When you go into Death Shroud, you should get a scythe you use to cleave foes with!
This is by far your best suggestion on the entire forum. But I would take a different approach. Leave the F1 as it is and add a F2 deathshoud – one melee and one range.
There will be no scythe for a while though xd. I really want a sword. Stygian blade + Malefacterym would look awesomesauce.
Despite the flawed subjective reasoning yeah swords would be good on necros (if possible dual weild, just as axe should…). Also that DS is just Spear from UW… And while i do want the UW weapons (and UW DS) on land, it would be quite redundant if added to DS.
When life gives you lemon, ask if its from a anime or manga.
We already have scythes, both as standard staff skins and our own particles that are added on when using a staff. It’d be redundant to have more scythes.
We already have scythes, both as standard staff skins and our own particles that are added on when using a staff. It’d be redundant to have more scythes.
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, what we need are two-handed axes. Scythes are too niche to be their own weapon class, but necros already have one-handed axes and it’d be pretty easy to just have a few two-handed axe skins be scythes.
Yes. And now I’m playing a NECROMANCER. If you want dervishes go and ask for them.
And you don’t think the weapon used by the grim reaper himself would fit the necromancers style?
Btw I am not asking for a scythe as a weapon like a greatsword or something. I want a melee-based F2 deathshroud and I think this would look awesome with a scythe.
And you don’t think the weapon used by the grim reaper himself would fit the necromancers style?
You know that the grim reaper/angel of death/anthropomorphic personification of deaths first descriptions were a old man with a beam scale and longsword (that was then kindly taken by Religion and then finally the justice system after a bit of sexualisation, sadly it makes a lot of sense, i mean if Dante could do fanfics about himself that are then big works of art do you really actual people with power didnt? I mean every king/emperor/kaiser/pharaoh was a “son of god” or whatever).
When life gives you lemon, ask if its from a anime or manga.
And you don’t think the weapon used by the grim reaper himself would fit the necromancers style?
You know that the grim reaper/angel of death/anthropomorphic personification of deaths first descriptions were a old man with a beam scale and longsword (that was then kindly taken by Religion and then finally the justice system after a bit of sexualisation, sadly it makes a lot of sense, i mean if Dante could do fanfics about himself that are then big works of art do you really actual people with power didnt? I mean every king/emperor/kaiser/pharaoh was a “son of god” or whatever).
I don’t like the thought of a melee death shroud, since it’s vital for me to be able to still kite while in my shroud. BUT I love the idea of a scythe. Why can’t we have a scythe and use ranged attacks? Life blast has a long enough animation to have us swing the scythe and release the blast like a ball thrown from a bat. Also, Dark path, we could throw that scythe at the enemy, with an attached chain. It’s a more obvious animation and would help players recognize it. (Dark path is kinda hard to judge when exactly it hits.). Doom, well… Have us ram our scythe into the ground, like gandalf. Mostly it is a “You shall not hit me” skill. Lifeblast looks nice, but could be bundled into a scythe. And tainted shackles, well, ARENANET make them look like shackles please. Not like some gooy ooze coming out of me. thxkbay
TL; DR:
Melee shroud is a bad idea. If someone dodges you gap closer, well, you are out of luck. Your shroud is now there to be drained, while you run at your opponent.
And you don’t think the weapon used by the grim reaper himself would fit the necromancers style?
The Grim Reaper is a Western (essentially white people) thing. It doesn’t fit with anyone that wasn’t raised in Western culture (NA, Europe), because they have their own symbols of death that use their own weapons. Also, this isn’t “real life” we go off of the game’s lore.
Scythes aren’t, to my knowledge, associated with Necromancers in any way. Its just people raised in Western culture that want to RP as Death.
Actual scythes, not little smokey things we put on top of our staff. And I was talking lore. ANet decided to throw it on for flavor, but I don’t think there is any lore-based reason that would link scythes and Necros any more than pistols and necros. Dhuum used a scythe, but that is the closest I see.
