Guild Wars 2

it look like thief with torch 1:46-1:48 (15 character length)

What time in video?

1:46-1:48 (15 character length)

Whatever it is the flame texture itself is black.

Attachement added to show it.

If you are talking about the character running to the left. It’s most likely a Necromancer.
Edit: It’s also wearing the light armor feathered head piece.

Blazinflames.8415:

If you are talking about the character running to the left. It’s most likely a Necromancer.
Edit: It’s also wearing the light armor feathered head piece.

Focus isnt a main hand for neco, neither is torch. It’s already confirmed Necro gets GS.
Also, that hood is whispers medium

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Whisper%27s_Secret_armor_%28medium%29

Torch isn’t main hand for anybody and its really not likely to become main hand for a specialty since the pricing of off handed weapons is different (cheaper).

I guess this means warriors get staff so they’ll be the martial artist monk spec.

The character in TexZero’s shreenshot loks like it’s activating fire attunement at one point.

Pretty sure that’s not a thief. They don’t have the blurred dodge animation.

That’s an Order of Whispers scepter – not a torch at all.

Also confirmed that is DEFINITELY the light Inquest pants.

The character to the right is probably a thief though, but it’s carrying a shortbow.

Considering that the character in that video is wearing medium armor, and also considering that the two other medium armor professions’ weapons are known already, I guess that means thieves are getting scepters?

Feathered head piece, order of whispers scepter, no blurred dodge – not a thief.

Edit: Upon further watching its using necromancer auto scepter at 2:46

This can be only a Mesmer or Necromancer.

However, a Torch would be for a Thief Specialization a nice and perfect choice for becoming Saboteurs as a Weapon, that creates shadows from its source of light, its the most perfect weapon to perform more constant Shadow Steps or an improved form of Shadow Steps > Shadow Walks.

Based on Thief Specialization possibilities, anything of these would make sense:

Rogue = Longbow or Axe or Mace or Quarterstaff
Infiltrator = Longbow
Saboteur = Torch or Mace
Brawler = Quarterstaff (New Weapon Type required)
Assassin = Offhand Sword
Gunslinger = Rifle

I personally hope, we will see as Thief Specialization first the Infiltrator with Longbows as a Specialization, that focuses more on Stealth and Venoms with finally a proper silent Weapon of 1200 range that fits to the style of the Thief.
This, or the Saboteur with Torch or Mace woudl be awesome that focuses in this case on Trickery and Traps.

But the first option I’d prefer alot more, because I like that playstyle more

No confirmation but based on the reveal trailer i’d bet on rifle spec for thieves, and i like it so much

You know it could just be a ranger ==

Well no sice it’s confirmed they got the staff..he could be an engi, but unlikely given the armor skin. Totally possible tho. It’s just my bet, as i said.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Whisper%27s_Secret_Scepter.jpg

It’s the scepter.

That guy has a Scepter Main hand and Dagger off hand.
Is he wearing adventure armor?

Is Anet Art team trolling again?

Because I notice he doesnt do anything other than run around.

That guy has a Scepter Main hand and Dagger off hand.
Is he wearing adventure armor?

I looked pretty closely. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on the person) that is definitely a Necromancer. It’s a Scepter/Dagger necromancer with a feather helm and inquest pants, which you can clearly see at about 2:50. Without a doubt that person is a necromancer.

That said, it doesn’t rule it out entirely. I do think it’d be interesting, but I’m fairly confident that it’ll be rifle.

It’s difficult to lead stuff out of the trailer footage. Some footage is clearly to demonstrate new stuff players can do, like the Engineer swinging a hammer around. But other parts of the footage contains a certain level of artistic freedom, remember the Spear thing? Yah, that was an artist doing something new, that isn’t actually happening.

So unless the trailer specifically draws attention to it, like the Engineer or the Ranger, it could really just be for show.

That being said, my money is on Rifle for Thief. Mostly because it could perfectly fill up something Thieves completely lack, a weapon for beyond 900 range.

Thief is getting a rifle. Mark it.

phokus.8934:

Thief is getting a rifle. Mark it.

Preach! I’m so thrilled.

I hope for staff or greatsword.

In a way, I’m kind of glad it’s just a necro. Rifle thieves seem more appealing to me. Doesn’t explain the black flames though, where did those come from I wonder?

Terrahero.9358:

It’s difficult to lead stuff out of the trailer footage. Some footage is clearly to demonstrate new stuff players can do, like the Engineer swinging a hammer around. But other parts of the footage contains a certain level of artistic freedom, remember the Spear thing? Yah, that was an artist doing something new, that isn’t actually happening.

So unless the trailer specifically draws attention to it, like the Engineer or the Ranger, it could really just be for show.

That being said, my money is on Rifle for Thief. Mostly because it could perfectly fill up something Thieves completely lack, a weapon for beyond 900 range.

