Guild Wars 2

I saw a few NPC’s with spears out of water. Do you think we’d be getting spears as a new weapon?

The problem with adding new weapon types is that it’ll forever increase the workload. Future black lion sets for example would need to include spears.

The trick with elite specializations is that they can actually give you the same weapons over and over. They couldn’t do that forever however without amassing complaints.

What an NPC uses doesn’t mean anything. The watchknights have been using halberds for several years now. Spears were however added to GW1 with Elona, which has been hinted to be the target of the next expansion. If that turns out to be the case, it’s now or never.

Healix.5819:

The problem with adding new weapon types is that it’ll forever increase the workload. Future black lion sets for example would need to include spears.

The trick with elite specializations is that they can actually give you the same weapons over and over. They couldn’t do that forever however without amassing complaints.

What an NPC uses doesn’t mean anything. The watchknights have been using halberds for several years now. Spears were however added to GW1 with Elona, which has been hinted to be the target of the next expansion. If that turns out to be the case, it’s now or never.

they’ve said that they wanted first to give more options to each class before making new weapons furtherore remember that marjory the npc used gs also they went into the trouble of making some anmations of classes work with the spear (halberd) so why not? I’d love a halberd based elite spec maybe warr or guard.

Healix.5819:

The problem with adding new weapon types is that it’ll forever increase the workload. Future black lion sets for example would need to include spears.

The trick with elite specializations is that they can actually give you the same weapons over and over. They couldn’t do that forever however without amassing complaints.

What an NPC uses doesn’t mean anything. The watchknights have been using halberds for several years now. Spears were however added to GW1 with Elona, which has been hinted to be the target of the next expansion. If that turns out to be the case, it’s now or never.

I hope that Elona will bring back the Sunspears and expand on Palawa Joko… Out of the trilogy, I enjoyed Nightfall’s story more. I just hope if they do bring spears in to the game, it’s not just a Paragon’s javelin.

If they didn’t increase the workload, we’d just end up with the same thing over and over again. That would get boring really fast. I think HoT was just a way to increase weapon diversity by recycling weapons, and adding in new skills. I don’t think there’s any way but to add more weapons in the game like the great axe, polearms, etc…)

But PVP on the other hand… not sure how they’re gonna dodge that bullet.

zealex.9410:

furtherore remember that marjory the npc used gs

That’s true, as Necromancers can now use greatswords. Was she using it already before the release of HoT? I remember her starting this habit with LWS2, when her sister imbued her soul into her greatsword.

zealex.9410:

also they went into the trouble of making some anmations of classes work with the spear (halberd) so why not? I’d love a halberd based elite spec maybe warr or guard.

Halberds and spears are not the same thing. A staff comes closer to a halberd than any spear. I do hope we will get new weapon types at some point, that would be fun, even more so than new races.

As you aswell see the Seraph’s Soldiers are equipping Ascaloniain weapon type of battle spear!

Which meeaaans.... they’ll create battle Spears for every weapon set !
Battlespear confirmed!