Guild Wars 2

Let’s look at the other classes that use fire in the game.

Ranger which uses torch like a torch in reality.

Elementalist which uses fire magic.

Guardian which uses holy magic to make fire.

Engie which uses technology to summon fire.

Revenant which uses magic to pull it in from the Mists.

And the warrior which uses technology magic to light themselves on fire and somehow survive the process.

The warrior which can suddenly summon things.

When did warrior become an elementalist and how?

The warrior always showed feats that an ordinary human can’t do, like hulking out in rampage form or summoning banners from thin air. The general theory is that warrior has access to a simple, kind of primal form of magic. He can’t really control it, but if the adrenalin has his blood boiling he releases his anger in magical burst. The Berserker is just the continuation of this trend.

If you played GW1, you would know that W/E “Hamstorm” builds were “a deadly combination.” They probably just decided to do it again in GW2 since it worked so well the first time.

There were good fire W/E builds earlier in Guild Wars 1’s lifespan: they got pushed out by PvE-only skills in Eye of the North, that were generally at least as effective, synergised better, and didn’t require investing in another attribute line. I think shockwarriors may have survived in PvP – I didn’t PvP as a warrior in GW1, and besides, that’s not fire-based anyway.

I’d agree that the berserker does have a strong fire W/El vibe to it. But then, dragonhunter feels like G/Ra, so what goes around comes around.

gw1 W/E shock warrior says we can do magic

I don’t think berserker skills were meant to be taken as magic. They even said in the livestream they didn’t want the skills to appear as if the warrior was utilizing magic, because it isn’t a magic class. The only magic, canonically that warriors in GW2 have access to seems to be signets, really.

although yes people do point out W/E was a thing in GW1 (although the way professions work nobody double dips anymore) and it could also be a more “primal energy”

I didn’t take it literally though, I think they just did it that way to have nifty animations for the non-lore players.

If you read the scrolls from Orr, they used to use magic for even the most mundane tasks, such as bolstering strength to move cargo from ships.

It’s quite possible Warriors use a very similar form of magic. Many feats are pretty much impossible without some form of supernatural/superhuman force behind them.

Also keep in mind game mechanics does not equate to lore. Banners are most likely carried around in lore.

Regarding the fire, it is mostly the Warrior using low level Healing magic alongside some form of Strength magic to deal with the flames.

Daniel Handler.4816:

Let’s look at the other classes that use fire in the game.

Ranger which uses torch like a torch in reality.

Elementalist which uses fire magic.

Guardian which uses holy magic to make fire.

Engie which uses technology to summon fire.

Revenant which uses magic to pull it in from the Mists.

And the warrior which uses technology magic to light themselves on fire and somehow survive the process.

The warrior which can suddenly summon things.

When did warrior become an elementalist and how?

warrior became an elementalist after getting drunk in a bar one night, and when he was walking out, he didn’t realize that the weapon he was holding wasn’t his warhorn. it was a torch

the elementalist was surprised to find a warhorn where she left her torch.

anyway, the warrior was drunk, and while laying down looking at his “glowing warhorn”(as his drunk mind saw it) he burped. the burp caused the fire to blow outward like a flamethrower and light the nearby bush on fire.

the warrior thought it was pretty, and so walked to the bush and fell in it.
2 minutes later(the fire failing to kill…or heck HURT the iron skined warrior) the warrior walked out of the bush unharmed and a grawl that was passing by looked at the flaming warrior, and immediately died of a heart attack caused by fear, panic, and surprise.

the warrior woke up the next day (no longer drunk) and found the dead grawl, as well as the torch.

next to the torch, 2 hounds of balthazaar stares approvingly at him, before fading from sight.

the warrior took it as a sign that balthazaar had blessed him, though he didn’t quite know why.
none the less, since the warhorn was missing, the warrior decided to make use of it (after all, balthazaar used fire)

arenta.2953:

warrior became an elementalist after getting drunk in a bar one night, and when he was walking out, he didn’t realize that the weapon he was holding wasn’t his warhorn. it was a torch

the elementalist was surprised to find a warhorn where she left her torch.

Not quite. You forgot mister ranger.

Y’see, when the warrior got drunk and walked out with a torch instead of a warhorn, the ranger in the bar was scratching his head at how his torch grew into a fullblown staff! He figured it had something to do with his nature magic abilities.

Meanwhile, a nearby elementalist scratched her head as to why someone thought it would be brilliant to replace her staff with a warhorn, but in the end she just shrugged and went with it because why not, surely she could find a use for it.

And she always wanted to play a musical instrument so it’s a win for her!

Konig Des Todes.2086:

arenta.2953:

warrior became an elementalist after getting drunk in a bar one night, and when he was walking out, he didn’t realize that the weapon he was holding wasn’t his warhorn. it was a torch

the elementalist was surprised to find a warhorn where she left her torch.

Not quite. You forgot mister ranger.

Y’see, when the warrior got drunk and walked out with a torch instead of a warhorn, the ranger in the bar was scratching his head at how his torch grew into a fullblown staff! He figured it had something to do with his nature magic abilities.

Meanwhile, a nearby elementalist scratched her head as to why someone thought it would be brilliant to replace her staff with a warhorn, but in the end she just shrugged and went with it because why not, surely she could find a use for it.

And she always wanted to play a musical instrument so it’s a win for her!

lol

i was going to say the warrior took a kitten on the ranger’s warhorn and the water(with druid magic) turned it into a full grown staff

BuddhaKeks.4857:

The warrior always showed feats that an ordinary human can’t do, like hulking out in rampage form or summoning banners from thin air. The general theory is that warrior has access to a simple, kind of primal form of magic. He can’t really control it, but if the adrenalin has his blood boiling he releases his anger in magical burst. The Berserker is just the continuation of this trend.

Eh. Well it comes down to what is lore and what is visual flair. We see them summoning banners from nowhere, but do they do so in lore? Or are they in lore simply carrying them around on their back. The same with hulking out, do they in lore become literally larger, or is that simply mechanics and visuals.

In gw1 you had secondary professions. Basically a class could learn to do almost everything another class can. So a warrior could use necromancer magic, a mesmer could use monk skills etc. 1 character could even learn all of them (though not use them at the same time).

So it’s not unprecedented in the lore.