Guild Wars 2

Looking at what ANet will give to Mesmer an Guardian, we can see that they give them something that they need to make new builds: Shield and Well Support skills (and damage skills also) for the Mesmer, expecially good in www, to make them not only viable for Veil and Quicknes and Range+Conditions for the Guardian, to make new builds that can be unable to make with the actual skills/traits.

Then, what’s the only thing that necro really can’t do at all?
Support!
We’ve all thinking about Shouts and now it’s really time to think that they will give us some Support skills. About the GS, the only skills that we see can be the auto attack and skill X of the GS in the hands of Marjory Delaqua, that inflict a good amount of Chill.

With the GS we can hope to obtain finaly a movement skill (and a block skill like the ranger gs?), give high damage and reduce the enemy strength (chill+…weakness? To stay in the role) and with Shouts we can be invited in dungeon party why we’re no longer useless in team support.

That can mitigate 2 of our big problems.
That will never solve our big smount of lack and bad mechanics because we need a real rework and a single specializzation can’t do everything.

But ehi, that’s a start!

I hope so. I like playing my Necro, but it’s a selfish class and I’m hoping the specialization can bring a fair amount of group utility for all modes. Really excited to see what will be unveiled.

If greatsword is melee with cleave, as rumored, then necromancer is best off getting a zerker spec + the tools to run a zerker spec (mobility, blocks, reflects, condition clears for immobilize spam).

Necromancer dagger or power builds have never been viable in high level Pvp, despite high level PvPers occasionally experimenting with them. Necromancer PvE capabilities are terrible as well.

If support means finishers and group boons on a zerker spec, that’s ok. But anything more support oriented and less zerker than that will leave necromancers in the garbage.