Guild Wars 2

I think adding a long bow into the thief’s weapon selection could make the game more enjoyable adding sniping capabilities.

No thanks, zerker sniping through stealth? People would call for even more nerfs on a thief. I’d prefer offhand Sword.

I’ll take a shotgun, however (main hand and offhand equippable!!!).

Dual shotguns for the win!

Fade.7658:

I’ll take a shotgun, however (main hand and offhand equippable!!!).

Dual shotguns for the win!

You mean… akimbo shotguns….

No thieves should get rifles.

I want an offhand sword fo sho, and a torch, or something with burning. Make it so when you stealth with a torch equipped you instead get protection or something

Unfortunately, a sniping weapon would almost certainly be broken on a thief. Even if the weapon set itself had no mobility, or stealth, you’d easily be able to hit “~” to swap weapons whenever someone got within a moderate range, get some distance, and refuge to wherever you please. Even if it’s balanced to not be overpowered, it’d be a frustrating thing to fight.

Also, you’re all wrong, thieves definitely need axes more than anything. I need me some brigand-type action.

I’d rather have a rifle.

Carpboy.7145:

I want an offhand sword fo sho, and a torch, or something with burning. Make it so when you stealth with a torch equipped you instead get protection or something

Yeah you blow fire at me and it blinds them or something like that. We’d have to find a way to work stealth onto the torch.

I want a hammer. Hammer thief would be fun as hell. Alas it’ll never happen.

I wouldn’t mind a longbow, but only because I already own Kudzu. I’d rather have rifles if we were to have a 1200 range weapon, though.

Ted Knight is Anet, his nephew Spalding, a thief.

I think thief could do with a rifle. (If bandits get it why don’t thieves xD) And I REALLY want offhand sword as a tanky weapon.

I want this for my 1200 range weapon.

Question is….
Can you handle more QQ?
An addition to the thief’s weaponry will surely bring more QQ’s about how that weapon is OP.

Doggie.3184:

I want this for my 1200 range weapon.

What’s the code on that?

Also I prefer Rifle for my Thief.

Thieves are not going to get a sniping weapon because it isn’t actually much fun at all, particularly for those getting shot.

Offhand sword and a rifle or longbow. Tomorrow, thanksbai.

Stooperdale.3560:

Thieves are not going to get a sniping weapon because it isn’t actually much fun at all, particularly for those getting shot.

and so it started even before being released….

I rather wait until they come out with a crossbow >_>

Doggie.3184:

I want this for my 1200 range weapon.

A cannon! And lets rename thief to a gunner, where p/p is a factor.

Karolis.4261:

Doggie.3184:

I want this for my 1200 range weapon.

A cannon! And lets rename thief to a gunner, where p/p is a factor.

P/P isn’t bad. Check out Taquito’s videos for some very good, stealthless gunslinger gameplay.

Viking Jorun.5413:

Karolis.4261:

Doggie.3184:

I want this for my 1200 range weapon.

A cannon! And lets rename thief to a gunner, where p/p is a factor.

P/P isn’t bad. Check out Taquito’s videos for some very good, stealthless gunslinger gameplay.

I’m lately comparing everything from pve perspective, cause thats what I do the most nowdays. And there p/p is getting crushed by other ranged options, mainly because of crap auto attack. I would say that shortbow possibly has better dps because of much better auto attack and cluster bombs which does 2x less damage then unload but eats 2 less initiative so is more spammable, not to mention possibility of evades, poison fields and inf arrow on shortbow.

I’d prefer a offhand sword but you could just do a revealed when you charge up a snipershot. it should also be chargeable so the longer you hold it the more damage it’l do. the damage with full initiative shuld be 15 % stronger than killshot circa. but offhand sword first!

I would like it if every available weapon was available for every available class if only to increase build diversity and role playing capability.

Greatsword Thief? I’ll admit that WOULD be one hell of a sneak attack.

Longbow seems to be one of the more thematically appropriate weapons besides. Sniping very much fits within the realm of a quite assassin-type character.

Frankly I’d prefer it if ANet doesn’t fix the ranger in a way where they deal halfway-decent ranged DPS with a longbow, but that’s pretty unlikely.

Longbow and rifle both make sense and don’t make sense. Longbow is less flavorful but much more practical for a thief/assassin, whereas a rifle is certainly more flavorful but is indeed not mobile, quite clunky and heavy, difficult/slow to shoot, and not at all really a “good match” for the thief. I’d much rather see rifle be reworked for engi so that the weapon isn’t just trash-tier and can perform the sniper role well.

At the very least, it gives players the option to be ranged DPS/archer, something which the ranger is incapable of and the warrior is just nothing like seeing as it’s a heavy that uses a bow to shoot exploding fireballs (who seriously came up with that idea?).

Viking Jorun.5413:

Karolis.4261:

Doggie.3184:

I want this for my 1200 range weapon.

A cannon! And lets rename thief to a gunner, where p/p is a factor.

P/P isn’t bad. Check out Taquito’s videos for some very good, stealthless gunslinger gameplay.

It’s bad and a lot of unnecessary effort.

No but there SHOULD be a ranger playstyle of an assassin sniper.

Doggie.3184:

Viking Jorun.5413:

Karolis.4261:

Doggie.3184:

I want this for my 1200 range weapon.

A cannon! And lets rename thief to a gunner, where p/p is a factor.

