The New Blackout: Disarm [Speculation]

Mesmer main-hand sword skill: For 5 seconds, target foe has no weapon.

Wheeeee!

*goes back into thought-hibernation*

Ranger reaction

Lack of ranged combat details: sad

Emphasis on pets: sad

Rituals and Traps coming back: sad

No new mechanics or 250-years-into-the-future changes: sad

No guns, but dual axe and greatsword: confused

Skill video editing: impressed

Skill animations: intrigued

Moa: adorable

Bear: boring

My silhouette prediction incorrect: meh

My ranger weapon spreadsheet prediction incorrect: meh

Ranger profession revealed: un-exciting

Not a Mesmer in sight: sad

Weapons/skills summary (weapon-based skills only):

• Total weapons available: 7
• Weapon sets: 2
• Total possible weapon combos: 11
• Total skills: 29 (+ x pet skills, which are AI-controlled in combat)
• Skills available in combat: 10 (+ 3 pet commands, + 4 AI-controlled pet skills)

Compare total skills with Warrior’s 39 (+ x chains) and Elementalist’s 60 (+ 4 attunements).

Compare skills in combat with Warrior’s 10 (+ 0-4 chain skills), and Elementalist’s 20 (+ 4 attunements).

See the collection of screenshots at the GW2 Screeenshots Blog

Deviously Mesmerized

I’ve created a group on DeviantArt for Mesmer Fanart. I’m not even sure what groups are or what they should be used for… but there it is!

Norn have one, and mesmers deserve one too. Especially since they’ll be in Guild Wars 2.

*glares suspiciously at ArenaNet following absence of Mesmer news*

Assassin Profession Wallpaper

Again, this is NOT official!

Mesmer Profession Wallpaper

I have put together a wallpaper for the mesmer profession. What do you think?

Missing! Responds to “Mesmer”

Calculating skills from weapons

You know how the profession-weapon-skill system works – a profession is defined by what it does, and weapons play a fundamental part in that.

Now take a look at this spreadsheet, especially if you want to fuel speculation: Google Docs spreadsheet or download the Excel 2003 spreadsheet.

Note: I have created 6 rows of unconfirmed, unofficial, unfinished data – my own experimentation with numbers.

Some statistics about the revealed professions:

• Elementalist
  • Weapon types: 4
  • Weapon sets: 1
  • Weapon combinations: 5
  • Total weapon-based skills: 64 (including Attunements)
  • Skills available in combat: 24
• Warrior
  • Weapon types: 9
  • Weapon sets: 2
  • Weapon combinations: 19
  • Total weapon-based skills: 45 (assuming 2 additional chain skills per main hand)
  • Skills available in combat: 16

Knight Profession Wallpaper

This is NOT official.

Fansite listing at Relics of Orr

Relics of Orr, a new Guild Wars fansite with podcasts and forums, is putting together a categorized list of fansites. If you’ve got a site related to Guild Wars or Guild Wars 2, go ahead and submit it via email.

GW2 fans now produce:

• 3 podcasts
• 1 video news channel
• 1 vlog
• 5 fansites with forums
• ~5 blogs
• 3 DeviantArt groups
• Numerous Facebook pages
• 3 electronic magazines

It’s fantastic!

I’m extremely happy with the niche I’m settling into with this blog: heavy use of visual content to illustrate various points (or just show-off how talented/bored/fanatical I am).

I have some nice wallpapers scheduled for release over the next 4 days, enjoy :) They are slightly controversial, and may cause fans to froth at the mouth!

Fan multimedia? [Poll]