Guild Wars 2

This picture seems pretty serious to me.

http://i.imgur.com/xA8qvVk.png

Opinions?

Kocoff.7582:

This picture seems pretty serious to me.

http://i.imgur.com/xA8qvVk.png

Opinions?

yolo swaggins.2570:

Kocoff.7582:

This picture seems pretty serious to me.

Opinions?

It could be a revenant.

Revenant uses Black and Red theme.
Revenant uses Staff.
Revenant uses blindfolds similar to what we see in the image, although it doesn’t appear to be on the eyes in this picture, it could be a mistake from the artist.
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/1/13/Revenant_Biography_Headgear.png

It could be a Thief:
Thief uses Black and Red theme.
Armor looks like the Sneakthief set: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/b/b4/Sneakthief_armor_human_male_front.jpg

On a side note, artwork is used to generate concepts and ideas, but these are often not the final products, so I wouldn’t take this for cash. Same goes for the datamined stuff such as the elementalist sword MH skills. That concept was scratched and replaced with the warhorn.

Here is another concept art which was thought to be for Thief but never happened, but who knows in the future?
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/0/05/Horia_Dociu_Sniper_concept_art.jpg

i think i know what our spec is: true perma invisibility…. it is so OP in keeping stealth up that even devs can’t find it hence why no preview or any mentions :P

OR it was shown but we just can’t see it!

@Lady
This is clearly not a revenant.
we can clearly see a ninja gear so it must be medium armor. Plus this is not a blindfold, we can clearly see the character’s red eyes underneath it. It’s just a simple headband.

You don’t have to know much about ninjas to know that some of them have metal casing around their hood for extra protection.

It just couldn’t be a Revenant. The physique of the characters suggest medium armor, weak but cunning looking.

Personally, I get the idea of sneakthief, and i feel like this set may be an advanced version of it.

I also agree with what you said about Artwork. MH Ele rumors was such bad disappointment to them. At least we know they are thinking about staff thief.

gotta keep that faith.

Confirm, Third Hokage.

Kocoff.7582:

This picture seems pretty serious to me.

http://i.imgur.com/xA8qvVk.png

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Kocoff.7582:

This picture seems pretty serious to me.

http://i.imgur.com/xA8qvVk.png

Opinions?

……

I’m curious about where the picture comes from. It looks like it’s part of a bigger picture and I’d like to see the rest.

You’re a little late to the party, dude. :p

Black Frog.9274:

I’m curious about where the picture comes from. It looks like it’s part of a bigger picture and I’d like to see the rest.

No, it’s one of the images that are used in the background in traitlines. Same size as other background images.

The fact that this trait line art + the actual staff weapon have been added to the game suggests they’re pretty far along into developing this as the Thief Elite Spec. Course, there could be last minute changes done, who knows.

Tyr.6097:

Black Frog.9274:

I’m curious about where the picture comes from. It looks like it’s part of a bigger picture and I’d like to see the rest.

No, it’s one of the images that are used in the background in traitlines. Same size as other background images.

I didn’t think about that Tyr. It makes sense.

it could be rifle with bayonet charging :P

Sandrox.9524:

it could be rifle with bayonet charging :P

cannot unsee stop killing the moment Sandrox!

I guess I’m blind or something. Is this artwork currently in the game, somewhere on the trait tab? Or maybe in teh beta? Could you point me to it?

Black Frog.9274:

I guess I’m blind or something. Is this artwork currently in the game, somewhere on the trait tab? Or maybe in teh beta? Could you point me to it?

No sir it’s not. It has been datamined somewhere, so these are just concepts that still have not made it in the game yet. Designers need to make draft about those the next professions may/will look like, and that’s one of those drawings. Although it does look like it has been polished enough to fit into a trait portrait.

yolo swaggins.2570:

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Give me a stick, I want to beat that horse too.

After doing a bit of digging I found the original Reddit post. Zooming in, I couldn’t help but notice that there is something that looks a lot like a strap strung from a small circle on the underside near the top, under his forward elbow, under the stick/barrel across the chest, and then over what appears to be (maybe) the top of his other arm. There is something that looks like the frayed end of a rope close to the forward ring as well.

I guess we’ll all know soon enough.

Black Frog.9274:

After doing a bit of digging I found the original Reddit post. Zooming in, I couldn’t help but notice that there is something that looks a lot like a strap strung from a small circle on the underside near the top, under his forward elbow, under the stick/barrel across the chest, and then over what appears to be (maybe) the top of his other arm. There is something that looks like the frayed end of a rope close to the forward ring as well.

I guess we’ll all know soon enough.

Well, the datamined staff has a ring on either end with a strip of red cloth hanging from it, if you’re referring to what I think you are. Check it out, it actually looks really cool when you move it around, which would in turn provide for some neat visual effects when swinging the staff around in melee fashion.

Even if Thief gets Staff first, it’s safe to say they will get Rifle as one elite spec somewhere down the road. I like the sound of both tbh.

nikdik.1934:

Even if Thief gets Staff first, it’s safe to say they will get Rifle as one elite spec somewhere down the road. I like the sound of both tbh.

This is exactly the point I’ve been trying to convey during this whole staff/rifle war, but having a preference for melee staff paints a target on yourself for the more hostile rifle enthusiasts.

It’s like they think it’s impossible for someone to like the idea of both while still preferring one over the other. I don’t doubt we’ll see both make it into the game. I’d just like to see melee staff first, that’s all.

I also want them to fix dual pistols when they release a rifle elite spec.

well I am pretty sure we are bound to get both weapons eventually. Point here was to see wich one would come first. I mean, it would take another year or even more for that second weapon to make an appearance. lol

its a staff that can shoot darts like the ninja weapon

I mean, if they’re gonna give us a melee staff, just let us use spears on land. That way we’d have a bunch of good skins. I’d also settle for OH sword. or really anything except torch and mace.

Kocoff.7582:

well I am pretty sure we are bound to get both weapons eventually. Point here was to see wich one would come first. I mean, it would take another year or even more for that second weapon to make an appearance. lol

Well as far as that question goes, I think melee staff is looking pretty solid going by what we’ve been presented with. And y’know, I’m totally cool with it. It’s got potential to be really fun and dynamic.

We seem to be beating a dead horse with a melee staff now. I wish ArenaNet would get the [Reveal] over and done with, whichever weapon it is. >.<

Maugetarr.6823:

I mean, if they’re gonna give us a melee staff, just let us use spears on land. That way we’d have a bunch of good skins. I’d also settle for OH sword. or really anything except torch and mace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghp8-KKdwNc

ah man that Fate/Stay scene just makes me want to get a staff/spear now.

penelopehannibal.8947:

We seem to be beating a dead horse with a melee staff now. I wish ArenaNet would get the [Reveal] over and done with, whichever weapon it is. >.<

Yeah we are…. Let’s hope this week is our turn. Cause i can’t handle it anymore.

Kocoff.7582:

Maugetarr.6823:

I mean, if they’re gonna give us a melee staff, just let us use spears on land. That way we’d have a bunch of good skins. I’d also settle for OH sword. or really anything except torch and mace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghp8-KKdwNc

ah man that Fate/Stay scene just makes me want to get a staff/spear now.

penelopehannibal.8947:

We seem to be beating a dead horse with a melee staff now. I wish ArenaNet would get the [Reveal] over and done with, whichever weapon it is. >.<

Yeah we are…. Let’s hope this week is our turn. Cause i can’t handle it anymore.

Yeah, that was a decent series.
Makes me want OH sword also. My hope for this patch is that thieves talk with a Revenant channeling Shiro and learn a thing or two from him.