Guild Wars 2

Trying to think of a shorthand way of writing because there’s so many things to highlight in a build, and writing out even abbreviated names of the traitlines is… clunky.

I’m thinking if we number all the current traitlines as:
Domination = 1
Duelling = 2
Chaos = 3
Inspiration = 4
Illusions = 5
“Elite Spec” = 6
etc… (for each added spec in future expansions)

And then given there are three major traits per tier we could label “a”, “b” and “c” at each tier (based on the order in the pictures – the topmost major being “a” and the bottom one being “c”).

So for example, a current standard shatter build would be something like 1aab/2aac/5ccb, or 1/2/5 shorthand.

I suppose this could apply to all classes if traits are numbered in their current order.

Thoughts?

Why not just aab/aac/x/x/ccb? Or whatever you want to call the 3 traits/tier

could be irritating for players that start with the game after this update goes live.

i guess there will be no “order” to what traitline is which number anymore since every line will get an icon and not a number just like the different traits.

I do like the idea of abc though

how about saying like this:
Do/Du/Ch-aab/abc/bbc ? would be less irritating i guess

Bubi.5237:

Why not just aab/aac/x/x/ccb? Or whatever you want to call the 3 traits/tier

Ah, that works nicely as well and keeps it similar to the current format.

Could be 123 instead of abc as well (kitten , now I have that song in my head xD).

So 112/113/0/0/332/0 or something?

could be irritating for players that start with the game after this update goes live.

i guess there will be no “order” to what traitline is which number anymore since every line will get an icon and not a number just like the different traits.

I do like the idea of abc though

how about saying like this:
Do/Du/Ch-aab/abc/bbc ? would be less irritating i guess

Good point if the order of traitlines won’t be a thing anymore. I kind of like Bubi’s idea regarding this. Stating Do/Du/Il or whatever seems too awkward.

I find it pretty easy to replace 60404 with something like DODUCH
DO – CS, FI, PB
DU – PF, EM, HM
CH – MM, CT, CI

I already know the trait names thus their corresponding initials. And like this it represents the layout we already interface with (Trait line name, trait picks left to right).

If you were in a hurry you could just list the 3 GM traits. People could put together the rest based on best synergy.

DODUCH – PB, HM, CI

Ross Biddle.2367:

I find it pretty easy to replace 60404 with something like DODUCH
DO – CS, FI, PB
DU – PF, EM, HM
CH – MM, CT, CI

I already know the trait names thus their corresponding initials. And like this it represents the layout we already interface with (Trait line name, trait picks left to right).

If you were in a hurry you could just list the 3 GM traits. People could put together the rest based on best synergy.

DODUCH – PB, HM, CI

Sounds like a swear word tbh. :p

I wonder what the funniest/strangest trait name combo based off the first two letters from any class could be? Ah, now I have to find out.

But yeah on a serious note I suppose that isn’t too much trouble.

One point why i really like this new type of trait setup. It’s really easy to tell ppl which u are using.

One could even make it with ^ for the upper, o for the middel and v for the lower trait…

<3 Anet <3

Allow me to present the shintei notation to you :P
The trait lines are:
Domination: I
Dueling: II
Chaos: III
Inspiration: IV
Illusion: V
The top major traits(from left to right): 7, 8, 9
The middle major traits(from left to right): 4, 5, 6
The bottom major traits(from left to right): 1, 2, 3

Example: I(183), II(783),III ( 129 )
Yes, I got this idea from number pad, so no I won’t use 1 for top, 2 for middle, 3 for bottom.
Umm, maybe it’s better.
Example: I(313), II(113),III ( 331 )
nope, I still prefer the first one.

edited – I don’t like using names when telling people builds since most of them don’t know which one I’m talking about, but rather just tell them the trait number I’m using.