Guild Wars 2

Is there a way to get racial abilities for revenant or is it locked out from the class? I have a lv80 human but can’t see any of the skills.

unfortunately it is locked out and they are unable to be used with revenant since it’s utility bar is locked to stances. It’s sorta dumb.

I would like the option to use Racials for Revs, but doesn’t look like that will happen. Racials are underpowered though, so you’re not missing much aside from flavor.

Maybe they can implement at stance-less option for Revs, where you can select from Racials.

ANet doesn’t want you to be forced to pick a particular race because of their racial skills, hence why they’re generally bad. However, Revenant is unique, in that they already have skills that they don’t want to use because of the energy costs on some of them.

As such, if Revenants had racial skills, they would be at major risk of having their power be influenced significantly by their race.

ScottBroChill.3254:

unfortunately it is locked out and they are unable to be used with revenant since it’s utility bar is locked to stances. It’s sorta dumb.

I wouldn’t say it’s dumb.

Yes they are the only profession not to have access to them, but racial skills are locked out of PvP for everyone (for balance reasons) and it’s not like many people use them in PvE either.

What I would hope is that eventually Revenants have a legend for each of the major races. Presently the entire Vetinari legend is essentially Sylvari racial skills.

Caeledh.5437:

ScottBroChill.3254:

unfortunately it is locked out and they are unable to be used with revenant since it’s utility bar is locked to stances. It’s sorta dumb.

I wouldn’t say it’s dumb.

Yes they are the only profession not to have access to them, but racial skills are locked out of PvP for everyone (for balance reasons) and it’s not like many people use them in PvE either.

What I would hope is that eventually Revenants have a legend for each of the major races. Presently the entire Vetinari legend is essentially Sylvari racial skills.

So because of one gamemode the BETA-mode of revenant should just be ignored? Oh lets remove food and other nourishments aswell, and lets see … legendaries and ascended, no profit in pvp. Lets remove it. Get it?

Its just an incomplete class design, they got their money with HoT. Revenant hasnt been improved since then. Bugs (which worked in Revs favour) got removed, while nerfs were added. Maybe some condi revs want the asura ability to daze? Maybe some revs in WvW (yes this gamemode actually exsists).

Thanks for the replies. I was hoping I could use reaper of grenth for a perma-chill build or hounds of balthazar for agro tanks.

The Problem with Racial skills with Revenant, is that Rev may be the only class were the Racials are a better choice over the normal utility skills…

I wouldnt mind replacing a few Tablet skills a norn racial.
Also replacing Dwarf IR with a racial, or Dwarf Elite with Norn Racial. that could be cool.

nah bro that would suggest revenant was near complete. i mean honestly look at how many weapon choices we have. look at the fact that we dont have an extra couple utilities per legend so you can pick how you want to play each legend. usually utilities are broken down into “sets” like traps shouts wells physical banner cantrip ect. and you usually have 4 of each per class revenant gets told to kitten off you get 3 of each and if you use one you use all. in exchange for that bullkittentery you get to select two sets but in exchange for that pleasure we will make sure you are limited by energy so you cant make full use of them and your weapon at the same time.

It’s been said but I’m sorta okay with Revenants not having racial skills. There’s this strong implication that whatever happened to them in the Mists, it changed them profoundly. Rytlock used to be a model charr despite being a bit of a maverick, but he seemingly has intense spite for the Legions now.

Rangerdeity.5847:

nah bro that would suggest revenant was near complete. i mean honestly look at how many weapon choices we have. look at the fact that we dont have an extra couple utilities per legend so you can pick how you want to play each legend. usually utilities are broken down into “sets” like traps shouts wells physical banner cantrip ect. and you usually have 4 of each per class revenant gets told to kitten off you get 3 of each and if you use one you use all. in exchange for that bullkittentery you get to select two sets but in exchange for that pleasure we will make sure you are limited by energy so you cant make full use of them and your weapon at the same time.

Dont forget the poor underwater combat. Anet: " lets give him just 1 weapon for underwater, 2 legends which are easiest to redesign for water and just ignore the others. What? Herald? Nah, ignore it. Wastes too many time – they will buy HoT anyway!"

Aury.1367:

Rangerdeity.5847:

nah bro that would suggest revenant was near complete. i mean honestly look at how many weapon choices we have. look at the fact that we dont have an extra couple utilities per legend so you can pick how you want to play each legend. usually utilities are broken down into “sets” like traps shouts wells physical banner cantrip ect. and you usually have 4 of each per class revenant gets told to kitten off you get 3 of each and if you use one you use all. in exchange for that bullkittentery you get to select two sets but in exchange for that pleasure we will make sure you are limited by energy so you cant make full use of them and your weapon at the same time.

Dont forget the poor underwater combat. Anet: " lets give him just 1 weapon for underwater, 2 legends which are easiest to redesign for water and just ignore the others. What? Herald? Nah, ignore it. Wastes too many time – they will buy HoT anyway!"

you cant even use glint underwater and all of glints abilities are center of caster aoe buffs the sole thing that would be hard to redesign from glint is the active of the swiftness signet.

but hey anet has given up on underwater combat so its cool that the new class is terrible at it and all the classes are majorly out of balance with it. never mind that mixing more underwater combat into the game would be an epic way to upgrade combat variety. imagine a new borderlands map where garrison is under water. or a new eb map where smc is underwater. would LOVE to fight gvg underwater.

Aury.1367:

Rangerdeity.5847:

nah bro that would suggest revenant was near complete. i mean honestly look at how many weapon choices we have. look at the fact that we dont have an extra couple utilities per legend so you can pick how you want to play each legend. usually utilities are broken down into “sets” like traps shouts wells physical banner cantrip ect. and you usually have 4 of each per class revenant gets told to kitten off you get 3 of each and if you use one you use all. in exchange for that bullkittentery you get to select two sets but in exchange for that pleasure we will make sure you are limited by energy so you cant make full use of them and your weapon at the same time.

Dont forget the poor underwater combat. Anet: " lets give him just 1 weapon for underwater, 2 legends which are easiest to redesign for water and just ignore the others. What? Herald? Nah, ignore it. Wastes too many time – they will buy HoT anyway!"

Lets be honest though. Underwater combat is a joke. Anyone that thinks otherwise is deluding themselves. While its the best underwater combat of any game I’ve seen, it still sucks because underwater isn’t a place that should be build for combat.

Despite the how unfinished it is, I do enjoy the style of underwater. Its like a combination of aerial and space combat.