Guild Wars 2

So I was just watching one of the new stronghold videos ( this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzzKbrj4EZ8 sreenshot taken at 3:47 )
and in the video the player (BLU) was rebinding his keybinds when i noticed that the demo he played showed an option to bind a key for a F5 ability ( which aren’t available right now ingame, atleast my game doesnt show me this option). I don’t know if there already is a thread about this but if not this could be an evidence for us getting some changes to our class mechanics. Tell me if I am wrong or otherwise discuss what the f5 abilities could be.

btw im sorry for my English but it isnt my first language and i don’t have that much time to write this. tell me if the screenshot works I’m not really experienced in creating threads but if it doesnt I already wrote where i took it (and sorry for it being this blurry the video i got it from wasnt very high quality either)

Interesting. My guess is that some profession specializations will have 5 abilities

the first poi were they show off the adventures show a warrior with f1 and a f2 hidden on that f1 ability icon so yea i guess we do get changes

6:35 n that video you can see it for your self

If eles are getting a fifth attunement, it had better be heart or surprise. I’m going to be so disappointed in Anet if it’s not heart or surprise.

DanteZero.9736:

If eles are getting a fifth attunement, it had better be heart or surprise. I’m going to be so disappointed in Anet if it’s not heart or surprise.

I know what you mean

I think Elementalists will get the “Arcane” attunement.

My guess would be its for Ranger. Possibly Mesmer, but I think Ranger is most likely.

Elementalist getting a 5th attunement would be bonkers. It would mean 20 new weapon skills just between all their original weapons, as well as new effects for a number of utilities, in addition to the 20 new weapon skills they’ll already get from a new weapon (assuming its either a 2H weapon or a set of 1H ones).

Engineer toolbelt skills are tied to utilities, so they only way to get more would be to give more utilities, which won’t happen. I suppose maybe they could add elite toolbelt skills, but… I dunno, that doesn’t seem entirely likely to me.

Necro, Warrior, Thief, Guardian, and Revenant already have room to grow as far as utilities go without F5, as they all have less than 4 to begin with.

Mesmer could get a 5th. Maybe a time-related shatter, like freezing enemies or inflicting slow on them.

Ranger is arguably in need of a 5th profession mechanic utility the most. More pet control of any sort would only be welcome, although I’d hope it wasn’t going to be specialization only. Although I have seen a few people speculate that maybe Druid will be able to draw power from their pet, so an F5 ability could also be used to activate that while keeping all the normal pet skills in-tact.

Electro.4173:

Mesmer could get a 5th. Maybe a time-related shatter, like freezing enemies or inflicting slow on them.

Actually, I have the exact same thought, a shatter skill that applies 1s Slow per illusion shattered and possibly a trait that makes it also applies 1s Quickness per illusion to the mesmer.

Jaxom.7310:

I know what you mean

What are you talking about, the power of heart is the best one, it is mind control that works on animals and humans.

Every time that wuss gets kidnapped he could just order the bad guys to go jump off a cliff or shoot themselves, it isn’t the power that is useless it is the person that was given the power.

Ranger could use that 5th slot right now. They can’t bind stow or stance swap currently.

Allowing them to control the secondary pet skills would be great too and it was brought up countless times over the years and in their CDI thread. May make things a bit overpowered, but we can worry about that later.

Zmodd.5427:

Electro.4173:

Mesmer could get a 5th. Maybe a time-related shatter, like freezing enemies or inflicting slow on them.

Actually, I have the exact same thought, a shatter skill that applies 1s Slow per illusion shattered and possibly a trait that makes it also applies 1s Quickness per illusion to the mesmer.

That would have to be on a pretty hefty cooldown.

I highly, HIGHLY doubt that Elementalist will get a 5th attunement. That is an enormous amount of weapon skills and trait systems that require balancing. It’s just not going to happen.

Instead, the F5 could do something else, like maybe overcharge your current attunement, or Ele might not get an F5 at all. It could be another pet control skill for Rangers, or an Elite toolbelt slot for Engis, or a fifth shatter ability for Mesmers. All of these things would be much, MUCH easier to implement than another attunement.

If eles are getting a fifth attunement, it had better be heart or surprise.

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If we are unlucky the “new F skill” is simply the “hotchange to specialization and back”-button, because I’ve got no idea where else they would put something like that.

Sariel V.7024:

If eles are getting a fifth attunement, it had better be heart or surprise.

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No one ever cares for the element of surprise. At least we have heart. Maybe the ele new elite skill will allow them to summon Captain Tyria.