Guild Wars 2

Would you like to have a flail to use?

Warrior

*Head cracker
Hit your foe in head dealing extra damage if they are confused.
Damage. 269
Damage if confused: 8%
range: 130
→ Bone cracker
Hit your foe again causing vulnerability.
Damage: 290
Vulnerability: 3 secs.
range: 130

*Crippling strike
Hit your foe and cripple it.
Damage: 280
Cripple: 3 secs.
range: 130

*Furious strike
Hit your foe gaining fury.
Damage: 300
Fury: 4 secs.
range 130

I would prefer two handed axes, spears (for land use), and crossbows first (and I’m not greedy either, give the rangers crossbows too).

Flail’s would be cool.

Chain: Flail Swing (1 stack of vulnerability), Flail Smash (swing over head, 1 stack of vulnerability), Flail Sweep (spin around hitting 5 nearby targets. Range on all attacks 130. 1/2 second cast time

Rib Breaker: Swing your flail hard causing 3 vulnerability. 6 second cooldown. Does more damage than auto-attack

Shin Shatter: Sweep your mace low causing 6 seconds of cripple. 12 second cool down

Flail: Swing your flail around wildly in front you hitting 5 times and cause 3 vulnerability on the last hit. 15 second cool down

Head Smash: Slam your foes head with your flail, causing 2 seconds of stun and applying 4 stacks of confusion. 25 second cool down

I want a halberd.

a halberd would be awesome

pretty big weapon too, so the developers could get a little crazy with the designs and make some pretty neat looking ones.

Any polearm. I notice MMO’s have a distinct lack in polearms.

would rather get fist weapons

Why do I need another weapon when I have so many broken mechanics vis a vis other classes?

would love a flail! was thinking how cool that would be the other week. can’t actually think of a mmo that has flails

Polearms/Halberds/Bardiches – this type of weapon would be most welcome.

It could have lower flat damage and be slower, but with 360 degree attacks. That way, it has a distinct role that doesn’t detract from existing weapons.

It could also have stronger defense than the other 2h which is something we don’t really have – a defensive 2her. We’d have the offensive 2h (GS), the CC and utility-focused 2h (Hammer), and then the defensive 2h (Polearm).

You could come up with some very creative skill designs for it. Imagine an auto-attack chain that goes: 180 degree strike -> 360 degree strike -> 360 degree strike with 1s projectile block. Could call the last movement in the chain “Arrow-cutter”, or something, in honour of the famous samurai Gochi-in Tajima who used a polearm to (supposedly) strike enemy arrows away mid-flight.

Horsehead.1738:

would love a flail! was thinking how cool that would be the other week. can’t actually think of a mmo that has flails

Diablo 2 wasn’t an MMO, but it’s the only game I can think of that had flails.

Atheismo.5164:

Horsehead.1738:

would love a flail! was thinking how cool that would be the other week. can’t actually think of a mmo that has flails

Diablo 2 wasn’t an MMO, but it’s the only game I can think of that had flails.

Dark Age of Camelot had them. They were considered “Flexible Weapons”.

Good times.

I agree with all suggestions. More weapons = more unique ways to play.

Would be cool and not hard to implement…. and not for Warrior only

But i must admit i would prefer to see 2 handed axes… don’t even know why they weren’t implemented at start, since they are one of the classic weapons in almost every mmorpg out there (although i prefer a 2H sword)

Not sure this class needs another 2 handed weapon. A flail/whip with a shield would be fun.

yes i would love a good flailing

I’d really prefer it if our current kitten was useful first…

OP has basically described buffs for the mace.

I would love to see:

Polearms
Crossbow
Flail
Warhammer
2H Axe
Dagger
Fist weapons
....list goes on....

Lance+shield/spear+shield/2h axe/dual shield/crossbow/real warhammers >.>/Whip+shield would be cool.

Um. I’m new to this game and I was actually disappointed when I heard there were no two handed battleaxes! I love flails, they’re my favorite, but they are rare in games :s I guess it’s hard to animate the chain and the mace head? I’m not sure. But I would love to see the addition of flail types/halberds/twohanded axes!

Whips should be easy for them since they already have the animation for it from skills like lightning whip and skins from nightmare court.

g e o.2589:

Would you like to have a flail to use?

Warrior

*Head cracker
Hit your foe in head dealing extra damage if they are confused.
Damage. 269
Damage if confused: 8%
range: 130
-> Bone cracker
Hit your foe again causing vulnerability.
Damage: 290
Vulnerability: 3 secs.
range: 130

*Crippling strike
Hit your foe and cripple it.
Damage: 280
Cripple: 3 secs.
range: 130

*Furious strike
Hit your foe gaining fury.
Damage: 300
Fury: 4 secs.
range 130

I like the Head Cracker concept with bonus damage while confused. This could inspire a nice hybrid condi mace/shiled + flail/mace build with distracting strikes.

It would be awesome to see them as they are one of my favorite weapons. According to other game dev’s their reasoning is the animation and related problems to over come which is too involved.

I agree though that we need polearms and 2h axes as well, seeing as I doubt we’ll see flails I’d vote for 2h axes first as they are beast.