Guild Wars 2

I posted this in the human lore thread, but actually it applies to any race. I’m sure this suggestion has been made, but I do miss the idea of throwing spears. It was a fun weapon mechanic; one you don’t see too often in games, to be honest.

I think there should be two types of spears introduced in this game:

1. Polearms, halberds, or lances for the heavy classes. It’d be a melee weapon, obviously, and one they could pair with an offhand shield, sword, etc. Anet could use some animations from warrior banners, now that I think about it.

2. Throwing spears, javelins, or harpoons for lighter classes. Magically-charged javelins for elementalists would be nice, kinda like how the magic bow works in Dragon’s Dogma (if you’re a magick archer). I’d love for my water-ele to throw hydro-javelins (I like water-based skills more than ice). Plus, it’d give elementalists another physical weapon choice besides just daggers, which would be a welcome addition, in my opinion.

So yeah, that’s a bit of what I’ve got. Sorry if it’s been said before. I’d like to hear if anyone else has ideas for spears and javelins.

Apologies for bumping, but I am curious to know if new weapon types like these are a possibility for future updates/expansions. The paragon was a fun profession in GW1, mostly for the javelin-throwing, in my opinion. I would hope that we might see its return someday (the spear, I mean).

They have stated they are looking into new weapons. It will probably only happen when they open up Cantha or Elona, though. Or bring out an expansion, which is pretty much the same thing, anyways.

It would make sense to have the current underwater spears be usable on land, maybe through an autoswitch system that changes your 5 skills depending whether you’re in water or land. I guess classes that don’t use spears now could add the feature (for land), likely according to the two types OP mentioned.

Thanks, guys!

Since the paragon class was part of the Nightfall expansion, I think it’d make sense to introduce spears/javelins if and when we get access to Elona (like what BigfootArisen suggested).

I’m not sure if all underwater weapons should be made available for use on land, like the harpoon gun and the trident, but I do think that spears should not be limited in this way. I still feel strongly about giving elementalists another physical-type weapon though, so here’s hoping we something regarding spears in the future.