Guild Wars 2

I know this sounds dumb to a lot of you but when I played Demon Souls and Dark Souls 1, I used to main duel shields in pvp on that game and it was hell of fun.

Duel Wielding shields in GW2 would sound like a lot of fun.

hahahahahahahaha

Would be fun, I agree.

I like the option! Would be cool to have primary abilities based on shield!

Could be cool think of the versatility

Shield Throw: silence, disrupt, or snare

Shield Phalanx: Shields team in xxx radius for xxx amount of damage giving AOE mitigation

Fire Shield – fire damage and burn damage

Spike Shield – snare and bleed damage

Ice Shield – Chill and frost damage

Shield Barrage – a flurry of 3 quick shield bash attacks increasing in damage

synthyourlife.8174:

This. I also thought about dualshielding on DS as it could counter some classes and… It’s just such an amazing and funny way to play. Period.

Anyhow, I think (someone that knows this better than me please correct me if I’m wrong) Rangers can wield shields, and one of their ability (5 i think) is like a blocking ability, as usual, BUT you can throw it and stun or something like that. Pretty amazing, at least visually! I’m looking forward to create a melee Ranger with dual axes or axe-shield.

Ranger doesnt use shield. Thats engineer.

What about a large Great Shield that you have to two-hand?

Oh joy! I always wondered if I could be Rygar!

It’s perfect!

Shield mainhand and dagger or short sword in offhand, this would be great! Beat your enemies into oblivion with your shield, then impale them with the dagger!

Oh, oh! and while we’re at it, I want to be able to equip my boot as an off-hand weapon.
Abilities could be boot-smack and boot-a-rang.

And it makes sense as a weapon, because getting hit by a boot hurts.

I need boot-chucks!

But in all seriousness, I would love me some dual shield.

Arewn.2368:

Oh, oh! and while we’re at it, I want to be able to equip my boot as an off-hand weapon.
Abilities could be boot-smack and boot-a-rang.

And it makes sense as a weapon, because getting hit by a boot hurts.

This, lol.

I don’t see shield as a main hand weapon. I just don’t see it as a weapon in general, every time I see a game character with two shields it looks completely ridiculous to me.

Getting hit with a shield hurts, sure, but getting hit with literally anything else hurts more. It doesn’t make sense.

Sieg.8439:

Arewn.2368:

Oh, oh! and while we’re at it, I want to be able to equip my boot as an off-hand weapon.
Abilities could be boot-smack and boot-a-rang.

And it makes sense as a weapon, because getting hit by a boot hurts.

This, lol.

I don’t see shield as a main hand weapon. I just don’t see it as a weapon in general, every time I see a game character with two shields it looks completely ridiculous to me.

Getting hit with a shield hurts, sure, but getting hit with literally anything else hurts more. It doesn’t make sense.

Getting hit with a warhorn does not hurt more I think.

Baffling Bulwark: Apply 1 stack of confusion every 3 seconds to nearby foes while dual-wielding shields.

I for one hope it is going to be a weapon warriors are going to use aka being “viable”.

The biggest change for specialisations for me is the different gameplay after the years. And if said weapon were to be a shield?

Who would and why would it be used? Seeing as we never use shields in wvw, rarely in spvp, and not at all in pve it wouldnt make much sense to me wishing a mainhand shield. It would be like the rifle, nice to have the option, but if im not going to use it bc its just simply subpar with everything else, what then?

I certainly hope the weapon we get is at least on par with the usage of the hammer, gs or longbow, so the players really feel the change instead of using the “fun” mainhandshield for about an hour and then switching back to gs while they are running dungeons in zerkers.

Some people in here don’t know much about history or weapons. Shields have been used, historically, just as offensively as defensively. Big heavy crushing blows hurt.

Granted, double shields likely wouldnt be idea because a sword and shield would provide more coverage, regardless the idea of a double shielded juggernaut wouldnt be that unusual for a fantasy base. In fact, I’d argue it’s not used enough. Would be unique enough to excite people.

Alex Eternity.8195:

Seeing as we never use shields in wvw

Just because you don’t roam WvW does not mean many others don’t either.

