Just wandering around and doing the Living Story. Here there is that thing where Belinda’s sword gets kind of infused with her ghost. In Glint Lair you clearly see she is using the sword. Is this any kind of hint for us getting GS?^^
The thing is it looked like they had at least one animation for it. It had the traditional green/black after effect when she swung it and that could have been the first part of an auto attack chain.
Necros don’t have reflects, invulns, vigor, blocks,
extra dodges, real stability, mobility skills,
burst skills, sustain, or good support. GG ANET.
Well, if you were Sylvari, you do use Caladbolg for a time. Besides, if we are wimps then Trahearne would have beaten an Eye of Zhaitan all by himself.
I can only imagine skills for necro GS. If ANet’s going to make it possible, plz, include some blocks there. Or leap or teleport. Or blast finishers. Or all of these xD
Trahearne has been using Greatsword and overall making us look like a bunch of kittening wimps for a long time.
That’s because Trahernia is our lord and savior and needs to look bamf. Plus he was around during the GS craze where only good skins came out on GS, we still have 3 GS legendaries :/
Pretty sure over the course of 2 years every single profession that doesn’t have access to a GS has asked for it.
“I’m waiting for the staff to get off their lunch
break. I feel like they should be back by now..”
Just wandering around and doing the Living Story. Here there is that thing where Belinda’s sword gets kind of infused with her ghost. In Glint Lair you clearly see she is using the sword. Is this any kind of hint for us getting GS?^^
GIMME TOOOO
Greetings ;D
It’s more than a hint! It’s a certainty! NECROSWORD inc!
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
How much necromancer stuff does Marjory actually do? She’s some sort of rogue/necro hybrid if anything. All of the other living story characters use player class skills, but it seems regular necromancer skills aren’t interesting or good enough for living story.
Along those lines, I’d really want that bone wall of Marjory’s for my Necro. As for GS on Necros in general, let’s be honest … that’s been asked for since Trahearne pulled out Caladbolg.
Could be interesting, sure. But, I’d personally want to see “actual” Scythe or (land)Spear. /shrug
Malegryne (Sylvari Mesmer), Lannka (Asura Thief) – Ferguson’s Crossing: [PRD/BRB/OMFG]
Other 80s: Any but Warrior
Still would rather have a mace. But, w/e. More swords running around means higher demand and higher prices and less diversity in style between the professions.
Want a land spear with bleed, cleave, torment, and a leap finisher – something set up for short range power and condition damage. Right now, only scepter and war horn really take advantage of the condition damage stat. The rest of the weapons benefit more from power and condition duration unless you put a condi-sigil on them. Most of Necromancer’s conditions are actually soft CC that do not benefit from the condition damage stat: chill, blind, fear (without terror), weakness, cripple, and vulnerability.
Burning, confusion, bleeding, poison, and torment are the only conditions that use the condition damage stat. Of them, bleed is mostly on scepter. The other conditions have lower potential up-time.
Want a land spear with bleed, cleave, torment, and a leap finisher – something set up for short range power and condition damage. Right now, only scepter and war horn really take advantage of the condition damage stat. The rest of the weapons benefit more from power and condition duration unless you put a condi-sigil on them. Most of Necromancer’s conditions are actually soft CC that do not benefit from the condition damage stat: chill, blind, fear (without terror), weakness, cripple, and vulnerability.
Burning, confusion, bleeding, poison, and torment are the only conditions that use the condition damage stat. Of them, bleed is mostly on scepter. The other conditions have lower potential up-time.
the day they make my spear a condition weapon is the day i main a warrior.
As quick as the Valkyries ride,
As true as Odin’s spear flies,
There is nowhere to hide.
How much necromancer stuff does Marjory actually do? She’s some sort of rogue/necro hybrid if anything. All of the other living story characters use player class skills, but it seems regular necromancer skills aren’t interesting or good enough for living story.
She doesn’t use flash skills, but she does use some Necromancer skills. Its just that its a bit different when Kass spams Time Warp every 5 seconds compared to Marjory just using axe auto attacks. It is a bit strange from a design standpoint though that she doesn’t do anything more, since strictly speaking “real” Necromancers have the potential to be a whole lot stronger than what we are limited to (Palawa Joko and others).
How much necromancer stuff does Marjory actually do? She’s some sort of rogue/necro hybrid if anything. All of the other living story characters use player class skills, but it seems regular necromancer skills aren’t interesting or good enough for living story.
She doesn’t use flash skills, but she does use some Necromancer skills. Its just that its a bit different when Kass spams Time Warp every 5 seconds compared to Marjory just using axe auto attacks. It is a bit strange from a design standpoint though that she doesn’t do anything more, since strictly speaking “real” Necromancers have the potential to be a whole lot stronger than what we are limited to (Palawa Joko and others).
and here we are, being the necro version of count chocula.
As quick as the Valkyries ride,
As true as Odin’s spear flies,
There is nowhere to hide.
