Guild Wars 2

lolno. April fools.

hahahah kitten you

Isad.

Me wants reaper robes and a scythe…I’d die a happy necromancer to the hammers then

there is polearms in the datafile btway… scythe is a form of polearm… so not so april fool yet.

pole arms is another word for a spear.

It’s really sad, but our underwater spear is as close as we will ever get to a scythe weapon that we use like a scythe.

A scythe is a must for a necromancer. It’s so painfully obvious it’s silly.

The best way to make Necros viable in group PVE would be to add a utility or elite skill that replaces the necro’s current weapon with a scythe. This will give them access to cleave, like the heavy armor professions.

Sundar.1735:

The best way to make Necros viable in group PVE would be to add a utility or elite skill that replaces the necro’s current weapon with a scythe. This will give them access to cleave, like the other 7 professions.

ftfy

I use this skin in the meantime: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Final_Rest

Lorelei.3918:

pole arms is another word for a spear.

It’s really sad, but our underwater spear is as close as we will ever get to a scythe weapon that we use like a scythe.

Scythes as a weapon are considered polearms. Halberds, spears, naginata, etc.; anything that is a weapon at the end of a long pole is considered a polearm. Spears are just the most basic form.

On a side note, true scythes are unlikely to be put in the game, because they would only make sense for magic-based professions, as the kind of scythes you are thinking of are not weapons, but farming tools (and pretty bad weapons). The cases of scythes being adapted to warfare is a modified scythe where the blade was reattached to be straight out from the pole, instead of at a right angle.

TL;DR, scythes will probably only be a subgroup of staff in this game.

Staffs get a scythe visual when used. Why doesn’t this count?

Plexxing.2978:

Staffs get a scythe visual when used. Why doesn’t this count?

Because you don’t swing it like a scythe so you can’t RP as well, I guess?

Bhawb.7408:

Plexxing.2978:

Staffs get a scythe visual when used. Why doesn’t this count?

Because you don’t swing it like a scythe so you can’t RP as well, I guess?

Now I really want to see a bunch of RPing Necros swinging their scythes realistically: http://youtu.be/gL2_chKPWjE?t=31s

Pyroathiest.4168:

lolno. April fools.

Your name alone gave it away. Seriously. Pyro = mesmer only. You should have posted it in mesmer forum, your aprils fool.

Bhawb.7408:

Lorelei.3918:

pole arms is another word for a spear.

It’s really sad, but our underwater spear is as close as we will ever get to a scythe weapon that we use like a scythe.

Scythes as a weapon are considered polearms. Halberds, spears, naginata, etc.; anything that is a weapon at the end of a long pole is considered a polearm. Spears are just the most basic form.

On a side note, true scythes are unlikely to be put in the game, because they would only make sense for magic-based professions, as the kind of scythes you are thinking of are not weapons, but farming tools (and pretty bad weapons). The cases of scythes being adapted to warfare is a modified scythe where the blade was reattached to be straight out from the pole, instead of at a right angle.

TL;DR, scythes will probably only be a subgroup of staff in this game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_

(OK OK I know there is a difference between a sickle and a scythe. They do prove that a weapon with a blade set at 90 degrees to the shaft can be weaponized.)

Sure, the angle itself isn’t the issue, there are a bunch of really weird weapons out there that had varying success (although lets be honest, ANet probably wants to keep things fairly simple on the weapon front).

I would enjoy seeing them add non-Western weapon types/skins though. As it is now there is a pretty big bias towards European-based designs, and even though they don’t need to necessarily add new weapon types, they could add skins into the existing weapon sets.

I’m pretty sure Anet is saving all the Asian stuff for later when they reopen Cantha. I hope they let us go to Cantha first. Not a big fan of deserts, and while I loved my dervish, I see Cantha offering a much wider variety of enjoyable content.