Lol there isn’t going to be much artistic freedom in gameplay footage. This isn’t a trailer, it’s recorded footage of in-game. They don’t put cowtapults in it for artistic freedom, you can actually use them period.

As for the rest of the video, hope people can distill more info and speculation from it (although the Thief torch/scepter might be debunked) but what I was excited about is TENGU! @ 2:22. Yeah, it’s an NPC but I like Tengu. We need more of them.

Hoping they’d get a rifle. A long ranged direct damage 2hand weapon should round out the class nicely.

yeah with longbow beign the better choice :P
Don’t understand what people have all with their rifles, when longbows are much nicer and are more fitting to the overall Thief Theme of invading places quiet and unseen in stealth There have rifles no place.

At leasts its absolutely not what I would want to see as the first Thief Specialization.. somewhen later sure with something like Gunslinger… but I hope for god’s sake, rifle won’t be put in with their first specialization..

Don’t want to wait until the next specializations come, until Thiefs get a better Spec that doesn#t use these silly rifles, when everything that is the reason for why people want rifles is just only, so that thieves get a 1200 range weapon too.

so, if thats really all for the reasoning, longbows can do this job too and look better at it

However, I start to ask myself, if Thieves get a ranged weapon even at all and not maybe Torches or Axes/Maces instead, cause of basically confirmedly Guardians receiving already Longbows, if Anet should follow the thought, that every Specialization will get a new weapon which won’t repeat itself perhaps with other specializations.

So far, each weapon that we know up hsa been a different one, no repeats.

Mesmer = Shield
Necromancer = Greatsword
Engineer = Hammer
Ranger = Staff
Guardian = “Longbow”, not really officially confirmed yet, but the latest trailer is so obvious…

So the left out weapons so far are:

Dagger, Shortbow, Rifle, Sword, Axe, Mace, Pistol, Scepter, Focus, Torch, Warhorn

and there are basically 4 Professions left from which we don#t know, what they wil lget yet.

Thief, Elementalist, Warrior and Revenant from which we event don’t know yet all of itd Standard Weapons that it can use and what its Specialization adds on top of it.

Warriors already have nearly everything.
They miss on Dagger, Torch, Shortbow, Pistol, Focus, Staff and Scepter, where only Dagger and Torch would make sense, other Specializations should get new Weapon Types rather, like Great Axes or Halberds

Thieves are missing on Longbows, Rifles, Axes, Maces, Torches, Warhorns, Shields, Staves, Scepters, Focus and sense of these would make only LB, Rifle, Axes, Maces and Torch

Elementalists will I think receive Swords, but thats just a wild guess, or if ANet should go for the easy route of Ele Specializations and start with something like the Pyromancer, then its most likely clear, that they would get Torches then.
in case of the HoT them, Pyromancer would make even the most sense, because plants are best destroyed with Fire.
Anet said already, that the Druid uses the powers of the jungle, so I guess, the specializations are also somehow tied a bit to the story and location of GW2, that we will see for now specializatinos, that maske mostly sense for playing part in a big jungle in which that kind of character progression starts for all for the first time.

hmm, speculations over speculations, so more I think over it, so more I want to get to know finally something official ^^

Leo G.4501:

Terrahero.9358:

It’s difficult to lead stuff out of the trailer footage. Some footage is clearly to demonstrate new stuff players can do, like the Engineer swinging a hammer around. But other parts of the footage contains a certain level of artistic freedom, remember the Spear thing? Yah, that was an artist doing something new, that isn’t actually happening.

So unless the trailer specifically draws attention to it, like the Engineer or the Ranger, it could really just be for show.

That being said, my money is on Rifle for Thief. Mostly because it could perfectly fill up something Thieves completely lack, a weapon for beyond 900 range.

Lol there isn’t going to be much artistic freedom in gameplay footage. This isn’t a trailer, it’s recorded footage of in-game. They don’t put cowtapults in it for artistic freedom, you can actually use them period.

As for the rest of the video, hope people can distill more info and speculation from it (although the Thief torch/scepter might be debunked) but what I was excited about is TENGU! @ 2:22. Yeah, it’s an NPC but I like Tengu. We need more of them.

There is enough artistic freedom to have caused mass-confusion about whether or not Spears were going to be a land weapon.
NPC’s wielding weapon combo’s that players can’t is nothing new. NPC’s are not bound to the same equipment limitations. So seeing an NPC in a backdrop, we what looks like “Thief” gear with a Rifle proves absolutely nothing.

At 3:00-3:02 there’s a charr dressed in black with a dagger, leaping and stabbing twice. The animation has a bit too much blue glow to be heartseeker – can anyone tell from the armour if it’s a possible revenant?

Adrian Guardian.9480:

At 3:00-3:02 there’s a charr dressed in black with a dagger, leaping and stabbing twice. The animation has a bit too much blue glow to be heartseeker – can anyone tell from the armour if it’s a possible revenant?

Heartseeker has always been blue.