Guild Wars 2

Hello,

I was wondering… with HoT we get elite proffesion which I believe will have there own Class icon and name..

1. How will this work? Will the name and icon change when you trait into it ( NOT PREVERABLE – I quite like being a thief(can be anything..good or bad. Helpfull or not), and do not really hope to call my self something generic as dare devil which basicly means 1 thing and thats being thrilled by danger which is not me.(just an example, I know the name could not be the name))

or

2. Will it work like your title? and can you select what class Icon/name you wish to display? (preferable, Though I know it might cause issues with feedbacks)

I ask cause I will properbly really like the elite’s most of them, I just can not come to term at all with the name desisions in many casses.

Seth Alre the THIEF!.

It appears to be tied to the trait line.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/specializations-part-two-reward-tracks-and-elite-specializations/
“For now, characters will only be able to equip a single elite specialization. Doing so will be as easy as it currently is to swap trait points; simply exit combat and select your new elite specialization, "

Currently, in the beta weekend we had with elite specs, using one of those didn’t change neither your class name, nor the class icon.

Astralporing.1957:

Currently, in the beta weekend we had with elite specs, using one of those didn’t change neither your class name, nor the class icon.

Probably not in game yet, since it’s still a work in progress. There are bound to be things, like icons, that still need to be added.

I don’t see it happening. The reasoning is that there is the intent on releasing multiple elite specializations per profession, and this would make an over-abundance of icons that may make core specialization identities difficult to identify/distinguish.

In the end, elite specialisation are still part of the profession, so I would prefer to keep the same icone and name ingame. DeceiverX’s point is also good for simplicity sake.

DeceiverX.8361:

I don’t see it happening. The reasoning is that there is the intent on releasing multiple elite specializations per profession, and this would make an over-abundance of icons that may make core specialization identities difficult to identify/distinguish.

I was thinking that previously. There are currently 9 core and 9 elite, making 18 icons to remember. Let’s say they have another expansion with 9 more elites in a year. Then it’s 27 icons to remember. Another expansion, 36 icons. The number of profession icons can get ridiculous. What I’m guessing they will have to do is have 2 icons on each char, the core and the elite icons to cut down on confusion.