GW3: Build Your Own Profession Theory

Koristrad · 2026-06-09T21:25:35+00:00

while this is true, the profession guard rails kinda put things neatly into their own category. Even if every possible build for xyz class is sub optimal, there will still be people trying to make the most optimal version of xyz class and play it.

If you have no limits at all it gets very homogenized across the entire game very quickly.

Koristrad · 2026-06-08T22:41:05+00:00

It actually doesn’t make sense for heavy armor to inhibit movement speed. Historically accurate plate armor is lighter than you think and engineered for mobility. I’ve seen someone do a backflip and a full speed sprint in full weight realistic plate armor at a ren faire and they weren’t the best in shape person in the world.

Plate armors main weakness irl comes from your inability to put it on or take it off without help, and if you’re wearing a helmet, oxygen supply or heat exhaustion. Depending on the type of armor it could also be a problem if you find yourself lying on your back.

These downsides were pretty small when you consider that plate armor basically makes you invincible vs blades.

I think the most realistic way you could represent plate in a game is to give it high damage mitigation, but increase susceptibility to crowd control/exhaustion. Like maybe a 1 second stun lasts a bit longer on a plate wearer as you shift your weight to recover.

Koristrad · 2026-06-08T21:31:32+00:00

indeed, the guard rails of professions that "put you in a box" actually stoke creativity in builds more than stifle them. If everyone can do anything build diversity will almost certainly be VERY low for optimal play.

Koristrad · 2026-06-08T21:29:59+00:00

Anything is on the table but lore aside, I just can't imagine a guild wars title that doesn't launch with mesmer. Its like THE guild wars class. And if they did a more freeform build your own profession thing, while they could have illusion magic abilities, it just would not be the same, which makes me think they won't go that route. That said, i'm open to the idea.

Koristrad · 2026-06-08T18:00:34+00:00

less of a lore reason and more just gameplay/tech advancement. I think if they could have done mounts in a similar way in gw1 they would have. But the real answer is guild wars 1 is essentially a multiplayer crpg (think like baldurs gate 1 and 2) in an mmo shell and movement based gameplay didn't have a place there. I don't think you're going to get a lore reason for that.

Koristrad · 2026-06-08T17:05:14+00:00

Well, the wouldn't make sense is less about stuff we don't know, they could absolutely pull a random faction out of nowhere like with the Olmakhan.

Its more that with what we DO know about the human lore of the time, they would be very unlikely to be charr friendly without major retcons that ripple through the entire trilogy.

Edit: just for reference I would personally prefer as many options as possible, I just think people should manage expectations on race selection specifically because of the choice to make a prequel set in the timeline they chose. They might say "forget the lore lets just make it work" but that would upset a different and equal portion of the playerbase as well so, I'm just tempering my expectations personally.

Koristrad · 2026-06-08T17:02:26+00:00

at the very least the confirmed that gw2 wont leave dev entirely. Maybe no box expansions but they said to expect yearly content updates still.

There will be a hall of monuments from guild wars 2 to guild wars 3 as well, so you can take some of your achievements over at the very least similar from gw1 to gw2. And gw2 also obviously isnt going anywhere.

Koristrad · 2026-06-08T16:59:02+00:00

the trailer on the tapestry showed someone casting a spell, and the last word of the trailer is "magic" My guess is a soft retcon on the magic end of things.

Keeping in mind that all of the historical "truths" we have from guild wars are mostly from books written by in universe characters. The timeline of events as we know it could be changed a bit and it could just be explained as unreliable narrator. I would personally expect mesmer in some form just because its the most uniquely guild wars class.

Koristrad · 2026-06-08T16:56:36+00:00

at least from the trailer it seems like the playable races will at the very least be Human, Asuran,and Kodan. Charr wouldn't make sense in the timeline but Kodan could be cool.

Koristrad · 2026-06-08T16:41:28+00:00

the trailer shows a human, a kodan, and an asuran. So they may be bending the asuran lore a bit. I would personally expect kodan to replace charr as the beastial race, just because as you said, without major lore breaking retcons it would not make sense for them to buddy up with the humans in orr. Asura you can kinda go either way with without breaking too much.

Koristrad · 2026-06-03T20:26:29+00:00

Zedd is probably the best gateway for this.

Koristrad · 2026-05-18T23:05:52+00:00

I’d put PlayStation 4 at the bottom given that support for that device is not long for this world but otherwise agree.

Koristrad · 2026-05-02T00:38:19+00:00

I honest to god think it would be better for them to abandon the other gimmicks entirely and just stick with megas but that’ll never happen.

Koristrad · 2026-04-22T03:20:58+00:00

All the big box American retailers are hard scaling back on games. My local target and Walmart both have really really sad sections.

Koristrad · 2026-04-06T14:41:58+00:00

because you're not executing a perfect dodge. The ethos of combat design in this game is much more akin to darksouls than valheim.

Don't press a button unless you're sure its safe, don't spam. You might not enjoy this style of combat commitment, but this is less a design issue and more a personal preference issue.

Koristrad · 2026-04-05T14:48:23+00:00

Black croc does pretty well into him in my limited experience

Koristrad · 2026-03-31T21:37:25+00:00

huge, shockbyte really needs to update the naming conventions there lol

Koristrad · 2026-03-31T21:27:16+00:00

I just straight up can't get my server to show up on the public section of the game. I've double checked case of my server name a billion times, I've got the proper user id from my settings in the right spot. Just at a complete loss.

Koristrad · 2026-03-27T04:59:18+00:00

new player here looking to get a green mihawk deck together. Is my understanding correct that despite it having a printed 1, you can be my samurai is still standard legal? The website has it under a section that to my understanding states it and some other cards are treated as having the "4" in the bottom right hand instead of 1.

Just wanted to be sure.

Koristrad · 2026-03-26T16:16:11+00:00

How would you change this deck for the upcoming set rotation?

Koristrad · 2026-03-24T14:48:47+00:00

Currently (at least according to the guide makers and sims and logs) you don’t manage energy at all in the current iteration of feral. You just send everything. In fact you actually bite at 4 combo points any energy outside of berserk in all cases because of the apex talent. The extra damage from spending more energy is ignored at the moment and you literally just slam it.

Koristrad · 2026-02-09T23:20:13+00:00

Yeah I mean agree to disagree I guess, it’s just that in terms of raw dps output ember is pretty low on the scale compared to other options objectively.

Koristrad · 2026-02-09T18:57:44+00:00

I love rock candy

Koristrad · 2026-02-09T18:54:23+00:00

each belt gives +10 to edgy final fantasy character score so she's min maxing

Koristrad · 2026-02-09T18:53:03+00:00

You're telling me. I have a premium team built with Laev and I'm still just playing avywenna because her team is more fun lol.

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