Guild Wars 2

Doomdesire.9365:

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.

I wrote my idea on thief rifles however the thief forum doesn’t keep it afloat very much. :I Also the stealth attack I have on there isn’t a powerhouse attack like backstab but it does some damage as well as cripple them.

I also made a trait that makes traps viable with it.

Rifle, fine. But… Torch!

I would not believe there is any other weapon actually fitting a Thieve better than a torch to be honest! I mean… we are Thieves! That means roaming around in dark places, searching caves and ruines for treasures, okay, maybe accidentally setting a house on fire while robbing it, playing tricks on people, blinding, hurting, illuminating, setting traps… Though I run around with my shortbow like 70% of the time, we still are a breed who tend to get close to whatever is we are interested in.

I find it so obvious, that I was actually very surprised, that it wasn’t one of our standard weapons right at the launch of the game.
And I am sure, there would be a whole lot of possible skills for a nice, cosy torch.

I think rifles are the most fitting and obvious 2-handed weapon Thieves should be getting, since we already have pistols, it makes the most sense.

I mean, you could argue because we got a short bow a long bow would make sense as well, but the problem is that the abilities on short bows and long bows are usually a lot the same, where as abilities on a rifle could be very different but still very fitting.