Guild Wars 2

Hi all,

I’m new to forums, but when I contacted GW2 support, they directed me here.

I have worked out a good portion of an Elite Specialization that would be available to all classes (all class abilities have been taken into account) providing a new passive ability, introduce a new weapon type to the game: the whip (which means many new skins and a legendary weapon), and new weapon skills unique to each class. It would also provide a great outlet to introduce and reintroduce lore. The theme is modeled after adventurers like Indiana Jones, Lara Croft, Finn and Jake, and the Castlevania characters.

I have the Elite Spec trait line, the utility skills, and a sizable number of the weapon skills fleshed out, but would like some help completing it and hopefully getting it into the game in some way, shape or form.

If this isn’t the correct section of the forums, please direct me to the right place and I’ll post the entire Spec there.

These are the Traits that I’ve come up with.

Adept Minor

• Priory
  • You can now equip whips and use Archive skills. Gain a Combat Focus bar which enhances your combat abilities. Combat Focus increases class specific attributes 1% per 10% of Combat Focus.
  • Unstated mechanics: Gain 1% Combat Focus per second while in combat. Lose Combat Focus at a rate of 10% per second OOC.
  • Note: Add Legend Swap Recharge as “class specific attribute” to Revenant.

Adept Major

• Archivist
  • Increase duration of effects produced by Archive skills by 1s. Increases boon duration, condition duration, revealed duration, and area of effect duration.
  • Unstated mechanics: Increases Eternal Bliss’ activation time by 1s.
• Favor the Prepared
  • Gain Combat Focus whenever you apply a boon to yourself. Combat Focus increases Boon Duration.
  • Unstated mechanics: +1% per boon gained. +1% Boon Duration per 5% of Combat Focus.
• Choking Tethers
  • Immobilize does damage over time.
  • Unstated mechanics: (0.4 * Condition Damage) + 296. It’s similar to Terror

Master Minor

• In the Moment
  • Dodging increases Combat Focus.
  • Increase Combat Focus 5% per dodge.

Master Major

• Focused Studies
  • Gain Combat Focus faster. Combat Focus degenerates slower when out of combat.
  • Increases Combat Focus generation to 3% per second while in combat.
  • Unstated mechanics: Lose Combat Focus at a rate of 5% per second OOC.
• Pure Was Li Ming
  • Cast Li Ming’s Ashes when you take damage from one condition that is above the the threshold.
  • This trait needs a bit of work
• Perfected Whip-crack (or Flagellant)
  • Whip skills deal additional damage and have a chance to daze after swapping to whip. Stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, taunt, and launch disable durations are increased by Combat Focus.
  • Duration 5s. Cool down 9s.
  • Main hand chance to daze all hit targets 5% after weapon swap. Off-hand chance to daze all hit targets 10% after weapon swap.
  • Daze duration 2s.
  • Unstated mechanics: 1% listed CC duration increased per 5% of combat focus.

Grandmaster Minor

• Target Practice
  • Killing a foe increases Combat Focus
  • Increase Combat Focus by 5% for each kill.

Grandmaster Major

• Thorough Research
  • Combat Focus reduces the recharge time of slot skills. Using a slot skill reduces Combat Focus by its recharge time.
  • Reduce recharge of slot skills 1% per 5% of Combat Focus. Reduce Combat Focus by 1% per second of the reduced recharge time.
• Currently Unnamed
  • Combat Focus reduces incoming direct damage. Damage taken reduces Combat Focus.
  • Damage taken reduced by 1% per 3% of combat focus. Combat Focus reduced by 1% per 1% of max health taken as damage. Stacks with Protection.
• Good Under Pressure
  • Your Combat Focus bar becomes a Break Bar when full until it empties (or OOC). You are immune to Stability and stun breaks. Gain Combat Focus when you would gain Stability or stun break.
  • Gain Combat Focus at a rate of 1% per 1s of 1 stack of Stability.
  • Gain 1% Combat Focus for stun break.

These are the Slot Skills that I’ve come up with.

