Guild Wars 2

I don’t think specializations will be so special they say. We know that Ranger can become Druid and the other classes can evovle further as well. ArenaNet makes it to sound as if it will become an entire new class, but rather it’s just a new name because of the new weapon.

Let’s take Druid as an example.

Ranger can become a Druid and he now gains Staff as a new weapon, he also gains new healing skills, utility skills and elite skills and new traits. You can still use the old ranger weapons and all that, but now instead of being called a ranger you’re now a Druid because you can use a Staff as an addition to the currently available weapons and skills.

Don’t expect Druid to be an entire new type of class. It will be an upgraded Ranger with new additions.

I’m really looking forward to this though.

I would agree with most of that, But also if you spec into a druid dont expect to use your bow anymore, with every upgrade there is always a consequence you cant cant your cake and eat it. Its more likely that a druid will be more healing utility snares etc almost like a support class remember in guild wars one there was a consequence to choosing a second class and once chosen that was it i’m sure they are trying to get us to make more dynamic decisions on how our characters play and consequences are a part of that. I personally dont mind too much just give me the hammer engineer with the drones

That may be the case. If they are going to make classes more specced into a certain role then I can see this become a very good thing. Then I may be wrong in my statement.
They are maybe trying to split weapons between specializations, if there are more than one specialization for each class. I can give an example below.

Class: Ranger
Specialization: Druid (Support)
- The Druid uses Staffs, Swords and Horns to support his team with CC and heals.
Specialization: Beastmaster (Damage Dealer)
- The beastmaster uses Greatswords and Longbows with his pet to overcome his enemies.
Specialization: Survivalist (Tank)
- The Survivalist uses Daggers, Shortbows and Torches and lays traps to survive against his enemies.