So, I recently finished HOPE, and play Dagger / Pistol. Currently, as it stands, Pistol 3 does NOT shoot the H.O.P.E animation whatsoever, even though its clearly shooting out of my pistol…..
From what I understand, the ability is tagged to your mainhand weapon, so it plays off your main-hand. I don’t really understand why this is the case with D/P 3, as the ability clearly shoots a pistol shot. Also, if you have Incinerator in the main-hand, your H.O.P.E STILL shoots out an Incinerator blade, like that makes any sense to begin with. Last I checked the ability reads “Fire a shot from your pistol, and then shadowstep and stab your enemy” not “Fire you incinerator from your pistol, and then randomly stab them with the dagger that is apparently already inside them since you shot it at them with your pistol.”
I know, I know, I’m asking for a lot here from ANet, as they clearly don’t care about Legendary weapons at all, and Engineers have been screwed for eternity with Pistols not changing kits. But this is just 1 ability, how hard would this change be to implement? I makes absolutely 0 sense that my H.O.P.E is shooting a regular old bullet out of it, or chucking my Incinerator out of it as though that makes any sense to begin with. You HARDLY use Pistol 4/5, (except for obvious reasons, such as downstopping and stealthing, etc) so why not make H.O.P.E be worthwhile for those who play it in their off-hand? Give us the stupid little plasma ball we deserve.
Thanks.
