Guild Wars 2

with the new feature patch we got some new builds and it increased build variety a bit.
arenanet should not stop just yet but add new (existing) weaponsets for all classes.

imo releasing new traits first was suboptimal. weapons would have been more important and i hope that we will get them before arenanet releases new utility skills.

what i personally would like to see are:

guardian: longbow – ever wanted to shoot healing arrows at your allys? damage oriented offhand weapons like sword or mace

warrior: offhand dagger and a shortbow for fast attacks

thief: offhand sword for blocks, mainhand axe for dps and mace for cc. rifle or longbow for 1200 range

ele: shortbow or pistols for long range single target dps and a greatsword

necro: offhand torch and mainhand sword with cleave and leaps for mobile power builds. maybe a greatsword, im looking at you trahearne

engi: hammer and maces, definitely melee range non condition options

ranger: mainhand dagger for fast (and dodge-allowing) single target dps, staff for group healing and support

mesmer: mainhand pistol and mainhand axe

or maybe we will be able to use spears on land which would be interesting too

feel free to post your opinions, including arenanet devs

For Ele, i would like Duel Condition based Pistols. Though that being said, this should NOT happen – Why? Because they can’t balance the weapons as it is with many classes having weapons that are just not viable or worth using – why add more to the list?

Wait until they get the weapons balanced (if that ever happens) and then see what can be done, currently it is rather pointless adding more weapons when so many classes have weapons that are just not used because they are no where near as strong as other options.