asterix.9614 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Will we be getting the thief reveal today? I have been waiting for the medium armours for so long ☹ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos.2503 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Agreed.. I dont know why they decided to leave All of the medium armors for last. Why didn't we get 1 of each per ? Seems rather arbitrary 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Naxos.2503 said: Agreed.. I dont know why they decided to leave All of the medium armors for last. Why didn't we get 1 of each per ? Seems rather arbitrary Considering the announcements about EoD content like elite specs, masteries etc. were preceded by an announcement that the release was being delayed until next year I suspect things are being announced roughly in the order they're ready to be shown to the public. In this case that would mean the medium armour elite specs are taking longer to finalise. I don't know that's the case of course, but I can imagine some specs take longer to work out than others, or it's harder to get it working (like the weaver combining 2 different elements, meaning there's 3 things which determine their weapon skills instead of the usual 1 or 2). Or maybe they had an idea which sounded good in theory but didn't actually work in the game so they had to scrap it and start over. I doubt all the elite specs were ready to go ahead of the first beta and someone just decided the first two would combine heavy and light professions and the 3rd one would be all the mediums. If they were able to plan it like that then definitely the sensible thing to do would have been to have 1 of each weight in each beta. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yung Reezy.8479 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 If it follows the pattern we should see a silhouette reveal this Friday. Then the second silhouette next week Friday and the third the Friday after that. The espec trailers will then come from the 19th to the 21st. The big livestream with all the skills and traits should be on Friday the 22nd. All in time for the beta on Tuesday the 26th. That’s how it appeared to be in the prior ones but I’m probably off by a lot 🥲 8 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWater.5760 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 7:10 AM, Danikat.8537 said: Considering the announcements about EoD content like elite specs, masteries etc. were preceded by an announcement that the release was being delayed until next year I suspect things are being announced roughly in the order they're ready to be shown to the public. In this case that would mean the medium armour elite specs are taking longer to finalise. I don't know that's the case of course, but I can imagine some specs take longer to work out than others, or it's harder to get it working (like the weaver combining 2 different elements, meaning there's 3 things which determine their weapon skills instead of the usual 1 or 2). Or maybe they had an idea which sounded good in theory but didn't actually work in the game so they had to scrap it and start over. I doubt all the elite specs were ready to go ahead of the first beta and someone just decided the first two would combine heavy and light professions and the 3rd one would be all the mediums. If they were able to plan it like that then definitely the sensible thing to do would have been to have 1 of each weight in each beta. Make files doesn't take too long. The thing is the Concept and Lore. Animations are the easiest in the process, considering they do copy and paste for most of them. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Red Killian.3946 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 I think it’s odd how people attribute the armor class to how they are supposed to release the betas. In reality, IT doesn’t matter! Armor class has no bearing on anything except how squishy you are. I suspect it is how one of the replys said, they are released in the order they are ready. Armor class makes no sense whatsoever; lol. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esorono.1039 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Dark Red Killian.3946 said: I think it’s odd how people attribute the armor class to how they are supposed to release the betas. In reality, IT doesn’t matter! Armor class has no bearing on anything except how squishy you are. I suspect it is how one of the replys said, they are released in the order they are ready. Armor class makes no sense whatsoever; lol. We have 3 Light armor professions, and three Heavy armor professions revealed, the only ones left are the 3 Medium armor class professions, so it has to be them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomnium.1532 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) I think it's a very unrelated development hurdle that lead the medium armor specs to be last, and not a thematic or esthetic consideration, the releases are not meant to be armor-based-schedules. Mainly that those 3 are the most sensitive to tackle in terms of design and therefore the least "ready" to show to the public. Thief because they need to reinvent a class around a new concept that is not native to the rogue/assassin archetype. A more creative approach needs to be taken to avoid the "Another stealth assassin" archetype and the leaked weapon* seems to indicate that they are trying to accomplish something quite different from what we have seen from the thief. Which, if you look at the traitlines, is complicated because they basically all revolve around a single type of gameplay and pretty poor at serving any other way of playing a thief. Ranger because they have covered all the roles in the game, from range speciality to pure support, condi and power, everything is possible, the ranger icon and the leaked weapon* makes me think of a tanking/scrapper like spec with more bulky and bruiser gameplay, which once again demands a lot of more creative designing around existing traitlines and toolkit than putting daggers on a mesmer and saying "it now can do range dps and doesnt spawn clones" And engineer because the class is such a mess that integrating a new skillset while navigating all the nebulous and poorly executed backbone of the class must be a nightmarish hell for the developpers, demanding so much iteration and consideration that it is simply ready later than other classes. *Yes, leaks can be inaccurate or unreliable, but can we please not pretend that having predicted 100% of the announced elite spec weapons with in-game-data information is a happy coincidence ? Edited September 30, 2021 by Atomnium.1532 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugo.4705 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 There is a pattern. You will have a silhouette this friday, then a second the friday of next week then another one the friday in two weeks. Just hope engie isn't last but will be the order it will be /shrug. The 3rd beta test will arrive soon enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugo.4705 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) Guess I was wrong. The beta is from 26 to 30 october, and the previous week, from 18 au 22 october we will have for sure the specialization videos up on youtube. Come on. With a rate of 1 silhouette per week, it could be today and two other fridays. By following the same organization of 2nd beta events. Annoying. Really, the void is felt. We should have at the hour of today at least one silhouette. Not even asking for a complete one, a shadowy one like we had for second beta specs... I am fed up by return events, got the bag and precursor. But will stop doing them. I don't want an aurene weapon. The elite spec reveal are cool, it creates discussion, revitalize, generate hype. It makes me more and more worried not seeing any new spec. Wasn't the only person expecting a new silhouette today, see Yung Reezy.8479 Edited October 1, 2021 by hugo.4705 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvyn.4750 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 12 minutes ago, hugo.4705 said: The elite spec reveal are cool, it creates discussion, revitalize, generate hype. It makes me more and more worried not seeing any new spec. Maybe too much hype...better to expect little and not be disappointed...been plenty of disappointment threads so far...😉 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalythsu.8350 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 So... no teasing today? 😢 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleSauce.4578 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 People speculated that the mediums were last because they were the most ready, when it may turn out that they were the least ready. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson.4036 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 15 minutes ago, AppleSauce.4578 said: People speculated that the mediums were last because they were the most ready, when it may turn out that they were the least ready. No way they don’t at least have concept art they could make a silhouette from, though. There’d be no way to get them playable by the next beta if they are that far behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleSauce.4578 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, Gibson.4036 said: No way they don’t at least have concept art they could make a silhouette from, though. There’d be no way to get them playable by the next beta if they are that far behind. Coming right up: the ele silhouette with ranger colors lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yung Reezy.8479 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 maybe they’re working on American time or something 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yung Reezy.8479 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 The tease moved to Saturday it seems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Yung Reezy.8479 said: The tease moved to Saturday it seems Or they just forgot about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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