Yesterday Arenanet - the company behind Guild Wars II - announced the 7th profession of the game... the commando. I got all excited when I learned the news, already thinking about Charrs with a lot of gunpower and Nords stealthly hiding in snowy woods! I entered the Arenanet's channel hoping to see some kind of special weapons and new, really innovative features and characteristics for this new profession.
Imagine my surprise when I saw the related video with "commandos" holding military knives in one arm , a firearm in the other and gas masks on their faces!! In addition, helicopters were flying along side with dragons (in the background) in what looked more like a new Halo game than the highly expected fantasy MMORPG! (:P) I opened the related article and started reading to learn more about this really out-of-the-blue profession. Grenades, snipers, night vision googles and vehicles added in a fantasy world where races (as far as we knew up until then) were meant to fight with magic and swords.
And then it struck me! It is April Fools :D !! Up until then, I had really fallen for this, so called "new profession", as had lots of people all around the internet. It was all making sense now. The crazy bikini video, the aerial fights between helicopters and the Elder Dragon, the most fearsome creature in the GW universe, and a commando calling it a "big chicken"... Arenanet did a great job on this one. They came up with a hilarious idea and tricked many of their fans, with their well-crafted videos and the detailed presentations.
The outcome of this? Arenanet sure has a lot to show us in the future. Announcements about exciting new features are expected soon, as Guild Wars 2 reaches its final stages of development.
So let's laugh a little more and think twice on April's Fool. :)
Here's the video of the commando's profession :
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