Guild Wars 2

…we hold our staff in the new elite spec? I really hope the running animation makes us hold our staff’s head downwards to the side, behind us. Im on my phone so cant link an image, but one example is how the jedi hold their lightsaber staff when theyre running. If we get that too many will be erect and see their virginity taken

yeah i am also really looking forward to the animations as well. It’s going to be weird seeing how I pretty much have memorized what each skill looks like that we have now. Going to be cool seeing my thief do new stuff visually. I’m hoping it’s reminiscent of Gambit lol

I really hope it’s not just another default Magic staff idle animation. I want to see them actually wield the thing like they are ready to go Shaolin on your posterior.

Timing was deliberately slower paced for CoH, but they nailed the staff animations pretty good for the powers.

Man i miss CoH

PopeUrban.2578:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJOc4bkfeIw

Timing was deliberately slower paced for CoH, but they nailed the staff animations pretty good for the powers.

Man i miss CoH

Hey I remember CoH! Played it for a bit with my friends running Dual Handguns. Good fun.

Also those Staff animations are pretty awesome.

Based on attack radii of datamined weapon skills, I’ve a feeling we’ll hold it in the center and whirl it a lot.

Possibly Star Wars Kid style.

Or I could be wrong. 130 (1H) range in a melee two-hander is a bit odd (ex: hammer is 150).

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Confirmed, we use hammer idle animations. Not bad. This Asura looks pretty cool.

The way you hold it and the auto will be the same as Revenant for sure. The rest, I’m not so sure.

I’m going to take a guess and say that if Weakening Charge moves you forwards, then it’ll look like Revenant Staff 5 or Reaper Shroud 2.

Debilitating Arc would look a little like Ranger Sword 2, where you swipe in front and roll back.

Dust Strike might be a new one.

Vault may look like Engineer Rifle 5 (Jump Shot) without leaving a crater at the beginning.

I’m actually pretty disappointed that they just recycled the 2-handed hammer stance, as it doesn’t really seem like an appropriate way to hold a melee staff. I’m not really surprised though, seeing as how it’s like that for the revenant. Hopefully the other animations will be new and exciting.

For the most part, I’m really hoping that “Vault” is actually a staff vault rather than just a jump. It has the potential to be such a cool-looking skill!

Seabreeze.8437:

I’m actually pretty disappointed that they just recycled the 2-handed hammer stance, as it doesn’t really seem like an appropriate way to hold a melee staff. I’m not really surprised though, seeing as how it’s like that for the revenant. Hopefully the other animations will be new and exciting.

For the most part, I’m really hoping that “Vault” is actually a staff vault rather than just a jump. It has the potential to be such a cool-looking skill!

It could be a modified/recycled heartseeker animation where you do a mid air side flip thingy and then slam the ground with the end of the staff.

Maugetarr.6823:

Seabreeze.8437:

I’m actually pretty disappointed that they just recycled the 2-handed hammer stance, as it doesn’t really seem like an appropriate way to hold a melee staff. I’m not really surprised though, seeing as how it’s like that for the revenant. Hopefully the other animations will be new and exciting.

For the most part, I’m really hoping that “Vault” is actually a staff vault rather than just a jump. It has the potential to be such a cool-looking skill!

It could be a modified/recycled heartseeker animation where you do a mid air side flip thingy and then slam the ground with the end of the staff.

Honestly I’d prefer to see more new animations rather than recycled ones, especially for a weapon style as unique as a melee staff. However, a side-flip maneuver as you said wouldn’t be terrible. It’d certainly be better than using the engineers rifle blast jump. That’d look just plain dumb.

Please tell me I’m not the only person who thinks of Kilik from Soul Calibur.

Yeah! Killik and Seung Mina were the ones who first got me interested in Staff/Spear fighting!

Waterseer.7089:

Please tell me I’m not the only person who thinks of Kilik from Soul Calibur.

You’re not the only one. I’m actually thinking of Xiba as well from Soul Calibur V.