Guild Wars 2

Ok so I know there has been a lot of threads about this but this is my opinion. At the moment what we mesmers are really lacking is a mid range direct damage weapon. Now lots of people have said mh pistol but what I feel would fit better is a shortbow.

I admit I haven’t really thought about the abilities yet :p but I was thinking for the auto attack it. Could be a mix between the thief bounce attack and the speed of the rangers shortbow auto attack. With regards to summon clone it could be a leap back and summon a clone that casts auto attack at your original position, like ranger shortbow 3 ability I think it is.

What do you guys feel about this, the only reason I make this thread is because I don’t think many people have really considered the shortbow. If they have I haven’t seen it and sorry if I missed it.

Feel free to discuss and sorry for any grammar mistakes I’m dyslexic. :p

Really? Another shortbow person? Or are you the same guy from months ago that kept going on about a shortbow?

haha no i haven’t seen that thread yet. :p But i do ask why you seem so negative about the shortbow?

Shortbow on a mesmer? lol that just seems silly. It really doesn’t fit with the theme. MH pistol makes sense though.

Thematically, I would much rather my mes running around with a MH pistol rather than a bow for a mid-range (600 to 900) direct damage weapon.

Before that I would love MH dagger as a melee condition weapon! We can already use a sword and a big sword, so why not a little sword?

Just please never give Mesmer axes, maces, hammers, shields, bows or a rifle. Although I personally feel that GS should have been a rifle in the first place. Purely aesthetic change, but one for the better.

Ahh but Entropy was maddde for mesmers. I’d love to see a hammer phantasm lol, though you are probably right we don’t need anything but a pistol and a dagger.

Hygric.2705:

I would love MH dagger as a melee condition weapon! We can already use a sword and a big sword, so why not a little sword?

Warrior can use both as well, might rethink that lol.

MH pistol ftw! shortbow wouldn’t make sense for a magic duelist mobility class lol

but but but pony bow and rainbows!

isn’t the end goal of the devs for all classes to pretty much have every weapon

See, I like SBs honestly, but after playing my mes for a while, I’ve just come to really appreciate the 1h weps for trading out functionality. The reason I’d like MH pistol is to both dual wield pistol and have a ranged option to combine with OH Sword, pistol and Focus. OH sword is a block and a 1200 ranged phant (one of the best), so i’d probably roll that alongside pistol, so long as it works well as a midranged power wep.

I suppose we COULD dual wield focus… (foci?) but that’s a bit outside the box. Full reflect tank? Could be fun

I also agree that for what GS does, a rifle would have probably worked (looked) better, but to be honest, if Rifle worked like the current GS, I’d still avoid it for the most part. I think daggers would end up being more like “throwing daggers” to stay with the “mesmer theme”. If’n we’re gonna gut someone, we gotta be doin it with style.

Guardian.5142:

I think daggers would end up being more like “throwing daggers” to stay with the “mesmer theme”. If’n we’re gonna gut someone, we gotta be doin it with style.

haha, backstab mesmer :P

Guardian.5142:

I think daggers would end up being more like “throwing daggers” to stay with the “mesmer theme”.

Mesmer shurikens, gogogogogo!

My guesses …

Old Weapons:
Necromancer – Greatsword
Guardian – Longbow
Ranger – Rifle
Elementalist – Sword / Torch
Mesmer – Pistol / Dagger
Thief – Mace / Mace
Warrior – Staff
Engineer – Hammer

New Class-Specific Weapons:
Necromancer – Scythe
Guardian – Halberd
Ranger – Spear
Elementalist – Chakram
Mesmer – Whip
Warrior – Flail
Engineer – Rocket Launcher / RPG

I guess I understand what you guys mean by more functionality with a mh pistol but I love the play style of a shortbow so that’s what I will be hoping for. Another question do we have any clue when we might be seeing new weapons.

I’d like to have a Mace and a Shield on my Mesmer

Haha that would be quite funny or a hammer :p

Dagger/Pistol and maybe give pistol a smoke field or something. Then maybe a dagger leap could be cool?

No, but seriously MH Pistol with existing. Whip if something new.

A mage type class wearing a pistol is same absurd as wearing a bow. That’s why it fits

However I don’t doubt about seeing a Mesmer wearing a dagger, pistol, shortbow or a fan or whip.

I think the best would be either MH-pistol or shield because we already have phantasm with these weapons^^

I see no problem with Mesmers wielding a shortbow. Rather than a physical gun with magical bullets. Just use Quincies (from Bleach) as reference.
Longbow would be another story …

I also don’t like dagger or mace on mesmer.
I’d prefer Shield and Hammer (Jester-like) . And of course MH focus.

Id say we could use an actual main hand pistol build on mesmer (currently only on off hand)

Ranger: Give ranger a 2h hammer build so that people can spec bunny thumper again 8D Nante does it so why not us too.

Mesmer: pistol on main hand would somewhat fit

Overall: please give us scythe and javelin back im missing nightfall Q_Q Having scythe on necros mesmer ele and warrior could be funny but using javelin as a new ranged weapon for Ranger warrior and guardian would be legendary

still fan, whip, 2 1 handed scythes chained to each other, javelin, crossbow, what else? shuriken? xD

Honestly though, I bet Anet can make shortbow good on mesmers. I thought pistol wouldn’t suit mesmers either at first but it’s pretty cool.
That being said, I’d prefer to see some other weapons on mesmer.

I think an OH shield would be pretty awesome, there are some shields out there that would suit a mesmer.
A MH dagger might be fun too I guess.

dual pistol mesmer? doesn’t our pistol phantasm have dual pistols? makes sense to me, give me a mh pistol.

We have 3 ranged weapons and only 1 melee option. When/if they offer new weapon choices, I would hope that it would be melee.

MH Pistol. MH Whip. MH Cane. MH Fan.

Bumbler.7581:

We have 3 ranged weapons and only 1 melee option. When/if they offer new weapon choices, I would hope that it would be melee.

Yay, Mace!
I really DO love maces… (not a reason to pick warrior or guardian)^^
How awesome would it be to have a powerfull mainhand weapon as a MACE?

Let’s see what we could do with a mace:

1. Autohit: Chain of 3.
   Have two chain skills that do nothing special (3/4s cast) and the last hit has a 33% chance to daze for 1/4s (1s cast) (not for clones)
2. Skill 2:
   A 1.5s knockdown (animation could be an illusionary mace that hits the targets head =) (1/4s cast // 600 range // 12s cd)
3. Skill 3:
   Creates an illusionary line (like temporal curtain or veil) on the ground (placed like “Wall of Reflection”) that dazes enemys who try to cross it and grants stability for 2s when allies cross it.
   (3/4s cast // 15s cd // 5s duration)

That’s op tbh …

I would like MH focus. Dual anomalies would be awsome.