Guild Wars 2

FrizzFreston.5290:

King Cephalopod.7942:

FrizzFreston.5290:

If shortbow should be removed because only two professions can us it then mace should follow suit and be removed too.

Or you know, its a reason to put in elitespecs that use a shortbow. And maces.

Stylistically mace is the one-handed counterpart to the two-handed hammer. Shortbow is the two-handed counterpart to the two-handed longbow. All professions (2+rev) that can use a mainhand mace can also use a hammer. Warrior can also use offhand mace. The only profession that uses both short and longbows is Ranger. It’s not a valid comparison. But I agree it’s too late to undo now, so might as well up the SB user numbers with elite specs.

I was being sarcastic. Removing any weapon because only x profession use it is a silly argument. It would mean introducing any new types of weapon would need to be used by multiple professions to be “good”. Uniqueness and originality are not something to be shunned in any game.

But the bow types are not unique. They’re curved sticks of wood using the same skin (Except at the legendary weapons. Where I personally think the legendaries are backward).

My suggestion wasn’t to “Remove” the Shortbow, but to merge it and longbow. Only one class has any distinction between the two.