Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, I just wanted to know what do you all think about this.

As the topic says, I think it would be cool for a necro to using a pistol / dual pistols. It will looks like a kitten xD

Well this is just my little idea though, can Anet make this happen?

Honestly I don’t think it would make sense for our class to have or use pistols. I think it would be cool to be able to summon a undead rogue or an undead pirate with duel pistols.

I’d much rather have a greatsword or something as i feel it suits the necro a lot more than it does a mesmer. I could see greatsword adding some much needed burst damage for necro and incorporating some “reaper” themed abilities or something.

I can’t imagine how a pistol would be used on necro.

Lol what about when necros have pistols they automatically become corrupted and they act like those repeater guns in Half-life? instead of shooting bullets we would shoot sharp mutilated bone shards.

I personally think all of this bad. Pistol on a necro would make absolutely no sense, it’s like making thieves use a staff. What the hell is a thief going to do with a big bulky staff? What the hell is a necromancer going to do with a pair of guns?

If any major change were to be made for necros I would think it would be in the type of corruptions we do. Make them into diseases and not bleeds since dealing with death makes much more sense than bleeding someone out like a sword or arrow wound.

pistol necro? what in the world?

I think following items (In the order listed) would make more sense for necro:

• 1h sword
• 2h sword
• Axe
• Double wield focus
• Undead cats
• Live cats
• Pistol

Chronologist.9782:

pistol necro? what in the world?

I think following items (In the order listed) would make more sense for necro:

• 1h sword
• 2h sword
• Axe
• Double wield focus
• Undead cats
• Live cats
• Pistol

Necros do wield axes.

I want duel scepter personally.

@ Ahmon

Yeah it was joke list haha, i thought it would be obvious from wielding undead cats

Staff, Scepter, Focus, Warhorn, Dagger of the ones right now (axes just feel out of place)

1h Swords (dual wield ofc) and torch are what we should have~

If you ask me pistols do make sense for a caster or necro. They are rather easy to use (how hard it is to shoot something vs using a bow) and very effective. Sure aiming might be a problem but hey, a wizard can do (did) it. On the other side … how does axe make more sense? a heavy weapon used because it’s heavy (working similar to a hammer) used by a mage makes more sense right? If axe can work so can pistol which WOULD make a very good option for power necro ranged damage (axe range and damage is just meh, and it makes no sense for axe to have long range, staff and focus are condition based).

imo pistols are less for a death, grim reaper kinda dude…
swords sounds good, torches also but burn conditions are not necro’s style as it seem..
swords sound best cuz it goes well with bleeds and it can be used in a different way like mesmer do… throw a big range cleave or summoning zombies or other dead thingies….

Then again when you have meatwall of undead creatures in your disposal, why would you pick up dagger or axe to melee your enemies ? Many would choose best possible ranged weapon in that case and bows can be tricky to aim.. but guns, pistols and rifle again.. strong weapons that are relatively easy to use to make sure you have dead bodies coming up for your use.

i would love more weapon choices for necro (with old ones made more comparable to each other and other classes. )

some of you are saying how does a pistol make sense, but a mesmer has a great sword as well as off hand pistol? and they are mage class. so great sword addition for necromancer or a scythe(would be awesome maybe has more life siphon or dark type skills?)

I want greatswords, even though they don’t make sense. When I first got the game, I didn’t want the frail, minion summoning type necro; I wanted gothic plate mail, greatsword wielding necro that commands and feasts on the blood of his enemies on the front lines.

That being said, pistols are a nu-uh.

I want a hammer. Just like Necromancer Munne had one.

2 handed executioner’s axe for Necromancers!

I agree that a greatsword (or a sword, but since we only have one twohander I think that a GS is better) would have been far more appropriate. In GW1 necros had some pretty cool melee boosting abilities – back then they were mainly used to boost his allies/minions damage, but as GW2 is more solo friendly, they could have implemented them differently.

I’ve played classes that use the pistols, and my main is a Necro. I personally don’t think that the pistols would fit the class as a whole. Considering our class is based on conditioning damage, and stuff like that, there is really no need for that kind of stuff.

I like the idea, I just don’t think it fits well with the class.

Pistol skills tend to fall around the 600 range.
They tend to have fast attacks and condition damage.
Necro already has many ways to inflict conditions at range and both Life Siphon and Ghastly Claws hit rapidly at range.

This is why I’d rather have a Sword, a Greatsword, a Shield, a Torch or the Longbow.
Sword and Greatsword would add more melee skills. We only have one right now.
Shield would go well with Necros already being pretty hard to kill. Be a “tank”.
A torch could give us the ability to inflict Burning and Longbow could give us high single-target damage at long range.

