[KQ]

Yet another interview about the guardian profession. Pfft, it's getting hot in here.

ITW Guild Wars 2: The Guardian | Gamekult

(google translate)

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Now on the offensive skills of the Guardian, we expect to melee attacks in the majority, spells or both?

The Guardian is perfectly balanced between melee and magic, sometimes with powers between the two. This is particularly the case with Symbol of Wrath with a mass, which is a melee attack then leaving the field a "symbol" that will continue to do magical damage thereafter for some time.

Edited by KQ, 10 January 2012 - 10:54 PM.

[Roussos]

Yeah seems pretty balanced between a fighter and a holy smiter .
Combine melee with magic and you got Guardian!
Ofc his dmg output will be lower than the other professions ( for example he will do less melee than warrior ) but he will have other benefits .

[Vahkris]

Few interesting things:

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With the two-handed sword for example, they receive a capability to "link" to an enemy, and bring him back if he moves too far toward them.

Death Grip FTW? (Yes, a WoW reference). Mortal Combat Scorpion then for those who don't know.

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Virtues use the system "boon" that we developed for Guild Wars 2. Yes they can be aggregated, but not their effect, only the time they last.

More confirmation that boons stack duration.

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This is particularly the case of Symbol of Wrath with a mass, which is a melee attack then leaving the field a "symbol" that will continue to do magical damage thereafter for some time.

Yay, more reminiscent of WoW Paladin (Consecration mechanic, for those who play).

[Torbun]

i want to chose this character, in every game i play the low dps good def char. but i always regret it halfway through the game lol.

[Vorsakan]

More lovely skill teasers! :cool:

[Malchior Devenholm]

Vorsakan said:

More lovely skill teasers! :cool:

Start dusting off the compendium :)

[kingdouglas]

Yay, more stuff to read :)

[jazilla]

"Guards and Warriors may indeed wear the same armor. However, they most often use different weapons, they have in common sword in one or both hands, hammer and weight. Virtues also have very different visual effects between the Guardian and the Warrior. And if this were not enough, the powers of the Guardian rather use blue tones, while the Warrior is orange. Briefly, after the first attack, we immediately notice if a guard is on the battlefield."

For those of you still confused about armor being specific to a profession. It is specific to the type of armor(heavy, medium, light) that you can equip. In this case it is Heavy armor which ALL soldier classes(Warrior and Guardian) can wear. It will be funny to see an Ele, Mesmer and Necromancer all wearing the same armor due to coincidence. It would be really cool to make Guild Uniforms with all the dye channels with the same colors and terrorize the countryside at the same time :D

[ImraJamilaAlshams]

This article seems to suggest the guardian can go double sword (an by extension double mace), but the official page doesn't list those as offhand options. Anyone know the true story?

Also, does the staff work like a melee weapon? Cause that would be AWESOME!

[Vahkris]

Malchior Devenholm said:

Start dusting off the compendium :)

We need to sticky that thing.

[Foeslayr]

ImraJamilaAlshams said:

This article seems to suggest the guardian can go double sword (an by extension double mace), but the official page doesn't list those as offhand options. Anyone know the true story?

Also, does the staff work like a melee weapon? Cause that would be AWESOME!

Actually those are some very good questions. Make sure to attend the chat this afternoon and hopefully you can get them answered for us!

[Eragon Zarroc]

i like how they have blended melee and caster so well :)

[Eanny]

Finally an interesting French article !

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... A Guardian can use his ability to regenerate life. This gives the regeneration "boon" to the target, but it is the same "boon" as the elemenstalist's Healing Rain, the Necromancer's Well of Blood and the Ranger's Healing Spring.

That's a useful clarification for me.

Thank you for sharing King' Quest.
If you need any clarification (but I doubt it : Google did a god job translating), do not hesitate to ask.

[Kald]

This class is really full of surprise and very different skills :

"-Isn't the Guardian too weak against ennemies who can prevent him from getting closer, due to his lack of ranged attacks ?

-No he can use Greatsword, shield, staff and scepter to have ranged skills. With a greatsword for instance, he can use a skill which "bounds" him to a target and makes the target drawn to him everytime it tries to flee".

Sounds like some GW1 assassin's skills !

Edited by Kald, 29 January 2011 - 02:14 PM.

[Dirame]

Eragon Zarroc said:

i like how they have blended melee and caster so well :)

I like how they have blended damage and healing with the elementalist, and how they have blended damage and protection with the Guardian, and they already knew how to blend damage and control with the warrior from GW1 but damn, if GW2 doesn't take the "double-edged sword" saying to another level then I don't know what does.

[Darcy]

ImraJamilaAlshams said:

This article seems to suggest the guardian can go double sword (an by extension double mace), but the official page doesn't list those as offhand options. Anyone know the true story?

Also, does the staff work like a melee weapon? Cause that would be AWESOME!

1. I believe they meant a two-handed weapon, not one in each hand, such as greatsword or staff.

2. Staves in GW have always had the capability to be used as a melee weapon. It's just that in GW1 you aren't doing much damage (11-22) and a caster (normal user of a staff) does not have the armor for close up battle. Also, from other interviews, it seems the staff is meant to be used if you wish to play your Guardian as long-range caster.

[FoxBat]

Darcy said:

Staves in GW have always had the capability to be used as a melee weapon.

"Wanding" is pretty much not the definition of melee.

There are games where you can thwack people with the broad end of your staff, GW1 was not one of them.

[Shoros]

I'm pretty sure they meant "either you hold a sword in one hand or in two hands". Remember, it's google translate ;)

[Eanny]

French version : Le Gardien est ainsi capable d'équiper diverses armes magiques comme des bâtons, des épées à deux mains, des masses et bien d'autres encore.

Google translation : The Guardian is able to equip various magical weapons like sticks, swords in both hands of the masses and many others.

Correct translation : The Guardian is able to equip various magical weapons such as wands, two handed swords, maces and many others.
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I hope this is clearer now ImraJamilaAlshams ;)

[Gigashadow]

Vahkris said:

Death Grip FTW? (Yes, a WoW reference). Mortal Combat Scorpion then for those who don't know.

This is what I thought as well, but it is a 2H sword attack, so my guess is that initially applying the shackle is a melee ranged attack. This is probably more balanced than suddenly gripping some poor sap from 40 feet away.