Guild Wars 2

me and a few other fans of the crossbow have touched on this in a completely different thread , so i thought why not make a thread for the crossbow both 1 and 2 handed (1 hand for thieves and 2 hand for ranger maybe)

I think this would be a nice and realistic touch to choices of weapons

umm can engineer be the only class to have it ? since you knowwwww. we dont exactly have alot of weapons options.

Dragoon.9536:

umm can engineer be the only class to have it ? since you knowwwww. we dont exactly have alot of weapons options.

you don’t need them you have grenade kit, bomb kit, flamethrower, elixer gun, tool kit to name a few that no one else has.

2 handed crossbows:
- rangers
- warriors
- guardians

1 handed crossbows:
- thieves main hand & offhand
- rangers offhand (since rangers daggers offhand only)
- mesmers offhand (since mesmers offhand pistols only)

You guys played too much Diablo or something XD

I can understand wanting crossbows as a bow skin but from a gameplay standpoint what does a crossbow offer that a shortbow, longbow, or rifle can’t?
I can’t see a reason for the devs to add a new ranged weapon when they already have some that can have the same functionallity.

Edit: removed what I said about balance as it was not relevant to what I am trying to say.

WonderfulCT.6278:

You guys played too much Diablo or something XD

I can understand wanting crossbows as a bow skin but from a gameplay standpoint what does a crossbow offer that a shortbow, longbow, or rifle can’t?
I can’t see a reason for the devs to add a new ranged weapon they would have to balance when they already have some that can have the same functionallity.

more variety is always good.
crossbow is very different from bows so being just a different skin will not do.

crossbow usually means higher damage, slower attack speed.
more new skills with new weapons having more variety is always good.

balance is a never ending quest for them developers anyway.

WonderfulCT.6278:

what does a crossbow offer that a shortbow, longbow, or rifle can’t?

Whatever they want it to offer. There’s no real difference between a rifle, a shortbow and a longbow in GW2 outside of the fact that the skills are different. What makes you think they can’t come up with new skills for a crossbow?

WonderfulCT.6278:

I can’t see a reason for the devs to add a new ranged weapon they would have to balance when they already have some that can have the same functionallity.

They will add new weapons at some point. Most likely in an expansion. Among those I would expect at least one new ranged weapon, and it may very well be a crossbow.

Mmm I thought it over and theres nothing wrong with adding a new ranged weapon and crossbows would be pretty fitting as an alternate to whats already here. I’m trying to be more open to things : P

Anyways +1

I think following classes should get crossbow (2-handed):
- Ranger: piercing bolts
- Engineer: used for shooting explosives
- Thief: piercing dmg

Others don’t need it if you ask me.

I could see this on Engineer Thief and Guardian as new 2 handed weapons .

would like to see crossbows

I can see 2h crossbow, but 1h xbow? Doesn’t exactly have a magazine (unless you count the triple shooting xbow from Dark souls). Bad enough we pull arrows from thin air and pistols magically load but.. the idea just seems goofy imo. Its basically an overratted pistol at that point.

I have been anxiously awaiting an xbow for thief. Simply enough, it would be slow, hard hitting, longer range than sb (for thief). For others, possibly guardian, probably just be moderate range (1000) with hard hitting support skills.

Adine.2184:

I could see this on Engineer Thief and Guardian as new 2 handed weapons .

Not on ranger? ;P
Guardian defs: we don’t have any long-ranged abilities (apart from scepter, which doesn’t do it’s job…)

no because the ranger is a low tech class and the crossbow is a high tech weapon.