Would you like to have more professions available to you, or more specializations?

[Lotus Victoria]

Hello champions! Good to see you!

So, I love thieves in GW2. They are so much fun to play! They jump around with their daggers and do loads and loads of cool stuff.
I also love the Daredevils, they offer new styles of play, and again, it is a blast.

So, that makes me wonder: for you, IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE, would you like to have more professions available to you (fully fledged classes), or more specializations to already available classes?

Something like:

More professions: Bard (AoE Support), Cleric(A more consistent healer), Monk(Melee without weapons, maybe has fighting styles), etc

or

More Specializations:

Necromancer -> Warlock (More focus on curses)
Thieves -> Assassin (Focus on critical strikes or poison)
Guardian -> Paladin (More interaction with shields)

and so on, and so on.

So, which one would you like more?

[Deleted]

More specializations, definitely.
Reason being that at this point ANet is lost in terms of balance and specializations are easier to balance than new professions.

[Edge-]

More specializations. I like new classes, but expanding how core classes perform and adding more variety/options is more appealing to me in general.

[Kazgrel]

Specializations, for sure, and I'd rather see them not have whatever weapon proficiency tied to the spec itself and instead have them as a baseline (but have said spec potentially spice up whatever the new weapon type is).

[Svifnymr]

I think if they came out with a new class, it would need some new resource system and frankly I don't think one is needed.

So i'd stick with new specializations. It'd be nice if they had saved-specs too, but it's not a huge deal since the traits aren't really very deep.

I don't mind them being weapon linked, but I do wish it was a NEW weapon rather than an old weapon. Still want Polearms and Whip/Chain.

[Fencers]

Specializations honestly. The profession are so broad to being with I think adding more would further dilute the individuality of the existing professions.

[LilSaihah]

Especs.

I don't understand the fascination with adding new classes.

[PACOX]

More specializations. Revs show how hard it is to actually add a new class to GW2s class system. Its much easier for them to give the existing classes a new trait line, weapons, skills, than it is to come up with an new class. I do like the idea of new weapon types but Anet complains about having to make a bunch of new skins...For a game focused on aesthetics they complain about designing new items (unless its for the gem store).

[Svifnymr]

The only thing I'd want a new class for would be a shapeshifter like WoW's druid.

But I can't see them hiding cosmetics that much given the nature of the game. Unless each class got a shapeshifter spec and then they came out with animal accents...

[azurrei]

Specializations - no contest - the game does not need more professions. Having said that, I would prefer to just get GW3 at this point...mix the best parts of GW1+GW2 and make it non-instanced open world.

[PACOX]

The only thing I'd want a new class for would be a shapeshifter like WoW's druid.

But I can't see them hiding cosmetics that much given the nature of the game. Unless each class got a shapeshifter spec and then they came out with animal accents...

Won't happen because norn are shapeshifters but what if they made a class for each race based on their racial skills.

Norn - shapeshifters
Asura - golemancers
Charr - legionairre
Sylvari - Chloromancer/Sage

[LilSaihah]

Won't happen because norn are shapeshifters but what if they made a class for each race based on their racial skills.

Norn - shapeshifters
Asura - golemancers
Charr - legionairre
Sylvari - Chloromancer/Sage

Why not just make especs out of those ideas, tho

[Deleted]

I'd rather expand upon something that i've been playing as for the past few years instead of starting over. so specializations definitely

[Valeron]

The only thing I'd want a new class for would be a shapeshifter like WoW's druid.

But I can't see them hiding cosmetics that much given the nature of the game. Unless each class got a shapeshifter spec and then they came out with animal accents...

What they need to do is expand on the Norn in that aspect. Here Norn - Character Development is a good reddit post about the Norn and how basically they have devolved into just bigger humans at this point. Their affinity to animal aspects and their shapeshifting has been ignored since release.

[Svifnymr]

Won't happen because norn are shapeshifters but what if they made a class for each race based on their racial skills.

Norn - shapeshifters
Asura - golemancers
Charr - legionairre
Sylvari - Chloromancer/Sage

Norn are shapeshifters in a limited sense, but that doesn't rule out other races. Not that your idea is bad either, but I don't see them making 5 specs for one class.

As I said, given the importance of cosmetics, I can't see them doing long-term shape changes, but it'd be neat.

[Exerionx]

I want a shapeshifter specialization so bad!

[PACOX]

Since specs are the best way to go how about

Engineer - Golemmancer
Elementalist - not sure but give them a sword
Mesmers - duelist/pistol main hand
Necromancer - Harbinger (uses ritualist like spirits)
Rev - Shapeshifter
Thief - Sniper (thieves really need range) or Bard/Minstrel
Ranger - Assassin, Dagger main hand. I know it's not typical but it's not a stretch when you look at Ranger melee
Guardian - Monk, allows for dual daggers, must have dual daggers if one is equipped
Warrior - Dervish, melee staff as weapon. Get ele like special abilities system where elements are replaced with avatar forms.

[Svifnymr]

Another thing I was thinking of when I was bored, which I'm sure they won't do since it'd be more work than adding weapons.

New Elite Spec, New Armor:
Death Knight: Heavy Armor Necromancer
Glamour Knight: Heavy Armor Mesmer
Houndmaster: Heavy Armor Ranger

Duelist: Medium Armor Revenant
Shaman: Medium Armor Elementalist
Some king of leather warrior dude.

Martial Artist: Light Armor Thief
Monk: Light Armor Guardian
Professor: Light Armor Engineer