SO. FREAKING. EXCITED. FOR THE NEXT GW2 EXPAC!!!

I was pretty meh about Heart of Thorns—I think it was the fact that I didn't like that GW2 was moving to an expansion model, and also jungles aren't my favorite biome.

But FREAKING CRYSTAL DESERT. (I really like the idea of desert biomes, even though...I didn't really like the aesthetic of Silverwastes and Dry Top. *shrug* Maybe it's because I'm on the Crystal Desert server, haha.)

MOUNTS.

And SWEET NEW ELITE SPECS!!!

(Elite specs were always my favorite part of HoT, anyway.)

I mean, it's hard to evaluate the elite specs just from names/weapons, because we still don't know exactly how they'll work. But I think Mirage, Scourge, and Soulbeast all look really intriguing. And Kalla Scorchrazor as a Revenant legend, awesome!

And Firebrand = Tome Guardian??? OHMYGOD GIMME.

And oh my god HOLOSMITH. I hope it's cool!! If so, I might actually roll an Engineer! (I have every class except Warrior, Thief, and Engineer right now.)

Ugh, I'm actually tempted to preorder the expac now, and I've never done that with GW2 so far. Also, I learned from HoT that it's better not to get the expac right away so they have time to fix things (like *coughcough* that initial elite spec grind, seriously *cough*). But...this looks so cool.

EDIT: And now, after seeing some discussion on the leaks, I guess I'll just add my thoughts:

I'll admit, I don't really understand the point of view that "oh the expac has been ruined now." I was 0% interested in the next expansion until I saw the leaks, which have now made me seriously consider preordering the expansion (which, again, I've never done when it came to GW2 before). When it came to Heart of Thorns, my own hype levels actually decreased as time went on—some of the elite specs weren't worth the hype to me, and after they were revealed, I had nothing left to interest me about the expac.

I respect that ArenaNet's marketing might be totally thrown off. However, I don't understand the mentality that "oh, everything's revealed now and that hurts sales." Um, really? I don't get it. Is it the fear that too much lag time between announcement/marketing/release makes people forget about the expac and go buy something else? Because I don't really get it, but then again, I'm not a marketing/advertising expert.

There's still plenty to reveal when it comes to the elite specs—like, even though we have names/weapons, we largely don't know the class mechanics, skills, and traits. I'm also super interested in seeing the elite spec-specific weapons and armor. And seriously, seeing actual pictures/mastery traits for the [spoilers redacted] has made me so excited to see the new masteries in action.

But that's me. I guess it's not everybody.