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Indeed.

Historically speaking, the ranger was designed as neither the melee or ranged class, but, rather, it was designed as the pet class.

It just doesn't seem relevant when it comes to feedback for the weaponmaster training beta about the existing warrior weapons being decoupled from their e-specs and NOT the announced new warrior weapon.

And a longbow, as per the other common suggestion, could step on the staff's toes. What's your point?

What you read was that ANet is removing the link between e-specialization weapons and the profession. So you can play, for example, a Berserker that uses Dagger and Pistol or a Spellbreaker that uses Torch, or even a core Warrior that uses the e-spec weapons. It's similar for other professions.

I only wish that the stripes were dyable and that the tiger's fur was also fully dyable rather than having to work around the unchangeable white part.

It looks like a fairy moth.

This moves the goal posts of the issue. The point is regarding in-universe naming conventions for the various cultures and whether one chooses to adhere to that or not. It's not about the realism of being locked into only one name. There are plenty of MMORPGs where you are locked into one name per server, realm, or whatever. It would be erroneous to conflate what is "actually beneficial for the game" with what is "convenientally beneficial for Teratus." Just because you find the system inconvient for your naming sensibilities and feel entitled to certain names doesn't mean that it's outdated. If you do the math for how many accounts and characters there are in GW2 and how many new accounts and characters are created each day, it's pretty clear that you are exaggerating the problem. Yes, there are a number of taken names, but there are also MANY MORE untaken ones. You have to factor in the reality that not everyone cares about lore-conventional names. So you are only competing with a relatively smaller subset of those players who do. There is no "real name" about it. Regardless of her reasons, she chose to go by the name Scarlett Briar instead of her given name of Caera. That is her name. Furthermore, the Pale Tree doesn't mandate that Sylvari have single names.

And I am one of those people, but it's still a self-imposed personal issue and not fundamentally a game one. Sometimes you have to accept that you won't get your first choice of names or that you may have to skirt around the norms of naming conventions. Naming conventions represent norms rather than rules. Reality throughout human history and cultures is full of plenty of exceptions to the norms of names. Your character is meant to be exceptional as well. My Asura follow asuran name conventions. I do break with name conventions slightly with Sylvari ones, but that is because I enjoy last names for them that help bring out further elements of their character. Also it's not as if last names are entirely foreign to or unheard of with Sylvari: cf. Scarlett Briar.

That's an issue that you impose on yourself rather than one that the game imposes on you. Say what? That is the exact reverse of my experience. GW2 is easily one of the best MMORPGs I have experienced when it comes to getting names. My partner also enjoys MMOs, and they couldn't believe how easy of a time they had getting names with this game in comparison with other ones.

I know that this meta has been tweaked as far as difficulty goes, but after all the horror stories about this meta, I was pleasantly surprised when I did the meta. I initially toured the map solely for map completion and specialization weapon collection purposes. I had no intention of doing the DE meta. I was in a map full of PUGs and roamers. When it came time for the Battle of the Jade Sea Meta, the PUG commander barely gave any instructions apart from escorting the three groups, CC, and the occasional "spread out." We succeeded at the boss with about 8 minutes left. So I got a turtle egg on my first try. I have since done it a few more times with only one loss so far. There are definitely a lot of ways the meta can turn south: e.g., CC, not burning sub-bosses at the same time, the randomized back-and-forth, etc. But there are also a lot of ways that it's pretty forgiving: hello, airship WP. Agreed. I don't think everyone needs the optimal gear or learn the optimal builds from websites and what not. There will be those who are. These people tend to be the "specialists" anyway (e.g., support, alac, heal, etc.). However, the meta does assume that you know (a) how to play your profession, (b) how to apply CC pressure, and (c) the basic boss encounter mechanics. This meta is less a matter of "gitgud" and more a matter of "gitdecent."

Odd. I mostly see your name floating around when it comes to this particular complaint and pushing up the post count. The rest of the community seems pretty happy with how things are. Even the OP was fine once they realized that they could uses spaces. 🤷‍♂️ Compared to other games, getting names in GW2 is a cakewalk. It's easy to get names in this game. My main challenge with names has more to do with the time I put into creating a name that fits the character rather than acquiring that name or finding that the desired name is taken. The former is more difficult for me than the latter and they are hardly the same thing. I have been playing GW2 since the beta and have 20+ lvl 80 characters, but I also occasionally play WoW and SWTOR. Only about 2-3 years ago did I bother trying to "convert" some of my characters from these other games into GW2 counterparts. I got all the names was aiming for without any creative alterations. Same with my partner. I even made a new batch of characters around March 2022 for EoD, and SURPRISE! I got all those names too. Ah yes. Mikey Farmer. He tills the soil of my key farmer "Sir Black Lion Keys." It doesn't really matter how you spell your character's name; it will always be pronounced "commander" (/kəˈmændɚ/). 😉

I'm aware, but it seems to suggest that we would be mostly interested in a Catalyst update as opposed to updates for any other profession.

Is there more or is it just a break bar and Catalyst update?

I've been watching the sales nearly daily for the hopes of its return. I'll also say again: Plant/Sylvari-themed mount skins. At the very least: the fern hound jackal skin.