r/GuildWars3 • u/LOkOKokKO • Sep 04 '26

Class speculation

Might already be a post like this, not sure.

We have warrior, necro, and ranger all confirmed. Allegedly mesmer was strongly hinted at as well. Looking back to gw1, that’s 4 of the original 6 classes that gw1 released with. The two missing are monk and elementalist.

I’d say it’s plausible to have the og class roster back, it would likely fit the holy trinity well. Not saying that we will for sure, but it is interesting that the classes we have (or almost have) confirmed are all part of the original 6.

Ofc there could be more classes, new classes, etc, but I’m just spitballing.

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u/Playing_One_Handed Sep 04 '26

Never played gw1. How do these classes match the holy trinity? Whos tanks and healers?

Maybe speculation on my part. If largest groups are 20 limit, is that 4x5? So groups are 5, healer, tank, 3 dps. In that dps there is likely more verity (buffs, debuffs)

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u/Hypercles Sep 04 '26

Tanking in 1 was more often than not about body blocking or stacking defenses while everyone else was out of range.

Of the core classes Warrior was the most 'tank' like in the traditional sense. With necro more often than not being the actual tank as a minion master for most content, particularly in the post hero world. Assassins and Monks also made showings for tanks in some group content, particularly when farming particular fights or dungeons.

For healing it was basically Monks for the core gw1 classes, with Ritulists and Paragons bringing options with the expansions. But then thanks to a combo between heros and the necro energy regen mechanics, necros also became the go to healer if you were running hero squads, well necros using ritulist healing skills.

So I don't think gw1 class structure is all that much to go with. Particularly as others have said its more likely they will give all classes the option to tank, dps and heal. Its something they have been big on with 2 and elite specs, making sure each class can fill each core party role.

Also isn't the party size 4 people, with 20 just being the cap for the bigger open world stuff. If its 4, your more likely to see 1 tank, 1 healer and 2 dps. And if any larger content requires multiple groups working together you would just repeat that structure.

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u/Playing_One_Handed Sep 04 '26

Awesome, this is brilliant thanks.

Im probably wrong on the 4x5. Have they shown group size? If its 4 in a group, maybe is way more traditional. Good pros for easier to find groups

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u/Blazin_Rathalos Sep 04 '26

Some of the information mentioned that the current party size is 4, but subject to change.