Guild Wars 2

Dear Devs.I understand you cant give out vital information, like what you are getting in to game, but i would like to know still, if there is a plan atleast to give Thief or Ranger a Rifle as weapon.

I been struggling since almost a month, now to pick a class i like, and finally decided to play something that has a fitting class for “the Predator” rifle.
But basically, Engineers use rifles more like a cc helper, shotgun, instead of a real “rifle”, even trough they are fun in other parts. its not my thing.
And Warriors are not really ment to be some snipers. And i dont prefer a plate class for that role anyway. Even if i would, if i heard right, it is quite boring to “shoot shoot shoot shoot” all day, since there is no real build araund it, and it bacame a bit under powered.

So my question is : Will rangers or Thief get a Rifle? With a decent ranged dd skill setup? Or can we wait an awnser in near future atleast?
Exuse my bad english.