Here are some of my notes about creating various weapons skills.
Weapon Skills – Whip
Warrior – main

• Burst – Flay
• 1 –
• 2 – Spiral Lash – sends out whip in a spiral hitting multiple times
• 3 –

Guardian – main

• 1 – Snap → Crack → Pop
• 2 –
• 3 –

Revenant – main hand & off-hand

• 1 –
• 2 –
• 3 –
• 4 –
• 5 –

Engineer – off-hand

• 4 – Charged Lash
• 5 – Flog

Ranger – main hand & off-hand

• 1 –
• 2 –
• 3 –
• 4 – Power Whip (Pokemon)
• 5 – Vine Whip (Pokemon)

Thief – off-hand

• 3 (sword) – Trip, drag, slash
• 3 (dagger) – whip hit; cycle to dagger, shadow step to target and stab; leap finisher
• 3 (pistol) – Immobilize then rapid shot
• 4 – Whip Shield → Zone Strike
• 5 –

Necromancer – main hand

• 1 – Flagellate – cleave to 3 targets in med range
• 2 – Stinging Soul – Long range, high arc, hits one target for med damage
• 3 – Summon Suffering (Soul Caliber – Ivy) wrap whip around and deal damage as it’s pulled off

Mesmer – main hand

• 1 – Bandora → Baroque → Be Heard → Bouzouki (MSI – Shut Me Up lyrics “the bass, the rock, the mic, the treble”)
• 2 – Prophecy’s Pledge (Soul Caliber – Ivy) Send out whip and pull at med range
• 3 – Calamity Paradox (Soul Caliber – Ivy) Float & strike repeatedly at close range

Elementalist – off-hand

• Fire 4 – Decrepitate (to break up when exposed to heat)
• Fire 5 – Serpent’s Venom – wind up with spin then big hit with knockback
• Water 4 – Coldsnap – Chill target
• Water 5 –
• Air 4 –
• Air 5 –
• Earth 4 –
• Earth 5 – Suppressed Earth – wind up is laying whip down in a line then the ground explodes, damage + launch

A possible Wintersday skin could be a yo-yo. The legendary weapon quest could unlock the leather whip, thorn whip, chain whip, morning star, and flame whip from Castlevania 2. The Super Adventure Box skin could be a literal adaptation of one of those. The Legendary quest could open up content in the floating Wizards Tower in Kessex Hills in a Castlevania style even.

More of my notes on references:

• Devo – Whip It
• Sublime – Caress Me Down
• Blues Brothers – Rawhide
• Aphex Twin – OMGYJYA Switch
• Rolling Stones – When the Whip Comes Down
• Willow Smith – Whip My Hair
• Blur – Ice Cream Man (With a swish of his magic whip, All the people in the party froze)
• Whip Shot (King of Fighters – Whip)
• String Shot (King of Fighters – Whip)
• Boomerang Shot (King of Fighters – Whip)
• Hook Shot (King of Fighters – Whip)
• Sonic Slaughter (King of Fighters – Whip)
• Vein Whip Claw (Universal Decay D20 system)
• Crushing Veins (Universal Decay D20 system)
• Whip Shield (Universal Decay D20 system) – delfect range attacks
• Strike Zone (Universal Decay D20 system) – while using whip shield, can attack nearby foes
• Rapid Assault (Universal Decay D20 system) – can attack as a free action
• Irish Whip (wrestling move) – grab opponent, spin & throw
• Whip Assault (Mortal Kombat X – Takeda)
• Whip Strike (Mortal Kombat X – Takeda)
• Whip Trip (Mortal Kombat X – Takeda)
• Tezhas Flood (Soul Caliber – Ivy)
• Summon Suffering (Soul Caliber – Ivy) – mez
• Calamity Syphon (Soul Caliber – Ivy) –mez
• Prophecy’s Pledge (Soul Caliber – Ivy) – mez
• Serpent’s Venom (Soul Caliber – Ivy) – ele fire
• Indiana Jones
• Balrog from LotR
• Spiderman
• Ivan Vanko (Whiplash) from Iron Man
• Swenson from The Rundown (dual wield)
• Castlevania
• Zorro
• Rito Mordio (Tales of Vesperia)
• Repulsive ringmaster