Guild Wars 2

This would be a new, 2-handed caster weapon, usable by the Guardian, Elementalist, Mesmer, Necromancer, and Thief. Yep – Thief (Deadly Artist / Guild Wars 1 Assacaster).

These orbs are like floating …. well, orbs, obviously that act as a medium for casting magic. They levitate near the palm of the wielder’s hand(s) and can be thrown at the target like a boomerang. They have appeared in other MMOs (such as Aion and Perfect World – being one of the few good aspects of those games).

Orb attacks tend to be flashy and disorienting attrition weapons with widely different effects for each profession.

I’ve played a lot of mmos , I don’t usually play as casters but I actually like his idea.

so basically,
orbs = 2 handed focus with 5 skills right?

for scholar professions it seems okay.
i.e.

necro, mesmer, elementalist

but for thief?
thief is adventurer. does not look and feel right to me.

gw2 thief gotta stick to conventional weapons and not magical things.

maybe thief gets single handed bowguns and can dual wield them etc.

Yea in agree with Deimos
Orbs are a brilliant idea but not for thiefs

No thieves rest seems fine. Maybe give thieves crossbows? O_O

Sirendor.1394:

No thieves rest seems fine. Maybe give thieves crossbows? O_O

Would that be 1handed crossbows or 2handed? I haven’t actually seen an mmo with 1hand cross bow but I played dishonored =D

Sounds like a good idea, I like the sound of my caster using abilities rather than a physical weapon.

On a side note I would also like my mesmer to be able to dual wield pistols, love the idea of a pistol main and orb second.

So basically, a two-handed focus.

2-handed crossbow I think Saber :p

Sabertooth.2374:

Sirendor.1394:

No thieves rest seems fine. Maybe give thieves crossbows? O_O

Would that be 1handed crossbows or 2handed? I haven’t actually seen an mmo with 1hand cross bow but I played dishonored =D

The MMO called ‘Rune$cape’ has 1 handed crossbows and you can wield it in both hands. So wielding a 1 handed cbow in your main hand and off-hand = awesome.
But that game died years ago. GUILD WARS 2 is in my heart forever! <3

lol runescape xD come on dude, we can’t compare GW2 to runescape…

I like giving the Theif something outside of the norm. You can’t say they’re not a magical class, they teleport, that’s not normal. Having a theif with an orb is no stranger than a heavy armored soldier with a staff or scepter, which is the Guardian. They’re not light armored priests, they’re soldiers, but they have mystic weapons available to them. Mesmers can dual wield swords like a warrior and carry greatswords, so why not give a thief an orb? Currently there are no Adventurers that use mystic weapons, while we have soldiers with them and scolars with martial ones.

The only thing that seems out of place here is the lack of elementalist.

I would rather be able to dual-wield Foci as an Elementalist. It would be pretty cool to have one in each hand. Especially my favorite; The Anomaly.

Sirendor.1394:

lol runescape xD come on dude, we can’t compare GW2 to runescape…

Where was the comparison to RS? He was just saying you could dual wield crossbows in RS, and it looked cool.

Kal Spiro.9745:

I like giving the Theif something outside of the norm. You can’t say they’re not a magical class, they teleport, that’s not normal. Having a theif with an orb is no stranger than a heavy armored soldier with a staff or scepter, which is the Guardian. They’re not light armored priests, they’re soldiers, but they have mystic weapons available to them. Mesmers can dual wield swords like a warrior and carry greatswords, so why not give a thief an orb? Currently there are no Adventurers that use mystic weapons, while we have soldiers with them and scolars with martial ones.

The only thing that seems out of place here is the lack of elementalist.

My thoughts exactly, the Thief Orb was simply my way of expanding the class’s definitions (plus they are the only medium class that could conceivably use any sort of magic).

Also, the Elementalist thing was an oversight. They were fully intended for inclusion.

Nittles.1582:

Sirendor.1394:

lol runescape xD come on dude, we can’t compare GW2 to runescape…

Where was the comparison to RS? He was just saying you could dual wield crossbows in RS, and it looked cool.

Hush, it wasn’t ment as an insult, was just having fun about it.
Also; the thief is not a magic class: his shadowstepping is what the name says: “Shadow Arts”. Shadow Arts mean, I would think, that you are able to use the Shadow in order to gain step into one place of shadow and come out of another (sort of a shadow path), or stealth (become one with the shadows).
That’s what I think was the original purpose, like we saw it with the Assassin in guild wars 1.

Sirendor.1394:

Nittles.1582:

Sirendor.1394:

lol runescape xD come on dude, we can’t compare GW2 to runescape…

Where was the comparison to RS? He was just saying you could dual wield crossbows in RS, and it looked cool.

Hush, it wasn’t ment as an insult, was just having fun about it.
Also; the thief is not a magic class: his shadowstepping is what the name says: “Shadow Arts”. Shadow Arts mean, I would think, that you are able to use the Shadow in order to gain step into one place of shadow and come out of another (sort of a shadow path), or stealth (become one with the shadows).
That’s what I think was the original purpose, like we saw it with the Assassin in guild wars 1.

Except that the Guild Wars 1 Assassin – which the Thief is derived from – had very clear magic. This included but was not limited to: the ability to siphon speed or strength from the foe, hex them with toxins or fear, put magical marks on them, throw magic daggers, knock them down from a distance with Entangling Asp, etc.

Mmh true, but I’d like to see the thief as a professional who is just that good that he can shadowstep over to other places, by using the shadow as a master.
Free to have other opinions in this ofcourse

two handed focus… hmm…

ele: PBAoE damage / buff / debuff options
necro: ranged buff / regen / flying minion
mesmer: ranged ray attacks / crowd control KD/KB skills
guardian: long range single target attacks and ground-target buff/debuff
thief: teleports / long range AoE stealth / buff/debuff

something like that?

roachsrealm.9284:

two handed focus… hmm…

ele: PBAoE damage / buff / debuff options
necro: ranged buff / regen / flying minion
mesmer: ranged ray attacks / crowd control KD/KB skills
guardian: long range single target attacks and ground-target buff/debuff
thief: teleports / long range AoE stealth / buff/debuff

something like that?

I was thinking more in terms of:

Ele: Crowd Control, debuffing, buffing. Reliable direct damage with little burst.

Necro: Direct damage pressure that inflicts poison on low health foes. Has backwards mobility to help the necro whittle them down.

Mesmer: Additional damage to moving targets, clones do little to no damage to stationary, considerable damage to moving targets, phantasms have slight knockback on their attack. Kiting-based.

Guardian: Condition damage ranged weapon that hits single targets with the auto and packs aoe buffs/debuffs.

Thief: Utility weapon based on mindgames – distract and blind and burn your foes with smoke and fire.

if thieves have crossbow

it will be awesome

like this girl in a particulare game:

I’d take a crossbow as a 1200 range thief weapon. Doesn’t even have to have any aoes. Just give it some nice single target control abilities and maybe a built in pull on #5 for 6 initiative.

i think the idea of crossbows is pretty good , both 1hand and 2hand, and if Anet were to add crossbows then i think rangers should have 2handed crossbows, personnaly i prefer longbows but crossbows would be a nice touch

I wasn’t aware that this was a crossbow thread, though I would agree that Crossbows are awesome.

Why not make it a focus?

sorry for turning this orb suggestion into a crossbow thing
iv made a crossbow thread if anyone thats interested