Guild Wars 2

Let me just start by saying I know this is a crazy idea that many people may not like, but if you ask me it would open up some really interesting options for the Warrior. Sometimes it’s fun throwing out impractial-but-cool ideas.

Arcing Slice: Kick up a cloud of dust, creating a Smoke Field.

The combo field could be the size of Black Powder or smaller. The duration and number of pulses would be tied to the adrenaline level. For each level you would get 1 pulse and 1 second duration, so at full you would have a 3 second field and 3 pulses. So, what good would a smoke field be for a Warrior? Well if we wanted to be a bit boring you could have your other set be a Long Bow/Rifle and get a few free blind shots off, but that wouldn’t be very interesting.

The intended synergy is with Sword. What it would allow is for the Warrior to use Arcing Slice, swap to sword, use Savage Leap, then with the stealth attempt to land Final Thrust. The idea came from the old action movie/anime trope of someone kicking up a cloud of dirt then appearing somewhere else (almost always behind the target, you’d think they would see it coming by now) for a sneak attack.

The balancing factor is the fact that outside of Sword no other weapon set can really take a huge advantage of gaining stealth. You could have Burst Mastery and use an Evis, but what’s the follow-up? You could use Bull’s Charge, but if you have a target you reveal yourself instantly and using it w/o one means you just rocketed yourself away from the fight. You could use Arcing Arrow or Earthshaker, but in the case of Hammer that means you just used your burst to not actually hit anything so any other attacks will not have the bonus from Merciless Hammer. Maybe if you have full adren you could go Arcing Slice, Berserker Stance/Signet of Fury, Shield Bash with no target, Skull Crack, swap to 100b. The timing would be so tight though that you probably wouldn’t be able to swap right after landing SC. Maybe I’ve overlooked some super OP combo but nothing else really stands out. Also it should have around a 1 second cast to to avoid Wars being able to quickly pop it and get that few seconds stealth and run.

Another benefit though would be that even if your other weapon set can’t really capitalize on the smoke field it would still trigger Cleansing Ire just like Combustive Shot. This would open up more dual melee set builds that would not be so easily overwhelmed by a few conditions.

Let me state again that I know that this will never happen or be taken seriously. I just thought that the idea of running GS+Sword and being able to play like a D/P Thief was a hilarious concept. Feel free to post any of your own impractical suggestions here as well.

anet pls make it happen so I can watch the community cry more about Warriors. We’ll truly be Thieves in heavy armor.

Harkan.9017:

anet pls make it happen so I can watch the community cry more about Warriors. We’ll truly be Thieves in heavy armor.

I can see it now:

“OMG Anet dis Warrior stealthed for 15 seconds then 1 shot me!”

“Anet Warriors can now have best Healing, DPS, CC, AoE, Condition Damage, and now Stealth all in one build!”

“War now 2 gud anet I quite gaem cuz now my teef is ussless”

Because the only thing we’re missing from a GS/Sword+Warhorn mobility setup is stealth.

Olba.5376:

Because the only thing we’re missing from a GS/Sword+Warhorn mobility setup is stealth.

Because Sword/Warhorn + GS builds are dramatically changing the landscape of the game by being good at running away.

I will admit though I use Warhorn so infrequently that I forgot that it has a blast finisher now. So I suppose you could use it with an Axe or Mace but it’s not really that amazing still. if you wanted to combo off it you’d need to be using Berserker Stance or Signet of Fury to really capitalize on it and basically all you did is substitute the Shield Bash as your setup and in the case of Signet of Fury had to sub out a utility. Even with Sword/Warhorn + GS it’s still a spec that is mostly about running away. I’ve never understood why people get so mad over a spec that only really has 2 ways of dealing damage. So you didn’t kill them, at least you saw them run away, a Thief or Mesmer can stealth and stay nearby and you’re left guessing as to whether they left are are going to ambush you. I still think it would be hilarious to see a Warrior leap through a dirt cloud then appearing behind someone and hitting them with Final Thrust.

Yeah I can’t really agree with this since it brings some utility that the warrior just doesn’t need access to, or really should have access to. Furthermore, it just doesn’t fit with the profession in a thematic sense.

Though I will say that it’s a way of buffing it that doesn’t turn it into some kind of engine of destruction or whatnot, so it’s surely not the worst suggestion ever.

Though it would be nice to stare at thieves and mesmers trying to seek me out from stealth mode, I’m afraid that this would bring (justifiedly?) a rain of nerf whiners upon us.

a t s e.9614:

No offense but your suggestions make me wonder if you really play warrior or another class..

His suggestion actually screams being a warrior, it’s all good fun.

Cygnus.6903:

a t s e.9614:

No offense but your suggestions make me wonder if you really play warrior or another class..

His suggestion actually screams being a warrior, it’s all good fun.

I mean, everyone who isn’t a Warrior says we can already do everything, so why not make that reality? :P

while I appreciate the idea and it would be pretty cool, I think the idea of a Warrior stealthing would make 50% of the playerbase rage quit

Omfg.

Does no one think these things through??

DO U WANT WARRIORS TO STEALTH? IS THAT A SMART THING TO DO?

“Le-meow!” the French cat said.

This is almost as terrible an idea as the guy that suggested warriors should get a trait that gives them afterimage clones. You guys are wwayyyyy too pampered of a class lmfao.

Bahahahaha Imma teef now. Do I get a “backstab” feature too?

BurrTheKing.8571:

Cygnus.6903:

a t s e.9614:

No offense but your suggestions make me wonder if you really play warrior or another class..

His suggestion actually screams being a warrior, it’s all good fun.

I mean, everyone who isn’t a Warrior says we can already do everything, so why not make that reality? :P

eh we still dun have death shroud, minions, illusions, reflects etc.

we can’t do everything yet!

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

eh we still dun have death shroud, minions, illusions, reflects etc.

we can’t do everything yet!

Trait Missile Deflection and you get reflects on mace, sword and shield.

IMO, I’d take an AoE Chill condition over Smoke field any day.

or make it shoot a wave that either cripples, chills or immobilizes. like a 600 range atk. we dont need smoke fields. People already cry enough as it is.

Turamarth.3248:

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

eh we still dun have death shroud, minions, illusions, reflects etc.

we can’t do everything yet!

Trait Missile Deflection and you get reflects on mace, sword and shield.

oh yeah i forgot about that.

i had loads of fun in hotjoin with a mace sword troll build that reflected ranged attacks back to them. was also immune to engineer grenades as well.

I’ve given it some thought and given that warriors can only apply one type of combo field with a single skill and that arcing slice is absolutely useless right now that it makes sense that AS would be a some sort of small radius combo field but absolutely not Smoke. Maybe Lightning?