Guild Wars 2

there should be a druid in guild wars it would be so fun i would pay tons of money on a caracter like that there is one in wow and i loe it who all thinks there should be one in the new best game

This isn’t WoW.

Well, on that token, should I spill my heartbreak over the fact that I played EQ for 7 years, terribly miss my Cleric and suggest to ANet that they need to reinstate the Monk profession?

(rolls eyes)

Every game is different, luv… Miss druids that much then go back to WoW

Aside from what has been said, Anet designed the professions and the number of them with certainty. At one point in development there were 12. They probably thought of druids, maybe even did a bit of designing for them. They specifically ruled them out until the ones left felt distinct. And I think that they are against adding more professions.

I WISH PPL WOULD GET OVER WOW ITS A kitten GAME

Wow is not a kitten game! Its a panda game now lol. I would like to see shape shift abilities not be terrible though. Like the norn aspects. Ranger with a staff could be neat too for a little nature magic.

Part 1:

I wish people would just think before they post…

GW2 has already a class that you could call a Druid… its the RANGER, Anet has just only to improve the class a bit to make it feel a bit more like a Druid in regard of Nature Magic.
Therefore the Ranger needs some little tweaks and redesigns in its gameplay mechanics around their pets/utility skills only and some additional weapons.

First the additional weapons, as they are obvious:

- Scepter
- Focus
- Staff

This would add to the Ranger 10 new Weapon Skills to give the Ranger 2 new druidish builds, one for beign more melee orientated and one for being more range orientated, the staff in this case.

To the redesign of the game mechanics, Anet has to move the Call Utility away and integrate them into the Pet Command System, so that F1 to F4 are those 4 Utility Calls in an upgraded version.
This makes space for 4 new better and more useful utility skills, which coudl be then either for example 4 Nature Spells to improve the druid like build with 4 another skills raising the amount from 10 to 14 druidish skills, or something completely new, like “Preparations”, which would fit also too for the Ranger as Utility Skills to have something, that can change their effects of their weapon skills for all the non druidish weapons and putting Nature Spirits into your utility slots would have then a greater effect on those druisish skilsl from scepter, focus and staff…

Imprtant for the redesign of the ranger should be also, to make them command 2 pets at the same time, make pets killable, like normal player characters and have them let a downed state too, together with improved options for healign your pet and reviving your pet, so thart ranger players finaly have stop stop about playing brain afk with their pets as they are basically invincible tanks that can quickly exchanged and auto revived through the swapping to another pet.
No, the player should have to care about his pets, that none of them dies and has to revive them manuelly.
Therefore need pets itself also improvements,m in regard of receiving a better A.I. so that they finally learn to dodge also attacks and that they stand not permanently dumb around in AoE’s. The defense power against AoEs needs to be improved, so that pets don’t die in a matter of seconds.

Part 2:

This are some example skills for the Scepter:

1) Razor Leafs
Shoots some razorsharp Leafs at your foes, which hit multiple enemies in line of sight and let them suffer on 1 stack of vulnerability per hit.
(3 Hits, 1 Vulnerability on Hit, Hits all in line, Range 900)

2) Root Whiplash
Creates a Ground Target Aoe Field, in which Roots grow up from the ground, immobilizing grasped foes that stand in it for a few seconds, before they launch grasped foes at a randomous direction with mighty whiplashes away to cause fall damage to them.
(2 seconds invulnerable, followed by 1200 range launch with fall damage, Recharge: 10s)

3) Poisonous Pollen
Creates a AoE Field of numerous poisous flowers that shoot their pollen into the Air, causing various negative random conditions from Poison, Daze, Torment, Confusion, Blindness to Weakness on pulses every second for a maximum duration of 5 seconds.
(Poison, Daze, Torment, Blindness, Weakness, Confusion randomous on pulse for 5 seconds duration, Recharge: 20 seconds, Range 900 )
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Focus Item Skills

4) Call of Nature
Summons for 20 seconds a randomous animal/monster creature to your side that fights with you
(Random Animal/Monster Ally for 20 seconds, Recharge 30 seconds)

5) Quicksand Trap
Creates at a Ground Target a Quicksand Trap, that sucks nearby enemies into it, cripples foes every second and damages foes also every second with increasing damage, so lesser the health of the foe gets. The trap is naturally like all other traps invisible, until you move into them.
(AoE Range of 450, 10 seconds duration, Recharge 40 seconds, Range 900)
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Staff Skills

1) Nature’s Rampage
A much stronger version of Razor Leafs, here it will create a huge root snake that cracks up the earth fromthe ground that that pierces through everythign that stands in its line with its thorns dealing poison and bleedings to the foes. at the end the root snake will bite the nearest foe for its final attack, that will cause several vulnerability stacks.
(Hit on line, causes Poison and Bleedings on first Hit, Final Snake Bite causes 5 Stacks of Vulnerability, Range 1200)

2) Thorn Wall
Creates a Wall of Thorns that will repel projectiles and turns them into projectile thorns that will hit all nearby foes causing bleedings, weakness or confusions. Causes torment on touch.
(Reflective Bleedings, Weakness or Confusion on Projectiles that hit the Wall to surrounding enemies, Torment on touch of the wall, Duration of 5 seconds, Recharge 10 seconds, Blocks enemies off)

3) Falling Trees
You let fall down some trees, which will knock down foes, if they hit them.
(Knock down on hit, Duration 5 seconds, 5 trees fall, 1 per second, Recharge 20 seconds, Range 1200)

4) Roaring Wildness
You make a load Roar, that will buff you, your allies and your Pets, adding also some extra healing to you and your pet, when you your one of the 4 Pet Call Commands.
This Skill will buff you for a duration of 10 seconds with Protection, Retaliation and Vigor. It will also interrupt enemies for a second of daze.
(10 Seconds of Protection, Retaliation and Vigor, Daze on activation for 1 Second, Recharge 30 seconds, Adds some Healing to Pet Commands for those 10 seconds

5) Growth of Nature
Summons various randomous Plants around you which can either be turrets or AoE buffs as long you stand in their pollen fields, like AoE Regenerations…
Youe pets grow also bigger and have raised stats while the effect of this skill is active.
(Randomous growung Plants that attack or buff, Pet Growth with increased stats, Duration 15 seconds, Recharge 60 seconds)

Just some examples, so dont take numbers too serious

The classical Druid archetype is already taken up by Ranger (nature-based magic) and Norn (shapeshifting). So I don’t really see how it would fill any gaps and thus it would be pointless.

If you want a druid simply make a Norn Ranger ^^