Guild Wars 2

Hey all, this is just a discussion on the Dervish class, and how it Could be implemented into GW2.

So I played a lot of GW1 back in the day, and Nightfall was my favorite expansion since I have always loved the Northern Africa/South West Asia themes, and Dervish was my favorite GW1 class. I was so excited (Still am) to return to Elona, and enjoy this new content, but I would be lying if i said i wasnt secretly hoping that when/if we went back to Elona, I could go as a Dervish.

Based on the fact that the Rev was introduced for the last expansion, I was a little hopeful for this to happen with the Dervish, and maybe it still will during a Living Story event or something.

I would like to hear your ideas on implementation of this class and how they could update it for GW2.

Since we dont have the scythe in the game, i thought maybe if they had a scythe skin (like they already have) and have the Dervish use the staff like the DD or Rev, with some scourge type skills, or the earth magic like ele has. I dont know, I think it would be nice to have, but im sure you all have better ideas than I do.

I was indeed surprised that non of the old classes returned.

Would have loved to see a Paragon elite spec for the warrior or guardian

Have you seen the new Mesmer Elite? That may be as close as you get.

Good luck on any new professions. We have elite specs to fill that role in GW2.

I was really hoping for two of the elites to be Dervish and Paragon.

I could easily see a Dervish Elite for the thief and a Paragon Elite for the Guardian or Revenant.

Honestly it was a bit disappointing not to have either. Maybe they will come later. There are plenty of other North African/South West Asian elites for other classes they could incorporate. For example:

Elementalist: Djinn Master
Engineer: Architect (Pyramids anyone?)
Guardian: Ankh Bearer
Mesmer: Si’lat (Mythological Middle Eastern Shapeshifter)
Necromancer: Necropolis Guide
Ranger: Spirit Guide (Animal spirits were sacred in ancient Egyptian mythos)
Revenant: Paragon
Thief: Dervish
Warrior: Charioteer (Since we are introducing mounts)

Not that any of these would be viable, but if it was that easy for me to think up in a couple of minutes, surely Anet could do better and keep with the Crystal Desert/Elona theme.

That’s true, I didnt think of them just adding the Elite Spec instead of a whole new class. I think those are great ideas.

Maybe one day ill get my dervish XD

DeanBB.4268:

Have you seen the new Mesmer Elite? That may be as close as you get.

Good luck on any new professions. We have elite specs to fill that role in GW2.

I have seen it, and im stoked for sure. I main necro, and i am happy to see what they do with the scourge.

This said, I didnt really see a similarity between the new mesmer(mirage) and the dervish. Maybe i missed something. I feel like Scourge/ele sword was closer, but I’m not sure.

Well, the new logo is rather whirly, and what does a dervish do?

There may be hope yet.