WvW core swap Event a glimpse of Secondary Profession Choice for next Expansion?

[OutOfOrder.3719]

So if I understand this WvW core swap weekend properly, it looks like when you defeat an enemy, you obtain 5 skills from the defeated profession if you take the orb.

 

Besides a fun event, why would ANET be developing a system where the same 5 skills would obtainable by other classes?

 

I’m guessing that the next expansion will allow all professions to obtain a secondary profession with a few more skills be available from the new profession as an option.

 

Although this would probably be a ton of work, does anyone else think this feature could even be implemented?

 

Would anyone pick a secondary profession instead of an elite spec to produce a Warrior with a secondary Thief profession instead of Berserker or Spell Breaker ?

[Just a flesh wound.3589]

If they can do it now in WvW then I don’t see why it can’t be implemented. Gives the game something some people have been asking for since launch and will definitely shake up gameplay.

[OutOfOrder.3719]

I remember this was a part of Ascension in the original Guild Wars, and was a huge part of the PvP system.

[Hesacon.8735]

It would probably only work as a map mechanic for some future map or specific instance. Rolling it out game wide would make a challenging balance impossible.

[Metasynaptic.1093]

It's probably a prototype of skill mechanic changes for future elite specs to be honest. Complex changes to skills for future elite specs will probably go through a bunch of prototyping and module testing to see what is possible before planning new features. Might turn into an elite spec, might turn out to be nothing.