Early 5 min impressions of just fucking around and randomly testing animations and such;
Holosmith: 6/10 - Pretty cool, but I think I prefer Scrapper. I don't like Engineer in general so not being exited about it is pretty self explanatory.
Mirage: 6/10 - Just not that compelling compared to Chronomancer. I like the effects of the mirror but thats about it. Is this really compelling?
Soulbeast: 7/10 - Feels pretty good. SFX looks better in person. Dagger animations are fairly typical. The amount of beastmode skills is seriously impressive. I like it a lot. You can really, truly customize your pets ability to a lot of different things.
Renegade: 8/10 - Big surprise for me. Bow feels really solid, the legend utilities remind me of Dervish. I like the interplay with the centaur stance. Feels good.
Weaver: 9/10 - Yup. As expected, the amount of skills here is insane.
Scourge: 5/10 - Step down from Daredevil. Feels thematically boring. Doesn't look very different. The power ranger face yellow piss face is not enough to give this spec enough of its own identity. Reaper is 10/10, this is boring in comparison.
Spellbreaker; 7/10 - I like Dagger Skill 5 a lot. Feels like a mix of thief and ranger dagger. Makes Warrior feel a bit different, but little support, party play makes it feel like just another weapon.
Deadeye: 8/10 - A big surprise for me as well. Reminded me of Sniper from SWTOR. Felt very solid. When you walk around in normal mode, you are shooting sort of like how rifle warrior feels, but the interplay in crouched stationary mode with the dodging heal and utillities work well. the way you swap in and out of crouch mode is not annoying. It feels like you "dig in".
I expected it to be cumbersome but am pleasently surprised. It works a lot better than I thought it would.
Firebrand: 8/10 - Dragonhunter was the worst elite spec in HoT, but it's one of the best here. The tomes are really solid, though the effects are quite similar. I get GW1 feels. Axe is quite cool and works well.
Overall; Very nice. The only one I am "meh" about is Scourge. I just don't think the theme of this elite spec is clear or well versed. They should have gone full desert mummy or some shit. Visually it's all over the place with little cohesion. Reaper was such a strong and awesome looking spec.
This is just the way it is sometimes. You don't get to hit all the marks all the time.
