Guild Wars 2

thiefs are some kids of assassins and they could use 2 swords in gw1 and infact any other game
this is really something im dying to see, do you guyz think we will have it 1 had
Off-Hand Swords for thiefs?

You would have better luck posting this in the Thief subforum than here.

As long as there is MH dagger there will not be OH sword.
Because you’d have to be stupid to use a dagger in your main hand with a sword (bigger dagger) in your offhand.

Well in elder scrolls, assassin is by far my fav class. Yes it includes duel wield swords and a bow. Here it’s the same, with thief, but with daggers. Assassin is basically a ranger-rogue class, and the thief here more a ranger than ranger is as it’s a beast lord/tamer/pokemon thingy. This game has guns, so thief got guns and daggers rather than duel wield swords. Probably the balanced trade-off. Doubt they would change it in that case.

Well, it wouldnt really make sense from an immersion point of view if all thieves in thyria suddenly learned how to use a sword off hand :d we’re probAbly just getting new weapons sometime in the future.

That explains it. MMOIG massively-multiplayer online immersion game. Yep.
If this were an mmorpg, or RPG, yes, definitely swords

There are other weapons that make a lot more sense than OH Swords. That really isn’t all that Thief-y, everyone just expects it because of WoW’s Rogues.

/Signed. ^Nope.

Nightarch.2943:

gimmethegepgun.1284:

As long as there is MH dagger there will not be OH sword.
Because you’d have to be stupid to use a dagger in your main hand with a sword (bigger dagger) in your offhand.

Not if you’re left handed.
@OP, /signed.

Clearly you don’t know what offhand means.

gimmethegepgun.1284:

Nightarch.2943:

gimmethegepgun.1284:

As long as there is MH dagger there will not be OH sword.
Because you’d have to be stupid to use a dagger in your main hand with a sword (bigger dagger) in your offhand.

Not if you’re left handed.
@OP, /signed.

Clearly you don’t know what offhand means.

How insulting, putting words into my mouth now are we?

Considering how thief is a specialized duelist (they lack significant ranged dps and range) I don’t see why s/s wasn’t added ages ago. This isn’t WoW btw, so really people… don’t compare.

@gimmethegepagun they could be a lefty, using their left arm for the heavier weapon (sword) and the less effective arm for the dagger. Also this is an mmo, why apply logic? We have swords and daggers that are on fire yet we don’t suffer from a permanent burn…

NinjaEd.3946:

@gimmethegepagun they could be a lefty, using their left arm for the heavier weapon (sword) and the less effective arm for the dagger. Also this is an mmo, why apply logic? We have swords and daggers that are on fire yet we don’t suffer from a permanent burn…

Since the dagger would be in their “main hand” which is always their right hand, they are thus right handed, not left.
And if we’re removing logic from the equation, how about giving those poor warriors and engineers staves and scepters? They’re horribly lacking in their ability to use magic!

Personally ambivalent.

Wielding two swords is mostly a fantasy invention. There are a lot of problems when you consider the body mechanics, balance, how you leverage any power, and where you’d swing that sword (not thrust). If you want to keep balanced like a thief then the most appropriate off hand sword would be short, short enough to be considered a long dagger.

Stooperdale.3560:

Wielding two swords is mostly a fantasy invention. There are a lot of problems when you consider the body mechanics, balance, how you leverage any power, and where you’d swing that sword (not thrust). If you want to keep balanced like a thief then the most appropriate off hand sword would be short, short enough to be considered a long dagger.

Warrior’s can do it. Also weapon sizes are adjusted depending on your race, so it’s not like an asuran is hurling a huge blade in 1h.

and gimme, it really depends on what OH swords would offer and what the duel skill would be. dagger/sword you would swing with the dagger for AA however some daggers are quite large (especially on a norn). Take for example a warrior using [Moonshine] mace for their MH and any sword or axe on their OH. Does it not look odd that they are swinging with a tiny bottle versus a medium sized blade for the AA?

You can’t compare the smallest skins to the largest, or you’d have to do that for every weapon selection. No need to exclude thief, let them experiment.

NinjaEd.3946:

Stooperdale.3560:

Wielding two swords is mostly a fantasy invention. There are a lot of problems when you consider the body mechanics, balance, how you leverage any power, and where you’d swing that sword (not thrust). If you want to keep balanced like a thief then the most appropriate off hand sword would be short, short enough to be considered a long dagger.

Warrior’s can do it. Also weapon sizes are adjusted depending on your race, so it’s not like an asuran is hurling a huge blade in 1h.

and gimme, it really depends on what OH swords would offer and what the duel skill would be. dagger/sword you would swing with the dagger for AA however some daggers are quite large (especially on a norn). Take for example a warrior using [Moonshine] mace for their MH and any sword or axe on their OH. Does it not look odd that they are swinging with a tiny bottle versus a medium sized blade for the AA?

You can’t compare the smallest skins to the largest, or you’d have to do that for every weapon selection. No need to exclude thief, let them experiment.

And warriors are the physically strongest class, making them the most capable of actually dual wielding large weapons. Thieves are not.
As a rule, a dagger is a smaller version of a sword. Only a complete moron would use a dagger in their strong hand and a sword in their weak hand. And that is why thief will never get OH sword.

Einlanzer.1627:

There are other weapons that make a lot more sense than OH Swords. That really isn’t all that Thief-y, everyone just expects it because of WoW’s Rogues.

Agreed, I’d rather have a Sword MH and Axe OH than any Sword OH