Guild Wars 2

“Ok, I’m a Mesmer. Why? I choosed to be a Mesmer but HOW and WHEN did I learn to be a Mesmer?”

I would really like to see profession based orders or academies. Right now when you choose a class you are pretty much stuck with the opening sentence, without knowing anything about it. There is no real sense of progression when you unlock a skill, and in that way I appreciate the choice to unlock the last skill completing a map event. It really feels like I earned it.

That’s why I’m suggesting a Ranger academy, a Mesmer order, a Warrior boot camp, you get the idea. A physical place you can visit to learn how to move your character, how to open and sort your inventory, how to cast ground target skills with and without the reticle, how to use, how many, and what the purpose is of different utility skill groups like traps, shouts, and signets in a Ranger (because there is a purpose in grouping those skills, right?).

It does sound a lot like a ‘tutorial’ area, and it is mostly that. You are just not forced to do it. Currently you can learn to play on your own but you can’t leave that for everyone, and even then you need external info to get a full grip on the class. It has the added bonus to be a place where you can work some background on how the Mesmer magic works, why a thief can turn invisible and what exactly the ‘power of the elements are’ (looking at you, elementalist).

Resuming, I would like to propose the idea of creating profession academies to work as some sort of tutorial and background for every class. A place for everyone to feel more attached to their class. They could even have their own personal story so you can do something else besides fighting dragons. And don’t forget you could also unlock some weapons and armor skins there too!

What does the community thing about it? It’s something that should be tackled by Arenanet?