Short-bow need more love?

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Posted by: EdwinLi.1284

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So with the revealing of 2nd Expansion most likely a few more episodes away, if lucky maybe reveal this upcoming episode,…

Do you think Shortbow weapon needs more love by introducing a Short-bow Elite Specualization for a Profession?

If so which profession do you think may get it?

For me I think any Professions that does not have shortbow, except Guardian since it just got the longbow elite spec, yet would be fine as long it makes Short-bow used more within the playbase while also being fun to use.

Even if it means giving it to Engineer 2nd Elite Spec or maybe a Elementalist, Mesmer, Necromancer, Warrior, or Revenant.

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Posted by: roamzero.9486

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Eh, I’d rather not see what happened to SB what happened to LB with DH (superior to LB Ranger just about every way, and it was supposed to be a signature weapon for Ranger).

Anet plz just rethink Ranger’s SB and make Thief’s SB more than just a utility weapon.

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Posted by: Zephyra.4709

Zephyra.4709

I’d like to see revenant get a SB as perhaps a condi weapon. Hammer is the only ranged weapon and it’s power based for them.

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Posted by: Pie Flavor.1647

Pie Flavor.1647

SB is meta for thief in wvw and pvp, and it’s meta for condi ranger for raids, literally one of the best weapons available atm, next to the torch or the scepter.

And I am become kitten, the destroyer of kittens

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Posted by: EdwinLi.1284

EdwinLi.1284

SB is meta for thief in wvw and pvp, and it’s meta for condi ranger for raids, literally one of the best weapons available atm, next to the torch or the scepter.

Wouldn’t this basically imply that Short-bow needs some love for a Power style build? Its only use fall into conditional damage only build and as a result not many people use Short-bows because Power build is still favored more than condition builds due to faster direct damage to the target.

Though it would be interesting if they can create a Short-bow elite spec that has a rounded damage focus on both Power and Condition damage thus giving players the choice between focusing on Power, Condition or Both styles of damage which would also give players choices between Berserker (High direct damage but low condition), Sinister (High condition but low direct damage), or Viper (a bit of both for a rounded damage to handle a enemy that can either be high in defense against direct damage or condition damage)

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Posted by: OriOri.8724

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I think a shortbow mesmer would be a really fun class to play.

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Posted by: Linken.6345

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Eh, I’d rather not see what happened to SB what happened to LB with DH (superior to LB Ranger just about every way, and it was supposed to be a signature weapon for Ranger).

Anet plz just rethink Ranger’s SB and make Thief’s SB more than just a utility weapon.

Dont worry Ranger will shine again when we get Rifle.

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Posted by: zealex.9410

zealex.9410

i root for shortbow for mesmer tbh i have an idea of what i want it to play like but yeah the idea of a shortbow mesmer excites me.

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Posted by: zealex.9410

zealex.9410

Eh, I’d rather not see what happened to SB what happened to LB with DH (superior to LB Ranger just about every way, and it was supposed to be a signature weapon for Ranger).

Anet plz just rethink Ranger’s SB and make Thief’s SB more than just a utility weapon.

Dont worry Ranger will shine again when we get Rifle.

or pistol according to leaks

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Linken.6345

Eh, I’d rather not see what happened to SB what happened to LB with DH (superior to LB Ranger just about every way, and it was supposed to be a signature weapon for Ranger).

Anet plz just rethink Ranger’s SB and make Thief’s SB more than just a utility weapon.

Dont worry Ranger will shine again when we get Rifle.

or pistol according to leaks

Much rather have mace so we hopefully get a aa main hand that dont simulate a leaping frog.

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Posted by: EdwinLi.1284

EdwinLi.1284

Eh, I’d rather not see what happened to SB what happened to LB with DH (superior to LB Ranger just about every way, and it was supposed to be a signature weapon for Ranger).

Anet plz just rethink Ranger’s SB and make Thief’s SB more than just a utility weapon.

Dont worry Ranger will shine again when we get Rifle.

honetly the Dragonhunter incident was mostly due to how there was no story set up for a Guardian using a Longbow weapon and the name for the Elite Spec did not releate to a Guardian in anyway.

A Power type Short-bow Elite Spec will certainly not take away Ranger and Thief postion as the Shortbow Condition Profession and having a proper name related to the Core Profession will certainly be more accepted than Dragon Hunter was.

or pistol according to leaks

I am curious why kind of function this Pistol Elite Spec may have for Ranger in both utility and main unique gameplay fucntion if this is the next elite spec.

As for short-bow elite spec, I personally think Short-bow being the Engineer’s trapper Elite Spec fits far more than Guardian’s Dragon Hunter elite spec because making traps is still a type of Engineering skill.

Though the Elite Specs unique function will be in question but maybe the unique function could be ammo adjustment function where the Toolbelt, F1 to F5 skills, are replaced into Special Ammo toolbelt which each Ammo changing the Main Weapon’s skills into new skills based on what Ammo the Engineer uses.

Of course that would mean Engineer will have 5 sets of different skills for Rifle, Pistols, Shield, and Short-bow each but think of this as the “Kits” for Primary weapons so Engineer can focus on using their utility slots for their things other than kits such as their Traps and other Utility skills hardly used because they needed to sacrifice room for Kits as Scrapper and Core Profession.

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Posted by: Sartharina.3542

Sartharina.3542

Revenant needs a condi (Burn-focused) shortbow specialization. We then get Pyre Fierceshot, a Soldier class can use Chuka, and Revenants get a condition Ranged weapon.

Mesmer shortbow would also be nice (Why can’t mesmers use the Dreamer?)

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Posted by: Ookamikun.6472

Ookamikun.6472

Thief has a shortbow? I thought it only was Infiltrator’s Arrow. :P

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Posted by: Zlater.6789

Zlater.6789

I think shortbow on thief is an amazing weapon, like it’s a utility weapon, but every skill is useful, actually extremely useful without being ovedpowered.

A spammable blast finisher/ good aoe, an evade/ repositioning skill, one of the few pulsing are poison fields into the game that can be blasted for weakness, and infiltrators arrow, which doesn’t need an intro. Not only that it’s 1skill can also immobilise.