Guild Wars 2

There are a few things about the Necro reveal picture that bare a striking resemblance to the Mursaat.

First. The background image of the reveal picture looks similar to the halo of a Mursaat caster.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:Mursaat_caster.jpg

Second. The hood being worn in the reveal picture resembles the icon of the Mursaat’s most powerful ability: Spectral Agony.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Spectral_Agony

A Mursaat is a race – one that is likely to be prominent in HoT.

I think I can quite confidently say that the spec will 100% NOT be a Mursaat.

Renn.8241:

A Mursaat is a race – one that is likely to be prominent in HoT.

I think I can quite confidently say that the spec will 100% NOT be a Mursaat.

^this. Although they might have turned Spectral Agony into a shout…

Shiki.7148:

Renn.8241:

A Mursaat is a race – one that is likely to be prominent in HoT.

I think I can quite confidently say that the spec will 100% NOT be a Mursaat.

^this. Although they might have turned Spectral Agony into a shout…

Don’t tempt me to get excited like that xD you know it’s not good for us.

The Skill Icon for the Mursaat’s Spectral Agony was the skill icon used for the majority of Enemy Unique skills in the game.

And as others have mentioned, the Mursaat are a Race (one of the races that existed during the previous rise of the Elder Dragons). They were spellcasters and you could encounter bosses that were Elementalists, Mesmers, Necromancers, and Monks when you encountered them in GW1.

And yet the silhouhet of the mursaat is clearly shown in the picture.

No. An artistic splash of dark green is shown in the background in the same manner that blue is splashed in the background for the Dragonhunter and purple is splashed in the background of the Mesmer. Let’s all remember that Anet loves doing that for artistic flare. Hell… this exact same circumstance happened with the previous art for the Necromancer, and there was an entire thread on this forum raging about those gholish hands grasping around the Necro and the final product has nothing that does that kind of ability.