Guild Wars 2

Please allow mesmers to wield longbows at some point.

Man that would be siiiiiiiick!!!!

Either that or make a bow wielding class that isn’t uber lame!
MESMERS NEED BOWS

Sincerely, me.

Longbow?…. LongNO.

At best I could see crossbows if they were added.

… You started this same topic only 5 days ago

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/For-the-expansion/first#post1726968

I would rather have a main hand pistol

And if we are going to get a bow, make it shortbows. That way we can use the Dreamer, the only legendary that looks like something a mesmer would use.

I agree that longbow classes aren’t much fun. But who cares. It’s a bow.

Main Hand Pistol or Whip instead, please.

Considering mesmers already have 2 ranged twohanders (Staff, greatsword), 4 offhands and yet only 1 viable mainhand (lolsceptre…)

What we really DON’T need is another ranged twohander, what we need is a half decent mainhand ranged weapon… like a pistol (Or, a total revamp of the sceptre)

Ryuujin.8236:

Considering mesmers already have 2 ranged twohanders (Staff, greatsword), 4 offhands and yet only 1 viable mainhand (lolsceptre…)

What we really DON’T need is another ranged twohander, what we need is a half decent mainhand ranged weapon… like a pistol (Or, a total revamp of the sceptre)

Total bullkitten, scepter rocks hard.

Cygnus.6903:

Ryuujin.8236:

Considering mesmers already have 2 ranged twohanders (Staff, greatsword), 4 offhands and yet only 1 viable mainhand (lolsceptre…)

What we really DON’T need is another ranged twohander, what we need is a half decent mainhand ranged weapon… like a pistol (Or, a total revamp of the sceptre)

Total bullkitten, scepter rocks hard.

It still suffers from something of an identity crisis. However, the change to Confusing Images does rock rather hard. That auto-attack chain, OTOH … Honestly, though –
I’d rather go MH Pistol than any Bow. We’re duelists, not snipers. Also, GS already
fits in as our “massive range” weapon.

Personaly I dont want another 2 h weapon, I rather see as other mentioned another of our OH to get a simmilar MH. Pistol would be best as this would lets us by 30 points in dueling get cd down on both s/s and P/P.

/Osicat

Bows don’t really suit the class – would be like giving a hammer to a thief, or a greatsword to an engi.

I agree that each class should have some new weapons added at some point, but there still needs to be some separation between the tools they have access to.

MH pistol is the first thing that the mesmer should get. Anything else is a bonus. I’m personally rooting for land based spear with tweaked abilities.

A hammer thief sounds pretty awesome actually. I just picture some theif leaping out of the shadows and thwacking an enemy square on the head with a sledge hammer, lol!

Dahkeus.8243:

A hammer thief sounds pretty awesome actually. I just picture some theif leaping out of the shadows and thwacking an enemy square on the head with a sledge hammer, lol!

Stealth attack: thief stealthily breaks bones in your legs to provide a on immobilize…stealthily breaking bones, that’s a thing, right?

Pyroatheist.9031:

Dahkeus.8243:

A hammer thief sounds pretty awesome actually. I just picture some theif leaping out of the shadows and thwacking an enemy square on the head with a sledge hammer, lol!

Stealth attack: thief stealthily breaks bones in your legs to provide a on immobilize…stealthily breaking bones, that’s a thing, right?

Since GW2 is basically an anime you can play…yes it’s a thing. Haha.

I could see Thief with Mace, more than Hammer. Think sap or billy club. Now, Hammers on Engi? It’d be like Torchlight 2, for ginormous wrenches.

jazzllanna.1278:

I would rather have a main hand pistol

I would also much rather have main hand pistol. We currently have only one ranged option for a 1h set up (scepter) and I’m sure I’m not alone in really hating that weapon. The slow wind up on attacks, the weak damage, and the auto clone generation. We already have pistol in our tool kit of weapons, so if they are going to add a new weapon for mesmers…it should be main hand pistol. I’d like this to have an alternative to the scepter (which auto generates normal clones with its basic attack). Having main hand pistol would still allow us to have a focus equipped and have a ranged weapon they could attach both a decent aoe effect to as well as a tactical clone generator ability…much like mh sword’s iLeap. I think great sword and staff already cover anything they could implement with a bow.

Pyroatheist.9031:

Dahkeus.8243:

A hammer thief sounds pretty awesome actually. I just picture some theif leaping out of the shadows and thwacking an enemy square on the head with a sledge hammer, lol!

Stealth attack: thief stealthily breaks bones in your legs to provide a on immobilize…stealthily breaking bones, that’s a thing, right?

