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[Preview] Guild Wars 2: An Exclusive Preview of the Revenant’s Skills

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
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We were able to chat with ArenaNet’s Roy Cto nacher and Jon Peters this week about the 9th and newest profession for Guild Wars 2, The Revenant. Debuting briefly at PAX South, with more details being released over the course of this week, the Rev (as I like to call him) is unlike any of the other Heavy Professions in Guild Wars canon so far.

Read more of Bill Murphy's Guild Wars 2: An Exclusive Preview of the Revenant’s Skills.

UPDATE:

ArenaNet will demo the revenant for the first time on Points of Interest, the official Guild Wars 2 livestream airing Friday, February 20 at 12 pm PST / 3 pm EST on www.twitch.tv/GuildWars2. Cronacher will join Game Design Lead Jon Peters and host Rubi Bayer as they highlight why players should get excited for the new profession. They're giving the first peek at the revenant's ability to channel Guild Wars legends such as the demon Mallyx the Unyielding and legendary dwarf king Jalis Iron-hammer.

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  • MargraveMargrave Member RarePosts: 1,371
    Can't wait!
  • VorthanionVorthanion Member RarePosts: 2,749
    While not my favorite game, I would love to see them add a shape changing druid profession.  It would certainly bring me back more often.  :)

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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    I would like to see videos,eye candy reading paragraphs of chat is boring.I clicked their site to see if was just here and nope,no video there either.I mean seriously they went to PAX a giant game show and had no video,sounds kind of low budget to me.

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  • AlberelAlberel Member Posts: 1,121
    Actually there is a video, just seems you didn't bother to look hard enough.
  • ButeoRegalisButeoRegalis Member UncommonPosts: 594
    Hasn't hammer engi been already comfirmed, though?

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  • NaqajNaqaj Member UncommonPosts: 1,673

    Rytlock comes back from the Mists (see Season 1 of the Living World)

    Season 2, not Season 1. But I get the confusion, it has been a while.

  • BillMurphyBillMurphy Former Managing EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 4,565
    I'll fix. :)

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  • BillMurphyBillMurphy Former Managing EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 4,565
    Originally posted by ButeoRegalis
    Hasn't hammer engi been already comfirmed, though?
     

    Nope. Not "officially". But yeah, pretty much.

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  • ReilonReilon Member Posts: 1

    "you’ll be slotting Legendary Heroes from the Mists themselves… Some may be evil, some may be good," + "*Hint-Hint* there may be more from other GW1 campaigns coming too."

    Kuunnavang confirmed? :P

    Either way, I'm totally ecstatic for this!

  • meonthissitemeonthissite Member UncommonPosts: 917

    Meh I'm more interested in how they are continuing to fix PVE combat for the older classes! Taunt and slow are great but honestly we need something done about condition stacking and healing so that we can at least have a trinity lite. Trinity lite exists in NWO and it's been awesome to see that even though there is freedom in your spec you do still have a choice on creating groups like this with the standard trinity with strategies. 

    I think if they continue with Taunt and Slow as a baseline and improve healing for all support roles they'll have a game where there are actual strategies again! One that has more to offer than being stuck in an endless Zerker zerg meta.

     
  • MrMelGibsonMrMelGibson Member EpicPosts: 3,039
    This class looks great.  This is exactly the type of class I was hoping to get in this expac.  Kudos Arenanet.
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  • MMOExposedMMOExposed Member RarePosts: 7,400
    Awesome skills for mace and axe. I wonder about sword and staff.

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  • nuttobnuttob Member Posts: 291
    This expansion news has me back playing GW2 every day again!!!  Can't wait!!!
  • stayBlindstayBlind Member UncommonPosts: 512

    I find it funny how they did not put energy management into the game from the start because they 'did not want people to have to deal with that nonsense' or something like that. Now the Revenant uses an energy management system (kind of like Thief's Initiative).

    I much prefer energy management to long, boring cooldowns though, so this is a welcome change for me.

     

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  • RizelStarRizelStar Member UncommonPosts: 2,773
    Originally posted by MrMelGibson
    This class looks great.  This is exactly the type of class I was hoping to get in this expac.  Kudos Arenanet.

    Yea from what I read it's looking to be my main.

     

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  • askdabossaskdaboss Member UncommonPosts: 631

    I was really impressed with the mesmer class. It seems there is going to be a similar feeling with this class, which is great.

    I will need to buy an extra character slot though.

  • nuttobnuttob Member Posts: 291
    Originally posted by askdaboss

    I was really impressed with the mesmer class. It seems there is going to be a similar feeling with this class, which is great.

    I will need to buy an extra character slot though.

    Maybe the extra character slot will be included in the expansion price!  I would hope so!

  • BillMurphyBillMurphy Former Managing EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 4,565
    Originally posted by nuttob
    Originally posted by askdaboss

    I was really impressed with the mesmer class. It seems there is going to be a similar feeling with this class, which is great.

    I will need to buy an extra character slot though.

    Maybe the extra character slot will be included in the expansion price!  I would hope so!

    I hope so! I'll ask.

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  • GettCoupedGettCouped Member UncommonPosts: 47

    Yay Bill!  Great job man!

     

    I dunno if you mentioned, but it might be important to point out that the rev legends change utility slot skills not weapon slot skill.  Differing from the Engineer.

  • sumdumguy1sumdumguy1 Member RarePosts: 1,373
    I am really looking forward to this!!!
  • afterchamyafterchamy Member Posts: 13
    Originally posted by Vorthanion
    While not my favorite game, I would love to see them add a shape changing druid profession.  It would certainly bring me back more often.  :)

    Yeah... That's not happening :/ Cause they already have norn ults for that and I think making a class based around that would take away part of the attractivity of the norn, eventhough these transformations are pretty bad compared to profession ults.

  • kinkyJalepenokinkyJalepeno Member UncommonPosts: 1,044
    Originally posted by afterchamy
    Originally posted by Vorthanion
    While not my favorite game, I would love to see them add a shape changing druid profession.  It would certainly bring me back more often.  :)

    Yeah... That's not happening :/ Cause they already have norn ults for that and I think making a class based around that would take away part of the attractivity of the norn, eventhough these transformations are pretty bad compared to profession ults.

    Atrtractivity?  WTF is attractivity? lol  The word is "Attractiveness"

     

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  • jdizzle2k13jdizzle2k13 Member UncommonPosts: 251

    I'll wait til 3 months after the xpac has been dropped to get excited about the Revenant lol.

    Chances are he'll be OP at start then get nerfed just like with other games that introduce new classes into pvp situations.

    Or everyone will be playing one and he'll get nerfed because there's too many of them around.

    Still, I like the idea of the class.

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  • U-TurnU-Turn Member UncommonPosts: 164
    GW2 is the most underrated MMO out there.  It is so good.
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