Guild Wars 2

Looking at the PoI for the scrapper elite specialization, I got the feeling this wasn’t the original first concept of the scrapper. It looks like the spec got a rework some time ago.

There are some reasons for this. The first skill we got to see in a trailer was rocket charge. This one has a explosive theme. All other skills of the hammer have a electric theme. So rocket charge seems displaced here.

But that’s not all. The icons of the utility skills doesn’t match what they are doing. Bulwark Gyros toolbelt skill has a dome with the aegis icon on it. Why is there an aegis icon if it is just a reflection? Why does the dome of Medic Gyro have a plus symbol on it, the symbol for healing in this game, if it is just pulsing protection? Toolbelt skill of Blast Gyro is an explosion, but it is just aoe superspeed. Shredder Gyro toolbelt skill even doesn’t have an own icon, you used the BoB icon as a replacement. Aaaaand so on.

Looking at the icons and all, it seems like the original concept wasn’t about group superspeed and an electric theme. It seems to be about group defensive support.

Maybe it is too much to ask for and it is too late already, but I just want to try it: show us the original concept of the scrapper and let us discuss about which one will do better.

If someone in this forum is with me, please write in here.

It could have been that the scrapper got reworked in a late stage.. Would be nice to know what they were thinking off.. They probably had a good reason to start over on the elite spec though, and also that they started over doesn’t mean that what we get sucks, or what they did have was way better then this..

Not with you on this. You seem to be advocating for design by committee. I’m not sure that ever works.

I really hope we get to the next BWE soon because all this complaining before even touching the class is getting rather stale.

I do not care to speculate on what MAY have been. We know what it is now. Lets concentrate on fixing THAT.