I wonder if we will be able to use Dragon Hunter along with Firebrand? I don’t want to lose my legendary bow but Firebrand sounds very interesting.
We won’t. The bottom specialisation slot has a gold border, indicating that you can choose an elite spec there, and thus you can only get 1 spec at a time.
Plus, elite specs change the name and class icon and the profession mechanic, so 2 can’t coexist.
I wonder if we will be able to use Dragon Hunter along with Firebrand? I don’t want to lose my legendary bow but Firebrand sounds very interesting.
We won’t. The bottom specialisation slot has a gold border, indicating that you can choose an elite spec there, and thus you can only get 1 spec at a time.
Plus, elite specs change the name and class icon and the profession mechanic, so 2 can’t coexist.
That’s what I thought but was hoping for it anyway. Thanks. I’m still thrilled about the rest of the leaks. It will be fun.
As someone who has immensely disliked the DH elite spec for various reasons not worth going back into, I am greatly pleased to see this kind of upcoming elite spec.
Trying not to be too hyped till we get more specific info, but definitively hyped!
Judging from the name and previous leaks, it looks like it’s going to be focused on condi dps.
Based on some other previous leaks, it’s a condi + healer/support.
As for the name, Firebrand has an interesting meaning:
firebrand
Merriam-Webster: one that creates unrest or strife (as in aggressively promoting a cause) : agitator
Wikipedia: A person with a penchant for militancy in speech and/or action
Dictionary: a person who kindles strife or encourages unrest; an agitator; troublemaker.
Based on some other previous leaks, it’s a condi + healer/support.
As for the name, Firebrand has an interesting meaning:
firebrand
Merriam-Webster: one that creates unrest or strife (as in aggressively promoting a cause) : agitator
Wikipedia: A person with a penchant for militancy in speech and/or action
Dictionary: a person who kindles strife or encourages unrest; an agitator; troublemaker.
Time to become the political terrorist I always wanted to be
I hope they are like engineer kits with no cd. That would be awesome and complicated. If they were old tomes with cd that would be bummer and bad for the class.
I hope they are like engineer kits with no cd. That would be awesome and complicated. If they were old tomes with cd that would be bummer and bad for the class.
The leaker said they are like engi kits. And judging by the picture, we get an initiative bar, so there’s some gating. Which makes sense, they can’t just give guardian 5 weapons with no drawback.
I hope they are like engineer kits with no cd. That would be awesome and complicated. If they were old tomes with cd that would be bummer and bad for the class.
The leaker said they are like engi kits. And judging by the picture, we get an initiative bar, so there’s some gating. Which makes sense, they can’t just give guardian 5 weapons with no drawback.
I have never been a fan continiously kitt swapping on engi. So in that sense i dont think i would like it on guardian also. Tho i do like that axe there. Wonder if that is just a (weapon) skill cast effect or an actual ghostly loking weapon like the azureflame and foefire’s essence/power
I have never been a fan continiously kitt swapping on engi. So in that sense i dont think i would like it on guardian also. Tho i do like that axe there. Wonder if that is just a (weapon) skill cast effect or an actual ghostly loking weapon like the azureflame and foefire’s essence/power
The actual weapon skin is the standard ascended axe. You can see it right above the aegis boon icon as he wields it.
So, guard axe will probably be similar to elementalist’s dagger in Air attumenet (the lightning whip), in that it has longer than melee range, but still short, and creates a ghostly weapon to attack foes. After all, Guardian has always had that Green Lantern hardlight element.
Not completely true. I don’t think an elite spec is binary in terms of being exclusively power or condi. DH actually offers a lot for burn guardian builds (in pvp/wvw settings):
What we’re all hoping for is that Firebrand will finally give guardians a decent condition based options that don’t rely on opponent ignorance to win. This is probably what firebrand will bring to the table but that doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t offer power-based options.
Just for fun: I’m willing to bet that axe is going to be a weapon well-suited for either power or condi – power as is, condi/hybrid if traited for.
If the 1 through 3 skill set changes depending on Virtues activations then we’ll be having an X timer to use F1 dps skills – F2 support skills, and an F3 team dmg negation skills on the axe’s skill set.
