Guild Wars 2

It seems like a lot of potential is being wasted by making unharmed slots have no abilities. I would really like to see those abilities being used(I was playing a thief with just a one-handed sword, thinking it could be cool if a 1h sword “ninja” spec was actually viable). For example, a warrior with nothing equipped on their offhand could maybe use an empty hand to throw a punch, do a throw or temporarily disarm or dismantle their enemy. A thief with an empty offhand could use that empty offhand to pick up dirt on the ground and blind foes in an arc in front of them, trip an enemy, throw shuriken or grant stability. An elementalist could use abilities that are channeled from their hands rather than a weapon. There’s a lot of different possibilities there. They could also make the damage for those abilities based on characters stats where it’s appropriate.