Guild Wars 2

In lore druids transformed into husks and later spirits.
I hope we will gain some cool monster/animal transformations.

I believe a lot of us would want this. But Anet doesnt work off of wants that the community may have.

I would settle for more skill animations like Mault, Swoop, Serpent’s Strike etc, really love those.

McWolfy.5924:

In lore druids transformed into husks and later spirits.
I hope we will gain some cool monster/animal transformations.

That would be awesome.

I was thinking the other day about a new elite skill. You know how a Mesmer can select an enemy and Polymorph Moa them? Or, a Warrior can use his elite, Rampage? Well, what if a Ranger could select a friendly, themselves or their pet and “Druidmorph” them so to speak? The morphed player could gain a new set of skills, some boons etc. They could take the form of a Druid Spirit of some kind.

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

I would settle for more skill animations like Mault, Swoop, Serpent’s Strike etc, really love those.

Yes, I agree. Would love to have of our skills animated with more animal themes.

ItIsFinished.9462:

McWolfy.5924:

In lore druids transformed into husks and later spirits.
I hope we will gain some cool monster/animal transformations.

That would be awesome.

I was thinking the other day about a new elite skill. You know how a Mesmer can select an enemy and Polymorph Moa them? Or, a Warrior can use his elite, Rampage? Well, what if a Ranger could select a friendly, themselves or their pet and “Druidmorph” them so to speak? The morphed player could gain a new set of skills, some boons etc. They could take the form of a Druid Spirit of some kind.

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

I would settle for more skill animations like Mault, Swoop, Serpent’s Strike etc, really love those.

Yes, I agree. Would love to have of our skills animated with more animal themes.

We’re never going to have an ability where we target an ally and do it, however it’s possible to have a ground target area, or a “allies around you” polymorph of some sort, that’d be really cool.

However, i’d rather it be JUST the druid, I feel like the other way could probably be used for griefing in some way shape or form, and if they put the systems in place that’d be needed to prevent that the skill would either be OP as hell, or have a ludicrously long CD. I personally favor shorter CD elites, so this would make me sad xD

I’d absolutely love the ability to transform into a druid spirit. Make it an elite transformation on the same level as Rampage or Lich Form but give it a strong support/control vibe and we’d be golden.

Make it large and have it give us pulsing stability and provide AoE protection to itself nearby allies for group damage reduction. Double the druid’s health pool like other transformations so it’s nice and tanky to compensate for being kind’a slow.

Then have it’s skills be something like:

1. Brambles: Summon thorn vines from beneath the target for moderate damage and inflict cripple. Taken from the attacks of some Mordrem.
2. Warding Vines: Summons a ground targeted wall of vines that destroy projectiles and knocks enemies back. Impassible.
3. Thundering Stomp: Smash the ground and launch nearby enemies. Applies weakness.
4. Nature’s Oasis: Strong ground targeted AoE heal and converts conditions into boons. Healing Rain sized area coverage. Two uses per transformation.
5. Druid’s Rage: Conjures a large AoE storm centered around the druid that inflicts pulsing blindness, cripple, and weakness on nearby enemies while striking the area with periodic bolts of lightning that, if they hit, do high damage and inflict daze. One use per transformation.

Imagine a team fight with a druid and a necromancer meeting and using their transformations. It’d be pretty epic.

I’d like to see a variant Ranger specialization where you still select animal companions but instead of having a pet that fights along side you, you can transform into the two chosen forms – gaining a 5th skill based on the pet family.

as a Norn Ranger, plz no anet…

i have already a couple of nearly useless racial elites…
the only shapeshift that deserves to be called a shapeshift is Polymorph Moa because shapeshifts the target

Sneakier.9460:

as a Norn Ranger, plz no anet…

i have already a couple of nearly useless racial elites…
the only shapeshift that deserves to be called a shapeshift is Polymorph Moa because shapeshifts the target

That’s because it’s a racial. They aren’t meant to outshine normal ranger skills, most of them are fairly niche.

Sneakier.9460:

as a Norn Ranger, plz no anet…

i have already a couple of nearly useless racial elites…
the only shapeshift that deserves to be called a shapeshift is Polymorph Moa because shapeshifts the target

Norn racials are weak because racials are weak in general. The actual transformation elites in the game are quite strong. Lich Form and Rampage are both game changers. Tornado… Well. Two out of three isn’t bad.