All I gotta say is, Virtues better be on a low queue down, axe skills better be on a low queue down, and dps/supports/utility Virtues should be comparable to Ele’s attunement usages.
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Hopefully the name goes back to the previous leak name of “Purifier,” because “Firebrand” would make the Guardian the consecutive winner of the “Worst E-Spec Name” award.
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Hopefully the name goes back to the previous leak name of “Purifier,” because “Firebrand” would make the Guardian the consecutive winner of the “Worst E-Spec Name” award.
What? Firebrand is miles better, Purifier is awful, all I think is this
Guardian creation devs are good but I dont trust guardian balance devs.
So good that guardian had no place in pve, and even now only plays as a tier 2 dps. The support/tank class with no support. “Hey guys, we should add taunt to the game. Then give it to warriors. Actually, let’s just make warriors one of the better supports in the game, but also better condi than guardian.”
Hopefully the name goes back to the previous leak name of “Purifier,” because “Firebrand” would make the Guardian the consecutive winner of the “Worst E-Spec Name” award.
firebrand
noun
1.
a person who is very passionate about a particular cause.
purifier
noun
1.
a machine or a substance that removes harmful substances from something.
Surrender and serve me in life, or die and slave for me in death.
Still would play a DH though, just because of the insane block uptime
But an artillery like condi bomber would be interesting to see in group content and wvw.
And i am.glad that guardian will finally get a pure condi spec.
I’m not that glad about it, to be honest, base guardian should have been better at condi. I don’t want the buff to come in a way of an elite spec and be forced to play firebrand to be condi.
And I saying that as someone who loved tomes so much that I’ll have a hard time being anything but a firebrand.
Hopefully the name goes back to the previous leak name of “Purifier,” because “Firebrand” would make the Guardian the consecutive winner of the “Worst E-Spec Name” award.
Yeah, Firebrand is a pretty awful name and it doesn’t correlate to tomes much. The leaker on reddit kept referring to it as “Purifier”, so I suspect “Firebrand” is just a placeholder or something.
A firebrand is a demagogue, and books have been historically used to spread ideology and belief.
And even if you take purifier seriously, it’s like they just wanted a synonym for healer. I would rather they called it priest and be done with it, if that was the case.
A firebrand is a demagogue, and books have been historically used to spread ideology and belief.
And even if you take purifier seriously, it’s like they just wanted a synonym for healer. I would rather they called it priest and be done with it, if that was the case.
Sounds like using terrible pokemon weakness/resistance logic to justify a bad name, kind of like Dragonhunter. :0
I don’t particularly like “Purifier” but it’s still miles better than “Firebrand”. Purifier obviously correlates to the spec’s focus on “purifying” by burning (probably) and “purifying” by healing/cleansing, both of which are done by tomes.
A firebrand is a demagogue, and books have been historically used to spread ideology and belief.
And even if you take purifier seriously, it’s like they just wanted a synonym for healer. I would rather they called it priest and be done with it, if that was the case.
Sounds like using terrible pokemon weakness/resistance logic to justify a bad name, kind of like Dragonhunter. :0
I don’t particularly like “Purifier” but it’s still miles better than “Firebrand”. Purifier obviously correlates to the spec’s focus on “purifying” by burning (probably) and “purifying” by healing/cleansing, both of which are done by tomes.
The Dragonhunter name was inspired by medieval witch hunters. Guardians consider themselves protectors of the innocent, and the dragonhunter faction believes justice is the eradication of dragons and their minions – gw2wiki
Surrender and serve me in life, or die and slave for me in death.
The Dragonhunter name was inspired by medieval witch hunters. Guardians consider themselves protectors of the innocent, and the dragonhunter faction believes justice is the eradication of dragons and their minions – gw2wiki
It’s still a terrible name that only the whitest of knights find appealing, not that I agree with that justification in the first place. DH’s terrible name has basically become a meme as far as I know.
A firebrand is a demagogue, and books have been historically used to spread ideology and belief.
And even if you take purifier seriously, it’s like they just wanted a synonym for healer. I would rather they called it priest and be done with it, if that was the case.
