Guild Wars 2

Once all the Elite Specializations for each class are announced we should get a beta weekend to test them out. Each class is getting entirely new utilities, an entire trait line, weapon skills and altered class mechanics. Not only do we get to try out our new toys but let Anet know what’s bugged (probably traits) or overpowered as hell to avoid Day 1 disasters.

If they are shooting for the last weekend in August for launch (as I really really hope) time is tight now. We know we get the Shiro spec blog this week. There are six elites still to reveal and their stated intent is only one in a week. Plus we still need to hear about the challenging group content. And after this Shiro week there are only seven weeks available for all that if they do a 3rd anniversary launch.

Personally I wouldn’t mind if they accelerated the info dumps a bit and doubled up on the Elites after all. I don’t really expect that, though.

Donari.5237:

If they are shooting for the last weekend in August for launch (as I really really hope) time is tight now. We know we get the Shiro spec blog this week. There are six elites still to reveal and their stated intent is only one in a week. Plus we still need to hear about the challenging group content. And after this Shiro week there are only seven weeks available for all that if they do a 3rd anniversary launch.

Personally I wouldn’t mind if they accelerated the info dumps a bit and doubled up on the Elites after all. I don’t really expect that, though.

Considering that there’s been no mention of a release date, tentative or otherwise, I don’t think we’re six weeks out from release. If the expansion drops anywhere between three to five months from now, I will be pleasantly surprised.

Pretty sure there will be at least one weekend event with the elite specs open. Would be totally bizarre if they didn’t do that.

That would be nice