Guild Wars 2

Use your imagination or just take an already existing weapon from another profession. This is not a suggestion topic as much as an open discussion on what kind of flavor of a range weapon we would like if we were offered one.
I like the Scepter abilities but its visual and conceptual style are not to my liking.

So if I had to imagine a new ranged weapon I would choose:
Hand Blaster! Like Mega Man or like Goku, either is fine.

If I had to borrow I would choose:
Long Bow! My guardian using a golden long bow like the Zenith weapon…wow. Something very Greek gods about it lol

your turn.

All I want for christmas is the paragon spear.

Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

Because engi’s shouldn’t have exclusivity on a ’nade spec.

Sword-Staff, Like Dragon Age 2.

Auto attack could be long range sword waves similar to Sword 3. Other skills would be based around meditation style teleports/mobility.

That’s my dream..

I’m still holding out for a laser longbow.

Heck, wouldn’t mind seeing a Boomerang thrown in lol. Might make for some funny things, and if people got a problem with having a boomerang; call it a “spirit seeker” or something.

Skills:
Auto attack: Flies at the enemy dealing so-so damage
Flight of the pious: Removes conditions from any allies that it passes through, transferring them to any enemies hit by the weapon. (skill-shot skill :p)
Spirit rage: Toss a spirit seeker that explodes upon contact dealing aoe damage, and burning.

Offhand:
Spirit Wail: Release a burst that grants retaliation and protection on allies, and causes burning on enemies.
Wall of Judgement: Release a blast of light from the spirit seeker to create a barrier that reflects projectiles for a brief time. (3 second channel skill)

Just a thought.

I’ve thought a bit about what a new magic-oriented weapon might be, if they were adding them to the game, and I was thinking that an orb (like a crystal ball) wouldn’t be a bad choice. You could project beams from the orb at your enemies; maybe some kind of bouncing ray would be a nice complement to the scepter, and for guardian I’d guess it would probably have some defense-oriented skills. It might be a little too close in concept to focus, though.

That’s easy. Terrestrial spear a la GW1 Paragons.

I’d want maybe a tome (like the tome of wrath). A two-handed weapon so he holds it with one hand and casts spells with the other hand.

It’d be a mostly offensive very long range AoE weapon, since the scepter is more long range single target (besides the very short AoE).
I’d think the book would either burn the foe for fire splash dps and – maybe – on every third strike blind the foe. Then the other skills would either be a channelled fire dps skill which also removed conditions (like the torch) with maybe a fiery “blink” type skill that teleported you backwards as an extra dodge away from the enemy.

It’d give the guardian a medium-high dps long range weapon if they so wished, but sacrifice all the protect and regeneration from their other weapons. The book would also be in line with the theme of the guardian as an ancient holy tome, perhaps.

Christos de Soufre.3802:

That’s easy. Terrestrial spear a la GW1 Paragons.

It would validate my preparation for getting Kamohoali’i Kotaki, that’s for sure.

Gotta side with those who have looked to the guardians ancestor. The gw1 Paragon spear set to 1200 units. I’d even sacrifice one of out existing 2H weapons to get it…namely hammer..but that’s just my personal preference.

In that case I’m in the majority – Paragon spear.