Guild Wars 2

the option to spec shield wielding classes as “pushers”.

dont u find the current WvW combat weird,
where everyone stays at ranged distance, hesitatingly going back and forth firing shots?

i think it would be great if there were some actual front line fighters
that arent afraid to push and start a real battle between the two sides.

my suggestions:
a) just give those classes a skill path that makes them very durable,
at the cost of damage of course. (atm there’s no such thing, dont kid yourselves)
or
b) when wielding a shield, your dodge bar is replaced by a blocking bar.
numbers and such can be adjusted after testing.

i joust/stealthatk the enemy zerg right in amongst them dont know waht you are talking about lol and yet am usuallyi last to die

Helathir.3647:

i joust/stealthatk the enemy zerg right in amongst them dont know waht you are talking about lol and yet am usuallyi last to die

yeah, im a thief, i do that too.
but everyone else who is melee and not a thief stays behind shooting rifles/bows/staves.

I play as a pusher. Mind, I’m a necromancer, so it doesn’t really address the idea of carrying a shield.

Sounds like a metagame problem; wait for it to develop and we’ll see some pushers.