Today, Jon Peters, Game Designer for Arenanet, published a new dev blog titled, “Play Your Way – Jon Peters on Traits and Attributes“. This fantastic blog details all the stats in the game and most importantly the Trait System. The trait system in Guild Wars 2 is exactly what the talent system is in WOW, Rift or TOR.
Elementalist
- Fire Magic: Power and Expertise.
- Air Magic: Precision and Prowess.
- Earth Magic: Toughness and Malice.
- Water Magic: Vitality and Compassion.
- Arcane Power: Concentration and Intelligence.
Each class gets five trait lines that augment a certain segment of a class’s abilities. For example, the elementalist is broken down into, if you can guess, Elements (as seen above). Water has healing capabilities while Fire does more damage. Each trait line has 30 points, it consists of 3 minor traits and 3 major traits. These do all sorts of different things that augment your character. If you want to dive deep into the Warrior Discipline tree, check out the dev blog.
Speccing out your character can determine your play style from offense to defense or support.
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