Sounds like using terrible pokemon weakness/resistance logic to justify a bad name, kind of like Dragonhunter. :0
I don’t particularly like “Purifier” but it’s still miles better than “Firebrand”. Purifier obviously correlates to the spec’s focus on “purifying” by burning (probably) and “purifying” by healing/cleansing, both of which are done by tomes.
Then tell me how firebrand is a bad name, without bringing purifier into the mix. How does it not work, what’s bad about it?
Not really sure how you can say that without knowing anything about the elite spec’s skills, although I doubt Zeal will see any use until it gets buffed regardless of the elite spec. If tomes open up the way for a healer build, you can be quite certain that honor will be used wherever that build is used.
Then tell me how firebrand is a bad name, without bringing purifier into the mix. How does it not work, what’s bad about it?
It has little to do with the specialization, and it just doesn’t sound appealing at all, although the latter is subjective. “Firebrand” sounds brash and reckless, yet the elite spec seems to be themed around knowledge and magic via tomes, neither of which are at all associated with being brash or reckless. It’s not as bad as Dragonhunter, but either way there are much better names to be had.
The Dragonhunter name was inspired by medieval witch hunters. Guardians consider themselves protectors of the innocent, and the dragonhunter faction believes justice is the eradication of dragons and their minions – gw2wiki
It’s still a terrible name that only the whitest of knights find appealing, not that I agree with that justification in the first place. DH’s terrible name has basically become a meme as far as I know.
So now your opinion is fact, is it? The reason people didn’t like Dragonhunter was because they said “aren’t we all dragonhunters?” without knowing the name was inspired by medieval Witch hunters. So it seemed a bit redundant at the time.
Also Purifier sounds so kitten basic, like something a 12 year old would come up with.
Surrender and serve me in life, or die and slave for me in death.
So now your opinion is fact, is it? The reason people didn’t like Dragonhunter was because they said “aren’t we all dragonhunters?” without knowing the name was inspired by medieval Witch hunters. So it seemed a bit redundant at the time.
Also Purifier sounds so kitten basic, like something a 12 year old would come up with.
No, the reason people don’t like “Dragonhunter” is because it sounds like cliche garbage regardless of whatever contrived lore the devs felt like attaching to it. People don’t care about how someone came up with a bad name, it’s still a bad name.
It does sound basic, but at least it actually really fits guardians, although I find it ironic how you can say “Purifier sounds like it was thought of by a 12 year old” when you’re literally defending “Dragonhunter” in the same post.
If I had my way I’d probably call it “Monk” since tomes heavily referenced monks, and the spec has a tome for smiting/healing/protection (or justice/resolve/courage). If not that, then “Archivist” or “Chronicler” or something.
It does sound basic, but at least it actually really fits guardians, although I find it ironic how you can say “Purifier sounds like it was thought of by a 12 year old” when you’re literally defending “Dragonhunter” in the same post. .
Just using your own argument and showing you what it looks like.
Your own 3 ideas are better than Purifier I will admit, though they are a bit on the passive side. Demagogue or Firebrand conjure up much more active visions of a profession out in the field using tomes to obliterate their foes rather than someone who spends their life inside a monastery, studying.
Surrender and serve me in life, or die and slave for me in death.
If the 1 through 3 skill set changes depending on Virtues activations then we’ll be having an X timer to use F1 dps skills – F2 support skills, and an F3 team dmg negation skills on the axe’s skill set.
All I gotta say is, Virtues better be on a low queue down, axe skills better be on a low queue down, and dps/supports/utility Virtues should be comparable to Ele’s attunement usages.
I don’t think it’ll work like that.
More likely that the F1/F2/F3 tomes replaces the entire skill bar same as engie kits do.
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It’s a little premature to write off entire trait lines.
There could a trait applying AoE condition damage when you heal an ally based upon heal amount, in which case Honour with Selfless Daring and Receive the Light could be awesome. Or Signet of Courage, or traited Battle Presence.
Or a trait that makes symbols do additional conditions every tick making Writ of Persistence better.
Or an interaction with Vulnerability applications that could make Zeal more formidable and have some synergy.
