Guild Wars 2

Hello,

Will you need to use the new weapon in order to use the new specialization?

E.G. When a Ranger becomes a Druid, will they pay a price for not using a staff?

Thanks

Tskales.2804:

Hello,

Will you need to use the new weapon in order to use the new specialization?

E.G. When a Ranger becomes a Druid, will they pay a price for not using a staff?

Thanks

From my understanding, and from what they’ve said thus far, equipping the elite specialization will unlock a new heal, new utilities, a new elite, and a new weapon that you can use. It does not seem to be the case that you must use this weapon, but you may want to use it anyway because the elite traits will likely synergize with it except for the “1H weapon” and “2H weapon” ones. This seems especially relevant since no weapon traits in any other line will synergize with your elite spec weapon.

We’ll find out on Friday though, with the first elite spec reveal (likely the Chronomancer (Mesmer))

Probably depend on the trait options chosen from the elite spec trait line. There are bound to be some weapon dependent ones and if you picked them, they will go to waste if not using new weapon. That is true of weapon specific traits in the core spec lines as well though. There will probably be some traits from the elite spec though that could still benefit you outside of the new spec weapon. Otherwise taking an elite spec might as well just disable weapons switching.