Guild Wars 2

Then you are using a definition for Druid that has no actual basis, so I guess you can say whatever you’d like. Go for it.

And you said yourself your definition of Druid is based on other fantasy Druids, which is fair, but clearly not what a net is solely using for their Druid. Again, this is the first true Druid in this world, so it can take whatever shape they’d like

This is an elite Ranger traitline (colloquially referred to as a “specialization”) that happens to be named “druid”. Even if “Druid” was a class in Guild Wars 2, how that class plays would be entirely dependent solely on the development of Guild Wars 2, not on other games.[/quote]

Agreed. However you are basing your definition of a Druid on other games or lore since there is no basis for a Druid in this game. As such, the developers have the freedom to create new lore, which it seems they drew influence from our understanding of this world, ie, the one the developers live in.

As for saying it is a ranger specialization, that was addressed in my post already

The nature magic aspect may fit a Ranger, but this is a Druid, different idea. As much as I can tell we don’t have a basis for a Druid in this game. In other games, druids are very nature-centered, ie Diablo 2, Everquest, etc. but in reality Druids are very celestial-oriented. The solstice celebrations are pagan/Druid celebrations all revolving around the locations of the earth/sun/moon, all celestial bodies, and the most mainstream famous Druid structure is Stonehenge, again, believed at this point to be very celestial focused. I think a celestial theme fits Druids very well.

Rangers are a base, focused on nature. If Druids are sort of advanced, or ascended Rangers, then it makes sense to me that they expand beyond the immediate nature of their surroundings and focus on the larger nature of the universe.

Just a thought

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