I just don’t know what a Pistol would add.
They look cool but I can’t think of what role they’d fulfill that we can’t already do.

Though a 1hnd 2hnd sword would be awsome…especially for a tanky shadowknight vampire style play. Or atleast some kind of hard dps kit. But i imagine “possibly” maybe they’re waiting till they put in 2hnd axe/polearms and maybe we’ll use those…and get some cool scythe instead of making our staff look like one when we auto.

I’d like to see a dedicated ranged weapon for power/crit builds. A rifle would be swell. The staff just isn’t cutting it.

We should have a scythe or the greatsword have the scythe thingy like the staff. A pistol doesn’t match scholar. Mesmer can’t even use it, only their clones can.

Fungalfoot.7213:

I’d like to see a dedicated ranged weapon for power/crit builds. A rifle would be swell. The staff just isn’t cutting it.

Axe for better or worse is our ranged power weapon, it just needs an offhand that actually does damage

I speculate that the theme behind the scepter and axe is sympathetic magic.

I kind of want to see a main hand shield spec. Shields are fairly under used weapons, and it seems like a sort of interesting weapon choice.

Torch could very well make sense.

Spectral (Green) Fire.

I do wish Daggers were ranged though, with dagger just being more of a focus of Athame since it sort of ritualistic/blood themed. And if it was made the bleed condition/healing weapon.

I am surprised they didn’t go with Greatsword, since this game has nothing against the classic caster going melee. Having that tanky Greatsword Shadow Knight theme would’ve fit perfectly I think.

LastDay.3524:

Pistol skills tend to fall around the 600 range.
They tend to have fast attacks and condition damage.
Necro already has many ways to inflict conditions at range and both Life Siphon and Ghastly Claws hit rapidly at range.

This is why I’d rather have a Sword, a Greatsword, a Shield, a Torch or the Longbow.
Sword and Greatsword would add more melee skills. We only have one right now.
Shield would go well with Necros already being pretty hard to kill. Be a “tank”.
A torch could give us the ability to inflict Burning and Longbow could give us high single-target damage at long range.

I just don’t know what a Pistol would add.
They look cool but I can’t think of what role they’d fulfill that we can’t already do.

Shield is not the Guardian’s tanking off-hand and pistol is not really condition-focused as a Thief. The weapons/off-hands don’t have specific roles.

Necro with guns is an absolute must-have.

Eidolor.7418:

Necro with guns is an absolute must-have.

Look what we have here, a true necromancer.^^

Hello necro my old friend~

Necro gunner all day every day, it’d be nice to finally come home.

Eidolor.7418:

Necro with guns is an absolute must-have.

you really know how to bring the dead back to front page.

All in the hopes of making this a thing.

Eidolor.7418:

Necro with guns is an absolute must-have.

shoot them with minion’s oh yeah

A new necro elite specialization called the american, heals teammates by shooting them with a gun.

What about instead of pistol…Harpoon gun
Heck even spear or trident

Cauterizing wounds sounds nice, though I’d rather heal transient minions or refresh their timers.

I actually agree. Double pistols or rifle.

Long range spec. Weapon skills are long range “spectral” shots, heavy power focus, but skills are mostly “skillshots”. With special minions as a class mechanic “minion transforms” like a crossover of soulbeast and deathshroud with a firebrand tome vibe. Utility skills tricks, consisting of trap like skills, movement and some conditional damage.

Raykon.7908:

I’d much rather have a greatsword or something as i feel it suits the necro a lot more than it does a mesmer. I could see greatsword adding some much needed burst damage for necro and incorporating some “reaper” themed abilities or something.

I can’t imagine how a pistol would be used on necro.

Ok anyone else notice this posts over 4 years old and this person saw into the future and named the elite spec and weapon before it happened????

Sylent.3165:

Raykon.7908:

I’d much rather have a greatsword or something as i feel it suits the necro a lot more than it does a mesmer. I could see greatsword adding some much needed burst damage for necro and incorporating some “reaper” themed abilities or something.

I can’t imagine how a pistol would be used on necro.

Ok anyone else notice this posts over 4 years old and this person saw into the future and named the elite spec and weapon before it happened????

He´s an undead prophet, only a few necromancers get to be one.
It´s a gift everyone should embrace.

I started reading this and was like “dude we have a great sword and that spec” then I saw the date.

Do you reckon they play the game anymore?