Watch young Steven Segal…it’s totally a thing

What I want is a thread about weapon selection that doesnt turn into MAINHANDPISTOLNOWOMGNEEDIT. I agree that a bow seems somewhat unsuitable, though. I like the scepter would hope its further buffed/fixed to be a viable alternative to the sword. Giving it and the clones it makes confusion and/or other disablers would be nice.

Longbow seems pretty weird to me. I think we are fine with the weapons we have now actually.

Greatsword seemed like a weird concept to me on a caster but, dude its awesome on mesmer.

I think longbow on a mesmer would be really cool! !

I’ve talked to 2 devs about it already, lol.

Make it a melee weapon, like we have the greatsword as a ranged weapon. (Not sure how serious I am here)

Ryuujin.8236:

Considering mesmers already have 2 ranged twohanders (Staff, greatsword)

Wait…people use the staff at range?

Mastruq.2463:

What I want is a thread about weapon selection that doesnt turn into MAINHANDPISTOLNOWOMGNEEDIT. I agree that a bow seems somewhat unsuitable, though. I like the scepter would hope its further buffed/fixed to be a viable alternative to the sword. Giving it and the clones it makes confusion and/or other disablers would be nice.

RANGED DAGGERS, HERE I COME~~!

I took about a 4 month hiatus from GW2 and OMG!!! Did longbow Rangers get a buff?!?! They are sooooooo annoying. I know they were in huge need of a buff, so kudos to them, but OMG they make me e-rage in sPvP!!

MH Pistol. We only have 1 MH 1-hander (Scepter).

:D

Right, so we need the following:
- melee longbow/shortbow
- ranged hammer
- ranged (flying) daggers?
…
- MH pistol.

Oh and thief should get a new 2 hander – maybe a staff or spear?

A little piece of me dies inside everytime someone says a particular weapon doesn’t fit the Mesmer profile. We are a class based on strange, misleading and unorthodox attacks. Bows could easily be adapted to fit us. As I started in another post, they could be used like Klingon Battleths with the occasional shot fired, just to remind people that we are using a bow. Another idea came to me today. Ever watch Bleach? Quincies fight an awful lot like Mesmers, if you as me, and they ALL use bows!

As long as we’re in the topic of ridiculous weapon options – Thief + Greatsword, Engi + Scepter, Necro + Pistol, Ele + Shield, Mesmer + Rifle. (Warriors and Guardians can already use almost all the weapons, sorry :P ).

In a more trolltastic world: I’d like to get some whips or greaves up in this game.

OMG whips would be awesome!!!

Crossplay.2067:

A little piece of me dies inside everytime someone says a particular weapon doesn’t fit the Mesmer profile. We are a class based on strange, misleading and unorthodox attacks. Bows could easily be adapted to fit us. As I started in another post, they could be used like Klingon Battleths with the occasional shot fired, just to remind people that we are using a bow. Another idea came to me today. Ever watch Bleach? Quincies fight an awful lot like Mesmers, if you as me, and they ALL use bows!

The only thing is there has to be some restriction, otherwise you may as well give every class every weapon.

Yes I agree with you that you can make any weapon fit the mesmer because of the deception and not using things as they’re “meant” to be used, and I’m sure you could make most weapons fit most classes too, even things like a hammer thief or a rifle guardian.

I dunno, maybe they should give every class every weapon, with different class specific abilities and let the player decide for themselves what style they wish to go with.

I REALLY want a focus with a fan skin and MH focus, because THAT would be cool. Or the darkelf only weapons from sacred (forgot the name).

MH focus would be awesome – dual wield fans

Crossplay.2067:

A little piece of me dies inside everytime someone says a particular weapon doesn’t fit the Mesmer profile. We are a class based on strange, misleading and unorthodox attacks. Bows could easily be adapted to fit us. As I started in another post, they could be used like Klingon Battleths with the occasional shot fired, just to remind people that we are using a bow. Another idea came to me today. Ever watch Bleach? Quincies fight an awful lot like Mesmers, if you as me, and they ALL use bows!

…You know? I have to eat crow, and retract my anti-bow argument. Some of the crapola Quincies pull out could get retooled for Mesmer use. Other than that, I’d also sign up for:
Whips.
Thrown Daggers could be fun. Hell, Dagger OH could be pretty stylish by itself.

I’m fairly certain main hand pistol is a given now because so many people have requested it. I’m also hoping shortbows are implemented so I can rock the dreamer. For the longest, I wanted a whip but I think a 2-hand katana would be a better melee weapon. Iaijitsu has Mesmer written all over it!

Crossplay.2067:

I’m fairly certain main hand pistol is a given now because so many people have requested it.

Ahhhh, to be young and naive…