User:Nykki/GW2 Characters

=Yeah, I'll clean this all up later.=

I am among the many absolutely psyched for GW2. Looking like my two favorite classes will be Sylvari and Human, with Norn a close second. Charr are, of course, absolutely sick. Just look at the females. And the Asura are just downright cute with a very interesting culture. Been stalking the devs since the release of the first trailer and have only gotten less impatient to see this game released at every little bite of new info. I have not gotten Ghosts of Ascalon, but I plan to first chance I get. And I know. It's got a great story.

Characters
ANet has dropped very obvious hints that one of the main features of the HoM will be used to reserve your character names in Guild Wars for use in Guild Wars 2. And just to let you know how obvious they've made this, watch this EotN preview.

I am uncertain as to how this will work, but my understanding of this is that you can create a roleplaying character with a specific name, let's say "Heather Leatherman". If it's your inclination to reserve Heather's name for a character in Guild Wars 2, you must travel to the Hall of Monuments, and dedicate something in his hall. Only problem with this I see is (the crazy what ifs), if I dedicate a white Miniature then grow bored of him and delete him. Then my friend thinks the name is cool, steals my name, and dedicates something in HIS hall. Then let's say he grows bored, and the name becomes wildly popular, travelling from player to player, until 5,000 people have something in their HoM dedicated in my Heather's name. Surely not all 5,000 have that name reserved? My only solution is, if that's how the name preservation works, is to limit the feature to the last user to dedicate something in their hall in their character of choice's name.

I have four confirmed characters, at the moment:
 * Nykki Dragomiroff
 * Race: Sylvari
 * Season: Winter
 * Sympathy: Skritt
 * Profession: Favorite. Though if Hellie is taking my ranger and there will be no secondaries, what will become of Mr. Fuzzykins?
 * Physical notes: Persona-based
 * Story:


 * Meryith Silverhome
 * Race: Human
 * Ancestry: Ascalonian
 * Background:
 * Profession: Mesmer
 * Physical notes:
 * Story:


 * Helene Ingvendottir
 * Race: Norn
 * Totem: Snow Leopard or Bear
 * Extra: N/A?
 * Profession: Ranger (Mr. Fuzzykins just does not fit the bill for the mighty Norn's animal companion, eh? Hmmmm.)
 * Physical notes:
 * Story: She is a descendent of Maddi Ingvendottir. Nobody probably even remembers her, but I love passing by her shrine for some reason. At least she gives Helene a pretty name.


 * Ryada Fierceheart
 * Race: Charr
 * Legion: Blood(?)
 * Sympathy: Grawl
 * Profession: Some holy support, smiting-type, derv(?)
 * Physical notes: has a white tiger pelt
 * Story: Descended from Roan Fierceheart. I absolutely love him for no other reason than he looks cool. So Ryada can look cool, too. Lol.

Of course, I'll have an Asuran. I'm thinking as tiny as you can go with huge ears.

Professions of Guild Wars 2
|Professions page on the Guild Wars 2 site. I'm trying to guess which professions lie behind the shadowed figured and which will be released next.

Announced:

 * Warrior - Despite the questions that arose from the Warrior's use of the longbow and rifle, I was certain the Ranger had not been eaten. The Warrior was intended to be a weaponsmaster class, so this piqued my interest. Has ANet realized the warrior's true roots? Will Rangers be able to use daggers and longswords in addition to bows? After all, "ranger" is not synonymous with "archer".
 * Elementalist - Sick animations. Not too impressed by the armor.
 * Ranger - I started this game soon after the Elementalist's release. My guess was Mesmer. Fail. Ranger was my second, if that counts? I just really was adamant about the Mesmer out of some strange pretense of hope. Rofl.
 * Mesmer or Assassin - Drum roll, please. Mesmer's the most obvious shadow on the entire page. Lol. And pretty much a major trademark of Guild Wars. Assassin for my new

Shadowed Figures
For clarification, the shadows will be numbered 1-5, excluding the 3 that have already been revealed. 1-3 will start at the back row, numbering clockwise among the three shadowed figured to the left of the Elementalist. 4-5 will be the two to the left of the Warrior, going left to right. Since I'm bad at describing my numbering process, I will also be providing a brief description of the figure before submitting my guess. This section will be updated after new classes are revealed. |The Guild Wars 2 wiki holds some hints at what professions will appear.


 * The big Charr guy with a gun. - A new gunner class.
 * The triangle hiding behind the Elementalist chic. - Tech robotics class? (The Asurans need a class).
 * The sneaky ninja man in a crouched position. - Assassin (You can even see daggers and a mask if you look hard enough). Note: When I say Assassin, I'm guessing stealth agent who strikes swiftly and deadly, sniping from afar with a longbow, and sweeping in quick with a set of sharpened daggers to finish off their mark. Thief. Rogue. Something along those lines.
 * Chic with mind powers - Mesmer. Come on. It's obvious.
 * /chill man with a staff. - Necromancer. I'm certain Necro made it, since they've made an appearance in the GW book. And that's my pick for the necro.

Scholars
 * Elementalist
 * Mesmer
 * Necromancer

Adventurers
 * Assassin or Rogue class (I'm seriously doubting it will be called anything other than assassin, though.)
 * Ranger
 * Robotics Engineer

Soldiers
 * Warrior
 * Gunner

Questions About Guild Wars 2

 * Will the Greatsword make it into the game? Like. Actual 2-handed, gigantic, Greatsword? (wishlist ftw.) - I'm a genius. I had been wanting it in the game like months before the first trailer. Genius.
 * How many character slots will we have starting off?
 * Will we be able to purchase more character slots through an in-game store, if one will be available?
 * Will we be able to walk? Nope. ANet denied it in an interview somewhere.
 * Elaborate on how the Hall of Monuments will reserve our character names? Please?
 * What's that Norn chic's name in the second GW2 trailer? I seriously can't find it mentioned.

Guild Wars 2 Links
Just a list of my favorite GW2-related sites and interviews.
 * http://www.guildwars2.com/en/
 * http://www.arena.net/blog/
 * http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/09/02/guild-wars-2-interview/
 * http://www.arena.net/blog/progression-and-leveling-in-guild-wars-2