Guild Wars 2 is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game in development by ArenaNet. Set in the fantasy world of Tyria, the game follows the re-emergence of Destiny’s Edge, a disbanded guild dedicated to fighting the Elder Dragons, a Lovecraftian species that has seized control of Tyria in the time since the original Guild Wars. The game takes place in a persistent world with a story that progresses in instanced environments. Game Play: Guild Wars 2 will allow a player to create a character from a combination of five races and eight professions, the five races being the humans and charr, introduced in Prophecies, the asura and norn, introduced in Eye of the North, and the sylvari, a race exclusive to Guild Wars 2. The professions, three of which do not appear in Guild Wars, are divided into armor classes: “scholars” with light armor, “adventurers” with medium armor, and “soldiers” with heavy armor. There is no dedicated healing class, as Guild Wars 2 is not team based, and even in a team context the developers felt that making it necessary for every party to have a healing character was restrictive. The eight professions are: Elementalist: A scholar profession, focusing on, not surprisingly, magic based on the classical elements. The elementalist’s unique mechanic is “attunements”; whereas the other revealed professions may switch between weapon sets, Elements may switch between four “attunements”, one for each of earth, fire, water, and air. These attunements …