more rng stuff.

Tey are shootign for the spvp to become an esport…one of the hard rules for esports is classes must be easily identifiable to spectators the moment you use any skill. Hence the color codes.

Mesmer will always be linked to pink and purple effects. If pink butterflies bug you though I would say you have larger issues to deal with first. (I personally find it hilarious when guys who find it “gay” or “feminine” die to a bunch of exploding pink butterflies around them…talk about emasculating for them).

Likewise warriors are orange (I personally wish red for blood, giving that is all the warrior has, blood and muscle with no magic).
Guards are blue, necro’s green, thieves black, etc etc etc…

Runiir.6425:

Tey are shootign for the spvp to become an esport…one of the hard rules for esports is classes must be easily identifiable to spectators the moment you use any skill. Hence the color codes.

Mesmer will always be linked to pink and purple effects. If pink butterflies bug you though I would say you have larger issues to deal with first. (I personally find it hilarious when guys who find it “gay” or “feminine” die to a bunch of exploding pink butterflies around them…talk about emasculating for them).

Likewise warriors are orange (I personally wish red for blood, giving that is all the warrior has, blood and muscle with no magic).
Guards are blue, necro’s green, thieves black, etc etc etc…

Sure it can be vanilla for pvp but I don’t think that random risen is going to complain if I fragged his kitten in an explosion of orange bats. Just saying.

Recognizability can still be maintained. Color is only one factor out of many that make a profession identifiable. Outside the mesmer, necro, and guardian, professions only color-code a slim minority of their skills in the first place.

I like the idea of putting themes in the gem shop. They could also be temporary, like the finisher themes.

Sadly, the only current way to personalize your skills is with a legendary weapon, which most players will never acquire.