Talk:Dervish

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What is a good leveling build for Dervish

I use a Holy Flame Dervish. --Sinharath 04:24, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Please remove "The origin of the word Dervish" since it deviates too much from the game! We're not talking about / promoting religion on this wiki, are we? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Jway .

I think it should stay because it talks about austerism/ascetism, and Dervishes are meant to be extremely pious and religious. - BeX 01:11, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

But still, is that related to the game contents / story? Verash is a dervish / paragon, but how is she related to the real life? Again, that's not what this game is about. It's fictional and the context is dramatized in this game. And if anyone is interested in these terms, s/he can always look them up in wikipedia.org; so for the relevance of data here on this "Guild Wars" wiki, it'd be considered not necessary. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Jway .

I actually agree. We're not a dictionary so unless it's trivia, there's no need to link to word meanings or word origins. -- ab.er.rant 08:18, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

It is trivia, just hosted externally. Via these links you can see what inspired the game designers when they created the professions. - BeX 08:46, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, it's hard to say whether that definition of Dervish or the Mesmer link were the ones that inspired the developers rather than say the D&D or fantasy definition of a dervish or that they were simply looking for a good synonym/word to describe "enchanter + illusionist". -- ab.er.rant 08:57, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Are you sure it's what actually inspired the game designers? Is (e.g. wikipedia.org) the source of their inspiration? You would need reference for that. Though I don't know about your intention to provide such 'trivia' but the overall feel of this Guild Wars wiki is simply about the game. As you should also have noticed, commercial game developers (so do TV stations) don't usually associate themselves with any religion, unless otherwise specified.--The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Jway .

I believe there is information in that article which when read, brings a real world connection and insight into the profession. It has nothing to do with what religion real world Dervishes belong to, but the fact that they are highly religious and austere, something that in game Dervishes share. - BeX 02:32, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

In interview in PC Gamer's Nightfall preview article, it was stated that the Dervish was originally supposed to be a martial artist profession for Factions, but was dropped in favor of the Assassin and Ritualist and eventually retooled for Nightfall. -- Gordon Ecker 09:12, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Removed stuff 2 good second proffesion 3 Decimate 4 Healing 5 Copyrights image 6 Dervish as second profession

[edit] Removed stuff

[1] Maybe that stuff can go in the guide to playing Dervish, idk. - BeX 00:51, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Why only remove it from Dervish? Most of the other profession pages have something similar on them as well. -- ab.er.rant 09:57, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I think you guys are just making a big deal out of this. Some people enjoy finding the inspiration for ingame professions. There's the link. Other's don't, so don't click on it. Problem solved. Offense is only offensive if you Italic textletItalic text it offend you. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:67.175.67.244 .

In-game dervishes are very similar to the irl Darwisch. For one, the long robes, etc. Also, their skills relate to the old gods. irl dervs are pious and all that, so that clicks. Also, there's the spinning attacks, "whirling dervish." The scythes relate because many scrolls depicting dervishes had halberds. Scythes are just cooler. 72.209.41.202 16:08, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] good second proffesion

whats a good second proffesion for a dervish?Kharilus 13:57, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Needs to mention the +35 from the armor. ~~ 66.57.17.110 00:45, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

i bet you meant +25 health --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:90.186.135.40 (talk).

What is the difference between a dervish tank compared to a warrior tank? A warrior tank takes at least four minutes to take a target down while a dervish can take a target down in less than five seconds :P.William Wallace 20:49, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Decimate

While the word "decimate" may no longer mean "to destroy precisely one-tenth", it still has a similar, less specific definition: "to destroy a significant portion". If the author of the sentence which claims that dervishes can "easily decimate high-leveled groups single-handedly" meant that a dervish can take a significant chunk out of the hp of an enemy group, then I'll leave it at that. However, I got the impression from the wording of the sentence that he meant "destroy completely", which is the definition of "obliterate". Many people use decimate when they mean obliterate, thus my annoyed edit. --Mme. Donelle 16:51, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough. I got the impression that the author didn't mean "destroy completely", but "cause a lot of trouble", mostly from the last portion of that sentence. Would "devastate" be better? In either case, I can accept your reasoning so I won't disagree if you undo my revert. -- ab.er.rant 03:57, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

"Devastate" looks ideal. --Mme. Donelle 19:53, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Healing

No arguements then? great I hope to see a lot more derv healers than the all-too-common Grim Reaper approach :D --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:99.228.244.31 (talk).

[edit] Copyrights image

Does anyone know why there is an image directing to Guild Wars Wiki:Copyrights in the top-right corner of this page Dervish, and, if it is here for a good reason, why it isn't in the pages of other professions? -Why 10:59, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Who put that there?Can we remove it without repercussions? Other pages don't have that.--Wealedout 03:46, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dervish as second profession

hay, im new to GW and was wondering if you choose dervish as a second profession, can you take the form of a god once you become a master or w.e?

When you have dervish as a 2nd profession, you can take the form of a god, but because you do not have the Mysticism attribute, your forms will last for about 15 seconds only; if you want to play a dervish effectively, consider taking it as primary profession. Also, remember you can, later on in the game, swich professions as many times as you want. -Why 20:47, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Just to clarify, you can switch SECONDARY professions as many times as you want Dargon 20:49, 25 July 2008 (UTC)