P/P isn’t bad. Check out Taquito’s videos for some very good, stealthless gunslinger gameplay.

It’s bad and a lot of unnecessary effort.

I’m leveling a P/P thief and I’m having so much fun with it. I don’t particularly care if it’s bad. It’s fun to play.

bow no, better a nuke.

I’m amazed at the foreknowledge in this thread. Do tell, my fellow psychics, how did you guys manage to predict so far in to the future that 1200 range weapons would be OP/broken? What techniques do you use? Tarot? Tea leaves?

Oh, that’s right, wild stabs at thin air.

On topic, I’d rather Rifle than LB just because of The Predator.

If the skills didn’t include anything for stealth/leap finishers, I don’t think there would be any balance problems.

A longbow would fix the whole lack of the archer role thing, and frankly, the only justification behind rifle flavor-wise is the predator :P

Such a clunky and loud weapon (not to mention inaccurate if you go by black powder standards) falls more into warrior than it does thief. Actually, I think it even makes more sense on Elementalist than thief :P

Also, Azureflame > predator ^^

DeceiverX.8361:

Such a clunky and loud weapon (not to mention inaccurate if you go by black powder standards) falls more into warrior than it does thief. Actually, I think it even makes more sense on Elementalist than thief :P

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Unload

Cough

Right. A pistol is a concealable, lightweight, and simply less-loud firearm also aimed at being used when skirmishing/playing well with the highly mobile thug/bandit role.

Rifle doesn’t really do much aside from the whole “stealthy sniper” thing, however Thieves are designed to also be very mobile in fights, something a large rifle is just not made to do well with in most cases historically, practically, and in many instances of fantasy.

Not to mention the longbow solves the archer problem and doesn’t detract from another medium armor rifle-wielder which both has access to stealth and is designed to not be mobile which deserves a weapon rework.

I’m kind of sick of the idea that being a thief means always being quiet. Stealth is a tactic, not a lifestyle choice. The style of the thief is not stealth, it is evasion. Stealth certainly helps fill that goal, but so does being nimble or using misdirection. Dual Pistols and Shortbow are obviously not quite weapons, so I find it silly to expect that every other weapon a thief could choose must be.

A rifle is no harder to carry around than a shortbow. A weapon is only as unbalanced as the developer makes it, so I don’t find that a compelling counter-argument for any weapon as I could effectively make that argument for every potential weapon and then we’d never have anything new. Weapons for thief do not need to be silent, but they do need to be cunning.

rifle would be nice if it was atleast 1200, give us a bit more of a ranged option, and dual swords, off hand sword could focus on things like parries and what not

We need a whip.

How about something like this?
Shoulder-mounted Plasma Cannon

OIIIIIO.7825:

How about something like this?

As an off-hand weapon to something, sure. Otherwise it doesn’t look like something that would have 1200 range…. plus… what do you do with your hands (please don’t be too informative)?

@ Zero Day.2954
This image may help demonstrate the range it has.

Q: What do I do with my hands?
A: Fisticuffs

You all are so silly…

Long Bows? Whips? Shoulder-mounted death pistols?

Just look at the shiny thumb on my first comment in this thread. Rifle is obviously the only option.

OIIIIIO.7825:

@ Zero Day.2954
This image may help demonstrate the range it has.

Q: What do I do with my hands?
A: Fisticuffs

God… I can just imagine the QQ’ing…
“TEEF LAZERS OP”
“TEEF SHOT ME WITH A LAZER FROM STLEATH”

What’s up with people wanting rifles? Bad enough we have pew/pew with 0 mobility/evasion skills, you want to hulk a rifle around leap through the air sniping people? Not very thief themed…

I’d prefer off-hand sword, Mesmer’s get it for some odd reason and we don’t. The masters of dual wielding can’t dual wield swords. Idk if we need lb, what purpose would it serve other than a 1200 range weapon? We have ranged power and condi builds already granted the power ranged sucks kittens but it can always be turned around.

We need mace so that we can go Moot/Quip. And then swap to our Dreamers. :> It’s a combination of all the greatest legendaries, who wouldn’t want that?

NinjaEd.3946:

What’s up with people wanting rifles? Bad enough we have pew/pew with 0 mobility/evasion skills, you want to hulk a rifle around leap through the air sniping people? Not very thief themed…

Can’t engineers literally leap through the air with their rifles?

Not sure why people think rifles don’t mesh with thief. We already have pistols, and I’d look more a rifle as being a sniper rifle rather than a minigun.

They shoot the ground and leap, they don’t jump through the air like some circus performer while shooting people.

I imagine if thieves got a rifle or longbow, there would be zero abilities that utilized stealth. (aside from an ability that is used from stealth, like the other weapons, perhaps a crit shot, like from DAoC)

I imagine getting a skill similar to black powder but that has a large enough radius to cover a cap point. (lol only in dreams)

OIIIIIO.7825:

I imagine getting a skill similar to black powder but that has a large enough radius to cover a cap point. (lol only in dreams)

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Well_of_Darkness

Would like a rifle with a unique stealth attack. Instead of a killshot type stealth attack (OP) it would be a burst of shots such like a machine gun, the total damage of which would be higher than a backstab but would be easily dodgeable much like sneak attack from P/D. Also give it the ability to pierce so thieves can actually have a role in zerg fighting.