That’s completely out of the teef concept, teefs are supposed to be stealthy, spies, neutralize their target and leave unoticed not some kind of budhha shaolin monk.
I think you have still not realized that Elite Specializations aren’t just plain copies of their Main Classes with expanded skill options and a new weapon, but in fact completely different gameplay concepts with changed gameplay mechanics to give the E-Spec a completely different gameplay feeling from what you received with the original Main Professions.
Plus, its THIEF, not teef , learn2spell :P
I think you haven’t realized that Elite Specialization are nothing but extensions to existing classes, and provide only unique game play through the new weapon – which is by the game’s base design (a P/D will forever play like a P/D, a D/P will forever play like a D/P, and so forth). We do get a handful of utility skills (and one heal) besides the weapon’s skill.
Plus, pretty sure it’s TEEF, not thief, learn2lingo. :P
Explain to me how dragonhunter is a simple extension of guardian plox?
New weapon. Great. Did we really need to over exaggerated it? (Well I guess yeah, you do need to sell the thing.)
Trait line that supports the weapon/skills. Cool. O well, doesn’t really effect old weapons.
New Utility/heal/elite skills. Cool. Nothing special, plus no one knows if they will be viable/meta or not, so they might be left to sit in the dust.
Virtues swapped to another-kind-of virtues… As opposed to using old ones. Might be the next biggest thing next to the new weapon.
At the end of the day, a guardian’s long bow will play like a guardian’s long bow, it won’t change… Just like the guardian’s greatsword will remain the same… now, maybe you will have a bit more options due to the handful utilties/elite/heal skills your getting, along with the option of using old or new virtues.
Now… The elite spec could have been something entirely different, where each old weapon would have had their skills changed as well – to the point of say, having a staff become a melee weapon, a greatsword becoming a casting/spell weapon – while theming it to the name “dragon hunter” or whatever else they might have chosen (in this parallel universe). Adding in 2-3 more trait lines that are optional and only spec-able when you have your elite spec on. Switch the virtues to be something completely else – like I don’t know, stealth, clones, tool belt, ANYTHING but virtues… literally turning the WHOLE kittening class upside down. Maybe add in the option of swapping weapon skills…(probably their biggest flaw in design, imho) Did they do something as grand as that?
“But ZeroDay, I think you set the expectation up too high!” – Not really. Honestly, I did think it would be something like this (just extension), or worse. They did hype it up though (gotta sell!), as if it will drastically change the class to the point of you not knowing it anymore. Just like when they used the word “MAAAASSSIVE”, it came out tiny, (don’t even remember what context they used that in) and how things are going to be moving fast with the expansion (hell I no longer believe that they will release by the end of August – yeah I know, no official release date.) – I guess it’s their perspective of things.
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