Lightsbane, the power weapon I want is for 1200 distance to replace the mostly useless staff on high value targets. Up close, Necro needs a hybrid power/condition weapon that stacks damaging conditions instead of chill and vulnerability to compliment the longish-range scepter.
A 1200 range power weapon on Necro could work pretty well, tbh. As far as a hybrid pow/condi close-range … Torch, maybe? Occultist Flame’s even got that nice shade of green.
Malegryne (Sylvari Mesmer), Lannka (Asura Thief) – Ferguson’s Crossing: [PRD/BRB/OMFG]
Other 80s: Any but Warrior
The thing is it looked like they had at least one animation for it. It had the traditional green/black after effect when she swung it and that could have been the first part of an auto attack chain.
Indeed. I think this might be a hint of Anet to us.
1. Marjory is a full human necromancer (no sylvari that got the right to wear a special sword like trahearne)
2. The greatsword gets infused with ghostly belinda sparkles (very nerco-ish)
3. Creating an new animation for a necromancer using a greatsword with the green and black slash stuff instead of adding old regular animations like the trahearne sword.
Brace yourselves. Greatsword might be coming
My necromancer got upgraded to a scythe-wielding maniac.. I like it.
The thing is it looked like they had at least one animation for it. It had the traditional green/black after effect when she swung it and that could have been the first part of an auto attack chain.
Indeed. I think this might be a hint of Anet to us.
1. Marjory is a full human necromancer (no sylvari that got the right to wear a special sword like trahearne)
2. The greatsword gets infused with ghostly belinda sparkles (very nerco-ish)
3. Creating an new animation for a necromancer using a greatsword with the green and black slash stuff instead of adding old regular animations like the trahearne sword.
Brace yourselves. Greatsword might be coming
I’m anticipating something in January or February. I don’t expect anything to show up sooner then that. Although an announcement might be made regardless. Perhaps we will see other weapons on other professions as well. More professions using Mace, Longbow, Shortbow, hammer and shield perhaps?
I’m anticipating something in January or February. I don’t expect anything to show up sooner then that. Although an announcement might be made regardless. Perhaps we will see other weapons on other professions as well. More professions using Mace, Longbow, Shortbow, hammer and shield perhaps?
Yeah I’m thinking January or February as well, maybe right when we get through this section of living story. Maybe powering up with new weapons to beat the final boss or something. I would really love it if engis got hammer or at least mace, and more professions definitely need all the weapons you listed.
Indeed. I think this might be a hint of Anet to us.
1. Marjory is a full human necromancer (no sylvari that got the right to wear a special sword like trahearne)
2. The greatsword gets infused with ghostly belinda sparkles (very nerco-ish)
3. Creating an new animation for a necromancer using a greatsword with the green and black slash stuff instead of adding old regular animations like the trahearne sword.
Brace yourselves. Greatsword might be coming
YES, really glad I bought the skin already for my mesmer, woot.
Necros don’t have reflects, invulns, vigor, blocks,
extra dodges, real stability, mobility skills,
burst skills, sustain, or good support. GG ANET.
Weapons would be in a Feature Patch, anything smaller probably isn’t “big” enough to warrant it. Also an expansion, but with no such announcements it’ll be at least a few months (assuming its a thing) before that happens.
I don’t understand why so many people get angry at GS. I see just as many hammers as I do GS. I would not mind the mace idea if it wasn’t for the fact I just don’t want another 1h weapon… I reallllly don’t want another 1h weapon. Currently, staff is our ONLY 2h option. I could really care less what 2h melee weapon we’re talking about (ham, gs, even axe) just not another 1h weapon I beg them.
Another thing is, If we get a 2h melee weapon I sincerely hope you actually attack… with the freakin weapon lol. No good sharpening your blade if you’re just casting magic from it like a staff.. oh wait just use a staff kitten . There is plenty of traditional caster options available and there would just be no point if they made another long-range caster weapon that just looked like a melee weapon.
I can kinda understand the idea behind the mesmer GS because they actually teleport the blade to the enemy. But i still lost so much interest in a GS mesmer because it felt like such a sham. Lemme go sharpen my sword so i can shoot magic at people… just get a staff.
I honestly do no not care what the weapon looks like, though I do wish for a land spear. Necro has 2 huge holes in weapon selection. First, long range staff is horrible against high value targets compared to other mage professions. Second, Necro has, surprisingly, only one weapon designed for condition damage and it is bad outside of PvP. An alternate/compliment is necessary to scepter that is designed for close range bleed/torment/other conditions that actually do damage.
Whoever wrote that scene in, might get in trouble now.
“You’ve made players think they’re going to get Greatswords on the Necromancer!”
“WHAT!? HOW?…. oh god…. what have I done….”
“You’re fired.”
“But but but, Trahearne has one!”
