[KQ]

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And here it is! The profession is revealed.

On Guard! Introducing the Guardian Profession

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The guardian is a devoted fighter who calls upon powerful virtues to smite enemies and protect allies. As dangerous with a staff as he is with a mighty two-handed hammer, a true guardian is a master tactician who knows when to sacrifice his own defenses to empower his allies to achieve victory.

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The skills:
1. Shield of Absorption;
2. Faithful Strike;
3. Zealot's Defense;
4. Wall of Deflection;
5. Hammer of Wisdom.

Link Roundup

• Profession Reveal On Jan 27th: The Guardian! | PCGamer (GW2Guru)
  
• Guardian: Skills video and interview | EuroGamer
  
• Exclusive Interview with Guild Wars 2 Lead Designer | OnlineWelten
  
• The guard in details | OnlineWelten (google translate)
  
• ITW Guild Wars 2: The Guardian | Gamekult (google translate)
  
• Guild Wars 2 Updated Q&A - First Details on Guardian Class | GameSpot
  
• Our analysis of the Guild Wars 2 guardian | Massively
  
• Exclusive Interview: Guild Wars 2's Jon Peters on the Guardian | Games On Net

Images on OnlineWelten:

[ChrisCo]

*goes to read !*

[baels]

/Read

Inb4 GLF: GUARDIAN TO GO

[Glov]

Oh god im screaming like a twilight fangirl this is so freaking awesome

edit: 1st page!

man, so far, they're amazing. I completely loved this buff self/buff whole party; reminds me of Aion's Chanter, one of my favourite profession concepts ever. I'm just in love with this guardian dudes... They remind me a lot of Paladins, specially our dearly hated GW1's wammo.

So far, that's my choice for a profession on GW2 :) just waiting the skill videos

Edited by Glov, 27 January 2011 - 02:01 PM.

[Roots]

All looks great! I think I found my first class : )

Question though, are the skills all in the right order? It looks like the videos for hammer of wisdom and zealot's defence are switched. Maybe I'm wrong.

[Dove]

Wooot! Impressive... just glad to have new infos.

Still waiting on the Sin though :(.

[The Gustof]

Oh man, the skill videos have improved greatly. They look like cutscenes from the game and less like actual combat. I can't wait to see how impressive the last professions skill videos are.

[Arduin]

And as expected:

[Gregor Lightbringer]

Somehow, the skills don't match their descriptions? Or am I having a hard time seeing it? Recycled paladin ftw. Not a bad thing necessarily, but I unfortunatly smell a another "holy trinity" comming up. 1 war, 2 eles, necro, and a guardian. One of the eles for support.

[ChrisCo]

Asuran guardian = EPICNESS

[kingdouglas]

Thanks! :) Some very interesting profession mechanics!

Edit: I can imagine that being able to create walls that can block opponents will need to be very well balanced in WvWvW, just imagine a group of coordinated guardians taking turns to block off a passageway. It also makes me think of the balancing they had to do in Starcraft 2 with those force fields, they had to make them destructible in one of the first post-launch patches. Not sure if they changed it more later.

Edited by kingdouglas, 27 January 2011 - 02:15 PM.

[Naconix]

Those Wards look amazin.

[CharrGirl]

Wait, why were there just humans in videos!?

[Jonny10]

Thanks ArenaNet for putting this together! All the videos and coordination needed for them, interviews, screenshot, everything!

You guys rock, I anticipate this game more than anything!

[Patriota]

Roots said:

All looks great! I think I found my first class : )

Question though, are the skills all in the right order? It looks like the videos for hammer of wisdom and zealot's defence are switched. Maybe I'm wrong.

no they have hammer of wisdom and zealot defense wrong.
omg!! Guardian is amazing! :O

Edited by Patriota, 27 January 2011 - 02:07 PM.

[Ramun Flame]

I first thought it had attunements, but then realized it was something new, definitely a support profession.

Edited by Ramun Flame, 27 January 2011 - 02:26 PM.

[KQ]

Gregor Lightbringer said:

Somehow, the skills don't match their descriptions? Or am I having a hard time seeing it?

Just wait a bit.

If some elements aren't still displayed (for example, I couldn't see the skill videos, guardian display on profession tab and a double elementalist on the quick choice profession tab) then just wait a bit or refresh the page a few times. They're still working on the page, it would seem! :p

[T J]

It is the ultimate lineback hammer! Could be fun.

[Riari]

Wow. I wasn't all that excited about the reveal until I saw the announcement on the site... then I almost squealed like a school girl. Almost.

[ChrisCo]

I love how the first video has the guy running screaming help me ... then the "Guardian" waits for him to die before doing anything.


haha

... nvm hes not dead, gj guardian =p

[Trey]

Greatness. Pure greatness.

[The Gustof]

ChrisCo said:

Asuran guardian = EPICNESS

Agreed, though admittedly at first I though it was a really small Golem. Though I'm a bit miffed that all we saw were humans, yet they have pictures of Charr and Asura Guardains. We've even seen Charr and Asura in previous skill videos. Oh well.

[IDarko]

lol f5 noob.

jk! Thanks Quest :D

[chanw4]

King's Quest said:

Just wait a bit.

If some elements aren't still displayed (for example, I couldn't see the skill videos, guardian display on profession tab and a double elementalist on the quick choice profession tab) then just wait a bit or refresh the page a few times. They're still working on the page, it would seem! :p

Prolly cached. try ctrl+f5.

[Evja]

:eek: eeekk, love it

[ion]

Ha! At last :D! *goes to read*

Edit: How does this avoid profession bias again?

Edited by ion, 27 January 2011 - 02:16 PM.

[Norngolian]

the blue and the floating thingies makes me think chronomancer... time manipulating would be a more interesting theme than the virtues, and better name, with similar gameplay... ah well what's done is done

but, none the less, i like the proffesion... an asura guardian for one of my characters it is

[Sock Puppet]

Again, so much for getting rid of the trinity.

[ChrisCo]

And the armor and characters all look a m a z i n g !

[Aero]

is it just me or is that Orlando Bloom?