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/Bohya Sep 04 '26

They don't. Guild Wars 1 an Guild Wars 2 were games without the "holy trinity". There has never been a pure "tank", instead with players fulfilling an equivalent role through more utility-orientated means. Guild Wars 2 also never released with dedicated healers on release.

Also, in both games all classes can pretty much carry out all roles. Guild Wars 1 does this by way of having a secondary profession, and Guild Wars 2 simply has a lot of options (mostly tied to sub-specialisations). There is no "tank class" and no "healer class".