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Combat in Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure – GuildWars2.com (2024)

Today we announced GuildWars2:SecretsoftheObscure™, a new expansion launching later this year. If you’re looking for a high-level overview of the expansion as a whole, check out the official site. We also released a massive balance update today—the full of changes that tee up expansion features. What features are those, you might ask? That’s what we’re here to cover.

Combat Philosophy

In our spring update blog, we talked about how we’re looking for ways to add meaningful combat choices besides adding new elite specializations. With core trait lines and three expansions’ worth of elite specializations, each profession already has access to tons of roles and playstyles.