some info on chapter 3

has it been said anywhere by anet that new classes will come with every new chapter? personaly i think having to unlock the massive amounts of stuff that comes with new classes could get a little overwhelming somewhere around chapter 5 or 6.

Yes they said they would introduce new classes that were specificly meant for that chapter and if they couldn't think of any they would turn to adding new races.. that being said.. while we know vary little to make a judgement yet I'm thinking this might look very erm dull... but who knows. I also hope for a little bit longer compaign. It would be nice to have more open areas to run to but have all the mission areas locked untill you follow primary quest which is the story anyway. But Factions campaign is way too short... I'm on my fourth character through it and that's doing both kurzick and luxon sides. There is only 13 missions in this one.. so i'm just asking for something a little bigger in the next one.

What I'm really waiting for is a more thriving/upperclass region... I think a thief and bard would then fit well

As for the north african theme.. I could see a brawler or barbian or something along those lines being a new heavyweight class.

Damn.. So I'll have to rush all my chars to finish the game game and do an entire map completion ;_; every 6 months huh, damn, too short time, hope quality doesn't go down due to quantity.

It looks interesting. I hope there's plenty of content in it However, as a warning to ANet - I won't buy it automatically. You have to prove to me that it's worth getting.

I wonder....Factions now has 8 core classes ( including sin and rit ), will the sin and rit also become core classes? I don't think so...

Im thinking of diablo 2 and the second segment of the game myself for a portion of the content. Beyond that im not too sure, but if they do go more into a "south america" theme following chapter 3, then i seriously hope it is not just a extention of maaguuma or follows the same style of diablo 2 in progression step by step. So far i just think that alot of this is just a strange coincidence.
Some of the things you listed might be interesting to some, but many of them are already hinted at within CH1. Going more in depth with a standalone chapter based upon existing geography would be a downer for myself personally and would almost expect it to just be an addition to chapter 1 instead.

A Nordic style culture seemed to almost be appropriate for the survivors of ascalon. The hide style Ascalon armor made me think of it originally. Also, with the robe like garb the kyrtans displayed i could almost expect a roman/greek relationship between orr and kryta. The only thing really out of place was the platemail of the white mantle.

Should they do some kind of renissance them, id sincerely hope that they advance the global timeline some and give the entire existing world up to that point a face lift and new content to make it seem to fit. Otheriwse the march towards the modern era in small pockets just seems to be a march into being obscelete waiting to happen for those who opt to not purchase the expansion.

The exploration and salvaging of orr and any possible sister nation/people would be something id like to see personally before walking into massive maze like savanah canyons constantly. There was hints of cantha in the original game, which made the transition into chapter 2 not as bad of a jump considering how different it is. Moving into a north african theme, just because, seems a bit out of place. I am sure they could tie in orr to it somehow, but it seems like a strech to me.

Personally I'd love to see more weird things in future chapters, like taking us into the Mists, and in turn to other "worlds"

More missions like Dragon's Lair (in terms of neat effects and looks) is what I want. Let's face it, you can only have so many continents in a world before you need to move to another planet to keep up the expansions I'd think, unless you start opening gateways to other places. One mission in Factions seems to suggest theres roughly 5 planets in this galaxy and a ton of moons from what I saw, I'm sure other faction players know what I'm talking about.

I'm fairly certain the lore in the first game's book mentions the Mists specifically tying different worlds together and being the "center" or something along those lines.

And for the record please please let Chapter 4 be about Greek Mythology =p

Found this on 1UP:

Apparently EVIL got a sneak peek at some of the next chapter at the end of E3 and someone from 1UP was there. I wonder if they saw 2 sketches of the same class maybe. Seems odd they'd introduce 2 new melee classes.

Not really, so far there are seven classes, only two of which are melee. Two more melee classes means there will be four melee classes, and ten overall classes. Seems fair.

You have to remember that, right now, 5 out of 8 classes are casters. More melee options would not be a bad thing.

And I must say, any character who wields a double bladed staff is a character I will create on the day of release.

i can definitely see a Shaman class coming, which could be a mix between Necro/Monk/Mesmer or something.

The evidence that the bald monk-like man does unarmed combat is pretty near non-existent I would say. He could just be another spellcaster that doesen't happen to have a staff/focus equipped in the concept art.

omg....more wanna be W/Mo's for us monks to take care of...

Lmao. I hear ya bro. Remember the week where all monks when on strike? Well most of us did. That was so funny, people were paying me to join there parties. Ya i guess more melee options would be OK, but also more idiots that think there tanks and dont know how to play there class *cough* assassins. who said that.

~Captain CCC

I would have expected an unarmed specialist to be in Cantha, and the shamanistic Ritualist to be in the African-themed land. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Fair point. If you don't count Ele's, there is only one ranged class. Maybe they'll come up with a melee/ranged hybrid with a short range combo weapon like a spear.

An Elephant! Decked out in Indian finery!

Actually, I'd kind of prefer the pretty Zunraa horsie.

Meh, with all the chapters I'll never have time to catch up on myself. But I suppose 6 months is ample time actually... I made my assassin and I don't plan on making anything else so I'm content.

I believe that they actually said that not every chapter would introduce a new character class in one of the many Fansite Friday interviews.
Anyways, as an independant game-developer my self I'm very interested in the possibilties this could bring. I can imagine decking out in Egyptian clothing,etc. And yes, pirates. That in itself hints at a class.

I have an odd thought....

In Guild Wars there are the 6 core professions Necromancer, Warrior, Elemantist, Monk, Ranger, Mesmer. Then from what I know each chapter will be adding 2 new professions. Using Factions as an example: Will the Assassin and Ritualist carry on into Chapters 3-8 getting the basic 6 new armor sets, new skills, and new weapons in each one? Or will they only be frozen in Chapter 2 and PvP while the 6 core professions contiously move on through out Chapters 3-8.

I say this because contiously adding this many professions seems like a lot of work even for Anet.