Greatsword idea doesn’t appeal to me at all. I’m still interested in a torch main and/or offhand weapon with chill-themed attacks. Perhaps a blue flame even since I believe Mesmer’s torches have purple flames and I know the chaos skins have white flames, so it’s not impossible. But I imagine attacks that inflict chill and the weapon acts as more of a soft CC/debuffing weapon. I think that would provide us with a lot more benefits than a pretty sword.
A chill torch sounds romantic but chill does zero damage, PvE bosses ignore it, and any field it sets would be water or light. That sounds like something the dev’s would give. Necro has too many options for soft CC. (_ _ )’
I wonder what type of weapon it will be. The way Marjory uses it suggests power. But that would be dull in my opinion. And even with a heavy power melee weapon we still wouldn’t be as good as a warrior or anything like that. Seeing as we probably wouldn’t be given a gap closer because we are necros. I’m talking PvE of course.
I wonder what type of weapon it will be. The way Marjory uses it suggests power. But that would be dull in my opinion. And even with a heavy power melee weapon we still wouldn’t be as good as a warrior or anything like that. Seeing as we probably wouldn’t be given a gap closer because we are necros. I’m talking PvE of course.
A gap closer is far more likely than a simple dash. Necros won’t get general mobility skills on a weapon (outside of swiftness), but gap closers are rather possible.
I wonder what type of weapon it will be. The way Marjory uses it suggests power. But that would be dull in my opinion. And even with a heavy power melee weapon we still wouldn’t be as good as a warrior or anything like that. Seeing as we probably wouldn’t be given a gap closer because we are necros. I’m talking PvE of course.
A gap closer is far more likely than a simple dash. Necros won’t get general mobility skills on a weapon (outside of swiftness), but gap closers are rather possible.
A pull I can see. But a teleport or leap is highly unlikely.
I wonder what type of weapon it will be. The way Marjory uses it suggests power. But that would be dull in my opinion. And even with a heavy power melee weapon we still wouldn’t be as good as a warrior or anything like that. Seeing as we probably wouldn’t be given a gap closer because we are necros. I’m talking PvE of course.
A gap closer is far more likely than a simple dash. Necros won’t get general mobility skills on a weapon (outside of swiftness), but gap closers are rather possible.
A pull I can see. But a teleport or leap is highly unlikely.
A teleport or leap would be unusable without a target, I would imagine. That way, it can only be used as a gap closer and not an escape.
Which is perfectly fine with me. If I wanted to run away all the time, I wouldn’t be playing a Necro.
The funny thing is that not only one, but two, of the necro-npcs use GS.
Are you referring to Thraherne? He does use it, but what I tought was significant was that marjory’s attack has a typical, and yet unseens, green/black-ish effect like most necromancer attacks.
Yes, if this was not a hint, then please smack the dev in the face who made this :P
(BTW, dont hit him really, it’s just ment to be abstract)
I wonder what type of weapon it will be. The way Marjory uses it suggests power. But that would be dull in my opinion. And even with a heavy power melee weapon we still wouldn’t be as good as a warrior or anything like that. Seeing as we probably wouldn’t be given a gap closer because we are necros. I’m talking PvE of course.
A gap closer is far more likely than a simple dash. Necros won’t get general mobility skills on a weapon (outside of swiftness), but gap closers are rather possible.
A pull I can see. But a teleport or leap is highly unlikely.
A teleport or leap would be unusable without a target, I would imagine. That way, it can only be used as a gap closer and not an escape.
Which is perfectly fine with me. If I wanted to run away all the time, I wouldn’t be playing a Necro.
Still doubt it. We have dark path and arena net thinks that’s “Good enough” Giving us a second “dark path” like skill doesn’t sound likely. We have a gap closer already. Why would they give us two? You have to think how Arena Net thinks.
Greatsword on necro sounds fun. Though I’d be more interested in seeing less common weapons used, like torch, mace or hammer. Hopefully something with cleave and useful skills for a party setting, maybe even some mobility.
I doubt necros are getting a greatsword. Trahearne is often brought up as using an unusual weapon for his class but, I believe, Rytlock also has an unusual weapon for his class and I’m sure he’s not the only exception.
Marjory’s greatsword autoattack is now a 3 chain-attack with the third attack having a spinning animation, as I recall it, 2 weeks ago during the first release of LS2 part 5 she had only 1 slashing-like attack.
If I’m right, why would Anet update a non-profession weapon a 3 chain-attack with special necrotic animations ?
If I’m wrong sorry, sorry, I’m really sorry
My necromancer got upgraded to a scythe-wielding maniac.. I like it.
I doubt necros are getting a greatsword. Trahearne is often brought up as using an unusual weapon for his class but, I believe, Rytlock also has an unusual weapon for his class and I’m sure he’s not the only exception.
Charrs do have acces to a ‘hidden pistol’
My necromancer got upgraded to a scythe-wielding maniac.. I like it.
I doubt necros are getting a greatsword. Trahearne is often brought up as using an unusual weapon for his class but, I believe, Rytlock also has an unusual weapon for his class and I’m sure he’s not the only exception.
