Guild Wars 2

YES THIEF RIFLE! Now to prayer that the leaks are true.

I hope it’s 100% fake… I don’t want another set of “elite” specialization that makes all other previous utilities worthless.

We all know how many builds HoT brought to the table… no thank you, Anet can keep their elite spec ideas in a very dark closet.

Shortbow?? I hope this is fake… I don’t want to play support

I do NOT want to be support at all….ever…..

I would enjoy support but sb after we just had lb? It’s such a bad joke it’s probably true.

Lel, if you don’t wanna support, feel free to use DH (or a profession that isn’t supposed to be focused on support). Not that I believe this leak is real.

Lahmia.2193:

YES THIEF RIFLE! Now to prayer that the leaks are true.

The much more convincing leaks imply that thieves are getting rifles too.

Not sure why people are so opposed to support. It generally means you’ll have a far better chance to join groups for high end stuff. Better than being stuck with a “dps” spec that doesn’t do much dps (no I’m not referring to Dragonhunter).

Very very likely that this is completely or mostly fake news.

Just FYI for anyone curious, this is a supposed leak that was posted on the GW2 reddit some hours ago.

I doubt this is anything more than a dubious rumour though:

A lot of the info presented in the leak highly contradicts leaked info that other players have. Namely, the “papaya” leak which is from the same guy who leaked the gen 2 legendary mace and eternal coliseum pvp map.

Just from the perspective of guardian leaks alone though:

They are highly unlikely. The leak mentions nothing of tomes (which we are most likely going to receive in some form or fashion for this expac). It’s preposing we get shortbow which is extremely unlikely given that we just got longbow. Also, a second minion utility (spirits) seems very unlikely given that we already have spirit weapons. Taken together though: giving guardians shortbow AND spirits would push us even further into becoming rangers…. we already got longbow and traps last expac, it would be a very odd and ill-received move on the dev team’s part.

Arcaedus.7290:

Very very likely that this is completely or mostly fake news.

Just FYI for anyone curious, this is a supposed leak that was posted on the GW2 reddit some hours ago.

I doubt this is anything more than a dubious rumour though:

A lot of the info presented in the leak highly contradicts leaked info that other players have. Namely, the “papaya” leak which is from the same guy who leaked the gen 2 legendary mace and eternal coliseum pvp map.

Just from the perspective of guardian leaks alone though:

They are highly unlikely. The leak mentions nothing of tomes (which we are most likely going to receive in some form or fashion for this expac). It’s preposing we get shortbow which is extremely unlikely given that we just got longbow. Also, a second minion utility (spirits) seems very unlikely given that we already have spirit weapons. Taken together though: giving guardians shortbow AND spirits would push us even further into becoming rangers…. we already got longbow and traps last expac, it would be a very odd and ill-received move on the dev team’s part.

Engineer’s already had an AI creature and got Gyros with Scrapper. So the idea of 2 AI’s isn’t a long shot.

shortbow is fake news

I find it funny that people post this kind of speculation without any source or based theories on it. Also that next expansion might bring new specs doesnt mean you’re screwed. You dont -HAVE- to use it. Look at condi engi for pve for example. Despite scrapper the core engi build is still mainly used.

That post was mostly rubbish with some old information put into it to add authenticity, it’s goal was to manipulate the price of Sawgill Mushrooms and make the poster rich.

Over on Reddit more recently however…

Krysard.1364:

As it has been said before, guard is proly getting axe, so yeah

Now THIS leak I like!

BlaqueFyre.5678:

All I can say is beware Guardians….

How do you like them projectile reflects? :p

RabbitUp.8294:

BlaqueFyre.5678:

All I can say is beware Guardians….

How do you like them projectile reflects? :p

I don’t mind them at all since I normally kitten on a P/P melting 95% of alone DHs I run into. It’s like most DHs don’t know what a reflect is. But they are used to letting the class almost play itself lol

Well, stomping noobs is all thiefs are good for anyway

knowing how Anet balances stuff, i hope they are fake news.

We’ll get Axe on main hand. Seems like medium range ~600 like Necros.

Mikau.6920:

We’ll get Axe on main hand. Seems like medium range ~600 like Necros.

more pve dedicated crap for sure.

Aeolus.3615:

Mikau.6920:

We’ll get Axe on main hand. Seems like medium range ~600 like Necros.

more pve dedicated crap for sure.

Thank god

This pve “crap” is what the class needs, because right now, they have been reduced to tier 2 dps, with no support to offer. The class became as selfish as necro and thief.

RabbitUp.8294:

Aeolus.3615:

Mikau.6920:

We’ll get Axe on main hand. Seems like medium range ~600 like Necros.

more pve dedicated crap for sure.

Thank god

This pve “crap” is what the class needs, because right now, they have been reduced to tier 2 dps, with no support to offer. The class became as selfish as necro and thief.

pve crap = every one competes to be top dps and key spammer, not actually class design in roles,and evenif classes do that, it will more imbalance to add to pvp game modes since alot of builds dont sacrifice much due their nessecity to pleasure pve players.~

if Anet tryed to add roles with HoT specs they did a awfull job…

If you think party composition is based on who does the most personal dps, you are mistaken.

when i dropepd pve was, still game hasnt improved much, based on gimmicks or dps race isnt much of a diference.

theres to much mindless spam compared with alot of mmo’s, even gw1 was a clever game in pve..

There are optimal rotations for every class, just because you spam random buttons doesn’t mean the gameplay isn’t there.

RabbitUp.8294:

There are optimal rotations for every class, just because you spam random buttons doesn’t mean the gameplay isn’t there.

i dont.

and the gap between optimal builds and no optimal it quite big, that is what im trying to say.

Forcing players to play gimmick rotations isnt good. either, ive been there and i didnt liked and in some i felst carried, i jagte to play and feel caried.

Nobody is forcing you to play these rotations, it’s what the players themselves come up with after hours of testing and optimizing.

Pve will always be about finding the optimal solution, because the problem is static, this is how it is for all games. There’s no adapting to the situation on the spot, it’s about being prepared for it beforehand, learning the mechanics, honing your playstyle. The mechanics are static, bosses have patterns, it’s like a puzzle, you know the rules, it’s all on strategy and execution.

Pvp is different, more chaotic, because you don’t know what you are going to face, especially in gw2, where the same class can have very different builds. And there’s aplayer behing your opponent making desicions on the fly.

Each mode has their own skill requirements. No one is superior over the other, and saying pve has no roles, no strategy, just mindless spam is false. There’s a reason we are not all qT, and it’s because most of us do the mindless spamming.