New Class skills in Living World Season 5?

[Crystal Black.8190]

Hi,

It will be a while until we get new elite specs, so maybe we will get new skills for the core classes? Usually a skill type has 1 healing, 4 utility and 1 elite skill, but not all of the core classes skill types have these. Often 1 healing and 2 elite skills are missing. If each episode gave us 3-5 new skills all skill types would offer 1 healing, 4 utility and 1 elite skill at the end of the season. This could also be combined with reworking some skills, like engineer turrets or most thief traps.

For the interested here is a list about the missing skills for each class:

Warrior:

Healing BannerElite StanceElite Shout

Guardian:

Healing ConsecrationHealing Spirit WeaponElite ConsecrationElite Spirit Weapon

Shelter is currently without a skill type and could maybe fill the consecration spot?

Revenant:

A fourth utility skill for every legend

Ranger:

Healing SignetElite SignetElite Trap

Engineer:

Elite Gadget

Engineer has one skill type category less than other classes and has instead 5 utility skills of each type. If the engineer only gets one more skill it could seem unfair, but I don't know what else to do for the spec except completely reworking turrets to make them usable.

Thief:

Healing TrapElite TrapElite Signet

Necromancer:

Healing SpectralElite SignetElite Well

Mesmer:

Healing GlamourHealing Clone/PhantasmElite MantraElite Clone/Phantasm

Ether Feast is currently without a type. Categorizing it as Clone/Phantasm fits the skills effect probably better. Maybe even spawn a clone if no clones are active during use?

Elementalist:

Healing ConjureElite SignetElite Arcane

[Illconceived Was Na.9781]

I think you can leave out the preamble and just offer suggestions on new skills. How ANet gets them into the game is their headache.

@Crystal Black.8190 said:It will be a while until we get new elite specs,Will it? All we know is LS5 follows immediately after LS4. We don't know if that means no expansion, a delayed expansion, or ANet is going to release the same features into the game in some other fashion (and change their monetization plans to pay for it).

[Erasculio.2914]

@"Crystal Black.8190" said:It will be a while until we get new elite specs, so maybe we will get new skills for the core classes? Usually a skill type has 1 healing, 4 utility and 1 elite skill, but not all of the core classes skill types have these. Often 1 healing and 2 elite skills are missing. If each episode gave us 3-5 new skills all skill types would offer 1 healing, 4 utility and 1 elite skill at the end of the season.

I completely agree.

If ArenaNet doesn't release new specializations in Season 5, they could release the "missing" skills at least. Would make the skill system a lot more consistent.

[Tzarakiel.7490]

Many of the categories mentioned have a trait that feels just one skill short of being useful. Adding useful skills in these categories would make a lot of the less popular builds more common. It could also fix the problem of certain classes not having a useful elite skill for some builds. Like for example elementalist, elementalist and elementalist.

[joneirikb.7506]

I'd prefer they balance the skills they have before adding more skills.