And any new weapon is viable only if they make it so. What I get from your post is that you would ‘cheat’ on yourself by using mainhand shield if they give it strong skills.

Cygnus.6903:

Alex Eternity.8195:

Seeing as we never use shields in wvw

Just because you don’t roam WvW does not mean many others don’t either.

And any new weapon is viable only if they make it so. What I get from your post is that you would ‘cheat’ on yourself by using mainhand shield if they give it strong skills.

That is correct. That is “if” they make it viable. But i cant imagine the shield give the same or higher dps than a greatsword – so whats the point in mainhandshield being an offensive weapon?

Mainhandshield being defensiv in pve is utterly useless as we know. It could have alot of cc, but then again we have the hammer and the mace, the last being almost never being used either. So where does that leave us?

Necromancers getting awesome greatswords, which arguably are the centerpiece of weapons in gw2 (imo) with maybe cool skills, so this class wins on the looks and maybe on the utility/ dmg front with their new weapon! They are going to feel totally new gameplay I imagine by using the new weapon.

If warriors get “cheated on” by getting a weapon which MOST (again imo) of the players are not gonna use then i would be disappointed.

But as you said anet will decide if the new weapon, being it mainhandshield, torch, pistol or dagger (all of which in my personal opinion dont build excitement really) is going to get used or not. On another note, many also think it could be the staff warrios are getting, which i would really find awesome!!! however with rangers AND the revenents getting a staff now, i guess the chances for warriors are getting one too are very slim ;-(

It all depends if it is strong or stronger than the current weapons set ups or if it is just bad and you shoot yourself in the foot by using it. Just like the Guardian and his shield (i know i know some bunker builds could go shield for the extra knock back… but again that is a fraction of a fraction of the playerbase).

Dont want to be the partypooper because i want to feel the gameplay of the warrior refreshed just as bad as many others, it is just im concerned that the new weapon just might be a “fun for 2hours weapon” and then you discard it until the next 2 years where we roll the dice again.

Alex Eternity.8195:

That is correct. That is “if” they make it viable. But i cant imagine the shield give the same or higher dps than a greatsword – so whats the point in mainhandshield being an offensive weapon?.

Who needs another offensive weapon? We need some useful utility, I’d say.

I don’t care much for PvE, so I am biased towards it. But it seems to me that with both GS and Axe+mace/sword, PvE has nothing to complain about in the DPS department.

You think a staff will do more damage then a greatsword? If this would happen, then lol?

No, IMO if we get a new weapon, it has to be something directed towards PvP/WvW or the new PvP mode. Mainhand shield can be just that.

This being said, Staff, Spear, Trident, anything really seems fine by me. I just want some new stuff to tinker with.

Mainhand shield AA should bounce

I wouldn’t mind if you can swap out hands, so it looks like a regular sword & board look.

Having my shield in my right hand would be jarring as I’m not a left handed witch. A new set of shield focused abilities would be quite fine for me though, and I love the sword & board look; I just find shields are kind of crappy in gw2 as weapons are useful for their abilities and all the shield abilities seem meh to me, or have long cooldowns. Guardian shield is a joke too, Warrior is ok but I prefer all out damage. A good alternative that promotes shield use would really spice things up!

Imagine a shield/shied warrior hahaha. What would the addrenaline skill be?

I`d go for it, as shields are currently a lacklustre weapon for all classes except engineer.

Cos, you know, shields are all about engineering, clearly and not knightly combat.

It would be a sad day if the new Mesmer turned out to be the best shield user in the game.

hmm.. but where would you put it?
Two shields on our backs?! I think not!

Warriors will be able to triplewield banners.
1 in both hands and 1 in the mouth. But they will not be able to use other weapons anymore.

Creamtoast.6295:

hmm.. but where would you put it?
Two shields on our backs?! I think not!

One on the front, one on the back and pretend to be a turtle!

Too soon?

/15chars

Edit: crap I forgot the burst skill, haha!

And they should introduce a shield backpack, that only appears when you’re in combat. That way, you have 3 shields.

Maybe have a 4th one strapped to your chest. The ultimate turtle.

Dual shields actually work, when i dual wield shields in roleplay fighting irl against my friends. I usually win over their greatsword; Shield bash irl <3