Guild Wars 2

I was thinking about this…

Which Professions fall under what GW school of magic (Preservation, Aggression, Denial, Destruction)…

Or is it more each profession has a blend of the schools?

A combo of them all.

Warrior: Aggression (primary)/ Destruction (secondary)
Guardian: Preservation (primary)/ Aggression (secondary)
Ranger: Preservation and Aggression (equal parts)
Thief: Aggression, Preservation, and Destruction (equal parts)
Mesmer: Denial (primary), Destruction (secondary), Preservation (tertiary)
Elementalist: Destruction (primary)/Preservation (secondary)
Engineer: Destruction (primary)/ Preservation (secondary)
Necromancer: Destruction and Denial (equal parts)

Eugh, no. Hold up.

To start with, Warriors, Rangers, and Engineers are non-magical.

And the magical classes are something closer to this:
Preservation – Guardian.
Destruction – Elementalist.
Aggression – Necromancer.
Denial – Mesmer, Thief.

@Yumiko
that’s an impossibility do to the bloodstones .

@ sonic
Ranger would likely fall under Preservation considering their nature rituals
Mesmer-Denial
Eles- Destruction
Guardian- Preservation
Necro- Aggression

I’m not really sure whether the Ranger’s nature rituals count as magic or not, but the four “Schools of Magic” we’re discussing here are associated with channeling the essence of the Mists, and nature rituals don’t do that. They just “commune with nature”. Now, maybe nature itself is getting its magic from the mists too (commune-based skillpoints seem to imply this), but that would mean that while the Ranger could be considered Magical, they themselves do not have a specific ‘School’ in the same sense.

As for the bloodstones, they do not necessarily limit you to one school of magic (secondary professions in GW1 would contradict that), but they do limit one person from mastering “all schools of magic”. The canonical information I’ve seen on bloodstones is pretty vague though, so who really knows.

Restoration is a perfectly valid school of magic and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Is this a GW1 in-joke? I am vaguely remembering something like that.
If you /aren’t/ joking, though, restorative magics would fall under “preservation”.

DaMunky.6302:

Is this a GW1 in-joke? I am vaguely remembering something like that.
If you /aren’t/ joking, though, restorative magics would fall under “preservation”.

I think that he is making the joke from Skyrim.

That’s it! I remember hearing that phrase before in Morrowind! (Never played Skyrim..)

Mesmers don’t have a magic school. I have no idea what you’re talking about. There is absolutely no way.

Hint: Denial

DaMunky.6302:

As for the bloodstones, they do not necessarily limit you to one school of magic (secondary professions in GW1 would contradict that), but they do limit one person from mastering “all schools of magic”. The canonical information I’ve seen on bloodstones is pretty vague though, so who really knows.

Any single profession would still be limited to 1 school though . If they had duel schools as Yumiko suggests then a person would be able to have access to all schools if they so choose .