With the release of the Guardian last week, many people were concerned about the role it would play. For a game that had promised to do away with the boring old 'holy trinity' of MMO combat (tank, heal, DPS) this profession seemed remarkably well tailored to two of those roles. ArenaNet designer Jon Peters decided to address these issues in a blog post, aggregating many of the comments made in the interviews we've seen since.
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"I said something to Isaiah Cartwright the other day that has stuck in my mind since then. I think it explains how no trinity is possible more than anything else, so I’ll relay it here: “Our professions aren’t dedicated healers, DPS, or tanks because frankly, we built a combat system that just doesn’t allow it.â€
Head over to the
ArenaNet blog to read the rest of that post!
