Feedback:User/Previously Unsigned/GW2 - Profession Choosing Helper
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I suggest that there be an "portal" to help find their ideal profession in Guild Wars 2. It would be located on the profession selection list as a big ? and underneath say something like "Need help choosing?". Clicking this would the player to a page with a couple activities to do
- First would be a quick overview of the professions and what their playing styles are focused on. A very pros/cons like setup.
- Second would be some quizzes... there would be a "lite" quiz which asks general questions and is very short, and a longer quiz which is in-depth and asks a lot of questions (do you like back/mid/frontline, do you want heavy or light armor, do you like to concentrate on support/damage, do you like spike/dot/type damage/etc). At the end of the quizzes it shows how your responses fit wit with the professions, like "Your responses are 78% Ranger, 56% warrior, etc" (the total doesn't need to add up to 100% because as multiple professions can do something responses fit into several professions).
- The third and final thing would be snippets of different professions in action (gameplay). Some are not really picky and simply like play whatever profession looks the coolest to them. So show the Elementalist blowing stuff up with lightning or fire, show the Mesmer Shattering... have like 30s-2 minute video that show common concepts. And this would only work if they used ACTUAL gameplay (not the "unveil" style videos that we already have, the kind that show no HUD and have the camera moving around so much you'd think we were watching a movie).
Why[edit]
I'm suggesting this because Guild Wars 2 looks incredibly dynamic and with all the new things introduced, knowing what profession to choose to do what you really want to do is not as simple as it was in Guild Wars 1. One could say try them all out, but seriously, who has the time or patience for that!?
Some of the professions are entirely new or changed so much they might as well be new which means one cannot simply do "I liked _______ in Guild Wars 1 so I will it it in Guild Wars 2 as well." I think there are way too many things to do with with traits, the increased skill bars, all the new summoned/mechanic items, etc, so an in game feature to help me "filter" to what is best for me, it would be really useful. (And for those wondering, I can't decide if I want to be Engineer or Mesmer at the moment. I like the helpful, balanced support characters that deal in status ailments and subtle touches that when stacked make a difference. I also like skills with random outcomes).
It also will just help new players. People like getting some guidance at the start and not realizing they could have had things better later on if they had only chosen something else. I can imagine these features would not be that terribly difficult to implement.
