Guild Wars 2

I humbly request the devs to change the animation and name of hip shot to a more appropriate one that caters to scoped/iron sighted rifles, especially for our legendary rifle. No damage and range changes, just a name and animation change. Since its one of the few weapon attacks/skills that can go 1000/1200 range wouldn’t it be appropriate for us engineers to aim properly? You could just copy the shot animation of bleeding shot of the warriors if it burdensome to make a new one.

First and quite likely one of the few posts I’ll make.

I totally agree, it’s been bugging me for quite some time.

I agree, the engie has misunderstood how to handle a rifle properly. Hipshooting is for nubs!

It is due to the idea that engineer’s “rifle” is actually a shotgun. They just didn’t split it to it’s own weapon in development for some reason. Hip shooting a shotgun is easier than hip shooting a rifle and it makes more sense with the other shotgun like abilities our “rifle” has.

It wouldn’t make it less of a shotgun if hipshot were to use iron sights and as I said, only rifle skill #1 would have a different shot animation. Blunderbuss and Net shot would still be fired from the hip.

I hate this idea, unless one of the following modifications are made:

A) if it was dependant on using the ‘scoped’ trait (or whatever it’s called – the one that gives you crit chance while standing still). That trait changing the animation would make sense, since… well, what good is a ‘scope’ he never uses?

B) the animation is actually specific to rifle skins with a scope. This shouldn’t be too hard as far as I know since the warrior already has a shoulder-fire animation.

As for regular use, I quite like his style. Some guns (like my railgun) look awesome held that way (think the smartgun from Aliens if the marines’ guns were made by asura), and besides the warrior’s #2 rifle skill (named ‘aimed shot’ weirdly enough) playing an engineer is the only way to get the hipfire animation. If you want to aim from the shoulder you can, as things stand, use a warrior (which imo is better for sniping anyway, skill-wise – I’m making another warrior as soon as I’ve got that precursor).

Seriously? Of all the broken skill, non-functioning traits, and abilities that are broken, this is what you guys want to attempt to push the devs to invest their time in?

BakBakaa.2453:

It is due to the idea that engineer’s “rifle” is actually a shotgun. They just didn’t split it to it’s own weapon in development for some reason. Hip shooting a shotgun is easier than hip shooting a rifle and it makes more sense with the other shotgun like abilities our “rifle” has.

Hip shooting a shotgun might be marginally easier than hip shooting a rifle, but that doesn’t mean hip shooting a shotgun is ever a good idea.

Ugh, i really really hate hip shot’s animation.

coglin.1496:

Seriously? Of all the broken skill, non-functioning traits, and abilities that are broken, this is what you guys want to attempt to push the devs to invest their time in?

I picked Engineer because I want to look cool. Let me look the part.

And like others have said—I think they can do more than one thing at a time.

Yes, because we should change the class, hosing the rest of us, because it is what you think you need to be cool..

If your not cool, that is your problem. Takes one selfish and greedy attitude to demand we change the class just for you. Truly, embarrassing.

Yassu

It wouldn’t make it less of a shotgun if hipshot were to use iron sights

I have a feeling you’ve never actually fired a shotgun with it close to your head. There’s a huge difference between that and a rifle sight.

Also, I would rather see a shotgun weapon implemented before they ever turned engi rifle into actual rifle animations and such.

I agree they should change the animation. As it stands, Hip Shot LOOKS and ACTS soooo lame! (No offense to the devs..)

I agree Hip Shot looks lame. The animation is perfectly appropriate for the messy looking short range skills, but for a default attack and for Net Shot, it looks silly.

Warrior rifle animation is way better, engineer rifle hip shot is one of the worst animation, please change it Anet!

I agree, please change the animation

Agreed that its really a shotgun.. 4/5 skills are obviously close range, and it synergizes with the flamethrower so well, sooooo..

Totally agree with this, my friend got The Predator on his engineer and it totally stupid.

Totaly agree my Predator looks so ridiculous.

LoreChief.8391:

Yassu

It wouldn’t make it less of a shotgun if hipshot were to use iron sights

I have a feeling you’ve never actually fired a shotgun with it close to your head. There’s a huge difference between that and a rifle sight.

Also, I would rather see a shotgun weapon implemented before they ever turned engi rifle into actual rifle animations and such.

As much as I don’t like replying to a necro thread…

You seem to be trying to argue some point of realism here, so I just had to post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw5vtwJbt7k

No one trying to actually hit their target fires their shotgun from the hip at range.

If you are going to argue that you would fire a shotgun from the hip in CQC you can effectively say the same thing about all firearms.