Guild Wars 2

First of all it feels like the complete opposite of engineer. This one was pvp, druid is clearly pve focussed and it is hard to say how a weapon like staff with almost exclusively heal functions will perform there. The numbers seem certainly high but while I loved engi hammer and hated the utility skills it is kind of the other way around for ranger.

That being said I don’t think the new stuff is bad at all. The pets are great and not limited to druid. For pvp especially the electro wyvern looked amazing and reminded me of the dog pets which are the most useful for pvp.

Also the druid traits were decent. I can see people picking that line even with conventional ranger weapons like power LB/GS or condi specs. Just charging that druid form to clear ALL condis on demand and get a lot of healing out of it before you leave and gain stealth/super speed? I am on board. Not to mention the 10s cd entangle grandmaster trait.

Also I am curious if the staff mobility skill will work like a teleport (thief sb 5) which would be insanely usefull and I could even see marauder specs run LB/Staff if you can jump on edges with it.

That being said I would have loved a shapeshifting mechanic. The way they did druid it isn’t linked to pets AT ALL which I find kind of disappointing, a wasted opportunity. Still it is a very different playsytle and I doubt it will be useless.

Druid is gonna be a nice change of pace for WvW – it lets the ranger frontline and adds a significant amount of healing support to the team. Sublime Conversion is gonna be super sexy with Quick Draw as well.

I’m thinking of running this for WvW:

• Staff/Staff – Nomad/celestial/cleric/something (tanky with high healing power)
• Skirmishing: Primal Reflexes(2) -> Spotter(1) -> Quick Draw(1)
• Druid: Primal Echoes(1) -> Natural Stride(3) -> Lingering Light(2) or Ancient Seeds(3) if the internal CD is for each enemy hit and not just global
• Nature Magic: Instinctive Reaction(2) -> Evasive Purity(2) -> Protective Ward(2)
  or
• Wilderness Survival: Oakheart Salve(2) -> Shared Anguish(3) ->Wilderness Knowledge(2)

Ye I will say again that this post is really mostly out of a sPvP point of view. I think for PvE the spec offers a lot and same for WvW. Just a bit sceptic concerning staff and all that mostly group (not self) healing in conquest.

Can someone point me to a video? I cannot seem to find one.

i think people are sleeping on the immense lockdown potential of druid.

My very realistic view for Druid is:

I bought a chaos staff for my Ranger/Druid.

I do not regret my purchase at all, totally worth it.

Nevermind I found it, its on dulfy here if anyone is looking.

http://dulfy.net/2015/09/25/gw2-druid-ranger-elite-specialization-livestream-reveal/