[GW] Elementalist Rework Preview Chat - With Guests, Guildwarsbuddy & Woodenpotatoes

A recent bit of news that was released has revealed that the elementalist is the next profession in Guild Wars 1 to be reworked.
The last time this happened, the dervish and the mesmer both changed dramatically and caused quite a large number of new builds to become popular.

This time, we've seen patch notes that intrigued us enough to give us a bunch of new ideas! So, Guildwarsbuddy, Woodenpotatoes and I had a long chat about the up coming changes to one of the original 6 professions, and we kindly bring you our speculations and (hopefully) some insight in to the future update.

Expect these changes to go live in early 2012 and be prepared to capture some elite skills that you might not have thought twice about previously!

The patch notes can be found by following this link: http://tinyurl.com/7r9ugq

My fellow cohorts' channels:
http://www.youtube.com/user/GuildWarsBuddy
http://www.youtube.com/user/WoodenPotatoes

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[Drewxor]

Yay a cookie!

[magicalmike2]

@Drewxor Yay an attentive viewer! xD

[WolfyOneeSama]

I personally like these changes. Versatility, to me, is better than raw power that's not as effective in Hard Mode, either. When I first read about the changes, so many ideas began to form, like healing with Water Magic and buffing my Air Magic build.

Personally, I would find it stupid if people thought any other class was useless due to one profession buff. For melee-range Elementalists, that'd be an interesting change. And it encourages melee-range, defense skills. Very nice update.

[magicalmike2]

@WolfyOneeSama There was a lot of people moaning that warriors were outclassed when dervishes got buffed, but they were overreacting. It's bound to happen, but at this point, the only ones complaining are the ones that don't matter :D

I'm super interested in what builds start appearing after this!

[aidencurl]

also why dont you like monks? :)

[magicalmike2]

@aidencurl Aside from *that* reason, ahem... Bad times... I uh, I don't like the amount of power over any team that they have, the way they can ruin any run by not playing properly or just leaving altogether. Too many flimsy monkies.

[AQfulmo]

Don't get me wrong, i think eles should have a buff, but nerfing the rit, mesmer and necro in order to do so is a kind of a drawback for me. Also, if I make a list of proffecions that should have a buff, the elementalist isn't even in my top 3. The mesmer and hex-based necro are typical to guild wars, why make the game more like other MMOs?

[joshyFTW99]

i have u on my gw friends list

[reymysterioboyaka611]

yo mag mike my friends runs with ele now :D

[GuildWarsBuddy]

@aidencurl Mike used to date one, but then she was using Dwayna's Kiss all over some pugs... you know how it is, some "Vigorous Spirit" and some "Healing Touch".

[GuildWarsBuddy]

@aidencurl Well no, it is an overhaul of the ele... why would there be monk changes?